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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Merely a Pastime.

Tangier, January 1.-Abdul-el-Aziz, the sultan of record, has announced that he is going to F'ez to put down the rebellion under Mulai-HafId. This information waa carried in 8 letter signed by the Sultan and read today in the mosques.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21

delineator of legitimate characters that is approached by the fame of no other actor of his years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
At the Majestic.

The Helm Children have made hit at the Majestic theatre this week in g com edy sketch They are boy and girl, and their act is in every way most enter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Payinq For Evans' Coal.

was approved by Senator Aldrich in the form in winch it was adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
E. T. Shaw ( Son. undertakers.
UALVE TONIGHT. Some good seats still available.

\ handsome prize will be given to the lady suggesting the best name for the new Theatre, corner Third Ave nue. and Twentieth Street.
 Houppert Amusement Co.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

in Forest and Stream
Dewitt Webb

! golf and tennis; the saddle, and then
the larger crowd OF people from the
west and northwest who were not
familiar with the sea and were afraid
to venture in the little yachts lest
they should capsize. So year by year
the fleet grew smaller and one by
one the shippers sought other call
ings, and sad quiet settled over the
harbor. Even the schooners that used
to sail from Maine with ice, and from
New York with merchandise diSap-
peared The railway had come and
their occupation was gone. So year
after year the sad quiet grew, and
the harbor which had fioated the car
avels of Ponce de Leon and Laudon-
Mere and Menendez and the buccan-
eer crafts of Drake and Morgan, for
the greater part of the time was with
out a sail upon its bosom. The shell
road in the vicinity of the city had
made the carriage ride possible, and
so it seemed as if the glory of the
harbor had departed forever
East Coast Canal.
Something else, however, was hap
pening. Almost without observation
the East Coast canal, that for TWEEN
ty-five years had been slowly and I'M
der many difficulties making its way.
connecting the various arms of the
sea along the coast, at last cut through
the last barrier, leaving an open wa
terway from ST. Augustine to the
Florida keys. The time found the
motorboat ready 1t had been grow
ing in perfection and speed each year,
and so ali the way from the little rae
er TO the commodious hoGseboat the
various craft came from the south by
the newly opened gateway of the ca
nal and from over the harbor bar
from all places north. They were OF
all classes and dimensions, from the
commodious honseboat which the
man and his family carried their
hoe with them wherever fate or fancy
might lead, TO the tiny racer that
seemed just alive for speed A few
carry masts and apologies for sails.
but the assistant, the little engine
cnugging away below, does the, work.
Most of the old sailing yachts have
been converted into motors and sail
over their old ground with the same
sailing master, but with a new mo-
tive power less at the mercy and favor
of wind and tide. It does not matter,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

aster if he should remain OFF the bar,
so the guns were shipped and the an
chors weighed, the meet sailed away
and peace once more reigned
Then the English came again, this
time in peace, and in the harbor float
ed the English ensign. A few years
later the Spanish flag again foated
to be replaced by the flag of The Unit
ed States in 1921. In the long years
OF peace st. Augustine grew to be a
very garden of oranges. Vessels from
all along the coast came here for
them II is said as many as thirty
vessels might be in the harbor at
one time loading with oranges. The
great freeze of 1886 destroyed all this
and for many years there was no at
tempt at restoration.
For generations the sunset gun has
doomed over the harbor, to be an
swered by the cry of the marsh hens
from every marsh in reach of the
sound. The fisherman has gone out
in his canoe at night and returned
early in the morning with the cargo
he sold at the sea wall. And you
look from Hhe parapet and see the
harbOr alive with the motor craft to-
day. while the seaward picture is the
same as seen by Ponce de Leon or
Menendez. ST. Augustine harbor has
indeed come back to Its own.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

