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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-07-27
WILL OF RUSSELL SAGE
TO BE MADE PUBLIC
BY Associated Press.

s.new York, July 26.-Mrs. Russo.
Sase e announced that the will of Nh
tsn,. viii be probated and the con
mace public tomorrow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-07-27
Morgan Reaches New York.

New York, July 26.-J. Pierpont
Morgan arrived to-day on the steamer
Baltic from Liverpool.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
Mariner Holds the Record, Seventy-T~wo
Years Spent ats Sea

distress on the shore of st. Paul Island
in the Indian Ocean. A Loaf was
lowered and young Howard. with sew
eral other sailors, went ashore and
brought back the man who had sig
nailed the ship. He turned out to be
sealer and declared that with COM
pHnion he had been marooned eighteen
months before and had not seen
sign of ship or man since. His COM
panion had died about four months
previous and his body had been washed
into the sea. The two men had man
aged to keep fire burning all of the
eighteen months by carrying 1T around
in an old, rusty kettle, which In some
mysterious manner had found its way
into the uninhabfted island. Inc res
cued sealer stated that after his COM
panion died he had considerable din-
Guilty in keeping the fire alive and that
on many occasions he had awakened
to find it on the verge of extinction.
Following the finding OF the ma
rooned sealer the Palmyra encountered
a severe gale, being repeatedly dasheo
against the dangerous shoals whlcn
prevail in that quarter OF the Indian
ocean. One night the vessel ran
aground, and for many days all lives
were endangered. Howards heroic
work was instrumental in saving both
the crew and the ship, and five days
after the Palmyra stuck on the shoas
she was pulled off safely at high tide.
Howard stayed with the ship until
she arrived in London, where he Joined
the Lady Rowena, which was loaded
with sheep for Australia. 1t was a
notable consignment and Howard real
lied all that it meant to his employers
from the fact that 1t was the first
shipment of merino sheep ever made to
Australia from England. The trade is
now one of the chief industries carried
on between the two countries. Upon
reaching Van Dieman Land the cargo
was unloaded and the crew given shore
leave. Howard, with the rest of the
crew, remained on shore for several
weeks till the sheep had been clipped
and sheared, when, ladepT this time
with a cargo of wool, the Lady Rowena
started on the return trip. In round
ing the Horn the ship was icebound
and unable to make way. As the YES
sci was drifting Howard was given the
wheel. and as he was by this time an
able seaman he guided the ship sue
cessfully out of danger. Four of the
crew were frozen to death and the ship
completely covered by a coating OF ice
When the vessel reached Rio Janeiro
she put in for repairs. and nearly a
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

