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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Are You Going Away
this Summer?

Are you going away this summer
to the mountains, the lakes, or som:
northern seashore resort? If you ART
you will want The journal to folos
you.
You will want The journal for sew
eraI reasons. II will keep you 1,
touch with the home news. II will b
to you what a letter from home a
ways is, but more complete and salts
factory than any letter you could &C:
II will reach you daily and as 500
as the mails can carry it from Penea
cola, and you will come home KNOWN
as much about what has been gon
on in the Deep Water City as Wi
those who have remained at home.
And more than all this a daily coF
of The journal will afford the hes
advertisement of your home ei;
which you can exhibit TO your friend
in other states. Do you know ira
The journal will compare favorahI
with any paper published in any Gil
of three times PensacoIa's size? An
do you also know that in exhbitia
such a paper to friend abroad 20
will impress him, more than you coui
dc in any other way, with Pensacola
and Importance
If you hadn't thought Of thes
things, you will do so now, and 20
will consequently order The Journ7
sent to you when you leave the G.,
for your summer outing.
Don't foruet il.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
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INVESTIGATING
AMERICAN r. r. METHODS
CHAPLAIN CUSHMAN
FORWARDS REPORT

Chaplain Cushman of the Seameu,
Friend Society of this city, has for.
warded to the headquarters of ths
society in New York, his report cover.
ing the work of the local society dur.
ing the month of July, which is a.
follows:
Total number of ships to arrive. o..
religious services ashore, II: a~ent
ance of seamen at these services. 62.
attendance of citizens, 40; religious
visits to ships, %; religious visits 70
hospitals, 4; bibles distributed lin dit
ferent languages,) II; religious tracts
distributed Tin eight languages.) 100.
comfort bags containing small store;
distributed, 8; bundles of Literature
distributed. 81; free meals given Il
destitute, 10; free lodging TO destitute
z; letters written by seamen, 8.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Make the Queen City
Of the Gulf Beautiful.

One intelligent gardener, working
under the direction of a commission
of intelligent citizens. has served to
show in one month how great an-1Il-
provement can be made in the plaza
The work Is far from done, and yet,
the plaza has already tat small cost
hacu transformed from a thing TO
reprobate into a thing 10 admire.
The secret lies in Intelligent effort,
and the example is one which all the
nooDle Of Pensacola should hasten TO
follow.
II Davs in every way to make city
beautiful. It creates good impress
sion on the stranger who arrives, and
sends away with him mind pictures
that make him speak we'll of city
whenever he speaks of it; and, If he
returns. his good opinion and his good
will arc accumulated and Teinvigorated.
It gives the citizen a better opinion
Ct his home. feeding his civic pride
and stimulating him into both personal
effort for the general welfare of4his
city ard an attitude that helps to in
cent others to civic pride.
II helps the women to take joyous
rr.lo n their home city, so that, being
s~-ay. they are able TO say; You
&C scod to your guests, but I am al
r-avs glad to go home TO my own beau
:tr.l city"
Oh, Pensacola, how beautiful you
could De. if your people would but de-
tc-miuc, The waters of a bay as
beautiful as The world can boast,
sings praises at your feet, and the
mocn and stars out of the heavens
shine on you with beauty unexcelled.
III around. and throughout, your
bounds. trees of variety land all OF
them beautifuD soften the view and
v!cad to the materialism and selfish
ness Of the individual to give you "a
little Of his time, mGdicum of his
energy, to making this a city beautiful
beyond alls others.
Queen City of the Gulf Coast, high
on your hills, why have your people
so long done so little to Agivc you all
thesbeauty that nature would. permit,
and in which nature would lavishly
aid? When VIII theyz make PREPARATION
to themselves by making you what
you should be in the eyes Of all pen?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

We are entirely in sympathy with
the sailors in wantin coats and haVin
pants cut like other people. When
one @: them navy sailors gifts all he
can carry, hssnan nessessity demands
that he have a pocket or two to carry
aboard eye opener for the next
moTuin' and as fur as them petticCat
pants they have fiappin erbOut thare
heels, its a wonder half the navy amt
drownd every year tryin to go back to
thare ships. We therefor advocate
dress reform for the sailors, AMI rGcom-
mend at the same time that the corus
girl stile from the knee up be aloud
to reach down and get sum Of the
petticOte surperf1uty that's round the
Shins-The Gawbone
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
STRAUS
THROWS THE CON-"
BY Associated Press.

