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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
CLOSES RELATION
WITH BALDWIN
BETTER TRANSPORTATION "A
cILITIEs BETWEEN STATE OF
BALDWIN AND MOBILE
ADVOCATED.
The Mobila Register SAYS:

The Mobile Register says:
If Baldwin county is going to be
one Of the most thickly settled and
prosperous subdivisions of the state,
and there is. actually to be a loading
FORT in the lower bay on that side
Of the water, as the railroad officials
of the Louisville and Nashville inti-
mate, We do not think that the pres
cnt roundabout way Of reaching that
territory, via Bay Minette. will long
serve satisfactorily the enterprislng
business men of Mobile. Neither will
transportation by water meet the
needs CT the city. It is time that Mo-
bile should begin to consider seriously
the question of bridge to unite MO
bile and Baldwin counties at Mobile
This Is not new proposition. 1t was
mooted a good many years ago IN
connection with the idea OF bringing
the jewellers of the eastern shore INTO
closer relations with Mobile NOW
that Baldwin is developing rapidly and
enormously as an agricultural county
there is more reason than before for
considering the question of building
bridge. Electric traction also has
come, to be a new factor in transpor-
tation of passengers and goods, and
by the use of this facility a great ex-
tent of territory can be prohtably
opened UP to Mobile. The eastern
shore would become very popular re-
sort for MobIlisns and for visitors
from the interior country, if there ex-
listed speedy and convenient means OF
transportation By means OF cleo
tricity, operating cars over a bridge,
Daphne would be distant not more
than 80 minutes from Mobile. and
Point Clear one hour; and Navy Cove,
less than two hours. A connection
could be made with the Bay Minette-
Fort Morgan Railroad, so as to reaCl
all of Central Baldwin.
This VIII be but a beginning OF
direct rail connection between Mobile
and Pensacola, shortening the distance
by one-haf or so miles.
A bridge such as we propose would
be a very costly affair. of course, but
its construction presents no great
physical difficulty. The greater part
of the eight miles of space between
the two shores Is marsh land, where
trestle work would be employed. Two
bridge structures would be required,
to pass the rivers. Mobile and Ten
saw; and in the building of these the
chief expense will have to be encoun-
tered. We do not believe. however,
that the cost will be a sufficient OBJ
stacle, especially to city that expects
in a decade, to reach 100000 popula-
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16

OF Texas. Louisiana and Florida and
the Health oficer of Mobile bay who
controls the quarantine service of the
only Alabama port, the question under
consideration being the desirability Of
puarantining the island of Cuba during
the summer months by the Health De-
partment of the United States. The
Health officials of Texas ana Louisi-
ana urged the adoption of this policy
! DR.. Porter of Florida and DIR. Cold
Waithe for Mobile Bay which is prac-
tically opposed such policy as unnec-
essaTy. A a result of the discussion
the national authorities did not i'm
rose a quarantine but the Representa-
tives of Texas and Louisiana an
EOunced that they would impose a
quarantine on suspicion despite the
declaration from Florida and Mobile
that each had made a separate investi-
cation with the common result that
the latest case of yellow : fever oc-
CURED on February 18th. But in little
more than two weeks the Quarantine
Board of Mobile Bay practically repu-
dated the action of it's RepTes antatives
by prohibiting travel except to inn
munes.
This was followed by the action OF
the Cuban government which quaran-
tined against all the Gulf ports except
Key West Tampa and Maimi on the
ground that a fruit vessel had been al
lowed to pass up the Mississippi
riYer-the fact showing that the regu-
lations Of the national health depart
ment were not observed. This brought
the Florida Health officer TO his feet
and he protested against this action
of Cuba In a letter to DR.. Finlay the
chief Of sanitation for the island gov
eminent. urging that to include any
Florida port in the quarantine would
be to oiscredit our national service.
With the assistance of DR.. Esdorf, rep
resenting the United States in sani-
tary matters for Havana, Dr.. Porter
secured a modification Of the order
and now all Florida ports are exempt
from the 0uarautine-as the order first
stood, Pensacola. Apalachicola, Cara
belle and Cedar Keys being under the
ban.
Cuba should have confidence in the
Florida Health authorities and it is
merely Just though creditable that
such recognition has been given. But
Il the real moving power be a desire
TO retaliate on our government for
trade restrictions It is to be regretted
that a money consideration should be
allowed to imperil a scientific effort
for the betterment of mankind in
general and intercourse between ma
tons. We hope Cuba will again
amend her measure and join in the
general march of the greater principle
without hinderance from the smaller.
Meantime, let Florfdians understand
the true situation and recognize yet
another service from our health au-
thorities.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
THE PoRCUPINE.
He Is Noted Chiefly For His Sluggish.
ness and Stupidity.

