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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-13
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-13

This the chance of lifetime and
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Evening star., 1914-10-15
Breeding Detectives.

From the Chicago Journal
The efforts of the ''psychopathologists
to Law practically all crime to mental
deficiency is foredoomed to failure. The
uuality which our ancestor named the
"old Adam" and which cowboys know
las "pure orneriness' is responsible for
a very large share of human misdeeds
Then. too, it is doubtful if the science
of analyzing the human mind has ad-
vanced far enough to permit of the
exact classification in which it's adyo-
Gates love to deal. When a lecturer
talks about the mental age of a mo-
ron being S.71 years the suspicion will
not down that the learned gentleman is
Guessing at half and multiplying by
two. rather than following any soberer
system. of measurement and mathe-
,n.tics. Yet in spite Of all discounts the
nsvchopathologist has grasped a great
trnth. and If his exaggerations help
him to bring that truth home to society
one would be loath to curb his reform
Ing zeal That truth is that the unre-
stricted breeding of mental detectives
10 muddying the whole stream of So
nial life These subnormal creatures
80 responsible for a vast quantity OF
na,nerism, prostitution and crime
They are constant charge on the
aammunity, and they always reproduce
tnair own kind. A mentally normal
hnrglar may become the father of a
bishop, but a mentally defective pau
nor begets only creatures as helpless
End worthless as himself.
Evening star., 1914-10-15
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKsAH.
Suez,

Since the war began the heavy hand
of the censor has been laid on the
four corners of the earth, but even
with all the censors it is odd that SO
little has been heard from Suez.
Suez is the canal that short circuits
the eastern hemisphere. 1t is dug in
the sand Of territory subject to Turkey,
owned by Egypt and controlled by
England. 1t is owned by a French
stock company. but the British gov
ernment has the biggest block of
shares. The Turkish element of owner
ship is the slightest and most tenuous
of the many threads connected with
it's history.
Under English and French domina-
tion the canal is easily an asset of the
allies in the great war Already some
seventy thousand Anglo-1ndian troops
have been brought through the canal
to the European war. But if there has
been any trouble on the isthmus or
in the canal the censors have blotted
it out.
The Suez canal has been one of the
most profitable financial undertakings
in the world. 1t has paid dividends
steadily and the dividends have az
steadily increased. When the war, is
ended and the map of Europe is made
over, one of the greatest Of ali the
great prizes, if Germany should win,
would be this canal. German diplo-
macy might be content with restoring
it to Turkey. but millions of men must
die before the fate of Suez is deter
mined.
Evening star., 1914-10-15
LIMESTONE IS MONEY
IN THE ISLAND OF YAP
Japan Confronted by Transportation
Problem Should War Assess
ment Be Levied.

Not very long ago Germany owned
the Island of zap, which is located in
the Caroline group of islands some
where in the South sea. Then a Jap
anese cruiser or two came along and
title to the island was transferred to
Nippon.
Now, Germany has set the precedent
of requiring captured places to pay
large, robust war indemnities. It's a
poor rule that won't work both ways.
but, nevertheless, Japan would have a
mans size job enforcing the payment
of a war indemnity on the happy in
habitants of zap. And the Nipponese
would have to send a whole fleet of
freighters to carry the indemnity away
if it amounted to more than S1.9S.
Limestone as Currency.
Yap currency, it appears, is hewed
out OF limestone, and Yap dollar is
likely to weigh about five tons. The
coins it is stated, bear a close fam
lily resemblance to overgrown grind
stones; they range in diameter from
six to fourteen feet, and the possessor
of a quarry in Yap is a millionaire
that is, if he cares to work his mint"
All he has to do is to hew out a big
chunk of limestone, round it off, cut a
hole in the middle and there you are.
OF course, there are certain disad-
vantages to circulating medium of
this character. For instance, it takes
500-Dound coin to buy a 100-pound
pig. But. then, the plutocrat who owns
1,OOO-pound token of wealth can swap
it for wife. Which makes friend wife
exactly twice the value of one pig.
Banks are unknown in Yap, because
they aren't needed. Nobody wants to
go around and swipe some body else's
accumulations of a lifetime when the
fortune consists of massive slabs of
limestone, one of which would be a
comfortable load for a dray. Besides,
they haven't any drays in Yap. So
one may see any day huge accumula
tions of wealth lying around in zap
Evening star., 1914-10-15
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b The Searchli6ht EisiEFI5 ssszfE5E IsiSE5 !;
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Emancipation of Street Car Con.
ductors.

