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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-05-31
A psrdorable Excuse.

A Columbia university man who
makes frequent use Of foreign
words and phrases in his talks and
his literary products was under fro
for this practice The feeling
among his antagonists was that the
English language is good enough
means Of expression. SWELL" said
the expert in word pictures, "to me
a number OF these foreign phrases
have an interesting history which
their use recalls. plead guilty to
a sentiment for just this kind Of
thing. Take the expression sub
rosa Its English substitute is 'pri-
vately.' prefer TO think Of the
rose us an emblem Of secrecy in
Greece. and the custom which had
one Of these pretty flowers hung
over the table where guests we're
entertained in token that nothing
heard there was to be repeated;
hence the expression sub rosa"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-05-31

The London Telegraph tells Of a
small girl who entered a grocer's
shop in Whitechapel and said;
please, sir, | wants 'arf pound
of butter and penn'orth of cheese,
and muyyer saws she will send a
shilling in when taryer comes
home"
AN right" replied the man.
"But," continued the child, "muv-
yer wants the change. cos she as
got to put a penny in the ga.
meter"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-05-31
One Way to Catch Fish.

A curious method of catching
fish is praeticed by the Chinese
The fisherman lowers screen OF
white canvas from the side Of his
boat, which shoal of fish will Of,
ten mistake for some floating OBJ
struction and endeavor to leap over,
with the result that many jump into
the boat and are thus captured.
This ingenious practice is also pur-
sued BY Malay fishermen.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-05-31
The Life Insurance

Muddle has started the public to
thinking. The wonderful success
that has met Ballard's Horehound
Syrup in its crusade ON Coughs.
Influenza, Bronchitis and all Pull
monary troubles-has started the
public to thinking OF this wonder.
full preparation. They are all using
it. Join the procession and down
with sickness. Price aSc. soc and
SI.oo. Sold by st. Johns Drug
Store.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-05-31
A Willing Witness.

To solemnize the ceremony OF
taking the oath Ch'namen kill a
cock, BY ano.aer process they
break plate, The English habit
Ia to kiss the Bible. The other day
a widely travelled Chinaman in .
johannesburg court was asked what
form of oath he preferred. He re-
piled, "Allee samee, break-um
platee, kill-um-cockee or smell-um-
bookee, alice samee."
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-05-31
Mail Schedule

Mail arrives at St. Johns at 7:Io a. IN.
and I:IS p. m.
Leaves at 1910 a. m, and AIS p. IN.
once open week days from GAS a. m.
to e;io p. IN. Sundays from 9 to 10 a. nj
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
CATHOLIC TEAM
DEFEATS THE
YIN. CA.
In An Interesting Game of
Basketball Played Last
Night.
An interesting basketball game wit.

An Interesting basketball game, wit
messed by large number of specta-
tors, was played between the Catho-
lie and Y NJ c. A. teams of the
Church League last night in the Y.
NJ c. A gymnasium. The Catholic
team was victorious by the score of
% to 49,
The game was well played from
start to finish. and was quite exciting
at times. The first half was rather
rough, but after few fouls called the
players were more careful of fouling
one another. The playing of w A.
Leonard and F. c. WelleS was particu.
larly good, the former throwing the
largest number of field goals and the
latter showing up nicely in throwing
free goals, making five out of eight
throws.
When the game commenced and
during the first half the Catholic team
took the lead easily from their op-
ponents and when the half ended the
score was Is to six in their favor In
the second half, however, the Y. NJ.
c. A. team showed somewhat stronger
and at times led their opponents, but
when the half ended both teams had
scored IS points, placing the Catholics
in the lead by the score of 26 to 10.
Summary of Game.
The Catholics scored 26 points dur
ing the game and the Y. NJ. C. A. 10.
The former team made ten fouls whilo
the latter made IA. W. A. Leonard
made four field goals and F. c. Welles
five free goals. The players were
as follows:
Catholicism. A. Leonard, captain
and center; H. Quina, right forward;
]. Leonard, left forward; Robert
Brent, right guard; Sublett, left guard.
Y. NJ. G. Al. G.. Welles, center;
c. A. Hagerman, right forward; H. A.
Lurton, left forward; T. Covington,
right guard; F. r. Goulding. left
guard.
The next game will be on Thurs
day night between the Episcopal and
Presbyterian teams, and promises to
be interesting. Another enjoyable
feature will be introduced at this
meeting, as it is intended to have a
whistling match between the halves.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
VOX POPULI.
A Menace to Health.