redistillation or combination or the
above named products.
Rosin is obtained chiefly from the
long leaf pine, of which there was for-
merly an unbroken forest extending
from Southern Virginia through the
South Atlantic and Gulf States to East
ern Texas. More than one-half of the
original forest. however. has Seen ex-
hausted and there has been little or
no renewal. For a number OF years
the seat of the naval stores industry
continued near the forests of North
Carolina. 1t was transferred to South
Carolina at later period. and within
recent years. owing to the increased
demand for spirits of turpentine and
rosin having caused a large growth OF
the industry, the districts have been
very much extended, and now the CEN
ter is in Florida and reaches into Ala
bama. Mississippi and Louisiana.
The Southern States abound in sandy
soils suitable for the growing Of pines.
These tracts were at one time covered
with what were supposed to be bound
less forests. Though there are still
large areas which have been untouched,
the greater portion of the primeval for
ests has had the best timber removed.
Forest fires and the operation of the
turpentine gatherers have greatly dam
aged the remainder. Under the pres
ent methods of cutting the trees it
is merely question of comparatively
short time before the supply will be
exhausted.
1t has at last been realized that the
timber supplies are not unlimited, and
it is absolutely necessary that there
should be some modification of the
present treatment if continued repro
duction is to be insured instead of the
complete exhaustion which threatens to
despoil the magnificent forest re-
On,
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fire with buckets of water 1t was
finally extinguished. but not before Sc
we're damage had been done. The own
ers of the vessel were held RESPONSE
BILE for the damaged wool. and their
loss amounted to several hundred
thousand dollars.
Reaching London at last, Howard
became a land dweller. for several
weeks. but in 1929 he joined the twen-
ty-gun brig Forth, which at that time
was transporting convicts from Ireland
to Australia. Leaving London. the
bark was headed for Ireland. and. land
ing at Cork. took on board some 400
convicts, which proved to be the last
batch Of convicts ever transported by
the British Government. Near the
island of Sumatra the vessel was at
tackled by natives. who swooped down
upon her under cover of night. and.
stealing aboard. tied each member of
the crew hand and foot In the act Of
plundering the vessel, Howard man
aged to free one arm and, cutting the
ropes which bound his companions,
they descended on the raiders, over
powered and took them prisoners.
Later In the year Howard Joined the
Messenger, an American vessel, at Cal
cutta, under Captain Burlington, and In
her his first trip to America was made.
= -@S >~~~SSSAA9Ct al kif6Q III boston In the
spring of 1880, and all hands went
ashore for the Sabbath. Howard. un-
aware of the strict laws existing
against smoking on Sunday. went
ashore with his pipe and came near be-
Ing arrested. After this incident he re-
tired to the ship. preferring his pipe
and tobacco to the shore.
Howard next Joined another Ameri-
can ship bound up the Quebec River.
While on this voyage he witnessed the
laying OF the cornerstone OF tho first
state House in the capital of Mains
Later he went to New Orleans, where
ne shipped on board the Clio and set
sail for Delaware Bay. At the mouth
II the harbor the ship ran on the shoal
oe Flogo and the vessel went to pieces
VI except Howard managed TO escape
rom the wreck In the immediate
peril OF being dashed against the rocks
he stood at his post and succeeded IN
saving considerable wreckage: but a
heavy storm coming on the following
night, the vessel began. bit by bit. to
give way Hosting red lantern which
had escaped the water. Howard sig-
nailed for help Several fishing crart
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came to his assistance and he was res
cued.
After a few weeks OF land life Howard
felt the sea fever coming on with old
Authentic as mate. The Authentic
was one OF John Melrs vessels
and was freighter. After his
position as mate Howard was made
captain OF the Authentic and later
rose TO be commander OF several
other vessels: but in the fall OF 1S47 he
left New York for Madeira After be-
ing out thirty-seven days the ship was
compelled to put in at Lisbon IN dis
tress. When repairs were completed
the vessel continued to Madeira. where
her cargo was discharged After this
Howard bought a ship OF his own on
the coast OF Brazil and came
in San Francisco Bay on the morn
ing of August IA. 1919 The fol-
lowing year he set sail for the
West Indies. and on the return trip
the vessel stopped at Valparaiso. While
Howard and the crew were on shore
the fearful earthquake Of 81 shook
buildings from their foundations and
strewed the streets with ruins and
wreckage- In Witnessing the appalling
catastrophe Howard. from his position
on the shore. saw the ground open and
swallow hundreds of fleeing men. wo-
men and children. From a like fate
Howard and his men had an extremely
narrow escape.
TIL 1894 Captain Howard followed
the sea which had led him through so
many daring and stirring adventures.
but with the close OF that year he bade
farewell TO the great ocean and took up
his abode in Oakland There he still
lives, surrounded by relatives and
friends. for the captain has many CT
these last and his name Is as wen
known in everyday society as Il Is TO
the "old salts who congregate on the
water front Although the events OF
which he talks took place more than
three-quarters OF century ago. the
captain loves to recall them. and espe-
cially ready is he TO talk OF the ocean
and OF It's vast mysteries.
Nonagenarian though he is. the cap
tain Is not confined TO his bed. nor does
he expect TO be for many q year TO
come. He enjoys almost perfect health
Ia good commentary on the ife-giving
breezes OF the sea-and hoped to see
many q moon after he reaches the hun
ared mark in years.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

