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The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
FACTS ABOUT SALT.

The statement of the physician who
wants us to bolt our food is supple
mented by that of another crank who
insists that We should escheW salt.
What does he know about II? The
human race is supposed to be imprOy-
ing, yet salt has been eaten for thou
sands of years. The existence OF a
greater or less appetite for salt in
all individuals shows that this sub
stance must serve some more import
ant uses in the animal economy than
that of merely gratifying the palate.
Is the taste for salt natural or &C
quired? If acquired, let us do away
with it. If natural. let us encourage
il by keeping the sand and other adul-
tCrantS out of the genuine product.
A mans salt costs only 81 a year,
and still he cannot obtain pure ar
ucle of this most common substance.
| have made a personal investigation
OF salt. 1t is a fact that you can buy
ten different brands at your grocer :
and try them in the kitchen with
var! ing results. \ pinch of one kind
Will go as far in seasoning as table
spoonful of another, and any cook
used TO certain quality will spoil the
food with another of less or greater
strength This is CoIsmOn house
hold complaint
Michigan and New York are our
chief salt-prOducing states, the form
er leading by half million barrels
year. The total product Of the
United States is about 100000 bar
TeIs annually. 1t seems increditable
that salt, considering it's cheapness,
should be worth while adulterating:
but sand is a little cheaper. And 1t
has come to pass that one OF the
great Michigan companies is adver-
tising all over the country the only
salt in the world that is 80 per cent
pure"
Salt is an essential food. 1t is 4
constituent Of the blood, and as the
latter is constantly losing some of its
saline particles by the secTetions, tie
tears, the bile. etc, the daily loss is
repaired by the employment of so
dunn chloride" as condiment. All
mammals except dogs and cats require
salt. The domestic animals. sheep,
cattle, horses, hogs, etc. eat it greCdi-
ly once a week. Among mankind,
some constitutions require 4 great
deal more salt than others Meat
eaters sometimes get enough salt in
the flesh they Ieyour, but 1t seems
that among vesetarians a seasoning
with sodium chloride Is an absolute
necessity
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
THE SPANISH ESCURIAL.
IL Is Marvellous Specimen of Ancient
Architecture.

IL Is Marvellous Specimen of Anoient
Architecture.
The Escurial the palace of the Span
ish king, an architectural marvel, for
merly described as the eighth wonder
Of the world" is now seldom spoken
of even by those who are ready to 90
wild over much less pretentiOuS Struc-
lures. The cornerstone of this Span
ish st. Peters" was laid by Philip II.
in 1868, but it was 3O2 years QSG5J be
fore the menstrouS building was pro-
noUnced finished. 1t was built by Phil
ip in fulfllment of a VOW to erect the
finest monastery in the world" should
his forces be successful in their great
battle with the French. That battle
was fought at st. Quentin on Aug. 10,
1907, st. Lawrence day. and in order
to honor that saint as we'll as to fulfill
his VOW the king had the foundation
of his great memorial laid off in the
shape of a gridiron, the implement of
torture upon which the gOOdly Law
renee is reputed to have suffered mar
tyrdom.
To those who have never visited the
ture is beyond comprehension. Il is
T4O feet from north to south and 5SO13
feet from east to west. the square tow
erS at each corner rising to a height of
over 200 feet. Within this monstrous
building are the kings palace, a cathe-
dral, a monastery of 200 cells. two col
leGes. three chapter houses, three IL
brary buildings, five large halls, six
dormitories. three hospitals and over
5000 other rooms. In order to make
st. Lawrence'S gridiron complete. the
building is built in QuadranguIar form,
with seventeen rows or ranges Of mon
strOuS stone structures crossing each
other at right angles. these forming the
gridirOn's ribs. the handle being a
wing 40 feet in length. The church,
which is a part of this vast pile of ma
sonry, is 364 feet long, 23O feet wide,
with a dome $50 feet in height Il is
estimated that the building cost $5O.-
100000.
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"THE OLD WORLD AND ITS WAYS

