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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03

frequently are not in touch with the
requirements of warships. Ships built
for the government in some respects
are not quite what they would be if
they had been built in navy yards. 1t
is hard to get the workmen out Of
Tuts. The specifications for waTships
are rather general. and contractors are
inclined to do work the same way as
would be done on a merchant vessel,
1t is their accustomed method of do
ing work. But there is a great differ
ence in contractors; some build as
staunch ships as are built in navy
yards, some do not"
It is to be hoped that Congress
will provide that the new battleship
to be included in this years program
be constructed at one of the navy
yards, and that a permanent policy be
adopted that only such construction
be given out by contract as will be
over and above the capacity of the
leading navy yards to care for.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
Something New
an the Strike Line.

Some new in the line Of strikes was
inaugurated by Indiana farmers on
March 1, the proposition being moth
ing less than 10 withhold their prod
ucts from the markets until prices
satisfactory to them can be secured.
The Jacksonville Times-Union, dis
cussing this latest spring novelty,
says:
A significant sign Of the times is 10
be found in the fact that some 100000
Indiana farmers propose to go out on
strike" today, regardless Of cOnse-
Quenees.
These enterprising agriculturalists
who are operating under the title
Of ~uhe Society Of Equity''-hsve a
grievance.
They are producers. but have finally
arrived at the conclusion that their
produce produces too little by far in
the way Of revenue.
According to the published accounts
following is the program mapped out
by these HoOsieT refOrmers:
1T is proposed by these organized
ter March I, all Of their produce until
the price shall reach a figure TO be
fixed by them by general arrangement.
Especially do the growers of wheat
complain that they have not received
an adequate return for their labor.
They viii change all that, and if they
eannot have one-dOllar wheat the
SOrld At large shall not have wheat
a. all. This is merely the plan of the
POpulists and grsngers in its original
form, with possibly some modifca-
lions. That which was proposed "a
be accomplished by the establishment
of state warehouses, elevators or res
ervOirs for farm products not consid
cred ''perishable, the advance Of
money upon products so stored and
the waiting for a favorable market
these men of the Society of Equity ap
parently propose in some way to do fol
themselves"
We confess that our sympathies are
with the farmers in this instance.
We must also confess that the
chances are badly against them; that
the winning cards are probably held
elsewhere, and that their organization
can hardly hope TO become effective
until it embraces in its ranks a clear
majority Of the men who live by the
pillow.
The truth Of the matter is, the great
American farmer is playing the game
Of life al a great disadvantage.
He must buy in a high protected
market, while selling in the open mar
ket of the world. A protectionis
when buying the tools Of his trade, ht
is, perfOrce, a free trader when hi.
crop is put on the market for specula
tors TO shuttle with.
In other words, our farmers get II
both going and coming" Were the
once united-cOuld they once stan,
together-they could come all arount
controlling the country but until tina
day comes. il is much to be fearet
that such departures as this Indian;
movement will finally end in the i'm
mediate vicinity of its starting point
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
CLIPPINGS FROM
MARCH MAGAZINES.
Some Advantages in Beino Dead.

Some Advantages in Being Dead.
Colonel Henry Watterson tells of
the establishment and chagrin with
which a certain well known citizen
of Louisville, named Jenkins. read a
long obituary of himself printed in a
morning paper of that city. He at
once proceeded TO the editorial Office
of the paper, and, after much Difficult,
", succeeded in obtaining audience of
the busy city editor. Laying a copy
Of the paper before him, he observed
in a mild, almost humble way, that
ne had come to see if the city editor
could tell" him anything about it,
With a snort of Impotence, the
busy editor grasped the paper and
hastily read the article. 1T appears
to be an obituary of one. jenkins, -
he growled. What is there to tell
about it? What s the matter with
you, anyway"
"Oh, nothing especially" respond
ed the mild Jenkins, only I thought
I'd like to know how the obituary
came to be printed-that 5 all"
Came 10 be printed" repeated the
editor, in irrirated tones; why, the
man died, of course. My paper does
not print obituary notices of living
men"
Perhaps not, as a rule" gently re-
piled the visitor, but in this case /
happen to be the jenkins referred
to-"
Thereupon the city editor began a
prOfuse apology. We'll print a cor.
rection at once" he said.
We'll, after all, observed the mild
Jenkins, perhaps t would be better
to let it stand; I will show it to nv
friends when they try to borrow mon.
ey of me."-From Success Magazine
for March.
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THE RATE BILL
~ THE SENATE.
New York Press

