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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Jack London has come down out of
his tree, and in the current number of
Collier says few things on his own
account about hOmocentrics, TUdimen-
| tary reason and reflex action.
American Journalism has its mo-
ments Of fantastic hysteria, and when
1t is on the rampage the only thing
for a rational man TO do Is to climb
tree and let the catacIysm go by.
And so, some time ago, when the word
naturefaker was coined. 1, for one,
climbed into my tree and stayed there.
| happened to be in Hawaii at the time
and Honolulu reporter elected the
sentiment from me that | thanked God
that l was not an authority on any
thing This sentiment was promptly
cabled TO America in an Associated
Press despatch, whereupOn the Ameri-
can press tpOssibly incensed because
| had not elm bed down out of my
tree) charged me with paving for ad-
verttsing by cable at dollar per word
the very human way of the Ameri-
can press, which, when a man refuses
to come down and be licked, makes
faces at him.
But now that the dreadful storm is
over, let us come and reason together
| have been guilty of writing two ami
The writing of these two stories, on
my part was in truth a protest against
the 'humanizing" of animals, of which
1t seemed to me several animal
writer's had been profoundly guilty
Time and again, and many times, in
my narratives, l wrote, speaking of nv
dOg-herOes: He did not think these
things he merely did them" etc. And
did this repeatedly. to the clogging
of my narrative and in violation of
my artistic canons; and | did II in or
der to hammer into the average hui
man understanding that these dog
heroes of mine were not directed by
abstract reasoning, but by instinct,
sensation, and emotion, and by sim
pie reasoning Also, 1 e1deavored to
make my stories in line with the
facts of evolution; / hewed them to
the mark set by scientific research,
and awoke, one day, to find myself
bundled neck and crop into the camp
of the nature-fakers.
President Roosevelt was responsible
for this, and he tried and condemned
me on two counts ID I was guilty
of having a big, fighting bulldog whip
a wOlf-dOg- 81 l was guilty of al
lowing a lynx to kill a wolf-dog in
a pitched battle. Regarding tie Sec
ond count President Roosevelt was
wrong in his field observations He
must have read my story hastily, for
in my story l had the wOlf-dog kill
the lynx. Not only did I have my
wolf-dog kill the lynx. but [ made
him eat the body of the lynx "a well.
Remains only the first count on
which TO convict me of nature-faking
and the first count does not charge
me with diverging from ascertained
facts II is merely a statement of a
difference of opinion. President
Roosevelt does not think bulldog
can lick a wolf-dog- l think a bull
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Appropriate Money
For Sprinkling Carts.

At the meeting of the city council
tonight the expense budgets for the
various city departments for the com
ing fiscal year beginning October 1.
will be presented, and referred to
the finance committee.
A snort time ago the Journal de-
plored the fact that Pensacola does
that provision be made for its pur-
chase. Now, is the time for the city
officials to act if they would give to
the city one of the necessities for
making Pensacola a good place to
live in Cleanliness, 1t is said, is
next to Goodness. In this practical
age it is also next to commercial sue
cess, in its relation to the growth
and prosperity of a city.
If Pensacola officials would do not
only the pedestrian a service, bur aid
also the merchant, the business man,
and all interests of the city, they
should first of all look to the clean
illness of the streets, for a city's
streets are it's facial rnaments and by
them is determined fits character
A sprinkling cart does not, it is
admitted make or unmake business,
but clean streets make or unmake a
city, and a sprinkling cart is one
of the essentials in keeping streets
clean.
The Journal urges that provision for
this be made, and hopes that board of
public works mas included it IN its
budget and that the finance commit
tee will appropriate the cost o. at
least one cart, or more.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

