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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
L, & N. Should Have
Down Town Ticket Office.

A short time ego the L. & n. rail
road company established a down
town Office in Pensacola, and. at the
time, it was presumed that one of
the purposes of this Office was to sci!
tickets as. well as to take care of the
Other business in connection there
with which is naturally conducted
with more convenience at a down
town Office than at the depot Offices.
The. main feature of this Office,
hOwever-that of selling tickets-has
not been provided, and the public is
consequently not only disappointed,
but is greatly Inconvenience. by The
cOmpany's failure to provide what
was expected in the premises.
II the company is going to the ex-
pense Of maintaining a downtown
Office, it would seem the part of bust
ness policy to provide it with a force
and equipment sufficient for the DUR
pose Of selling tickets. The travelling
public is more interested in that
feature of it than in any other and
without that, the Office is Of little use
or convenience.
Travel in and out Of Pensacola has
increased wonderfully in the past five
years. The service itself has been
doubled curing that time and we pre-
sumo the travel has been more than
doubled. The recent addition OF a
through night train between Pensa-
cola and Jacksonville has been a
great convenience to the public and
We have no doubt that it will ma.
terially increase travel over that line.
while travel on all of the other trains
Is larger than it has ever been before.
Under the circumstances. it ought
to be Of as much advantage to the
company as to the public to have a.
downtown ticket Office, and we trust
that the latter may. be established in
the near future.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
Judge Laney's
Sermon on Profanity.

The articles which Judge Chas. H
Laney has been writing for The Sun
day Journal have not only been read
with a great deal of interest in Pen
sacola. but they have attracted atten
ton all over the state.
In to-day's article Judge Laney has
surpassed any of his previous efforts
ann his treatment of the subject
Profanity" constitutes a SUNDAY
sermon with a moral lesson as clear
and as pointed as it would be posi-.
BE to hear from any of the Pensa.
cola pulpits to-day. In fact We doubt
If there is a pastor in the city who
could do better this morning than to
present to his congregation the same
matter and emphasize the same
moral which Judge Laney does in
these columns to-day.
In addition to the excellent treat
ment of his subject matter, Judge
Laney's articles are clothed in a
literary diction which few writer's
command and he writes with that
easy, graceful style which makes his
work particularly attractive.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
Rural Free Delivery Petitions
With the Department.

A correspondent asks The Journal
for information regarding the pro
posed additional free rural delivery
routes in Escambia county, as tc
what territory they cover and when
they are likely to be ordered by tho
post Office department.
In answer to the first part of the
inquiry. The journal will say that pc
titions have already been prepared
ana sent in asking for a route out OF
Atmore, Ala, running in southeast
erly direction into Escambia county
and for a route out of Bluff Springs
running in southwesterly direc
ton. These petitions were sent in
by The Journal itself Some time
previous to this, we understand that
a route from Pensacola out through
the Delta settlement was prepared
and sent in.
Another petition, asking for
route from Pensacola down past the
naval reservation, is also being cir
culated and as soon as the requisite
number Of signers is secured it Will
be presented to the department.
AS soon ais The Journal can get
them. circulated it intends to secure 4
petition for a route running northeast
from McDavid into Santa Rosa
county ana for another route running
southwest out of Molino in the direc,
ton of Muscogee.
The establishment of a rural free
delivery route takes time and every
petition is not always granted. The
department may refuse to establish
some and possibly all of these routes,
but unless there is some good. reason
for refusing to grant them we believe
that some at least Of the routes peti-
toned for will be ordered.
All of this takes time, however,
and the residents along the proposed
routes must have patience and await
the final decision of the post Office
department. The journal will do all
it can to hurry the matter UP, but
the postofhce department cannot be
hurried in this work and everyone
will have to abide the department S
time and the regular course in such
matters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
By
ChAS. II. LANEY
Judge of PenSacOIa's
Municipal Court

