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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

being too low for successful reclama'
ton, and as a whole are not sufi'
GENTLY rich to be worth the cost OF
drainage.
Rocky for Canals.
The witness further stated that the
lower Everglades, within this stretch
OF seventy miles, is too rocky for
practical canal work. and the cost OF
reclamation would be too high to be
Justified by the small value OF the
accruing benefits.
The upper part of the Everglades
however embraced In what is known
as the Big Saw Grass Ridge, he con-
siders can be economically reclaimed
The depth of muck on this ridge
he stated, varies from eighteen feet
OH the shores of Lake Okeechobee to
three Or four feet at its lowest end.
Excavation throughout this tract
would be comparatively easy.
Should Construct levee.
In his opinion the only practicable
scheme of reclamation is to lower
Lake. Okeechobee by system of
drainage and irrigation canals out
through this muck deposit and drain.
Ing into the lower GladeS.
He insists, however, that the first
essential is the consideration of an
immense levee around the western
southern and eastern shores of Lake
Okeechobee for the purpose of stor-
ing the waters of the lake and main
tanning this as a reservoir for irriga-
ton purposes.
The witness gave exhaustive esti-
mates of the cost Of this leYee and OF
the necessary drainage and irrigation
canal system through this sawgrass
region. Without going into details
his estimate contemplates an expen-
diture for the completed system Of
between 80 100000 and $4,000, 900
and In his opinion this is the only
practicable scheme for the reclama-
ton OF the arabic portions of the
Everglades.
The Other Witnesses.
The other witnesses called yester-
day for the complainants were Sid.
ney o. Chase, member of the In
gram Exploration Party; former
State Senator ]. w. Whidden and ].
g. Singleton, a civil engineer of mer
it and note.
Those of these who had filed afida.
Wits heretofore in the drainage mat
ter, testified along the same lines as
in, the sworn statements aforesaid
and the others testimony accorded
in the essential details, with the evil
dence given by Mr. Keller. All wit
nesses were closely cross-examined
but their evidence was not material
ly altered.
The ties anony of former State Sen
ator Whidlen whose affidavit has
been published in full in the Times
Union heretofore, was listened to
with more than usual interest. His
prominence throughout the state. and
his entire familiarity, through long
residence nearby, with the Everglade
regions, made his testimony of partic-
u.ar value to the complainant com.
pany.
Continued Today.
The hearing yesterday, with the ex-
eepEion of the noon recess lasted
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
$3.50 O'Clock at night.
At the latter hour Special Master
Charles s. Adams took recess until
10 o'clock this morning. The COM
plainant will probably conclude its
evidence today. though yet another
day may be found necessary. Then
the defense will be given the oppor.
tunity of presenting fits side of the
case, after which the special master
will take the case under advisement'
making his report to Judge Locke as
soon thereafter as possible.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
|MONY IN.
DRAINAGE
CASE
Before Special Master Adams, at
Jacksonville, is Now
Being Taken.