- lN0SGa SulGftI Ot0SSteU-
ness and Stupidity.
The porcupine can hardly be said
to have a home, bat he uses hollow
tree as a tenement, or even a hole
among the rocks. As warm weather
approaches TIE female produces two
or three young, which are of amaz-
ing size at birth, actually larger than
the newborn cubs of a bear.
Their flesh is eaten by the In
dams, but has never been liked by
white men. The use of the quilts
in ornamentstion by our Indians Is
well known, robes, garments, moe
casins, pouches, weapon cases, bas-
kets and everything else being orna-
mented with them by the squawS
with great skill and often with truly
artistic effect; but, as usual, the
earliest methods'and patterns, when
the Indians used their own delicate
dyes and sinew threads, were much
better than are seen in these days Of
aniline colors and crude limitations
of the white mans art. The longer
quilts of the European porcupine
are turned into fancy penholders,
and in India and Malaga they weave
little baskets, ETC., out of them,
which are often as pretty as they are
strange.
Reviewing his narrow life, the
strongest impression left upon ones
mind seems to be that of the crea-
lures sluggishness and stupidity.
These are perhaps concomitants, if
not consequences, of its strictly veg
etarian life, in which its tastes are
so simple that it rarely seems to
have to make the least e1ertion for
food at any season Of the year, and
to its highly protected condition,
which makes it careless of danger,
and hence unyigilant and steadily
inclined to sluggishness of mind as
well as IF body. It is not well for
an animal to be too safe or too COM
Portable, for its mind grows rusty
with disuse, or, if it never had use,
lies inert, and the whole creature
exists on low plane. 1 do not
know an animal Of the American
woods that il so we'll off and so unin-
teresting as the porcupine.-New
York Post.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
Spring Season
Compared to Advertising.

Just now the gardner-amateur or
Otherwise-is humping around with
his spading fork and hoe and rake ana
things, getting the ground ready for
the seeds that are to produce what he
fOndly hopes will prove a bumper crop
Of garden sess. This preliminary work
finished, he will select the seeds that
seem most likely to bring forth Just
what he wants; he plants them in the
right sort of soil for their develop
ment, with due regard for sunlight
and shade, moisture, etc. Just here is
where he resembles the advertiser
The latter finds the field already pre-
pared for his sowing. The public
mind in his soul, and various factors
have long been at work in bringing
this soil TO a state where it Is certain
to yield abundant returns if the right
sort Of advertising seed is sown in the
right place with due regard to condi-
tons and circumstances. The garden
er knows that he can procure any sort
Ct seed he wants. and is reasonably
sure that the product will be satisfac-
tory and profitable if he takes proper
care of the growing plants. But his
certainty OF returns is no more abso-
Lutte than that of the advertiser who
is willing TO study his proposition as
carefully as the gardener studies his.
The prime essentials are the right
kind of seed properly planted in the
right soil-the right kind Of advertis-
ing properly placed in the right me-
diums.-Advertising World.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
Postmaster Northup Will Now
Attend to His Office.

In Mondays Daily News we find the
following IN reference to Postmaster
Northup's retirement from the man,
agement Of the street car company:
Free, now. from other business
cares imposed upon him by the duties
incident to the presidency OF the
street railway system, Captain Nor
fhup expressed a pleasure this morn
ing that be was now able 20 devote to
the postofHce service attention which
would IN the end result in the better
ment Of the mail service and the gen
Eral details Of the postOh1ce.
yes. I'm out Of the street car
business now, but hope to serve the
PUBLIC in a better way by devOting at
fention 20 the postofice which could
Tot be possible heretofore. The only
trouble that we are now experiencing.
said Postmaster Northup to-day, "ts
he box distribution in the ONCE. We
lave eight hundred boxes there now
sn0' possibly $500 people receive mail
through that medium. III a letter is
misplaced we hear from il, sometimes
loudly. We are trying to correct sc
far as Il Is possible all mistakes and
in the future the service, 1 hope will
be very much better"
II confession is good for the
soul" we hope that this candid admis-
sion from Postmaster NOrthup that he
las been neglecting the work OK his
Office will have a Statutory effect on
him and that, as he says, the service
will hereafter be very much better.
It couldn't be much worse.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
Eyes and Animals.

