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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

separate themselves and drop from the moving bell, the oranges run down in golden streams by little side chutes to a small canvas platform or box, whence they are removed by the nimble fingers off the packers. usually young women, wrapped in soft paper and placed in boxes for final shipment. An expert packer will fill from 80 to 90 boxes per day. From these busy young women the boxes are carefully trundled to nearby bench or table where other em- ployes deftly mail and close up the open side. One more turn by other ready hands i.nd the finished boxes are passed into ear drawn on a con venient siding, where, carefully secured and piled to the roof. they are seen no more until they reach the great dis tributing centers in the Eastern mark ets.-+Leslie's Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29
PACKING ORANGES.

The things one sees in an orange packing house are pleasure to the eye, delightful to the olfactories, and, whne the local manager, or oyerseer, is a generous and indulgent person, also most excellent to the taste The opera
 tions are quiet and simple, but syste- matic, and carried on by possible me chanical and automatic devices for the saving of labor and effectiveness of ser vice. At one end of a long building the oranges are unloaded from the vans; at the other end, few minutes later, they are snugly ensconed in a railway car. ready at the door to be- gin its long journey eastward. Be tween these points of exit and entrance much has been done in a quick and quiet way. First the oranges are gent ly dumped into receptacle, whence they are carried on a belt or moving platform to an upper part of the building, where they pass slowly along before a group of workers, who pick out the culls, or imperfect fruit, and drop them into chutes for disposition elsewhere, The other oranges are allowed to pass down an incline to the separators, in the meantime their weight being taken and registered automatically as they move along. The separators consist of long troughs with slits or openings of varying at the bottom, through which the oranges drop according to their sizes as they are carried alongt thus separating themselves into the three grades by which they are known to the market. These grades are based on size, and are known as standard the smallest;
 choice" the next in rank, and fancy" the largest of all As they
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29
THE BIC DOCK AT CARDIFF.

The United States has, we believe, the biggest dry dock, and 1t is now on its way to the Philippines but neither the United States nor any other coun- try has such dock as the new deep sea dock at Cardiff It occupies thirty four acres, exclusive of the space all lotted for two big dry docks to be coii- structed in conjunction with it. It Is 2,550 feet, or nearly half a mile in length, 800 feet to 1000 feet in width, and 50 feet in depth, being intended to accommodate the largest vessels afloas at almost any state of the tide There is communicating passage connecting it with the Roath dock, where the bulk of the steam coal which forms such a heavy export item is shipped, and to aid the work of shipment there is a se@ ries of giant cranes, unique in their mechanism. Each machine is capable of dealing with sixteen tons at a single operation, and the coal can be shipped with fall not exceeding foot-an iln> portant point in view of the extreme lorittleness of the Welsh coal and the deterioration in the value of coal caused by breaking up. On these cranes alone a sum of $5OOOOO will be expended.
 The commercial importance of Cardiff has grown enormously during the past half-century. The first dock was con structed in 1889. Thirteen years later the exports and imports had reached a total of 1O51, ,7S9 tons. A second dock was opened in 1858, and in that year the figures rose to 1,596, ,773 tons. With the coming of the Roath dock in 1887 the total reached S,S93,832 tons, In 1905 these figures were 10,1S9,S31 tons, inclu- ding exports of 8,O65. .S29 tons. Arrange ments are already being made for the establishment of several new and 'm- portant lines of steamers bstwsen Car diff and Canada in the near future.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29
WAS GLAD HE SMOKED.

A man from Hackensack lost his communication ticket and all his avail able cash on the platform of Third Avenue car one night last week. He was stumped for the moment. for it was nearly midnight and he could think of no acquaintance to whom he could apply at that hour for the loan of car fare back to Jersey.
 An inspiration struck him. He had thick package of tobacco coupons in his overcoat pockett which he had
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations Wants. Renta and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a Word for enN week.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one insertion. s1.9O each subsequent anser- ton. 90 cents; one week. ss.so: ono month. BIO: one year. s4o.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

promised his better half to redeem for jardiniere. The rest was easy The proprietor of the nearest cigar store gave him 40 cents and two Havanas for the bundle, and he went home, thanking his stars that he was a slave to the nicotine habit. to the nicotine habit.-New York Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

