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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Holiday Crowds.

For some men 1t Is sufficient recrea-
ton to have no work The moment
that the 'knapsack of custom" falls
from their backs they are happy. Not
to awake IN the morning with the
thought OF what must be done in the
day is in itself a sufficient recreation.
Naturally, they have no very definite
taste in holidays. They go where 1t
suits their purses or their wives or
their children To such men, though
they may spend all their working days
In the thick of a town, the sight Of ma
ture never becomes a necessity. It is
a luxury, an agreeable augmentation Of
the sense Of doing nothing. A holiday
maker Of this type very often goes TO
watering place, one Of those resorts
which it Is now the fashion for cult
waited people to despise. Such con-
tempt is affectation. A number of hap
py people create, no doubt. an exhilarat-
ing atmosphere. Well behaved pleas
ure seekers make an agreeable and
ever changing picture. A well kept
public garden, a good band and a fine
view form attractions which no con-
tinental affects to despise, and English
people do not despise it either if only
the brightly dressed crowd should hap
pen to talk In a foreign tongue.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
A Literary Prime.

The largest amount ever offered as
prize for a literary contribution is
100000 rubIes. which Is still open
for competition and will be awarded
at St Petersburg on Dec 1, 1925, to
the writer Of the best history Of Alex
ander I. of Russia. Araktcheief, found
er Of the military colonies of Nov
gorod, left fortune of 10000 gold ru-
bles to provide for this unique prize.
The prize giving day is the centenary
of the Car AIexander's death, by
which time the money will, it is esti-
mated, have increased to 100000 ru-
bles. One-fourth Of it will be used to
defray the cost of publishing the work
which wins the prize.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Hours of sI&ep.

The belief that the hours OF sleep
should be artifcisIly restricted Is con-
trary 70 ordinary good sense. II the
human body does not need sleep for
the upbuilding Of its tissues IL will not
call for IT, A rule OF health which can
not be wrong il 20 sleep IL possible as
long as any inclination for IL exists.
The erroneous view on this subject ie
undoubtedly dze 20 the fact that when
the mind and body are thoroughly rest
ed II is often olscuit 70 ssouse the
mind from tie comfortable leshzrgy.
On the other hand. TIE man who Is
under mental strain and sleeps only
five or six hours a. night is keen and
alert soon afIe- awakening. But II In
an unhealthy activity. His nerves are
at a high tensicu- He is Oh edge, SO to
speak. Such a strain long continued
results inevitably in a nervous break
down.-Cleveland Leader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
No sinecures In China.

Everybody in China works hard, even
those who have reached the highest
positions. 1t is related of a member of
the Chinese cabinet that he left home
every morning at 2 O'Clock, as he was
on duty at the palace from to 6. AS a
member Of the privy council he was
engaged from 6 to 8. From 9 until IL
he was at the war department, of
which he was president As the mem
Der of the board Of punishment he was
In attendance from IL till 2, and as a
minister of the foreign Office he spent
every day from 2 till or g there. In
addition he frequently served on spe-
cial boards of commissions
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The English of England.

The London Daily Chronicle gives
these eccentric pronunciations of few
Of the curious place names that dot the
map Of England: Rhudbaxton is Rib
son, Woodmancote is Uddenmuckat,
Sawbridgeworth is Sapser, Church
down is Chosen, Sandiacre is SenjIker,
Little UrsMick is Lilosik. Aspatria is
Spethry, St Osith is Toosy, Gladden.
wyche is Charnage, Happisburgh is
Hazeboro, Salt Fleetby is Sollaby, Aim
oudesbury is Amesbury, Conugresbury
Is Coomsoury.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
original Of sruncIe Toby,

Captain Roger Sterne, the father or
the author of ''Tristram Shandy," was
the original of Uncle Toby. AS captain
Of ChudIeigh's regiment Of foot,
marching regiment ever on the move.
Roger Sterne and his family tasted the
most varied military and domestic ex-
periences in Flanders, at Gibraltar and
finally at Jamaica, where the old cam
paigner died of country fever" A
simple minded, good natured, but shift
less and rather peppery Irishman, Rog-
er bore his disappointment bravely and
carried his load of debt with a light
heart my father" says Sterne, was
of kindly, sweet disposition, void OF
all design and so innocent In bis own
intentions that he suspected TO one. 80
that you might have cheated him ten
times a day IL nine had not been sufi-
cient for your purpose" Such char
acter and such a father supplied the
germ from which the genfts Of the son
developed his conception OF one Of the
most perfect and delightful portraits in
the gallery Of English fiction.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The Word. on q Cigar Box.