There has recently been put upon the
market a coin and ticket fare box which
promises to cause the evolution of the
old-fashloned, overworked grimy street
car conductor into a careless thing of
ornament and optimism, a functionary
whose sole duty will be that of pulling
bell ropes and of keeping up the COM
panys end OF repartee started by
sprishtly passengers. The general use of
this new fare box will deprive the con-
ductor of the last vestiSe of excuse for
the display of rumpied temper. He will
for the company, but the comrade and
conversational foil of his regular daily
patrons.
The new iare box takes the passengers
ticket and cancels ii with markings in
lndelble ink. Further it duly registers
the collection of each and every ticket.
IL takes and registers the patrons money
fares, likewise. 1t sells him tickets, and
ilkeiy, there viii soon come an improve
| nent by means Of which this device will
venture to make change. The ticket re-
teptacie holds 1000 cancelled tickets, and
| the coin receptacle, also, is of ample in
| terror This cCntrivance takes care of
| al the petty finance of street-car opera
I Ton and leaves the conductor free to i'm
| prove his mind and to entertain his COM
| panlonS upon modern life's brief electric
| spin.
Evening star., 1914-10-15

to the Green Forest to spread the news
there. Some believed it and some
didn't. You see. Sammy has told so
many untruths in his life that a few
of those who know him best are very
slow to believe anything he saws
Unc' Billy Possum was one of these.
Did yo see him setting those traps,
Brer Jay" he inquired
No replied Sammy, truthfully
enough. Il didn't wait for that. 1
thought ] ought to hurry ahead and
warn everybody"
..Very thoughtful of yo, Ah'm sure
Brer Jay agreed Unc' Billy. But
just because yo' happened to see Farm
his hand yo' don't know that he means
to set them. Pears to me like yo' all
am in "a mighty hurry to scare eye'body
befo' yo' know there's any danger
Why didn't yo' watch to see where he
done set those traps. Brar Jaw"
Sammy tossed his head in.iienantly
If that's all the thanks l get for my
warning / hope you get caught" he
snapped. Then off he flew to carry the
news farther Unc' Billy grinned
Nevertheless he took pains to warn old
Mrs 'Possum to warn the children To
watch out sharply lest they get i'm
the Laughing Brook everybody was on
the watch. Everything else was for
gotten. Even Grandfather Frog was
excited. too excited to catch foolish
green flies when they skinned past
his very nose. But in spite of all their
watching they saw nothing of Farmer
Browns boy and his traps You see
he had gone straight over to the far
come. oI ,he Green Hea1o.s 20 ,hc
Evening star., 1914-10-15
FOUND WINE BOTTLE BOMBS.
Germans Say Innkeeper Tried to
Blow Them Up.
of the Associated Press.

of the Associated Press.
BERLIN, September 19.-The fol.
lowing incident in Belgium is related
to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger by E
member of the landwehr:
when we desired to pass the nigh,
in a certain town. an inkeeper, with un.
usual friendliness. offered us quarters
for sixty men. When we Investigated
the sleeping quarters-the hay loft
we found hidden deep in the hay two
big wine bottles with dynamite ant
fuses attached. Thereupon the inkeep.
er was tied to ladder and guarded
by a sentry. Then for a whole day he
stood up against the door of the church
and in the evening he was shot.
Evening star., 1914-10-15
THE EVENING STORY.
Saul Birds Daughter.
Copyright. 1914. by W. Wernerl