dog can lick wolf-dOg. And there
we are Differences OF opinion may
make, and does make, hOrse-raCing.
can understand that difference of
opinion can make dog-hghting. But
what gets me is how difference of
opinion regarding the relative fight
ing merits of a bulldog and d wolf
dog makes me a natUre-faker and
President Roosevelt a indicated and
Triumphant Scientist
Then entered John Burroughs to
clinch President RooSeveIt'S judg-
ments. In this unholy alliance there
is no difference of opinion That
Roosevelt can do no wrong Is Bur
rough's opinion; and that Burroughs
is always right is RooSevclt's opinion
Both are agreed that animals do not
reason. They assert that all ami
mails below man are autorlatons and
perform actions only of two sorts
mechanical and TefleX-and tlat in
such actions no reasoning enters at
all. They believe that man is the on
~ animal capable of reasoning and
that ever does reason This is
view that makes the twentieth cen
fury scientist smile II is not modern
at all. 1t is distinctly medieval.
President Roosevelt and John Bur-
are homOccntTic in the same fashion
that the schOlastics of earlier and
darker centuries were hOmocentric
Had not the world been discovered to
be round until after the births of
President Roosevelt and John Bur-
rOug1s, they would have been geo
centric as well in their theories of the
Cosmos. They could not have beIiev-
ed otherwise. The stuff of their
minds is so conditioned. They talk
the argot of evolution while they
no more understand the essence and
the import Of evolution t1an does a
South Sea Islander or Sir Oliver
Lodge understand the noumena of
radioactivity.
Now, President Roosevelt is an
amateur. He may know something
of statecTaft and of big-game shoot
ing; he may be able to kill a deer
when he sees it and to measure it
and weigh it after he has shot it; he
may be able to observe carefully and
accurately the actions and antics on
tom-tits and Snipe. and. after he has
observed it, to definitely and cOhe-
rently convey the information of
when the first chipmunk, in a GER
tain year and a certain latitude and
longitude, came out in the spring and
chartered and samboIed-but that he
should be able, as an individual OBJ
server, TO analyze all animal life and
TO Synthetic and develop and know
all that is known of the method a1d
significance of evolution. would re-
qUire a vasteT cTedulity for you or me
to believe than is required for us to
believe the biggest whopper ever told
by an unmitigated natUre-faker. No.
President Roosevelt does not under
stand evolution, and he does not seem
to have made much of an attempt TO
understand evolution
Golfers for September ;, 1908
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
STAGE EFFECT
THOUGHT REAL
Escaping Steam Pours Over
Footlights-Audience Is
Badly Scalded.
Rv Associated Ere.s-

New York. Sept S.-An audience
of Labor Day theatTegoers, the ma
joTity of whom were women, trembled
on the verge of a panic at the Lyric
theatre yesterday when steam used
as a stage effect poured across the
fOOtlights, giving every one an III
preston that fire had started be
hind the scenes.
All persons in the densely packed
house leaped 70 their feet. 4 few
women in the front rows started for
the doors. frightening the people in
the orchestra The house was lark
and some of the more timid women
in the orchestra rushed for the aisles.
\ man with good sense shouted from
the back rows that the supposed
smoke was only steam and sternIy
commanded the women 10 be seated
\ few made their way out of the
theatre, but after that the audience
sat down and the play proceed ID
without further scares-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

must always be at a disadvantage in
the battle OF life The few dollars
lost to the child in early life viii be
doubly earned after maturity if edU-
Gated We commend the following
from the Arcadia News 10 parents:
Help your children TO do their best
ct school How? Have them on
time Encourage them to be polite,
studious and kind. Arrange home du-
ties so as TO help and not hinder the
school work Soon the time for
school will be passed. Better take
advantage of the opportunity a great
state offers to every boy and girl
Talk up the school. Try to help ere
ate a school atmosphere that will
make strong men and noble women.
A school is helped or hindered by the
general social and moral conditions
outside. Make il the great common
community interest to unite ALL
Every child, white and black, has
a chance to secure an education in
Florida without personal expense. All
that is required is to buy books and
enter school Whether or not your
child attends, the school tax has to
be paid just the same, and why not
enjoy its benefits in part.
Now, when the schools open on the
2Sth instant let every child of school
age start, and with the blessing and
encouragement Of parents.-Jackson-
vile Metropolis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
HIGH SCHOOL
APPOINTMENTS
Alabama High School Com
mission Names Teachers
in Counties.
Special 70 The Journal