This is the title of a new and pro
fusely illustrated book by Col. VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. recOunting his
noted journey around the earth and
through Europe. which was so widely
heraIded through the American press.
The book is an illustrated and de-
scriptive record of that Journey which
is so memorable in current history
The Journey embraced a period Of a
year. and covered practically all the
nations Of the earth.
Col Bryan travelled with camera
and pencil. and not only described. an
brilliant phrase what he saw but fur
ther illustrated his journey by photo
graphs. The photographs constitute
striking pictorial presentation and
lend especial interest to the book.
They number 240 and they show IN
picture the world as he saw it. They
constitute just that many striking
object lessons of the people Of all
countries. in their cities. towns and
Jneir homes and everyday
occupations.
The book viii interest every reader
as a unique presentation of a wonder
fully interesting journey. 1t is sold
only through solicitors. The ThOmp-
son Publishing company, st. Louis,
Mo. are the fortunate publishers
They advertise for agents in another
column of this issue
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
Gov. Broward a Remarkable Man.

The Metropolis did not support
Governor BrOward in his campaign
for governor, first. because it did not
believe him competent to exercise the
functions of the high Office sought
and second because OF his past pClti-
cal affiliations, that il was afraid
would be damaging to the vital inter
eSts of the state. We have all had
time now to see and learn more
about the man, who went into office,
through certain pledges made the
people, and whose every effort since
then has been to put into execution
every promise he made them when
campaigning the state, and we, who
entertained doubling opinions Of him
have had ample opportunity to see
and realize our mistakes.
The Pensacola Journal, which has
always been friendly to Governor
Broward, declares him to be one Of
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
cairo's Curse of Blindness.

The first thing that imprCsses the
stranger in Cairo is the number of
blind-men, women and children-tO
be found everywhere in the shops and
On the streets. Ophthalmia is very
prevalent throughout Egypt Because
of supeEsututiOn concerning the evil
eve" the native mothers OF the mid
die or the lower class do not wash
the eyes of their babies at all. Watch
ing the flies buZZing unheeded around
and upon these blind children, stTan-
ger haStens to buy fly-whisk. These
are for sale everywhere, and are quite
attractive with their ornaments Of
fancy beads and palm-leaf fiber. Blind
beggaTS greet one at every corner
Even in the high-class Egyptian fam
lilies there are many blind. The low
eT classes of EgyptiOns are given
much TO hasheesh-rhat is, the lower
classes in the large cities-and al
though it is against The law to sell =
one will have the hasheesh places
pointed out, and the men who smoke
the drug are seen everywhere. They
are distinguished by the peculiar ap-
pearanCe OF their eyes, which become
red. swollen and baEgy underneath.
and by the peculiar color Of the skin.
which resembles somewhat the skin
Of a Chinese opium smCker-Leslie'
Weekly
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
THE GENUINE
JEFFERSON DAVIS.


In unyeifing a statue to jefferson
Davis, the south has set waggang the
tongues of many critics who imagine
themselves capable of drawing from
an inner receptacle the light that is
to illuminate a dark subject. So Gree
ley and Phillips and Garrison drew
the higher law from intellectual
abysses and set it above the cOnsti-
tuition and the courts. So theory in
all ages assumes to speak from an
Olympus TO mankind in the depths
Let the talk continue-if the noise
stimulates research a service will be
rendered to us all, and Jefferson Da-
Wis Will stand now, as ever, pointing
the way for a people he loved and
served with the best God gave him
to lavish in their service
He is represented on one hand as
marble intellect-cold and calm in
the midst of alarms. He is repre-
sented as a hot, impulsive partisan,
incapable of seeing through any
glasses, but these on his own nose.
He is set before us as the enemy of
the nation, plotting for years to
break the bonds that bound us to-
gether. and he is represented as
selfieSs martyr TO his own distem-
pered reason.
III stilSNeI II IS only necessary 10
say that he served the nation faith
fully, set the limit to his service and
abandoned the work of youth openly.
Surely he was no sneak. He gave his
reasons for advising secession in the
senate, and no antagonist controvert-
ed his facts or his law. He scorned
the imputation of policy or the
thought of danger to himself or his
people. This vindicateS him from
the charge of self-deception, and the
charge of coldness remains. Let one
narrative be heard in contradiction
of that.
When Mr. Davis saw that the fall
of Richmond was certain, he gave
the seal of the COnfederacy to a negro
servant. eXacting only a promise that
II should never be given up without
his order. That negro is alive today
and his been offered $4,000 in cash
for the seal, but he pleads his prom
ise to Mr- Davis, and refuses the
price 1t is said that men from the
South have tempted him We hope
not. Far better that the museum in
Richmond lack the seal than that this
tradition of faith and love be broken.
Much mere valuable to the Confeder-
acy IS the story of that negro's love
for Jefferson Davis than the seal
could ever be. But was the man cold
who could command this devotion
from his graveH-Times-U Union.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13

