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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

1t isn't bravery that makes a little
man jump on a big one-it's punk
judgment and lack OF experience.
Travelling without tips" is prac-
tically as impossible NOWADAYS as
travelling without a mileage book.
The Times-Union tried to use up all
of the print paper in the world in its
Sunday edition.
Senator Stephenson got stuck for
thirty thousand dollars for drinks
alone.
1t looks now as II Esperanto has
fallen down for a world wide language,
but the slang Of the ball diamond will
fill its place.
All chance Of finding Mona Lisa Is
gone since Sherlock Holme is dead.
The bachelor girl is the one who
takes her misfortune gracefully.
"
A little cranberry sauce ousth to be
used to make Turkey palatable.
John u. isn't bothered with his
grandchildren pulling his hairI
-
Hepburn is acting like a real man in
Always did feel sorry for the boy
who was given a girls name.
-
Little drops of water afe not I'M
welcome at the proper time.
Pensacola's ball club has brought
home the bacon.
If Pensacola and Escambia county
must take care of the winter Migrants
they should build the county roads.
II Georgia would put her politicians
into the cotton fields there would be
no shortage of cotton pickers.
DR.. Wiley probably wouldn't give the
president as good recommendation
as he did cottonseed oil.
-~
The navy yard may go but building
in Pensacola has gotten into the class
with Tennyson's Brook.
The bloom of youth. like other
flowers, skaters with age.
Albert Williamson wants A. D. Gov
ington to run for governor.
Taylor county people viii now take
pure water for theirs
A woman wants her way, even II she
must travel 1t alone
For one time at least the turkeys
gizZard is safe.
Railroad the railroads.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

The Times-Union tried to use up all
of the print paper in the world in its
Sunday edition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

1t looks now as II Esperanto has
fallen down for a world wide language
but the slang Of the ball diamond viii
fill its place.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

All chance OF finding Mona Lisa Is
gone since Sherlock Holme is dead.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

Albert Williamson wants A. D. Gov
ington to run for governor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

The navy yard may go but building
in Pensacola has gotten into the class
with Tennyson's Brook.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

Senator Stephenson got stuck for
thirty thousand dollars for drinks
alone.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

The bloom of youth. like other
flowers, skaters with age.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

The bachelor girl is the one VIII
takes her misfortune gracefully.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

DR.. Wiley probably wouldn't give the
president as good a recommendation
as he did cottonseed oil.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

A little cranberry sauce ougth to be
used to make Turkey palatable.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

Railroad the railroads.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

If Pensacola and Escambia county
must take care Of the winter Migrants
they should build the county roads,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

John u. isn't bothered with his
grandchildren pulling his hair!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

II Georgia would put her politicians
into the cotton fields there would be
no shortage of cotton pickers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

Hepburn is acting like a real man in
the Stephenson investigation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

Always did feel sorry for the boy
who was given a girls name.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

Little drops of water afe not un
welcome at the proper time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-10

PensacoIa's ball club has brought
home the bacon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
Monster Struggles Desperately to Free
Itself From Shoals Into Which
High Tide Carried It.

Atlantic City, N. IA 6O-foot whale,
weighing seven or eight tons, churned
the sea into foam off Fourth street.
Ocean City. the other morning as 1t
struggled desperately to free itself
from the shoals into which he had
been carried at high tide by the
waves. Spray was dashed up 30 and
40 feet as the whale whipped the sea
with sweeps of his powerful tail, and
for three hours, while the tide was
falling, hundreds of persons watched
the mammals dying struggles.
Surfmen from the Ocean City life
saving station rushed their craft into
the water and cautiously ventured
near. but rowed away in fright as the
monster threshed about wildly. They
lowered close until the whale weak
ened from his struggles.
Then. as the whale. after a last des-
perate CONFUSION, surrendered, the
government men roped him. He was
dead when the men anchored his car
cass to the sands to prevent the sea
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
PICTURES STIR DOGS ANGER
Black Canine SnarIs, Growls AND
Finally, on Battle Bent. Charges
Toward Show Screen.

