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The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Boost the Ball Boys.


By law We took from the young men
the privilege of the saloon, and by
law We prohibit those under their ma
Jority from playing pool or billiards,
all of which was correct, and which
they are abiding by with little or no
regret or comment We claimed and
We believe it was oUr duty to remove
any evil influence that might tend to
lower our boys morals or divert them
from the path OF TectitUde. but We
also believe 1t to be our duty TO lend
every possible support to any and all
amusements that are of an innocent
nature
Our young men nave organized A
baseball club. and with a little prac-
tiCe will be able to hold their own
with any amateur team in the state,
provided they are given any encouT-
asement by the citizens. There is no
sport INDUCED in today as deaIthy,
as free from evil results as basel ball,
and We should. as citizens, do every
thing in our power to encourage our
team. if in no other way than by pur-
chasing a ticket to the game which
only costs twenty-five cents, for
which everyone viii consider them
selves repaid after witnessing such a
game aS they put up
Help the boys win the pCunant We
will all feel better and be none the
poOTer--kissimmec Valley Gazette
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Making SYRUP

Making syrup
Another chance is to be given to
the people of Florida to make syrup
ou- of the most excellent sugar cane
which they so easily produce An eS-
tabliSnment Is 10 be fixed and fitted
up in Jacksonville for the treatment
of the native syrup in which they
will be blended and treated and re
fined into a first class article II Is
presumed the concern will buy at q
fair price all that IS offered. and the
question Is. whether il viii get
enough raw material to keep II run
ming. Let us hope the small farmers
of the state who can raise an acre
or two OF more of cane will get busy
and produce the stuff. Ii would he
easy for a couple of thousand farm
ers to supply two TO five thousand gal
! Ions each. which would make a very
/ large output and bring in much money
J to the state
As is done in the sugar beet dis
| tricts of the north. il ought to De
easy TO secure from the railroads a
cheap commodity rate fer the raw
syrup, so that il could be collect ed
| from every farmer within a radius
OF Z hundred miles and the expert
ment fully tried. II 1t is successful
as it may well be. 1t will be easy
enough 10 put up other establishments
/ in suitable locations and make OF
| Florida the most successful syrup
| producing state in the Union. If 4
standing price is offered for unlimited
quantities of the produce direct from
/ the farm there is little doubt IL viii
| be foTthcoming--Tampa Times.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
.BALK At The SHEATH GOWN
Lloyds at Last Afraid to Take an
Insurance Risk.
Refuse to Guarantee sale of Ger
tain Number Out of n New
York Importation.

New York Aug L-SOmethlng has al
last been found on which ILoyds refuses
TO write risk Il Is the Directoire. or
sheath. gown Although everybody is Will
ing 70 twist his neck out OF joint 70 see
one. and thousands OF women are anxious
20 wear them. including those who are
afraid. the British concern viii not IN
sure their popularity
BI0omingdale Brothers sought 20 OBJ
tain $1,000 insurance against loss on a
consignment OF Directoire gowns They
wanted Lloyds 10 insure the sale OF e
certain number by a certain time, but
LI0yds decided the caprices Of women
were beyond them
1t IS true" said IsidO- Lain. Of 20s
Broadway who places insurance for the
BIoominEdale frm. that 7 tried TO get
a policy q s109G0 from the agent Of the
London LI0yds against loss on a con
signment Of these sheath skirts OF DIrec-
toire gowns. and failed 70 get It We had
been after the Insurance for some time.
and when a decision was finally asked
We had 20 say We could not place the
risk. II is the first time I ever heard Of
Lloyds turning down any proposition. Il
simply shows that an American firm has
found that after all LIOyds VIII not IN
sure against everything under the sun.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
Russen for Ecuador.