Honolulu, Aug. 7.-Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Straus, in ad-
dressing a deputation of Japanese
journalists yesterday, said that ideal
conditions in Hawaii would be brought
about by not too great a 'preponder-
ance of any one race. but by the main
tenance of an equilibrium of races
The Japanese consul will give a din
ner in honor of Secretary Straus and
Congressman Longworth and wife
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
COMPETITION
REQUIRES IT
Wilhelm Anxious That Each
German Should Learn
to Talk English.

Berlin, Aug. emperor William as
giving warm support to the movement
in commercial circles for the estab-
lishment of an English college and
for the teaching of the English Ian
guage in the various gymnasiums. The
emperor, 1t Is said, believes that sue
cessful compettso with Great Britain
and the United States II commerce Is
possible only by having these young
Germans taught English
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
MINERS AND OWNERS
DISCUSS WAGE SCALE

Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. AT joint
convention of.the operators and miners
Of district 10, the later today submit
ted a scale, including an eIght-hour
day, ten per cent advance and other
concessions. The operators offer a
nine-hour day and the same wage
scale. The sessions continue
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
kentucky Courts.

1t is charged that Kentucky is the
worst governed state in the Union.
That is because in many counties the
courts dare not. or at least do not.
do their duty in criminal cases, and
not in civil cases when certain fam
lies are involved. Kentucky now has
a case where the court is practically
dared to do its duty, because the
prisoner at the bar is leading re-
publican accused of conspiracy to kill
end the courts are oil democratic.
Therefore the man is not to be pun
.ished- He has three tinee been con-
victed bv juries and three times given
new trials. on technical grounds
birmingham Ledger.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
FLORIDA AND
HER RESOURCES.
Hay and Grain,

From all parts of the county come
reports of record corn crops and big
fields of hay Not many years ago
nearly ali Of the grain and hay were
imported into this county from North
ern markets. Now the tide has turn
ed and st. John county farmers are
shipping hay and grain. 1t is but a
step to add cattle and poultry to the
exports. Land is plentiful and cheap.
One acre Will accommodate several
hundred fowl, while cattle may be fat
tened by the score on the product of a
few acres of velvet beans. ST. Johns
county has barely scratched the sur
lace OF its resources yet. Every pro-
duct shipped from the county is worth
1t svalue as an advertisement.-St.
Augustine Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

The Jack TarS Of the United States
navy have made a mighty protest
against the tims-honored headgeTr and
blouse which compose a portion Of
their uniform and have asked for coats
and caps of the army pattern. The
wide fiaring trousers are also in dis
favor with-the sailor boys.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Van Wrinkle as Pub Lush
is good-to-night.
TWENTY KILLED
IN A BIG WRECK
Rv Associated Press.

Berlin, Aug. IA passenger train
was derailed last night between Po-
sen and Thorn. The two engines were
overturned and three cars enolished.
The minister of railroads announced
that up to noon today the bodies of
twenty persons had been recovered
from the wreck.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

The New York newspapers are pro
testing vigorously against the crimes
of violence which are being commit
ted there daily and are suggesting
drastic punishment of the guilty
parties.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
THE BEST SIDEWALKS

Are built by Herman Bliss with a
force of experienced men. Prices
lowest and work guaranteed. All
kinds of concrete work contracted
for. Estimates gladly furnished.
Phone, 114l.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
THE GREAT PULSE
OF TIE NATION
Belong to Us.