Tess "Cholly Is too stupidl" Jess "In particular?" Tes-"Why, we were at the beach at the same time last sum- mer, and when I said wanted to learn to swim he said couldn't fool him that he t5ad seen me swim the summer before '-American Spectator.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

The Thirty-fourth Street National Bank, New York, after caavassing it's customers, concludes that tliore is no special reason for extending its banking hours until midnight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

gone out to help them settle their diffi- culties, but they were obdurate, and If the feud grows for twenty years as 1t has already, Florida and Marion Coun-
 ty will have feud eqal to the best
 Kentucky has ever produced"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

The Boston Herald asks why Joseph MedilI Patterson, of Chicago, doesn't go to work. Perhaps because he isn't obliged to and likes to talk.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29
NEW HAVEN. CONN.
T7M OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB.
 LTsHED IN CONNECTICUT.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. l2 CENTS A WEEK. 50 GENTS A MONTH. Ss FOR SIX MONTHS. ss A YEAR. THE sA1EE TERMS BY HAIL sINGLp COPIES. I cENfR
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

They are not all devoting themselves to bridge whist Hannah Riddell, an English missionary at work among the iepers of Japan, has just received the order of the Blue Ribbon from the em- peror, and her request for better care of the lepers by the government is to be dealt with by the Diet now in ses- sion,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

The London County Council has de- cided to pave with noiseless material the portions of street car tracks in front of churches, and the education committee has proposed that similar material be laid in front of schools
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

"Why did you leave your place? ?" asked the lady of the house. They ouarreled too muUl. mum said the cook. About what?' "Ginerally the cooking, mum. ."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

These are pretty serious times in Russia, but the Russians of one district elected dog, and female dog at that, to represent them in the Douma,> while in a factory section they elected a chimney, on the ground that if shot 1t would not hurt the bricks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

China is surely waking Up. The oth- CT day 1t had its first great athletic meeting, when three thousand students from forty-seven schools competed in various kinds of races and sports at Canton, In a booth on the ground was a hospital corps, composed Of seventeen young Chinese doctors each with the Geneva cross on his arm. So strenuous were the competitors that there were many cases to attend tc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

The editor of the Okmulgee (Indian Territory is tired, and this is the way he shows 1t; "A man may use tho mole on the back of his neck for a col- lar button; he may ride freight to save three cents a mile; he may light the lamp with splinter to save match es; he may stop his watch at night to save wear; use a period for semicolon to save ink, and pasture his grand mothers grave to save hay, but me- of this kind Is scholar and gentle man compared to man who will take a newspaper and when asked to pay for it put it back in the postoffice, marked 'Refused.'"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

The making of books is by no means ended, but the International Biblio- graphical Institute established in Brus- sells has just published report through it's secretary, M. Otet, which states that since the invention of printing took place there have been published in the world 1S,O6S,OO books. Of these 2942 per cent. were legal and sociolog- ical works, 2O.46 literary, 121S scientific, 1144 historical and geographical, 10 the clogtcal and religious, per cent bibli- ographical, 262 artistic and 136 philo- sophical, Of the periodical publications of the present time it is stated that AS per cent. are in the English language, 2S in German, Il in French, per cent. in Spanish, 3 per cent. in Italian and 10 per cent. in other languages.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

A Postoffice department ruling con- eerning the premium bonds of the City of New Orleans will hit quite num- ber of corporations and some muni- eipalities which have adopted the same system of payment. According to the plan certain number of bonds are to be redeemed this year, but which partic- ular bonds to be redeemed is decided by a drawing of numbers from a wheel or other receptacle, the numbers drawn being the individual numbers of the bonds to be paid. This drawing the legal department of the postoffice holds to be of the nature of lottery and therefore the bonds are barred from the mails.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

