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less and dangerous. They soon lose
their effect for good, and the effect
for evil lasts. I have let them severe :
ly alone.
What shall a man do who finds
himself habitualiy lying awake at
night, and who begins to be alarmed
First. let him assu1ns that he is get
ting less sleep than usual, he prob
ably needs less than he sometimes has
needed.
In the second place, let him not
waste the time that he lies awake
Let him learn to be good company for
himself. Let him recall the best
poetry he knows, and see if he remem-
bers it all. Let him forget that he is
trying to go to sleep, and think OF
things that he likes to think about.
Let not those things be the cares
and worries of the day. He can shut
them out, and one of the best ways
is to become really interested in some
thing quite remote from them. Let
him ride his hobby in the hours when
he has nothing else to do.
When there is no grist between the
mill-stones, the stones grind them
selves. That Is what happens when
man lies and says, "Oh, how I wish
I could go to sleep! I shall be q
wreck tomorrow" He surely will, il
be goes at it in that fashion.
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confirmed my impression that the mys-
terious strangers spying upon me was
something to be reckoned with.
'I didn't think ought to worry you
with this, Mrs. Graham, but Katie
thinks you ought to know 1t, and what
she says goes, you know" He cast a
fatuous smile at the girl, who giggled
joyously. Tonight, down at Crest
Haven, I overheard one of the taxi
drivers telling another about a guy
that had come down there and de-
scribed a woman whom he said must
have gotten off at Crest Haven and
taken a taxi back to Marvin. The de-
scription fitted you all right, and the
driver gave him your name and adj
dress. He said he got a five-spot for
doing it,"
My face was white, my hands cold,
as L listened to Jim. but I controlled
myself, and said. quietly:
THANK you. Jim, very much for
telling me, but 1t do not think it
amounts to anything"
"Goot-by, goot-by, my dear, goot
Missis Graham. l never, never can
tank you all you do for me and jim.
never forget, neve~. Ven 1 COON
back / Wait on you joost as if you Won
baby all day long"
Katie stood on the veranda steps, at
tired in her white wedding dress and
floating veil. Jim, in a brand new
suit of clothes, freshly barbered, and
his honest face aglow with embar-
raised joy, was on the path below
waiting for her.
eyrfnninp taxi driver aIso v1-a tad
holding open the door of the machine
which was to bear Katie and Jim to
the little church in the village where
they were TO be married.
Whether from embarra ssment or for
some other reason neither Katie nor
Jim had appeared especially to desire
our presence at the ceremony, an at
titude which much relieved DiclSy and
me.
They were to go straight from the
church to the home of Jim's mother
and father, where wedding feast was
/ to be served to Jim's cronies. Jim had
already taken over to his mothers
home Katie's travelling suit and hat,
while the suitcase with the things she
wished to take with her on their little
trip he had deposited proudly in the
taxi.
1 knew that Dicky was grinning in
ecstatic enjoyment Of my embarra SIS
ment as Katie poured out the walls Of
] her emotional gratitude upon me.
Katie was making a distinct drama
of leaving us to be married, and was
enjoying herself immensely. although
feared that the tears which stood in
! her eyes might become the torrent of
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justice which underlie all organized
society. A fellow jurywoman says. Of
her own experience:
Personally 1 never awoke to the
enormity of the sacrifice of human life
in our city until sat in civil court.
never realized what a tremendous Of
fering of lives is taken every day and
every horr-the toll paid from among
our citizens for greed, hurry and in
difference"
Other jurywomen speak Of the new
light they get on the problems of
crime from sitting in the criminal
courts. All acknowledge the broaden
ing of outlook, the better understand
ing of legal machinery, the increased
respect for law and its representatives,
the widened human sympathies and
the keener sense of civic obligation
that the experience brings her.
This is a phase of jury service that
is just as important as amy benefit
the woman can bring to the admins
tration of justice-the education of the
women themselves in the fundamen-
tails of citizenship. 1t is good for
them. And let it be observed, also,
that. in spite of the supercilious atti-
tude of business and professional men
toward jury service it is just as good
for men as for women.-St Peters
burg Times.
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PRESS COMMENT
The Woman juror.