The. jacksonville Times-Union o
Wednesday says.
Taking Of testimony in the mattel
of the, Southern States Land ant
Timber Company VS.. N. B. Broward
as governor, et.. al, began yesterday
before Special Master Charles A
Adams, the hearing being held in the
United States court room in the gov
eminent building, on Hogan ant
Forsyth Streets.
The. complainants were represent
ed by Attorneys E. J. L'Engle, ]. C
Cooper, of Cooper & Cooper, and P
A Vans Agnew. The defendants
COMPRISING Gov. Broward, his board
OF drainage commissioners, and the
several tax collectors of Dade, Desc
to, San Iucie, Osceola and Lee coun
ties. were represented by former Gov
w. S. Jennings. Attorney Genera
w. H. Ellis, who lis associated with
Gov Jennings in conducting the de
tense, was not present at the hearing
yesterday.
The official report of the proceed
ings is being taken by Mr.. w. p
fHtheTddge, Official stenographer for
the circuit court.
Present in the court room during
the hearing We're number Of the
witnesses that have been subpoenaed
by the compliments and several pri.
vate citizens who are following with
interest the testimony in this case
the outcome of which affects the en-.
tire state and Gov. Broward's scheme
OF draining the Everglades.
Engineer Keller Called.
Mr.. ". P Keller, civil engineer,
was the first witness called by the
compliments, and he was on the
stand for the greater part, Of the day.
Mr.. Keller was assistant engineer
under the late Col. james NJ. Kream-
er, of the Atlantic & Gulf Coast Ca
nal and Okechobee Land Company
nails out of Lake Okeechobee. many
years ago, under contract with the
trustees Of the internal improvement
fund.
Mr.. Keller is considered one of the
best living authorities on the prob
lem of draining the Everglades, ha,,
ing extensively covered the whole
question while in the employ OF the
company named above He was rec
Ognized as the most important wit
ness for the complaining company
and was subjected. when the direct
examination had ended. to a search
ing .crOss-examination by former Gov.
Jennings.
Mr.. kelIer's Testimony.
Mr.. Keller's testimony yesterday
followed the general lines of the af-
fdavit made by him when the injunc-
ton proceedings were being heard be,
fore Judge Locke, and may be briefly
summarized as follows:
He stated that within TWENTY-FIVE
miles south of Lake OkechObee there
is fall of twelve feet, and that,
therefore, below that point, a dis.
lance OF about seventy-f1ve miles to
the Gulf Of Mexico, there can only be
about an 8 foot fall, the water level
of Lake Okeechobee being about
twenty and one-half feet above sea
level.
This upper portion Of the Ever
glades. he stated. is the only portion
that has any agricultural value, and
IS suniciently high to warrant drain.
age, the remainder of the Everglades
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
Children in Pain

never cry as do children who are sui
fering from hunger. Such is the
cause of all baby's who cry and are
treated for sickness, when they really
are suffering from hunger. This is
caused from their food not being as.
simulated but devoured by worms. A
few doses of Whites Cream vermi.
fuge will cause them to cease crying
and begin to thrive at once. Give it
a trial. Sold by all druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
Your own Hair.

II your hair Is so thin that you can.
not carry out some desired style of
couture without the assistance of a
braid or rat, save your combings.
When you have collected a large bun
die take it to good hairdresser, and
he will untangle the mass and fashion
whatever you wish, provided the guam
THY OF hair permits. Then II anybody
asks you IL your hair is false you may
faithfully say. 1T is all my own"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
To the Public
Free

To those who have contracted the
habit of taking one or some of the
dangerous advertised remedies this.
communication is particularly address
ed.
If you take some of the various So
called tonics, dyspepsia remedies,
kidney, liver or stomach cures, cures
for insomnia, II you are in the habit
OF taking daily doses Of effervescent
salts for the nerves, or cathartics for.
constipation, nostrums advertised to-
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clear the skin. etc, apparently hsrn-,
less but highly dangerous advertised
headache cures-then we say try 10,
without a cent Of cost to you.
100000 people die annually In Amer,
lea from the use Of dangerous heads1
ache, heart and kidney remedies.
Bromonia is absolutely harmless and
more effective as a cure for the above
complaints than anything known to
Medical Practitioners. Not a patent
nostrum.
Cut out coupon at the bottom of this
article-send it to us. You will re-
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to write name and address plainly.
$4,000 will be paid to anyone who
can show that Bromonia Is not abso-
lutely safe TO take. Formula furnish
ed to any physician. Hospitals and
doctors supplied in bulk free of charae,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
CIeanine Porcelain.

Common house ammonia is much bet.
ter for cleaning porcelain than sand
soaps. Many Of the stains on porce-
lain tuba, washbasins and sinks are
caused b giiowhg them to be injured.
When new p6ssslain31 smooth and Is
rubbed win send soaps + becomes
rough. audsn = 0s1ks impoaeGbls to b
move the dfscoloration.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

y, order Blue Ribbon Vanilla extract
~. se half the amount required OF
Uener kinds and IL not satisfactory.
'Our money back for the asking.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
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THE JOURNALS TELEPHONES
EDITORIAL Rooms. :. >. :. -. .. 81
Business Office. :. :. -. ..15OO
To communicate with The Journal
during the day time use the business
office phone, No. 1900. To communi.
cate with The Journal at night use
the editorial phone, No. SO.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

n read the new advertisement OF The
N'Fs'al Pharmacy in this issue.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