". W. Russell, the former American
Minister to Venezuela, was in town last
week, for the purpose OF obtaining ad-
vices from the Department OF State re-
garding his new appointment as commits
sioner TO the exposition at Quito. which
VIII be held there next year. Mr Russell
relinquished his duties at Caracas. which
under the fiery Castro IS no longer the
Little Paris Of Blanco's and Andrade's s
days. without regret, and assumes his
new duties with some enthusiasm. for
Ecuador is one Of the most interesting
countries in South America. and prom
ises one day to be one OF the most i'm
portant Much IS hoped from the coming
exposition. which viii make its resources.
It's natural advantages. and its people
more widely known than they have yet
been. and which will at the same time
serve to awaken Ecuador IN much the
same way that the exposition Of 1876
awakened the United States. The Jesufts
are responsible for the civiIizing Of Ecua-
dor. and nowhere have they worked more
sanely or to better purpose They have
established a university at Quito and an
institute OF sciences with three faculties
and library OF 1000 volumes The pub
lie buildings at the capital are handsomeT
and more magnificent than one would ex-
pect in such an unpretentious state. and
the cathedral. with its great dome OF
green tile. and the aTchbishOp's palace are
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02

disconsolate. with his trousers torn on ze
ozzer- place Zat bull had no madness in
him; he had no hydroDhobia. he was
merely irritated by ze red necktie Of ze
young monsieur; zat ees all Monsieur
EinsJein did not catch ze bull with ze net
and transport him 70 ze place where ne
put our colleagues 10 sleep forever"
Rabies a Debated Disease
IN spite OF all the work that has been
done on rabies says Dr George H
Hart, assistant in pathology and bacteri-
ology OF the Agricultural Department. IN
his report on Rabies and It's Increasing
Prevalence there are stlil many per
sons. including some medical men. who
are skeptical regarding or absolutely dis
believe the existence OF this disease. Some
physicians say that they have been prac-
ticing fifteen. twenty. OF thirty years and
have never seen a case. Others
have advanced the statement that IN
Constantinople. where there are more
dogs than in any other place Of equal
area in the world. rabies is unknown
. The mere fact that dog infiicts a
bite on human being does not by any
means prove that he has rabies. This is
the dogs only means Of defense, and he
bites instintiveiy when harmed When
the dog has been killed at once and sent
10 the laboratory. an examination Is
made for the microscopic evidence Of "a
bies, which often IS not found. as IN
many such cases the dog is not affected
with rabies"
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
THE WEST WIND.
what Il and n Little Drop In Ten.
perature Did for the People.


Silence in the block. dead silence Not
that its deserted-far from It, look out
and you see the stoops along all fuu Of
people But there's nobody talking. no
body laughing; they are Just sitting out
here in the dark OF the evening. some
tanning themselves. but most OF them
motionIess. and all silent And why is
this thuse
II IS because the Thermometer is I50
more or less. and the humidity about Loco.
the hottest and the stlckiest summer night
that ever was known. or that seems 10 be
50. anyway. and any motion or speech
or song would only add TO the peoples
misery, and so they sit there silently.
trying vainly 10 set cool; with everybody
out. the whole block IS still
Then along this silent. speechIess. peo-
pied. but Hfeiess block comes a breath OF
west wind. just a breath. but a breath
how grateful. for it has life reviving
vigor in It. and everybody. everybody.
feels II, in every fiber. but nobody moves.
nor does anybody talk or laugh OF sing.
for it may be only a breath. to be gone
IN a moment. with the heat and the hu-
midity then TO seem more sitting: and 50
the people sit and wait. stiu silent
But it keeps coming that ufe-gfving
west wind. steadily coming. and making
people sit up with a new Joy in life. the
whole world takes on different aspect.
The humidity. the clinging. dlscomf0rting
cebilitating humidity sinks away, the
temperature falls, the west wind brings
a revivifyIng. an eisctrifying, a Joyous
strength and II keeps coming now. with
new life in every breath; and now
HaG an hour ago the block. full OF
people on every stOOp. was duh and life
less and silent and miserable; now there
IS hum everywhere, OF people talking
and laughing. finding a great JOY in just
living. all due TO the llfe-giving, bracing
west wind and a little drop IN the tenn
perature-
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
birthday of Queen Emma.