THn WEEKLY JOURNAL. assueS Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

'T'll call you 'Freckles' Martini" said
Tom. won't that be great? me calling
you 'Freckels and you calling me Tan. :"
But / don't know as / can associate
with you," said Laura. II must show
you to my mamma first. II she likes
your looks-and manners-why then we'll
talk about being friends. Where do you
live, Tanf"
'Do you see those brown gables over
yonder among the pine treesF asked
Tom. "Well, I'm there for the summer
with my auntie, mamma and papa have
gone to Europe for the summer. / can
do about as l like, too, for auntie has no
children, and she likes so much to have
me with her that she allows me to eat
all want and to wade In the sand all
day barefooted. She knows that II she IL
too strict and makes me dress up like
do when at home In the city I'll not
come to live with her any more"
why who would you live with II not
with your auntie when your mamma and
papa are awayr' asked Laura.
I'D get q boat and become q pirate"
declared Tom. ''I'd enjoy being q pirate
Il would"
Mercy, that would be nne." agreed
Laura. wish / could be a pirate, too.
But come with me. want to show you
to my mamma. If she likes you I'll let
you come often to see me, and we can
play at being pirate down on the beach.
There's an old rowboat washed up on
the sand We can play It Is our pirate
ship"
''Goody," cried Tom. 'T'll 60 home FIRST
and wash the dirt of my feet and face
and put on a clean white linen suit and
my plaid necktie. II your mamma was to
see me this way she might object to me-"
And shall go home with you and let
your auntie see mel" asked Laura.
Nope, that isn't necessary" replied
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

round eyes squirting up till they looked
like two tiny slits through which he
peeped. my daddy calls me Buster and
mamma calls" but here the young
man paused, for the sudden remembrance
of the name his mother called him al
most brought a blush to his face. That
name was ''baby," and Tom felt that to
tell this to the quarrelsome little Miss
Freckles would give her 'the laugh on
him."
"well, 60 on" urged Laura. "What
does you mamma call your" Then, with
out waiting for reply she quickly added:
'I'll bet she calls you baby.
Tom felt he could drop into the earth.
How did she ever guess It? But as he
stood there, scratching one foot with the
stop to his mother making a ''silly" Of
him by calling him any such names.
Baby" indeed! But he didn't intend to
le. this snip Of a girl know that she had
struck upon the truth, SO he shook his
head meaningly, put on smile and asked:
"How do you know my mamma calls me
anything? Ny real name Is Thomas-Tom
for short"
you're smart, aren't your said Laura,
not thinking of anything else to say.
"Yes, my other name Is Smart" con-
fessed Tom. He felt that this pretty
freckled Miss knew more Of him than be
knew OF her.
"Oh, then you're Tan Smart. My,
what a namer' And again the little nose
tilted itself toward the clouds.
'And you're Freckles whatf' asked
Tom, coming a step nearer to the little
teasing girl.
Just then bird began to sing In tree
over their heads. A happy thought came
TO Laura. "My other name IL that Of q
Bird she said. ''Can you guess what 1t
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

Tom. "Girls are always ah right, reckon.
But you can wait for me down by the
gate. ! would be afraid you would run
OF and leave me II I should 60 home to
dress and leave you here
Laura consented to do this. and the
two newly made friends ran down to the
gate which led Into the brown-gabled
cottage wehe Tan lived. On reaching
there Laura sat down on. huge boulder
near the carriage entrance while Tom
ran to the house to dress for his presen-
tation to the mother Of "Freckles''.
In a few minutes Tom-or 'sTan," as he
was ever afterward called by Laura-came
running to join her. And what a miracu-
lous change had been wrought In his ap-
pearance His brown face shone almost
pink from contact with a spongeful Of wa
ter and soap. His naxen hair was brushed
till one could almost see ones own image
In Its shining surface. His feet were shod
In white canvas shoes over snowy half
hose. He had donned a suit of immacu.
late white linen and tie Of brave colors
waved gaily from his round brown throat
where 1t ended In knot under his broad
lace collar. He looked at Laura with
selfsatisaed smile and asked:
How do you Ike me now, Freckiesr'
"oh, you'll do" said Laura Although
she admired him very much since the
change she would not latter his vanity
BY telling him %. Boys are such silly
creatures anyway" she unused to herself,
and III not pay this little goose a CON-
pliment to make him sillier." Then she
rose and led the way to her own home
The Point"
A. Laura and Tom walked up the broad
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

