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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-02

The above telegram was semi yas-
terday morning by Mayor Goodman
10 Secretary OF War Taft when he
learned from The Journal of The So
rotary $ intention 10 land at Pensl-
| Goa upon his return rom Panama
where he has gone on business reIar-
ing 10 the Panama canal. /, Wa
sent In time to reach Mr. Tat before
MS departure on the Prairie from Say
annah
10 Return May 90.
IL Is possible that the secretary
VIII return by May %. and when he
arrives he viii be Welcomed nv \
de.eSaton from the Chamber of Com
merce and city. He is accompanicd
on the trip by Richard r. Rogers. gen
eIaI counsel OF the canal commission:
wendell W. Mischief. his stenoara-
pher. and a messenger.
Secretary Taft has been i'm Pensa-
cola on previous occa sions. He paid a
visit TO Pensacola about four years
ago, and later embarked from this
place on his first trip to the canal
zone. On both occasions he was en-
tertained by the citizens and smoke
pleasing words OF fhe city and harbor
His Mission.
i' SUES 10 GhnHUl1 At
suggestion of the presideDt In ip,,as
%Sate several important u3estions
t1DI with the construction Of
me Fanama canal and the relatibns
p t me United States and the
ePuolic or Panama. and also the bor,,
dary dispute between Panama an
Colombia MD anu
The Prairie viii have on board ,
idfse araft OF bluejackets. who are 10
JOIN the Atlantic fleet at San Fran.
iSco on the transpacific cruise rbaso
men VIII be sent overland TO Panama
"hefe they will he taken aboard tbe
cruiser Buffalo.
AIier ScharSing these men the
Prahle viii be at the disposal of Seq
'etary Taft, and viii bring him back
% the United States by route TO
10 selected by him. 50 that if is ms
iole the secretary may find it expe-
iIenI 10 FlS-' San Juan and Havana
'r both, on his way back TO The
nited States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-02
Broward and Lamar Talk
Fisticuits, But No Dam
age is Done.
STOCKTON AND BROWNE ALSO
CAME NEAR GETTING ToGETH-
Err" AND BYSTANDERS INTER
FERE TO PREVENT PERSONAL
DlFFICULTY-SOU FLORIDA
GETTING WARM.

The following special to the Tampa
Tribune indicates that both the sena-
torial and the gUbernatoriaI fight is
warm ING up in South Florida:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-02

Continued on Page Three.J
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-02

To reach all Of the peo=
pie, use both the DAILY
and the WEEKLY JOUR-
NAL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-02

GcAntInu.s "a S.~Ana 0aA>A
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

did you think us as soft as that? We
were all brought up in the country, re-
member"
Eyes, it's q grasshopper and a
humping big one,' said Jones as n
cllncher.
Mr.. Bowser turned seven different
eolors in seven seconds. His first idea
was to order the men outdoors, but he
saw It wouldn't do. They looked ut
him and noticed his perturbation. and
Green said:
Perhaps you are not feeling very
gay this evening, Bowser?"
"N-no."
That's plain TO be seen, and Wen
come In tomorrow night. Come, boys"
And when they had gone Mr.. Bowser
went downstairs and got the AK and
brought 1t up. Then he took off his
coat and vest, spat on his hands, seized
the instrument of death, and after one
awful blow the cricket was no more.
Then he went up to bed, and good Mrs.
Bowser never let him see the smile on
her face. NJ. QUAD.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

10 see tT.e woru.
"Of all people the farmer understands
the tramp the best, except in one thing.
he can't understand why Weary VIII
lie doesn't want TO buy n farm and
settle down. The farmer always has
some chores to do. He most always
seats the tramp at the family table.
lie often gives him good bed. II he
was ever afraid of him 1t was years
and years ago. After supper the tramp
feels that 1t Is up TO him TO entertain
the household. He sits down with It
and can be mighty interesting with
out the longbow. He can tell Of ar
rests, escapes, jails. police. and so on.
He can tell OF Niagara falls, public
buildings, CONGREGATIONS, the noun
tains and big trees OF California. and
what not. I've been delighted lls-
tener scores of times myself.
IF tramp has had his fill of tramp
Ing for the nonce he'll turn to and
work for month; if not, It's no use
TO try to detain him. The call of the
road Is as strong as the call OF the
wild. The farmer understands this and
plans accordingly. The tramp may
take a few apples or turnips from him
and Mt long intervals chicken, but
next time he comes along he may turn
in and work like beaver to save the
hay or wheat crop. AS for what we
call gratitude, the tramp has got his
full share of It.
Therefore, my friend" continued
the dilapidated as he knocked the
ash from his pipe and pocketed II.
when next you read that q tramp
did IT. just make up your mind that
the lop shouldered reporter is mixing
his dogs and cats all up together and
doesn't know his trade. There are
buns, there are loafers, there are hood
lums and there are-yours truly
tramps" NJ. QUAD.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