The girl who marries a man to re-
form him seems to lose sight of the
fact that there are lots Of men who
don't need reforming. = Philadelphia
Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

Towels that are worn In the middle
should be cut In two and hemmed to
make hand towels.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

As carpet cleaner bran slightly
dAmpened, thrown on the carpet and
then thoroughly swept out, is unex-
celled. It removes al dust and. being
damp, prevents dust from flying.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
FREE BROMONIA COUPON.
BrOmOnia COmpanyi

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Special sale now being held by HAM
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

being too low for successful reclama.
ton, and as a whole are not SUN.
ciently rich to be worth the cost OF
drain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
MARVIN HART EASY
 FOR YOUNG BURNS
oUTFoU6HT THE BIGGER MAN AT EVERY STAGE, AND HART WAS IN BAD CONDITION AT THE CLOSE.

' Los Angeles. February 23.-By those who took Marvin Hart's claim to the worlds championship somewhat serious ly, Tommy Burns of Chicago may now be considered the heavyweight champion. Burns decidedly outpointed Hart to- night at the Pacific Athletic club pavil- ion and got the decision at the end of the twentieth round.
 From start to finish with the possible exception of the thirteenth and four teenth rounds, when Hart had a very small advantage Burns outfought the bigger man, out-generaled him and beat him at every point in the game of box ing. At times Burns, although handi- capped in weight and height made Hart look like a novice.
 In the opening rounds Burns was very nervous and lacked confidence. After this, however he quickly sized Hart up and began a systematic attack on his face and body with straight lefts. In the third round he started the blood flowing from Hart's nose and kept It running in almost every round there after In the fifth Burns caught Hart over the right eye and in the following rounds battered the optic till 1t was closed The left eye also was badly marked and Harts face presented a bloody sight practically throughout the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
Russla's Czarlna,

Isabel r. Hapgood in Harper's Bazaar
 If the Tzaritza Is sadder, somewhat less sunny" than of yore, one can pardon her and understand it. 1t is a trying po- sition for a young woman of two-and- twenty to feel that every eye is watch ing her slightest gesture and movement, with critical intent-especially for a shy young woman. Some of my court friends who were received by her privately, soon after her marriage, and therefore had a better opportunity to judge than at a general reception, wrote me: "She is ex- tremely shy. One can see that she does her best-but one has to help her in con versation.' Surely such an attitude, joined to her youth, sweetness and help lessness, should have appealed to the chivalry of the men and the warm-heart- edness of the women, as far more sym pathetic than a perfectly self-possessed, imperial air. No doubt it did; but people at a distance are apt to hear of-or to emember-only the harsh criticisms; and the Empress half English extraction has, indubitably, initiated against her popu- larity with many Russians, because Eng land and all that is hers is generally unpopular in Russia. Hence her shy re- serve has often been credited to Eng fish coldness, enmity and an overstern code of conduct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
Rot of Cherries. PIums. E+o

The brown rot, monilia or fruit rot bas done us great deal of damage in recent years. It is only in an occasional season that it does not take the sweet cherries Just at the time of ripening, as fast as the plrds can take them. As a rule. too large shares of the plum crop, and peaches, too are spoiled entirely by this fot. spraying with a very weak solution or copper sulphate has been tried for this rot with more or less good results But the applications had to be repeated pret- " often, almost daily At the recent Irult growers meeting at Lockport N. Y.. several members reported that they had saved their sweet cherries from the rot by making three spray applications with Bordeaux mixture. Their advice was to use plenty of lime in the mixture. up to twelve pounds for six pounds of copper sulphate. California visitor told MT. Mckay, one of the men who had tried this method of checking the rot that his cherries, Napoleons. were as fine as Cali fornia cherries, This man made enough in the operation to pay for a complete @ spraying outfit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
The Transportation Problem.

