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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14
THE TYPEWRITER GIRL
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By ]. L. Beirne

The typewriter girl, or the office or
shop girl. who has ability to succeed
in her calling and who wins the ad-
miration of her employer. does so upon
merit. They have brains and make
places fer themselves because they
are worthy of them They are not
| social dolls, whose only care is to
seek amusement and be played with
at social functions,
They have an almost thorough I'M
derstanding of life, what its struggles
are and what disappOintments will
happen. They are full of what is so
often referred to as inside infoTma-
| ton"
The girl whose only desire is to be
considered a society doll is a
weight upon those charged with her
support.
The girl who knows how to look
! for and secure work is not a charge
upon anyone. but is a blessing to the
| community in which she lives, her
ability TO execute the ideas she has
evolved making her a desirable can
didate for wifehood and a fit life
partner for a business man. Men of
money make a mistake when they
fail TO consider their stenOgTapheTs,
Office or shop girls when they have
| the question Of marriage under con-
sideTatiOn. The woman who knows
how to enter into his plans and who
will help him work them out viii IN
doubtedIy make the best life partner
for the trained business man.
The society dolls" are accustomed
TO have what they want-tO go to
theatres, to spend a fortnight in the
summer in the mountains or at some
summer resort, to dress as the pre-
vaiIing mode demands. With the
stenographer. Office and shop girl it is
different She Teverts to a simpler
standard of living, to suffer depTlva-
tons and 10 practice the economics
necessary to marriage with small
income. By failing to insist on any
self-denial on the part of their daugh-
tiers. parents Of the society dolls"
have untitled them for the greater
happiness Of married life, This very
indulgence Of parents thus tends to
make it impossible for their daugh-
tiers t. live happily after marriage
The classes known as the Smart
Set" the -Four Hundred" and the
Leaders do not count in our reck-
oning. when We talk Of success and
failure n these days- One OF the
greatest enemies OF home and church
is the woman who spends her life in
pursuit OF pleasure and who is strug-
Cling eveFmore for something beyond
her legitimate dues or ability TO pes
sess, = being the exception when you
ind sfay TE1eelber Ct the above named
CLASSES who has any religious coHxie-
tons
Sunday IS the day or all days at tina
club; golf ard lawn tennis are among
the amusen1ents Of the Sabbath liquid
refreshments and smoking restoring
6he members after the fatigue Of the
gsmeE
There IS smother sgood-fer-e9thtHg
eciass -of fenales-tke -TaYe1fElg Gag
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14
PRISCUS INVOLVED IN SOCIAL SCANDAL