laying his hand upon my head. WITH
tears in his eyes he remarked: my
boy, never sWear?"
He died in 1884, and / came 10 know
him well, but 1 never forgot the im-
pressions of this first meeting in The
notorious town of Napoleon, Arasn-
sas.
Now am l putting it too strong when
l say that the prevalence Of prOian-
ity in Pensacola is largely due 70
the responsibility of the habit2 60
where you will, in Office, store, or on
the street, and you will hear il. Only
the other day / heard a man swearing
before his two small boys. He id
it without provOcatiOn, simply 10 en-
bellish his conversation. Yet /
know that he had rather these Two
boys would not swear.
Last week a certain man wanted
his neighbOr arrested, because, as he
said, This man has been cursing be
fore my wife" Then 1 said "Has thI'
man ever heard you swear before
your own wife?" He answered. 'Pe''
haps he has" Then I replied, DO
you expect another man to have more
respect for your wife than you have
yourself?"
He did not insist on the warrant
The courts cannot stop thu puzzle
use Of profane language as long as
the people who never go to court per
sist in its use. Every observant maa
knows that the public use Of Drot3ne
and obscene language is disgrace %
our city, and It certainly is incu1l-
bent on every good citizen to stop h.s
swearing, for there are some goo1
citizens, and even some church mem
bers who follow the practice.
Gentlemanly swearing IS to-day 90
ing more harm than all the profanity
Of the slums.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
People Will Buy
Spring Goods at Home Year.

This is the season of the year when
every woman is thinking about an
Easter hat and a spring dress, and
when every man is beginning to won
der how much he really ought to
spend for a new suit of clothes.
This annual condition of the male
and the feminine mind is doubly in
teresting to the merchants of Pensa-
cola this year, because. while bust
ness has been excellent with them
ever since last fall, they lost on their
fall trade a great deal of patronage
which the people who were out of
town at that time necessarily gave to
outside merchants.
Now, however, there is no excuse
for anyone buying anything out of
town, and there is no excuse either
for any merchant letting his home
customers do so. Times are prosper
Gus, everyone has money, all need
clothes, and Pensacola merchants are
stocked up ready to supply the de-
mand
Three weeks from to-day will be
Easter. Two weeks from to-day The
Journal vii issue an Easter edition
and a special effort will be made to
make it attractive to both reader and
advertiser alike. 1t will contain a
great deal of matter specially select
ed for the Easter season, and it will
afford a splendid opportunity for mer-
chants to advertise their spring at
fractions.
No patriotic Pensacofian is going
to buy any spring goods out Of town
this year. If he does it viii be be-
cause some of our merchants are
asleep, and if We mistake not. Pensa-
cola merchants are exceptionally wide
awake at this time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
The Sleeping Sickness"
IN Stores,

illness is not merely the common
inheritance of mortals-it attacks the
institutions which mortals build up.
1t comes not only to the man who is
physically weak-but to the strong
man as we'll
1t comes not only to the store where
rent day is a perpetual dread-but to
the strong store, where vigor is the
rule.
The symptoms are: Strong men
pay less heed to the fore-warnings OF
an illness than does the half-invalid
1t is the same with strong stores.
Bad buying-mistakes which are
permitted to happen not only once but
again and again; too much leniency
with credit customers; little leaks
in the store purse; good deal of
good will" advertising-in programs,
etc, consequent curtailment
Of real advertising; a tendency to
leave out a link" now and then in
the chain of advertising continuity:
careless clerks. floor managers with
too much dignity for the comfort of
customers, complaints grudgingly re-
ceived and corrections of mistakes
grudgin'gly made, the whole store ma
chinery creaking a little on it's bear
ings-and store sickness" is at hand.
The treatment: A little preacher
once asked a big one what to do 20
prevent auditors from falling asleep.
Mr.. Beecher replied: "At Trinity
church the Sexton has his instructions
on this point. Whenever he sees any
one falling asleep he is to go right up
into the pulpit and wake up the minis.
ter"
The sleeping sickness" in stores
and about every other kind of store
ailment-will respond to the same
treatment.
AND WHEN THE PATIENT Is
FULLY AWAKE HE WILL MERELY
NEED LIBERAL TONIC TO BUILD
UP HIS SYSTEM AGAIN, AND TO
PREVENT ANY RELAPSE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
Prevalence Of Profanity
Doe to Its Responsibility


