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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

young artist showed the naturalist
some drawings. one Of them being the
picture Of a partridge
You have painted the legs OF that
birdinicely exception, onesrespect.- said
Audubon. -The scales are exact, In
shape and color, but you have too
many Of them. Upon stie uppersridgel
Of .partridge'ssleg tineresares DUST so
many scales Examine thes legs. OF a
thousands partridges,an6<you swillrfind
the scales the same number In all OF
them"
And. writer very truly says, Thus
It was that Audubon became wise
by. the patient strdy-of little things"
That Is Just how anybody else can
become wise in the. science OF natural
history-justAbyI studying little things,
and In no other way. -.
For one thing. perhaps half the pee
pie in this country who have seen the
eagle evil believe it has actual ears
.hatsstand out from its head. In the,
picture you win seeth4t the bird 4oslSs;
a. though II csrfs1niy had prominent
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Of Interest to the Bright American Boy and Girl

danger and disaster, also Of death.
There is a very little owl found in our
northwest that Indians stand in dread
of to this day. If an Indian hears this
tiny bird utter its cry at night he
whistles toward the direction whence
the sound came If the owl does not
answer him back with its cry he be-
lieves he or some of his family viii
die very soon However, the bird gen.
orally keeps up its cry regardless of
the interruption, so the red man
usually feels safe.
Somehow, do not know why, the
owl is called the bird Of mystery, and
a supernatural influence has been as
ISOLATED with it. 1t is also called the
blinks so solemnly and is SO still. ex-
cept when it is in lively chase of a
mouse or little bird. Then it is
neither slow nor solemn. In ancient
times the owl was sacred to Minerva,
the goddess of wisdom.
South America is the home of a
small burrowing or underground nest
ing owl which natives there are dead
ly afraid of, though it is a perfectly
harmless, amusing bird. The natives
call il the little sister of the devil"
and think it is able to bring down evil
upon them
I have known even some so called
intelligent white people who thought
evil would happen to them If a screech
owl, rather small member of the
family, alighted near their home at
night and set up its mournful trill.
Maybe they had bad consciences-
The handsomest member of this
family of birds is the snowy owI-pure.
shining white-found In some parts OF
North America and in Europe. 1t is
nearly as large as the eagle owl, and
its coat OF white feathers shines like
silver. II has the most wonderful eyes.
that snowy owl--great, big, round and
orange yellow They shine like
jewel, so bright are they. One night a
snowy owl. being tired. perched itself
in the rigging of ship to rest. A
sailor had TO go up there to attend to
some Of the ropes. He saw the great
white bird staring at him with its I'M
winking, tremendous eyes, that shone
Hike balls Of fire. The poor sailor was
scared out Of mis- wits. He gave
yell and jumped down the mast ike
cat. declaring thai a ghost with fiery,
eyes sat up there n the rigging.
A striking looking bird is the barred
owl. whose picture you see here. II is
la1se Mith hszlssiful stray and black
plumage- 1t y found ali over the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
MRS. SAGE MAKES
ADDITIONAL GIFT

New York, March s.-Because resi-
dents of Sag Harbor. L. l., voted to
add $65,o0e to her gift Of $4,000 for
a new school building. Mrs Russell
Sage has decided TO double her origi-
nal gift, it was announced today. The
school viii be known as the Pierson
High School both as a memorial OF
Mrs Sage's grandmother, who lived
in Southampton, and because Israel
Pierson, one of Mrs. Sage's family, in
troduced the free school system into
New York state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
HOW PRESIDENT
BO55ED LAST
CONGRESS
List of Measures Forced to
Complete Enactment
by that Body.

