The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-05
ALL SORTS.

The French government has issued
a decree declaring that, aside from
the members of the diplomatic and
consular corps and the naval officers
OF ships visiting French ports, no
foreign uniforms can be worn w
out their owners having previously
applied for and obtained permission
from the minister of the interior or
from the governor or project of the
department. This applies to the wear
ing of foreign uniforms by foreigners
not only at public functions, but also
at private ceremonies. Foreign uni
forms have too often been employed
for purposes of fraud and worn in
manner and by people calculated to
mOrtify profoundly the citizens Of the
country to which the livery in ques
ton belongs.
The kaiser is angry at the waste
and extravaganza in the imperial
news at Berlin and orders far-reach-
ing economies. 1t happened in this
wise. The kaiser was exercising in
the riding school and noticed two or
three men clad as grooms loaf1ng
about the passages. He asked them
what their duties were and they re
turned as answer that they were the
assistants OF the official who plated
the tails and names of his majestys
horses.
oh" said the kaiser, how many
more of you are there engaged in
this Onerous occupation" Five, al
together" was the reply. We'll, just
go and assemble these five men in
front of me- said the emperor. They
came and were dismissed on the spot
with three months wages. And then
he began to look into matters and
discovered that he could do with less
than 400 persons in his Berlin news
and with less than $50 horses and
240 carriages of all sorts.
London is threatened with an egg
famine. Dealers in the metropolis
ascribe the shortage to the recent
cold weather and the effect upon lay
ing fowls both at home and abroad.
The scarcity is attributed to a GreSt
falling off in the supply of eggs from
Austria, Hungary and Italy, while the
Danes are not keeping up TO the mark.
Russian eggs, which now go into Eng
land in ever increasing quantities.
will not begin TO arrive until the end
of March
D. NJ. Delmas, at a dinner in New
York, said of a legal topic he dis
liked: You see, have had so much
of it. 1t is like the case of the old
Frenchman who called at a house
that was Overrun with dogs. As
soon as the old man entered the
drawing-rOOm the dogs enveloped
him. They leaped on his lap. they
licked his nose and lips, they muddied
his white waistcOat. His manner
showed that he was none too well
pleased and his hostess said re-
prOachfully: All, count, it is easy
to see that-yOU don't like dogs
Not like dogs. indeed the count
exclaimed. Why, l ate over forty of
them during the siege of Paris
The golf caddy," said a Southern
Journalist, as he chewed a spriS OF
mint, is a new type. This lad is
independent, witty. altogether without
reverence. On John d. RockefelIer's
visit to Bon Air he tried a little golf
one afternoon in the neighborhOod of
Augusta. On a rather difficult shot
Mr.. Rockefeller struck too low with
his iron and as the dirt flew he said
to his caddy tWhat have l hit?'
The boy answered. with a harsh
laugh: Georgia. boss.
Admiral Sigsbee, in a recent after
dinner speech, said of the naval virtue
of obedience. Yet even obedience
may be carried too far. A lawyer
about to go to court said to his Of
flee boy: If anyone calls, say I'll be
back at r. Then ne went to court.
On his return he asked the boy: Any
one calIed?' Yes. sir the lad
answered. Five beggars. They'll
look in again at 12, sir
Some one in whom I was interested
who was at Oxford decided to have 4
personal servant-some one to brush
his clothes and look after him gen.
erally-but but did not get one. You
may have all the servants you want
outside but not in the college, and
that particular one did not survive
"a hours. And how do you think they
killed him? BY calling his master by
the servants name; in the college
building. in the college grounds. it
was Shocks" here, "SnoOks" there,
Shocks" everywhere.
lake Superior's greatest depth is
,005 feet, Michigan's 864, Huron's
$50, Fries 202, OntariO's 1873 feet.
The bottom of Superior is 40t feet
D6lOW S6d ltNGt, Oh MlCuiSdH 100, u
Ontario 491 feet. The bottom OF
Huron is II feet above sea level, |
that of Erie 500 feet Ontario, the |
smallest of the great lakes, is reIa- |
lively the deepest. If these bodies of |
water could be drained the basin of !
Ontario would present striking con- |
tours as compared with the basins OF |
the much larger lakes.
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