Representative HepbuTn's eXplana-
ton that he did not know what his
rate bill meant makes the ignorance
unanimous as to what it would do if
enacted. Heretofore We assumed
that at least the author Of that crook
ed measure was in possession of the
secret so completely concealed by its
lRbyriuthian phraseology. But il
turns out that nobody on earth, and
last of all the man who wrote il. has
the faintest idea Of what most Of its
clauses would accomplish.
When the senate heard this descrip-
tion of the Hepburn bill from the lips
Of its author ii saw a light. When
they found nearly the whole railroad
membership Of the house voting sol
idly for rate regulation that does not
regulate. as a means of earning some
favor with easily gulled voters, the
senators began 70 consider the advisi-
bility Of falling in line with the gener-
81 bunco movement When even Mr..
Il. p. Bacon, the active head of the or
ganized campaign for rate regulation,
IS so badly bamboozled that he sends
out an appeal TO support the Hepburn
fraud, why may not the average unin-
formed voter be swindled2 The sen.
ate begins TO reflect that il will cost
the railroads little or nothing IL II
should indOrse the houses twenty-siX
pages OF mixed and muddy ambiguity,
but might serve TO delay for cOnsid.
cradle time the irresistible demand
for regulation that really will regulate
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03

Before the senate lends itself to the
job put up by the house, however, it
will take even greater precautions
than Mr. Hepburn took to guarantee
the railroads against annoyance. Mr..
Hepburn thinks he is fairly sure the
clause about appeals from the deci-
sions of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission will enable the carrier to
stand of the shipper until he is dead
broke or dead, or both, but the senate
will make assurance dOUbly sure. 1t
is now proposed to take the section
relating to judicial review and doctor
it up so that by no possible chance
can the railroad be compelled to give
the shipper a square deal until after
he is worn to a frazzel by delays in
the courts. OF course, there is wide
opportunity in the myStifying maze Of
the house rate bill for the courts to
knock the whole think sky-hgh, on
the logical ground that if its author
does not know what it means the mys-
terry is too deep for judges to fathOm.
But If the law in the main should be
upheld on a legal test the railroads
still would have the last safe refuge
of the clause providing for perennial
litigation Of the shippers complaint.
But, whatever may be the senate S
decision, there need be no fear on the
part of the railroads that their extor.
ton will be interrupted by this con,
gress. The Hepburn bill is no obsta
Gle. The senate will not fortify it il
it passes it. The senate, if the thing
is possible, will put enough more poi
son into it to kill the remOtest hope
Of relief to the people.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
Raftinu on the Wisconsin,

AT the mills they made up the big
RATS according to a certain system.
A crib was made Of boards. say, six
teen feet long, and was built in Law.
ers, dollhouse fashion, until it was
perhaps a couple of feet deep, all fas-
tened by long hardwood pegs. Seven
of these cribs made a piece" and
three pieces, side by side, dashed 10
gether by lines fastened to the boats.
made what was called a Wisconsin
river raft" That was about as large
as a raft could be and run safely the
various dams and bars and RAPIDS
After they got to the mouth If the
Wisconse the men would shift these
pieces and bunch up a number of Wis
consin river RATS into one vast, slow
moving snake Of sawn timbers, a
thing OF terror 10 all the steamboats,
on the river, until at last il found lis
destination, perhaps tying up It some
bayou far down toward st. Louis.
Once such a raft piled up on the mid.
die pier Of the Dubuque bridge. and
ran up the abutment 10 the bridge
floor, frightening half to death some
three hundred gaping folk who had
come out TO see the wild men 20
through But that was merely an in.
cieent II was merely an incident II
at night the men, asleep and forget.
ful OF the green lights which ought
to show that they were running
awoke under a volley OF profanity
and saw looming before them the bow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03

Of some river steamer. whose cap
tain and pilot objurgated them by all
the saints of the river to have bet
ter care for the observance. OF the
law.-Emerson Hougn, IN ION the Lit
tie Bull Rapids in The Outing Mag
azine for March.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
Quite Natural.