The Woman Juror.
In a city where women have been
drafted for jury duty in more than
usual numbers, out of the first $50
called last fall only one failed to re-
spond to her summons. When a court
officer reached her on the telephone
she announced that she couldn't re-
port at the court house because she
had company"
Every citizen she was told. "rnust
obey a summons at law, save only the
president" But she insisted that it
wouldn't be proper to leave her
company" Finally, when she receiv-
ed an ultimatum that a deputy wouId
be sent to bring her she agreed to
come
The really notable thing. perhaps
was that the other 149 reported 70,
duty, promptly and unouestioninglv
but the one exception naturally at
tracts the most attention. She learn
ed something by that experience
something that all women need r.
Know and something that a good
many men do not yet realize. namely
ehat law is more important thar
etiquette.
she learned many other things. too
in the course Of the jury duty that
fell TO her lot, things having to d.
with the processes and principles OF
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sobs in which Katie sometimes in

sobs in which Katie sometimes in
dulges.
There, there, Katie" said. trying
to calm her by the quiet Of her own
manner, you'll only be gone a week.
after ALL so you really shouldn't say
good-by at all. Now run along with
jim, my dear, and take my very best
wishes for your wedding" 1 kissed
her lightly on the cheek as 1 spoke.
1 did not need the snort that heard
from my mother-in- law standing in
the door of the dining room to tell
me that she utterly disapproved of so
familiar an action toward my maid,
but to me it seemed unutterably pitt
full that Katie should go to her we'd
ding with no woman relative near to
kiss her and wish her Godspeed. /
would not have omitted that good-by
kiss If a hundred mothers-in-la had
made me feel the weight of their dis
approval for doing it.
At my words and kiss Katie threw
her arms around me- regardless of the
way she was crushing her pretty we'd
ding dress, Rugged me convulsively,
returned my kiss with a, hearty smack
that must have sent shivers of horror
down my mother in-law's back, and
dashed down the steps to the waiting
Jim.
"Coom now, JIM" she said briskly.
| Il ready now. We go queeck before
cry"
She sprang into the taxicab before
Jim had a chance to help her, and in
another minute they were whirled
out of sight.
'T'm glad that's over" Mother era
ham commented Rrimly. zone would
| think, Margaret. that Katie was your
dearest friend to see the farewell you
gave her."
My mother-in-law's tone was even
more caustic than her words. / knew
that she was simply spelling for a
good old fashioned row, but l did not
intend to give her the chance to begin
quarrel.
81 do not know that I have a more
faithful friend than Katie" / said
quietly, and then more briskly. Us
there anything I can do for you,
| Mother Graham, before you go?"
"Oh, no, thank you" she returned,
with the crushing dignity which she
affects when she is displeased. II have
everything ready, and can start at any
moment"
VERY well, then" I returned. ''Dicky
and you can easily make the $50 ex-
press from Crest Haven. I viii try
to see you before / go to the Study
club this afternoon. but If I shouldn't
get there don't wait luncheon for me-"
Il don't wait luncheon for anybody"
my mother law returned tartly, and
went TO her room.
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ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
ADVENTURES OF TWINS q.
1.-THE Cockstoo,"
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

