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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
HOW ROBERT E. LEES MOTHER
CAME TO BE BURIED ALIVE.
Philadelphia Press.

This, the one hundred and first an
| adversary OF the birth OF General
| Robert e. Lee, recalls the little known
! fact that he was born more than a
I. year after his mother had been bur-
| led, furnishing to the world one of
! the most astonishing cases of reviyis-
] cence on record.
General Lees mother was by no
means an entirely healthy woman
and the physician at Stratford, Va,
the home of Henry Lee Light Horse
Harry, was kept in almost constant
attendance. Mrs. Lee suffered from
catalepsy, and during a prolonged
trance she was pronounced dead. The
body was prepared for internfent, and
the morning of the third day after
her supposed death the remains were
laid to rest in the family vault, the
graveyard of that prefix little Vir-
ginia village.
While the sexton was cleaning up
and arranging some fresh flowers he
placed on the casket he heard faint
voice as though of some on calling
for assistance.
OF course, the old man was some
what alarmed, but as he had seen
many years of service in the city of
the dead" he did not leave the vault.
He listened closely and the voice was
distinctly heard again.
Becoming satisfied that the voice
came from within the casket he at
once set to work and opened il, dis.
covering that Mrs. Lee was alive. He
then summoned assistance and within
short time she was safe in bed at
her home
Mrs. Lees recovery was slow, but
she did regain good health and little
more than year after she was buried
alive her youngest son, Robert E.
was born, and thus came into the
world one of her brayest men and
greatest generals.
But there have been a number OF
cases of reviViscence, and General
Lee was not the only celebrity who
was actually born after the burial of
his own mother
Sir Richard Edgecumbe's mother.
after a brief illness, was believed to
have expired, and she, too, was laid
away in the family vault About a
week after her supposed death the
sexton, from motives sufficiently OBJ
viouS, and entirely too often exer-
cised, entered the vault and tried to
take valuable ring from Lady Adge-
cumbe's finger. During the sections
EFFORTS to secure the ring by pressing
and squeezing the finger, the bodyI
moved almost to one side The sud |
den awakening of the dead caused the /
sexton to fee in terror, leaving his |
lantern in the vault
Lady Edgecumbe succeeded in ex- |
Treating herself fro mthe casket, and |
taking the lantern which the fright |
ened sexton had left in his fight, |
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE COMMISSIONERS

a special meeting Of the board OF
county commissioners was held at the
courthouse last night, all members be-
ing present.
The Lillenthal Liquor company was
granted permit to conduct a liquor
store On West Government street, near
PalafOX street. The application of a.
diLustro to operate a liquor store was
tabled to take the regular course of
such applications.
The pension applications of the fol-
lowing persons were approved: Ike
DeDham, j. a. Mccall, Fannie Cater
Swift, and John D. Kendall
The applica tons for certificates of
nOtaries public filed by I. J. Isaacs
and w. r. Tavlor were approved.
H. G. StrinefeFOw's bond as naval
stores insnectnF was approved.
Clerk Mcmillan was instructed to
purchase four waterproof mule blank
ets for the use OF the teams at work
with the road roller.
The recent death of VI. F. Gonzalez
created a vacancy in the board Of
county bond trustees. After discuss
ing the matter of filling this vacancy
the board instructed the clerk TO adj
wise the remaining two members of
the board, Mr. F. G. Brent and Mr. B.
r. Pitt. to recommend to the commits
sioDers someone to fill the position.
The report of the bond trustees was
filed and it showed that three bonds
amounting TO S122027 had been re-
tired. The board then ad iourned.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
Ghosts of the Carrot.