Belong to Us.
While the elections in the Philip
pines ale disappointing they need not
be disoouraging We did not invade
the FilpinoS to take charge of their
affairs, bat only to assist us in con-
IduotRg them. If their assistance is
not wise or valuable, it will not en-
ter materially into the equation. The
veto is with US. So long as our own
purposes are clear and We adhere to
them we shall remain masters of the
situation. OF tail talk in the assembly
by Filipino orators there is certain to
be a bountiful supply. That has all
along been in the calculation. We
have a good deal of that sort of thing
in our own congress. It is a mani
festatiOn of all popular assemblies.
But it never counts for much any
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Safe ESampIe

John, what was that awful noise
in the bathroom just now?"
Don't worry, my dear" replied
John, sleepily, 1T was merely a crash
towel falling. Sentinel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

Neither Governor Vardaman nor
Hon. John Sharp Williams will con-
cede the election to the Mississippi
senatorship and nothing but the Of
which for widespread interest and I'M
certain results has probably never
been eqUalled an a senatorial contest
in the United States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

Mr. Taft comes forward with the
statement that the newspapers made
him a candidate And e-shouId fur
Their remember that the newspapers
can electrorSdefeat him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

The prohibition wave has struck
Texas. and the newspapers of the
state are agitarinS the enactment of
a state :r5h. riTi1n law wuen he ?""is,
Iatare next convenes in 1909. Many
counties have been dry for years, and
the effort to make all of them so IS
apparently meeting with popular favor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
NOTICE.

The City Board of Equalization will
meet every day~this month, at the office
of the tax assessor in the Thieson Build
1xr
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
PENS AcoIA F14oR1DA THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST

editions are the most fruitful sources
for exploiting the advantages OF this
great state of ours. and every wide
awake newspaper working for the
growth and upbufiding OF its compun-
ity is rapidly reah2ing this fact. Editor
Holly has secured excellent talent for
his edition, and something unusually
good is expected from his efforts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

Near Chicago the other day 4 party
Of magnates ran their automobile
over farmer boy. The ruualis:s sur
rounded the machine, captured the
occupants, and burned the vehicle on
the highway, afterward allowing the
party TO walk TO their destination
This is "Deadweod Dick" up-to-date.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

The Orlando Reporter-Slar is sccn
TO issue a special industrial edition for
the purpose of boosting The material
Interest," of OcanGe county. Industrial
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

The FLORIDA West Coast magazine
is the. name of a bright and Interesting
periodical just issued at Tampa The
object Of the magazine is to exploit
the advantages and resources Of
Tampa and HiEsboroush county and
it viii no doubt be a great assistance
in the advancement of that section of
the state
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

egg is more than double the size of
the ordinary hen fruit, but the owner
OF the hen claims that this hen in
variably lays eggs Of this calibre. The
county fair committee is planning to
raid the Billings hen house to get this
prize layer for the fair.-St Angus
tine Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Philippine Election.


The FiipinoS have had their cleo
ton, but it does not appear to have
aroused much enthusiasm among
them. Nobody at this distance can
say with assurance what else is sig
Eifed by the returns. 1t appears that
only about 10 per cent. of the eligible
electors took the trouble to vote
These elected delegates to the popular
branch of the assembly, most of those
elected being of the party known as
the national. The natiOnalistS are
those who are entirely opposed TO the
American domination. and it is fair to
assume that it was chiefly the nation,
alists who voted. The rest of the pop
ulatton EulkeS As the PhfNprIne
commission constitutes the upper
house Of the assembly, and the lower
house can do nothing without its con-
currence. the experiment now TO be
made IS not very hazardous. but il
viii be none the less interesting
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

Don't fail to laugh at
Pooh Bah.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Timely Rains.

the crops in Bradford county, and
there is now every reason to believe
we will have an abundant harvest
The indications point to much heav-
Ter cotton crop than we had last year.
and the-present condition of the mar
+ket encourages the belief that the
staple will bring a good price. A
small lot of last seasons crop recent
~ brought 35 cents per pound.-Starke
Telegraph.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
A Whopper.

a Whopper.
II. D. Geiger went up to OcaIa Sat.
urday. At Holder a man boarded the
train with a watermelon that WEIGHED
% pounds. 1t was a. curiosity to he.
mold We offered him SO cents for
1T and he refused it. He said he
wouldn't sell it for any price. It is
undoubtedly the largest we ever saw.
and We believe if it would keep until
me Iampa fair and was put on ex-
Lloluon' that it would take the prize
oy Dig majority This man said he
haven't had the time to look 49,
patch up yet.-Citrus County Chron.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Told the Truth.