In the early 70's while working OF
a st. Louis newspaper 1 stopped over
night at town on the lower Missis-
sippi. This town had at one time
been considered the worst town in
the United States. ana, though it had
somewhat improved, was still the
rendezvous Of all the tough characters
plying the river between Cairo and
New Orleans. Even then people new
er stopped at Napoleon except from
sheer necessity, and generally left al
the earliest opportunity. At the hotel
where l put up there was one other
guest, and only one. This other guest
was waiting for a steamboat up the
Arkansas river, and we very natural
ly got companionable around the
little Office stove that night. We en-
gagged in a conversation that lasted
pearly through the night, as his
steamboat did not arrive until long
over due.
In some respects this man was the
most unique character / have ever
known. In the summer he lived in
the Ozark mountains, but spent his
winters on one of his large planta-
lions in the Arkansas valley. His
name was Callin-Biil Calm. They
called him Colonel, and l guess he de-
served the title as he was with For
rest during the war and had been
punctured three times with minnie
balls, and carried a scar from a sa-
bre cut across the front of his head.
His appearance was picturesque and
besides he was the most interesting
man l have ever seen before or
since. Wit and humor, aneedote and
philosophy, blended tremendously
when he talked. He was historical
and,scientific, full of incidents. humor-
Gus and pathetic and withal the
most eloquent man / ever attended
upon. Some of his anecdotes ana H.
Illustrations l have carried in my mind
for all these years, and have used
them subsequently without any quo
tation marks.
This gentleman had one popularity.
Evidently he was never lost for a
word for he talked with the utmost
fuency, but every now and then
paused and seemed to hesitate. some
times in the very middle of a SEN
tence. 1t was like the fly wheel of an
engine slipping the band, and some
what Jared upon you. This peculiar
ity was embarrassing, and he noticeI
that my curiosity was excited upon
the subject, so after a while he ex-
planned
What l am about to relate" said
he, Il know sounds like it was taken
from the bargain counter of some
travelling evangelist Int II fs a 4r.e
and sorrowful part Of my own life
history. I never was an incorporate
man, but was prOfane l could swear
with a fuency that made me conspic-
uous in every crowd. was an artist
in this line, and could give more va
riations to the use Of profane words
than any other man you have ever
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25

1t is rather singular that many of
the same papers that are cOndemning
Governor BrOward and the pardoning
board for granting a brief stay OF
execution to Cooper, the murderer
who IS sentenced to be hung, are also
.COndemning the governor and the
board for refusing to grant a pardon
to Taylor, the man who is serving a
simple two years sentence for as
sSult on the life of another man. The
consistency Of these two positions
will never be mistaken for a GOlconda
diamond.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
Governor Broward's
Everglades Drainage Scheme.

The state press has had consider
able to say recently, both for and
against the gigantic drainage scheme
which Governor Broward is attempt
ing to carry out and which was orig
inally responsible, in part at least
for Mr.. BrOward's election to the
Office. of governor.
To-day The Journal publishes the
governors side of the proposition. to
gether with his reply to certain
charges which the Jacksonville
dailies were making concerning his
recent speech there. With whateve;
quarrel the governor and the Jack
sonville newspapers may have. The
Journal has nothing to 90. But on
the subject Of draining the Ever
glades, The Journal will in the future
have something to say for that sub.
ject is one in which the people Of
the state are vitality interested and on
which they cannot have too much in.
formation.
The journal Is frank to confess that
the drainage proposition is one on
which 1t is stin open to conviction.
Governor BrOward's presentation of
the matter looks very attractive. 1t
looks feasible and reasonable and if
the governors premises are all cor
rect his work viii be Of inestimable
value 70 the state and to all of our
people.
On the other hand, it may be doubt
ed whether, when the uncertainty of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25