'sNow. II you'll be good children today"
said papa to Arthur and May, ''you shall
90 to the Marionette Show tonight"
"Shall we 60 alonef" asked Arthur,
feeling some pride In his II years and
thinking himself quite large enough to
take care of himself and his 10-year-old
sister May.
'Yes. you shall 60 alone-y6u and
May" consented papa. ''You know
mamma IL going to see poor sick grand
mamma this evening and may remain
over night with her, while I must take
trip out Of town on business and may
have to stay away several days. So you
two. little chaps may 60 to the show by
yourselves but you must come right home
as soon as 1t Is over and get to bed. Cook
will wait up for you and will see that the
hall door is secured for the night In the
event of your mamma remaining away"
Full Of anticipation for the evening, Ar.
thur and May talked about marionettes
all the afternoon, hardly being able to
contain themselves till the night should
come. They got what information they
could out Of the encyclopedia pertaining to
the subject and found that marionettes
dated back many centuries. Indeed, the
encyclopedia said that the fact Of the an
tiQuity Of marionettes was established By
the discovery of figures with movable
limbs" In the tombs Of Egypt.
So, when the night at last came, and
Arthur and May were ready to 60 to the
marionette show, they went with 'nog-
gins" full Of wisdom concerning the queer
little puppets they were to see perform.
The place Of entertainment was In q
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

ISL"
"Larkf' asked Tom.
Laura shook her head.
"Hawkr asked Tom. Laura looked IN
dignant. "The idea," she said, sneer
curling her upper lip. "Do I look like a
hakw, sir?'
"Then. maybe you're an owl-a hoot-
OWL" said Tom, laughing uproariously.
"I'm going home and tell my mamma on
you,' said Laura, her lips Quivering.
"You are a bad boy and an lmpudent
one, too. What are you on our ground
for, anyway
"well, If you don't want your feelings
hurt why don't you tell me your nameT
asked Tom. 1--WE let you know my
name"
Because / guessed It," declared Laura
''No, sir-ee. / told 1t to you," said
Tom.
Just then the bird over their head sang
more loudly than before. Laura, really
wishing to remain and learn something
more Of the strange little chap, who, after
all, was becoming interesting to her,
looked up into the branches and re-
marked: "Weil, I'll give you two more
chances to guess my name. Then II you
do not strike it right I'll tell YOU"
Immediately Tom assumed his best be-
udNlOK nc eulllcu duu ucSuu.
guess your name Is meadow lark"
Laura said, ''Guess again."
Tom bent his head In meditation. "Oh,
I'll bet a penny it's canary" he cried.
"A canary Is so little and-and-cute."
Then as he said this gallant thing to
the little "Freckles" Toms face grew
red.
'Oh, you'd never guess" laughed Laura,
growing good -natured. $50 I'll have to
tell you. My name is-is-La-u-r-a Lee
Martini ~
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

This story Is told Of a crow,
How once he could beautifully sing;
But the sombre black coat which he wore
Did woe unto Mr.. Crow bring.
He had sat on the bough Of a tree
Watching ducks, In the pond, SO white;
And longing came into his soul
A longing that stayed day and night
At last he conceived Of plan
II happened one morning quite cold
OF going into the pond,
And bathing himself, 20 I'm told.
For that poor, silly crow. 10 black,
Thought that thereby his coat would be
white;
30 he washed, and he washed, and he
washed,
Till he got In terrible plight
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

avenue leading to "The Point" the W. :
girls mamma came out on the verS.l =.
Laura took Toms hand and ied niw -.
ward. ''Now, Tan, when / Introduce y, y,
to that lady-who Is my naInAN
must bow very elegantly and prc'o-.. !.
her name very plainly and say you "a,
delighted to have the honor, ins'iO'
Laura In an undertOne-
Then followed the Introduction: .,
Mamma, low me to persent to yoo :
new friend, Master Tan-whose real ~. :,
is Thomas-Smart. he lives IN toe .,,t
tage down among the pines. ana !
he's all right for me TO play VIE -, :
How do you do, Misses Mar a,
said Tom, bowling very low.
lighted to honor you" IL
Mrs. Martin, smiling sweetiy on w .o,l
tie fellow came down the steps -DI .,,s
both bis chubby hands In hers "A
do you do, Master Tan Smart. s1e 4
In the gentlest and most cordial 7o'ee r,
am also delighted that you hohO. u
with your acquaintance. So you s' ,o.i
little neighbor of The Pines are
Welcome to our home" sra
Then turning to Laura she sac; Ne,
may order your pony cart and taKgb bsss
ter Tan for a drive along the .si.
And as the two little ones
and -Tan" ran out to the stables .
der the pony cart Tom whisper -
Laura Gnd said: This Is better as
quarreling. isn't itr' To whicn Ts
replied: "oh, ever so much betts.: leI j
But Just think II we hadn't qussaars y
tiny little bit we would never Us
our nice new names. go tLa' s,.t 81
show that few words on ~
quaintance may not be bad tn'N'
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