States in the neighhorhood of i.iI5,.
600, 100000 feet OF lumber, but $4,000
100000 feet is being cut every year.
The report OF the association recon-
mended the immediate prohibition of
log exports and to exempt from taxes
all tree plantations. II something Is
not done in that direction the lumbe
men look for the early disappearance
of available trees for use as lumber.
Now this association advises action.
while in the same report we are shown
the annual waste OF enough lumber
to supply tho demand of the railway
importer, but not available, as the get
ting out of larger timber can be done
with quicker and greater profit.
In the Maine and New Hampshire for
ests thousands of men spend the winter
culling the forests OF the choicest lum-
Der and. destroying young growing
trees on every hand in their haste to
get ready for the high water in the
spring.
The folly OF this waste will only be
fully realized when there is no longer
anything to waste. A European estate
manager would cut such lumber as was
best suited for market clear the brush
away from the young trees and at the
end of a half century the forest would
be even more valuable than when the
cutting began.
In an interesting report on the tur-
pentine industry in the United States
Mr.. Bell, British commercial agent,
says the gathering of rosin in the
United States dates back to the time
of the early settlers of that part Of
the country which is now North Caro-
lima. From there the industry has ex-
tended, and is now carried on in all
regions where the long leaf pine is
found in sufficient abundance, and
more especially in the South Atlantic
and Eastern Gulf States In addition
to the rosin and turpentine the indus
try includes the manufacture of tar
and pitch, the distiilation of spirits of
turpentine and other by-products. The
process, in brief, is as follows: The
trees are tapped and the sap is allowed
to flow into receptacles prepared for
the purpose. This sap is distilled and
spirits Of turpentine and rosin are OBJ
tanned. Tar is obtained by the destruc-
tive distiilation of the wood itself, and
oil of rosin. oil of tar, common pitch.
brewers pitch, ETC., are obtained by q
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process. This r7susr was -nur7Iy salts
factory, as previously many architects
and large consumers. such as railway
companies. refused to employ bled tim
ber. According to the United States
census returns for 1900 the area occu-
pied by pure pine forests In the South
ern States was at that date approx
mate1y 100, 900, 900 acres. The average
stand of timber on this area was estf-
mated az not far from 5000 feet per
acre, giving a total stand OF 100000
100000 feet. The cut in that year was
s,523.o0o.00 feet. or nearly 8 per cent
Of the estimated stand. There would
therefore appear to be sufficient yellow
pine to last for thirty-three years,
without allowing for increase IN the
rate OF consumption or anything for
growth in the interval
When the natural gas fields OF the
Middle West were producing heat and
light OF the cleanest and best the trav-
eler through the country could see al
most anywhere the pipes and burners
used to light village streets by night
blazing away all day, it not being
thought worth while to turn them OF
as they would have to be lighted again
the next night For over fifty years
the United States has thrown away
enough to fully feed and supply heat,
light and clothing for the population
OF a nation as large as Japan. and at
the present time our waste Is over
four times as great as IL was dfty
years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

NEQDALED by the most mar.
velous tales of piracy are the
adventures OF Captain Edward
Howard. of Oakland. the oldest
mariner in the United States, with a
record of ninety-six years to his credit
and seventy-two of them passed in the
service of the sea.
His exploits. if. complied, would fill
volumes with stirring stories.s This
nonagenarian, as hale and hearty as
many men OF half his age, can repeat
scrap Of data. His sea life began at
the age Of IL. when, owing to financial
troubles of the family, he was forced
TO set about earning a living. At
office after office and at shops in London
he inquired one cold, damp morning
for work Of any sort, but was unsuc-
cessful. Becoming disheartened at the
prospects in the mercantile district,
Howard turned his steps toward the
water front and Commenced inquiries
anew. At each one he was told that
he would have to wait and grow a bit
before he could ship on any vessel, but
not being willing TO wait, he waited
his chance and, when il came, slipped
on board docked ship and hid in the
coal scuttle. He lay there while the
ship was in the harbor. scarcely daring
TO come from his ..iding place long
enough to gather a few scraps of food
When, however, the ship weighed
anchor and Howard ventured to show
himself, he was severely reprimanded
by the captain and Immediately put to
work, which was just what he wanted.
The vessel upon which he had shipped
was the tventy-gun brig Barrossa,
employed in carrying troops and pro-
visions to the Indies. The trip was an
eventful one for the young navigator
for their vessel had not proceeded very
far when they were chased by "a
French cruiser, and the entire crew
barely escaped being taken prisoners
The days of piracy had not yet
vanished and many a buccaneer was
sailing the high seas after valuable
prizes. In the race which followed the
attempt of the French ship to overhaul
the Barrossa the latter sprung a leak
and was forced to make for small
island in the vicinity, where she Law
up for repairs. When the Barrossa
reached port Howard left her. going
over TO ship known as the PALMYRA.
a vessel carrying but ten guns On the
Palmyra he distinguished himself by
sighting human being apparently in
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