the result of the experiment is CON
sidered, the state could not exp+nd
the same amount Of money to bet
ter purpose. For instance. would not
a properly conducted immigration
bureau, with adequate funds at its
disposal, yield a better. or at least a
surer. return to the state than VIII
come from the governors expert
ment? Could we not, more cheapiy
demonstrate the value of our present
unoccupied lands and settle UP those
thousands of idle acres with produc.
tive settlers? The questions are at
least worth considering.
There is also still another side to
the proposition. Is it not more the
province of the national government
rather than the state government to
drain the Everglades? A swamp re-
ciamation measure is now pending il
congress, framed we believe. some
what on the order of the national
irrigation law, and should it pass we
will also have some experimenting
by the national government in the
matter of draining swamps.
The Journal would not be under
stood as opposing Governor Broward' S
drainage scheme, because the ques-
ton cannot be settled by a superb
ciaI consideration, but We submit the
the governors side of the subject TO-
day and We shall take up a more
extensive discussion Of it at some
future time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25

heard swear. had no fear of God,
but swore anywhere and in any COM
pany. I had married a beautiful
woman not long before the war be-
gan, ana when l went to the army we
had one child, boy. This boy is now
fifteen years Old but has never
spoken a word nor heard a sound.
Two other children came to us, both
Toys, one during the war, and one
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25

which such rights should be granted
In the present case, the public
good" not demonstrated in any
particular.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25
The Finest Job Printing Press
in Pensacola.

The marvellous of work at our Job Printing Office has
necessitated the purchase of new MIEHLE PRESS the
highest grade printing press made and by far the finest
machine of it's kind in Pensacola This press will print
ANYTHING from wedding invitation to large poster and
it is especially designed for the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25

Watch for the March circulation
statement. Advertisers will be inter
ested.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-28
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Wild dogs never bark and SO always
bite.
\ gray horse lives the longest, a
black one the shortest
A coon'S fur is 50 thick that il can
rob bees without being stung.
A blue eyed eat Is always deaf, but
all deaf eats are not blue eyed.
An Asiatic squirrel climbs Il tree like
telegraph pole climber. 1t has large
horny scales on its tail for the purpose.
The flying fox or tropical bat will
pass the night drinking from the yes
sells i'm which cocoa is distilled and go
home Intoxicated in the early morning
or sleep it of at the foot OF the trees.
The big snowshoe rabbit or northern
hare is something Of dresser. 1t
wears white coat I'm winter and n
gray one I'm summer, the better To con
Ceal itself from it's enemies by looking
rs the ground looks i'm the two seasons.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-28
A Protected Nuisance

The Rhode Island authorities are attcmp-
ting to solve the deer question which is as
perplexing to neighborng states asst is in
our own boundaries. Some kind of legiS-
lation must be enacted whereby the devas-
tated farmer may protect his crops. Hard
ly week passes when some tale of raid
by the deer is not made.
The law for protection of deer was passed
10y the general assembly of 1897 to remain
in iorce ten years, and expires next year.
The board has decided that this matter
sh ould receive consideration at the hands Of
the next general assembly, as the present
law goes of beforc~iother legislature will
convene. Some recommendation will be
framed to be presented to the general as.
sembly as part Of the report Of the state
board of agriculture.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-28
kESMER'S METHODS.
lie Influenced Patients by SrgCcs-
tion. but Hid Real Power.