tramped this country from END 10 end
three different times. and yet I'm nery.
Gus to go over the old roads again.
How many drunken tramps did you
ever see? I'm not talking about the
corner buns, but about tramps. I'll
wager that you never saw three the
worse for liquor. Your professional Is
not a drunkard. He has no more taste
for liquor than the average citizen and
far fewer opportunities TO crafty It.
When you hear Of half dozen tramps
being gathered In on a raid 1t means
half dozen men who have not left
the city for years-free lunch flends
and corner loafers.
"As for lazy tramps. never met one
I've met them working by the month,
the week and the day. and I've met
them working for a meal. They are al
ways willing to pay their way. They
expect TO render quid pro quo. AS n
rule, when working for hand-out
meal their labor is worth more than
the food.
And about robberles in suburb or
country. Not one time In hundred Is
1t the tramp. It's the hoodum. IT'S
the chaps who know where they can
sell their plumber. The tramp knows
OF no one to buy. even If he should
accumulate plunder. They call the fel-
lows on the park benches tramps. They
call the sleepers in doorways tramps.
They are OF their bases. They are
city buns, pure and simple.
10 Not Vicious.
"Why should tramp he more vi.
cious than the average man? lie isn't.
There's nothing to make him vicious.
He Is having'a fairly happy time OF 1t
and Is willing to live aud let live.
have arrived IN village after village,
minding my own business and respect.
full TO all. and yet was set upon by the
town bully. II he got what he de-
served then was arrested as q VI
cious tramp. The buns and loafers are
In class by themselves. and the
tramp wants nothing to do with them.
zone of the funny things of the road
Is tramp reform. It's been tried on me
n hundred times. Say knock at the
door OF house in a village and ask
for a bite 70 eat. The woman or girl
goes away for Instructions. aud man
appears. 1t may be the minister or
one OF the deacons. ! am invited in.
| am requested to tell my story, be.
back when was eight years
smoking. drinking, chewing ly-
Ing, going to the circus and fifty other
things. | am told that society is ready
to receive me. am to be aided to
climb ladder Then am prayed with
and turned out into the night as hun.
cry as wolf Why. that man fairly
encourages me 10 steal his own chick
ems. Not a nickel. not a crust. but
must subslst on reform
Il have never struck n Village yet In
which there wasn't need Of moral re
form, aud yet they wait for me to come
along and then shove Il under my nose,
] have no VIE T. beat no children to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26
BOWSER A SCIENTIST.
He Gets Crickets and Grasshop.
pers Mixed Up a Bit.
HIS DEAL WITH A FARMER.

Thought Singing insect on His Hearth
I" Would Do the Trick In Frightening
His Home on Rainy Evsninss--uses
AK on Bug.
tcopyright, 1905. by T. c. McClure.l
Not by the slightest sign or token did
Mr. Bowser betray the fact when he
came home to dinner the other evening
that he lad anything of unusual impor-
tance on hand. 1t was only after din
ner that he took a small pasteboard
box from his pocket and said:
Mrs. Bowser, do you know what
our home has lacked for many years
pastY'
Yes; It has lacked furniture" she
replied.
"Uml You can't speak without get
ting or something sarcastic, can you?
There has been something lacking to
make It home. / have felt II, and it
you were a different kind of woman
you would also have noticed it. As for
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