Walla Walla, Wash.-when the
stereotyped love play and impossible
wild west drama had been disposed OF
at the moving picture show here. SO
realistic appeared the string Of films
illustrating cuttlefish swimming and
disporting themselves hi a black
dog which had laid quietly at his
masters feet during the progress of
the show for nearly half an hour for
got his surroundings and, conscious
only Of the strange actions of the
creatures before his eyes, barked and
charged and retreated, growing and
showing such signs OF anger and sus-
picion as to require the service of an
usher to quiet him.
The dog paid no heed to the earlier
pictures showing human life and ac-
t~ivities, but when the reel showing the
cuttlefish was thrown on he pricked
up his ears, and when the fish were
shown in the presence Of enemies.
darting hither and thither. and shoot
ing their black. inky fluid in Jets
through the water, he sprang up and
rushed toward the platform snarliug
and SO determined to fight that be hac
to be forcibly dragged away.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
Archaeological Expedition, Under
Leadership Of cpatain Parker,
Leaves for Jerusalem.

/. London.-Under the leadership of
Captain Parker, an archaeological ex-
petition has left here for Jerusalem to
continue the work Of the last two
years on the site of the ancient Zion
with the view of discovering the burial
places of David and Solomon.
Captain Parker, a brother Of F|.2
Morley, was in command ofts expe-
dition In which the Duchess of MARI
borough was said to be interested
and which got into disfavor recently
with the Turkish government and
Moslem authorities. who accused the
excavators OF ~desecrating the sacred
Mosque of Omar. The second in COM
mand is Clarence Wilson. and the
party was completed by the addition
II a number of English laborers.
The expedition sailed on Wilson's
yacht to Jafa. from which port 1t will
travel to Jerusalem. On arrival there
the excavators win resume work in
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
Red Cedar for Buildings

tells. cuPboards. cabinets and especially
for chests In which to store furs and
clothing. MI. Geist exhibits a quantity
OF red cedar cut from a tree he est
mates to be at least $500 years Of age.
Three large cedars were found growing
from a fallen log which was five and
one-half feet In diameter. The largest
OF the three tree growing from the
fallen tree was lei and one-half feet in
diameter By counting the rings in
10th trees indicates that the fallen
tree. still sound. Is nearing its four
thousandth birthday.
Mr.. Geist is an expert upon red
cedar n goes In for the history of
the wonderful trees of Washington and
other coast states as q biographer
would the data upon the life OF some
famous mar. He surrounds q bolt of
single cedar with an Interesting story.
which goes back to the misty ages and
something like reverence grows within
the listener for this venerable work q
nature.
UnQuestionably the red cedar Is the
oldest material used In the construc-
ton Of the home and few materials
VII octwear II It being nearly tndo-
structible except By nros
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
FORTUNE in STRANDED WHALE

at high tide from wrestling their prize
from them.
Low tide at noon enabled the
throngs to crowd about the whale and
photograph INT examine the giant OF
the ocean. He was pronounced to be
of the bowhead sperm family.
The life savers, who held that his
body is their property, through dis
covery and capture. will sell the car
cass to a syndicate, which plans to
exhibit it in one of the metropolitan
cities.
Engineers measured the mammal
and declared that his bull would in
dictate the weight as more than seven
tons, but he was a smaller stranger
from the Arctic seas than the n
which was cast up ead On the strand
about eighteen years 6 in almost
the same place.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
PASTOR WORKS AS PAINTER
Demonstration Of Laboring In
vineyard-Saves Money.

New York.-Rev. Carl p. Intemann.
pastor of Grace Lutheran church,
Bushwick avenue and VERIFIED street,
Brooklyn. recently announced to his
congregation that his conception Of
laboring in the vineyard meant hard
work and plenty of it. He is now ex-
employing his gospel. Clad in a pair
OF overalls and swinging on a regula-
ton painters scaffold he is It work
daily painting the parsonage Of the
church.
Il figured that in doing the job my
self, without charging for labor or
profit. l could save the parish the sum
OF $780," says the pastor.
The pastor is q young man and
sturdy. He finds the most difficult
part Of the work to be the shifting Of
the heavy sca1old. This work ordi-
narily takes two men. but he man.
ages, though with d%ificulty. to shift Il
around unaided. He says that Is the
only time he would IKE to have assis-
tance IN the job.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10

