The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-10-13

ING, OCTOBER IL, ISOs.
life is erected by the granddaughter
Nancy Della Benjamin Pearson"
Prague, in Bohemia. is now holding
a great exposition. TO last until Novenl-
Der, having put up tWenty-One large
exposition halls and 100 smaller edi-
fees, housing 2,3G0 exhibitors. The
experiment and educational institute,
for brewing of Berlin Germany. in
tends to hold the International barley
and hop exposition, at Berlin, from De-
tOber 10 to IS. Warsaw. Russia, in
tends soon 10 have a permanent eX-
position of all articles and goods
manufactured beyond the limits OF
Russia, for the purpose of getting
better acquainted with foreign trade
China is preparing TO demonstrate to
the world the value and variety of its
productions by an exposition at Nan
! kin. The Mexican national exposition
is TO be held in Puebla in the spring
of 1910.
The Hungarian crown is eight cen
turtles old, and during that time it has
undergone many strange vicissitudes.
Once it was stolen by a queen, sewn
up in a cushion and, with other bag
gage, carried across the frozen
Danube to be pawned for $500 du-
cats. Redeemed and recovered. il
was lodged in fortress and guarded
day and night by two noblemen. Once
it was lost in a ditch. Another time
it was the prize of bloody forays. For
sixty years it was hidden in a forest
Ito prevent it from falling into the
hands of the AuStrianS.
As an instance Of the Great Eastern
Railways elaborate pFecaution for the
safety of travellers on its system. the
Railway News says that a Broxbourne
for the purpose of advising the station
tsignalman when train has passed his
down or up advanced starting signal,
q rail contact is placed about 800
yards ahead OF the respective ad
Eanced starting signals, and on the en-
CINE reaching the rail contact, a bell
is rung in the signal box. and this
bell continues ringing until the signal
is replaced to danger.
Rhodesia, Eastern Africa, turns out
some chapion big game stories. For
instance: G. ThomaSine boat
builder of Livingstone, was out after
wild duck on the ZambeZi. within a
mile of the Victoria Falls, when three
lions saw him and gave chase. He
took refuge in a tree, and was COM
PEELED to remain there all night, the
lions remaining on the watch. 1t was
not until we'll into the next day that
he was discovered by a search party.
| which quickly routed the lions and re-
leased the prisoner.
Il Wealthy Berliners do not turn tour
lists during the tourist season 1ney
a v-ni hn L. H., Ill
and after the crowded months, thus
making sure of more comfort en- route
and better rooms and better service al
hotels.
The body of Ponce de Leon, the ex-
plorer, lies in the church of San Jose,
in San Juan. Porto Rico, and Florida
lcitizens are trying to get possession
of the bones for burial in the coun-
try he searched for the fountain OF
youth
The Arabian Nights is an extern
Isive collection Of tales forming part
Iof the Arabian literature, and the
ieXact title of which is The Book OF
the Thousand and One Nights" 1ney
we're first made known to Europe by
Antoine Galland, between 1904 and
I1717. He was a French Orientalist,
who succeeded, after much effort, i'll
obtaining manuscript, which he sup
plemented by gathering tales from
professional story-teels whom he MT,
during his travels in the east.
The Dutch government has granted
a concession TO the Amsterdam and
North Holland Electric Tramway Com
pany 70 build and operate an electric
railway system in Holland. The
route will he nearly so kiIoms. run
ming from Amsterdam north through
Zaandam to Kromeminie from Zaan-
dyk to Wykaan-Zee, and WOrmerveer
Ito Purmerend. The Holland DeveI-
Iopment Company. of Amsterdam, will
build the entire system.
The grandest train in the world is
lsaid to be the kaiscr's. 1t cost $1,000
1000 and took three years 10 build. In
the twelve sumptuous saloons are two
nursery coaches. gymnasium. music
room, drawing room. furnished with
oil paintings and statuary. The treas
ure room, with its two safes. is burg
lar proof.
The Nile is one of the longest rivers
in the world. but it is not especially
valuable as a navigable stream. Its
ichief benefit to the country is from
the immense deposits of mud carried
down in the annual floods and which
have made the region overlooked one
jof the most fertile in the world.
Biting the nails is habit that
should be Immediately corrected in
children. because it permanently de-
forms them. Dipping the finger ends
in some bitter -tincture will generally
prevent children from putting them in
their mouth If this fails. each finger
should be enclosed in a stall until the
propensity is eradicated.