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New-York tribune., 1906-04-29
Almost Unnatural History
American Grasshoppers

L blunders perpetrated by translators is
without limit. The first man to translate
CooPer's novel, The Spy into French made
numerous errors, among which are these:
When the translator came 20 the wo I
'Locusts,' which Was the KAN If tt War
tons residence IN the stc-- e turned to his
dictionary and found the rendering of the
word to be "Les Samerelles," the " grasshop-
pers." He was a trife puzzled later when he
came to the passage in which dragoon was
represented as tying his horse to one of the
locusts on the lawn
He had never been in America; but taking it
for granted that the grasshoppers of that coun-
try must be of tremendous size he solemnlv
informed his readers that the trooper fastened
his horse by the bride to grasshopper which
was standing near the door of the house.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-29
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

ing to come to the conclusion that
there has been an actual thinning
out Of the flocks and the almost total
extinction of some species, and that
unless the birds are given some pro-
lection the time will come, and that
at no distant date, when wild ducks
and geece as well as some others Of
the migratory birds will be extreme
ly scarce.
Annually these migratory birds
come southwark to escape the rigors
of the winter in the regions about
Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and
other northern districts. In the mi
grafton southwark the focks stop on
the way in many places to feed and
rest, and at every point the sports.
men and professional hunters wage
ceaseless warfare on the feathered
travellers with the result that slowly,
but surely the birds are being exter-
minated. In Chesapeake Bay and
along the lakes and rivers south
ward to the Gulf the same relentless
process OF determination is going on
until a notable scarcity Is already
noticed In all the more prominent
haunts Of the ducks and geese.
1t is not SO many years since the
wild birds annually appeared In this
part of the world in countless thou.
sands: Wherever there was water, a
little solitude and fair feeding the
birds appeared in numbers, so that
1t seemed as IL no amount of hunting
could exterminate them. In recent
years. however, there has been a
growing scarcity. and although ducks
and other water fowl are still to be
had, they are much harder to secure
than was formerly. the case. and
there. Is real ground for fearing that
this valuable food supply is being
steadily exterminated.
Just how to protect the wild fowl
Is difficult problem. There is, of
course, a closed season by law. but
as the birds do not breed in this
neighborhood, the closed season here
does little good as long as the indis.
criminate and wasteful shooting is
permitted to go on during the whole
period that the birds spend in this
part of the country. The subject is
one which lovers OF real sport and
economists who desire to protect q
valuable food supply, should careful.
ly study with view to doing some.
thing to protect the wild fowl and
give them ut least reasonable chance
OF protection from total extinction.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
FRESH SHRIMP AT
JOE ROTH'S. PHONE 1874.
A Smoke Box.

A smoke Box.
This means considerable fun for the
boys and girls who try It.
Make box out Of cardboard or thick
paper as nearly perfect cube In shape
as possible, say three inches In meas
urement.
Next lay q dime or quarter on one
side Of it and trace the outline with
lead pencil. Then cut out hole along
the line.
Then light a wax taper or candle and
hold It under the hole 80 that the smoke
viii all the box.
Now, II you hold the box in one hand,
hole uppermost, and tap the bottom.
you can cause tiny but perfect and
beautiful rings of smoke to shoot out
into the air.
Some boys have succeeded in making
a hundred rings from one boxful Of
smoke.
See how many you can produce.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
WORK Of STORM
IN MOBILE
DAY
Big Job to Float Vessels
That Are Now Hard
Aground.
The Mobile Herald says:

The Mobile Herald says:
Notwithstanding much has been ac-
complished In the way OF raising
sunken vessels and floating others
that were stranded during the hurri-
cane of September q, there are still
eight or ten OF the largest vessels 10
be dug out of their cradles OF mud or
sand, and many thousands OF dollars
win be expended in accomplishing
the gigantic task.
Between One Mile creek and Two
Mile creek, distance Of two and
half miles, the most interesting scene
along the entire river front is to be
view, for there five of the largest and
finest sailing vessels in port are deep
ly embedded in mud and shallow
water.
The splendid full-rigged Italian ship
Trojan is well up in the marsh near
Three Mile creek bridge. She Is a
large vessel, registering 1,596 tons
net. The dredge of the Home Dredg-
ing Company is at work cutting a
channel with her powerful suction
pumps to deep water. and will soon
have the big ship afoat.
~ ulOldnCC QUILL VI IllO 4lO-
jan is the big Russian ship Triton,
registering LAG tens. She will have
to be dug out
A quarter Of d mile south of the
Triton is the big four-masted schoon-
er Pendleton Brothers, one of The
largest schooners that has ever been
to this port. Her net tonnage Is $50.
She went ashore stern foremost and
is lying easy in two feet Of water.
Her bow is not far from deep water
and with proper facilities it will not
be hard to float her.
Close to the Pendleton Brothers
lies the Italion ship Corrlcre. She
was driven over big timber boom,
knocking down the stout fender piles
as If they were straws, and went hard
aground stern foremost. She is a
beautiful vessel of 1,575 tons net.
Nothing has yet been done towards
floating her
Two hundred yards south OF the
Correre is the Norwegian bark In
Ma. -.
The two-masted schooner Olive,
1877 tons net, lies a snort II
west of the Corriere and is entirely
out Of the water. being only snort
distance from the track of the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad
The yacht Mineola, which was
stranded right across the track of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad q half
mile south OF Three Mile creek
bridge, is lying by the side Of the
track. She came near being destroy
ed by fire few days ago, when the
marsh caught fire. BY hard work the
grass close around her was cut away
and the yacht escaped with a slight
scorching only
The tug Mary Witch, which went
ashore on the west shore of the bay,
Is in the south slip at the Southern
roads new dock undergoing repairs.
The cabin of this splendid tug was
torn almost entirely OF by the waves.
In the lower bay the work of float
ing the big British steamer Doris
brook is progressing favorably. the
work is being done by a dredging
company from Galveston. The Doris.
brook is ashore on Dauphin Island
with a full cargo of lumber and tim
Der.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
Capetown to Buenos Ayres
In a Pullman Car.

One OF the greatest undertakings
OF modern times. the tunneling of
Behring strait and the construction
OF railroad across bleak Siberia to
connect with the Trons4Stbertan Rail.
way, with line at this end connect
ing the great trans-continentai sys-
TENS with the Alaskan end of the
tunnel. has been launched with the
incorporation of the Alaska Siberian
Railway Company, with q capital OF
s6O00.000, in the state of New Jersey.
The building Of this line has long
been the dream Of the worlds great
est railroad builders and lis coastruc-
ton Is but a link In the chain of rail-
ways that WIN eventually make it
possible 10 almugt encirole the globe
"a Pullman car.
That a line Of railway will be even
tually constructed connecting the
United States with Buenos Ayres and
Montevideo there Is hardly q question.
and already aIline Is practically COM
pleted from Cape Town 30 the Med
iterTanean sea. With the completion
Of these lines Il will be possible for
q person to travel by rail from
Cape Town to New York. or to
tle principal cities Of South America,
and 1t Is only a question Of time until
the most remote sections Of the Chi
nese Empire, even anibet, will be &C.
cesgtb1e BY rail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
PROTECTION FOR
THE WATER FOWL.
New Orleans Picayune.

There has been a notable scarcity
OF ducks and other migratory wild
fowl in haunts that were formerly
infested by these birds in this part
OF the country. For time this alb.
sence of the ducks and geese from
their former feeding grounds was at
tributed to the activity of the hunt
ers. which was supposed to have
driven the flocks to more inaccessible
places, but people who have given the
matter careful attention are beginn-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
what Does the Goose weiehi

There Is an old catch question that
never fails 10 mygtify half the people
who hear 1t. Perhaps 1t may be known
to many Of our boys and girls To
others 1t may give some amusement
Here 10 the form h which 1t is usually
put: If goose weighs ten pounds snd
half its own weight, how much does
It weight The unwary are likely to
answer, fifteen pounds" whereas the
right answer Is twenty pounds. for IL
It weighs ten pounds plus half its own
weight ten pounds must be the other
half Of It's weight.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

The decision of the Panama Canal
Commission to award the contract
for digging the Panama Canal to one
frm or corporation is a good one, and
gigantic as the task will be, there
are several concerns in the United
States who possess SUFFICIENT capital
and who have the necessary organ
ization to carry the WORK to success
ful completion. The plan Of letting
the work is also good and Will pre-
vent extortionate bids as the contract
viii be awarded upon the percentage
plan. A board of five engineers is to
make an estimate Of cost. Three Of
the five to be appointed by the gov.
eminent and two by the contractor,
and the contractor win name the per-
centage above the estimate at which
ne VIII undertake to do the work. The
successful bidder will use the govern
ment's plant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
Commissioners Ruling
Is Correct.