Tivoli. The ~onlookers became quiet.
The men farther away ceased talking
and moved over to the table. The
players deserted the other games, and
the dancing-1oor was forsaken, so that
all stood at last, ~fvescore and more in
a compact and silent group. around
the poker table. The high betting
went on, with the draw not in sight.
Kearns had dealt, and French Louis
had opened the pot with one marker
ii his cas- one hundred dollars.
Campbell had merely seen" it, but
Elan Harnish, coming next. had
tossed in five hundred dollars, with
the remark to Macdonald that he
was letting him in easy. Macdonald
glancing again at his hand, put in a
thousand in markers. Kearns. de-
batting a long time over his hand
finally saw" 1t then cost French
Louis nine hundred to remain in the
game. which he contributed after a
similar debate. 1t cost Campbell like
wise nine hundred to remain and draw
cards, but to the surprise of all he
saw the nine hundred and raised an
other thousand.
"You-all are on the grade at last"
Harnish remarked. as he saw the ff-
teen hundred and raised . the,se-d
in turn. Helen Breakfasts sure On
top this divide, and you-all had best
look out for Dustin harness"
me for that same lady," accom-.
panied MacDonald's markers for two
thousand and for an additional thou
sand-dollar raise.
Il amt got no more markers"
Kearns remarked p%laintively. WED
best begin 1. o. US"
Glad you're going to stay" was
MacDonald's cordial response.
Il amt stayed yet. I've got a thou
now?"
It'll cost you three thousand for a
look in. but nobody will stop you from
raising"
"Raise-h-L. You must think I got
a pat like yourself" Kearns looked
at his hand. But I'll tell you what
I'll do, Mac. I've got a bunch. and
I'll just see that three thousand"
He wrote the sum on a slip OF pa
per. signed his name. and consigned it
to the center of the table.
French Louis became the focus OF
all eyes. He fingered his cards nerv-
ously for a pace. Then, with a by
Gar! All got lot one leetle beet
hunch." he regretfully tossed his hand
into the discards.
The next moment the hundred and
odd pairs OF eyes shifted to Camp
bell.
Il won't hump you. Jack" he said.
%contenting himself with calling the
requisite two thousand.
The eyes shifted to Harnish. who
scrubbed on a piece of paper and
showed 1t forward. E
I'll just let you-all know this amt
no Sunday school society of philan-
thropy," he said. II see you. Jack.
and l raise you a thousand. Here's
where you-all get action on your pat,
Mac"
Actions what I fatten on, and |
lift another thousand" was MacDon-
aids %rejoinder. Still got that bunch
Jack?"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
ON IS CENTS A WEEK
Aged Man Spends Four Pennies on
Newspapers After Buying Him.
self Plenty of Food.

Philadelphia.-An aged man who
looked young entered the office of
Karl De SEVENTH, executive secre-
tary of the Pennsylvania Society for
the Prevention Of tuberculosis, and
after applying for work explained
just how he lived On an income Of rs
cents a week.
His statement Of expenditures dur
ing the last week follows: One-half
peck of potatoes. IS cents; 6 pounds
of onions. "a cents; two loaves OF
bread. 10 cents; one can of condensed
milk, IL cents; one soup bone. 8
cents; total, II cents.
Sometimes he gets a pound of rice
for nine cents instead Of the soup
bone. and this lasts him two weeks
The other pennies are spent for news
papers.
He gave his name as Everard Star
70 years old, Of this city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
Some OF This Excellent Material IL Es
timaeed to Be Nearly Four Thou
sand Years Old.

1t will surprise many to know that
they have in their homes material es-
timated to be 1000 years old. II the
shingles or interior nnish is red cedar
or ii you have a red cedar chest 1t is
possible that the wood antedates the
history OF this country by thousands
OF years. says the Cleveland Leader.
A Cleveland man is credited with
bringing the FIRST red cedar into this
section. ". A. Geist, on a western trip
several years ago. was attracted rs the
red cedar forests at Port AngeIus.
Wash. He established a mill there
and began shipping tthe cedar to the
eastern market Formerly the south
ern cedar was used In great quantities.
but 1t is the claim OF Mr.. Geist that
the product from the Pacific IA Ii
growing In favor and the demand for
It IL ~iocreasing.
It Is q most durable wood and its
use In a home guarantees that moths
and other Troublesome insects viii not
enter. Il Is used for wainscoting. man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10