It would be difficult to find a more
conclusive demonstration of the power
of President Roosevelt over an unwil-
ling and not wholly friendly congress
than in the fact that under pressure
from him every public measure which
he specially urged and particularly
desired was enacted according to his
demand, says the New Orleans PIca-
yune. Following is list of the meas
ures which the president may be said
TO have forced through to complete
enactment, most of which were strong
ly opposed even by prominent repub-
Hcans:
Congress authorized two big battle
ships, and prohibition of campaign
contributions from corporations.
Exclusion of Japanese
Government right Of appeal in Grim
inal cases.
Investigation of child and woman
labor
Raising of salaries of cabinet MEM
bers, vice-president, speaker, senators
and representatives.
A million-dollar loan to the James
town exposition
Appropriation for Alaska-Yukon ex-
position.
A rivers and harbors bin, carrying
sSS,000,OO0.
General service pensions
Hours-of-labor bill for railroad en-
ployes.
Reorganization of artillery corps Of
the army.
Increase in salaries of postofice
clerks and carriers.
Increase in salaries Of ambassadors,
ministers and consuls-
General immigration restriction.
Smoot to retain his seat
Ratification of the Santo Domingo
treaty and the Algeciras treaty.
The president recommended:
Antiinjunction-
Corporate publicity.
Additional liability for employees.
Philippine tariff reduction.
Naturalization Of Japanese.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
A Fatal Invitation.

Two centuries later the Spanish
government became again interested
in the Isthmian problem, but the de.
termination of the Spanish Cortes to
push the work and build canal seem
ed Hike fatal invitation to the 18TH
milan curse, for Spain Immediately
lost her colonies one after another,
so that in the effort to put down the
revolution there was neither time nor
money left for the building of ca
nal
About half a century ago, English
lmen again took up the canal question.
DR.. Edward Cullen, an Irish man, who
had lived among the Indians in Vene.
zuela and along the isthmus, and who
being able to speak their language
had been able to cross and recross
the isthmus, frequently alone, found
very low and apparently simple and
feasible route from the Pacific across
the isthmus to Caledonia Bay. He
interested a large English banking
house in the plan and they sent ont
Lionel Osborne, civil engineer, to
make accurate surveys of the pro-
posed route, while Cullen obtained
concessions. But the Indians would
not permit Osborne to make thorough
surveys of the parts of the region into
which no white men, not even our
canal commissions, have penetrated
with their consent, for several Gen.
turtles. When Cullen finally did ar
rive, he and Osborne had so many
disputes over religion, one being an
Irish Catholic and the other an Eng
lish Protestant, that they could not
work together, and before their Diff
ferences were harmonized the bank
! ing house backing the enterprise fail
ed, so there were again no funds TO
go on with the work. and Cullen's
Work of de Puydt.
Lucien de Puydt, another explorer
who determined to solve the inter
oceanic waterway problem. spent four
years studying the old Spanish rec
ords. especially in Bogota, to find what
could be learned about good passes.
He finally as result OF personal in
vestigation, decided on the Tanela
Pass, but the engineers sent to plan
the canal route more scientifically
found South Darien such network of
rivers and swamps that they did not
find his exact route, and so discredir-
ed his statements. Here again a dam
aged reputation indicated the opera
ton of the apparent Isthmian curse.
De lesseps was another conspicu-
Gus example. Fresh from his brilliant
achievement of uniting the Mediter-
ranean and Red seas by the Suez Ca
nal, he was induced 10 try to unite
the two oceans across Panama But
in spite of his experience, the support
of the French government and the ex.
penditure Of over $3.50. 000, 900 OF
money, the enterprise was finally
abandoned as failure and not only
the reputation of DeLeSseps and many
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Millions Consumed and Rep
utations Blasted in
the Work.
CONCISE HISTORY OF EFFORT TO
SECURE ARTIFICIAL COMMUNAL
CATION ACROSS THE IsTHMus
OF PANAMA, AND THE pIsAs-
TIERS THAT HAVE BEEN CON-
NEcTED WITH 1T.

Any person who has followed the
history of the events connected with
the establishing of an artificial COM
tmunication across the Isthmus of
Panama cannot fail to be struck with
the fact that singular and in some re-
spects malignant disasters have over
taken every person, corporation or
government that has attempted to
iartificially unite the two oceans, writes
fedora l. Wilbur in the Jacksonville
Metropolis.
From the earliest times this has
been the case. so much so that it would
seem that dire curse or curses hung
over the region bringing loss of life
fortune or reputation to every one at
tempting the task.
Lucien y. B. Wyse says that Father
Acosta, a noted historian priest of
Spain, in the latter part of the six
teenth century threatened with heav-
emily vengeance any persons who
should attempt to unite the two seas
artificially.
Whether Father Acosta really ours
ed the region Is matter of doubt
The original Spanish text of his re-
marks published before 1892 merely
argues on the ground that If God had
wanted the two oceans united, he
would not lave separated them by
such high mountains. and since ne
has so separated them the attempt to
unite them Is an act of impiety which
merits the wrath OF heaven.
But long before Acosta's work ap-
peared. the disasters OF the Isthmus
were manifest Balboa, the first re-
puted explorer to cross the isthmus
by land died the victim of caiumny
and treachery, being publicly executed
at Acia by the Governor, Pedrarias
D'Avila, who later founded the city
of Panama. He considered that he
had invited. this doom on himself as
retribstion for permitting his soldiers
TO let the hloodhounds tear to pieces
Is hideously ugly old Indian cacique
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
UNITING OF TWO OCEANS
FOIL OWED BY DISASTER