What mean the various words which
are stamped on the lid and sides OF a
cigar box? These are not mere fancy
names, but terms actually descriptive
Of the cigar. On the lid Is the name Of
the cigar. The front of the box de-
scribes the shape and size, as con
chas," ''reina," ''regalias," which state
the shape, and "perfecto infantes."
--princesses," which signify the size
These may be combined, as "conchas
speciales," "conchas fnas." TO state
both shape and size. At the back OF
the box, where the lid turns over, is
stamped the quality of the cigar-"su-
perina," ''hna," for" superior and
"b5eno," being the terms In the de-
scending scale. The color Of the cigar
is declared on the right hand side or
end Of the box. ''CIaror signifies the
lightest colored, colorado claro" rath-
er dark, colorado" dark, colorado ma
duro" darker, "maduro" very dark,
"oscuro' extremely dark, negro" dark
est
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
REMAINS OF MAJOR W. =.
WILLIAMS AT REST IN MOBILE

The remains of Major w. F. Will
liams, who expired at his home here
Thursday morning, were placed at rest
yesterday afternoon in Magnolia GENE
terry at Mobile The funeral services
were at the home of Mrs. Garner, sis
ter-in-law of the deceased. and were
conducted by Rev H H. Mcneil,
formerly pastor of the Palafox Street
Methodist church of this city. Quite
a large number Of friends of the de-
ceased and of the family were present
at the services.
Undertaken W K Robinson, who
prepared the body for burial, and who
accompanied it to Mobile yesterday
morning, returned to the city last
night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The Brute.

what" asked the sweet girl gradu-
ate, was the happiest moment Of your
lifeT'
'sThe happjest moment Of my life"
answered the old bachelor, was when
the jeweIer took back the engagement
ring and gave me collar studs in asx-
change."-London Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

President Spencer of the Southern
railway, in answering the question as
} to what steps, in his opinion, could be
taken to increase the effectiveness of
the block system, is quoted as say
ing: More safety appliances. We
are looking for these all the time We
naturally want every safety appliance
possible, and l am always open to sug-
gestions along this line" We might
not know anything about running a
railroad, but We think that one of the
best safety appliances the railroads
Can adopt will be an increase in the
wages of the men who are placed in
charge of these blocks. A cheap man
will be dangerous in any kind of a
block.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
YOUNG MAN BADLY
BURNED AT MILTON

Chas. Falk, a young man residing
near Milton, was badly burned Thurs
day night while at Milton. Parties
who came from there yesterday sta
ted that Falk went into a saloon there
during the night and fell asleep.
While he was in this condition some
one saturated portion of his clothing
with turpentine, but this did not wake
him. Finally his clothing caught fire,
whether caused by accident or design,
and he was so badly burned that yes
terday morning two physicians were
in attendance upon him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The Live Oak Democrat is glad to

The Live Oak Democrat is glad to
know that Joe Bailey landed safely,
and in a recent issue says:
AS the Democrat has confidently
predicted from the start, the efforts
of Joe Bailey's enemies TO defeat him
for reelection to the senate were I'M
availing. The Texas legislature gave
him a vote of confidence Tuesday by
putting him in to succeed himself, and
although he failed of the unanimous
vote he had a right to expect as re-
suit of the primaries, he got a ma
joTity, which saves both his job and
his character. Mr.. Bailey is not a cor
rupt man and there has been no hint
of corruption in any of his transactions
with the plutocrats and the corpora
lions; but nevertheless those trans
actions did not betray the fine sense
of official propriety 10 be expected of
man who was willing to be discussed
as an available Democratic candidate
for the presidency, and not for Joe.
oh, no, no." will fit his case from
now on in that relation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The Grin.