NANCY old he-wolf. Listen to me
howl"
And howl he did. like a lone gray
pretty fingers in her ears and shiv-
cred. A minute later she was whirled
away In his arms to the dancing floor.
where, along with three other women
and their partners, a rollicking Vir-
ginia reel was soon in progress.
Few men knew Elan Harnish by any
other name than Burning Daylight, the
name which had been given him in the
early days in the Ian because of his
habit Of routing his comrades out of
their blankets with the complaint that
daylight was burning. OF the pioneers
In that far Arctic wilderness. where
all men pioneers. he was reck-
oned among the oldest. Men like AL
Mayo and Jack McQuestion antedated
him; but they had entered the land by
crossing the Rockies from the Hudson
Bay country to the east. He, however.
had been the pioneer over the Chilcoot
and Chilcat passes. In the spring of
1883, twelve years before, a STRIPPING
of eighteen. he had crossed over the
Chilcoot with five comrades. In the
fall he had crossed back with one.
Four had persisted by m~ischance in the
bleak. uncharted vastness. And for
twelve years Elan Harnish had con-
tinued to grope for gold among the
shadows of the Circle Heroes are
seldom given to hero-worship. but
among those of that land, young as he
was, he vas accounted an elder hero.
In point of time he was before them.
In point of deed he was beyond them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
WOMEN AS T|PP[ERS.
British Reformers Present Some
Startling Facts.
Most Remarkable Development OF All
Is Way in Which Those From
Middle Class Patronize the
Public Houses.

London.-Once more he ultra tenn
perance folk OF England are appalled,
by the growth of the drinking habit
among society women" and as II this
We're not bad enough the Band Of
aghast at the increase OF tipping
among women OF the middle classes.
Samuel Manager. one time postmasr
ter general of Australia, while depior-
Ing the tact that the society woman
drinks. says that as a rule she Is care
fui-not from any particular morality.
Dut as a matter OF expediency and to
preserve lei looks-and that. more
over, she usually confines herself to
choice wines and liquors. 1t is the
middle class woman who has become
the dram drinker."
Quoting the vicar of q select resi-
dental London suburb. Mr.. Manager
declares the reverend gentleman said:
II only you could see into the draw
ing-rooms of my well-to-do parishion-
ers you would find in 4 per cent. of
them women, in many cases young
girls, sitting round playing bridge.
smoking and drinking whisky and
soda.
Go into any restaurant patronized
by the middle classes" said Mr.. Man
ger. land you will see weIl-dressed
women and even young girls drinking
spirits. not only at dinner. but at
luncheon"
AS II this were not sufficiently
shocking, the announcement is made
that the most remarkable develop
ment of all is the way in which mid
dle-class women patronize public
houses" In London We are told the
womenkind of even professional and
business men make free use of the
pubs" while thirty years ago the
upper middle class woman rarely
touched wines, n spirits not at all,
and would have been ashamed of her
self If seen in a public house.
According to the reformers, this re-
markable change in the customs and
tastes Of the middle class women is
the outgrowth of the practice of din
ing at restaurants. Society set the
fashion OF restaurant meals and the
middle class women followed their ex-
ample, finding in whisky and soda at
the pub a convenient medium be-
tween the expense of wine and the
p~lebeanism of beer.
The hotel smoking lounge, too, we
are told. has made dram drinkers of
many women. Formerly, according
to the temperance folk, II a man stay
ing at a hotel wanted to smoke he
went to the smoking room. but now be
joins the ladies in the lounge and if
he feels inclined to have a drink be
naturally asks his fair companions to
Join him. and the modern woman
makes no bones about asking for a
e or a whisky and"
After declaring that drunkenness in
q woman is much harder to cure than
In a man. Mr.. Manager announces that
OF 3,031 persons admitted to inebriate
reformatories during the last few
years no fewer than 2,54S were won.
en-.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
Swedish Inventors Device Makes Or
binary ln~fantryman Much Moro
Formidable In Battle.