DR.. Lindsay Johnson, the ccle-
brated ophthalmologist, says that
the dog has two ancestors, one roaDd
eyed, the other oval eyed. The first
is the hyena, the second the bear,
through the raccoOn. All dogs DE-
scend from these animals. The
corpus niger" or black body Of
pigment in the eye of the horse
which has puzzled veterinarians,
naturalists and BIOLOGISTS so much,
provides through the Ophthalno-
scope a new means of tracing the
ancestry and relationship Of the
horse. It is the same eye curtain
that is found in tropical animals
the onager, the camel and the an
telope-for protection from sun
light.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
PENSACOLA FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 49, 1905

IS co-extensive with that of the federal
government.
As regards that portion Of Senator
Taliaferro's bill which prohibits the
taking Of sponges in the waters Of the
United States by aliens, the marine
league limit is again applicable
Aliens can be prohibited from taking
sponges inside Of the said limit as
no treaty between this country and
any other, containing the most
favored nation" clause provides
that sponges may be taken by other
than citizens Of the United States.
Outside of the three mile limit the
United States has no Jurisdiction
over aliens.
II then, the United States cannot ex-
erciss jurisdiction over the soil be.
meath the waters within a marine
league Of the shores of any particular
state or over aliens beyond the three
mile limit, it would seem that Senator
Talisferro's bill has no sphere in
which to operate and Is, consequent
ly, void.
The passage Of Senator Taliaferro's
kill, if its constitutionality were main
tanned by the United States Supreme
Court would, as a matter Of course
result in RESTRICTING production to such
an extent that ices would be vast
ly higher; it would also result, in all
probability. in concentrating the bust
ness Of sponge fishing in a few hands
And the consumer would pay the
freight"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
THE SAGo PALM.
How It's Delicious Product Is Obtained
by the East indians.

How Its Delicious Product Is Obtained
by the East indians.
Is it from their noble aspect or on
account of their utility that the
palms have been termed the princes
of the vegetable kingdom? Neither
the anatomy of the stem nor the
form of the flower entities them 70
such a position. The stem is as
simple as that of the common broom
and the flower as that of the rush.
Yet they have always been Of great
interest to the botanist, and their
historical and legendary associations
and their beauty and their economic
value have made them of interest to
the public.
More than a thousand species Of
the palm are scattered at different
elevations throughout the tropics of
both hemispheres, with stragglers in
sIbtropical and even in warm, TEN
perate regions. Their utility can
scarcely be overestimated. They
furnish food, shelter, clothing, tim
Der, fuel, building materials, sticks,
fiber, paper, starch, sugar, oil, wine,
wax, tannin, starch, dyeing mate
rails, resin and a host of minor
products, which make them of the
greatest value to the natives and to
tropical agriculturists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
Senator Taliaferro's
Sponging Bill.