"And look at her spouse, the king" said
Arthur. "His beard Is all coming OF.
He'll have to have some more horse-taii
whfskers." 9Ra -t3t+
Both children laughed and went on max
ing close inspection Of the numerous fg-
ures about them. Then they examined the
little stage arrangements, the platform
behind the back scenery, where the real
performers stood to do their work, the
men who moved the marionettes.
So the time passed. and before the chill
dren realized the hour they heard near
by clock strike II times. 97f
"Mercy!' exclaimed May, frightened to
think of the lateness. Cook will be SO
uneasy about u.s."
what If mamma didn't stay at grand
mas all nightf half whispered Arthur,
fear Selling hold of him. why, she'll be
about crazy, and she'll have all the po-
licemen in town hunting u.s."
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20
Miss Freckles and
Mr.. Tan.
BY ANNIE GRAHAM.

Miss Freckles was none other than little
Laura Martin. the ten-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin. Of the Point,
beautiful seaside cottage standing on a
clitf overlooking the ocean. Mr.. Tan was
lived with his aunt, Mrs. Smart, at an
other pretty cottage whose windows over
looked the same ocean.
Now, the Smarts and the Martins had
not yet become acquainted, but one early
morning while little Laura was out for
a stroll In the shady grove that stretched
back from her home, the Point, she heard
a strange little whistle. Looking round
to see its source, whom should she behold
but Master Tom Smart, standing, hands
In pockets. with his funny mouth puck.
cred up and his eyes as round as two
nickels.
who are your the young man asked,
unpuckering his mouth long enough to
ask the question, his round eyes looking
inQuisitively into Laura's face.
Laura looked him over critically; then,
thinking the stranger q bit bold, she
turned up her pretty nose and said: "And
who are you, prayr'
Tom whistled long and shrilly. Then,
unpuckering his funny little mouth again,
he said: "It's impolite to do like that
Why didn't you tell me your nameT
Cause" said Laura, again turning mp
her nose and flirting her little lawn frock
disdainfully. 1T Is none Of Your b-u-s-i-
ness who I amr'
"Weli, l guess your name Is Freckles."
, said Tom, growing more bold, for he re-
sented the young lady's cool treatment.
Anyway, your face is az speckled as a
guinea egg. Gee! but you've got freckles
to burn"
Laura's face became crimson at Toms
personality. "Ugh!" she retorted. '.And
your face 10 % brown, s'pose your name
ID Tan. Anyway, one couldn't see a
freckls on It II you had q million, for It's
90 dark. ! wouldn't wonder II people
take you for Dago."
Tom only smiled and whistled again. he
didn't care II his face was almost the
color Of his russet sandals. s'Oh, don't
care II you call me Tan" he said, hia
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20

Lets 60 as quickly as we can," urged
May. 1--WE should never have stayed this
way"
With the candle in hand, Arthur led bis
sister out through the hall to the front
door. He took hold Of the knob and
turned 1t, but the door would not open; 1t
was locked. Arthur drew his breath quick
ly. Evidently they were prisoners for the
night. He could feel himself growing
pale and his knees shook under him.
- why don't you open the doorT asked
May. becoming impa, kt
1--WE are locked in," gasped Arthur.
May, poor child, almost tainted. She
dropped upon a bench near the door and
looked at her brother in a helpless way.
The children had all their lives been &C.
customed to doors that were locked from
without, but always unlocked from with
in The thought Of a door being fastened
so that no one on the inside could open 1t
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20
Hou the Cro,u Ceased to Sing.

For the wind rose that morning and
blew
Till poor Mr.. Crow caught chill:
And he took himself home to his tree,
Where for long weary days he was Ill.
A cold settled deep In his throat,
And he got, oh, so hoarse, so they say,
And the power Of song he then lost;
Never getting 1t back to this day.
ArI all Of the washing he did
Never changed that coat on bis back.
And he ever remained as when born,
Which In blacker than blackest Of black.
Thus his vanity caused him to lose
voice which I'm told was quite rare;
For he wouldn't be just as he was.
But longed to be like the ducks-fair.
MAUD WALKER.