To-day is the fftieth birthday OF Queen
Emma, mother Of Queen Wnhelmina.
and Dowager Queen OF Holland. who less
than decade ago. as regent for her
daughter. was constantly IN the public
eye. but whose name to-day is rarely
spoken outside OF her own kingdom and
seldom appears IN the public prints: yet
she IS no less the clever. intelligent, and
resourceful woman who administered
the affairs Of Holland so capably during
her daughters minority. and who reared
that daughter 10 be every inch a Queen. -
as well as charming and lovable woman.
! Queen Emma was very strict in the
bringing up of Hollands future ruler.
and when little wilhelmins vas still in
the nursery II was thought by some Of
her royal relatives that her mother was
almost too severe with the young Queen.
but no influence served 70 change her
views OF abate her methods.
| The coming Queen Of Holland was
| treated very much as any weIl-born child
would be treated by parents who had
her future welfare and usefulness at
heart She was well taught. well disci-
| plined. and well punished when there
was need OF punishment. Just as other
/ little girls Of her age. What the Queen
mother especially insisted upon. and too
much credit cannot be given her for this.
was a proper attitude toward servitors
and interiors Once. before she was yet
I in her teens. the little Wlhelmina de
/ manded a glass Of water. She did not ask
I for f. but peremptoriiy ordered it from
I one Of the attendants. The Queen in
/ formed her that she could not have the
water until she had asked for IL po-
ltely and said please. The daughter
showed a BIT Of temper. She was Queen.
she insisted: why should she say please
The Queen mother. however. stood her
| ground; WIhelmina was thirsty so she
l finally succumbed TO the existing authori-
! ty and gracefully asked for the water.
/ Queen Emma IS a princess Of WaldecE-
I PrymOnt. and her brother Friedrich is
now the reigning prince of that little
I state, which, however. has been under
Prussian control since 1867. His other
! sisters are the widowed Duchess of Al
bany. Of Great Britain. and Princess Won
Erba ach-Schonberg.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
KING EDWARD A BUSY MAN.
But the Kaiser Spends More Time
Than lie Does in Dressing.

ASoCF IN DEEeeAAA -
Even Theodore the much occupied is a
person OF leisure compared with Edward
VII The London correspondent OF Town
and Country reports the contents Of a
note from one Of the Kings eQuerries
stating that his mafesty's engagements
do not warrant him IN the disposal Of a
single hour before September.- And the
note was written early in June
According TO the correspondent King
Edward puts in more time at real work
than the Emperor OF Germany does, for
fully quarter Of the Emperor-s time IS
occupied in his dressing-roon- The King
seldom changes his clothes more than
three times a day. morning. afternoon,
and evening. whereas the Kaiser has be
come a veritable FregoH in the manner
OF donning and dofing his costumes
The first thing in the morning he is up
in the greenish riding costume Of a Ger
man lager. A hard hours riding brings
him back TO his bath. from which he
comes adorned in a plain morning COS
tune made for business purposes. An
hour OF two IN this mOnOton0Us garb
fully fits the Emperor for something more
elaborate. and L there Is no reception on
he appears in the undress Uniform Of the
Guards.
This carries him Until luncheon time.
after which there are some 800 uniforms
TO select from, and as the Kaiser usually
has two OF three functions Of some sort
to perform. he makes Use OF his vast
wardrobe regularly and in proper rota-
ton It is in the evening that the Kaiser
IS less brilliant.
He makes but a poor show IN evening
dress. IN fact. as a civilian he IS not a
success His frOck coats. according 20
the discerning editor OF the Tailor and
Cutter. a sartorial expert, hang loosely
and in a most undistinguished manner.
and his evening dress waistcoasts are
things only 20 be worn by German renters
and French mayors.
There Is only one fortress during all
these years that King Edward has not
been able to capture. and that IS the stern
determination OF public opinion TO resist
with all its might the encroachment OF
the tail white hat Every season for
years. both as King and Prince Of Wales
he has attempted to lead the nation into
the realms OF white hatdOm but this IS
the one thing wherein the people viii not
follow their sovereign.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
LARGE CATCH OF MACKRREL
Fishermen Make Big Profits in Nova
Scotia.
Shortage of Barrels Reported. and
supply of salt FOR Curing
Running Low.