ADVENTURES OF TWINS 80. ..
"The coekatoo."
'9Teno, hello, hello, hello!" screamed
q voice, when Nancy and Nick I'M
locked the door between the Room of
Rubies and the Room of Emeralds.
They were on their way to the South
Pole and were now travelling under
earth.
They started back in alarm, but the
door had shut behind them. Not,
however, before the great green bull
frog had slipped in right at their feet.
my goodness" gasped Nancy.
What a queer voice
"Ha. ha, ha! Don't be afraid, my
dears," came the voice, this time ac-
companied by a great fiopping, and a
huge cockatoo came into view around
green corner. How do you do?'
"We--we are pretty well, thank you,
answered Nancy politely. And we
hope that were not intruding."
'Intruding! Intrudingi" puzzled
the cockatoo. lighting on a perch.
That's n new one 1 haven't learned
vet. l shall have to look it up in my
dictionary. Just wait! Lands, what
light! These glow-worms are about
as much use as the ice man in Feb
ruary. When you don't want 'em,
they're right under your feet and
when you do want EN-, they're gone
Worms, Wormsi" he called shrilly.
Hurry up and come out. ] need light
to hunt up a word.
Suddenly millions of gIow-worms
came out and the TJace glittered with
a bright dazzling green.
lust then the. cockatoo found the
place. "Intruding means fn the way.
| see, children. No you are not in the
way. but your company IS" And he
fixed his piercing eye on he frog.
I'VE. didn't bring him. He came,
said Nancy.
I'm suspicious" said the cockatoo.
az smell mousse mean a frog.
watch him and hold on to your
charms. I'm enchanted and have to
watch Snitcher-S natchs Cave. But
like children and I don't love frogs.
Besides, I know Jim when I see
one
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THE SILVER TREE.

BY FRANCIS KEPPLE
wish that / could see one night
That tree in Cairo. near the Nile.
on Which at dusk the egrets light
And sleep awhile.
At earliest dawn they fly away
Into the desert-who knows where ?
And the great, dark -leaved tree all day
Stands blossom-bare.
But when dusk folds the Citadel
Within Mokattam Hills, 1t brings
To that expectant tree the thrill
or homing wings.
Down the long reaches of the Nile
The silver birds come winging home.
Past Boulac and Gezireb's Isle,
Past mosque and dome.
And suddenly the tree is drest
In a white radiance OF bloom,
As bird on bird drops down TO rest
With folded plume.
The lovely moon upon her way
Looks down, and watches with de-
light
The silver tree. so bare by day,
Blossom all night.
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Placing the Burden Where 1t
Should Be.

The board of trade has appointed
a committee to appear before the city
and county commissioners and ask
those bodies to provide from the city
and county treasures the funds for
the entertainment of the National
Editorial association when that or
ganization visits Tampa in March.
This is the'proper and the business
like position. It is generally conceded
that the visit of these writer's and art
lists representing the great newspapers
of the United States will be OF bene-
fit to the state, and particularly to
the cities and sections where they
may stop for day or two and be en-
tertained. This benefit will not &C
crue to any partic lar interest, but
wall be general. Then it is proper
that the cost of entertainment should
he met from the public funds. Here
tofore it has been the custom to call
on a few men to meet the expenses
of such affairs. Not more than fifty
men, as a rule, have paid the bills
for many affairs and projects of gen.
eral interest and benefit, and many
who were as well prepared to pay as
scribers, and who have participated
in the benefits, have selfishly with
held their support. BY making these
contributions from the public treasur-
les the burden is distributed fairly.
There are large property owners in
| the city and county who have been
made rich by the development of
Tampa and whose name7 are rarely If
ever seen on subscription lists for the
support or development of projects
for the common good The only way
to reach such people and make them
| carry fair share of the burden is
by the adoption of the policy recon-
mended by the governors of the board
of trade. Taxes may be increased as
q consequence, . but the amount ex-
| acted from each taxpayer will be
small; and the relief afforded a. few
public spirited citizens who have been
for many years past meeting what
should have been general public bur-
dens will be we'll deserved and well
ceme-Tampa Times.
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Strong Endorsement.