SO that we are on the beautiful va
ter.
General View Unchanged,
The general view of the bay mas
changed less perhaps than any other
in the country. There is no more in
teresting body of water because of the
men who have sailed il. Take seat
some day in a corner of a bastion of
the old fort and look seaward- You
may see a sail creeping along toward
the bar and the inlet. So if you had
looked seaward over the sandhilS of
North beach on that spring day in
1913 you would have seen the ships
of Ponce de Leon who, from the place
where he mad first come ashore few
miles further north, was making his
way to the harbor where the inlet and
the two arms of the sea reminded him
of the molly cross You can see him
sailing away after1his brief stay with
a fleet of canoes filed with curious
Indians from the village which lined
the shore for many miles. Then for
fifty years the canoes of the Indians
alone sailed its sunlit waters. Then
you can see Laudonniere coming to
take possession in the name of
France. He too, sailed away for the
St. Johns and built Fort Carolines
A year or two later the fleet of Mem
endez appeared andN those ships that
were light of draft came over the bar
and sailing along came to anchor just
in front of where you are sitting, and
Menendez came ashore where the ca
Clique had his large oblong habitation
which he gave Menendez, and the
Spaniard at once began to throw his
earthworils around it.
This must have been on the very
site of the present fort or Just west on
the reservation. Two days later he
went a little way north to spet you
can see and mass was said. This
was the first formal religious service
within the boundaries of the PRESENT
United States.
A day or two later Menedez went
out with his dispatches for the king
to the carayel lying beyond the bar,
and even then Ribault's fleet was
bearing down upon him, and ne barely
escaped capture by getting inside OF
the bar just in time. while the cara
vel with his dispatches for the king
sailed away. Even then the Septem-
Der gale was rising and Ribart was
forced to sail away before it and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

Menendez, with the genius of the
great commander seized the Opportun-
| ity to make that memorable march
through the woods in the face OF the
fierce gale to the assault and capture
of Fort Caroline, but our tale is only
of the harbor and the scenes it has
witnessed. 1t takes no very vivid
imagination to recall them. for the
change in the setting of the picture
has been very slight. The sandhills
and the marshes are as they were
then. and the waves are dasIing over
the bar as they were when the larger
vessels lay in the offing, unable to
cross the bar
Drake Loots Town and Leaves.
Barely twenty years passed and Sir
Francis Drake, with his ships sailing
to tle Spanish Main, came in to find
what he could and nearly destroyed
the little town; but there was little
booty and so he soon sailed away to
seek for richer plumber. And then
Morgan, the buccaneer, not wishing
to overlook anything on his plumber
ing cruise, tried his hand.
After that for long years the quiet
of the barbor was broken only when
the ships from Spain came to bear
troops and food for the colony. Other
wise all the harbor saw were the nu-
merous canoes of the Indians from
the large village on the site of what
is now known as Casa Cola, eight or
nine miles up North River, or from
the large village at what is now Du
Points, near Matanzas, or from the
smaller villages between.
In the early summer of 17A0 on a
peaceful day the sails of the feet of
Governor Oglethorpe, of Georgia, ap-
peared beyond the bar. The greater
number were of too heavy draft and
so came to anchor beyond while the
Tighter transports, after landing the
troops four or five miles below, were
able 10 sail over the bar with cannon
and supplies, and the Spanish galIeys
took refuge near the mouth of the Sc
bastian well out OF harms way. One
can fancy the troops erecting their
batteries on Anastasia and on North
Beach and the beginning of the siege.
The fort was completed Just as you
find ii now. and the garrison seemed
to have suffered very little from the
bombardment.
Sailed Peacefully Away.
It must laye been of great interest
and of little danger to those who
stood where you are standing and saw
the shots fred from the ciump of
trees still standing on Anastasia is
land and saw them harmlesly bury
themselves in the walls of the fort
You have yourself seen some OF these
balls, rusty and rough, still preserved
ia the old museum down the street
But the early gales warned the com
mander Of the feet of impending dis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