Editor Pensacola Journal:
While | realize the fact that suit
able place for the disposal of the gar
bage and miscellaneous offal collected
by Contractor Daw is rather hard 10
find. still l desire to enter feeble
protest through the columns of your
valuable newspaper to the present
methods of its disposal, If you Will al
low me space therefor
After Alderman Muldon made OBJ
lection to the dumping of garbage on
the land owned by him near the edge
of the city, the officials, after Skin
mishing around for a short time, Sc
lected the tract of low lying land on
Intendencia street, just east of the
corner of Cevallos, as suitable place,
and since that time have been dump
ing the offal collected from the city
trash boxes on this property. An at
tempt is made to burn the stuff, but
it is effective in smuggling only the top
of it. leaving vast masses of putrefy-
ing animal and vegetable matter to
tester in the sun and become men
ace to the health of that section of
the city
TIL, smoke from this funeral pyre
is horne over the lower portion of the
city By the shifting winds and the
aroma thereof is anything but delight
full
It appears to me that garbage
should be disposed of, If it cannot be
cremated, at some place beyond the
city limits, or at least in some section
v here it will not be menace TO
health. What do you think about it?
A TAX PAYER
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
SEPARATION OF
THE ARTILLERY
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST MANI.
TESTED IN PROPOSED LAW
NOW IN CONGRESS.

Considerable interest is being man
ifested by military men in Atlanta,
both in the regular army and in the
! national guard, in a bill now in the
hands of the committee on military
affairs in congress, and while all mil
itary men see its importance and
agree that it is necessary for the good
of the service, no little difficulty is be-
ing had in getting the people and con-
gress to see the bill in the same light,
says the Georgian.
The bill is one prepared by the gen.
eral staff of the army and provides for
a separation of the field artillery from
the coast artillery. Notwithstanding
the fact that they are almost entirely
different branches of the service, they
are not separated and as result con-
siderable hardship is worked on the
officers in this branch of the service.
And at the same time the present
state of affairs impairs their eff
cheney.
At present an officer of the artillery
corps is liable for duty in either the
coast or field artillery, but the things
that officers must study and learn in
each of those branches is entirely diff
ferent. If an officer is at present in
the field artillery and is ordered to the
coast artillery, he has to acquaint him.
self with subjects for which he had no
use in the field artillery and by the
time he has become proficient, he has
been unable to keep up in the studies
for the field artillery. So if he is again
changed to the field artillery, he begins
his duty all over again.
At present an officer in the artil-
lery corps going up for examination,
is not only examined on topics per-
tanning to the field artillery, but to
the coast artillery as we'll There is
in Atlanta now an officer in the field
artillery who goes up for examination
in short time for captain, and among
his studies in which he is examined
are advanced engineering subjects
connected with the coast artillery
about which he knows little If any,
thing.
The bill now before congress pro.
vides for separation OF the two
branches. and when an officer is as
signed to the coast artillery he re-
mains there, and the same is true with
the field artillery. Then he is in a
position TO become proficient in either
branch. In the coast artillery an Off
Ger has to know the details and work
ings of steam and electrical machinery
besides the workings of the heavy
guns used in the Notifications. His
work here is not unlike that of an Of
fcer in the navy, but In the field ar
ullery the only knowledge of anything
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
1,Rrien's Announcement.

