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The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

r WAS called '1t." Try as I would, l l could find no patron saint in the calendar who answered to that name, and there was really no excuse for "it" but the negligence of the John son family to christen Its children. They bestirred themselves early only in the case of my elder sister, who was named Maggie. Even 1, the youngest of batch of five never knew the second child, boy, by any other name than Brother" Then came Sis" the third, and Babe" another boy, and finally I, the last of the Johnson brood. Ut" rang in my baby ears long before knew what was meant. I suppose that being the real baby it would have caused confusion in the household where there was already a Babe" and so they substituted 'It," for that was my title by right of succession. 1 never knew my mother. She died soon after opened my blue eyes to the world. Perhaps if she had lived my nomenclature would not have been so slightingly treated. Maggie. the eldest,
 
 at mothers death. Father was a team ster and away all day from the little family, for whom he provided gener- Ously out of his splender earnings. He, too, called me 'It' when he took me in his lap and rubbed his harsh, stubb!e beard over my baby cheeks or pinched my little fists with his big, horny fin gers. Maggie gave me a mothers care. as she did the other children, and had really no trouble about my incomplete name until I went to school for the first time.
 "YOur name is what? asked the teacher, when my turn came in a long line, stretching from the foot of her desk to the last bench in the room.
 It JOhnsOn," answered promptly. "1t Johnson" she repeated, with doubting shake of the head. Little girl you must have forgotten your name"
 "No," l gasped, for a lump in my throat almost choked me- To be the first in the whole room who had any difficulty about her name was mortify- ing even to little G-year-Old.
 Have you any brothers or sisters in this schoolY
 "Yes, my big brother Is in No. B."
 "Go upstairs and bring him down to me-"
 I trundled off, perplexed, to find Brother" Up to the top floor I climbed and soon espied him in q front seat of Room No. 8, the door of which stood wide open. He answered the summons of my vigorously beckOning finger and I confided to him the di- lemma l was in about my name.
 Well, It." he said, you are in a
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
THE ORIGIN OF PORCELAIN.
Invented by the Chinesej Perfected by
 Japanese, Named by Portuguese.

Invented by the Chinesej Perfected by
 Japanese, Named by Portuguese.
 Frank H. VIzetelly, in "A Chat About China" in the WOman's Home Con- paniOn, writes Interestingly of the intro ductiOn of fine porcelain into Europe:
 'The word porcelain, as applied to china pottery, originated in Japan dur ing the thirteenth century. The Chi neSe, the pioneers in the art of porce- lain manufacture, began to make it nearly two centuries before the Chris tan era, and so careful were they to guard the secret of the art that nearly fifteen centuries lapsed before their neighbors, the Japanese, got any in kling of it. But once in their posses sion, the willy Japanese lost no time to profit by their knowledge. The few intrepid navigatOrs of those days brought samples of both Chinese and Japanese ware to Europe, but not until early in the sixteenth century did a trade in 1t of any extent take place. Among the early importers were POrtu- guese traders who had settled on the Japanese coast, and to them, 1t Is claim ed, we owe the word porcelain, derived from the Portuguese parcellana, or sucking pig. When the Portuguese traders first saw pieces of Japanese ware they were struck with its tranSlu- cence, which somewhat resembled that Of the cowry shell. The cowry shell, in turn, resembled in shape a small sucking pig, or porcellana; hence our porcelain"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
WHO ARE "DE QUALITY2"
Social Distinctions of the Old Regime
 Still Held by the Freeborn Negro.

Social Distinctions of the Old Regime
 Still Held by the Free-born Negro.
 Lillian Bell gives this characteristic In the opening chapter of 'Yessum," a vivid story of Southern life appearing in the WOman's Home Companion:
 "On Saturday afternoon the wash of the Northern delegates to the Bap- tist convention was being borne through the streets of Memphis on the heads of two black, pendulous colored women.
 "'What you gwine do, Slst' Richidy, If dem Northern ladies gibs you fits bout scorchin' dat skirtT
 "T ain't skeered bout what dem Northern ladies gwine say to me- bout nuthin', Sist' Golden retorted the Oth- er Don't you know dey say dat col ored folks is jes as good as white folks is, an dat up Norf If a colored lady got a silk dress she gifts invited to de white folks pahties jes' like de qualityT
 "'Git out wid you, Sist' Richidy. l ain no sich softly as to b'lieve yO' fool talk
 "'Tain't no fool talk, Sist' Golden. Hits de Gawd's trufe 'Cordin' to dat de ladies won't dare say nuthin' to me bout dat scorched. skirt, ease 1t would be lake deir sassin' one anurr. An if dey did talk sassy to me- she added, emboldened by the others evident ad- miration, I'd jes' up an sass 'em back. Deed I would. If dey t'ink I'm as good as dey is, jes' gwine show lem dat is.'
 "'For de lan's sake, Sist' Richidy, never did see you so uppity befo'. But I reckon you wouldn't dare talk so If it was ole Mis- Beauchamp's ruffied pet ticoat you done burnt
 "'Lawd, Sist' Golden, I reckon not cried the woman. Nils Beauchamp Is de quality, one of de shO' huff high steppin' ladies. I don't reckon de time will ever come when we'll hyer huh a-claimin' dat niggers is huh equals. She hOrs dat haid up as high as she ever done when de Beauchamps owned de whole place. An when she comes in town she liffS huh dress an picks huh way lake she jes' 'spise to touch de dirt with dem lfll fOOts of huhS. She got a look in huh eyes, ole as she Is, much as to say you niggers, step rOun' hyer. You may be as good as de North ern ladies, but as for me, you has been my slaves, an in min you Is still. -"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