- ONERING the well after the calt
is drowned is considered a use
less precaution by the farmer
who has lost his veal through
carelessness. but may not the covering
OF the well prevent the loss of lamb?
The enactment of laws for the pro-
lection OF our fish and game now being
half-heartedly enforced through the
country win. in many cases. undoubt-
'edly prevent the total humiliation of
some OF our choicest food delicacies,
but in many other cases these laws
come all too late.
. The wild pigeon that but few short
years ago was everywhere in swarnls
so dense as TO obscure the sun is now
but memory. Thanks TO the wanton
waste and criminal slaughter OF these
beautiful birds, the wild turkey, once
10 be found in every forest, is now to
be had only by searching the more re-
mote districts and will soon be ex-
tinct- The prairie chickens, once plen-
tiful in the Middle West, now lives only
on the very outskirts Of the settled
Far West. The salmon has disap-
peaFed almost entirely from ali but
our most northern waters. The lobster
producing waters are growing smaller
each year, and only the constant care
and efforts of the Government and
State Fish and Game commissions
VIII be able 10 prevent these last two
choice foods from destruction.
When the first hardy colonists land
ed on our shores they found what our
short national life has demonstrated
beyond dispute. the richest land on the
face Of the globe. Immense tracts OF
forest, great plains Of fertile soil, lakes
~ CfnrkaI rrrffl "A ah -
game food fishes, while in the forests
roamed vast herds or buffalo, with
many varieties OF the deer family
Flocks OF water fowl and land birds
were encountered everywhere and tha
problem Of life was a simple one. The
mountain streams furnished power to
aid man in tho home making. while
under the earth great deposits of gold.
silver, copper and lead were to be
found by the seeker. Almost endless
fields of coal dotted the face of the
country in many sections. The fertile
soil produces almost every fruit. grain
and nut known to the human race, and
from this vast storehousc of nature
filled with the carefully boarded capi-
tai Of preceding ages the American
should be and continue to be the most
independent person on the face of the
globe.
Now. like the handwriting on the
wall, comes the shock that much OF
our success has been gained by using
UP our capital Soil, oil and natural
gas fields, mines, waters and forests
have been drawn upon with little or no
thought Of exhaustion until we find
ourselves reduced to the necessity of
calling on other lands for that of
which we were but a few years ago the
greatest producers.
While we may safely be called the
cla<
not be overproud when we consider that
we are also the great object lesson in
the worlds school of the spendthrift
nation. the most wildly wasteful and
criminalIy extravagant Of all the hui
man race.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
-Wiping Out the Forests


American improvidence finds its
worst illustration in the swift, sure,
deadly progress of the commercial de-
sstruction OF its forests; forests con-
sidered the largest and finest in the
world, now cut and burned, culied Tor
certain kinds of timber and then
burned off," stumped and subjected
to many other destroying processes
without any one lifting a hand for
their preservation, until experts re-
port that at the present rate OF
devastation the United States will be
without q tract of commercial timber
in less than twenty-five years.
Many are the associations Of lumber
dealers and game and fish protectors,
and some good is accomplished each
year by the action of these organiza-
tions; but the remedy is beyond such
doctors, the patient is too far gone,
and without concerted action on the
part of all State governments and the
national Government our forests will
be second growth scrub or burnt
wastes without suIncient cover for
what little game there is left to cover
In speaking of our vanishing forests
a writer records the waste of more
than 1000. 600 feet of lumber every
year in the Northwest. alone. saying:
In the Pacific Northwest nearly
100000 men are employed in cutting
down the last primeval forests of this
country and slicing these stately
armies Of spruce and fir and cedar into
5000. 100000 feet OF lumber and 5000,
100000 shingles every year.
This timbered area is the richest
natural treasure of the American con-
tinent compared with which the gold
mines of Alaska and Nevada are Of
picayune value for this and for COM
ing generations
- ''It is so wonderfully rich a treasure
that its owners are squandering it like
drunken spendthrifts. 4 billion feet OF
70 build 100000 comfortable American
homes.
= 1T IS characteristic OF Western men
and methods that the ways of logging
Fl in the East should have been flung
aside as crude and slow. The giant
q timber OF the Washington forests on
the slope of the Cascades is not hauled
by teams or RATED down rivers. Steam
has made of logging a business which
devastates the woods with incredible
speed. system and ardor.
The logging camps OF the Cascades
differ as strikingly from the numbering
centers of Northern New England as
the electric gold dredgers OF the Sac
Famento Valley contrast with the
placer diggings Of the forty-niners
In other words. the greater the need
of preserving the forests. the greater
IS the American ingenuity for turning
them into cash as fast as possible
Must Seek Elsewhere
The wires record the fact that one
of our railway kings is obliged to cross
the ocean for what we were able to
supply the world with not long since.
II IL Hartman has become large
buyer OF railroad ties in Japan and is
having them delivered at Guayrnas.
Mexico, for hfty-six cents gold each.
A contract for 100000 ties has been
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