named Pacra, whose enemies had &C.
|cused him Of unspeakable crimes. and
for these unproven crimes Balboa,
usually kind and considerable in his
treatment of the Indians, sanctioned
the death Of the old chief.
Now the Indian caciques in many
cases combined the knowledge and
authority-of both priest and chief. The
priests of the isthmus at that time
had to undergo a regular course of
training to develop all their psychic
powers, which include the power To
curse. The indians all dreaded the
Spanish bloodhounds more than any
other form of death, so that If Pacra
or any of his associates knew how to
curse. they probably did curse Bal
boa to the full extent of their ability.
Christianity and occult lore both
teach that hate can be conquered
with love. To love your enemies,
do good to them that hate you. and
pray for them that despitefully use
and prosecute you" viii protect one
from the. malignant effects of curses
and hate, but the fact that the Span
ish historian Las Casas says, that over
forty millions of Indians were slain
by the Spaniards in the conquest and
retention of the Isthmus in the time
of Charles v is evidence that the acts
of the Spaniards tended to increase
rather than lessen the malignanty of
the curse of the Indians. Be this as
it may, it is a fact that Charles ",
Emperor of Spain, Germany and the
Netherlands, as well as a large part
of the New World possessions. was
very anxious to establish water con-
nection across the Isthmus, but was
mentally stricken so that in the zenith
of his glory he abdicated in favor of
his son, Philip II, and Philip did all
he could to prevent water communica-
ton between the two seas
A Far-Seeing Eneiishman.
Before 1903 William Paterson, a
far-seeing Englishman, who had lived
on the Isthmus, conceived the idea of
forming a Scotch settlement in North
Darien, with an ultimate plan of con-
Meeting the two seas. He personally
investigated a pass in Darien, known
as the Pass OF Tubugantee, and con-
sidered ii The Key OF the World :"
A colony of Scots was founded in
Darien at his instigation. but for one
reason and another, it was a failure
and Paterson spent large part Of
his life afterwards defending himself
from the aspersions cast on his char
acter and Judgment.
Yet the Bank of England. which he
also founded, still fiourishes as mon
un,ent to his financial ability and fore
sight.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

Citizenship for Porto Ricans-
system IN Alaska.
Statute to enforce treaty rights.
Revision Of laws for protection Of
seals, and reform spelling. These
failed to pass.
Both in and out of congress there
are declared candidates on the repub-
lican side for the presidency, and they
ali cannot failsto recognize that Theo-
dore Roosevelt is the most popular
republican In the United States, and
that he will either be forced by tu-
multuous popular demand to accept
another nomination, or he will at least
be able to dictate the nominee. There
fore all dread his power. but none is
bold enough to resent it. The candi-
dates, who are members OF either
house of congress have therefore sub
mitted to his viii and have done his
bidding, IN many cases with great re-
luctance, but they have obeyed all
the same.
The ship subsidy bill failed, not be-
cause it did not pass successfully In
both houses. but because it had to go
to conference because OF differences
in the provisions In the two houses.
and as it came up for adjustment in
the last moments of the session it was
talked to DEATH II 1t had come NJ
three days earlier 1t would have be
come a law. Its defeat under the cir
cumstances was due to the Democrats.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Two Peculiar Birds.