Upon what authority | know not,
but the Lake City Index has announc-
ed the candidacy of j. Ed O'Brien for
governor. The jumping of this new
candidate into the political sea didn't
make so very much of a splash-not
enough to seriously disturb those VINO
have already made the plunge and are
swimming more or less quietly toward
the shore of their hope Mr. OBrien
would seem to be well equipped TO
sail seas political on account OF his
previous training in the sailing seas
natural. He has been pilot for more
years than l can count. and as pres
ident of the National Pilots Associa-
ton he has been an active member
of the third house at the nauonal
capitol for the past five or six years.
Mr.. O'Brien's public service TO the
state of Florida consists of one term
in the state senate, while he was
recognized as ''Labor's Senator" Dur
ing the Chipley fight in 1887 he was
one of the many leaders of the Chip
ley forces and probably the most en-
thusiastic advocate Mr.. Chipley had.
| met him during the session of 1901,
when he was serving the last half OF
his term, and was quite faYorably
impressed with him. He is a good,
conscientious worker, and served his
people TO the best of his ability. l
don't think, however, that Mr.. O'Brien
had the opportunity to impress
enough Floridians with the quality OF
his fitness for higher honors to make
him a favorable candidate for COVER
nor | don't even know that he has
authorized the use of his name in
connection with the gOVernOrship. 1t
may be one of Tom Appleyard'S
mares nests and may not differ from
other mares nests that Tom has
sprung, which have always had moth
ing in them-TallahaSSee Sun.
Frank Clark.
The state papers are saying some
mighty nice things about Frank Clark.
Lake Butler Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11

ing at Milligan, spent last Sabbath
with home folks.
Miss Beulah Stanley, who has been
assisting her brother in the local de-
pot and express business, went to
Ponce de Leon last Sunday night to
take charge of the depot and Office in
that town
Mr.. Miles Pitman, lately sentenced
to state prison from this county, de-
spite a monster petition in his behalf.
was recently granted a pardon by the
state board of pardons and his re-
turn to the bosom of his family. to
their intense delight and also of a
host of friends all over the county
May he and his enjoy a prosperous
and happy New Year.
An unfortunate cutting scraDe oc-
CURED in town Tuesday after the show
had closed, in which Mr.. Robert Burk.
the popular city drayman, was seri-
ously cut Van Dorm Stanley, young
man from the country near town, did
the cutting and is under bond, we I'M
derstand for a preliminary trial.
BurkS wounds are serious. one cut.
a cash across the back part of the
neck, nearly severing an artery, and
there are others more or less severe
From what we have learned strong
drfnk-'too much BOOZE" las one
expressed twas the chief cause.
Mr. Burk is a harmless, inoffensive
man, even when drinking. and his nu-
merous friends deeply regret the sad
affair.
Miss Ruby Jones. charming young
lady from DeFuniak, is clerk and
stenosrapher for Mr.. ]. F. F1ournov
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
Rhodes Scholarship
Worth an Effort.

/
1t is to be hoped that when the
committee of examination on the
! Rhodes scholarship in Florida meets
in Gainesville on Thursday, January
II, there will be large list of entries
for this honor. In a collegiate sense,
| it is the highest honor that a young
man in Florida can hope to win, and
fortunate will be the young student
who captures the prize.
The restrictions placed on this
scholarship are SO great that it de-
| bars large number from the contest
that otherwise would take the exam
nations. In the first place, a student
must be between certain ages, must
be especially proficient in studies of
the ancient languages, and must also
be good athlete, and possessed of
excellent health. He must possess all
of these necessary qualifications in
addition to passing the regular col
legiate examinations. But the prize
is worth the effort and every student
in Florida who is eligible should be
present in Gainesville and take the
examinations.
Florida only has one vacancy in the
two scholarships allowed her at Ok
ford and this examination is to fill
the vacancy. The scholarship carries
an appropriation sufficient to cover all
expenses at Oxford, and the travelling
expenses going and coming, and a stu
dent can, by economizing while in the
university, save enough each year to
trips on the continent
OF all the requests of all the philan-
thropistS the millions that Cecil
Rhodes left with which to endow
these scholarships will go down in his
tory as the greatest For all the ages
to come two young men from each
state in the union, which were states
at the time of his death, will be en-
titled to enter the worlds greatest in
stitution of learning and take a full
course without the cost of a dollar to
the student.
The Live Oak Democrat, in discuss
ing the approaching examinations in
Gainesville, says:
THE far reaching beneficence of Ce-
Gil Rhodes has made it possible for
some young Floridian to enter the
worlds greatest university at Oxford
England, and take the course there
without expense. What an opportun-
ity for a Florida boy with good gray
matter in his head and high purpose
in his heart, One OF the best letters
We ever read-not a mere descriptive
letter-but one going deep beneath
the surface of English life. keenly an
alyzing character and methods, con-
trasting differences and sketching
types, came from cracker boy up
, in Georgia, who got the Rhodes schol-
arship and after a years residence,
wrote back his impression of things
there. The Oxford opportunity and
discipline had revealed that boy TO
himself and quickly developed powers
that put him among the thinkers who
later on will make the high-class men.
And it will do the same for any Flor
ida boy who will furnish the right
kind of material. 1t is education that
CHIEFLY divides the world into two
great classes and the better the edu-
cation the better the results, other
things being equal"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
RESIDENTS ARE
ENTERING A
PROTEST
Over the Burning of Garbage
Near the Corner of Ce-
vallos and Inten-
dencia.