The president of the Florida No
Fence league. ]. w. Sample of Haines
City, who by the way is also pres
ing company expresses his apprecia-
ton of the support the Grower is Civ
ing his activities, crediting the Grow
err with being one of the original no
fence" advocates This is true For
ten years we have been harping on
the near criminal custom Of running
livestock at large, a custom Obsolete
in every other civilized country and
which has resulted in the spending of
hundreds Of thousands of dollars for
otherwise unnecessary fencing; is
the reason why Florida cannot ex-
port cattle to any other state in the
union because our cattle are ticky
(and it is impossible to fight the tick
under open range conditions) and
which custom is also responsible for
the burning over of our wild and I'M
occupied lands, which results in the
destruction of humus of unknown and
untold value. Where under sane con-
ditions We might become one of the
leading cattle and livestock states of
Tic fpbubliy wa are IlOW ueTlutu LOT the
slab sided, long horned rack-boned,
ticky, miserable animal seen daily
along railroad rights of way and our
public highways by tourists and WISH
tors to our beautiful state. Another
| factor that while it may be of aes-
thetic nature, yet has value, is that
We're it not for wandering stock, our
fields, woods and highways might be
made beautiful by Towering trees,
vines and shrubs. Under present con-
| ditions every plant set out for such
! purpose, unless strongly protected
would find it's way into the gullet of
| hungry COW or wandering razorbaclx
1 say that Florida might be made one
of the beautiful spots on earth We're
IT not Tor existing conditions, and
say that it. is worth while to change
| those conditions that we may attract
the men and the millions necessary to
build our state to its ultimate destiny
Florida Grower
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was candid but we suppose the reply
will be candled
A chameleon which has made hi1
home in our back yard got himself
spring suit yesterday as we looked on.
The little fellows old skin cracked
lust at the base Of HIS neck and out
he crawled.
The fortunate chameleon, in spring
without hurry
lust skins himself and gets new
clothes without expense or worry.
" ou'd / were a chameleon--the long
ing just now pins me;
In spring 7 lose both sleep and cash
some other fellow skins me.
o.
II tie Central American states start
a war among themselves Uncle Sam
Will be glad he didn't scra. the ma
rire corps.
o.
Roo Admiral ,cnvlcr's tat the
need ef big ships 10" the navy being
as vital IA infantry to the army re-
minds Us OF that old doughboy song;
THE cavalree. artillcree and lousy en-
piscCrs-
They couldn't Eek the doughboys in a
hundred thouFand years"
o
Just why Deaby nhould say he is in
favor 81 Uiae-less navy is hard to
understand stree yolstead has already
seon to that
Of n million dollars in bonds because
his salary wasn't raised. What an in
dictment Of his employers!
Hoover plans to encourage foreign
commerce So long as he doesn't give
away all the eargoes everything will
be all right,
The Ritter mills in Virginia and
West Virginia are to resume full
time operation today Business is
constantly improving.
How congress is hustling to pass
the tariff measure in time for. Will
son to veto Il!
The teachers last question was
meant to be scientific poser.
What Is it that prevades all
space she said, (which no wall or
door or other substance can shut
out?"
The smell of onions, miss" prompt
~ answered the boy in the front seat.
Current Opinion.
Woman Ito her partnerl-Ha you
any prominent men in your family,
Mr. Dunleigh7
Mr.. Dyes, one of my forefathers
was an admiral. AT one time he led
the worlds combined fleet
Woman-How interesting! What
was his manner
Mr. D.-Noah.--Houston Post.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-28
A DAILY MESSAGE
BY DR.. WILLIAM &. BARTON
INSOM MA.

I have three good rules about in
somnia.
The first is, Do not get 1t.
The second is, If you get it do not
keep it.
The third is. If you get it and keep
it, do not let it brighten you.
1 suppose that all men and women
whose work involves any considerable
degree of nerve strain, occasionally
lie awake nights. In the case of Q
man whose work is always heavy, and
whose problems arc not easy to solve
there is strong temptation to take the
problems TO bed with him. They are
uneasy bedfellows.
/ make it rule to drop my prob
lens when 1 cross the threshold Ii
my bedroom. Life is too short, and
the hours for sleep are too precious
for the wasteful labor Of night-worry
AS for sleeping drugs. they are use
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NORTH CAROLINA TO
| PLAY GEORGIA TECH
(5y The Associated 'Pressl.