Fishermen who ply their trade IN the
waters Of Nova Scotia are making a
phenomenal catch Of mackereI this year
The catch, according 10 Consul David F.
Wilbur, Of Halifax. has broken all pre-
vious records. Writing 90 his superiors
in Washington. ne says
50 prolonged has been the catch 50
far this season that II puzzles the fisher
men 70 handle it. The supply Of barrels
being low. fishermen are preparing 10
pack the mackereI in puncheons. boxes.
old boats. or anything else they can find.
Other than the shortage OF barrels, the
only drawback is in the supply Of salt.
which is running low in many Of the
/ ports along the coast Rush orders are
being sent for a sufficient supply Old
fishermen state that never before in their
| recollection have the nackereI been 50
numerous as they are at the present time
along the coast, and with the fine weather
they are reaping a great harvest
''Lurenburg. Nova Scotia. IS claiming
10 be rival OF Gloucester. Mass. as the
port handling the most fish in North
America During the week ended June S
reports are available for nineteen vessels
Of the Lunenburg fishing feet. which
shows that these vessels caught I5.151
QUintals. Of IL pounds each. Of fish which
were worth at that time $3.50 a quintaI.
representing a harvest OF SsS. .f75. an aver
age for the week for each vessel en-
gagged of about so quintals. or $500
The macke-eI catch OF Guysboro. Nova
! Scotia. this season has been the largest
n the last twenty years. Here IL is not
uncommon for one man 20 catch from
/ 100 70 lSl0 mackereI in his nets. some
/ times making as high as 900 a day.
AT Rlverport- Nova Scotia. the catch
/ IS also far above the average Reports
( from fourteen schoOners fishing OF the
I banks show that they have caught 1881
quintals OF 112 pounds each. valued at
$3.50, an average Of over Ss.O00 for each
vessel
The mackereI are first rough-dressed
E on the vessel from which they are caught.
I then sold and landed and put through an
Z other process Of dressing being more
/ carefully prepared and put down IN salt
Z brine IN barrels OF 20 pounds each. con
I tanning from 10 20 800 rnacke7eI each.
/ according TO the size. These sell at whole
/ sale here from so 10 S12 a barrel. and are
] shipped principally TO Boston and New
I York and the cheaper grades TO the West
] Indies.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02

coat Of subdued color. in fact. the effigy
Of Friend Of the early days OF the
nineteenth century: but the Mr. True
blood OF to-day. who IS a delegate TO the
seventeenth congress organized by the
Society Of Friends. now in session IN
London. is as unlike this picture as pos
si5le. Benevolent he Is, to be sure, but
mere the likeness ceases. He might be
successful business man and a high
church Anglican. as far as appearances
go AS a matter Of fact, he IS a preach
er. a pedagozue. and an ardent Quaker.
particularly interested in furthering the
cause OF universal peace. to which he has
given all OF the time al his disposal since
he reached manhood. He Is the editor Of
the Advocate OF Peace, has made several
trips abroad in the interest OF interua-
tional arbitration. and both lectUred and
written vOluminously on the subject
Among his best-known works are his
The Federation of the World and a
translation OF Kant's famous 'Zun
Ewigen Frieden."
Mr.. Trueblood's colleague on his present
mission is Edwin Doak Mead. who IS well
known as the editor Of the New England
Magazine. who has been almost as active
In his efforts for universal peace as has
Mr. TrueblOod- He was a delegate 10 the
Peace Congresses OF Glasgow. Rouen.
Lucefne. and Munich. and CHAIRMAN OF
the International Peace Congress which
met in Boston in 1894 Mr. Mead is a
native Of the Granite State and was farm
bred. graduating from this university to
clerical life in Boston IN the employ OF
TicknOT * Fields This connection. no
doubt, inspired him with literary ambi-
tons, for he soon began a course Of reg
ular study. and later went on abroad.
where he pursued advanced courses In
the English and German universities.
with the result that he Is one Of the most
erudite men OF the day IN certain sub
jeCts. His Martin Luther-A study of
the Reformation. is regarded as a stand
ard work on this subject and his '-Philos-
ophy OF Carlyle and The Roman
/ Church and the Public Schools are
widely quoted His wife who was Lucia
True Anes. IS also a peace enthusiast and
7 IS both lecturer and prolific writer on
International Arbitration. and. with her
I husband. has been a delegate to a num-
Der OF the peace congresses. Il IS pleas
ant 10 know that America Is represented
at the present Peace Congress by such
| eminent men as Mr.. TTUeblood and Mr..
I Mead. FOR not infreQuently the dele
gates We send abroad 20 the international
congresses fail far below the standard Of
the men with whom they are thrown and
the reputation OF the country suffers IN
consequence The president OF the Lon
don Congress IS the Right Rev John
Williams Digs. Bishop OF Carlisle. who
was a classuate Of the late Lord Ran
dolph Churchill az Oxford
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
UNREQTITED.