Residents in the neighborhood OF
lntendencia and Cevallos street and
as FAR south as Government street,
are complaining regarding the burn.
ing OF garbage in the vacant lots west
of the old Wright mills.
Paper and trash is burned that is
deposited there by the garbage carts,
and some of the residents state that
when the wind is from the east or
northeast that this smoke, which ia
not very pleasant to smell, is blown
toward their residences, and makes il
very unpleasant, some being compell-
ed to close their doors and windows to
prevent the smoke. from entering.
One of the sanitary inspectors, when
asked regarding the matter, said that
the mayor and city health officer had
given permission to have the garbage
dumped at the point named. and the
mayor when spoken to regarding it
said that the owner of the property
desired to have it filled in, and this
class of refuse was being dumped.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
FREEPORT.
Special to The journal.

Freeport, Fla, Jan. 10.-Mr R. E..
L. McCaskill returned from an extend.
ed visit to Miami and Key West, Oh
Tuesday morning.
Our popular young townsman, Mr..
j. j. McCaskill, Jr., and his charming
bride, returned from their honey.
moon trip last week. They visited Ha
vana, Tampa and other points.
The artesian well which was sunk
at the McCaskiIl mill at Beatrice by
F. j. White, of Geneva, Ala, has
proven to be gusher Il was sunk
to depth of about 200 feet and The
water is Of an unusually good quality.
Other artesian wells in this vicinity
are contemplated.
Mr.. Simeon Strickland. Jr.. of Beau.
mont. Texas, returned to that place
last Sunday after having spent the
holidays with her parents.
Messrs. Bowel. Hall and Moore
visited our city this week in the in
teIest of their respective firms.
Fir. J. ]. McCaskill. who has been
absent since the holidays returned
yesterday.
Mr.. w. F. Graves, president of the
Graves Tatum Co, was in our city
to-day.
Mr. w w. May, Sr., of Miller's
Ferry was down laying in stock Of
g'-ncs from the McCaskill store for
his spring trade.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
WESTVILLE.
SneciaI to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
WeStville, Jan. love are having
warm and pleasant weather for the
season.
Jones's Dog and Pony Show hit
town Tuesday and drew the largest
crowd from the country seen in many
days.
Our farmers are preparing for an
other prosperous crop season.
An effort to break Jail was recently
frustrated by the vigilant and efficient
iailer Mr.. Jess Sasnett. Suspecting
from the demeanor of his "boarders"
that something was in the wind. he
made an investigation and found a
hole in the brick wall of the Jail that
needed the removal of only a few
more brick TO inaugurate general
delivery. He promptly cOrrailed his
trio of involuntary boarders and placed
them in the iron cage. And now"
said he, 81 can go anywhere l please
or go tu sleep with no dread ca my
mind They won't get out of the cage
til | turn EN- out
Regular services were held at the
NJ E church last Sunday by the pas
tor. Rev. Peacock.
The very sad intelligence reached
town recently that Mrs A. D.
Brownell- who is attending a Mobile
sanitariunl it will be remembered, had
received serious backset. and is not
doing as well as was hoped by her
family and many friends.
Miss Addie Matthews on last Mon
day took charge of a school few
miles from town to finish out the term
for Mr. Robt- Pitman, who lacked two
weeks OF closing when called to the
BiGuntstown High School as principal
Miss Addie is popular with parents
and children wherever she teaches.
Miss Viola Douglass, who is teach
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
BOMBAY.
Special to The journal.