Fair caskets and chests of a long ago,
All hid IN the garnet hooks away,
sweet loves as vague as dream. I know,
All pitileSs Times forgotten prey,
On rosewood box which the gems INLAY,
On, -sandafwood with your precious ore
But lift your lids in the evenings gray.
The ghosts Of the garnet rise once more,
From out your depth comes shadow
show,
With the breath of rose or a jasmine
spray,
through the ruined easement window
way
At the Spinet sits some Prue or MAY
With a circle of beauX to smile and adore
At the sound of that heavenly spirit-lav
The ghosts of the garnet rise once more,
The moonbeams sweep with a golden
glow:
Now once more Love in his JOYOUS play
He brings together the belle and beau
In the minuet with its glide and sway
Dream-faces smile, and the smile says,
Yea
Dream slippers fit Ger the seany floor:
Wherever the silent moonbeams stray
The ghosts of the garnet rise once more /,
LENVOI.
Prince, how lovely the garnet is at day,
But whenever the moonlight floods it
DER,
Then in gold brocade and silken array.
The ghosts of the garnet rise once more
Harold McGrath in January Strenuous
Life.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05

, she walked to her home. Under care
| fuI treatment she regained her health
and five years after this Sir Richard
| was born.
| Another notable case of revivis-
cence was that of Ebenezer Erskine,
one of the founders of the United
Free Church. Of Scotland, who was
born after the burial of his mother
Mrs ErSkine, while in a trance, was
pronounced dead, and was buried in a
grave, there being no vault. The
gravedigger had noticed a very costly
diamond ring On the finger Of Mrs.
ErSkine and he. determined that he
would that night open the grave and
secure the ring. Stealthily he re-
moved the earth from the newlymade
grave and opened the coffin. The
lady's hand had swollen and the grave
digger could not get the ring off the
niger so he was in the act OF cutting
on 4 finger when the supposed corpse
gave loud shrek. Perhaps no man
ever vacated a graveyard quicker than
dld that SraVediSSer, and Mrs. Erskine
arose from her coffin, hurried to her
home, and lived TO become the mother
or one of the greatest pulpit orators
Scotland ever produced
Henry +. Hup2rs. at one time 4
large planter and cattle owner of
Beaumont, Texas, was born after the
supposed death OF his mother. Mrs.
HuperS, like Mrs. Lee, suffered from
catalepsy, and while in a long trance
her physician pronounced her dead
she was placed in a coffin, but just
before the funeral services she Open-
ed her eyes and asked, in a faint
voice, for drink of water. The
grief-stricken family and sorrowing
friends were greatly alarmed and
frightened over this sudden coming to
HE, but the water was passed to her
lips and i'll few moments she had
returned to entire. consciousness, and
after short illness, regained her
health Her son, Harry, was born six
months after this.
Still another case nearer home IS
that OF John Adams, of Del Rio, East
tennessee Adams is a mining engi-
neer, and one morning he was found
In bed apparently dead. A physician
said II was a case of heart failure.
The remains were made ready for in
terment and relatives and friends in
Philadelphia We're notified. A check
was received from Philadelphia in
payment Of the unGertaker's bill. but
the undertaken declined to accept any,
thing except the hard cash This !
q further delay, and while wait !
ing the coming of the money by eX- |
press, the eyes of the corpse" which :
lay on the cooling board, opened as
from a refreshing sleep, and there !
was yawn, and there was likewise a ,
sudden disappearance of the under ,
taker and others from the room. Mr.. |
Adams recovered and is still alive.
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striking circumstance. Mr. Harmon
has not been Familiarity known as be-
longing to the CIRCLE of Mr. Bryan's
special friends, but it is well remem-
bered that he retired from employ
ment by this administration because
it would not allow him to prosecute
some prominent law-breakers in a
manner he deemed necessary, to Sc
cure their conviction. Taken in con-
nection with numerous other Incl
dents and expressions among the more
conservative wing of the democratic
party, it is evidence sufficient that
basis of harmony has been reached.
and that the party will be entirely
united in the coming campaign. There
may be still some recalcitrants. but
thew will be few and will have no in
fuence over the sturdy masses of the
voters. The prospects of the party
for victory are better than thew have
been since 1896. when tho presidency
was bought and betrayed away. There
are no traitors now, and the people
are awake to the iniquitous methods
OF the republican party. The use OF
money will be so reduced by law and
an improved moral tone as to be prac-
tica'ly of no value to the republicans.
Tampa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
PENSACOLA wEDNEsDA MORNING, FEBRUARY