Although there are probably very
very few Pensacola people who know
1t, and despite the fact that his pres
ence in the city is shrouded in mys-
terry, it is an actual fact, children, that
the big, stately looking King Priscus,
who is to arrive in town on the 22d
of this very month, actually has a
secret envoy in Pensacola this very,
very, moment for ] have seen him!
He is middle aged, overworked,
rather fussy individual, who stays up
nights when everybody else except
ing himself and newspaper people are
sound asleep, and then he makes his
plans and writes long important wire
less messages to be transmitted to
his sovereign PTiscus.
Nimbus, for that IS his name, you
know. stumbled into The Journal Of
fee late the, other night, by way of
accident merely, and before he could
get safely away, he had been inter
viewed.
interviewing, children, is a polite
way of pumping something defense
less when you have it properly coral
edo
Being a gentleman born and bred,
q Mt courtier for a stately king, in
fact, he interposed few really hostile
objections as to talking. and finally
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put on that well then, interview mel"
expression that you see some times
on the face of mere mortal man when
he wants really, it is said, to say
something stronger, event
You're going to tell me where the
royal yacht is. now, aren't your | be-
gan in a conciliatory manner. Il sup
pose she is now at sea-and making
every effort to get here on time for
noon on the 22d?'
You are quite right" he snapped,
She is at seal
Then he chewed his mustache saw
agely, and actually jumped about in
his chair.
(When a man cheWs his mustache,
children, il is time to do something,
generally, and do 1t quickfy.1
] tried another tack. "a
Aren't you people rather lonely
away out there in the Gulf-withOut
seeing anyone or anything but the sky
and the waves and perhaps d passing
steamer" I questioned blandly.
Nimbus suddenly shifted himself in
his chair, and glared more savagely If
possible than he had been doing.
Then he began.
Il plainly see, young woman, that
YOU know something about something
or other, and you are pursuing this
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idiotic questioning to that effect II
you want to know about the latest So
ciety scandal aboard the royal yacht
Rospen, why haven't yeu the polite
ness to ask about it in a straightfOr-
ward manner instead of beating about
the bush in this way?"
Now l hadn't really known that the
aforesaid scandal existed at all, so
said ''Yes?" in a soothing manner.
always say Yes ?-Soothingly-
with the question mark after it,
deaTie, when other words fail you:
it's BEST.
He cleared his throat and began in
short, jerky sentences, which plainly
showed that he was laboring under a
strain indeed.
This is the way it came about" he
said.
"Priscus and the bunch had been
sailing about rather aimlessly in the
gulf for several days-being ahead of
time you know, and still wishing to
arrive on schedule time in Pensacola
on the 22d. .
AT an evil hour-a very evil hour
indeed" and here his voice shrank
into a hOarse whisper, I'VE spoke the
ship which bears King Dodo and his
consoTt, the doughty DodoTina-also
bound to this very port-their. arrival,
in fact, to occur on the same day as
that of our people.
AS the ships drew closer together.
the kings fool of the Rospen (the Ros-
pen is Priscus's ship. you know sug-
gested that the two parties combine in
a gay mask ball to be held aboard
the Rospen-and his majesty fell in
With the idea at once. -
1T was a beautiful night.
h rrlsN III, rc-tr NJ
everyone was wondering what the 9th
e. was going TO wear.
Then the guests began to arrive
Here Nimbus siged so hard that the
copy paper fluttered under my hand
for I was taking notes. you know
then he said:
The first to arrive was King Dodo
and Queen DOdOTina, followed, OF
course by their people, for the ball
was TO occur aboard the Rospen for
Priscus's special delectation.
Queen Dodorina,
Il wish you might have seen her,
or rather, madame" here he was
covered with eonfusion-"I am very
glad indeed. that you did not see her!
She was taken aboard with the
king, who as you know, is one of those
properly subdued husbands who gen.
orally and helplessly allow their
wives to do very much as they like
and made her debut in the court Of
PTiscus-as SALOME!
she was arrayed, madam, in pair
of pink shawls and a wreath OF smiles
and her cOnduct-gTeat shades OF
Peters madam-her eondueS!.-
I braced' myself
cit is well. children. 10 brace your-
self occasienaIly-the effect is gcodh.
The very worst of IL he sighed.
was the lamentable fact that she &C
tUalIy pleased PFiscuS immensely with
her ccentric-ah-exerci You
know, who kept his eyes glued on
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14

her from the moment she entered the
room, and who stared quite shock
ingly indeed.
"The rest of the guests-the Teddy
Bears and the flower girls and the
haTlequins and the milk maids, in fact
were thrown utterly III the shade.
Things finally warmer up.
In fact, they began to move.
"The ships steward must have put
something in the air, in fact, for in
less time than you can tell it, there
was a wild scramble for SalOme, the
King participating, mind you, and also
one of his cOUTtIers, dressed in the
costume of a big burly policeman
who by the way, came out consider
ably the worse for wear in the final
Wound up
TT was really regrettabIe.
And the king didn't appear TO no
tice the way things were turning, &C
tUally, until they finally carried beau
tiful Salome into a dark convenient
corner, and there allowed her classic
features TO compose themselves in a
process generally known in Pensacola,
think, as sleeping it Of
1T was awful. awful
Meantime everybody went to
sleep or felt like going to sleep. and
self.
Anyhow. when morning came. and
the sun began pouring in to awaken
us for the day, DOdO, ''SalOme" and all
the others. had somehow taken their
leave during the night, and their ship
had skunk out of sight.
1T is needless to say, madame, that
after the painful, not TO say disgrace
full occurrence which I have Just re-
lated, that the two sovereignS will not
recognize each other when they final
" arrive in your city on the 22d.
In fact, il will be impossible IN
der existing circumstances" he con-
cIuded stinIy, and reached for his hat
/ didn't see him take his departure.
and I failed to hear his final good
night"
/ was stunned
(''Stunned" IS a good word. chill
dren, when you cant think Of any
thing betteTl-and then. as the town
clock tangled the witching hour OF 2
D. Y, I fell 10 wondering. politely,
rather fuTtively. I'll admit. on the wild
tree WAYS of the thing called Life
High Life. children-and the Powers
That Bet!
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H. 0. Arson Spreads the
News Broadcast That Eve
ry Item of Clothing, Shoes
Hats and Furnishings
Must Go No Matter What
the Sacrifice Costs Him.
STARTS TO CLOSE OUT
HIS LOWER PALA-
FOX STORE THIS
WEDNESDAY, 18TH.