Bombay, Jan. 10.-Hon. H. E. Hick-
man, the sheriff, is sick, but was out
to the court house a part of the day
today.
Julius Segars is sick at the home
of H. E. Hickman.
The work on the brick bank has
been going on.
The D. Hughes Mercantile Co., are
having a warehouse put up near the
l.. & n. railroad
j. D. Smith, from west side of the
river, was in town yesterday.
F. C. Pennington, from the west
side OF the river was in today.
Miles Warren, from DeFuniak, was
in town today
5. X Gins, an attorney of DeFun-
lax, and Mr.. McKinnon, from DeFun-
oak, were in town yesterday.
All of the old county commission
ers except w. A Bishop went out
of Office and the commissioners have
been in session here several days this
week.
Daniel ellis. of westviIle, was in
town Monday.
the river. was in town part of this
week.
Daniel A. Simmons, of the law firm
OF Butler & Simmons, was in town
this morning.
j. H. Goodwin, turpentine opera
tor from Millview. has been in town
part Of this week.
S. w. Lock was called off to the
bedside OF his sick child at Messy
head last night.
Rev. Broad preached at the Baptist
church last Sunday.
c. NJ Cox went to Vernon one day
This week on business.
II. ID. Blake, OF Caryville, Fla. was
IN Bombay one day this week.
Subscribe for The Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
JAPANESE CANNOT
BECOME CITIZENS
BY Associated Press.

Fl Paso, Tex, Jan. 10.-Several
Japanese who yesterday applied to the
local authorities (federall to be al.
lowed to take the PRELIMINARY steps
towards becoming citizens of the Unit
ed States, have been advised to wait
until the question of Japanese natur-
alization shall have been settled, the
authorities holding that the Japanese
come under the clause of the Mon
golian race and therefore are deprived
of the right of becoming citizens of
the United States under the new nat
uralization law. .xea
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11

About the hardest knock we have
yet heard against the Western Union
comes from the Mariana Times
Courier, which says in recent issue:
The Western Union Telegraph Co
seems to be having some trouble with
lines for the past few weeks, especial
ly since the storm. The service is 50
imperfect that in many cases a horse
man. or even footman with a fast
walking stick would give quicker Ser.
vice"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
THos. C. cooNEY SUFFERED
STROKE OF PARALYSIS

Information received here yester-
day from Norfolk, stated that Thos.
c. Cooney, an officer of the monitor
Florida, who is well known in this
city, had died of the effects of stroke
of paralysis. He suffe red the attack
on January and died two days lat
er. being conscious to the end, but
unable to speak.
unction on the Winslow and received
medal for this service. will be
buried at Annapolis. where his wife
is inferred, and yesterday Mrs Jas.
r. Landrum and Mrs. Moe o. Wheat,
sisters-in-law of the deceased. left to
attend the funeral
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11

There seems to be no question now
but that the Texas legislature will
return Joseph w. Bailey to the United
States senate from that state. He is
unquestionably one of the biggest
men the south has had at Washington
since the civil war, and his admirers
all over the country would be glad 10
know that he was not guilty of the
charges brought against him. The
south had much to expect of Bailey
and it will be a sad day for her if
his usefulness has been impaired by
these ugly charges.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
Roosevelt on Panama Canal.

President Roosevelt's special mes.
sage TO congress concerning the Pana.
ma canal has been issued in an illus,
trated edition, which may be procur.
ed from the superintendent of docu-
ments, government printing Office.
Washington, D. c., for so cents per
copy
The exhaustive manner in which
this subject has been treated in this
message, with the addition of Z ap-
pendixes and 26 full-page illustrations.
makes the publication a veritable text
book on this subject of world inter
est
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11
LIMIT THE HOURS OF
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

than five hours spent in lively consid
Grafton of the subject of limiting thu
hours of service of railroad employees
the senate to-day passed substitute
for LaFollette's pending bill, of which
LaFollette is also the author
The substitute limits the time OF
train employees to sixteen consecutive
hours of service, followed by ten hours
of rest
Senator Tillman gave notice that he
would address the senate Saturday on
the Brownsville ARRAY and Senator
Foraker announced that he would en-
deavor to get vote on the tnvestiga-
ton resolution on that day
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-11

GovernOr-elect Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, in a speech in Atlanta a few
days ago on the railroad regulation
question, is quoted as having said:
you will never have a proper SER
vice at just rates until the government
and the states, acting in response TO
the demand of the masses of the peo-
PIE. force them for YOU"