Husband-What did you think when
you heard the chandelier fall last
night? Wife-Why, / thought you had
been detained on business again alG
were getting upstairs as quietly as yoV
could.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03

Progress is becoming extremely rap.
ID"
eyes, indeed. In the year 5000 o. %
lightning viii have 20 get a move On y
5 wants to Be considered East"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03

see the. best men in office. They can
hardly be gotten there on an early
primary, or in other words, without
sufficient time in which TO seiect
them. That is impossible, and on tnat
account the Metropolis favors a late
primary. because it would give time IN
which to select the best men ana pre-
pare for a battle that must mean
great deal to county and state.
But, an early. primary mas Deen
calied-May 15-and again June ~ Il
found necessary, and it now STANDS al
we'll in the hand TO work for and see
that the best men are nominated for
Office and elected. irrespective of past
party or factional Affiliations. Let the
political war go on, it is going to be
an interesting struggle throughout the
state. AMI in Dade county, especially
Miami Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
NEWS AND VIEWS
FROM STATE PAPERS.
What Arcadia Needs.

What Arcadia Needs.
If there is anything Arcadia needs
worse than better railroad service it
is additional hotel accommodation. It
is fact that the railroad service on
this division is very poor and one
takes his life in his own hands to ride
or the cars, however, their trains
manage to bring more people here
than the hotels are able to accommo-
date. 1t is no unusual occurrence for
tourists to get off the train here and
upon being informed that hotel &C
commOdations cannot be had here
board the same train and go further
south. Since the people are willing
to risk their own lives to get down
here to see Us let us see to it that
they get some place to stop. These
conditions might have been excus
able in the Arcadia of fifteen years
ago, but it certainly is not in keeping
with what the Arcadia of to-day
should be.-Arcadia News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
Early VS.. Late Primary.

The Metropolis had hoped the State
Democratic Executive Committee
would see and deem it wise to call a
late primary, but in this it hoped in
vain, as the dates were named the
earliest possible consistent with law.
To the professional candidate, or
continuous Office seeker an early pri-
mary serves as good as late one. He
knows that he is going to announce
and can begin his campaign as well
one time as another, but to the more
conservative politician, business man
or other. that might be sent into a
political campaign to defeat some I'M
desirable candidate for a certain Of
fee, the early primary is detrimental.
The professional Office seeker will
come out early. It does not take him
long to show his hand, and it is upon
this that the more conservative poll
tician waits. He and his friends want
to see the line up, as it were, and if it
don't look good it must be crushed,
but it takes time to do anything and
in most cases and instances where
the early primary prevails sufficient
time is not left or given for an
efficient campaign to be waged.
There is no person, but wants to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
eoId Braid and ReaI service.

Soon the militia soldiers will go on
an encampment, and again the tax
payer will get it in the neck. The TIN
soldiers have a good time and learr
little, and enough will be spent by
one of the officers in DOMINIC uni
form to fit out a wardrobe of a regu
lar army officer. Gold braid is OF lit
tie use when it comes to real service
Perry Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
The Opposition to Lamar.

The Breeze can say that thus far
there is but one avowed candidate in
opposition to Mr.. Lamar for congress
from this district and that is Hon
J. D. Stephens, from Jackson county
AS to whether there will be others is
yet an undecided question. So far as
we can learn the rumor that l..
Reeves would be a candidate is with,
out oundation.-DeFuniak Breeze.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
Politics in Lake.

The political pot is beginning to boi
in Lake county. Several announce
ments of candidates for Office have
been made and there are others to fol
low BY which it would appear that
there is to be a high and interesting
old time political this year. In the
meantime let the band play and may
the best men win.-Leesburg CONNER
cial
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-03
when Whisky is safe.

According to the eminent DR.. Wiley
bottled whisky is the only safe kind
And We may ada that some people
think it is safer if it remains bot
tled.-Tampa Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
Secret of Her Strength.