cuff, no desire 10 hang around sa
looms. am innocent of theft. worked
for my last meal. aud there are no
chicken feathers on my clothes. And
yet because ! am dDapidated gen
tleman ! am supposed to be In dlro
need of reformation. have had wo.
men cry over me and exact promise
that | would strive TO become prcsi.
dent of the United States when their
own husbands were town loafers and
drunk half the time.
For the crime OF stealing three sour
apples off tree IN Indiana | was ar
rested. The constable hadn't done an
honest days work in Ave years. The
justice before whom | was arraigned
had been charged with exacting illegal
fees. The jailer to who~c care was
consigned was biiALl.., G... bad who
beat his wife. | happened TO he the
only prisoner In the jail for the first
fifteen days. and the reformers swarm
ed In on me. | had bed not lit for
hog, but they didn't change 1t. The
place was alive with vermin, but no
body sent in stuff TO kill them off. |
hadn't half enough to eat, but no more
was offered me. What they did offer
was prayers and advice, and because
got sulky and wouldn't sing Nearer.
My God. to Thee the jaler starved me
for two days. | was looked upon as
the worst desperate the town had ever
known.
II can't remember when have lied.
As a matter of fact, have nothing TO
lie about. The merchant and his
clerks lie every day. All last summer
my steallngs amounted to perhaps
dollars worth of fruit and vegetables.
There are thousand so called respect
able men who are grating the average
city out of hundreds every day In the
year. l may get glass Of beer week.
The average man, If he likes it, may
get three day. swear. So do fifteen
men out of twenty. | smoke. SO do
tens OF thousands OF others. But be-
cause I'm dilapidated gentleman I'm
set down as very bad and In need OF
all the moral influence that can be
brought to bear. That's the difference
between tweedledee and tweedledum.
you see.
Public Fooled Again.
There's general option that the
tramp is ignorant That's where the
public Is fooled again. never met one
In all my wanderings. unless he was
foreigner and only over little time,
that wouldn't pass muster with the
better class Of mechanics. and some
were graduates. At campfire with
six or seven average tramps about IL
you'd have hard work TO find one who
isn't up In orthography, mathematics.
history, and so on. I've found plenty
up in Biblical events. ancient history
and scientific questions. Why notf
The tramp Is tramp simply because
he was born restless. That spirit
would have given him the Injuries OF
travel If he had been rich. AS he didn't
happen TO be he had to so on the tramr
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26
Mean Of Her.

"Boohoo! Ter think my own mother
d go an play me such d low down
measly trickw lSN
What she done. Arabelia?'
made me take care OF de Kids while
she chased OF TO a mothers meetin'r"
st Louls Post Dispatch
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

Professor SchiapareT ~ ,ead Of
the Italian e-'r""'ition ii EFT
Is h-'-.iltf lc-IAay in his inyestf-
cations Of the metropolis of Azlnt.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

tramp, and so on. 1t contains two
items about robberies In the suburbs
and says they were undoubtedly com
mitted by tramps. Millions OF men
and women talk about tramps as glib.
ly as you please, and yet not one in a
thousand knows tramp for what he
Is. The police don't The judges don't.
"You will find many book In which
the author says he went to sea because
IL was In his blood. He was born a
wanderers nomad. No one ever criti-
cises him for 1t. It's only when you
come to the nomad of the land where
they call him the tramp that can see
no good In hlul. The only real differ
enee Is that one wanders the sea and
the other the highways. They are rest
less instead of Vicious spirits I'Ye
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

A------------~----
woman, THIS IS TOO MUcH-Too MUcH!'
the furniture, it's good enough, and If
you see any new In the next ten years
you'll be lucky"
"We've got coffee mill, an ax, a
hammer, cat and gimlet," she said
after moments thought, land / can't
think Of anything else"
But when we sit here of an even
Ing, you and l, and the house is quiet
and we are thinking of days gone by,
what do we missT
"You don't mean the yeowl Of catsY"
y 'No, nor the yells of loafers. Mrs.
Bowser, haven't you got red cents
worth OF sentiment In your makeup"
"Of course have, but why don't you
tell me what you are trying to get at?
Has 1t anything to do with that box?
1T has all to do. The other rainy
evening when we sat here by ourselves
1 noticed how unnaturally still the
house was. The stiffness got on to my
nerves-no cat purring on the hearth,
no rats gnawing in the partitions, no
mice squealing, just the drip Of the
rain and the solemn tick Of the clock
l looked at you, and you seemed to
have suddenly grown ten years older"
Thanks, Mr.. Bowser. was proba-
bly, wondering how TO get 80 cents out
of you for a new pair of stockings"
Suddenly it struck me that what
missed was the song of q cricket The
song that would have brought cheer tn
h.~
made up my mind that the want should
be supplied as soon as possible"
And you've got a cricket In that
boxg''
q II have. A farmer brought It in to
me today, and gave up a dollar for
It, am now going to put him down
on the hearth and let him find his
home, and within ten minutes he'll be
singing in way to rejoice your heart
There he goes"
And you call that a cricket" ejac.
ulated Mrs. Bowser after regarding the
insect for a moment.
you don't suppose I'm idiot enough
to call IL rhinoceros, do youY
but 1t isn't a cricket at all. It's
Just big grasshopper."
''NonsenseW
But l tell you it's so. It's a big
grasshopper Look at his wings and
his long hind legs. Why, that farmer
must have taken you for child or an
idiotT
Rssents Wifs's Remarks.
Mr.. Bowser turned as white as snow
he
bristled up all over and rose up and
said:
Woman. this is too much-too
,muchp
yes; too much grasshopper"
"But it's not grasshopperw he
shouted at the top of his voice
r .rft certainly is, and any man whn
ever lived in the country VIII tell YOU
so. III prove II by the encyclopedia
We needn't quarrel over It. but tina
farmer certainly sold you a grassbop
per. Sing! Why. he'll never sing any
more than n piece OF putty! He can't
isn't built that way. He's built for
jumping"
q"fIave you quite finishedi" asked
air, Bowser In tones so quiet that they
WIRE ominous.
.t's.ss'''Yes. suppose So"
s.8fThen let me remark that this Is o
cflcket 1t is a singing cricket. He
viii sing when he gets good and ready
NE viii sing for me. and you will b,
entirely out OF IT, In your envy and
5ealousy should you so far forget your
Keif as TO haul of and hit him swat
with the broomstick Will make your
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26
TRAMP KICKS SOME,
The DiIapidated Gentleman and
His Profession.
THINGS THAT DlSPLEASE HIM
critieises Authors and Their Writings
as to Who and What Constitute q
Hobo-TelIs Friends to Be on the
Lookout.

