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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22
STARCH MANUFACTURE
PROBABLE IN FLORIDA

Jacksonville Times-Union

The investment of an adequate cap
ital and brains in a plant to manufac-
ture starch from the Florida comtie
plant should only occasion surprise
because it has not been done before
Excellent starch in paying quantities
was made from the plont by the
pioneers of Florida. The plant itself
is a relative Of that sage which has
long been recognized as a valuable
food producer. Starch from corn and
from the potato has the demerit of
loss. since one food is changed into
another. The Gentle is useless for
all other purposes and it is indigen-
Gus to Florida 50 that little care or
expense is involved in its cultivation.
1t can be found in all the southern
portion OF the state growing wild. but
it is probable that a great improve
ment would soon occur under cuItiva-
ton. Rich land is not required, but
Worked Like a Charm.
Mr.. D. n. Walker, editor OF that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22
LANDLORD|SM
IN IRELAND
Fresh Distcontent Among
the People Over Fresh
Manifestations of Curse
Wrought by Over-Wealth
Directed to Selfish Priv
ate Ends.

Robert Hunter, the well known
New York sociologist, after many
months study OF the industrial and
sociological conditions in the chief
cities of Europe, returned to London
after tour of Ireland, where he stud
led conditions closely. Mr.. Hunter
said:
The trouble with Ireland is land
lordism. The people cannot get
enough land TO till to make living
Misery and poverty is visible ir the
western counties of Ireland Depress-
ing famine conditions are certain to
prevail there during the winter. The
potato crop has been a failure, owing
to the wet summer. With famine
menacing them, there is nc telling
what the people may be driven to this
winter
The government authorities are be-
coming alarmed. They are increasing
the police force everywhere, and al.
viously are expecting widespread
trouble.
Since the strike of the royal Irish
constabulary in Belfast the authori-
ties have reason to believe that the
traditional loyalty of this splendid
body of men may have been dimin-
ished.
The Irish have ceased to expect
anything from the British parliament.
They are convinced that the time for
compromise has passed.
ION the agrarian, side things are
becoming serious. In many counties
the people are resorting to violence
to prevent the letting o. farms for
grazing.
while it is becoming more diff
cult for people to get land, taxation
is increasing and the population de-
creasing In 1871 taxation in Ireland
was $50, 900, 900, and in 1906 it had in
creased to nearly 100000. The per
capital taxation has nearly doubled
in 40 years.
ITO sum up economic conditions:
Within 40 years the population has
decreased Is IL per cent, the land
cultivated II 1-2 per cent, while tax
alton has increased II IL per cent.
And paUperism has increased 81 per
cent Do you wonder that Ireland
should clamor for home rule?"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22

According TO statements given out
by mining engineers OF the Alabama
Consolidated Coal and Iron Company,
remarkable discovery of iron ore
has just been made on the property
of that company in Shades valley. A
seventy-fOot vein OF ore Us said to have
been found, which will ada billion
tons OF ore TO the already known sup
ply of this district. With this senSa-
tiOnal discovery almost within the city
limits of Birmingham, it is pointed
out that Birmingham now has a larger
field of ore than the entire Lake Su-
pen.or region. 1t is said that the val
liable find of the Alabama COnsOli-
dated Coal and Iron Company gives
that one company fields containing
something like 800 ,000, 900 tons of ore,
making it rank among the greatest
irCn ore companies in the world.
AIabamian's Idea.
The discovery OF the new ore beds
was made by what is known as dia-
mond drilling, which was commenced
more than year ago. The suggeS-
ton was made by Prof. PrOuty, we'll
known Geologist of the University of
Alabama, that there were valuable
beds below the outcrOp on and near
Red Mountain, and that iron could
be found at a depth which would
make shaft mining profitable on a
large scale. The Alabama, Consolidat-
ed Coal and Iron Company, acting
upon this suggestion, employed en-
gineers to do the drilling. The work
was carried on under the direction of
Mining Engineer Ludwig, who struck
a seyenty-foot vein OF ore at dis
% 80 4
entire geological survey is said TO
pointed out by Prof Prouty twelve
months ago
Shaft Mining.
The company making the discovery
owns 1900 acres of land near Gate
City and it is estimated that the find
will give an additional 100000 tons of
ore. On the same theory it is fig
ured that the entire vein in Shades
valley will provide a total OF billion
tons The discovery, it is said, means
that shaft ore mining Will be intro
duced in this district to d large extent.
Mining engineers have long held that
il was preferable to slopes, although
it costs more 10 sink a shaft than 10
mine ore under the old slope system.
After the shafe is once sunk, how
ever, it is pointed out that mining is
much cheaper by this system.
The entire ore supply of the Lake
Superior fields is said to De not more
than 1000, 900 tons. The entire iron
industry of the north and west isde-
pendent upon that region for its ore
supply. With the new discovery in
Birmingham the road is opened up for
the expenditure of unlimited capital
in the development of the iron and
steel industries.
1t IS understood that the Alabama
Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
will develon the new ore find on an
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22
MAGNETISM
IN VESSELS
1t Accumulates in Building
and Has to Be Worked
Out Before Use.