self Dictator An edict declaring that
any person, high or low, suspected OF
conspirinS against the government,
should be baniShed or sent into exile,
appears to have been the last straw.
King Edward OF England, friend of
the unfortunate Carlos, predicted dis
asteP in private letter to the Portu-
gueSe monarch and counSeied a re-
turn to the constitution. But Carlos
paid no heed. That Premier Franco
has accomplished a great deal of good
for his country seems certain, but his
methods We're such as TO stir the mem
bers of the old political parties and
the tragedy of Saturday is the result.
In desiring a more honest and eco
nomical administration Of the govern
mental affairs of his king, Franco de-
serves only admiration. But his am
bition seems to have gotten away
with his judgment.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05

and Is not afraid to express them.
For any man who is too cowardly to
let the world know for what he stands
is unworthy to hold any position, and
should be condemned by every voter
in the state. John Stockton is de-
.servedly the most popular man out
for governor And for the one reason
that he is honest, courageous and in
tellectual. He takes a position on
every question and can be depended
on to do what he says he will do, to
advance the public interest. Mr.
Stockton should be, and is, proud OF
the uprising of the people in his be
half For it is a silent approval of
his private and public acts.-FOrt
Pierce Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
The Fate of
Franco. Dictator.

There is something very pathetic in
the position of Franco, the fallen pre-
mier-dictator of Portugal, whose posi-
ton of the most hated man in Portu-
gal is the growth of his virtues hardly
less than his faults. real or imagined.
His war on graft in the government
Rlienated the Office holding class and
made them fresh fomentors of the al
ready great discord between the
masses and the premier as type of the
classes. Then his represSive meas
ures, used against the anti-monarchists
with as little pity as he had pressed
his anti-graft reforms against his
peers, completed the public hatred of
him.
The Atlanta Georgian rather force
fully states his situation in saying:
That Premier Franco exerted a tre-
mendous influence over the king there
is no denying In his reform work he
cut on graft amounting to about So
O0O,0o0 a year. This drew the hatred
of the men belonging to the. party in,
power, for they were the losers BY
this new order of things. WheL Fan.
co found that he haG % fieSat his re-
form battles alone. he very willingly
sndertook the work and declared him
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05

furnishes us another illustration of
larceny and here it is not petit lar
ceny, nor even grand larceny; it rises
to the proportions of a glorious lar
ceny, not only because of the amount
taken, but because of the respectable
ity of those who received the stolen
goods. The object of a private non-
opOly is TO control the price of things
sold, to corner the market The the
DRY is that man is required to buy
certain goods which sustain his life
and add to his comfort. Where there
is competition, the sellers bid against
each other, and the purchaser is able
to secure what he needs at a price
which is approximately fair. If, how
ever; all of the vendors can be brought
together in a combination, so that all
purchasers must buy of the same ven
dor, competition is eliminated and the
man who fixes the price fixes it arbi-
trarily; and We know enough of hui
man nature TO know he is apt to
charge all that the traffic viii bear.
Il insist that the commandment
Thou shalt not steal applies as much
to the monopolist as TO the highway
man. We shall not make any mate
rial progress in the protection of the
people from private monopolies until
we are prepared to obliterate the lire
that secretly has drawn between the
ordinary thief and the larger criminal
who holds up society and plumbers the
public through the instrumentality of
private monopoly.
The LAWYERS.
"And, it is not sufficient that We
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
Let the Good
Word Go Forth.