copyright. 1908. byT. c. Mcclure.l
"There are some things about this
tramp business that make me very
tired" said the dilapidated gentleman
as he got his pipe alight for smoke
and a talk. 81 have been reading n
newspaper here for the last hour and
have come across such expressions as
lazy tramp, vicious tramp, drunken
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26
No Kick Coming.

Hostess-How did you sleep?
Guest-Splendld The bed may be
awful and the general conditions all
wrong, but it never makes any diff
ference TO mel always sleep like a
log.-New York Life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26
An Exnlndsd rhsnru

II have heard 1t said that only in
tellectual people have hay fever"
"Oll, there's no truth IN that theory.
My husband suffers terribly with it,
Minneapolis Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26
Compelled 70 Eeonomirs.

How much IS Dustin Stax worth?"
HE doesn't know exactly. He's so
rich he doesn't feel able to AFFORD
enough expert accountants TO figure Il
Washington Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-26

heart ache II have TO live a hundred
years longer to do II. That's ALL"
Don't be AFRAID of my touching your
old grasshopper."
"My cricket, you mean"
Mrs. Bowser passed into the library
and took down volume of the ency-
clopedia and returned with II. She
found quite n space devoted to the
cricket, accompanied by an illustration,
and she asked.
docs that picture OF n cricket look
like your grasshopper:"
Madam, the case was settled FIVE
minutes ago. Please keep quiet. My
cricket has come to n strange house,
and wish him to get friendly and be-
gin to sing. In passing, may remark
that ! do not care rap for all the
encyclopedias on earth. For the first
sixteen years OF my life lived In the
country. | saw owls; saw crows; I
saw crickets; l saw grasshoppers; /
saw toads. l do not think / have de-
generated into such blooming idiot
that l cannot now tell one from the
other"
Then l had perhaps best go upstairs
and give your-your insect chance to
feel at home and begin warblIng?'
1T might be a very good idea, mad
ana very good idea. i Imagine there's
something about your voice lie doesn't
like"
Mrs. BOwser disappeared, taking the
cat with her, and Mr.. Bowser picked
the insect of the floor and began to
closely examine him. He had believed
1t cricket. TO be loyal TO himself he
must keep on believing. There were
the wings and the long legs, however.
II crickets didn't fly, and he didn't be-
lieye they did, Of what use were the
wings? The cricket, as he remembered
him, hid In the crevices OF the hearth
stone and sang songs. Then OF what
use the long legs? The farmer was
an innocent looking man, b'gosh, but
had he played a trick? Had he sold
his integrity for dollar? No! Never!
It was n cricket all right, and II was
his place to stick to 1t until death over
took him.
Came to Talk Politics.
He had just put the insect down
again and was listening intently for a
few low notes of song when the door
bell rang, and he went to answer the
call. He found Smith, Green and
Jones on the steps. They had come to
talk over ward politics with him. AS
they entered the sitting room he said:
Boys, I've got prisoner here, and
you'll have to look out and not step
on him. I've been wanting a cricket
for long time, and q farmer brought
me one today"
"Cricket on the hearth. ehi" laughed
Smith. "Ah, l see him! Say, you don't
call this cricket, do you@
"Of course l do"
Then they've got new breed since
was a boy. should call this
grasshopper"
"Sure st Is" added Green. "Bowser
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
Senator Allison Is Dead.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Aug. 4.-United
States Senator William B. Allison
died of heart failure today. The
death of Senator Allison removes
from the senate a man who for more
than a quarter of a century has been
been one of its most prominent mem.
bers. He had not been in good health
for some time and this fact gave rise
to some speculation as to whether he
would be a candidate for reelection.
Senator Allison vas q delegate to
the republican state convention in
1859, and to the national republican
convention in 1860. In 1868 he was
elected to congress and served con.
tinuously until 1871. In 1873 he was
elected United States senator from
Iowa, and represented his state until
the time of his death.
In 1881 he was offered the position
as secretary of the treasury of the
United States by President Garfield,
but declined to acceps the Office. In
1889 he again refused this Office when
offered him by President Harrison.
For the third time he refused the Office
when it was offered him by President
Mckinley in 1897.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
Violated Anti. Law.