I am glad to see the New York state fruit growers, and with them other or ganized shippers, Ego for the railroads In many cases during the fruit season the shipper could not get empty cars for ship ping his perishable products until after a long and weary wait. The railroads think this Is all right; but when the shipper or ders car few days ahead of its intend ed use, and the car happens to be placed on the switch sooner than the shipper can use 1t, he Is asked to pay his one dollar demurrage for each days delay. It is gratifying to be told that North Carolina strawberry growers have just collected a large sum of money as damages allowed them by the courts in a suit against tho Armour company for the latter's failure to furnish the cars they mad agreed to fur nish for shipping an unexpectedly large strawberry crop. The growers had simply hauled their berries to the station and left them there to decay. They got their pay for the berries Just the same. The ship pers in New York state will try to secure the enactment of a law compelling the railroads to furnish adequate shipping fla ciities to all shippers without discrimi- nation and to make them responsible for all damage If they fail to do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
The Pretty French CurIs.

From Brooklyn Life
 The favorite joke in regard to the pret- ty girl losing her French curls, as the coquettish beau catchers are now called, is with us again. Even very young wom- en make no pretense as to the bunch of bobby little curls being natural The man who believes they are rooted in a womans head must be an innocent in- deed. Surely he must notice that they are movable decorations. Even the bashful bride has no hesitancy about pulling out her bunch of curls and standing them up in the hatpin holder on her dresser. A Philadelphia girl has an amusing tale apropos of a naughty brother and bunch of curls. There was a dance at the house that evening, and during lull there stood brother in the doorway with a posy of curls in his hand. Holding them up in full view he exclaimed: Say, what girl lost these?' And instantly almost every maiden in the room started and clapped her hand to her head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
NEW BOON TO BACHELORS.
Hand Sewing Machine That Mends
 Rents By Turning Crank.

From the New York Press.
 q have been wondering for some time," said the girl in the white shirt waist, "who uses all of those little hand sewing machines that we sell nowa- days. Yesterday I found out. It Is the men. had noticed for several weeks that the masculine shoppers investing in those handy little contrivances far exceeded the feminine, but I set their preponderance down to good-natured obedience which impelled them to buy at their wives or sisters behest.
 But yesterday afternoon a good looking, helpless Hercules came in and made inquiries about machine. His manner showed me he was not ham, finally plucked up enough courage to ask him for whom his purchase was intended.
 "'For myself, he said, innocently; I've seen so many of the fellows up at the school fooling with them this win ter-I'm a medical student, you know that I thought I would see what kind of sagger I could make at my own mending. You have no idea what ex- pert sewers some of the boys have be- come. believe they could make a whole suit on one of these little ma chimes. I've seen them make all kinds of repairs. They were all pretty awk- ward in the beginning. but they per severed until they got so they could turn the crank with one hand and guide the cloth with the other as well as any woman.'
 'The young mans breezy explana- tion nearly floored me, but in the light of preceding experiences I knew it must be so, and I fancy if seams had voices a goodly number of them could tell of their origin on hand sewing ma chimes that have been run by the bach elors of New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24