Tell the truth and shame the devil
IS a good working motto, even if those
who suffer from truth telling writht
often and declaim violently against
the truth-teller as an enemy of prog
ress and a. volcanic disturber Of the
status quo.
The saying, Whatever is, is right,
may be solacing to those who are i'm.
potent TO attain anything higher or to
promote anything better, but it's poor
philosophy. and is of value only as
Illustrating how men can fool them
selves.
= Prone to ridicule the .ulra-conser-
vatism OF England's notOriously obdu-
rate aversion to any sort of a change,
We are equally prone, at times, to
overlook the fact that our own objec-
tions to radical changes may be as
fatuous as-has been England's attitude
on almost every reform that finally
forced itself from the masses up to
parliament, merely because, by virtue
of some mysterious unknown law,
righteousness will prevail, conserva-
tism TO the contrary Notwithstanding
Here and there, in their radicalism,
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Bryan may ut
ter sentences which are 10 be taken
partly-even wholly-in a figuratiVe
sense. But this does not often hap
pen, and the bitterest invectives
against Roosevelt have been. not on
the occasion of the Booker Washing
ton incident, but when he utters with
the force of a leader and the effect
Of an educator principles which, if ap-
piled, would be clearly to the vast dis
advantage of predatory capital
That is why he is regarded, in some
quarters, as mo better than Bryan"
and no saner" than the Nebraskan.
The presidents last message to con-
gress, for instance, while holding
much that meets with the approval of
the conservative" element-the typi-
cal republican and the Parker" DEM
Dcrats-holds decidedly more that is
likely TO appeal to tae awakened pub
lie senses on a variety of matters
that have become cancerous through
the long inaction of the great middle
class in eOmpfacent sloth regarding
basic principles. ..
Mr.. Bryan's speech in New York
last night will doubtless serve to re-
open the phials of denunciation in
libations upon his head, and the
speech will doubtless serve to aug
ment the opposition in certain republi-
can circles to that modified democ-
racy known today as ,"Rooseveltian."
But the full and fair discussion of all
these matters-the more strenuously,
the more enlighTening-will only serve
to show wherein and how greatly
Roosevelt is. and Bryan has always
been, right; and the educational as
poets of discussion will evolve a dem
Ocratic success next November, with
Bryan not only the standard-bearer,
but the standardized typical American.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
Animals and Musin

TarantHlas do not dance to the sound
Of the violin, but let the people they
bite do the dancing. Scorpions, how
ever, enjoy fiddling, according to the
Westminster Gazette, and lizards 20
crazy for music of any kind. AS for
serpents. the boa constructor and py-
then are senseless TO melody. but the
cobra Is fascinated by the flute and
still more by the fiddle Polar bears
enjoy the violin; So do ostriches.
Wolves viii stop IN the chase to listen
TO cornet. Elephants are fond Of the
aute. especially the upper notes. Tt
gers. while appreciating violin and
flute. cannot stand the harmonicon,
while the musical seal shows no emo
ton on hearing any instrument, not
even the bass drum.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
|NAUGURAlIONO Of
GREAT FAIR At
TAMPA
Special to The Journal.

Tampa, Fla, Feb. with great
| throngs of interested spectators crowd,
ing the grounds, the Florida State
fair viii be formally inaugurated to-
Eday and viii remain open throughout
the month. As the only state fair to
be held in the United States during
the winter, it will be visited by many
thousands OF tourists who flock TO this
section to escape the frigid weather
Of the North and West.
Many prominent men are expected
TO attend the fair during the month
and to deliver addresses, among them
William Jennings Bryan, Governor
Holle Smith, of Georgia, Governor Jo-
seph Folk of Missouri and others.
Novel Features.
Among the novel features at the
fair is the famous afrship Eagle.
which won the prize and diamond
medal st a great international contest
in Chicago. This airship which will
make daily flights in and around
Tampa, also made a wonderful record
in the recent race from ST. Louis to
the Atlantic coast, being prevented
from winning over foreign baIlons by
an accident
AAO AOAS idCiI5 Will De lQnn1tely
better than that at former fairs, as
ev1nced by the fact that 200 runners
will be brought from New Orleans,
the racing center of the south. Tampa
has been admitted into membership of
the National Racing Association, which
is a guarantee that every race will be
absolutely straight and that the
meeting will be conducted in a most
up-to-date manner
Other Features.
One of the finest features of the
fair will be the horse show, which will
be on a much finer scale than that of
last November. Cash premiums will
be given each class shown. and the
finest saddle, harness and draue;ht
horses in the state will be exhibited.
A feature of the fair which will
undoubtedly attract great attention
among the agricuiturists, horticulture
lists and fruit growers of the state will
be the daily lectures to be given bv
experts from the national departent
or agriculture at Washington.
Beginning with the inaugural ex-
ercises on the graunds today, there
will be something doing every day at
the big fair until the gates close on
February %.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
People for Stockton.