HELENA, Aug. 5.-The first convic.
tons in Montana for violation Of the
anti.pass law were secured this morn.
ing in the federal court when Gertie
Williams of Havre was fined one
hundred dollars aud S. G. Watts of
the same place vas fined two hundred
dollars. The paid the fine.
Watts went to Jail.
Watts was employed by the Great
Northern as a brakeman. He sec.
ured a pass eastward over the road
from the officials for "Mrs. S. G..
w ats and gave it to Gertie Williams.
1t was subsequently, learned that the
woman was not Watts wife aud both
were arrested for violating the inter
state m law. They we're in.
dicted separately and then jointly or
a conspiracy charge. This last in
dictment was dismissed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
Cocaine Excluded From the Mails,

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. - Cocaine
and its derivitives will hereafter be
disbarred from the United States
mails. So general has become the
illegitimate use of this drug that the
p~ostofice department has felt called
upon to use its power to check the
distribution of cocaine over the coun.
try. 1t ia realized that the refusal to
permit shipment of cocaine through
the mails will not entirely put q stop
to the cocaine habit, but it will tend
to lessen the amount available in some
quarters, and to that extent the de-
partment feels it should go.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
AN effective SERMON.
Trumpet Blast That Drove the People
to Repentance.

Old Peter Cartwright was a famous
preacher and circuit rider many years
ago.
The eXhorter was holding a camp
meeting in Ohio. There was a great
number of campers on the field, and
the eccentric speaker addressed vast
~concourses at every service. but he
thought too few were being converted.
He felt that something should be done
to stir the sinners to repentance, so
he prepared a strong sermon on the
| second coming Of Christ. He told how
| the world would 80 on in its sin and
wickedness and at last Gabriel would
sound his trumpet and time would
| come to an end. He described the
horrors Of the lost and the joys Of
| those who were saved. The sermon
grew in intensity, and he brought his
people up to a grand climax, when sud-
denly the sound of a trumpet smote
the ears of the anxious throng.
There was a great sensation, and
many fell upon their knees in terror
and began to repent and pray. Women
screamed and strong men groaned.
Pandemonium was let loose for a few
minutes. After the terror had some.
what ceased the preacher called to q
man up a tree, and he descended with
a long tin horn in his hand. The
speaker then turned in fierce wrath
and %upbraided the people. He cried
out in stentorian tones that, II a mar
with a tin horn up a tree could
brighten them SO, how would it be II
the last great end when Gabriel''
trumpet sounded the knell Of the world
The sermon had a great effect upo1
the vast audience, and many hundred:
hocked to the front and were con
verted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
Home Of The Corncob Pipe.

Franklin county, Mo-, is the birth
place Of the "Missouri meerschaum,'
as those persons who desire to give it
a more ar%istocratic name have chris
tened the corncob pipe. OF corncob
pipes during the year 1907, the county
exported > ,60S, ass. Besides these,
she sem out $4,000 pipestems, 29,S0S
cleaners and los, 902 wooden pipes,
in value more than half as much AZ
was realized from either her live
stock OF her grain expectations.
Gasconade county shipped cob pipes
to the number of 1856, $40, valued a
s26, $50, aud showing . total shipmen,
for the two counties OF "a, 466 ,l2S suct
| pipes.