An interesting paper was recently
read on the Magnetic Character Of
Vessels" by Captain w. BartEng, l..
n. R., before the Northeast Coast IN
stitution of Engineers and Shipbuild-
ers. The first portion of it dealt with
some experiments carried out during
the construction of the steamer Thuer-
insen at the WORKS of the WeSer
Shipbuilding Co of Bremen. The first
observation, which was taken ten
weeks after the double Bottom was
built and riveted, showed the poIaric
power of the ship to be % per cent
a month later. when more material
had been built in the induction had
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22
She Was WIs..

Jim-Yes, while summer boarding, l
fell in love with the farmers daugh-
ter
.ack-A simple child OF nature, Ell?
Hm-Not exactly. She gave me to
understand that her fsther did not al
low any rebate on the board bills Of
her beaux.-Kansas City Journal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22
Somewhat Different.

Singleton-LOoks like a horse on
every man should be boss In his own
house-but it strikes me your wife is
boss here.
rly-Well-er-you see. she
owns this house.-Chicago News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22
Found At Last.

j. A Harmon, of Lizemore, West
va, says: AT last | have found the
perfect pill that never disappoints me;
and for the benefit of others AFFLICTED
with torpid liver and chronic constipa-
ton, will say: take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills" Guaranteed satisfactory.
Sc at all druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22
BIRMINGHAM HAS MORE
ORE THAN ALL OF THE
GPEATLAKE TERRITORY
Such Is the Startling Dis
covery Made Under
Home Guidance.

IL THE INDICATIONS DO NOT
PROVE ENTIRELY MISLEADING,
THE ALABAMA CONSOLIDATED
WILL BANK HIGH AMONG The
GREATEST ORE MINING CON-
GERMS IN THE WORLD, WITH AN
ASSET OF ABOUT 5oo,ooo,ooo
TONS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-22

extensive scale, that company being
the fist in the state to mine ore by
the Shafe system.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

The old building was once occupied
by Tessyman, who was Thackeray's
bookbinder, and was well known, not
only to the author of Vanity Fair"
but to Dickens, Jerrold, and other
writer's, who used to gossip with him
and for whom he had nicknames which
were more plthy than polite. 1t Is pos
sible that the legend as to the building
being the real 'Old Curiosity Shop" or
iginated in Tessyman's occupancy of the
premises, for he dealt In all sorts 0f
rubbish; but another suggestion isfhat
waggish sign painter who was COM
missioned to write a name over the
front invented the story Of the shop be-
Ing immortalized by Dickens
However that may be, the premises
are shortly to be demolished In order
to permit the widening Of the road.
way.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

