The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-02
ALL SORTS.

Her Reasons.
She was really broken-hearted.
People often are deceived,
And she loved the dear departed
And was most sincerely grieyed
As the neighbors all had noted,
On that man she fairly dotted,
She was loyal and devoted
And was truly quite bereaved.
No, she is not tickle, truly.
How the shaft of malice stingsl
She reyered her husband duly,
So don't say unpleasant things.
For her loss she still is weeping,
Recollections seldom sleeping,
And her VOW she still is keeping,
To his memory she clings.
ter,
Or of venomous attack,
If she married three months after,
Still il doesn't show a lack
OF sincere and true affection
In this early and new selection
For she really needs protection
And she looks not well in black
Chicago News.
When Porto Rico came into the pos
session of the United States the peo
pie of the island, of course, lost their
Spanish citizenship. Consequently
they are now citizens of no country
and have no rights that any govern
ment is bound to respect. A Porto
Rican who might be mistreated 10 9
foreign land would have no lawful
claim upon our government for re
dress, because he Is not recognized
by our government as a citizen of the
United States; indeed, has been judi
cially declared not to be a citizen
Though he lives under our flag, II he
comes to this country it is as an
alien, and subject to our immigration
laws.
1t all comes around to one Of two
things, says May Cutting. With all
married couples who differ in habit, in
taste, in opinion, In mode of life. il
there is to be any happiness somebody
has to learn to give up minding that
there is a difference. Either way is
as good as the other. 1t is surpris
ing how many things are not of any
importance if one can only think they
are not
Miss Jarmer-Papa says / mustn't
see you any more.
Young Spoonall-Well, we mustn't
disobey papa. I'll turn the light q
little lower still.
Keep on Hoping. keep on working.
Keep on Flooding on your way.
Maybe you will get chance to
Sub for Carnegie some day.-P. c.
A noval experiment is about to be
tried by the government OF Victoria
Australia. A sum of $4,000 has
been placed in the Administrations
estimate for the making Of roads by
prisoners through the bush" in un
settled parts of the state. Each
prisoner who does his work well will
be paid regular daily wage, the
amount to accumulate until his re
lease, when, as the premier says, he
will have a respectable sum with
which to make a new start In life.
The labor party is expected to op
pose the substitution Of bond for free
labor
The education of their children is a
matter of no small interest to the
affectionate Chinese mothers. They
watch the little one from the day ne
is born to note superstitious signs
Let him cry Justify, and he will live
long say the old grannies. II he
teethes or walks too soon he will
grow up unlovable in disposition. AT
first the little Chinese are not very
attractive objects, presenting rather
a scaIy appearance, due to the Gus
tom of not washing them lest they
catch cold. A month after his birth
they boys head is shaved. A great
feast is prepared and celebrated, the
child now receiving his milk name. "
Harris-They tell me you have had
a very narrow escape from death.
Spurr-Yes; they were going to
operate upon me for appendicitis, but
they discovered in time that l hadn't
the money to pay for it.-Life.
DEATH OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
OF Mr.. AND MRS, SIMMONS.
Special to The journal.