twenty-five years ago the harbor
of St Augustine during society's seas
on Vas white with the sails OF many
yachts There were more than seven
them one by one leaving the wharf,
each with its own pleasure party,
bound for some point on the beach or
some place up North river or down
the Matanzas. Some returned for
lunch. but more were out for the day.
Another party would go out in the af-
Jernoon for shorter sail, returning
at evening with the rest The full
beauty of the scene came when to-
ward sunset they sailed slowly home
in the glow OF the setting sun. They
sailed slowly, for the wind was going
down with the sun, and the reefs TAX
en- in in the fresh breeze of the morn
ing were now all shaken out to catch
its last light breath before the calm
OF the evening finally fell. They did
not all get TO shore at sunset Gen.
orally in the distance as the sun went
down one or two idly Tapping sails
might be seen slowly making their
way homeward propelled by an lash
breeze" the natural consequence of
some party from the interior, I'M
accustomed to the way of the wind in.
this part of the world, disregarding
the warning of the skipper as to the
falling OF the wind at sunset Then
over the harbor. as she sun went
down. doomed the sunset gun as it
had for 800 years: for. from its found
ing st. Augustine had been garri-
son town. and the flag came down for
the night as the sound died away.
Life and Beauty of Harbor.
This. was the life and beauty OF
the harbor for all the years. Every
year had seen more graceful yachts
built: every year saw more people
sail them. Nowhere else was there
such safe water; nowhere so few acct
dents. There were oyster roasts all
along the beach, for the skipper could
anchor his boat while he went on
shore and assisted his sometimes
rather green guests in the mystery or
cooking these delicate bivalves close
70 the sea Then the wanderings by
the sea. Every morning if you so de-
sired you could go down TO the sea
wall by 4;S0 and get your fish from
the cypress canoe you had seen pad
died away from the lagoon the night
before.
Then came the spell of tie bicycle; :
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
Ready-towear Brent Buding9

Neckwear. 1t is a magnificent dis.
play of art in wearing apparel, no mat
ter at what season of the year you
visit the store. Mr.. F'riedman's buy
ing trips to New York and ether fash
ion centers are three and four in num-
Der each year and the results are a
delight to womankind within a ra-
dius of a hundred miles of Pensacola.
AS a buyer of women's garments
Mr.. Alex Friedman is most favorably
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

where the present re is at 9 and
IL South PaIafox street Messrs. Falk
and Friedman combined interests and
under one roof, in one immense. well
lighted room opened the Ready to
Wear store proper.
Mr.. Friedman's department as
SHOWN in the photograph above en-
braces practically everything in wom-
ems, misses and children's Tailored
Suits, Coats, Skirts, Waists, Furs and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

A eoUT three years ago, long
IN after Mr.. Talk had establish
a n his millinery store. Mr.. Alex
Friedman came to Pensacola from
st. Louis and opened at 81 South Pal
afox street the Ready to Wear Store.
From the very first day this store
opened it proceeded TONI distinct
and desired position in the hearts of
the women of this part of the country.
Then again about two years ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
The Correct Time

to stop a cough or cold is just as soon
as it starts-then there will be no dan
ger of pneumonia or consumption.
Just a view doses of Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup taken at the start will
stop the cough II it has been rum
ming on for some time the treatment
will be longer, but the cure is sure.
Sold and recommended, by w. A.
D'Alemberte, druggist and apothscary,
III South Paiafcx street. Pensacola,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

known among the man tailors and pro-
ducers of the best in women's' wear
throughout America,
The displays in the Ready to Wear
Stores cases, tables and racks be-
speak selection of as much style,
beauty and price economy as any
store in any northern city could
boast of.
In the rear of the store are the COM
Portable fitting rooms and the altera-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
Where bullets Flew.

David Parker, Of Fayette, n. Y, q
veteran of the civil war, who lost .
foot at Gettysburg, says: The good
Electric Bitters have done is worth
more than ave hundred dollars to nae.
spent much money doctoring for a
bad case OF stomach trouble, to little
purpose. / then tried Electric Bitters,
and they cured ne. ] now take them
as tonic. and they keep me strong
and we'll soc at ali druggists
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
OF Generous Proportions.

Please, suh,'' asked little Ephr'm
of his Sunday school teacher; please,
sub, huccome Pontius Plate got SIGH
er cuious nance"
.'Paunchius Plate, ma boy" Mr..
Blackburn replied with profound dig
nifty, was so called because he wuz
man oh generous propo tons '-Har-
per's weekly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
Fall Styles for Women
as Seen in New York
special 10 Tns journal.
~ Catherine mann-p.yz.nt.