"How's the weather your way?''
We are sleeping under-''
Don't spring tina old blanket yarn
on me"
Under difficulties, my boyi"-
Washington Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Champion Lime Tree.

Dr. j. II. Rowe mas the Champion
lime tree OF Florida. 1t has set it's
fourth crop. Every limb of the tree
Is we'll filled; but, strange to say, at
the very tip end of the branches they
are In clusters like grapefruit. The
present crop is estimated at SIS, to
say nothing about what was sold
through the fall, winter and spring.
The tree is at least fifteen feet in di-
ameter. 1t will have to be staked to
keep the limbs from falling off.-St.
Petersburg Independent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
A Cordial Invitation
Is extended
ALL SOUTHERNERS
to visit
The JELL-O Booth
at the
Jamestown Exposition

Located in Food Products Building at en-
trance to Horticultural Court.
We have provided a spacious Rest Room
especially for your convenience, where you
may meet friends, write letters, read your
favorite magazine, etc., etc.
Our demonstrators will be glad to serve
you with JELL-O, the dainty dessert, and
Ice Cream made from JELL-O ICE CREAM
Powder, free, and explain how easily they
can be prepared for the table.
The Genesee Pure Food Co., LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Wasted Energy.

Wasted Energy.
Actual. accurate statistics show that
the Mississippi river each year dur
ing it's summer floods, carries out a
greater amount of dirt than will be
dug from the entire Panama Canal
And yet the Roosevelt administration
is finding the digging of the canal
quite a complicated and costly prob
Iem.-Jacksonville Times-Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Prohibition in Georgia.

Prohibition in Georgia..
The passing of a prohibi- on law
in Georgia adds a Southern state to
the stronghold of the ''drys" in the
far West, Kansas; in the extreme
East. Maine: in the extreme North.
Dakota; and in the heart of the
Union. Tennessee At the beginning
of the year the number of people
living under statutory prohibition in
Maine, North Dakota and Kansas was
only 100000. BY the end of the year
Tennessee and Georgia will nearly
have trebled the number.-New York
World
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Railroads, Behaved

TRaiIroads, Behave!
How much better it would be for
the railroads in Wisconsin and else.
where to look pleasant and do cheer
fully what they are compelled TO do
until they have an opportunity 20 ap-
Epeal TO the courts, rather than go back
ito the old-time policy of defyiRg and
fighting the public.
The petty annoyances caused TO
travellers serve only to exasperate
them without yielding any material
increase in revenue to the roads. WHY
continuous line OF railway crossing
Il state line should charge more fer
through passage than the sum of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
AS To Bermuda Onions,

An editorial in the ST. Augustine
Record points to the example of Lo-
redo county, Texas, which has shipped
900 cars Of Bermuda onions, q. 5000
pounds to the car, this year, and fig
ures that her growers have made q
million dollars by the crop 1t suggests
that the ideal spot be discovered as
soon as possible for the Bermuda
onion in Florida" This is by all odds
the sweetest and least odorous of that
.odoriferOus and fearful tribe of veg.
etabIes- The writer says, "only 500
carloads of prime Bermuda onions
come to the markets of the world. -
There is never enough for the demand
and that demand will grow with the
supply He points out localities in this
state where the Bermuda onion has
been grown of silken texture fine
body and great size. As to tests of
location for a Bermuda onion farm
he bids readers remember that "pine-
apples failed on one side of the river
and made millionaire on the opposite
bank with exactly the same cnltiya-
ton and care. Florida Times-IJnion
. - O a.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