Montgomery, Ala, Sept. Sat a
meeting of the high school commits
sion held at the capitol Saturday, at
which Governor Conner, Auditor Bran
don and superintendent OF Education
Gunnels were present. it was decided
that in every school the money sub
scTlbed as supplement TO the state
fund may be available 1t was also
decided that each high school must
run nine months. starting on a date
to suit the local officers must use
the high school course of study based
on the fourteen units, and keep the
property insured.
The following teachers, already
chosen-by local boards, we're declared
acceptable: Franklin school. at Rus
sellville, w. L. Yarbrough. principal;
w w Wheeler and Z. T Boiling.
associates. Escambia school, at At
more, c. A. Peacy, principal; Miss
Benson, assistant Madison school.
at Gmley, B. B. BrOughtOn. princi-
pal; B. F. Smith and Miss Leila
Harris, assistant Cherokee county
school at Center, l.. NJ Stevenson,
principal; Miss Lille Reese, assist
ant. LOwndes school at Fort De-
more, c. A Peavy, principal; Mss
Julia i. Ports, assistant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

found this moose is slipped over its
head and the slightest pressure OF
the snake will draw it tight. In this
manner it is often carried until the
cage is reached.
The extraction of the venom has of
necessity 10 be done win extreme
care Over the mouth of a thin
glass funnel about three inches in
diameter is stretched a piece of steril-
lied Wlde-mesh gauge, fastened In
place by a rubber band The end OF
the funnel is inserted in a sterilized,
frosted glass tube about three-eights
of an inch in diameter and about
three inches long The funnel and
tube are held by a pair of long for
ceps. The cage containing the snakes
has small opening in it When this
is opened they viii try to make their
escape, and as they do they are gTas D
ed just back of the head.
Make the Reptiles Strike.
Snake and gaUze covered funnel are
gradually brought nearer and nearer
until the snakes head has approached
within two OF three inches Of the
mouth of the funnel. when a slight.
quick pressure of the doctors hand
aRgeTS the reptile and il strikes the
first object in view and sinks its
fangs into the meshes OF ne gaUZe-
These fangs, of which there are two,
located in the upper jaw, are natures
hypOdermic needles. As soon as any
pressure is exeTted upon them the
venom Is elected through them from
glands located above
Two drops of venom are all that are
extracted each time. but the same
snake is used time and time again
With these Two drops OF poison cling
ing TO the gauge the first cleaning Of
the harvest is obtained. A slight tap
upon the gauZe causes the venom TO
drop into the funnel and from there
into the sterilized tube Great care
is exercised to keep everything con-
nected with the operation sJeTilized.
When the tube is full II is heTmeti-
caliy sealed
The commercial value of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

me down on the proposition, and all
seem keenly interested in the con-
vention at Columbus, Ga, on Nov. 9
and 10.
Regarding the coupons in the news
papers inviting applications for mem
6erShip" added Mr.. Waterman III
any one signs one of the coupons and
sends il to me at the Chamber of Com
merce, without enclosing the member
ship fee. | will be glad to call on him
and explain the whole project in case
he is not familiar with it. and as one
of the general officers of the ass0-
citation | may call a public meeting
in the near future for a public dis
cussiOn of the whole proieCt. The
matter is of utmost Importance TO
this city-think of getting coal from
Birmingham via Mobile by an all wa
ter route, and getting general mer-
cnandise by all water inland route
from st. Louis, Memphis and other
points. Merchants know what hat
means in sending of freights.'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