same speculation was INDUCED Just
after the death of Edwin Booth. And
yet there are few who will claim that
Mr.. Mansfield was ever really Mr..
Booths successor save that he devel-
oped a drawing power fully as potent
as Mr.. Booth in his time. In methods
Booth and Mansfield were far part as
known, ever seriously consider himself
the man who had stepped into Booths
shoes. Both were Of a serious bent Of
mind. They had little patience with
the trifies of the theater and as i'm
mense regard for its artistic side. OF
different schools, each regarded acting
as an art instead of as a means Of
money getting-and art that takes long
preparation, much study, and con-
sclentious application to the various
roles to be interpreted. And while
these men were equally successful In
| finally commanding such wide and
solid public approval that each In his
time was considered our foremost actor
they Travelled paths that led apart. Mr..
Booth never ventured away from those
| roles that are historic with the theater.
| He led in no new thought except in
| depreciation. He also applied some
thing to familiar Shakespearean parts
that none Of his contemporaries had
real genius. Mr.. Mansfield, on the
contrary, was a pioneer. He sought to
reflect the new or the unusual litera-
ture Of the stage, and delighted in what
seemed impossible In stage perform
ances-his ponderous presentations Of
Schiller's Don Carlos" and Ibsen's
'Peer Gynt," for example. He had
also greater sense Of humor than his
predecessor, and consequently did not
scorn comedy, particularly If 1t were
satirical. He made the public accept
Moliere, for Instance, and he was the
| first to exploit that extreme modern,
Bernard Shaw. And 1t Is one of the
grim humors of the stage that he lived
to see Shaw become common. Possibly
1t was so much Of doing the unusual,
and sticking to 1t, that gave Mansfield
his place. 1t Is not certain that he
ever would have gained 1t had he at
once challenged attention, after Booths
death, by undertaking such characters
as Hamlet, Iago, Richelieu and others
of the old school He did not at
tempt one of Booths finest roles
Brutus, until late In his career-and
those who wildly remembered the
classic beauty of the Booth perform.
ance and contrasted it with the modern
psychological study of Mansfeld's will
ever have two ideas of which was the
greater actor. In one other respect
his idea of Shylock-did Mansfield chal.
lenge a Booth memory. He was more
successful, but he did not win. And az
with these two men SO 1t will be with
Mansfield and the man who follows
Mansfield. That man must gain his
position in his own way. Talents ar,
not passed on by merely doing the sam'
thing.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16
TRAPPING RABBITS.


There are lots of rabbits In the
woods back Of the rye field, and I've
got six box-traps in the barn. If you'll
see to 'em every morning we'll set the
traps now" This proposition made to
14-year-old boy, says Fred Mather,
the author Of Men / Have Fished
WITH" seemed fine proposition, and
the boy instantly agreed. He was to
put the captured rabbits in a bag, and
the man who owned the traps was to
take care Of them. The boy tells the
story:
The next night was clear and crisp
and OIL how cold that morning was
The first trap was inspiring. The sec
ond actually held rabbit There was
the game crouched In the far end.
let the trap down. and for a few mo.
ments enjoyed my triumph. was q
mighty trapperl
/ carefully adjusted the bag over the
trap, and then opened 1t. There was Q
thud In the bottom Of the bag, and
then glimpse Of something gray and
a sound of "Zip! zipl" and II that real
ly was a rabbit 1t was gone.
The third trap held a rabbit, ant
with the last failure In mind, great
care was taken in arranging the bag
but somehow the same thing happened
again. The next two traps were empty
and the sixth was sprung.
Remembering what Garry had sait
about a rabbit not biting, I put In {
hand and brought the animal out som,
way, memory falls to record how, but 1
does bring back the pitiful cries tina
rang through the woods. But I hard
ened my heart and dropped the gam,
In the bag, and started for home witt
my prize, In triumph not unmixed witt
other feelings.
After bordering for a while on tn,
escape Of the other two rabbits, tn,
recollection of those pititul cries cam,
up In full force. Then seemed to real
lie that they came from a poor, terri
fed and harmless thing that was TAX
| ing to be killed without the excite
ment of the hunt.
l peeped into the bag. Two larg
eyes and a trembling form were II
the corner. Somehow the grip on tn
mouth Of the bag was loosened, the bot
tom was turned up, and a white luml
of cotton in field Of gray went bob
bling of into the brush.
When I entered Tom Simmonds
store, l said to Garry, ''Here's your bae
1 haven't got any rabbits, and don
want any,"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP TO GO.
II Was Not the Home of Little Nell,
But Has Interesting Memories.