unhappy spirits. they could help to
free them
In asking spirits to give us a sian
We. too often ask them to 90 some.
thlng which is beyond their powers,
and clearly TO understand their limi-
jauons. We must in the majority Of
cases figure them as important and
III some respects as helpless as our
selves
Now, as to ghosts: in other words
the spirits that show rhCmsalve- 80
human eyes. All spirits are visibla
TO mo, nut only q few acquire .-e
power OF man!fCStnE themselves tC
others than ClaiTYCyautS and they
only do so when something binds
them very closely TO earth and earth
" interests
This is why spirits. as a rule. only
appear 10 the ordinary person to de
llvcr some urgent message. TO right
some great wrong. for they have To
acquire the power to materialize. and
only few attain to this end.
People often say. how can a ghos-
have clOthes?" My answer is that N
ordinary cases a spirit does not have
clothes. bat it assumes them in order
TO appear real TO those who see il,
and it assumes the clothes in which
II was best known to life, so as to be-
readily recognized.
Some who admit the genuinena;s IS
Of ghosts hold that in regard to
clothes the spirit produces the haIlu-
Cin2tiCn of them in the mind OF the
peTCipient.
But | go further I say that the
spirit actually materiaIzes the clothes
it wears. so that they may be touched
nd H. aT-
power Of dematerializing them at
will.
| have known case where ar old
friend who had died slowly material.
lied so plainly that we should have
touched the clothes and the body. pre-
cisely as in life, and then it slowly
dematerialiZed until all that remained
was ShimmeTing substance, which
had the appearance of quicksilver, and
finally disappeared.
But only a few spirits possess this
power and | think there is something
to be said for the theory that in some
cases the clothes and form of spirit
are produced by the spirit mind act
ing on the human mind. This, how
ever. does not alter the fact that the
spirit is there before the percipient,
and the clothes on the form of the
- k'tlli al = dH I-btllIl4- DtSltt AIle great
fact that human personality does sur
vive after death. and in certain cir
is capable of manifestin8
itself 10 the living.
But remember it is human person
ality. and. therefore. limited in its
powers and imperfect in its knowl-
edge. Once you grasp this idea that
spirits are not gods. but ourselves,
just a little advanced IN knowledge,
and living, as | have said, in a sort of
twilight. and you begin 10 understand
much that is puzzling in spirit phe.
Further, every house, every spot,
every region around us is haunted in
the sense that it is inhabited by spir-
its, and when We talk of haunted
houses we should mean no more than
some of the many spirits that abide
there, awaiting the day of judgment,
have acquired the power of making
themselves perceptible to our very
limited senses.
The spirit world is our world and
the only thing that separates the twd
is the mutual limits tiOns and imper-
fections of spirit and ourselves.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
Are You Going Away
this Summer?

Are you going away this summer
to the mountains. the lakes, or some
northern seashore resort? If you are
you will want The journal to follow
you.
You will want The journal for sew
eraI reasons. 1t will keep you in
touch with the home news. 1t will be
to you what letter from home al
ways is, but more complete and salts
factory than any letter you could get.
1t will reach you daily and as soon
as the mails can carry it from Pensa-
cola, and you will come home knowing
as much about what has been going
on in the Deep Water City as will
those who have remained at home.
And more than all this daily copy
of The Journal will afford the best
advertisement of your home city
which you can exhibit to your friends
in other states. Do yoI know that
The Journal will compare favorabIy
with any paper published in any city
of three times PensacoIa's size? And
do you also know that in exhibiting
such paper to a friend abroad you
will impress him, more than you could
dc in any other way, with PensacoIs's
enterprise and Importance?
II you hadn't thought of these
things, you will do so now, and you
will consequently order The Journal
sent to you when you leave the city
for your summer outing.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
Lightning Killed the Fish.

\ peculiar result Of a stroke Of light
ming was noted near Dion, France,
one summer. \ fash Of lightning was
seen to strike a fish pond, and an in
vestigation made Immediately after
the storm had subSided proved that
every fish that was in the little lake
had been killed. This is one of the
very few instances on record of light
ming striking fresh water.-London
Saturday Review
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
4 SAD Case.