Frun ont the sylvan wood she came.
A nsiad born q simple g-ace.
A rose within her Titan hair.
Twin roscbH1ds in her glowing face.
Upun the rls.ic bridge she stood
And watched the uziunoEs II the stream
A bit q dainty inlzrgy.
A pe-fecr poem and Z drezni
All IonE she stood as ore Eho loves
The biessiugs Of the simple He
A bCauteous queen q suppie form.
A lovely being for xifei
But I stood IN raptrued gaze.
Half drank within the necfare5 wood.
step adoqrn the rustic path
Quite changed her hstless attitude!
And next sunburned youth sppesred
With sleeves roilcd up. IN sumner clothes
Within his Eps a cigarette.
And many freckles On his nosei
He czsght the naiad By the waist
And squeezed her like a sriEIiy bear.
And or Der lips he sucked kiss
That spoiled ny hour Of dreaming theTsi
Al you who dream BESIDE the stream
He1zre q naiads Have care
Too on arluities % -z=ks
They wait n trystinE dreamland there.
Ftfl OF a rrzn nay waste his tine
Ry gazing a. dream In white.
t. find some skate has cur1ed the r-ize
Asnd cones 70 ''buss' her II the night
byron MillisnS
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
CHANGE CANADA HOLIDAY.
Why IN Future the Dominion Ha.
Monday Thanksgiving"


Monday "ThankSgivinE.-
From the Montreal Star.
The p-emier's announcement that
Thanksgiving Day will be fixed for a
Monday instead Of Thursday. as has been
the custom from time immeGoriaI. viii
be welcome news 20 the thousands OF
Canadians who VIII thus be enabled to
make the Thanksgiving a home festival
The change has been made at the re-
quest OF the Commercial Travellers Asso-
citation. backed by a section OF the press
and 1t is not difficult to believe that the
army OF commercial travellers would pre-
fer 70 eat their Thanksgiving dinners at
home rather than amid the chill gloom OF
a strange hotel on holiday
But the benefit will not be confined to
the commercial travellers by any means.
There are thousands Of students who will
be able to get home for a Monday Thanks
giving who could not break in on the
week for a Thursday festival Then there
are a great number OF other young peo-
ple-young men. young women. and
young married couples-who are making
their fight in the town OF city and who
VIII now feel free TO spend this extend
ed week end at home with the old folks
and eat their Thanksgiving turkey once
more under the familiar roof tree. Nor
viii the religious feature OF the day be
less observed. for many OF these home
flying birds viii feel It a rare delight
to attend service again in the old church
possibly on the Sundsy-and sit with
their own people in the accustomed pew.
This is the second reform which has
been worked in the date OF the Thanks
giving festival which we have had the
qualification Of pressing on the goverls-
cold, gray days Of late November to the
bright weather Of October. thus making q
Thanksgiving real harvest home and a
Joyous holiday which could be spent in
the fields for whose yield we were to
give thanks.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
ORIGIN OF COURTs-MARTIAL.
Began in English Navy in 1741 Be-
cnure Of MutEny.

Began IN EnEllAn AaNE IN
cause of AIutiny.
The custom Of holding courts martial
in the navies Of the world after every
case Of shipwrecs has a curious origin
In 1Tn an English warship. the Wager
one OF Commodore AnsOn's vessels. was
wrecked on the coast OF Chile. most OF the
crew being saved. The men and some OF
the Junior officers held that they were
no longer amenable to discipline. because
their pay ceased with the wreck; but the
captain. whose name was Davy Cheap.
differed, treated them as mutineers, and
shot one Of his midshipmen.
He was then dePOsed, and most Of the
crew made OF in three Of the boats
Later, when It was proposed TO proceed
against the sO-calIed mutineers. the law
officers Of the crown decided that the
men had been correct in their view
This discovery led 70 the framing OF
section 81 OF the articles Of war, which
provides that IN case Of shipwreck, de-
struction OF capture by the enemy a snip
has to be deemed to remain IN conlmis-
sion pending inquiry into the circurn-
stances by a court-martial.