But Has Interesting Memories.
Though doubtless most Of the Amer
leans who have paid visit to the lit
tie, old-fashioned, red-tiled building In
Portsmouth street, Lincoln's Inn,
Fields, London, known as THE Old Gu
riosity Shop" immortalized by Dickens,
are aware that Little Nell never dwelt
there, the place has possessed senti-
mental interest which has drawn a
large number Of literary pilgrims to II
annually. The inhabitants of the neigh
borbood cherish the idea that many
Americans have paid fancy sums to be
conducted over the premises and to OBJ
tain souvenirs of Little Nell. 1t "a
stated that In spite of authoritative In
formation that the building was moi
what It was said to be, a great many
American visitors were greatly interest
ed In It. Insisting that there still wal
chance that 1t might be "The Curl
osity Shop" they did not wish to leave
London without looking over It
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

employee 1905 $40 cent greater than In 1905
while the retail prices Of food for representative work
ingmens families only 20 per cent higher than in
1905
statstcians love exact conclusions and government
officials faterng reports But what useful Information
do they contribute by striking the Of prices of
picked pork evaporated apples and fresh fish, which
different households in different quantities and
some not at all? How they select forty from the
thousands Industries in the United States for COM
parson wages with cost of living and issue any sweep
ing generalization to price tendencies that will COM
mand respect?
With truly exemplary discretion the Bureau Of Labor
has not considered the circumstances of the millions of
salaried men womenclerks statesmen, bookkeepers
and others-workng for fixed weekly pay. What COM
fort has 1t offer them by comparing their salaries with
the higher lower cost Of dried fruit or fish?
There one nfalble of facts that the pains
taking gentlemen who edit government tables fall to con
suit That is the plain everyday housekeeper who, ou
of her weekly allowance, buys the daily provisions fol-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16
ONE OF THE FENIAN RAIDERS.
Maj. Fitzpatrick, who Died Recent

Maj. Fitzpatrick, Who Died Recent
1y,, Served Also I'm Papal Legion.
Maj. Rudolph Fitzpatrick, who died
suddenly ON Amsterdam avenue, near
8,,th street, recently Of heart trouble,
had served in the American civil war
and the Fenian uprising and had also
fought In Italy as a member f the
rapal legion, according to the New
York Sun. He was vice president Of
the Parnell branch Of the United Irish
league In this city. He was also sec
rotary of the Association of the Vet
eran Pontif1cal Army In this city, of
which there are now eight survivors.
He was a constant contributor to news
papers and periodicals In behalf of the
Irish cause, and was a friend of Par
nell as well as of John E Redmond
and others of the later Irish leaders.
Fitzpatrick was horn In Cork in 1S47
and came to this country when a boy.
He enlisted In the navy when he was
/ II and fought ON one of the smaller
gunboats along the Atlantic coast
When the war ended he went into the
Fenian movement heart and soul. The
war had developed many Irishmen into
trained soldiers and he was one of the
invading force that In June of 1868 set
out from Buffalo under Col. O'Neill
and had skirmish with the Queens
j Own Of the Canadian militia near
Ridgway. Fitzpatrick was O'NeIlrs
aide-de camp. After that he became
private secretary of Col. Roberts the
president Of the dominant faction Of
the Fenian party.
The Fenian movement having failed,
Fitzpatrick Joined the papal army In
the fighting in Italy in 1896. He was
wounded In the knee In one Of the
fights and taken prisoner. After he
was set free he returned to this coun-
try, where he remained until amnesty
was given to the Fenians Then he
went to England and engaged in the
tailoring business in Liverpool, where
he married In 1915. He lived there ten
years and returned to this country.
For several years he had been In the
real estate business.
Maj. Fitzpatrick got his military t.
tie from his Fenian activity. He leaves
widow and seven children, the young
est of whom is 7 years old. Two Of the
children are married and one is Sister
Mary Sylvester of the Franciscan or
der. Two sisters in Ireland also sur
vive him. The last rites Of the church
were administered to him on the side
walk just before he died, and he was
buried from his temporary home, lac
| West 10th street
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