The JouTn8fs AseOctaAed Press re-
ports Of yesterday no6ed the fact that
the interstate commerce commission
had ruled that under the new law
railroad transportation can NO longer
be given to newspapers in exchange
for advertising space. In answer to
q protest from the Massachusetts
Press Association Chairman Knapp,
of the commission, says In part, after
quoting the section of the law which
prohibits the issuance of free trans
portation or transportation paid for
'dn any other way than IN cash:
you are Of course, aware that
{. all tariffs filed in compliance with the
regulating stRtute name rates on the
dollars and cents baeis and do not
in any case provide that transporta-
ton can be paid for with property.
Ut eeems plain to the commission that
the law above quoted, coupled with
the fact stated, permits payment for
services OF Interstate carriers only in
money.
"A contrary rate would sanction
unequaf compensation by different
persons and involve ordinarily some
degree of discrimination in favor of
+. commodities for the transportation
they desire or secure. II is the aim
OF the law to prevent every sort Of
: favorittsm and secure equality of
treatment In all cases.
This ruling of the commission in
no way interferea with or abridges
the rights of private contracts. News
papers and their advertising space
may be freely exchanged for any
species of property upon such terms
az may be acceptable TO the parties
ito the transaction, but the facilities
of the public carrier are not private
property nor are they the subject Of
bargains and sale like merchandise.
THE right to travel or have property
carried by rail like the hight to the
common highway Is not contract
right, but a political right, the very
essence OF which Is equality.
"Conceding that the advertising ar
engagements in question are ordinarily
made and carried out In good faith,
It seems plain to me that these ar
rangements must as practical mat.
Ger involve some measures OF discrfm-
unation and It Is not easy for me to
see how an honest newspaper can SER
fously object to a ruling OF the COM
mission which appears to be in OBJ
vious accord with the provisions and
The purposes OF the regulating stat
fte."
This, 1t seems to The Journal, Is
GOOD reasoning and logical common
sense Interpretation Of the law and
we fail to see where any reasonable
newspaper man can have any ground
for complaint at the commissions ruL
ing.
Let newspaper people pay their
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

The Memphis CommerciakAppeal
voiced an extremely popular senti-
ment when 1t said: "Dowie has
asked for divine guidance and has
been instructed to go OF and raise
$1.000,000. We would like to consult
divine guidance on a proposition of
that kind ourself"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

Why does a dressmaker never lose
her hooksf Because she has an eye on
each Of them.
What is the difference between an
old dime and new penny3 Nine cents
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
The Kind Of Sympathy
that is Needed.

The Miami Metropolis justly takes
exception to cartoon recently pub
lished In The Jacksonville Metropo-
lis which misrepresents conditions
both In Miami and Pensacola. and
in calling the Jacksonville paper to
account has the following to say:
The Jacksonville Metropolis of
Monday does Miami and Pensacola a
great injustice and injury by display
ing ON its front page a cartoon en-
titled Sympathy" It represents
Florida as giant woman with two
crouching, weeping women, one Pen
sacola and one Miami, by her side.
Surrounding them Is mass of
wreckage, boats, bricks, lumber, etc.
Through the sky lightning is darting
and the whole scene made a picture
Of wreck and ruin. The cartoon was
anything but timely and appropriate.
Miami does not need sympathy,
she needs congratulations She es-
capped the storm with a property dam
age OF not more than $4,000 and but
one death-e negro reported to have
died from injuries received by a fly
ing piece of timber. Practically every
sign and scar left by the storm has
been obliterated and Miami to-day Is
as good, substantial and progressive
as ever.
What We need is more people; peo.
pie Of the kind who will go to work
with brain and Drawn and build up
this greatest Of all Florida sections.
There is room for thousands of them.
They will find welcome among the
prosperous, healthy and oontented
people, who are doing better and
have more here than they ever had
before. This is the kind of sympathy
we need.
We appreciate the spirit In which
the Jacksonville Metropolis offered
its cartoon. 1t had thought with
others throughout the world-thanks
to garbled and faxed dispatches
that we we're upon sufferance, home
less and fOodfess and objects of char.
ity upon the country. But the car
toon was untimeiy and does Miami
and this portion of Florida a gross
injustice. The Metropolis which is
friendly to the East Coast and all
Florida will do the right thing by
correcting its error, and setting us
right before the world.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

There is but one good wife in this
town." said clergyman In the course
Of his sermon-the congregation looked
expectant-"and every married man
thinks he's got her" added the minis
ter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

way tuss as other railroad passen.
gers DO, and let the railroads pay
cash for their advertising space Just
as other advertisers do. It Is SIM
pie, business proposition and. in our
opinion, the general result will be
much better than under the old-time
arrangement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

Ayers Hair Vigor, as now made from our
new improved formula, does not stain orI
color the hair even to the slightest degree. +
Cray hair, white hair, blonde hair Is mott
made shade darker. But II certainly does /
stop falling hair. No question about that.
tions Just placed on the msrkst. lowell. Msss
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
NEWS AND VIEWS
FROM STATE PAPERS.
information Wanted.