People for Stockton.
1t is claimed that the whiskey men
will defeat Stockton for governor. It
is hope that will not be realized. We
have not reached that point where
whiskey will rule this state Or control
its voters. We have always voted
against prohibition, says the Barlow
Record, but We will do all we can to
bring about his election. and we feel
no uneasiness over the result What
we want is a man who has opinions
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05

eff two men live side by, side" said
he, land one contributes in taxation
he, land one contributes in taxation
ten dollars when his just share is only
I'VE dollars, and the other only pays
five when he ought to pay ten, one
loses five dollars that he ought to
keep, while the other keeps five dol
lars that ne ought to give to the gov
eminent. The effect in this case is
just the same as if one man took the
other mans property and applied it
to his own use. The fact that the
government, acting as a collector, took
the i've dollars from the man who is
overburdened and gave it TO the man
who is underburdened. does, not
change the character of the transac-
ton
Monopoly and Theft.
The subject of private monopoly
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05
POLITICS AND
POLITICIANS.
Democratic Harmony

Democratic Harmony.
That Judson Harmon, the demo-
cratic lawyer and leader of Ohio,
should be accompanying Nh Bryan on
a speaking tour Of the south, is a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-05

So You want job, hey? Well.
what did you do at your last placer
didn't do anything. 1 was the
Office bog. .-Jadge,
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shall appeal to the conscience Of the
monopoliSt alone. If a highwaynan
were to engage a lawyer to follow :
few rods behind him with a horse
that he might have a ready means OF
escape after having committed an act
OF robbery, we would call the LAWYER
a party to the crime, and we would
visit upon him the same punishment
visited upon the principal in the rob
berry, and yet, it is considered quite
respectable today for the legal repre-
sentatiyes of predatory wealth TO visit
state capitals and national capitols and
prevent the enactment of laws intend
ed to protect the public from favor
able monopolies, and it is even more
respectable to follow close the OFFEND
ers and furnish them horses in tla
way of legal means upon which lto
escape punishment
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The Press.

And some of our metropolitan rs
pers are in the same class with thu
INSCRIPTIONS lawyers. Is It net time
to reise the moral standard. and 70
insist that our laws shall be made for
the enforcement OF human rights and
not for the protection OF those who
violate these rights? Shall We con-
tinue to be Mortified at housebreak-
ing and the picking OF ones pocket
and yet view complacently any with
out concern these million-dollar raids
upon the earnings of the entire popu-
lation? Surely We are justified in ap-
plying to the trust question the com
mandment 'ThoL shalt not steal
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Neoro UotA Dao;d.I Il

Negro Vote Decided It,
Marion county voted wet" Tuesday
by majority of 40 votes. The negro
vote was the deciding factor in the
election, it being heavily wet-Holmes
County Advertiser.
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SPEECH
Continued From First Paae)
Government as Collector.

read "Thou shalt not steal on small
scale"
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ceive his mileage to FL PasO and re-
turn, or not.
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Sheriff Wants Mileage
for Going After Warn

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