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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
TRICKS OF THE CAMERA.
why Yop Should Let the Photogra.
pher DO the Posing.

why YoH Should Let the Photogra-
pher DO the Posing.
II always hate to have my picture
taken. because 1 have such a horrid
long neck" said the woman petulantly
as she entered the photogrsp piers gal
lery.
He smiled sympathetically "Wait
till you see the picture 1 take" be re-
piled. You won't know your own
neck, so to speak No, it isn't in re-
touching, but 1 always pose long
necked subject lower than the camera,
and the neck shortens up. That's only
one of the tricks Of the trade The
Ratchet faced man I pose looking
straight into the camera in a full
light His face seems to broaden and
become more feshy in this pose. The
person with a fat, round face I place
so that soft shadows veil either SIDE
of the face, which has a tendency to
make the features more clear cut and
handsome.
ST often have subjects with crooked
noses. Now, crooked nose should be
frankly attacked-that is, the camera
should be pointed directly at the crook,
which reduces it. If took it from the
side the deformity would be exaggerat-
ed a hundredfold.
"The homeliest persons need not fear
having their pictures taken if they xiii
Yur- themselves wholly in the phOtog-
rapher's hands and pose Just as they
are instructed to.''-New York Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
The Great Dustard.

The great bustard (Otis tarda), bird
still found in the southern provinces OF
Russia, Is the heaviest European fowl.
In size it exceeds the Norwegian black
cock. The old males attain a weight Of
thirty five pounds. and where food is
plentiful specimens weighing thirty
eight pounds and even forty pounds
have been captured. These birds have
disappeared from western Europe.
where once they were almost as numer-
Gus as cartridges, and are seen only In
small fiocks in the sand hills skirting
the lower valley of the Dnieper and
here and there along the north coast OF
the Caspian. The hen lays eggs as big
as ordinary pears. A larger and heav-
Ter bird, the cassowary. is incapable Of
fight, but it can kick with the
strength of mule and uses the sharp,
bony quilts GIFTS wings as a cock uses
his spurs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
PEWS FOR OLD MAIDS.
Quaint Distinctions In the Old Hat
field Meeting House.


Around three sides, about on level
with the pulpit, in the old meeting
house at Hatfield, Mass. extended the
galleries, reached by staircases on the
northeast and southeast corners, where.
In the front seats, sat the singers, ire
bles on the north and BASES on the
south and counters and tenOrs on the
east. The next two rows of seats were
occupied by children. girls in the north
and boys In the south, and frolicsome
youngsters they were, If we may judge
by the frequency with which the town
was obliged to renew the brass tips to
the slaves of the tithing men, three Of
whom were always on duty to keep the
youth from disorder.
Behind the children and still higher
In square pews against the wall sat the
young men and maidens. the latter on
the north and the former on the south
One gallery pew was reserved for col
ored men and one for colored women,
and, queerest of all, high square pew
over the north stairway was assigned
to old maids and a similar pew over
the south stairs to old bachelors. Just
how many years these two classes had
to number before they were promoted
from the lower seats In the synagogue
the records do not state, but that they
sat in those exalted seats Samuel
Dwight Partridge, to whom we are in
debted for the description Of the old
meeting house. assures US is beyond
question. The square pews on the floor
were assigned to householders, accord
ing TO wealth and social position
Springfield Republican.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