Before we can sympatnize with
others, we must have suffered our
selves" No one can realize the suf-
fering attendant upon an attack of the
grip, unless he has had the actual ex-
perience There is probably no dis
ease, that causes so much physical
and mental agony, or which so sue
cessfully defies medical aid All Dan
ger from the grip. however, may he
avoided by the prompt use of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy Among the
tens of thousands who have used this
remedy. not one case has ever been
reported that has resulted in pneu-
monia or that has not recovered. For
sale BY all druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The Human Head.

An Irishman once defined the human
head as "a Dubious excrescence, of spe.
cial use to many as peg for hanging
q hat on. as q BARRIERS block for sup
porting wigs, as a target for shooting
at when rendered conspicuous by a
shining helmet, as a snufbox or chat
terbox, as a machine for fitting into a
halter or guillotine. as a receptacle for
freaks, fancies, follies. passions, prejs-
dices. predilections-for anything. In
short, but brains"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Amenft,e. of the Table.

81 waited ten minutes for a car to
day." the landlady was saying, land
then it passed me without stopping"
It was afterward recalled that the
habitually silent man had been having
unusual difficulty with his chops.
Perhaps" he remarked, 'the con-
ductor didn't care to have you board
his car."-Excbange
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Serious Charges
Unfounded by Facts.

1t is not surprising that there should
be a few editors in this state who
blindly make statements which they
expect their readers to believe as facts
without any authority whatever. There
are some narrow-minded people in
every community, there are some mar
row-minded men in all professions,
and there are some narrow-minded ed
itors in Florida.
We were not surprised then, when
we read the following from the Lake
land Sun:
What has become of the drainage
project? Is work still going on? We
have numbers of people ask us what
is doing? and as there is so little
public information about this matter
Of the peoples business we are una
BILE to answer the people about the
peoples business" The peoples bust
ness is nobody's business. 1t is the
policy at Tallahassee, apparently, to
involve all public operations In a
cloud of mystery. What everybody
wishes to know is information that
the state officers will not give out,
unless the law explicitly requires them
to do so. A good daily newspaper at
Tallahassee with an inQuisitiye editor
would be useful to the rest of the
state.
We were surprised, however, when
we saw this item copied in the Jack
sonville Times-Union, without COM
ment. Why paper like the Times
Union should desire to spread such a
report as this, we cannot understand,
when We know that the Times-Union
knows that the statement is not true.
The Times-Union does not believe,
and we have our doubts as to whether
the editor of the Lakeland Sun be-
lieves, that the policy at Tallahassee
is, apparently, to involve all public
operations in cloud of mystery"
We know of no law requiring any
of the state officials to hunt up news
paper men to give them information,
and the evidence from Tallahassee
seems to be, at least in a majority of
the cases, that wherever information
has been sought of the state officials
by newspaper men it has been readily
j
given.
The editor of the Lakeland Sun, if it
is so difficult for him to obtain infor-
nation from the state house, had bet
ter get Claude L'Engle's Sun on his
exchange list, or he might read the
columns of The Journal. So far as
The Journal is concerned we have
never made a direct request of any
of the officials at Tallahassee for in
formation that was not freely given
In all kindness, We say to the editor
of the Lakeland Sun-be sure of your
facts before you fire away blindly
at the officials again, and above all
things, get some kind of facts before
you make such serious charges.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

The impression seems to be in some
lquarters than when one official at Tai
lahassee makes a ruling on any mat
ter, the whole cabinet me tOo's" the
proposition, and at once 1t is termed
an administration ruling" There are
seven members in the cabinet, besides
the railroad commission, supreme
court, and other minor officials not
connected with any of the above mGa-
toned departments, and we doubt Sc
riously If they all agree on every
} proposition that comes up for their
consideration
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The satisfactorx Part.