That's wot ye'll say when yer see
'er do it-thats wot every one hawsks. .
was his glowing reply. Then he elu-
cidated. NO doubt we've card that If a
man picks up calf two or three times
a day until tn hanimaI becomes a COW
'e'n find II just as heasy to lift tn COW
as e found It to lift tn calf? Well,
that's 'ow it is with me wife and SON.
She as been 'andling i'm every day
since e was mite Of a hinfant and
now ii gives 'er no more trouble to lift
i'm and swing i'm than when e
was year old. E's in is twenty-sec-
ond year"
The lady's age was discreetIy ignored
by both Of Us.
Hes hne-loolzing fellow" I re-
marked when the youth had disrobed
and his physique was disclosed.
You oughter see i'm heat" ouoth the
sire Ealthy appetite's no name for
is unger 'E's 'ungry al tn time
When we were coming from HostroiI-
var on tn Ventura e ate more than
me and is mother together got awaiy
with when meals were spread, an he
was always 'ungry betwixt meals
Hevery time tn ships bell struck tn
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
But He Didn't Complain.

Rosener's grin gave way to an ex-
preston half questioning, half resent
full With exceeding suavity, however.
the master of twenty instru-
ments explained TO the nanipalator Of
single producer Of sounds that GER
tain instructions to rest" plainly
marked in the orchestral parts, had
been ignored.
When 1 'ad tn bagpoipes." he said,
I 'ad to stamp me foot to stop some
Of yer bloomink men, and in TIL Death
o Nelson when l played pom POM
there was no responding 'pon-porn-
pom. But" propitiatingIy don't think
I'm complaining. 1t was tn best first
performance Accompaniment I heyer
got
If der moosic said 'resd,' dey resided
III nod, nein, propably," was Rosener's S
retort, as he returned to his crew.
That Death o. Nelson Railways got
me hinto bother" said Vasco It's a
Hinglish song, yer know, about tn bat
tie O. Trafalgar and tn sinkfn' o. tn
French fleet by Nelson's ships, and
when l opened me act in Paris 1 was
bloomink fool enough to give 'em tn
Death O. Nelson. II halmost resulted
In tb death O. Vasco. Some froEeater
in the haudience fred is revolver at
me. l think I'll chuck that song from
me list, also Bay o. Biscay.' Both on
en- are good music for 'eavy brass. but
tn people of Hamericar don't seem TO
know 'em. 'Ow would it do If 1 were
TO cut 'em hout and play some popular
Hamerican hairs instead?"
/ apDrOVad the idaa
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Skepffcfsm Is Challenged.

Ne ands an wrists got bunged up,
he explained. exhibiting as corrobora-
tive evidence the gnarled and knotted
condition Of the members alluded TO.
80 ] takes UP me musical act and
leaves tn rnissus and tn boy TO do
tn aerial turn without me. 1 'ad
played tn piccolo in a circus band in
haddition to doink me gymnastic work.
and. 'aving a good ear for music and a
natural haptitude for mawstering hin-
struments. I soon worked up a pretty
fair turn. though it was nothink then
fourteen years ago-to wot it is now.
I've kept hadding to it till I'm haible to
play twenty-seven different hinstru-
ments in fifteen minutes. Sounds raw
ther impossible. but If I cawnt do it
I'll forfeit five 'undred pound to any
charitable hinstitution, me performance
to be judged by a committee Of musi-
cal ladies and gents O. tn town. Me
and me moneys to be found ere at tn
Horpheum."
Mile. Alexandra, as 'olesome" an ap-
pearing matron as one could wish to
see. stood in the wings with Mons.
BERTHE. q strapping chap. and the hus-
band and father gazed at them with
undisguised pride and invited attention
to their superb physical proportions,
which were soon to be more fully re-
vealed by their doflng Of conventional
evening garb.
wait till they gets down to tights
said Yasco. an yer see 'er. Weighing
Iz4 pounds. 'andle i'm. Weighing 16s. as
II e were little babby."
How in the world can she do it?" 1
asked
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
Cheapness Versus Health.

