The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-01
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| tennials,
In Swiss restaurants natives general
~ pay a few cents less for food or
drink than tourists.
The Oldest tortoise in the London zoo
has seen go summers. BE has to be
fed by hand with cabbage.
/ Scientists are calling attention to the
fact that fauna of the Atlantic and Pa
ci1c are quite different and advise an
Investigation Of probable results before
the canal is cut through.
Tie growth Of trades unionism in
France has been very rapid. The title
under which the unions are known in
France is "Syndicats Professionals"
They were first authorized by law in
1884.
The members Of the Russian Red
Cross society who assisted in the war
with Japan are now being dispersed
1t is stated that 500 medical men and
1900 Sisters Of Mercy were enrolled for
duty.
The men employed in the Bombay
cotton mills are agitating for longer
hours. They ask for return to the old
thirteen hour day in place of the pres
ent day of twelve hours, with extra
payment for the additional hour.
An investigation into the size of the
solicitors bills by government COM
mittce in London revealed this remark
able item: ITO attending you this day,
when we discussed at length the items
of our charges and in the end convinced
you that they were fair
A consignment of 1900 cigarettes
was recently shipped to a soldier at
Fort Ethan Allen by n friend in the
Philippines. The duty on the cigarettes
amounted to SIS. which the consignee
declined to pay. The goods were then
ordered sold at auction to meet the de-
mands of the government. They brought
$500
A movement is afoot to construct
15S mile road for automobiles near
Winnipeg Man. 1t will be oval in form,
and the expense Of construction and
maintenance will be met from the tolls
collected from those who use it. It is
proposed to run some big races on the
road. which will be oiled to keep down
the dust.
Gilbert r. lie Place of Deep River,
Conn, has Scotch collie which is a
Tery useful dog Each morning after
breakfast the animal makes it his first
duty to fill the wood box, bringing the
sticks one at time in his month. If
the telephone rings with no one on hanc
to answer it the dog sets out to find
some one at once.
President Roosevelt is enthusiastic
over the idea, of creating a game pre-
serve on the Kaibab plateau of Ari-
IONA, including the Buckskin noun
tains. The tract is 60 by so miles and
capable Of sustaining 5000 buffalo, as
many elk or moose and innumerable
small game, Senator SmOot has pre-
pared bill for the purpose.
Cast thy bread upon the waters, for
thou shalt fine it after many days"
This passage Of Scripture was verified
when a woman Of Townsend Vt, re
ceived a present from a lady nearly
eighty years old Of a handsome patch
work quilt she had made and IS in cash
in remembrance of a little deed of kind
ness done nineteen years ago.
A groom recently took some horses
from England to Australia for a resi-
dent of that commonwealth. As he
went to Australia under an agreement
as to wages, it was necessary for him
to obtain a special certificate Of exemp-
hon to enable him to land, and at the
end Of six months, the period for which
the certificate is valid. he will be com.
PEELED to return to England.
A man was recently tried at Chicago
on the charge Of selling liquor to Chief
Ogallala Fire, a ward of the federal
government The defendants attorney
called attention to an old law which
admitted an Indian to citizenship when
he had land decided to him. Records
showed that OgaIlala Fire had thus be-
come citizen. and the alleged vendel
Of fire water was allowed to depart in
peace.
Niagara river in its course from Lake
EEle 70 LAKE OQIaTlO IdllS u Instance OF
627 feet A survey by the United States
engineers who measured the flow of the
river below the falls shows that it dis
charges 100000 cubic feet Of water a
second from one lake to the other. In
its descent Of twenty-Seven miles from
lake to lake Niagara river develops the !
equivalent of about 100000 theoretical
. The will Of the late Francis Skinner,
a Boston millionaire, puts the entire es.
tate, excepting $4,000, in trust for his
only son, Francis Skinner, Jr., who a
few years ago married Sadie Carr, a
in a department store. The ,
testator left $4,000 to the Arnold arbO-
return Of Harvard college. The young |
mans wife is the daughter Of Patrick /
Carr, a tailor. She is a strikingly hand |
some woman.
Although fifty-three years old, Earl /
de Gray still ranks as the greatest (
game butcher in England, perhaps in 1
the world. He has killed more game /
than any other living sportsman,