Senator Beveridge's bill for the
abolition of child labor in the nation
is likely to excite widespread inter
est during the remainder OF the short
session of Congress.
The bill provides that no railroad
engaged in interstate commerce shall
transport from one state to another
the products of any mine or factory
where children are employed. The
age-limit, Il, is the standard already
in most of the states OF the Union,
some southern states among them,
and in Europe as well. 1t is admitted
that if such a bill is passed by Con
gress and declared constitutional, it
will be effective in the prevention of
the evil of child labor where there is
the greatest abuse of the system in
the mills and in the mines
President Roosevelt has come out
heartily in favor of the bill and it is
receiving strong support from men,
bers of both parties in Congress. And
that illustTiOus eXemplar of democracy.
William Jennings Bryan, has declared
himself in favor of the measure and
has added that the interstate COM
merce clause of the constitution, as
he has always cOntended. affords the
same simple remedy against the OPP
preston of the trusts
Of course there will be those who
see in this extension of the functions
of the national government, under this
clause, violation of the doctrine of
states rights. But so was the quar-
antine bill, and the rate bill and so
were the pure food and meat inspec-
ton bills, to all of which the South
and the democratic party assented.
| The trusts have been quick to see
the same connection between this a2d
an antitrust measure. that Mr.. Bryan
has pointed out And it happens just
now that the strongest advocates of
states rights, or at least the most con-
I spicuous, are the corporation lawyers.
But the democracy has had enough
of lining up with these influences One
half-hearted campaign for the presi-
dency with that alliance was enough
for one generation.
And we predict that the uncorrupt-
ed democracy of the south, feeling the
necessity of national protection
against the expressions of trust and
railroad corporations which are quick
enough to use the interstate commerce
provision to evade state laws, will be
found favoring the full extension OF
the rights of the federal government
under that provision of the constitu-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
Granted In Advance.

The young doctor who had lately SET
tied In Shrubville had ample opportu-
mites to learn humility If nothing else
in his chosen field. One day he was
hailed by an elderly man, who re-
quested him to step in and see his
wife, who was ailing. At the close or
his visit the young doctor asked for a
private word with the man.
"Your wife's case is somewhat COM
plicated," he said, land with your per-
mission / should like to call the Brook
field physician in consultation"
Permission echoed the man indig-
nantIy. Il told her 1 knew she ought
TO have a good doctor. but she was
afraid you'd be offended II she did"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
CHINESE SKILL WITH AXES.
Carpenters of Cathay VIII Compare
With Occidentals.

With Occidentais.
In judging the performance Of the
native Chinese workman it is almost
impossible to avoid the popular bias
that addiction to their own methods
and tools invariably bespeaks fatuous
conservatism. Though this Is in many
cases true, it will often be found ON
careful observation that what has pass
ed for stubborn blindness to the vir-
tue of innovation Is in reality keener
perception of comparative merits than
the Judge himself was aware of.
This is particularly true of Chinese
carpenters While most of their COM
monest tools differ in some radical
way from our own, it is never safe to
assume the superiority of the western
product Their small Ak, for example.
is a beautifully balanced tool, and they
are remarkably adept in the use Of it.
being able TO work as true a surface
Herewith as can be obtained with an
adj In the hands of the white man.
On heavy work it is customary for
two to hew together on opposite sides,
striking alternate blows. Both hands
are used, and the recover is over the
shoulder, alternate right and left.
There is a freedom of swing with an
accuracy of delivery that is a treat to
watch, and the rapidity Of blows is al
most bewiIdering. -Engineering Maya
zine
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
EARLY GENIUS,
Men Who We're Young In Years, bus
Old In Hours.

Men Who Were Young In Years, has !
Old In Hours.
Davy made his epochal experiment.
of melting ice by friction when but
twenty. Young was no older when he
made his first communication to the
Royal society and was in his twenty
seventh year when he first actively
espoused the undulatory theory. Fres-
mel was twenty-siX when he made his
first important discoveries in the same
field. and Arago, who at once became
his champion, was then but two years
his senior.
Forbes was under thirty when he dis
covered the polarization of heat, which
pointed the way to Mohr, then thir-
ty-one, to the mechanical equivalent.
Joule was twenty-five in 1910, when
his great work was begun. and Mayer,
whose discoveries date from the same
year, was then twenty-six, which was
also the age Of Helmholtz when he
published his independent discovery
Of the same law. William Thomson
was a youth just past his majority
when he came to the aid of Joule be
fore the British society and but seven
years older when he formulated his
own doctrine of dissipation Of energy.
And Clausius and Rankine, who are
usually mentioned with Thomson as
the great developers of thermo-dy-
namics, were both far advanced with
their novel studies before they were
thirty. We may well agree with the
father of inductive science that ''the
man who is young in years may be
old In hours."-Exchange
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
Protective Color. of Animals.