The great bustard (ods tarda}. Q
bird still found in the southern Prov
inces Of Russia, Is the heaviest Euro
pean fowl In size 1t exceeds the Nor
wegtan blackjack The old males AZ
tain weight Of thirty-1ve pounds.
and where food Is plentiful specimens
weighing thirty eight pounds and even
forty pounds have been captured.
These birds have disappeared from
western Europe, where once they were
almost as numerous as cartridges, and
are seen only In small focks In the
sand hills skirting the lower valley Of
the Dnieper and herr and there along
the north coast of the Caspian. Ths
hen lays eggs as big as ordinary pears.
A larger and heavier bird, the cesso-
wary, e incapable Of fight but it can
kick with the strength OF mule. and
uses the sharp. bony quilts OF its wings
az q cock uses his spurs - London
Saturday Review.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
a calendar CURIOSITY.

Divide the year By 4. taking no no
tice Of the remainder. Next ind the
number of days inclusive from the LIST
of January to the date in hand, reck-
oning February always as having Only
twenty-eight days. Add together the
sum, the quocent and the 6rst num-
bers and divide this by T. The figure
Of the remainder gives you the dag Of
the week. standing Tor Sunday, 2 fos
Monday, and 50
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q
others were damaged, but a crisis in
the affairs of the French government
was narrowly averted
Unfortunate Explorers.
In Verag1a as well as Panama and
Darien explorers have been unfOrtu-
nate. There are traditions of several
low passes in Veragua One of these
was found by an American topograph-
ical engineer, j. ST Clair Morton, who
considered it very advantageous for a
Icanal- But before anything had been
done on his report of it, the great Civil
War came on in the United States.
Morton was killed in the early part
of the war and after his death no
papers or maps of his could be found,
so his newly discovered route was
lost.
In the last century the Columbian
government has granted liberal con-
cessions to many corporations to build
canals at different sites in their pres
ent or former territory Without ex-
ceptio1 these enterprises have all
come to naught. 1t is marvel there
fore, that any of the Colombians have
any faith left in the possibility of a
canal in the future. Just at the time
when she seemed about to reap some
advantage from the one planned at
Panama, she lost that part of her
territory.
Recent Disasters.
In our recent history the record of
disaster shows that President McKin-
ley, who had determined that the ca
nal should be built, was assassinated
not long after the report of the 18TH
milan Canal committee was presented
in 1901. His death led Senator Hanna
to desire and obtain the craftsmanship
of the interoceanic canal committee
in order to push the work of the ca
nal Hanna up to that time had an
unbroken record of succeeding in
whatever he undertook to do, but the
Isthmian fatally proved too much for
him. He was speedily taken i'll and
died within a few months after his
appointment.
Senator Plat Failed.
Senator Platt, who succeeded him.
was also so incapacitated by i'll health
and other troubles that his usual.suc-
cess in carrying out his plans failed
him here and he was obliged to re-
tire Admiral Walker. the head of the
first Isthmian Canal Commission, re-
tired after a public rebuke by the
President Mr. Wallace, whose fame
as an engineer, seemed in advance to
assure him success in building the ca
nal, net his Waterloo at that water
way, and deeming it prudent to re
tire, was publicly reprimanded by the
Secretary of War for so doing. The
troubles of the last commission need
no repetition here. In this work no
ones reputation seems safe.
Since the United States succeeded
TO the ownership of the Isthmian white
elephant, otherwise known as the Pan
anna Canal. the Isthmian curse has not
only consumed millions, plunged the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
THE REASON WHY.

Some travellers were discussing the
relative merits oflarge cities as places
OF interest.
Paris is undoubtedly the most re-
markable city in the world" said, q
,pompous Frenchman. 'for dts geological
gardens contain at least one specimen
of every animal known to man."
"Nonsense!" replied the Englishman.
THE very strangest creature in the
world is not represented in the Paris
zoo"
"And what is that?" asked the in-
dignant Frenchn1an.
"a Chinaman." quoth the Britcn.
sIndeedI And how is he the Queerest
creature in the world :?
because the head and tail grow In
the same place"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
TO MAKE AN EGG STAND UP.

Fix two forks firmly in a cork. as In
the illustration. observing that they
are of equal weight and at equal
angles with the perpendicular, gently
hollow out the lower portion Of tie
cork wittsas sharp rensuite SO that. 1t
may fwith some .exscxness one Of
the ends OF the egg. Now poise the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

IN America we have twenty-six va
rieties of owls. John James Au-
dubon. our greatest American
naturalist. would have known at
kind. A few minutes ago read lit
tie story telling how exact the famous
Audubons knowledge Of birds was and
how closely he observed. One day a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
he KNEW.