Merchants in small cities, In villages,
and at country cross roads are likely
TO overwhelm Congress with protests
against the adoption of Postmaster
General Meyers plan for parcels post,
as recently outlined. II the government
should compete with express companies
at a low rate, big mail order houses
would soon have a monopoly In the
country. Small merchants could not
compete with them and widespread ruin
would result. There are hundreds of
thousands of such merchants, and
they, their clerks, their families, their
relatives and their friends viii all be
opposed to the parcels post scheme.
These merchants and the auxillaries
they can bring to bear are powerful in
Congress. and 1t Is hardly possible that
any parcels post bill can get through
that body. Congressman are not going
to pass legislation that would bring
poverty to large class of the popula
ton. The country merchant is a use
full citizen and at one stroke to deprive
thousands upon thousands Of their live
lihood would be, to say the least, de
cidedly unpopular.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

The average American business man,
whether he deals In railroads or salt
mackerel, will agree with the Attorney
General when he says: Business men
ought to wish to have the laws strictly
and impartially enforced. If this Is
done everybody knows what he can do
and what he cannot and everybody has
q fair field and no favor" The Attor-
ney General has an Idea that the surest
way to impress the public with the Inn
partially Of the law Is to punish the
big criminals who have hitherto claimed
immunity and whose notorious example
has acted as a subtle poison In threat
ening every plane Of business life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

Sea gulls can talk, according to the
recent announcement of Chicago uni
versity professor who has been study
ing their ways In the Dry Tortugas ISL
ands. He does not mean to have one
understand that the birds discuss fine
arts, political economy, or the latest
fashions, but that they have language
by which they communicate with one
another. He thinks that 1t Is 80 sys
tematically arranged that human be.
ings can learn 1t, and communicates
with the birds.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

The life Of the cliff jewellers, It
seems, was not so care free after all.
A Denver archaeologlst has just discov-
cred cliff dwellers' apartment house
In Southwestern Colorado. When some
one finds plano in one of the fats
we will realize that "the good old days.
were not SO different from these de
generate times"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

Wherever they go, 1t may be counted
upon Lady Mimic and her daughters
throw themselves heart and soul Into
any kind of outdoor sport that is Of
fered. Their visit to India proved no
exception to this rule. In Canada they
soon became known as the most grace
full skaters ever seen in Ottawa, and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I
!
+ Opinions of Great Papers Important Subjects I

the family She may not have precise knowledge OF
fractional percentages of industry outside her own
home but If asked for her experience she could
state with certainty that month by month and by
year has been growing harder under the excessive rise
in prices to make both ends mee--New York World.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

O6icial reports show that the people
Of this country consumed more whisky
and tobacco last year than ever before.
There was decline in the consumption
Of poetry. Is 1t necessary to furnish
q conclusion for the moralist?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

The English House Of Commons has,
after a lively debate, passed the de
ceased wife's sister" bill again. This
10 practically the only form Of recrea-
ton that the House of Commons per
mits itself
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

Automobiles are being sold in Borneo,
and we may suppose that the wild men
over there will at once join In the
march Of civilization by applying for
Jobs as chauffeurs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

A Nebraska man Is producing gas
from cornstalks What, by the way,
has become of the Pennsylvania man
who discovered how to put the coal
trust out of business by burning ashes?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

It Ii estimated that the American
people are paying $160,0oo,0Oo year
for soda water. This should have some
effect on their fizzical condition.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

Locomotive drivers In all countries
are obliged to pass tests for color-blind-
ness In Germany the drivers Of auto
mobiles are now required to submit to
examination Of their color vision. A
color-blind chauffeur may be quite as
dangerous as one who Is reckless.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

Hetty Green's son is reported to be
making a fortune in Texas oil. After
q while he may be rich enough to be
known to the country by his own name.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16
Drawing q Line.

81 will come home feeling like a new
woman" wrote his wife.
well, don't come home and act like
one" cautioned her Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-16

A New Jersey man has refused to
run for State Senator because his wife
won't let him. Once In great while,
It seems man realizes that he has
sensible wife.