seem to trace a faint clew to the
connection between the protective col
oring and the mind in the intense de-
sire Of the fox to remain concealed
and unseen. That this is possible
theory we infer from the fact that
blind animal does not change color.
Put a dozen minnows into an ordinary
white wash hand basin and they will
in very short time be Of pale color.
II over one no change passes we may
be tolerably certain that It Is blind
From DaIe's 'The Fox"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

relatives and has resumed her school
duties
Miss Florence FIllingim has been
going TO Century quite often lately,
having some DENTAL work done.
Mrs. Dora Donaldson. of Pensacola,
is visiting her sister, Mrs Gus Davis.
Mrs. Londy Davis has returned TO
Caryville, after pleasant visit to
- Meuu wI1son- ana sUns, and
Miss Nina Nicholson, of Pensacola,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs F. E.
Bond on New, Years day.
Mr.. James McDavid, of Pine Bar
rem, visited relatives here several
days last week
Mrs. Joe Bombay, of McDavid, and
sister, Miss Anna Earl, of Montgom
cry Hill, Ala, visited their cousin.
Mrs. Dan McDavid, on Wednesday.
Misses Mamie and Ola McCaskill.
of Nora, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Wallace, in Atmore, Ala
Mrs. Dade McDavid and two chill
dren, have returned to their home
in Alabama. after a pleasant visit
with relatives here and at Nora.
Mr.. r. d. Bryant, of Mobile. Ala,
has gone to Nora, and will rebuild the
saw mill recently burned at that
place.
DR.. Dey, of Pine Barren, was up
Tuesday evening on professional
visit.
Mr. Kelley, machinist from Pen
sacola, is doing some work for the
gravel company, repairing the engine
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
Melting Fire Clay with Sum. Rays.

There is an apparatus which cOncen-
trates the rays OF the sun from more
than 5000 small mirrors on a spot
about seven inches in diameter. The
heat generated is about 1000 de-
grees f. Iron can be melted in less
than minute and fire clay fused in
about three minutes by this machine
Magnesia, one of the hardest things to
melt, requiring a heat of about 6.400
degrees F., can be reduced to a molten
state in twenty minutes. For the ben
eft Of those who wish to forget the
name of this instrument it is called
the pyrheliophor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
GueKs Again.

81 have a pleasant surprise for you,
Miss sharply"
'Can 1 guess what it is, Mr.. Bore
some?'
you may try, Miss Sharply"
Let me see 1 guess you are going
to tell me that yOU intended leaving
the city,
Good night. Miss Sharply"
"Good night, Mr.. BOresome."-CleTe-
land Plain Dealer
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
BLUFF SPRINGS
Special q Ire Journal.

Bluff Springs. Jan 4-Your cor
respondent wishes for The Journal
a bright and prosperous New Year
Mr. NJ ". Brockway has returned
TO Chicago. after spending the hOli-
days here with his family
Mr.. a. H D'Alemberte. of Pensaco-
la, was a caller in cur little town yes
JeTday.
Mr. John WilkeTsoR, of Bogota,
Texas. and his daughter, Mrs. Walter
McDavid. of McDavid. visited Mrs. D.
F. McDavid and other relatives here
Tuesday.
Mr. John Parker came home from
Mississippi TO spend the holidays with
his family.
Mrs. Boutwell, and grandchildren, OF
FlomatOn. are spending while with
Mrs. RhetJ Stanton.
Mrs Agnes Avery has returned from
Birmingham, Ala, where she visited
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
seParadise LOST

Millions Paradise Lost" was COM
menced between 1859 and 1912 and
completed about the time Of the great
fire of London" in September. 1866.
Its author composed it in passages OF
from ten to twenty lines at time and
then dictated them TO an amanuensis,
usually some attached friend 1t was
first published in 1867 by one Samue,
Simmons. and a second edition appear
ed in 1874. For these two editions
Milton received so and his widow
Es rnore.-London Graphic.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
Moaotonouh.