Senate bill 1906, An act to regulate
The landing, delivery, cure and sale
Of sponges," introduced by Senator
Talisferro and passed by the Senate
some time since, viii, according to a
telegram received in this city yester-
day. come up for consideration by the
House Of Representatives on Friday
next. AS the measure is a purely local
enc, applying only to the state Of
Florida. and as it is a well known
and accepted fact that the Jurisdiction
of a state extends not only over the
land within the boundary of a particu-
lar state but out and into any and all
waters adjoining the state to the
limit Of one marine league, or three
miles from its coast. there is some
question as 70 the right Of the Federal
government 10 enact legislation cover
ing the sponge fisheries, although
there is no question about the right Of
the state legislature to enact restrain
ing laws. The United States Supreme
court has held that the soil below
low water mark lis the subject Of ex-
elusive prOpr1ety ana ownership, and
belongs to the state on whose mari
time border and within whose terri
tory Il lies"
A case that has important bearing
upon the subject under consideration
vas that OF Manchester VS.. Common
wealth Of Massachusetts, 1S9 u. S.
rage 24O. involving the control Of
fisheries. In this case Mr.. Justice
Elstchford, speaking for the U. S.
Supreme Court said:
The title thus held is subject to the
paramount right of navigation, the reg
ulation Of which in respect TO
foreign and interstate commerce
has been granted 20 the United
states. There has been no
such grant Of power over fisheries.
These remain under the exclusive con-
troll of the state, which has conse-
ouently the right. in its discretion, to
appropriate its tide waters and their
beds 20 be used BY its people as a
common for taking and cultivating
ash. so far as Il may be done without
cbstructing navigation.
In McCreary VS.. Virginia. "a q. S.
Sel the same court held to the same
effect. and in Dunbar VS.. Lamphere,
3 Gray Mass 26S, Chief Justice
Shaw, speaking for the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts, laid down the same
6octrine.
From the decisions quoted II would
seen that the act in question cannot
apply and operate over the soil be-
meath the water within q marine
leAgue Of the florida coast, and IL the
jurisdiction Of the United States ex-
tends 20 a greater distance than one
marine league from the shore, as in
the case OF waters between headlSnds.
the jurisdiction Of the state moves ana
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
Mr.. HoweIls' Office Hours.

William Dean Howells is a most
cordial and brOtherly man for any
young writer to meet. He takes a
keen interest in everybody's work
and is full of helpful suggestions.
Some years ago he accepted the
editorship of New York magazine.
1t is said that he supposed that his
name, more than personal service,
was what was wanted so he was not
particularly punctual as to attend
ance. But the proprietor soon dis
abused him Of.this netion. 81 want
you to understand, Mr.. Howells,"
he said one day, chat our Office
hours are from 9 to |"
every good" said Mr.. Howells,
and, picking up his hat, he bowed
and departed, and no persuasion
could induce him to return.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
THE ISLE OF CUBA
AND QUARANTINE.
Jacksonville Times-Union.

twenty-five years ago commerce be-
tween Cuba and the United States was
barred several months during the year
and continued in fear and trembling
for the rest Of the year. At her own
expense Florida demonstrates that the
fear was not justified and that, I'M
DER proper regulation. business need
not be interrupted and hardly delayed.
Upon this demonstration work began
which resulted in lifting from the
island the curse Of the ages and has
opened to America a volume of trade
that must grow indefinitely in value
anu productiveness for both sides. Il
Il true mistakes have been made, but
the broad results make one Of the
greatest blessings ever conferred by
man upon his fellows. And the mis-
takes have been accepted in the right
spirit by this country-we have now
a national quarantine on this side
end Cuba Is q health resort.
On April 18th a conference was held
at which the parties were the Surgeon
General of the Public Health and Ma,
Hospital service, the State Health
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
The FauH Finding Boss and the Puz-
lied Clerk.

The FauH Finding Boss and the Puz-
lied Clerk.
There Is commission merchant
who is a Singular admixture Of all
that is iraSOible, peevish, fault find
ing an6-loVable. His clerks un-
derstand him thoroughly, and, as he
is liberal with salary, they bear with
his pecTfiarfties. Sometimes he re-
verses himself In the most amusing
way, and the. clerks have a hard
time toyENs rain the desire to smile.
A few dbssagsiene Of them made a
triAing sbroT In q statement of ac-
count and was Immediately called
upon for an explanation.
why, sir" he began, 81
thoughtT-
"You have no business to think,
sir" thunasred the old gentleman.
81 am here to DO all the necessary
thinking. Pay attention to your
books, Sir, analeave the thinking to
me-"
eyes, sir" said the clerk humbly.
NextdaS anSbher Cav was discov-
cred, and9again the clerk was SUM
moned and. asked to explain.
"Well, sir, Ldidn't think
"Of course yON Didn't" howled
the peppery old gentleman. That's
just the trouble; you don't think
enough. What are you paid for9
Just think once in awhile and don't
be mere automaton."
The clerk said he would.-New
York Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16
Gun Metal Chains Favored.