A Chicago physician was one day
called TO attend a sick child in q
shabby genteeP' quarter of the Windy
City.
Madam" said the doctor to the
mother. you should send this child
into the country for several weeks
each summer"
y am sorry to say, doctor" respond
ed the woman. that we are not rich
enough TO do that"
Then" suggested the physician,
have her sent by the fresh air fund
''Oh. doctor" exclaimed the woman,
I'VE are not poor enoughr-Harper'
Weekly.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
ALL SORTS.

That mnkmen wore rubber soIes,
and
That screen doors were provided
with elastic knockers, and
That janitors don't carry the Carb-
age away before o'clock in the morn
ing, and
That lOud-mouthed peddIers were
disciplined or not patrOnized. and
That children rOmped in the park
instead of in sounding alleys and on
back pOrches. and
That dogs were not allowed to bark
and whine, and
That pianos were played before 9
o'clock in the evening. and
That the owners of gTaphOphOneS
were more anxious to hear them
themselves than to have their neigh
bOrs hear them and keep them in the
house
Suppose, in short. that we should all
try TO do our part in keeping the peace
of the neighborhCod and were as con
sideratc Of others in this regard as
We would like others to be toward
rs. wouldn't life be worth a good deal
more all around?
It is the unnecessary noises more
than the necessary ones that destroy
the comfort and happiness of us town
dweIlers. Is this not true?
Ii is not our energy so much as our
lack of thought that makes Us often
sive to others.
Did YOU ever perform any great
or heroic act?"
yep"
Then why didn't you say something
about it when Mrs. Jones was brag-
ging about the bravery of jones'"
Il don't feel like Dragging about it"
What was it, I would like to
know"
I married"
John Hopkins University viii
hencefOrth admit women as students
and after the same manner that the
German universities adopted Each
professor may admit women TO his
class if he chooses and the Baltimore
papers are confident the professors
are ready TO welcome women stu
dents. This change Of attitude is said
TO be the work of President Ira Rem
sen.
Secretary Elihn Root is supposed TO
be one Of the best paid attorneys in
the United StateG. When he was sec
retary Of war he frequently went
IlDIStDdCyN IlulnS Win NGH- f1cUIN -
COrbin, the adjUtant-general of the
army. Secretary Root never spoke
once during their many rides. The
silence became embarrassing to Cor
bin. who made many frUitless efforts
to engage Root in conversation Be
coming desperate after his failure,
COrbin, in speaking Of the dilemma,
exclaimed: why, the man is SO aC-
cUstOmed to being paid for talking
that III be hanged if / believe he viii
talk unless he is paid for IL. III have
to pay him a stiff fee to hear the
sound of his voice
Bishop Sanford Olmstead of Colo .
rado at a dinner in Denver said. in I
referring to Sabbath-breaking: Il (
was talking 10 an Eastern clergyman /
the other day about his church at /
tendance I suppose l said, that IN /,
your district rain affects the attend /.
ance considerably He smiled faint F.
ly- Indeed. yes he said, hardly
have a vacant seat when it is too wet /
for golf and motoring
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
a Real Wonderland.

South Dakota, with its rich silver
mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges
and strange natural formations. is a
veritable wonderland. At Mound
City. in the home of Mrs. E D. Clamp,
a wonderful case of healing has lately
occurred. Her son seemed near death
with lung and throat trouble "Ex-
haustive coughing spells occurred
every FIVE minutes writes Mrs.
Clapp, when I began giving Dr.
Kings New Discovery, the great medi-
cine that saved his life and complete
ly cured him" Guaranteed for coughs
and colds, throat and lung troubles.
by all druggists. soc and s1.0O Trial
bottle free.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
Ion Selfish

Citiman-What's the matter with all
you Swamphurst fellows: You don't
seem to like my friend Backlotz. Sub
bubs-NO; he's, selfish. Gilman - Oh,
come now. Subbubs-That's what he
is. A barn near him caught fire the
other night. and he put it out without
waiting for the rest of US members OF
the Swamphurst Hose to reach the
scene.-PhiladeIphia Public Ledger.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13

to itself for the act OF the legislature
in raising the pay of connty commits
sioners from $500 to $4OO per day.
This paper was the first to suggest
that the two dollar scale was unfair,
and we hammered away at it until
public sentiment got with us and the
legislature responded.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
The ConfortahIe Eortune.

what is your idea Of a comfortable
fortune?'' asked the ambitious youth.
"One," answered the man of experi1
ence. that is big enough to buy you
everything you want and not big
enough to attract the attention of the
grand tury."-Washington Star.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
Collie and Diarrhoea-

Pains in the stomach. collie ana
diarrhoea are quickly relieved by the
use of Chamberlain Collie, ChoIers
and DiarrhOea Remedy. For sale by
all druggists
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
J: M. Barco for Comptroller.