wealth has Its disadvantages" said
the philosopher.
YES" answered the man with sport
ing inclinations. at must be very mo-
notonous for. man to be able to bet
5000 or $4,000 on horse race with
out caring whether he loses 1t or not"
Washington Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The Tampa Times has changed a
little in its opinion of the American
colleges, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing. clipped from a recent issue
OF that paper:
There is a manifest decline in the
enthusiasm with which the Rhodes
scholarships were first greeted in this
country. English education is not so
good as the home article, though the
trimmings may be a little more cos
mopOlitan.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

Senator Newton A Bitch will re-
sign his position as assistant state
convict inspector next Tuesday. when
he will enter upon the discharge of
sioner. There are several applicants
for the position TO be made vacant by
the resignation of Senator Bitch, but
the governor has not announced 10
whom the plum Will go. II is
understood that among the num-
Der of applicants is DR.. S. H.
Bitch of Marion. Frank Walpole of
Nanatee, and F. B. Bell OF Franklin.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The Birmingham Age-Herald notes
that there were seventy-two lynchings
last year, as against sixty-five in the
previous year. The increase does not
point to an early disappearance OF this
form of disorder and anarchy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

Some of the state exchanges are
claiming that the railroads in this
state are doing all they can to re-
lieve the situation by putting in new
equipment To this the question might
properly be asked why these railroads
didn't put in this equipment before.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
Sounded Extensive.

Dumley-How much will It cost 70
send packing case from Philadelphia
10 Boston? Freight Agent-SIx cents
a foot Dumley-My, How many feet
is it from Philadelphia to Boston?-
Philadelphia Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

A New Yorker died Wednesday
from the effects of broken vocal cord
caused by trying to initiate CarusO
in some of his high notes. The poor
fellow could have made better sec
itate the famous tenor's avocation in
stead of his vocation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The mayor of Atlanta has vetoed
the high license ordinance and has
declared in favor of a prohibition
election. To make the farce COM
plete the saloon men of that city have
declared for prohibition election in
preference to the high license.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

Owing to the recent heavy rains
in Arkansas the principal street of
Hot Springs were reported. Tuesday.
as being "a seething river" The
preachers have tried to clean up Hot
Springs in every other way and it
IS hoped that the washing it received
this week will help along the cause
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
An Ascending Scale.

Curate's Little Grizzly hen has laid
an egg Wears Little Cirl-Aiy hen
has laid two Bishops Little Girl
That's nothing. My father has laid a
foundation stoDe-LondO1 Sketch.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The Observation-Disclosures
lation resolution introduced in the
Jacksonville board of trade by John
Stockton is peacefully sleeping.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The ruling of the railroad commits
sion making the railroads liable in
damages in cases where freight is not
delivered within a certain time is a
good one. but collecting these
amounts, where they are small, will
he more trouble than the claims are
worth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

Congressman Livingston, Of Geor-
gia, wants to abolish the New York
Cotton Exchange, and Governor Folk
of Missouri wants the legislature of
his state to make it felony to bet
on a horse race. Certainly the world
must be getting better.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The railroad commission will be
-reorganized next Tuesday, and the
people of Florida will watch it with
more interest than ever before.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

Vardaman. of Mississippi, is accused
of having made the state of Missis-
sippi pay transportation on his horse,
and Glenn of North Carolina is ac-
cused of accepting brides from book
trust Verify the life of governor is
not always smooth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

President Roosevelt could not
make an appointment that would be
nsfFSfteFhi 11ddfeiaf district of this state
than that of William B. Sheppard for
district attorney. Mr.. Sheppard is an
able man, and is exceedingly popular
through the district.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
/ Jamaican Lady Speaks Highly ct
ChamberIain's Couch Remedy

Mrs Michael Hart, wife of the Su-
perintendent of Cart Service at Kings
ton, Jamaica, West Indies Islands.
says that she has for some years used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for
coughs, Group and whooping cough and
has found ii very beneficial She has
implicit confidence in il and would
not be without a bottle of it in her
home. Sold by all druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The sins of Arkansas can now be
forgiven. 1t transpires that her gov
ernor's name is Jeffries, and not JEFF
ferson, Davis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The New Hampshire legislature has
elected a governor, and 1t wasn't the
popular author of the Crisis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
RaeNN fhe Menznre.