London.-A Swede named Svenson
claims to have invented a new auto
matte rifle which may do away with
machine guns OF the field of battle,
while the ordinary infantry soldier.
armed with this weapon, would be-
come much more formidable than he
is with his present equipment.
The new invention has not only
been applied to rifles, but to fowling
pieces and other weapons. AS regards
rifles, Mr. Svenson has invented two
kinds Of appliances, one Of which can
be used as an ordinary rifle and an
other as a machine gun. MI. Svenson
claims b a his weapon can at will be
made to perform both functions with
out its weight in any way being in
creased. 1t can be loaded either at
the breach OF underneath by inserting
the cartridge magazine.>
A company of infantry equipped
with the new rifle and forming a front
OF Is PAGES, can fire, 1t is said. 70
shots per second. or If fitted with a
larger magazine 240 to ESQ shots in
three seconds. A battery of machine
guns. consisting Of four pieces served
by 16 men, with their officers, would
occupy a front Of Is PAGES and fire un-
der the same conditions only 80 to 95
shots, respectively. in the same space
of time.
In addition to this. machine guns
are difficult to transport, or to place
in position. or to hide from the enemy.
which is not the case with the ride
of the Svenson type.
The new weapon is about the same
weight as the Mauser rifle, and has
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10
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cause there were not girls enough to
go around, inclined to the suggestion.
They were looking for a fifth man
when Burning Daylight emerged from
the rear room. the Virgin on his arm.
the train of dancers in his wake In
response to the hail of the poker-play-
ers. he came DWer t. their table in the
corner
WANT to sit in." sale Campbell.
"How's your luck?"
Il sure got it tonight" Burning Day
light answered with enthusiasm,
and at the same time felt the Virgin
press his arm warningly. She wanted
him for the dancing. Il sure got my
luck with me. but I'd sooner dance.
l amt hankerin' to take the money
from you-all."
Nobody urged. They took his re-
fusal as final. and the Virgin was
pressing his arm to turn him away
in pursuit of the supper-seekers, when
he experienced a change of heart. It
was not hat he did not want to dance,
nor that he wanted to hurt her; but
that insistent pressure on his arm put
his free man-nature in revolt. The
thought In his mind was that he did
not want any oma running him.
Himself a favorite with women, ever
theless they did not bulk big with him.
They were toys. playthings, part of the
relaxation from the bigger game of
life. He met women along with the
whisky and gambling. and from obser-
walton he had found that 1t was far
easier to break away from the drink
and the cards than from a woman once
the man was properly entangled. He
resisted the pull on his arm by the
mere negative mass of him. and said:
Il sort Of feel a hankering to give
you-all a 1utter."
Tact and sympathy strove with him.
and he smiled with his eyes into the
Virgins eyes as he said:
"You-all go and get some grub.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-11-10

He was a striking figure OF q a
of all the men in the Tivoli. Soft
tanned moccasins of moose-hide. bead
ed in Indian designs. covered his feet.
His trousers were ordinary overalls.
his o IA was made from a blanket.
Congratulated leather mittens. lined
with wool. hung by his side. They
were connected. In the Yukon fashion
by leather thong passed around the
neck and across the shoulders. On his
head was a fur ZAP. the ear-1aps raised
and the tying-cords dangling. His face.
lean and slightly long. with the sugges-
ton Of hollows under the cheek bones.
seemed almost Indian. The burnt skin
and keen dark eyes contributed to this
effect. though the bronze of the skin
and the eyes themselves were essen
TALLY those of a white man. He looked
older than thirty. and yet. smooth
shaver and without wrinkles. he was
almost boyish. The impression of age
was based on no tangible evidence. 1t
came from the abstracter facts of the
man. from what he had endured and
survived, which vas far beyond that
of ordinary men. He had lived naked
and tensely, and something of all this
smoldered in his eyes. vibrated in his
voice and seemed forever a whisper
on his lips.
1t was two in the morning when the
dancers. bent on getting something to
eat. adjourned the dancing for half an
hour. And it was at this moment that
Jack Kearns suggested poker. Jack
Kearns was a big. b~luff-featured man.
who. along with BEETLES. had made
the disastrous attempt to found a post
on the ~head-reaches of the Koyokuk.
far inside the Arctic circle. After that
Kearns had fallen back on his posts at
Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed
the direction Of his ventures by send
Ing out to the states for q small saw
mill and a river steamer. Jack Kearns
suggested poker. French Louis DAN
Macdonald and Hal Campbell fwho
had made . strike on Moosehide1. MI
three oi whom were not dancing b.