A St. Louis physician, who is a con- firmed old bachelor, has started out to reform the habit that obtains of dress ing babies in long clothes. He says that 1t Is necessary for the proper de- velopment of babies that they should have plenty of leg room in which to kick. The St. Louis doctor is no doubt right. This thing of beginning at the very start in life to deprive a free American citizen of the right to kick is in violation of the principle of re- publican government, and should have an end put to 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
THE CLERKS MISTAKE.
Thought She Was a Hayseed Because She
 Ordered 8 Kerosene Lamp.

Thought She Was a Hayseed Because She
 Ordered & Kerosene Lamp.
 Just after the night clerk had come on at the hotel and curled his mustache to his liking his attention was called to business.
 Kerosene lamp for 237," requested a bellbOy.
 Kerosene lamp?" echoed the clerk as he whirled the register about. "Let me see. Blondly and wife of Plunker- vile in 237. thought so. Never been in a first class hotel before. Go back and show them how to use the electric light. Wonder they didn't send for tallow candle," and the clerk took several of the corridor loungers into his confidence.
 'Lady says if this hotel can't afford a lamp to send up gas stove and send it quick" said the bellboy, who had made the round trip in phenomenal time. "She acts pretty hot"
 Pretty cold, l should think. Go back there and open the register, show the lady how to use the water faucets and how to turn off the electricity. Thank the Lord, she can't blow it out"
 The next word from 237 came with rush. It was brought by vision Of loveliness, dressed in bewitching style, her face flushed and her blue eyes throw ing off sparks. "Make out our bill and receipt it at once, ," she said as her dain- ty foot beat time on the marble tiling.
 "But, Mrs. BlondIy'-
 "Attend to my order, sir Include in your bill carriage and an express wag- on to transfer us and our things and tell Mir. Blondly when he comes in that he will find us at the other house, where we will spend the rest of the season. Understand, we must go at once. want to go to hotel where it will be possible to warm some milk for baby before the little angel starves to death."
 Then the loungers had fun with the clerk. and the best he could muster was a sickly grin. Buffalo News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
LOVES OWN.
Where Love built his humble nest Er,.---l .-.-l E..l All .-,.L

Where Love built his humble nest Tired and thankful did l rest. Sweeter rest there could not be, Though the black night covered me, And Love whispered, "Art thou blestf" And answered, "Love is best" Where Love built his nest l knew Thorns beneath the rose leaves grew. Sweeter roses could not be, Though the keen thOrns crept to me. And Love whispered, "Art thou blest2" And answered, "Love is best" Where Love built his nest blight Blew from lands of Death and Night. All that life had held of sweet Lay in ashes at Love's feet. Yet I-folded to his breast Weeping, whispered, "Love is best" So, with Love abiding still, I am Loves, to do his will, So his lips on mine are laid, So his hand my couch hath made Still he whispers, "Art thou blestT' Still I answer, "LOve is best"
 Atlanta Constitution
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
Sir Henry Doultou.