Special 20 Tns journal.
New York, Dec. 1s.-Both broad
cloth and serge will be seen ON the
streets OF New York this sseason, but
brosdcloth Will perhaps be used most
frequently for the dressy afternoon
costume, and serge for the business
and morning dress, though the abb
sence or presence OF fine trimmings
will make either Appropriate for any
occasion.
Serge liz especially an Bnglish fab
ric but Its good qualities have been at
last taken up by Paris and all the
smart tailor-masies OF this season have
a very English look. They are &bso-
lutely plain. depending upon buttons
or facings of satin or heavy silk
braids for trimmings.
This material, besides being ex-
tremely Ia mode is also serviceable-
A black serge Is costume that will
be of use and becoming to the short
woman of full figure. The skirt
should be of the many-Eorsd variety
and perfectly plain with no plaits and
close-fitting. The long coat should be
straight in the back to add to the
height, and bound with black braid.
The skirt has high girdle with bre-
telles over the shoulder, and the
bodice proper was of Cluny lace with
high collar and long sleeves having
pointed cuffs.
Many women like the blue serges
above every other kind and there is
no gown that one tires so little Of as
a navy blue serge with perhaps
little trimming of black braid and pos
sibly a dash of red somewhere about
it. A Directoire suit of blue serge
decorated with black ottoman silk or
satin pockets, collar, reyers and cuffs,
with a strap or two on the cores OF
the skirt, will be most serviceable
and useful zone dress" and may with
various accessories be made to bring
many changes.
Pipings are generally used as form
of decoration, and contrasting plaid
silk is seen on many OF the coarser
materials. Buttons are still used Tor
the street dress and those that are
covered seem to be used the most A
liking for buttons braided I'm soutache
is in evidence and many women w.
decorate their own buttons 0yer molds
which come in all sizes the larger for
the skirt, a second size Tor ff1e coat
sleeves and even very small kind for
the waist.
The pretty princess models still
hold their own, bat in the designs for
1909 the long lines are gained by
panels that are carried over the shout
ders. This method gives q better fit
over the hips and q more pleasing full
ness to the bodice and Elis last as
partly gained by q fitted sfrdle on
the sides which has the appearance
panel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

tons are made by an expert force
of seamstresses on the second floor.
Truly the Ready-to-Wear Store is
a store of which Pensacola and West
Florida can well be proud. Its trade
is spreading rapidly throughout this
section and the names Falk and
Friedman are symbolic in their ini-
tial letters, as the Journal suggests,
of the proprietors of the home OF
Faultless Fashion-the Really to Wear
Store.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
THE CARRIERS ADDRESS
By B. ]. Gonzalez, Sr,

Kind friends. We greet you on tais day,
With feelings HAPPY, blithe and gay;
No epoch in the life of man
Can stir the heart, as this can:
Amid your scenes of wealth and joy
Do not forget the Carrier Boy.
Through pelting rains, at early dawn;
Through cutting winds. and every storm:
Impressed with duty, The journal" bore,
And placed its pages safely at your door:
As naught could then. our hopes destroy,
Do not forget the Carrier Boy.
Lawyers, doctors, the working man;
Each woman, child, in the van,
The merchant with his purchased wares:
All are seeking to relieve the cares
Or LIES great burden. VITA love, ana Joy,
Remember then. the Carrier Boy.
Merry Christmas then, to one and all;
Another year we may not call;
We trust your future will be blessed.
With happy times from distress;
We linger not, your fun enjoy,
Is the wish OF the Carrier Boy.
As sure as mountain peaks ascend:
AS rivers reach their destined end;
As ocean waves Will ind the shore,
The Carrier Boy will friendship show,
To those who greet him on this day,
And bid him prosper on his way.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-02
HOTEL GRANADA IS =..
OPENED TO THE PUBLIC
Guests Gather in Dining Room
and Put Chefs Ability :. T
to Test