And at Montgomery.
Somebody has counted the laws en-
acted by the New York legislature
during it's recent session, and finds
there are 761 of them. Possibly six
of them were really needed.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
A Tomato Paradise.

a On1aIO FaFauISe.
A planter in Delray raised 1900
crates of tomatoes this year on two
and a half acres of ground. They
netted him $1.59 per crate from the
patch. 1t is such facts as these that
give the Northern farmer cold feet,
and sooner or later he is sure to
come to this prolific yet undeveloped
country, where opportunities lay
broadcast. In regard to the fact stated
above, it may be interesting to know
that this was the fourth tomato crop
from the same piece Of land, but a
cabbage crop had been grown between
them.-Tropical Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Killed Seven-Foot Tiger,

Killed SeVen-Foot Tiger,
A tiger measuring seven feet was
killed at the head of Big Creek, Is
miles northeast of Lake City, in Col
umbia county, on Wednesday, by a
party of hunters. Eight shots were
fired into the animal before taking
effect. The tiger killed one dog and
injured several others.
1t was skinned and one foot brought
here by S. w. Scott, one of the hunt
ers, who are now exploring the woods
for another tiger still at large. They
have been doing away with hogs and
various domestic animals owned by
the farmers near there. If captured
alive, the tiger will be turned over
to zoo or circus.
They belong to very large species
of OVERWHELMING
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08

two fares to and from the state line
is lone of those things no fellow can
ind out. "-Milwaukee Free Press. -
If Pressed.
If pressed into a tight corner it is
believed the confession could be
wrung from Secretary Taft that he
would be willing to chance it without
any further Endorsement from Pitch
fork Tillman.-Kansas City Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-08
Sweet Potato Crop.

Sweet Potato Crop.
The indications are that. the sweat
potato crop along the East Coast
viii be the largest ever raised. Manv
OF the early market truck rafsers be-
leve it is better to follow I'D their
early crops with summer crops. TINS
getting the benefit of the fertilizer
rather than let the land grow up in
weeds. 1nvesHga ton Is now also he
ing made to see if uplandsrice will not
also be profitable summer Ecrop in
some secttons.-St Augustine Record
A Hen Egg Yarn.
Mr.. D. D. Corbett has a hens egg
which was brought In by Jason Bill
hngs from his farm as a sample az
what Florida hens can produce The
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-02
Interesting River Views.

The big Sprague was in port yester
day morning on her way from New
Orleans to Louisville. She had 4C
empty boats and four barges. She and
her tow presented an imposing sight
as she lay in port waiting for supplies.
Mayor Parsons had her photographed,
taking a photographer out on the
steamer Three States and having sew
eral views made with Cairo as the
background. The mayor has another
view, also, taken during the Hustlers'
meeting, from a point in the mouth
of the Ohio river showing the junction
OF the two great rivers and the states
Of Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois
These pictures will be sent to Mr..
Sanders, secretary of the Business
Mems League, of st. Louis, who is
to write an illustrated &C.
count of the Presidents trip from
Keokuk to Memphis, in which Cairo
will. have an important place.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-02
WANTED: SO MEN AND WOMEN.

w. f. Simon, the enterprising drug
|gist, is advertising today for fifty men
and women to take advantage of the
special half-price offer he is making
on DIR. Howard's celebrated specific
for the cure of constipation and dys-
pepsia, and get a fifty cent package
at half price, % cents.
So positive is he of the remarkable
power of this specific to cure these
diseases, as well as sick headaches
and liver troubles, that he agrees to
refund the money to any customer
whom this medicine does not quickly
relieve and cure.
With DR.. Towards specific at hand
you can eat what you want and have
no fear of i'll consequences. 1t stcengh.
ems the stomach, gives perfect diges-
ton, regulates the bowels, creates an
and makes life worth the liv-
ing.
This is an unusual opportunity to
obtain 60 doses of the best medicine
ever made for half it's regular price,
with the personal guarantee of a well
known business man to refund the.
money If it does not give satisfaction.
If you cannot call at his store TO-
lay. send him 25 cents by mail and he
will send you a package, promptly
charges paid.