Saul Bird died suddenly. One hour
before death he was sentient, power
full, imperative; the next as passive as
any other clay And Louisa, his
daughter, was left alone.
She had had no time for preparation.
1t had happened; that was much as
she could realize for several days. The
neighbors came in and managed things.
She let them do DULY. To their
questions she invariably replied: 81
don't know. SO they consulted
among themselves or with Mr.. Dunn.
her fathers attorney. After they had
done what they could they withdrew
to their own affairs and left her to
hers. They were neighbors merely,
not friends. Her father had not al
lowed Louise to have any friends.
Now. when she needed companionship.
she was bereft There was nobody for
her to lean upon. Not that she had
ever leaned upon her father. She was
not that kind of being. She was a
machine which he had fashioned to his
liking. Her whole purpose in life had
been to obey him Now, that purpose
being suddenly withdrawn. she felt
helpless.
We'll. what are You going to do?
Alr. Dunn asked cneertuliN. lneE sat
in the best room. which was dark,
ugly and bare. Mr.. Dunn had remark
ed that she needed sunshine and air,
and had boldly flung open window,
letting in the clean spring breeze
and flood of light that showed every
thing up in the worst way possible.
II showed up Louisa herself, sitting
there in the cane-seated rocker She
had on a ready-made, cheap dress of
black lawn. Her face and hands We're
pallid, her eyes tired and dull. her
hair licked back into luSterleSS
brown knot. She seemed almost as
color1ess and l!feless the crayon
portrait of her mother on the wall
above her head. When Mr.. Dunn ask
ed her what she was going to do she
stared at him vaguely.
II don't know she mumured.
But you must make up your mind,
said Mr.. Dunn. He got up and opened
another window and let in more light
and air. Mr.. Dunn had a forceful per-
sonality- He was besides n keen law
yer. Louisa knew that her father had
believed in him much as he had be-
lieved in anybody. He had always said
Mr. Dunn was honest, but smart, as if
smartness did not always go with
honesty. Mr.. Dunn was rather big
Evening star., 1914-10-15

back yards. perfectly secure. because
nobody there has muscle enough to
steal them.
1t frequently happens that when
Yaplander is paid off in one of these
coins he doesn't even take the trouble
to carry it home. He knows, and
everybody else knows, that the 500
s;o-and-so's house is his, he doesn't
bother about it.
Ranks as Richest Man"
Nor does the loss of the money"
alter the financial status of its one
time posSessor. The richest man in
Yap-the John d. Rockefeller of the
sland-hasn't grindstone to his name.
But once he did own the biggest coin"
the fortune was being transported from
the Pellew Islands. where the money
limestone comes from. the raft on
which it was carried turned upside
down and the coin went to the bottom
of the deep. blue sea. That mattered
not whit; the fortune was there. even
if there was the bottom of the ocean.
and that man still ranks as the richest
man in zap.
Clam shells are used for small change.
much as the Indians of the early days
used wampum. And the museum of the
University of Pennsylvania has a fine
collection of the real money-the lime
stone coins-and the clam shell cur
rency. the collection having been pre-
sented to the museum several years
ago by DIR. William Hepry Furness, Sd.
of Philadelphia. who has made several
visits to the Island of Yap.
Evening star., 1914-10-15
GOES BEYOND BOUNDS.
German Resident of England I'm
prisoned for Disobeying Orders.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON. September 25.-"Germans
and Austrians in this country are re-
celvlng an enormous amount of liberty
under the circumstances" remarked a
Marylebone magistrate when he SEN
fenced Carl J. kirchstein, a German of
Richmond. to three months imprison-
ment because he had been found five
miles from his registered address.
A detective stated that he arrested
the accused man at the address of his
cousin, Mrs. Rose, native of Ger
many. married to an English officer.
AS the detective was leaving the house
with his man, Mrs. Rose called out.
"All right, Carl; I'll write to Lord
Kitchener in the morning. 1t will be
all right"
Kirchstein had a permit to move
about for business purposes, but it was
determined in court that the permit
did not cover visits to friends.
Evening star., 1914-10-15
Farmer Browns Boy Sets
Traps.