= '~SS('
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Feb. 27.-Geor-
gia Tech, Maryland State and New
York university are on the baseball
schedule of North Carolina State coll
lege this year, as announced today.
The Aggies will play 33 games, II of
them at Riddick field, Raleigh.
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Honey. when you go to break the
news to Paw" whispered Miss Pinkev
PertWhistle, an Arkansas maiden who
had Just promised young Gabe Cav
ley that she'd be his'n. you'd better
ask him first thing for the loan of
his pistol and when you've got 1t safe
in your pocket tell him we're going f.
get married and then stun him right
quick with neck yoke or something /,
Country Gentleman.
Little Timothy, who had been study
ing history but a short time, thought
he would give his grandfather a try
out on the subject, so he asked: Say
grandfather, what great war broke
out in 1882" The old gentleman laid
down his paper and looked thought
fully at the boy for a moment and
then sudden light dawned upon him
Why" he said. that was the wear
married your grandmother."-Cur
Opinion.
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We Can't Afford Not to Use
FERTILIZERS This Year.

With fertilizer at its present high
prices, can we afford to use it this
year?
This is the uppermost fertilizer ques-
ton in the minds Of the farmers in
the fertilizer using sections of the
south. The Progressive Farmer has
gone thoroughly into the question
from every angle, and the deeper we
go the more convinced we are that
our farmers can't afford not to use
fertilizer to make their 1921 crops.
The per acre cost will be increased, but
the per bushel or per pound cost will
be reduced, and it Is the bushels and
pounds that we must sell at a profit.
This is no time to plunge on ferti-
lizer in order to get phenomenal yields,
or to experiment with new mixtures.
Use safe amounts of the kinds of fer
tilizer that have given paying results
on your types of soil. Not only should
the farmers who have heretofore used
fertilizer continue the conservative
use of it, but there are farmers in
every community who have depnded
solely on their own efforts and the
original plant foods in poor soil to
make their crops, who should now sup
plement these things with added plant
food, at least on 2. few acres, and get
away from urprofJably low yields.
We cannot afford to farm at loss
again this year, and yields of Is to 20
bushels Of corn or a fourth to a third
of bale of cotton an acre Will not
pay for the labor, seed, and use of
the land and leave a profit. 1t is es
sential, then, that our yields be raised
we'll above the average, and the only
I - .l-s,. 1T e., 49,
year is with fertilizer wisely used
The Progressive Farmer.
Things We Overlook.
A New York woman who was a
tourist in Pensacola last year suggests
| that this city adopt for its slogan 'fThe
| Hydrangeas City" For several years
Pensacola has had a fallacy for by
drangeas. Lawns are profusely deco
rated with these beautiful flowers and
such a slogan would be intimately APP
propriate.
What strikes us is that Pensacola
has neglected this view point so long.
Tourists who have never visited Pen
sacola know its name only as a place
! in Florida that is anxious to entertain
! tourists. They have nothing in COM
mon to associate with their thoughts.
| Nothing to create inspiration, as it
were. when that name enters their
head. And, it might be suggested.
| that inspiration will do more toward
| sending tourists to Pensacola than
reams of ganda about the sun
shine and blue gulf.
Pensacola is an example of an iden-
| ticaI condition existing throughout
! Florida. Perhaps Florida is embry-
onic in some respects but Florida is
gradually maturing. AS she natures
she must take into mind what psyche
logical effects she. hopes to create in
/ the minds of the nation. She is ne
glecting many of the things that are
] beautiful and inspiring for those which
are in common elsewhere in her re-
gions, and which on first thought ap-
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REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON.
How Katie Said "Good- BY" Mother
Graham Departed, and Madge
Met the Lotus Study Club.

Il was full before / returned, for
Jim had something TO tell me, which
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Colby's note to the league council
was candid but we suppose the reply
will be candled
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-28

II the Central American states start
a war among themselves Uncle Sam
Will be glad he didat scra. the ma
rire corps.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-28

A chameleon which has made his
home in our back yard got himself
spring suit yesterday as we looked on.
The little fellows old skin cracked
just at the base Of his neck and out
he crawled
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-28

Rear Admiral ,cnvlGr's tai ON this
need Of big ships for the navy being
as vital NJ Infantry to the army re-
minds Us OF that old doughboy song;
THE cavalree, artiilcree and lousy en-
CigcCrs-
They couldn't lick the doughboys in z
hundred thouEand years"
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The fortunate chameleon, in spring
without a hurry
just skins himself and gets new
clothes without expense or worry