Yes. 1 want TO be perfectly frank
about it," remarked Mr.. Arson TO The
Journals representative yesterday,
Il have made up my mind to 1T and
everything in that store, ,merchan-
disc, fixtures and all are to 90 and to
move them, well-it's a shame to tell
the price story and / am putting that
of just as long as possible"
journal readers are always keen
on the bargain idea, Mr.. Anson," We
continued, and many are already in
curing about what's TO come, and
word or so right now might help you
in the matter Of selling that stock
quickly"
Fact is" replied Mr.. Arson, there
are so many, many things to tell thenll
about ] think it will be best TO tell
the full story in, say, Wednesdays,
paper after we have arranged for the
sale by closing, as we intend TO do,
all daY Monday and Tuesday.
but | have decided to throw in all
my uptown stores stock of Kuppen-
heimer Clothing, also the Alfred Ben
jamin New York made clotheS-and
as I've said before, you'll be able To
buy two suits practically at the price
of one. There's a lot of boys cloth
ing for instance that are marked 10.
sell at 5, 6 and some even
Z dollars a suit-economical moth
ers will be on hand early to
nav LESS than two dollars
suit. Think OF a Kuppenheimer'
highly tailored garment that in eyerys
store in the country that carries the
line, and some are now right there
before you-see the tag $S7.503-well
$3.50 buys your choice
of 'em. But say, just tell everybody
to read all about it in Wednesdays
Journal"
WE'RE GOING TO, TOO
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who travel about for the sake of
change and who are really not sincere
about anything and who become tired
of everything. Men have lost all re-
spect for this class OF female, who are
Unsuitable in their demands for money
with which TO indulge themselves in
all kinds OF extravagances. They see
only self in everything.
The supremacy of the -Four Hun
bred" and Smart Set" is rapidly wan
ing. The possession of money is no
longer the exception, and they never
had anything but money upon which
to base their pTetentions. None are
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14
DEPUTY SHERIFF HAD TO
FIGHT NEGRO He ARRESTE

Chas- HeatCn. colOTed, who was ar
rested about II o'clock last night By
Deputy Sheriff Chas. Johnson, or West
Broad street, charged with moEtgag-
ing property suhjec1 10 = written Len,
foRsht the deputy AID a POLICEMAN
nearly ali the way 70 the county JILL
The fghr between the deputy and
the negro appeared very ssEHus dur
ing the tine they were IN the lat
tsT's yard Several negro women
threatened the officer, stating frat IN
Iess he released the prisoner thsy
would take a hand IN the affair. but
they failed TO makes6heir threat good,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14
TO PREVENT FREIeHT DAMAGE.

Chicago, Feb. 1S.-The Chicago as
ISOLATION of commerce in cooperation
with the railroads has undertaken q
campaign of education to prevent the
loss or damage of freight while IN
transit. The traffic committee Is dis
tTibutiDg several thousand copies OF
a pamphlet on why freight is lost or
damaged" which explains and Illus
trates with half tones many OF the
common mistakes made in packing
freight for shipment.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14
DIG IRON PRODUCTION.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. B.-Anth-
oritatiye figures just given out show
that Alabama produced in January
1884, tons of pig iron against 1884,
500 tons in December and 86,036 tons
i'm January of last year The pPodue-
tion so far this month has been equal
to the make in January despite =
quiet market.
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so poor as to do them honor. and al
most everyone has too much TO envy
them,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14
A Fair Challenge

! To prove beyond doubt that no selling for.
less than $4,000 embodies much real automobile
value as the S., $50. 80 h. p. \
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT.