venom is $4,000 a pound. or 81 900
an ounce. DR. Atkinson expects to
obtain about $4,000 worth from his
summers work
Treatment Of Snakebite.
While the use of venom secured
from reptiles as an antitoxin and anti
toxin Is not new, its use as an anti
toxin for malignant fevers is DR.. At
klnSon carries set of surgical instru-
ments with him whenever he is out
hunting snakes. and his method of
treating a snake bite is very interest
ing.
Should be be bitten on the end of
a hnser, the most probable place in
handling them, a common rubber
band such as is used in every Office is
twisted tightly about the finger near
the hand When the circulation has
thus been shut of. the band is grad
ually worked forward until the blood
IS all forced into the tip OF the finger
Ihen with d sharp lance an incisiou
Is made in the flesh from the first
Joint TO the tip of the finger and the
ODoq Spurts out and carries the
poison with it
After the blood and venom have
been removed from the lscerated I'm
ger q hypOdeTmiC injection of Dstas-
SUM permanganate Is made II the
hnger- and as last resort strychnine
IS administered in tablet form.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Owen Kildare, the Bowery tough.
who became a man, has written a
play on Bowery life called His Re-
generation" Critics find the fault in
it. that the author overlooked the
very heart of his subject. Arnold
Daily plays the leading part. and his
acting saves the role. Kildare was
a newspaper" find, and afte- several
years of coaching has become no
mean writer on subjects of the under
world. He is himself a regenerate,
and has embodied much of his own
life in his new play.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

There is not now the potency in
speech making to sway the minds of
men that there was formerly. Peo-
pie are reading more and doing more
Of their own thinking everywhere in
the. world, than they ever did before.
The custom of making speeches and
delivering lectures, however. is of too
long standing and too firmly estab-
lished to be given up, at least in our
day. though no great speech or lee
ture is delivered for the exclusive
benefit of those within hearing of the
speakers voice For every one who
hears the words uttered by Mr.. Bryan
or Mr.. Taft, OF, in fact. of any of the
recognized leaders in the present DO
litical campaign. it is expected that
thousands viii see and read .aose
words in print in the newspapers.
Books, magazines, and newspapers,
are the present day means of con
veying the thoughts of the leading
thinkers TO the minds of the multi.
tude.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

French Doctors Procuring
Poison Which Is Worth
$4,000 An Ounce.
Special 20 The Journal.

WnkesbaTTe, Pa, Sept. S.-Dr Wal
ter N Atkinson and his assistant, DR..
J. l. Engle, OF the Pssteur Institute
at Lille. France, are now in the noun
talns OF this state hunting copper
heads and rattlesnakes for the pur-
pose OF extracting poison from their
fangs and using il in experiments TO
find an antitoxin for malignant fevers.
The reptiles are caught alive by
means of a snare of fine silver wire
as flexible as a thread One end is
made into a slip moose and attached
TO the end of a stick four or five
feet IN length, and when a snake Is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

II the republicans retain control of
the government it is on their pro-
gram to increase the regular army to
100000 men. which would make it
nearly twice its present size. and
still more, nearly double the expense.
What need has the United States for
large army in time of pease except
for display?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Not Even the Cook.

And so she is very queenIy? L
suppose she's the kind of a woman
who is never afraid 10 enter the
grandesI drawing room"
oh. more majestic than that She's
the kind OF woman who's never afraid
70 enter her own kitchen. "-BrookIyn
Life.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Mobile papers are showing a great
deal of interest in the Gulf Coast
Waterway and are publishing the
list of paid up members. Mobile will
share largely in the rich reward this
waterway will bring to the coast
country. and it is right that she
should give it hearty support
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

The Hearst independence move
ment, unlike the traditional snow.
ball that gathers volume as it rolls
along. is more like one that has stop
ped rolling and is melting away in
the warm rays OF an April sun In
stead of gathering strength, the In
dependence movement is losing
strength by desertion every day.
Boiling from the Independence ticket
Is becoming almost a stampede.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Now that the summer tourists
have begun returning home, some of
the city papers are publishing simple
tests of water by which its purity
may be known. The information is
designed for city folks who go to the
country and have to use well or
spring water.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
a Suit for EVery Day.

That Gus IS certainly a nifty
dresser He has a suit OF clothes
for every day in the week"
Why. he has the same suit on
every time I see him
"Yep-that's the one Cleveland
Leader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Labor Day was set apart .as a holi,
day for the toilers of the country
for the working men who workout
the anarchists in New York, class
of people who don't work, and don't
believe In honest labor. seem to have
thought that it meant them The
arrival of the police and arrest of the
principals stopped their fun, however.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Not ExaciIK.