Mesmcr published in 1913 his ac-
count Of the marvellous cures effected
hy what he was pleased To term an
imaI magnetism. Wien ia iIIS be
came 10 Paris he came with a we'll de
vCllp"d sense of the value of advertiS
ing. The campaign ne inauguratci was
of Il character 10 disgust the conHerva-
tive aud thoughtful. bat to take Il sen
kntion loviu" pDpu!lcc 10y storm. Most
CNtrlVaGant tales of cures he had ac-
complshnd i'm Berlin, Vienna ANA else
where WcrC nOiSCl abroad. Through
n convert he challenged the physicians
o. Paris to enter into Il contest with
him. they To treat twelve patients by
the orthodox methods. he To treat
twelve hy his. or course this challenge
was rejected. and equally OF course
its rejection was interpreted by the
thoughllcss as an acknowledgment Of
the superiority Of Mcsmer's treatment
His rooms were thronged. His purse
waXcd constantly heavier.
The treatment he gave was such as
to appeal vividly 10 the Imagination Of
the pnticnt-in a word, TO increase his
suGgestibility. Suggestion. indeed, was
its root element, although Mesmer fail
ell or pretended to fail to recognize this
and taught that its efficacy depended
upon the etfuence of a mysterious
fluid. In room dimly lighted and
hung with mirrors the patients were
seated about n circular vat OF con
siderable size covered with n lid and
containing various chemicals. A long
cord connected the patients with one
another. while i'm the lid of the tub
were several holes. through each Of
which passed an iron rod bent i'm such
way that its point could he applied
to any part of patients body. The
patients were requested not TO speak.
the only sound i'm the room being
strains of soft music. When expectan-
cy was at it's tood McSmer would en-
ter clad i'm thC robe of Il magician and
carrying an iron wand. At one patient
hc would gao intently. and another he
would stroS, gently with his wand.
Soul some would burst into laughter.
others into tears. while still others
woull fall into c0-vulsions. finally
/ pas ing into lcthargic state. out of
which. il Is claimed. they emerged
cured or on the highroad 10 cure.
/ Ocgasiona,l- the treatment was given
/ outdoors. tree being 'magnetized'
/ AMI the patient colllpSing in swoon
so soon as h. approached it.-Apple-
| toms MngnIi.N
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-28
MERELY A MASTERPIECE.
Not a "Message" In Lovely Diction
For the Junior Ma~saEer.

A man who wanted TO lecture called
at a bureau presided over by two man
ayers.
lie aroused their interest with a lee
turer's art, says the Lyceunite, but
unfortunately the senior member was
just starting on trip and would not
return for at least a month.
The senior partner called the young
man 10 one side and eXacted a solemn
promise that he would not visit an
other bureau or read his lecture to
anybody until after he had given this
particular manager reading and a
chance to make him an offer a month
hence.
The interest OF the junior member,
however was at white heat, and he
kept sending for the young lecturer, in
sisting that he come down TO the Office
and read his lecture The young man
refused with as much tact as possible.
but this only increased the anxiety or
the junior.
At last the young man told Of the
promise made the senior partner. In
stead Of quictng the Junior manager,
the announcement made him the more
anxious, and finally the young man
consented.
The reading ended, the junior part.
ncr said:
"Now, your reading this has saved
us all much valuable time I'll tell YOU
frankly, my boy, il won't do There's
no message in it; ii is loosely construct
ed; the diction is poor. 1t won't do.
Burn it and try again"
When the senior partner returned he
called up the young lecturer and sound
ly bcrated him for breaking faith.
"IIow do know you have not been
to every bureau i'm town? You promis-
ed me on your honor you would read
the lecture TO nobody-not even to my
partner
The young man protested that he
had not done so.
"Why," exclaimed the senior man
nger, "Of course you have, He tells me
that you came down here 10 the Office
two weeks ago and read him the entire
lecture and that he told YOU 1t was no
good"
YES" replied the young man; "aftcr
much persuasion did read him a lee
turc which he told me was no good,
but il was not my lecture il was Wen,
dell Phillips Lost Arts"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-28
IL L. womnn'~ Way.

When a woman undertakes 80 dccap-
itate fowl or anything with am Ak
she grasps the tool close 10 the head,
raises her chin, sQuints both eyes,
clinchcs two rows Of teeth and hacks
straight down. missing her aim 10y
about two inches That was sufficient
for Batavia lady TO sever her left
thumb. She was not fainter and. re
placing the thumb, which had been
chopped at the first joint. bound the
parts together and has excellent prom
ise Of its complete restoration The
game is not always lost when thumbs
are down Detroit News-TrihuuC