Living lamps from luminous bac.
teria are shedding light on certain
sciences. Prof. H. Morlisch of
Prague has experimental especially
with the commonest variety, the bac-
terium phosphoreum, and with them
has succeeded in making lamp
which furnishes enough light for pho
tographic purposes, it's rays also at
tracing terminating plants.
The professor has shown that the
luminosity of living organisms is a
chemical presses giving rise to the
formation of a substance in the in
terror cells which in the presence of
free oxygen and water becomes lum-
nous. This he has tentatively call
ed "photogen."
Prof. Morlisch has succeeded pre-.
pairing with glass flask filled with
gelatin that has been vaccinated with
a colony of these bacteria a perpet-
ual lamp. Its light intensity is less
than that of candle, but it suflces
for Photographic purposes, and it is
capable of inducing terminating
plants like peas or lentils to turn to-
ward it as source of light energy.
The most striking feature of the
light is the total absence of heat rays.
Thus the bacteria solve problem
which is the despair of engineers and
which is to convert energy into light
without loss due to heat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
Hard Times Force Millennium,

The panic in October, 1907, caused
Immediately a very heavy fall in the
traffic and gross earnings of the rail.
roads of the United States. Many lines
were reduced over night, as it were.
from prosperity to the danger of bank.
ruptcy. In this emergency the man.
agements turned to the employees for
help. The employees, out of a sense of
loyalty, as we'll as for their own pro.
lection, were glad to give it. The story
OF the way vice-presidents, general
managers and superintendent. con.
ductors, enginemen and engine wipers
1abored shoulder to shoulder during
the past year to keep railroad expenses
below railroad earnings is an interest.
Ing and picturesque chapter in the his.
tory OF American railroad transporta.
ton. During prosperity pickering he.
tween arrangements and employees was
chronic. Adversely quickly made them
see that their interests were mutual
and interdependent. The story il dra.
matically told in Technical World
Magazine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
BY RAIL TO CUBAN SHORES,
Engineers Triumph in Laying Track.
Across Florida Straits.

When the Key West extension of
the Florida East Coast railroad. work
on which is being pushed rapidly, is
completed from it's present terminus
at knights Key dock to Key West and
Henry M. Flagler, owner of the road
is able to carry out his announced in.
tention Of ferrying trains from Kew
west to Havana, passengers will be
able to enter parlor car at New York
or Chicago and upon leaving it. step
eff on Cuban soil.
II is planned to have trains runnine
through to Key West in time for Mr.
flagler to ride over the line on his
elgatleth birthday in January, 1910. If
the Terry takes the trains across to
Florida straits to Havana from Kew
west, it is estimated that the time be.
tween New York and the capital of
the new island republic will be so
hours. At present the time between
the two cities via steamers sailing
from Knights Key dock, is So hours
10 minutes.
Part of the road yet to be con
structed between knights Key dock
and Key West will cost more per mile
than any railroad heretofore built.
Spans longer than any yet used on
this unique railroad, running as it does
tor many miles over the water, will
be required. From Knights Key dock
to Key West the distance is As miles.
Ninety miles of water lie between Kew
West and Havana, but after leaving
the mainland at the southern extrem.
lty of Florida, trains will run over the
water on long concrete viaduct bridges
stretching from key to key for an even
greater distance to Key West.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
CONDUCTOR SAVES a TRAIN.
Swings Aboard caboose and Warns
oncomino Flyer, Heavily Loaded.