J. NJ. Barco was for several years
a resident of Gainesville, being regis
ter of the United States land office,
and should he become a candidate for
comptroller his old friends would
line up for him in solid phalanX.-
Gainesville Sun.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13

By a mistake a Bank of England
note for a penny got into circulation
in the year 1S2S, and it was finally re-
deemed for 70.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
The Showdown.

When it came to a showdown Gov
ernOr BrOward swung both branches
of the legislature. 1t is true it was
near the closing hours. cut it did the
work Just the same-ManatCe Record.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
Cooper Griggs.

Hon. J. F. c. Griggs returned Sat
Urday night from his duties at Tal!a-
hassee. Mr.. GriSGs was one of the
leaders Of the house. At all times he
was fOrceful. and his influence was
felt throughout the session No man
in the house stood higher than Mr.
Griggs, his friends are glad TO know.
-ApalaChicola Times.
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The ouaiTs Good Friends.

Neither quail finds good friends in
the section men who are working on
the 4 c. L. railroad in Bradford. A
lady in the office Of the state game
warden at Jacksonville informs the
Star of an interesting circumstance
that occurred in Bradford county,
near Dukes The right Of way Of the
road, being protected from tresspass-
ers and intruders, affords a cOmFara-
lively quiet place and the quail find
the long grass in the fence corners
good places fer their nests. When
the section men come upon them they
cut around and leave the pretty brood
CT undistUrbed. Farmers might take
hint from this and, when moving
their grass, leave a little patch if they
discover a Quails next within. They
could even afford TO leave a little
grain fer she same reason, and in this
way these useful birds would be en-
abled TO multiply more rapidly. They
have enemies enough. and man should
be their friend. All honor to the rail
road section men. and may others o.
their calling do hkeWiSc.-La%e But.
Ter Star.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13
Col. Nat. Walker.

Col. Nat. Walker.
Gel Nat r. Walker. Of Crawford
Vile, arrived in Carrabelle Sunday
and returned Monday. The colonel
was On business but we managed to
discuss some of the measures acted
upon by the legislature and inCiden-
tally some state politics. Mr.. Walker
is a very interesting man and qualified
to give much light on political ques-
tiOns He would make a fine run for
state hOnOrs-Carrabell Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13

Freak propositions for the utilization
of the Tampa Bay Hotel have been
numerous, but the craziest of the col
lection is contributed by the man who
wants the state capitol moved to Tam
pa and the hotel used for the capi-
tol building.-Tampa News
Probably he had to stay at the
Leon.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-13

Just coz we aint expresst emmy
opinyun erbout that feller Orchard
aint no reason We aint got none, COZ
We have, but we ain been able yet to
get it in the sort of words as wood be
akseptable to both us and lady read
erS of this Sheet.-The Gambone.
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Cleared 500 Per Acre.

W d. Carlton. better known as
Billy" is cOngratulating himself
During the present strawberry season
lie made $500 off Of less than an acre
of ground located Just north Of the
house. which is about twO-thirdS OF a
mile north OF town. Mr.. Carlton has
another patch which was almost
equally as good a producer He says
that he expects to put much more
of his land in strawberries next year
Mr.. Carlton believes that he has one
of the finest Oat fields in Florida and
he is backed UP in his opinion by
many persons who have looked over
the ground. Bradford county needs
more industrious farmers like Mr
CarltOn.-Starke Telegraph.
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The South OUGHT 10.

The South Ought To.
VIII the south jC:n in a Centennial
celebration of the birth Of jefferson
Davis? AS the only one Of our special
heroes who has not been received at
his true worth we should be parucu-
larly careful that we fail not in our
duty 70 fim.-TimCs-U UniOn.