The Hotel Granada, built.by Br. ulins
Rosenstirn at the. corner of Suffer and
Hyde streets, was formally opened last
night. 1t was q splendid first night. 15O
persons gathering in the dining rooan
to put the chefs ability-to a. test. Man
ager E. S. de Wolfe, for years with tile
Pleasanton. was the recipient of MANY
congra tulations. On the, register 1872
names had been placed during the day,
All. the large suites haXe. heen taken
and last night 20 per cent. OF. the. rooms
were occupied by guests.
About the lobby many floral tributes
of success and good luck were spread.
The lobby itself with it's. gold dome
and old mahogany panels Is artistic
and imposing. The parlors are done in
red and are commodious.
The dining room was the center of
activity. 1t Is finished in a tint of old
ivory with crotch mahogany panels and
q blue velvet carpet. Among those
who dined were: Mr.. and Mrs. r. :.
Moore Jack Walters, Colonel and Mrs.
H d Loveiand Mrs d. Samuels and
family Mrs. Adolpb Roos and party.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Deering. Colonel
and Mrs. Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. John
W. Pew, Mrs. B. +. Norris. Mr.. and Mrs
Metzger Mrs. :. Aronson and party, DR..
Julius Rosenstirn and his sons Alfred
and E. J. Rosenstirn, Captain and Mrs.
A. NJ. Burns. Mrs. Porter and Miss An
ME Porter, DR.. r. X. Hopkins, DR. and
Mrs Walter Franklin and Mi. and Mrs.
r. l. Shainwald
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-02
FIRE DEPARTMENT
IMPROVES SERVICE
Dynamite Squad Will Be Trained
to Use Explosives When
Necessary

In future San Francisco will have a
dynamite squad and a new system OF
signals to. increase the efficiency OF the
fire department,
:: The dynamite squad is to be COM
posed of all the .lieuten nants In the de-
.partment: 1t will be trained to handle
explosives. and: when it is necessary to
destroy buildings the squad will be pre-
pared to act without having to- call for
military or other" outside aid.
The new: signal system is known as
the .:joker. SYSTEM and was partly in
aligurated at noon yesterday. The adj
vantage of the new. system is that all
stations will be kept informed OF the
condition OF all apparatus at a fire and
should any piece: of department ma
chinery. become disabled a: substitute
apparatus will. be notified to cover the
fire:
The signal system is. a modification
of the Morse code, to the extent that
dots but not dashes are used. Hereto
fore the. only signals returned from a
fire were the first and subsequent
alarms and the signal of 10-1 by which
the: fire was tapped out" Under the
new system the signal for engines is
IL. trucks 1-3, chemical engines IA
battalion chiefs rs. water towers lie.
batteries IL, f1reboats lis. high pres
sure. hose wagons 1-9.- coal wagons lilo
and fire: patrols 1-11.
:: When any piece of apparatus is Gin
service. or "outs OF service" its num-
Der will he tapped around the city. with
the. added signal: The Joker system"
was used, yesterday only in signaling
chiefs, chemical engines and trucks.
Later it will be applied generally.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-02
BOTH ASK FOR DIVORCE
Man Accuses Wife of Desertion
and She CHARGES Cruelty

Jndge Graham took under submission
yesterday the case of Albert L. LaIti-
more against Paula r. baltimore in
which a divorce is sought by both par
4leS--bN tae husband on the ground OF
oesection and by The wife for cruelty.
oraeEed aeported. because he had
traChOnla, but. escaped from. the vessel
and returned on a pilot boat. He said
yesterday that his wife had falsely in
formed the federal authorities that his
eyes were. affected. and thus had him
thrown into jail. Mrs. Lattimore said
her husband threatened her life with a
razor and humliated her by paying
attention to another woman on the trip
from sydney, \. s ".
Edward T. Downs was sued by his
wife. Clarissa i. Downs. for. $50 a
month. for separate maintenance.
George ~. Day5V 1t" sued yesterday
for the annulnent of his marriage with
1 Atarau gelfne II. DayWait- on. the ground
at when he married her he was only
months divorced from a former
wife. Fanny Harriet DayWalt.
Amelia Barrlfa. Sueos Joseph. Barrlla
for separate. maintenance, asking $50
q month. II. 49,. '...-s<
Suits for divorce We're filed by Hazel
f. Burnett against Osee E. Burnett,
crueltEs Adele Hale against Lester N.
Hale. desertiOn;- Benjamin W Smith
against Norita Smith, desertion.
The following divorces were granted
yesterday By Judge Troutt-W lam
son. desertion. BY Judge. Sturtevant-
Elizabeth Blackburn from w. H. Black
burn desertiOn. BY Judge Mogan--I5,
J. Schmidt from Helen p. Schmidt, de-
sertioH. BY Judge HuEt-Ella Alellberg
from john MefEberg. cruelty.