The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-03

A bawling boy;
But such Is life.
| A broken heart,
A weeping wife,
| A woeful part;
Yet such is life.
| A busted boom
Which got the knife.
| Oh, dreadful doom!
But such is life!
BY new French process milk
/ powder is produced by forcing the
liquid under high pressure through
a tube only 1850 of an inch in diam
eter into a closed chamber heated TO
1871 degrees Fahrenheit by current
of warm air. The milk expands to
!, vapor, the air current carries off the
water and the solids fall in powder.
A good deal of prominence is being
given in the German press to tho
question Of machine guns and thar
place in the Germany army, which IS
one of great and increasing import
/ ance. The German gun is capable CT
/ 600 shots a minute, but rarely deiiY-
ers more than from $50 to 400. 1t
has been proved that the fire OF
I these guns is more accurate than in
fantry volley firing. The whole theory
OF machine guns, as understood in
Germany, is that of massed effect,
no single gun fire Everything is
reserved for terrible hail when the
attack is fully developed.
Postmaster-General George V. L.
Meyer believes that it Is injurious to
| the health to sit at desk, and con-
sequently he uses high desk, at
| which he can stand. His desk, which
was recently installed, is the speak
| er's desk from the old chamber of
the house of representatives in the
Massachusetts state house.
Moisture escapes quite rapidly
from the surface of an uncultivated
field, but If the soil Is stirred to a
depth Of two or three inches, q sur
face mulch Is formed and the upward
movement OF soil moisture IL cnsck-
ed.
Among the tables in the report of
the commissioner OF immigration is
one which gives the number OF i'm
migrant aliens who arrived in this
country during the last fiscal year
by sexes as well as by nationalities,
and 1t reveals some interesting diff
ferences. We are accustomed to)
think Of the Oriental immigration as
almost all male, and the ratio Of
males to females is very large. TAX
ing the Japanese at all ports, includ-
ing Hawaii, the total came to 80 ,226,
OF which q, 240 were men and but q
$50 women. But there are European
countries which show greater diff
ference.
The figures for Greece are 35.151
males and 1,429 females; for Turkey,
20,173 males and 594 females; for
Bulgaria, Seryia and Montenegro,
II, 165 males and 1874 females. From
British North America, also, there is
a large excess OF males, their num-
Der being 1881, against 1927 fe-
males.
Consul George H. Skidmore, of
Nagasah reports that a trial conslgn-
ment Of volcanic ash, for use in
cement and concrete work, has been
sent from Moji. Japan, to San. Fran
cisco, to ascertain the prospect of a
market for the article In the United
States.
A thermometer can be bought for
q quarter, but there is one used at
the John Hopkins University In Bal
timore known as Prof Rowland's
thermometer, which is valued at &c.
600. The graduations on the glass
are SO fine that 1t requires a micro
scope to read them.
Since its recent revival the eigh-
teenth century game of diabolo has
overrun France. and now promises
to be equally popular in England.
Motorists on the continent carry
with them a set of articles used in
Tie game, so that the time spent in
inevitable repairs may be passed of
pleasantly.
A new invention has been intro |
duced in Newcastle, Egland, by which
it is feared the lamplighters of the
city will lose their vocation. A Ger
man inventor has placed a machine
at the local gas works which will en-
able the gas company to light and
extinguish all the street lamps stimuli /
taeously.
New York city's small parks have |
been practically perverted from their
real purpose Observation shows
that their seats are of restricted use +
for persons living In their neighbor- !
hoods, particularly the women and
Children, as they are mostly monop-
olized by apparently homeless men
enjoying perpetual rest.
She disinfected all the rugs !
And carpets, through and through: i
She sprinkled acid on the walls
And on the fixtures. too:
She septicized the mfstletoe, |
So careful was this miss,
And then she felt that It was safe
To have a Christmas kiss.
Louisville (Kyl Herald.