Hand 'ow does yer know it's 'ealthy
as well as cheap2" inquired the little
man with the Portuguese name and the
Coekney dialect. low can yer tell that
il don't mean 'eadaehes2" he pursued.
I'm me travels at ONE and habroad-
hin Hingland. Hafricar and Hostroilyar
i've found that beers like hevery-
think else-th' cheaper yer gets it tn
less 'olesome it is. II il hain't the
saline in Hamericar I'm greatly mis-
taken. AT any rate. buys tn best.
cause cawn't hafford to taike
chawnce Of 'urting me 'ealth."
Politely declining his cordial invita-
ton TO ave another" I accompanied
him back 10 the theater, where, he told
me. he was about due to serve as an in
visible aid to Nile. Alexandra and Mons.
BERTHE in their refined aerial act. After
the Ball
shes me missus an he's our kid"
lie impaired. in semi-conhdence. "Iybe
Il hain't proper for me to tell yer that,
beink as ow yer haint in tn profes-
sion: but If yer in tn 'abit O. comm
beind tn stoige ye'd find it hout. any
WHY. 50 no arms done as 1 can see
He told me that he. too. was a gym
bonpoint that would not be stayed
compelled him TO abandon that calling
and take up the less strenuous and
equally lucrative one Of capering as an
fnsane frStrr1rner+alist
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

larger than that OF the old Grand Opera
house 1t has been found necessary to
have large-sized stage. as the man
ayers have booked a number of at
fractions that require as much.. if not
more. room than did Ben Hur.r Com
Portable opera chairs have been or
dered. The opening attraction will
surely bring out ali the former first
nighters and make the event notable
one in the history of San Francisco
theatricals.. Many of The leading stars.
musical comedies. spectac1es and
dramas will be seen at the new theater
In rapid succession--even much more
rapidly than has been the rule In this
city-owing to the fact that many
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
Mansfield as Peer Gynf.

Richard Mansfield created SenSa-
zion when ne produced for the first
time In Chicago Ibsen's spectacular
comedy. Peer Gynt. Although the
curtain rose before 8 o'clock. the
theater was packed and the audi
ence became deeply interested IN the
pageantry. the music and the perform
ance. The cast contains over ffty
players and close on to geo people are
used upon the stage Some OF the
scenery showed the sunrise on the
Norwegian mountains, the wedding at
Hagstad farm. the palace cavern Of the
king of the Troll COLLINS, the interior
of Gynts home, palm grove on the
coast of Morocco and the sinking OF
the ship in the North Sea- Mr.. Mans
field plays the title role. which. is not
unlike Rip Van Winkle, for in the
three first acts he is the registering
braggart of the Norwegian mountains,
while IN. the fourth act he has grown
into a cynical man of the world, and
the final act shows the aged wanderer
returning to his mountain home. Moth
ing so elaborate has ever been offered
upon the Chicago stage The produc-
tfon involves the outlay OF a fortune.
and at the conclusion Of the first and
second acts the star has numerous cur
tain calls.
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Our Restless Barmaids.

Little of it I've 'ad hopportunitv TO
see, he said, for since we harrived
I've been busy getting ready for this
hopening. We're living near ere, and
only goes down town to eat iOwever.
there's one thing / don't understand
and that's tn 'abit tn public 'ouses
round ere ave o. changing their bar
maids. Drop into q pub today and
you'll find thin maid be'ind tn bar
drop in tomorrow and yell find a fat
'un there Are they changed round
like that down town."
1t was the first intimation l had re-
ceiyed of barmaidery being existent
In San Francisco, but l subsequently,
ascertained that Vasco's statement
was correct. Almost every saloon in
the neighborhood of the Chutes has a
female bartender.
In Hingland," he said. when a bar
maid gets tn 'ang Of tn 'ouse and the
customers come to know 'er she's
fixed hinstitution Ere. 'owever, yer
cawn't tell 'ow long a gal is to stay
be'ind any bar"
Without seeming impudent" 1
ventured, Il would like to learn II you
were either born or baptized Vas
CO."
Bless yer art, nyether," was his
me stoige name
And you adopted it. / presume. to
honor the great Portuguese ex-"
Il took 1T from a race 'oss in Jo'-
annesberg. Looking for a good catchy
stoige name, I sees as an oss called
Vawsco is entered for a race Is
name took me fawncy, and l says to
nesef, I'll lay a quid or two on i'm,
and IL e wins there'll be luck in is
name and I'll hadopt it. Well. e
won me a 'undred and forty pound,
and took is name and ave never re-
gretted 1t. It's such an andy name
for tn bills. yer know-only FIVE let
ters in IT. Luck2 l 'avent 'ad an un-
lucky day since Yawsco won is race"