Sir Henry Doulton, who was born in Vauxhall Walk in 1890, practically spent his life in Lambeth, where his father established his pottery in the year of Waterloo, and he took an active part in the business from the old days of chimney pots, drain pipes, ink and blacking bottles" until the firm became world famous for it's art productions, i'll which, above all else, may be men, tioned it's admirable ware based upon the old Gris de Flandres and other types of old Flemish and German stone ware, whose soft, tender colorings are so restful and refined. It was always pleasure to Sir Henry to chat with any one who was interested in old London the London when Vauxhall was vir- tually in the country; when Vauxhall gardens, with their 10000 extra lights, were the resort of the Joe Sed- leys and the bucks of a generation later; when the now densely populated suburb of Battersea was given up to market gardens and meadows and was considered remote enough from London IO OO tAO O1 70 uuck DSbM6cu Eu6 Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchelsea in 1929.
 Sir Henry Doulton first made name in 1851, when he practically revolution ized sanitary matters by introducing stoneware drain pipes, and he went on accommodating honors and medals and in 1870 turned his attention to art pot tery with equal success. AS a man he was cultured, kindly, devoted to litera- ture and art, and most charitable and sympathetic, and he will be immensely missed and mourned in the great facto- " and the larger world outside, in which he was so widely known and uni versally liked
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

Parkinson Tefrained from using the family slight.
 l had always been a frail young thing, though not i'll, and the foreman gave me the lightest tasks. Otherwise he showed me no fayoritism. l paid my fire when late the same as the rest, and if ] made a blunder I paid for the damage Witbai, l felt sure that Mir. Parkin kinson liked me the best of all, and my lft.le heart, craving affection and only too ready 10 give 1t, went out to him il tle first flush of awakening wOmaL hood
 He must have read ft in my eyes, for his glances grew warm when he spoke to me, and H.s hands often fingered around mine as he placed the work in my Outstretchcd arms. The girls at my
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

A. J. Balfour has grown anxious lest the novelist run out of material, and wants to know where new material Is to come from. For our part we should not be at all distressed if they would run out for a while. so that we might have time to catch up with what they have been writing in the last ten years. And even if they failed for fifty years to find any more material we could do pretty we'll by reading Scott and Dickens and Thackeray and Hugo. Then there Is the further reason for not worrying, MT. Balfour, that the great majority of the novelistS don't use new material anyway.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

Of the fifty-twO newspapers in Paris only three-ROchefOrt's, Clemenceau's and ZOla's, and the Socialists organs are favorable to the United States. The secret Of the enmity of the other forty nine is to be found in their corrupt character. Zola, in his recent powerful novel, Paris" has shown up the rot tenness of these papers in a trenchant manner and displayed an intimate knowledge of all the ins and outs of the transactions growing out of the Pana- ma scandal, which In his work figures as an African railroad scandal. The same influences are at work now. These papers have been bought up by the Spanish bondhOlders as they were then by the Panama stockholders. They are never known to advocate any cause for which they are not paid.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
Ihere are twenty-three States whic

1here are twenty-three States which maintain Railroad Commissioners, to which Louisiana will be added when It's new constitution goes into effect. Of these all have three commissioners apiece, except Wisconsin, Ohio, Virgin ia, and Rhode Island, each of which has one. A recent report shows that the total expenses of the New York commission are nearly twice as great as those of any other State, amounting to $53,325 per annum, of which $24, ,OO0 tor SS,OO0 apiece) is for the salaries of the three commissioners. Other States, in the order of their expendi- lures, are as follows: Texas, $50, ,760; Massachusetts, $27,430; Illinois, $23,- POO. Rhode Island has the lowest az gregate of expenditures, amounting to 1,021, of which only $21 is outside of the salary list. In every instance much tho largest proportion of the expendi-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

lures is on account of the salaries Of the commissioners and their employees, the outside expenses in Illinois being the largest, amounting to $6,4S0. Mas sachusetts comes next with $4,942 on account of miscellaneous expenses; South Dakota third, with $4,600; and New York fourth, with S4,425. The salary list of Illinois aggregates S1G,- 72O. of which $1O,50O goes to the three commissioners. Pennsylvania, all though the second State in the Union in railway mileage coming next to H. linois-has no railway commission.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
A Nasty Conclusion

Attorney say you had called to see Miss Billings and was at the house at the time the burglary was com mitted?"
 Witness-"Yes, sir"
 ''Then how did it happen that when the prisoner dashed into the room and assaulted you, you leaped through the window and went home, making no at tempt to defend the lady or give tn, alarm?"
 ''I thought 1t was her father."-Ltfe
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

To speak of the United States as an unwarlike nation is nonsense. We do not keep vast standing armies, but our people spring to arms when there is need with an alacrity that shows a strong and virile character that aspires with good reason to the hegemOny of the world. To speak of dominant and lndomitable people such as ours as un- Warlike is to commit an outrage upon language.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

A little good out of great evil is the Increase of geographical knowledge brought about by every war or war scare. Multitudes of people have learn ed more about the West Indies, the Canaries, the Cape Verde Islands and other regions within the last few weeks than they ever knew before since the days when, with the omniscience of youth, they knew 1t all.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