Beauty's neck will no longer be en-
circled by heavy round beads wlie1
has been the fad for several seasons.
These chains have never been especIIF
" commended by manufacture Jew
elers, who are now In high feather ina'
tickle woman will adopt more eIPen'
sive ornaments. The substitute lo'
beads are slender, almost invisible eal
metal chains, to which are at.acHe4
crosses studded with both senllIe.
clOus and precious stones, which WI"
sparkle against lingerie necks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-16

One of the most important is the
Sago palm Of the East Indian arehi-
pelago. The tree fourishes only in
low, marshy situations and seldom
reaches a height of thirty feet. 1t
attains a starch yielding condition
at the age of fifteen years. The
stem is then gorged with mass of
starchY matter, around which Is a
hard outer rind about two inches in
thickness. We're the fruit allowed
to form and ripen the whole Of this
starchy core would disappear and
leave the stem a mere hollow shell,
for when the tree ripens its fruit it
dies.
1t seems strange that a man can
consume a tree, but it is so. The
preparation consists in cutting of
the branches and the hard rind Of
the trunk. The stem is then divided
into sections and split up, and the
starchy pith is extracted and grated
to powder. When the starch is
roughly grated or pounded into pulp
and made into cakes one tree will
feed man for a whole year.
That which is intended for ex-
portation is mixed into a paste with
water and rubbed through sleeves
into small grains. 1t is known as
pearl sage, bullet sage, ETC., accord
ing to its size, and is served on our
tables and in SOUPS and buildings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-02-22
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Keller Mfg. Co. manufacture first
class sleds and wagons. G. D.
Marshall & Co. sell them.
All overcoats, up-to-date, a, 4S and
81 inches long, for the next ten days
at 20 per cent discount. Nathe Bros.
Indigestion Is easily overcome by
the use of KOdol Dyspepsia Cure, be-
cause this remedy digestS what you
eat and gives the stomach rest
allows it to recuperate and grow
strong again. KodOl relieves Indiges-
tion, Belching of Gas, Sour Stomach,
Heartburn. ETC., and enables the
digestive organs to transform all food.
into the kind of rich blood that makes
health and strength. Sold by all
druggists.
About two hundred people attended
the supper in the Hilsdale block on
Monday evening. The proceeds were
donated by Mr.. and Mrs. Hilsdale 10
the Episcopal church. The basement
was decorated in the national colors,
and music was furnished by tn
Symphony orchestra. The supper "a
surpassed any attempt OF the kin
| ever given in this city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-02-22

One-half off on all china goods at
Alden's.
One-fourth off on watches, chains,
solid gold goods at Alden's.
WOOD CHOPPERS can earn good
money at Nevis, Mimi. Enquire OF
Jas. Connolly or Jas. Ingram.
MEN WANTED: To cut wood; good
chance to make money. Inquire OF
James Connolly or Jas. Ingram.
Monogram and University goods
will all stand the pure food inspection
Sold by McCracken & Burgess.
Angelica wine direct from California;
Port wine, very fine, $3.50 per gall;
SOC per quart bottle. John Boutell.
Empire cream separator, nearly new;
in good condition; for sale cheap.
Charles A. Morse, over post office.
For SALE OR RENT: Modern house
of six rooms. Apply to L. r. Barto:
22-tf
All old-time Cough Syrups bind the
bowels. This is wrong. A new idea
was advanced two years ago in Ken
.
This remedy acts on the mucuS mem
branes of the throat and lungs, and
loosenS the bowels at the same time.
1t expelS all cold from the system. 1t
clears the throat, strengthens the mu-
Gus membranes, relieves coughs, colds
Group, whooping-cough. etc. Sold by
druggists.
A man who once had rough, horny
hands made them soft and smooth
with Witch Hazel Salve, but he used
the genuine-that bearing the name,
Sc. C. Dewitt & Co. Chicago" For
sores, boils, cuts, burns bruises, ETC.,
it has no equal, and affords almost
immediate relief from blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles. Sold
by all druggists.
Perfection can only be attained in
the physical by allowing Nature to
appropriate and not dissipate her now
resources Cathartics grippe, weaken
--disSipate, while DeWitt's Little
Early Risers simply expel all putrid
matter and bile, thus allowing the
liver to assume normal activity. Good
for the complexion. Sold by all
druggists.