The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-04


auan. with offices in a Chestnut street
building. came downtown the other
day and discovered that he had left his
keys at home The superintendent OF
the building let the absentminded man
into his office, but he was still as bad
of as ever He could not get into his
desk or at his safe, He pondered lit
tie while over his dilemma; then he
decided to return home for the keys
Why not send Z messenger boy after
the keyS?" was the thought that struck
him, but that was Immediately put out
of the question by another thought 20
the effect that the bow would not be
able TO get in the hoLse in case the
abseRtminded mans wife had left
home. That's right; I must so my
self" decided the troubled man, and
home he went, arriving at the very
door OF his house before it dawned
upon him that he without his keys was
as bad of as a messenger boy, and the
poor mans wife had gone out all right
"Oh, hang it anyway" said the absent
minded man, II ought TO have tele-
phoned her to wait for me- Why
didn't do that? Well. | viii so right
back to the Office and phone" And he
did. He phoned and phoned for some
time before he could understand why
his wife did not answer; then he gave
up work for the ay.-Philadelphia
Record.
Diving For Fish.
4 unique method of fishing Is en-
ployed by natives along the Panlaung
river Two dugout boats are employed
about thirty feet long. with two men
with long poles. one in the bow, the
other at the stern punting the boat
along. They stretch a long rope made
of bamboo and plated grass about Il
hundred yards long and weighted about
every ten yards with big stones. This
they let down into the water. and the
fish are frightened toward the bank.
The divers then jump in three at a
time, remaining down about twenty
seconds. They carry gaffs about eight
cen inches long and fishhooks with
cords attached. When they strike a
fish they let go the gaff. and the fish is
hauled up in the boat. a big FIRE Is
lighted on the river bank. and the men
warm themselves before it when not
diving.-Rangoon Gazette.
The Scotch Juror.
In Scotland in a civil case Jurymen
get 10 shiIIings a day for their serv-
ices, and the litigants must in addition
provide them with lunch If two cases
are tried consecutively on one day and
the same jurymen otficiate, they get
10 shillings for each case. But the
most important difference between an
English and a Scottish jury is this.
An English jury when returning their
verdict must be unanimous, and IL
they fail to agree after certain length
of time they are dismissed, and the
whole proceedings are begun again dc
novo before a fresh jury. This is
most expensive mode Of administering
Justice In civil cases, in order to
avoid this result, the lidgants some
times agree TO accept the verdict of a
majority. In Scotland the jury can
always give a verdict by a majority in
civil cases after the lapse of thres
hours--Chambers' Journal.
Is German as Bad as This1
John Ruskin was caustic in his utter
ances about the German language In
81 Letters of DR.. John Brown" Ruskin is
thus quoted:
German isn't Language" at all, but
only a "throatage" or "gutturage"-a
mode of human expression learned
chiefly OF wolves and bears, with half
of the things it calls words stitched in
the middle Ike wasps and ants or asa
panniers, and letters scrabbled out
when people were mostly drunk, so
that they didn't know the tops from
the bottoms of them
= The GentIennanIy Prize Fighter.
CartOonists have made us familiar
with the pugilist as a type. We know
the thick neck, the granite jaw. the
conical head with ears far back and
the face of a simian. AS a matter OF
fact, no real fighter ever looked like
that. Indeed. in its entirety the pop
ular idea of a prize fighter is errone-
Gus. The prize fighter belongs TO a
and gentlemanly cult.
He is rather a fine appearing person.
quite on a par with literary people and
much healthier.-Rex Beach in Every
bOdy's.
Memorial Day.
Memorial day was started by the
mothers and children Of the
dead and then taken up
In the north. There was no general
and no settled date until in
1868 General John A. Logan. COM
in chief of the G. A. R., issued
every post, from east to west, should