Teacher-Now, boys, which Of you
can tell me the difference between
lightning and electricity
Bobby Ceagerly)-Fiease. teacher. I
can. Lightning is free. and electricity
costs hot of money.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

United States In the south it is call
ed the boot owl. Then there is the
odd little burrowing owl, which lives
with the prairie dogs in the dens they
dig under ground For long time
scientists were puzzled to understand
the relationship between the burrow-
ing owl and the prairie dog. Finally
they concluded that the borrowing owl
merely sponges ON the prairie dog be-
cause it is too lazy TO build an under
ground home for itself
Look 4t~ the picf1rezr and teff rls
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

When is q sheep not a sheep When
he is turned into field
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

Mabel (who issaearning fractions)-
Pm nine-and dse-twelfths.
Willie Mother. can people lesvs
parts Of themselves In different
places?
Mother-No. dear. Why?
wflfie-Weil. mr.. Jiggs said he was
going to Colorado for his lungs.
Baby George shadsnot noticed that the
leaves werepfaAing from the trees un-
til one day Easshe locked out of the
nursery wsn1ow-he saw that the trees
were neariysbare.
.>0h. mothar,sdo look" he cried In
tome. Somebody has picked
en a1r>the leaves from those stickz."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

WHAT THE CHILDREN SAY.
visitor-How oldrare you new. Mabeis
Mabel (who issaearning fractions)-
Pm nine and dse-twelfths.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-04
Convention of Coming Men"

AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 4.-The Sec
ond annual convention of the Maine
State Coming Men of America began
here today and will continue through
tomorrow. The business sessions,
which are well attended, are being
held in the senate chamber of the state
capitol.
The Coming Men of America is the
original young mems secret society
and it's national membership is over
100000. 1t was first organized by the
present grand secretary, Joseph r.
Hunter, among his schoolmates In Illi-
nois in 1894.
Since then the association has made
rapid gains until now it can be found
in all sections of the country. The
Maine association was organized at
Old Orchard last September and in IL
months has steadily increased its
membership.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-04
What's in MecIure's7

One of the most striking features Of
the September McClure's is George
Remnants brilliant article on condi-
tions in San Francisco. His story of
how Schmitz and Ruef acquired an
autocratic control of the city, of how
they introduced corruption and graft
into every department of municipal
government, and of how three honest
men led a fight for reform which over
threw one of the most scandalous
rings of the country, is told in an UNI
usually able and convincing manner.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg con-
tributes an extremely interesting arti-
Gle on the psychological value of testi-
mony. and the need OF expert psyche
logical examination of witnesses. The
third instalment of the Orchard story
tells of the attempt to assassinate
tective Gregory and the blowing up of
the independence depot George K.
Turner supplements this remarkable
human document with an article on
1.-THE Actors and Victims in the Trag-
edies." The Christian Science history
takes up the beginning of Mrs. Eddy's
career in Boston, and the death of Asa
Gilbert Eddy, who, his wife declares,
was done to death by mesmerism from
"arsenical poisoning, mentally admin
istered." This is one of the strongest
and most ably written articles Of, the
series. Carl Schurz writes with his
usual distinction of the Battle of Mis-
sionary Ridge. DIR. Woods Hutchin-
son contributes revolutionary article
on diet reform, entitled Poison
Foods" showing why the attempts of
the vegetarian and HUMANITARIAN To
eliminate animal food from our diet
must inevitably fail.
There is not a poor story in this
number. 1.-THE weaver's Son." by Per-
ceval Gibbon, is a tale of hot-blooded
youth combating the narrow but
| scrupulous traditions of a straight
laced Evangelical community. "The
Bray Of the NJ. F. H" is a delightful
hunters yarn, told with much spirit
and humor Myra Kelly contributes
one of her best East-Side stories, and
Mrs. Cutting writes Of one, OF the
tragi-comedies of domestic life with
exceptional ..qelicacy and feeling
'Thad's Watchers" by George Allan
England. is brief realistic study OF
some Of the big facts of life, told with
! great power.
The art I'm the number includes some