Bad news travels fast. Nothing
travels any faster. No, sir, nothing
travels any faster than bad news. 1t
was so now. Everybody on the Green
Meadows, in the Green Forest. around
the Smiling Pool and along the Laugh
ing Brook knew that Farmer Browns
boy was once more setting traps. 1t
was a long time since he had put those
traps away and the little people had
really begun to like him. At least some
of them had. They believed that he
really was their friend and were be-
ginning to trust him. And now here
he was setting traps! 1t was splen-
did chance for those who had doubted
him all along to say, We told you
so." They did, too.
AS usual, it was Sammy Jay who
had first spread the news. 1t just hap
pened that Sammy had been sitting IN
the .big maple tree in Farmer Browns
dooryard when Farmer Browns boy
came out of the house with lot OF
an ak in the other. Sammy knew
what that meant. He had seen traps
set before. He could hardly sit still
long enough to see in which direction
Farmer Browns boy was going he was
so anxious to spread the news. You
all along doubted the good intention
of Farmer Browns boy. Because he
never is quite honest himself. he can
not believe in the honesty of others
SO now, when Farmer Browns boy
started in the direction of the Green
Meadows, Sammy hurried ahead
straight to the Smiling Pool, to give
warning You see, he felt sure that
there was where those traps were tt
be set-there and along the Laughing
Brook, for that is where Farmer
Browns boy used to set traps long age
when he tried to catch Jerry Muskra1
and Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter.
There was great excitement and in
dignation when Sammy told the news
just as he was sure there would be
He left everybody talking as fast as
their tongues could go and hurried over
Evening star., 1914-10-15

and solid, his dark hair a little
gray at the temples, his dark eyes
were inquisitive but kind, and his
handsome mouth had humorous cor
ners. He smiled at Louisa he re-
mind. "A woman who, controls as big
a property as you do must have de-
cision,' he added. You must think
for yourself instead of trusting to
other people
Il don't know how to decide"
Louisa whispered.
You can learn, can't you? You've
got eyes and mind and strength. You're
in possession of 100000, and that's
a lot of money. OF course, Ill help
you what 1 can, but L can't do every
thing. There's lot for you to do.
But you'll never do it, l can tell you,
get out and see folks and places, begin
to live right I'm talking plainly, Miss;
Louisa, but I'm talking sense. l like
money as well as any one. but your
father got his in way / wouldn
adopt if l went barefoot. The real
joy in having money is in using it,
not in boarding it, just for the sake of
its color and quantity. l don't think
you're like your father, but you've got
to prove you aren't"
How" gasped Louisa.
He got up to open another window
but as there were only two in the
room he went and looked out of one
a moment. Their he looked at her
:"Get some clothes" he said. get out
of this house: go somewhere; go to
Europe. A good dose of il will do you
more good than seventy years of Wet
more. Go and stay six months-a
Evening star., 1914-10-15

year. Read some books. hear some
good music; play. see things: study
human nature. That's the best advice
can give YOU
II never went thirty. miles in my
1ife," sighed Louisa.
II know it. It's shameful But let
bygones be bygones. You're your own
mistress now. BY the way, there are
some people leaving Westmore for
England next week. Maybe they'll let
you join them. Shall / find out?"
IF you will, please" said bewildered
Louisa.
1t is a terrible thing to have lived
in a wretched little house all your
life with just enough to eat and not
always enough to wear, and then sud
denly to find yourself with $4,000 on
your hands, all your own, to do with
as you please.
Down at the bottom of Louisa's ma
ture was hard little crystal of firm
Evening star., 1914-10-15

such is Dutch honesty that, unlike other
censorial institutions, the man who
files i dispatch from a district under
staat van beleg gets his money back
likewise an apology. Instead of smash
ing cameras and threatening to shoot
the photographer, merely the films are
confiScated.
Evening star., 1914-10-15
All Alike.
From the Glasgow News

TON Tie GLASGOW News
a Glasgow school teacher was review
ing the assembled ranks preparatory to
marching them to their classes the
other morning. AS he walked up and
down the lines he noticed one boy
whose boots had not been blacked and
who was standing slightly in front OF
the others. Wishing to shame hlm INTO
methods of neatness, the teacher eX-
claimed: THE boy with the dirty boots.
step back into line" And straight""y
the whole lin. shuf1sd back pace.
Evening star., 1914-10-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Love for money is never platonic.