In its list of things proper for soldiers to take into the field, the Army and Navy Journal names "tape, black and white." Heads of departments have corner on all the red tape.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

A Cuban war correspondent finds time to tell about Spanish girl in Ha- vana whose "eyes rest upon you and follow you--large, dark and beaming, half-veiled with long lids and lashes." On to Havanal
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

A Japanese has carved a wooden statue of himself so lifelike that when placed side by side it Is absolutely i'm possible to tell which is which. There are lots of men in this country who think like a wooden man.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night, and yet eats only his black bread, onion and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only little fruit and some olives, yet he carries with ease his load of POO hounds
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

Verdi, the composer, has founded a home in Milan for superannuated sing CTS. The great trouble he will have filling 1t is the refusal on the part of singers to admit that they are super annuated before the audience becomes
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

The largest carpet in the world Is in Windsor Castle. It Is forty feet in breadth and contains 5S,S4O,OOO stitch es. The weaving of 1t occupied twenty eight men fourteen months.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

When it comes to drawing on their lmaginations some war correspondents know no check. They simply use large drafts
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

A clergyman asserted in a sermon the other day that ''there are only clev- en or twelve real ideas in the world" That isn't one of them.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

In contact with Cuba's Spain saw only one, but when 1t ran against America's flag 1t necessarily saw more
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

By taking her cue from that ult- matum Spain practically wanted to con vey the impression she'd fight from the word "go."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

It is natural that things should get high during war times, hence there Is no need of surprise at the fact that Un- cle Sam has got his back up.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

Young men in society pay a terrible price for the sake of sitting up late. eating dab of ice cream and cake, and taking a girl home afterward.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

If American brevity can abbreviate "ultimO" into ult.," why can't "ulti- matum" be shortened into "gitP
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

The diamond mining companies of South Africa estimate their losses by theft at e1,OOO,OOO a year, of which they recover about one-half.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

Was 1t really necessary for the Nash yiIle's crew to board the Buena Ven tura? She was loaded with lumber.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

Spain is now meeting some most crushing defeats in the American thea fQrG
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

There are tricks in all trades with the exception of the one you are ell gagged In.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
EVERY SATURDAY

The KIondike excitement seems to have been lost in the shuffIe.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

'--' ANU ~tA'--' AiA'A OO"N' kept me awake many hours. When I slipped into dreamIand at last 1t was with his face bending oyer me, his lips whispering that he loved me, me-poor, nameless, insignificant "It"
 Next morning ! hurried 10 the fec- tory long before the opening hour to thank him for his gallant defense. To my utter dismay a stranger was at his desk. I gave him my number and passed on. Soon the other girls arrived in groups Of two and three Their faces were grave and they seemed tO discuss with subdued voices 8 calamity.
 What has happenedf' I gasped, filled with anxious fOrebodlngs.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
Transplantin2 Wild FIowars

In digging the wild flowers. esnacioI- ly those having bulbous roots he care full to go deep enough to get all of the roots. Leave as much soil cIinging +o the roots as possible, and after wron, ping them in damp moss or grass roll the plants up in paper to exclude the air. Gather a basketful of leaf-mold from under the trees where no grass grows, the first inch on the ground be- ing the best, and use this freely in making up the bed for the reception of the wild flowers. After planting them in their new quarters water liberally and shade from the sun for a week or more. A rather shaded location should always be selected.-Woman's Home Companion.
 A mans idea of a good time is to be an actor, and not have to kiss his own wife as the leading lady.
 Tn lOvo olUo8,a aOa and o,,1
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16

In love algebra one and one make one.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-16
Worlds Largest Garnet

thought 1t was her father"
Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-16
He Nav Come to Nranusj

Roy. Mr.. Pickles. who is visit
inc the city in the interest o. the
Methodist church, while he finds
discouua@in@ conditions, says.
many have expressed a desire
for a regular service during the
summer months, and il SatiSfac-
tory arrangements can be made
he will give the people Of Wran-
September 10Th. He is pleased
with the situation of our city and
its great possibilities, and with
the social and intellectual char
acter of its people. He says the
darkest hour is just before day,
and thinks the people ought to
cherish a good hope. Work hard
for the Improvement Of existing
conditions. He has made many
NlSllS at llle inherent MONIES Oh
our city during the week and
found many new friends and met
quite a few old ones. He is sur
prised to find quite a few Meth
odists who, during their residence
here, seem to be enjoyinga quiet
vacation, or as the boy said,
"his father was Methodist but
was not working very hard at it. "
Bill heads, 30 per thousand at the
JOURNAL office.
Location notices for sale at the
JOURNAL Office.