Jamie having come into the posses.
sion Of considerable wealth through
the death OF relatives was thus ad'
dressed by one Of bis neighbors:
AYE, jamie, 1t was guild thing for
you that your rich freens waur born
afore ye-"
"Weel," said Jamie, 'T'm nae sac
sure ABBOTT that, but 1t was guild thing
that they deed afore me-" Dundee
Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The TAMPA Times saws:

The city census of Pensacola shows
hn Increase of about 500 inhabitants
per annum. The people of Pensacola
have large and level heads They will
not have 10 burst their threats swal-
lowing extravagant estimates of thlir
leaps and bounds when the federal
census comes along. And there is a
good deal in that, too, when you come
90 think about it
Pensacola is not boom town Our
growth is steady. but of the solid, sub
stantial kind, and We don't advertise
20 the world that which we can not at
any time make good" on in show
down" When the federal census man
comes around again he will find that
Pensacola has just about as many
people as We are advertising TO the
Forld that We have.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

In speaking of the census report
from Orange county the Jacksonville
Times-Union says There was no dis
position at Tallahassee to give out
the news, as would have been done at
any other state capitol We thought
the Times-Union had a correspondent
in the capitol building at Tallahas-
see
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
The Jacksonville Times-Union saws:

A state constitution should not be
so framed as 10 compel the people of
county to appeal to the people OF the
whole state for permission to enlarge
the powers of certain county. The
constitution makers evidently had no
confidence in legislatures. Another
provision that will be found increas-
ingly inconvenient as the state grows
in population is that limiting the num-
Der of members of the legislature to
one hundred. Some future legislature
will be compelled to devote its whole
session to a wrangle over apportion-
ment
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

I It is said that Jeffries Davis, while
igovernor of Arkansas, pardoned on an
average of one man a day. How for
stunate for JEFF. that he didn't live in
lElorida
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

| Who hit the editor of the Lakeland
SSun? Somebody at Tallahassee has
levidentIy violated the rules of the
game, if one would judge from the
last issue of his paper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

The officers of the Pensacola bar as
sociation should see to it that the 10
cal association has representatives at
the meeting to be held in Jacksonville
on February for the formation of the
state bar association
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

The Lake City Index thinks that AL
bert Williamson hit the nail on the
head when he said the governor would
appoint Emmett Wolfe to be circuit
judge, and Gus Brown to be state
convict inspector.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Clark and Lamar.

Congressman Clark makes a very
strong argument in the Times-UniOn
to show that the congressional wage
earners are underpaid and Congress
man Lamar almost persuades us by
the way he puts the case that the pres
ent salary is fair pay for the work
Two such able pleas may we'll hang
the jury and leave the scale as it is
live Oak Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Wolfe or Matson7

The Live Oak Democrat thinks w.
H. Watson, of Mariana, has the in
side track for the appointment to fill
the unexpired term of Judge Francis
B. Carter of the First circuit, resign
ed, las most of the lawyers through
out the circuit have endorsed Linn for
the place" Perhaps, but J. Emmett
Wolfe is the governors private secre-
tary, remember.-Jackson Times
Union
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Sunday Baseball.

The next legislature will be petit
toned to repeal the law prohibiting
playing baseball in this state on Sun
days. We do not believe such a petit
ton will receive much consideration
at the hands of our lawmakers, we
know it will not if the Jackson county
stripe of representatives and senators
are in the majOrity-Marianna Times
Courier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Levy County Senator.

AS was generally expected, Cover
nor Broward has postponed the special
senatorial election in Levy county
from February 26th to March 18th in
order that citizens caught unawares,
may catch up with their poll taxes
and have legal right to vote. Some
people would like to abolish the poll
tax as condition precedent to the
exercise of suffrage, but it works all
right and under its influence the value
of the right to vote is increasing in
popular esteem every year. The time
will come when the man who deliber-
ately DISTINGUISHES himself TO save the
amount of petty polltax, will be re-
garded with question eyes as lacking
in the qualities which make a useful
citizen.-Live Oak Democrat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Francis 3. Carter.