Conductor William Mccoy of the
Denver & Rio Grande road is the hero
of thrilling ride over Leveta pass.
Boarding a runaway caboose as it
passed Walsenburg station, going at
the rate Of 20 miles an hour and gain
ing momentum every moment, he
saved passenger train from wreck.
Mccoy was in the depot when he
heard the sound Of the approaching
car. Thinking part of the train which
ne had come in on, and which he had
left to be switched, had broken loose,
ne ran out and saw the caboose COM
ing down the track. Quick as thought
ne remembered that passenger train
was coming in within few minutes
and that the flying caboose was on the
same track.
He took his life in his hands and
swung on to the runaway car. He
tried to put on the brakes, but was
unable to. Something had given way.
which accounted for the car breaking
loose. At the same instant that he
learned of the brakes failure to work
he saw the distant light of the passen.
ger train coming up the divide.
In brief second he had taken the
lantern from the rear of the caboose
and was madly signaling the oncom-
ing train.
Engineer Henthorne of the passen.
ger train saw the signals, stopped his
train and began to back up with all
possible speed.
The wild caboose gained on the en-
CINE as both neared the junction, but
the train reached safety in time for a
brakeman to jump off and throw the
switch, permitting the caboose to take
he Y toward Trinidad.
On the Y track it soon struck the
1eavy grade on Tuna hill and stopped.
The passengers on the train did not
know the danger until it was all over.
Then they realized that only the pres.
ence of mind of Conductor Mccoy and
the prompt action of Engineer Hen.
thorne had prevented what would prob.
ably have been a severe disaster.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
WESTERN GlnlDl's SPLENDID
CROP YIELD FOR 1903.
AMERICANS PRoFlTED LARGELY
AND SEND BACK sATlSFAc.
TORY REPORTS.

The census branch Of the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada,
has completed its returns of the show.
ing of Western Canada's grain yield
for 1908, and the reports make very
interesting reading. In the three prov.
inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, which comprise what may be
known as Central Canada, there was a
total wheat yield of about 107 ,0OO, 900
bushels, worth to the farmer about
$85,000,000; in addition to this the oat,
barley and flax crops were worth an.
other $35,O0O,O0O. Letters have been
received from many of the settlers
from the United States. From these,
that of Rev. Oscar L. King has been
selected. He lives in the vicinity of
Edmonton, Alberta, and what he says
will be of interest to those who con.
template moving to Central Canada.
Every line of the letter is interesting.
Those who wish for the particulars as
to how to secure homesteads and pre-.
emptions should write any Canadian
Government agent. Mr.. King says:
"Mr. NJ. V. McInnnes, Detroit, Mich
igan: am we'll satisfied with AL.
berta. This country offers excellent
opportunities for anyone to make a
good home for himself and family
If he is willing to put up with a few
hard knocks for the first two or three
years. But it is worth a few hard
knocks to get 160-acre farm of rich,
productive land with no mortgage on
it. This province is well fitted for
grains, stock raising and dairying. We
have found the climate generally
healthful, more healthful than Mich.
igan, and although the thermometer
sometimes drops to 40 degrees below
zero in winter, yet we do not seem to
feel that temperature any more than
we did or 10 degrees below zero in
Michigan. We like the winters.
"The Government takes great inter
est in the education of the people and
quickly aids the settlers in establish.
ing schools where they are called for
The schools, though graded differently
than those in the States, are efficient
oAu eIuSoAS1u6. ouI 6IcetC UfdWU dCk
has been the limited and Inadequate
railway facilities, but new roads are
being rapidly built and many more
are projected through various parts
of the province. The new policy OF
the Alberta government to construct
great many branch lines throughout
the province will greatly help all parts
of the country. If those new settlers
who have to go back a considerable
distance from existing railroads and
towns to find free homesteads will
but locate along the line of a project.
ed railroad they will in two or three
years be near both town and railroad.
When I first came to this country
three and half years ago the home.
stead took was Is miles from a rail.
road town; now there is a railroad rs
miles north, another 25 miles south,
and a third is being built through my
neighborhood.
Il think the prairie country or coun.
try that is partly prairie offers much
better opportunities than the hilly
portions"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
Irair Runs Away

Its brakes helpless to hold on the
Icy rails of a steep grade west OF
Balsam station, near Asheville, N. G.,
the highest railway station east of the
Rocky mountains, Southern railway
freight train attained the terrific speed
of 100 miles an hour, down the Balsam
Mountain with John Coble, engine
driver, in the cab making his first run
over the road. All the train crew ex.
cept Coble jumped, and alone he shot
down the grade.
At the curve at the bottom five carr
on the end of the train jerked into
the air and whiplashed into Addie sta,
ticn, knocking the frame structure into
kindling wood, three Of the freight.
cars piling on the roof. Coble stopped
''e train two miles beyond