When You get your groceries today"
said the butcher to his wife. don't go
to that little grocer next door TO my
shop
Why not?' she demanded.
Because he sent in yesterday and
borrowed an old pair Of scales"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The Palatka Times Herald thinks il
was unkind of Cooper Griggs to worry
W. ]. Bryan by his nomination of
John W. Daniel for the presidency.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The republican legislative caucus
of Michigan has adjourned for week
to investigate certain charges
against one of the candidates for the
republican nomination for United
States senator. The work of a poIiti-
clans life can be made TO look like
thirty cents in that length of time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The statement that the Florida East
Coast Railway has increased the sal
aries of all the employees of that
road seven per cent does not tally
with the statement of that road that
it is not making expenses. Some time
ago suit was filed which, if won
by the company, would in effect raise
the price of passenger fares on that
road from three to four cents.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

Some people think the end of this
reform wave that is sweeping over
the country will end up with the re-
establishment OF the old blue laws of
the puritans.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
Power of Justices
Should be Restricted.

One of the reasons assigned for the
calling of a state constitutional con-
yentiOn is that the state needs re-
Organization of its judiciary system
There are many places in this partl-
cular part Of the constitution that
could be changed to greater adyan-
tage to the state, in the opinion of
many lawyers, and one Of these is
that section providing for the courts
of the justices of the peace in the diff
ferent counties of the state. If it is
necessary that these courts should
be continued their jurisdiction, powers,
and duties should be revised
A justice of the peace court in a
great many outlying districts in this
state is a farce, pure and simple,
and the people would be infinitely BET
ter off without them,
One of the most fragrant abuses OF
the discretion allowed these dignifiec
magistrates, and one that also has
its amusing side, comes from st.
Lucie county, and which the Fort
Pierce Tribune describes as follows:
| In Justice LANES court at Sebastian
on the 18th inst. the case of the state
vs. R. E. Bray for assault and battery,
with W. R. Hardee as the complaining
witness, was heard. A novelty Of the
procedure was the selection by JUS
tice Lame of the six jurors whom he
wanted to try the case The sherin,
whose duty had been thus usurped
refused to recognize the authority OF
Justice Lame and summoned six jul
rors of his own selection. The pros
e esiuii esthohv. after which the at
torneys addressed the jury. Then
Justice Lame addressed the jury in
the following language:
| Gentlemen of the jury, it is the
! opinion of this court that there has
not been sufficient testimony present
ed in this case to justify a. convic
ton, and / order and command you
to render verdict of not guilty, and
if you do not comply with this de
mand I shall fine each of you So and
send you to the Fort Pierce jail for
contempt and have you kept there
until you obey the order of this
court"
| Justice Lame then ordered the sher
F! iff to take charge of the jury and see
| that his orders were complied with
The jury positively refused to obey
the order of the court, whereupoI
Justice Lame moderated and told
the jury they might bring in yer
diet of guilty, but that he would SET
| il aside. Rather than do this the iury
decided to bring in no verdict at all
and a mistrial was declared by the
court.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05

The operator out in Kansas who let
a train by his block against orders.
and which resulted in the awful acct
dent on the Rock Island System, had
the presence of mind to notify the
company of his mistake Running to
his instrument, after the train had
passed. he flashed the message: mo.
% has gone, and so have l."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-05
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WHAT OF THE CANAL?
Jacksonville Times-Union.

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-30

Sweat-beads formed and froze on
the boat-keeper's face, as he watched
the steamer passing. He groaRed in
despair.
Just then the boat slowed down and
lay painting. Out shot the pale, trem-
ulous beam of her search-light, until
he dazzling electric eye fell squarely
upon him. Soon white boat came
rowing down the path of light. Ten
minutes later Eames was safe aboard
the Petrel.-Youth's Companion.