Tickling the trombone man on the nose
 with her feather boa. Lookl Crammed
 her boa in the cornetists horni See him jerk sideways to get away from her. Not
 smile on the face of one of those mu- sicians. And the soubrette straightens up and sings the last two bars with the ac-
 compartment. More tickling than singing
 to her act, at the ratio of IT to 3,
 And listen to the applause! They're go- ing to recall that soubrette, and this time
 she will probably kick off her slippers and two-step about on the musicians bald head. And they haven't smiled. one of them. Think what those sober faces are going through, and the audience bowling. ] What the orchestra man has is the smile that won't come on. Anything goes with
 the orchestra. Everybody takes a crack l in vain at the music man. Member that
 negro team that came on first? The man | kissed the woman and turned to the lead 1 er saying. Don't you wish you were 1 me?" And when the leader did not move
 q muscle the coon added, Jealous"
 And the band played on
 Go oyer to the Orpheum. Here comes 1 the big fat man who always gags" the orchestra. He makes the audience scream
 with mirth and he'll surely wrench a l smile from the somber musicians when
 he sings. Do you hear that finale? Of all discords! It's written there Just in l that mess of shrieks and drum poundlngs. | The most ridiculous noises ever heard ! even in wild riotous Welsh rabbit"
 dreams They played it as soberly as if 1t were the funeral march of the manager l and their salaries unpaid. Now the actor | is reprimanding them for their perfor- nance. He says, as rendered, their music | is positively obscene! Obscene music;
 surely that will penetrate the crust of the
 musicians. Can they resist that? They've done It.
 I Now he's going to sing. But no he l made a false start. Now he Is starting
 again. There he has started eleven times and has not got past the first word which l Is Twas
 "When I say Twas" he says. then
 you don't play Wait until I say the next
 word, in Then you come in. Now, are 1 you all in? You look like you were all | in. No, no, now you're putting in" | Well, they'll go through all the musical ! gymnastics required of them without | glimmer of appreciation of the ridiculous. | Too late to hope for them to break the
 habit of a life time. They'll not smile for
 us today. They're like the king when l the barque that held the prince went
 down and he never smiled again. Lew | Sully the monologist, says that in his l lifetime he never saw member of an
 orchestra take the joshing In a humor-
 ous vein. It's all matter of fact with
 them. They do what is written for them | to do and that's the end of it. If a | fly stepped in the ink and tracked up | their music to look like notes they'd play l the fly tracks until they came to the fly
 and then they'd play him. The musicians | of the vaudeville do not laugh. The gags
 seem to sodden them. That Is the re-
 spect in which they differ from mankind.
 Someone has classified the race into men, women and flddlers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
Irritation bv Hydraulic Ram.

A reader in Colorado asks whether It is practicable to elevate water by means of hydraulic ram fifty feet and deliver
 it on a ridge 1900 feet from the point Of out-take, using six-inch feed or drive pipe, and a three-inch delivery pipe, and a six-inch fall, and what amount of wa ter will be delivered. Any manufacturers of hydraulic rams will give you all the information on these points you may need. In order to operate a ram success fully, the water supply must be from four to twelve feet higher than the To- cation of the ram, and from twelve to one hundred and fifty feet distant from it. The supply pipe should not be too large to be kept full all the time. About one-seventh of the water furnished by the ram may be raised to a height four times the height of the supply, one-four- teenth to eight times the height of the supply, etc. To raise the water fifty feet. the amount of water furnished to the ram in the supply pipe. with the water supply or reservoir ten feet higher than the location of the ram, must be about ten times, or nearly that of the quantity that you expect to deliver to the ridge fifty feet above the level of the ram- The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
Phosphate and Stable Manure.

A reader in Indiana asks for more par t1culars about mixing phosphates with stable manure Our common stable and
 'barnyard" manures are but scantily sup piled with phosphorie acid, the latter be- ing the plant food ingredient more par
 dcularly used in the production of grains, and in fact all seeds. A ton of horse man. ure, for instance, contains only about four pounds of it, while 1t has about ten pounds each of potash and nitrogen. This very fact alone would suggest the addi-
 ton Of some phosphate manure to our stable manures, especially where the com mon cereals are the main crops grown. Dissolved phosphatic rock or acid phos- phate, IS the form most available in most places, because cheapest, as a source of phosphoric acid. It can be bought at rom VIZ to S14 ton, and as 1t contains about l3 per cent of phosphorc acid, or two hundred and sixty pounds to the ton. pound Of this plant food costs about live cents. Fifty pounds of acid phos- pbate added to ton or common manure Will not only make fairly well-balanced manure out of the resulting mixture, but also render us another service by check Ing any possible waste of ammonia (nitro- gem, thus making the manure mora eff fective in a double direction It has come 10 De a practice with many, and profit aple one to scatter little of this acid phosphate over the manure in the stables
 on the stable floors on the droppings un- der the hen roosts, etc, and thus save the ammonia that might otherwise es- cape and so make the resulting manure richer In the important phosphoric acid
 A few have used floats Gas the raw. hnely-ground phosphatic rock is usually caleu) TOT the same purpose, but while cheaper, Its effect is not so marked r. may be thus used with profit however
 where Immediate results are not the only consideration. 0-ii'