An item in The Pensacola Journal
is authority for the statement that
Judge Carter has resigned. Regard
less of who may succeed him his resig-
nation is a distinct loss to this circuit
With all due honor to all the able iu-
rists who have sat on the bench here
Judge Carter, in everything that goes
% make the man and the judge, is the
equal of any and the superior of most
of them.-Nilliga Herald
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

II Dade county votes in favor Of
prohibition it will hit the big hotels
hard in Miami and Palm Beach. But
more difficult tasks have been accom-
plished than the one undertaken by
the citizens committee of that county.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

Pensacola will furnish three of the
witnesses in the Jennings libel suit in
Jacksonville As Albert Williamson
would say the fur is sure TO fly when
Judge Shaylor calls this case in his
court Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

Il Is just as easy to be fair in dis
cussing public officials as it is to be
unfair, but some 2x4 editors in this
state can not see it that way
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

The Tallahassee Sun is "brimfull' of
state news every week. Claude Len
gle is doing a good work in Tallahas-
.see, and he seems to have no trouble
in getting information from the de-
partments.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
jeff Browns Aspirations,

ton that the Hon. JEFF Brown will
SHE his gubernatOrial castor into the
ring at the proper moment. For sew
eral years Mr.. Browne, so rumor says.
has had his eye on the governorship,
and there are many who believe that
he would prove a formidable candi-
date-Apalachicola Times. -.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26

Somebody ought to be kind enough
ito inform Col. Graves OF the Georgian
that there is a paper in Atlanta called
the News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Will Bryan.

VIII Bryan
In the event that Frank Clark as
pires for the senatorship it is said that
William J. Bryan, that brilliant young
Jacksonville lawyer, will run for con-
gress. Mr.. Bryan is well qualified for
the important duties, and if he is a
candidate it is very probable that he
will show remarkable running quail
tfeS.-BartOW Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Public Men and Measures
Discussed By Press.
Watson. Wolfe. ct al.

That nice, tempting official orifice
out in West Florida soon to result
from the resignation of Judge Fran
els B. Carter, of the First Circuit,
seems to- look good to large num-
Der of gentlemen out that way, who
fancy that the ermine would adorn
them and the salary would suit them.
w. H Watson, of Mariana, J. En-
NETT Wolfe. of Pensacola, new private
secretary to Governor Broward, Col.
FlOurnoy, of DeFuniak, T. F. West,
of Milton, and State Auditor Amos,
have all been mentioned in connection
with the succession, but it is believed
that Mr.. Watson has the inside track
as most of the lawyers throughout
the Circuit have endorsed him for
the place-Live Oak Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
In the JENNINGS Camp.

IN tHe Jennings Odnp,
The press has named many as suit
able timber for gubernatorial honors
and among the list none have been
more frequently mentioned than Hon
T. A. Jennings of Pensacola. we stand
as at first and feel more and more
encouraged. The only thing needed
now seems to be that Mr.. Jennings
consent to make the race.-Westville
News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Ellis on ManGamus.


A petition for mandamus has been
filed in the supreme court at Tallahas-
see- against the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Company to force it to put
its roadbed, tracks and equipment in
reasonable repair, and to perform the
duties required of a common carrier
Attorney General W. H. Ellis fled the
petition The railroad will be given
a hearing January 2Sth, and the out
come of the suit will be watched with
interest throughout the state Person
ally We do not believe IL will amount
10 much. The proper remedy for rail-
road neglect or ineffciency is 10
clOthe the railroad commission with
adequate power and look to it TO keep
the roads up to the mark as common
carriers The people demand that this
shall be done at the next session of
the observation-disclosures Courier-IP-
tOrmant
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-26
Burr as q Worker.

BUTT as q WOrker.
Hon r. Hudson Burr has succeeded
Mr.. Browne as chairman of the Rail
road Commission. In this position he
will have a splendid opportunity to dis
play his worth as a worker for the
best interests of the people.-Palatka
Times Herald