Love for money is never platonic.
Sooner or later the high fiier must
pay up or come down.
Women with the most cheek do the
least blushing.
A man thinks he is misunderstood
because he doesn't know himself.
4 good conversationalist let's up oc-
casionally.
Every woman enjoys doing charity
work-if some man will put up the
money.
About the only difference in babies
is the difference in their mothers per-
sonal opinions.
\ mans interest in a divorced woman
never lets up until he discovers why.
Earthly angels are all right. but there
isn't much excitement in being married
to one.
Beyond a doubt the telephone has
conferred more benefits upon mankind
than all the political orators that ever
talked through their hats.
Vacuum carateS, permanently in
stalled in the rooms of new hotels.
Evening star., 1914-10-15

home of Old Man Coyote. There he
did set the traps--set them for Old
Man Coyote. or Mistah Buzzard. sail
ing high in the blue. blue sky, looked
down and saw him do it.
"OT Man Coyote better watch out"
muttered OF Mistah Buzzard. There
sho'ly seems to be a lot O. trouble
fiXin' fo' him"
Evening star., 1914-10-15
against the acceptance of what he pre-
sents-not as fact. but as news matter

against the acceptance of what he pre-
sents-not as fact. but as news matter
that has reached him.
There is a little example that will
illustrate this point. The question here
is: Are the Russians in England, Bel
glum or France, or are they not? For
weeks there were hints. allusions and
intimations that Russian troops had
been taken to England from Archangel
and were now on their way to the
western theater of war. English news
dispatches said they had been seen at
various points in England. English
war correspondents met them and
talked to them in Belgium and France.
Travellers spoke with mysterious air
of impending surprises for the Ger
mans. Some cited dispatch from the
British admiralty which said that
the route to Archangel was now open
and that shipments of butter and eggs
would soon come that way-said but
ter and eggs being Interpreted as
said he saw the Russians embark
at Archangel, while a Dutch merchant
in that port, returning home, assured
everybody that the story was absurd.
and that. as a matter of fact. the un
dertaking was impossible.
Russians Are Elusive Troops.
More English war correspondents
saw the Russians. Finally Dutch
spoke to Belgian who had seen
them, and a second knew some
body who knew somebody who had
were in Belgium or France or England
beyond the shadow of a doubt. But
a few days ago the English official
press bureau denied point blank that
there was anything in the story.
A man who writes military matter
and knows what he is writing about
took the pains to compile a table of
AuStro-German losses, as announced
press: When his totals had reached
one and three-quarter millions he de-
rcided that the task was not worth
while. That was two weeks go. The odd
part of it was that he used only those
figures which appeared in official dis
patches and in reprint in the Dutch
papers.
In common with all others the Dutch
press suffers at the hands of the cen
sors. Due to the commercial relations
Holland maintains in normal times
with England and Germany, its news
papers keep large staffs of correspond
ents in those countries. To their credit
be it said that they have made every
effort to present to the Dutch public
something resembling the real state of
affairs excluding subjects in Belgium
But such efforts invariably come to
grief on the shoals of the censorship
which carry neither buoy nor beacon
and which refrain studiously from let
ting the correspondents know what
can and what cannot go through.
In a general way everybody SurmseS
that statements. true or false in favor
of the country which the censor serves
will be admitted. Directly Dutch cor
respondent says so much a word for
the enemy, and be it no more than d
potent fact, into the wastebasket goes his
copy. That the man is telling the truth,
and. as far as he knows. nothing but the
truth-a truth. moreover. which has no
military import-makes no difference. The
very suspicion that the man intends to be
honest with the public renders him per-
Evening star., 1914-10-15
Wars Brighter Side in Holland.

But war has its brighter side. even in
Holland. The Dutch papers print side
by side-and recently with constantly in
creasing editorial notes.-the news of the
day of both sides. Such glaring contra
dictions have never been run off the press
anywhere. At the head of the column
the English and French official com
muniques appear; further down those of
Won Stein. quartermaster general of the
German army. The English and French
dispatches insist that the allied troops
have taken such and such place, while
the German dispatches. always brief. i'm
ply by their contents that such is not the
case. The Dutch editor takes the official
news as he gets it and permits the public
to judge just who is the greatest press
agent" With press bureau dispatches and
other communications he deals differently
In most cases he appends a note to the
effect that the item is evidently q gross
exaggeration, or that it is colored to suit
the interests of the country of origin. The
editor in ether lords. warns the public