Information Wanted.
by saying that the next congress
wall be Roosevelt supporting. does
MT. 0rosvenor mean that it will make
a larger appropriation for the Presi-
dents travelling expenses?-Jackson.
vile Times-U Union.
New York War News.
The New York papers are lively
reading just now. 1t reminds one of
the war papers. 1t was then "an-
other engagement. killed-wounded-
missing" Now 1t is another auto
ride; hlled-wounded-m missing the
rich autoist and killing his chauffer."
IL the common people will arm them
selves with few Russian bombs and
toss among that class of autoists they
VIII stop some OF their promiscuous
reckless dtvdng.-MEton Index.
The Integrity of Cuba.
The marines supporting the as.
sumption OF American authority over
Cuba are already coming home rs
unnecessary. The universal accept.
ance OF the situation by the Cuban
people has very much simplified mat
ters, and it Is believed that the soil.
tary instance in which disorder Is
somewhat prolonged will vanish. The
gratifying condition in Cuba is due
to the steady adherence at washing
ton to the announced purposes to sim
ply insure order in the island under
the direction of the authorities of the
republic OF Cuba until such a time as
new election can be held with fair
ness to all parties.
The Times has never joined in carp
ing at the administration, nor dis
credited its motives Because it Ia
republican IN politics does not justify
either assault for doing It's duty nor
impeachment of It's Intentions. Il is
no political endorsement Of it TO have
faith IN its being honest and Ameri-
can In its particular, though utterly
wrong In most Of its domestic poll
cies and measures.
Tampa has q special interest in the
Cuban question and the relations be-
tween this country and the island,
and our people would have a right to
feel alarm and indignation IL there
were evidence that President Roose-
welt should endeavor to bring the is
land into the domain of this country
We have not feared that he had such
an ides, and have believed that IL
there were other people who held It
that he would stand between the Uni
ted States and the disgrace such an
action would individually confer upon
us as a nation. II there is any one
point upon which this nation Is solid
ly pledged in honor, both to the peo-
pie Of Cuba and the governments of
the world, 1t Is the independence and
integrity of Cuba.-Tampa Times.
Home-seekers Coming.
Quite a number Of prospectors and
home-seekers are already beginning
to arrive in this county. Col F. G.
Alderman, secretary of the board of
trade, reports that he Is receiving
numerous inquiries about the town
and county from people from all
parts Of the north and west. The
committee on a descriptive PAM
phlet" Is losing time. - Tropical
Breeze.
Should be Disapproved.
The constant effort on the part Of
a few persons to keep raw the sores
OF forty years ago should meet with
stern disapproval. The present gen.
Grafton has problems Of Its own
problems which can best be solved
without the bias engendered by BIT
a q
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
HARRY T. ROWLAND,
Manager, De Luna Book Store,
De Luna St, Phone 1491.
lust Received.

Imported Macaroni. Sweet OH, Cheeses;
Dill Pickles. Sauer kraut. Mackerel. Coz
Fish, Pigs Feet. Spanish Onions. PILOT
Bread, French Navy Bread. Everything
witch Hazel. 800 per gallon.
Marine Grocery Company.
v. J. VIDAL, Manager
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

Uncle Joe Cannon says the only
thing the matter with the country is
ito d much prosperity" Uncle
Joe and his bunch of tariff tinkers
are hardly responsible for it, at any
rate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

News from Wyoming indicates
tnat Uncle Sam will soon have the
JOB OF making few hundred more
indians good"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27

Information Wanted.
By saying that the next congress
wan be Roosevelt supporting, does
MI. 0rosvenor mean that it will make
larger appropriation for the Presi-
dents travelling expenses?-Jackson.
vile Times-Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-27
Home-seekers Coming.
Should be Disappeared.

The constant effort on the part of
a few persons to keep raw the sores
OF forty years ago should meet with
stern disapproval. The present gen.
Grafton has problems Of its own
problems which can best be solved
without the bias engendered by bit
ter memories-and writer's and speak.
ers can find themes more helpful and
more pertinent than the sorows, SUI.
ferings and humiliations Of recon
struction times-Santa Rosa Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-08

McLachlan Gives His Stern.
wheeler, North Star
to the Water.


w. B. Mel chlan launched his
big stern wheel boat, the North
Star yesterday afternoon. The
launching was quite an event in
boating circles, as the ''North
Star stands in a class by her
self, and there was an interested
crowd Of spectators.
The boat is built for both log.
ging and excursion purposes and
is SO constructed that it can
carry a crowdzof from 30 to 100,
and navigate up the river. It
has a fat bottom so as to draw
little water, and has a length and
beamsof 46 and IA feet respec-
tivel
Mr. McLacI1lan aims to fill "a
long felt want for a large craft
to carry excursion parties up
stream and the. North Star"
will probably be in commission a
large share. Of the time.
When the boat is used for the
more prosaic purposes Of log
ging the live capstan on the stern
will show up to advantage: It is
operated BY the engine and will
handle the logs with ease.