AS breeding pinO trees rUr the pur-
pose of extracting turpentine and rosin
has been regarded as Injurious to the
timber. the Agricultural Department
undertook a special investigation in
volving mechanical tests. Physical and
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
Must Seek Elsewhere

The wires record the fact that one
OF our railway kings is obliged to cross
the ocean for what we were able to
supply the world with not long since.
+E. IL Hartman has become large
buyer Of railroad ties in Japan and is
having them delivered at Guaymas.
Mexico, for hfty-six cents gold each
A contract for 100000 ties has been
let. Through concessions obtained last
year from President Diaz OF Mexico
Mr.. Hartman and associates are
building 700 miles of roads in the
states of Sonora and Sinaloa TO con-
meet with the Southern Pacific on the
southern border of Arizona. The Jap
7anese ties are used in building this
new road
According to the National Hardwood
Lumber Association there is a possi-
bility OF the destruction of the forests
of the United States in thirty-five
years The association estimates that
there are now standing in the United
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

| NEQUALED by the most mar
velous tales of piracy are the
adventures OF Captain Edward
Howard, of Oakland. the oldest
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
ID ROSPERITY AN
IL By THE USELE'
NATURES GIFTS

- OvERING the well after the calf
is drowned is considered use
Y less precaution by the farmer
who has lost his veal through
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-30
BASE HTS.

Sc Louis new pitcher Charles
Rhodes, IL the smallest pitcher in the
National league
President Soden says there IL abso-
IuteIy no truth III the rumor that the
Boston Nationals are to have n new
owner
Manager Clarke OF pittsburg has
not lost confidence in Lefty McIlyecn.
He bclievea that TIE husky south paw
will prove a winner.
Tho st Louis National club has trad.
cd Pitcher Al Egan and Shortstop
George u. Mcbride TO Kansas City for
Inheldcr Billy PhyIe
Catcher King OF Chicago is a much
feared man by every base stealer IN
the National league. lie whips them
down TO second ID great shape.
Leon Anes Of the New York Giants
invariably encounters difficulty In To-
eating the plate and IN order to get
the ball over lets up perceptibly.
The Cincinnati club emphatically de-
mics having made overtures to Dr.
Relsling the ineligible player, now
with the Lancaster (Pal outlaw club
Catcher schIei Of Cincinnati Is max.
ing an effort to back up HanIons
statement that he Is better man
than Bowcrnl0n SchIci Is hitting the
ball hard and often
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-30
OHIO SENATORS WILL FIGHT.
Dick Says lie ard Foraker want In
darsement Of State Convention.

Cleveland, Any. s0 Senator Dick de-
cIared that be anu senator Foraker VIII
tight ter Endorsement Ill the Republican
state convention Ike says the aght viii
be Il i finish lie said Personally
20 one can regret more than + any al.
tagonism or opposition toward The Ohio
senators This Il not tiie FIRST experi.
enee a the kind Ohio Republicans had
e decide a like controversy some years
aga Az that time Senator Hanna was
denounced ~ ed-necked boss Pres
ideHt Mckinley vas called ieily.fslf.
land Governor Nash 4 man without back
bAnes Ali these men. however. survived
the tauntS and insults II their enemies
and were sustained throughout by loral
Ohio Republicans II the Ohio senators
were disposed for any reason TO retire
from the conflict they could not do 40
now. They owe il 70 their friends over
the entire state a. Well AZ Is themselves
to fight this matter ID a finish. III also
remains 70 be seen whether the contest
tor the next goycrHorship and the next
Ohio delegation IN the national conyen.
tion, Or the fight Tor senatorial seat
not to be filled until after another eiee-
tion shall iecpardize and imperil Re
publican snceess IN Ohio next fall