Actor have persuaded that critic
VINO Wleids so much power with his
pen TO take dinner with US.
Wfe-What shall | give him?
Actor-WeI. for one thing 4 good
plain roast
Wife (umidly)-But. dear, would
that De taetful2-Baltimore Ameri.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Settle Down First

RegEy-Bah JOvC, I told my tailor
I'd like TO marry some rich girl and
become Interested in settlement work
Percy-What did he saw
Reggie said I'd better get TO
work and make a settlement on that
suit I bought two years ago.-ChicagO
Daily News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

The Tampa Tribune says Jackson
vile is going to have a ten story
building and Pensacola an eight story
structure, and adds, Tampa is to
have an eighteen story building
Captious, envious Tampa,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

The Journal viii soon send another
check TO Treasurer Haskell for money
received for the democratic campaign
fund. Your name should head the
list.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Have the Children in School.

School time" is near at hand again,
and the Metropolis earnestly urges
every parent in Jacksonville and in
Florida to meet their obligations to
their children and their country
promptly by having the children ready
to begin with the term this month,
and to encourage the little ones 10
seek that knowledge so necessary
for a successful and useful life
Don't enter into any agreement for
your child that viii keep him or her
out of school A few dollars per
week at some employment will never
pay them as will an education To
keep child from school is wrong
and inflicts upon IL an embarrass-
ment that viii follow il all through
life An ignorant person can never
rise TO the level of the learned and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

The Dutch government has given
Castro till November L to climb down
from his high horse.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Crestview is to have a Bryan and
Kern club. This is the first country
precinct that has organized. Others
should follow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

BY the way who is the Independ
ence Party's candidate. We've for
gotten.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
Weeds, Weeds, Weeds.

weeds, WEEDS, Wees.
A western city which is run over
and trampled in the mud every day
of its life by piratical pubic utility
corporations has passed and is en-
forcing an ironelad ordinance against
the growth of weeds on any vacant
ground within its, limits. The kicking
and scrapping over the enforcement
of the ordinance has raised a dust
that does not enable anything munich
pal to be seen, and ii is calculated
to make the disturbance last till al
ter the November election.-Tamps
Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Alachua, Get Busy.

We have yet 10 hear of a Bryan
and Kern Club being organized in
Alachua county. The democrats of
old Alachua do not appear to mani
fest much interest in politics since
the primary. but when Bryan is elect
ed il is dollars to doughnuts that the
very fellows who did the least to
bring about the result will manifest
the most interest in obtaining the
officeS.-GainesviIle Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Those "made in JACKSONVILLE" buns
are so brown they leave dark brown
taste in ones mouth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

Did you hunt your cyclone cellar
during that blow yesterday
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09

A lot of old newspapers,
tied up In neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour-
nal office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
PENSACOLA FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER

Also. Kansas City has her race
troubles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Political Announcements.
ZOE SHERIEE

/ hereby announce myself as a candidate
for thesOffice Of Sheriff of Escambia COun-
ty, independently, in the general election
to be held in November. and solicit the
votes of all voters in this county
CAPT. FRANK A BOGHTCH
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
SURF BATHING
ROMANCES END
Weddings Said to Be Result
of Daring ResCues Now
in Order.
BY Associated Press.

New York, Sept. s.-The bathing
season being about over. weddings
said to be the outcome of romance5
of the surf are beginning to come
along.
Miss Bessie Meyer. 10 years old. of
Brooklyn, was saved from drowning
at Brighton Beach on July by AbTa-
ham R Koehn, a clothing manufac-
turer. Sunday night they were mar
Tied
Benjamin Magic was bathing at
RockaWay Beach on July 3. He got
beyond his depth and was seized
with cramps. Miss Josephine Malver-
son, of Brooklyn, swan out. collared
him and swan asho1s. She had
never seen Magic before. Several
days later Magic looked across the
street and saw her. He sought an
introduction and got it. They were
married last night
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-09
Attention Democrats

perfected perma-
democrat should upon
list the presence OF your
club the reason
roll mammoth
will be placed on the member
o membership list
each Send
c. Club
70 BRYAN Kern
l Bryan and
n
Name
Precinct Number OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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