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The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
ANTIPATHY AMONG ANIMALS.
Different Species of Beasts Entertain
 Dislike for Each Other.

Different Species of Beasts Entertain
 a Dislike for Each Other.
 The likes and dislikes of animals are unaccountable. Some horses take a violent prejudice against certain men. even, though they are treated kindly and though the mans moral character Is fair. Between the cat and dog there is violent antipathy which, however, Is not infrequently displayed by mutual respect, and even affection in excep- tiOnal cases. The elephant hates dogs and rats. Cows dislike dogs, and so do sheep, and, what seems stranger, are particularly partial to bears. On the other hand, horses loathe and de test camels and refuse to be decently civil to them after long acquaintance. They even hate the place where cam els have been, which seems to be carry ing the race prejudice to an extreme.
 EvolutiOniSts are accustomed to eX- plain these instinctive feelings as sur vivals of ancestral enmities dating from the days when one race preyed
 
 the natural enmity of cows to dogs, for when cows were wild they were obliged to defend their calves from bands of predatory wild dogs. But why should the horse like dogs? It Is but the other day that the wild horses organized to defend their colts from wolves on our Western prairies. What could the ancestral horse have had against the ancestral camel of mill ion years ago? Above all, why should the horse approve of the bear? It must be that the horse has a dormant sense of beauty and of humor. The ideal of the horse is grace combined with strength. He disapproves from the bottom of his nature of the hope lessly vulgar, awkward, and unaes- thetical camel. The bear, he sees at once, though clumsy, is unpretentiOus, truthful, and not devoid of sense of humOr. The dog he recognizes as good fellow, companionable and un- selfish. He therefore forgets his an cestral predaciOus habits. A strong bond between the dog and the horse Is that they are both fond of sport whereas a camel would not go an inch to see the best race that was ever run. The horse does seem little preju- diced in the case of the camel, but 1t is fine, aristocratic, unreasonable preju- dice he has. And we like him for him. self and for showing that the evolu- tionists cannot explain all the senti- ments of refined and highly organ ized animal. Man, of course, they can account for in every particular Hart ford COurant.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Irish Dnelinn Code.

The Irish dueling code has been adopted with certain notifications by duelists both in England and the Unit ed States. It was drawn up by the Irish bar at the Clonmel assizes in TIT and appears to aim at so arranging matters that no Irishman anxious to fight shall be baked by his wish. "The first off, fense requires the first apology, al- though the retort may be more offen- sive.' "After one fire the retort may be explained away. But if either par ty." the code hastens to add, would rather fight on, after two shots each the principal who made the retort may explain and then the original offender tender his apology" "When the lie direct is the first offense, the aggressor must either beg pardon in express terms, exchange two shots previous to apollo gy, or three shots followed by ex- planation, or fire on till severe hit be scored by one of the parties. "No dumb firing or firing in the air, is admissible. |" ''In slight cases the sec ond hands his principal but one pistol, in gross cases two, holding another case ready charged in reserve. -
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

The social ethics of the bull-fighting profession seem to afford interesting as- poets. Mexico has light of the bull ring known as Fl Curita, who comes before the public with the complaint that his reputation has been injured by a report that he had been beaten by a woman. He therefore submits public proof that so far from this being true, the fact was that he knocked the wom- an down with a chair several times. Having been sent to jail, his eight-day sentence was commuted into the pay ment of a fine. He is thus restored to full standing in his profession and the public esteem, and his reputation is Yindicated.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
A Dramatic Assassination.

By far the most dramatic royal assas- sination was that of the Emperor Paul of Russia on March 24, 1901, by his nobles As usual Paul had retired to rest booted and spurred and in his regi- mentals At the dead of night he was awakened by an unusual noise. The hussar who guarded his chamber door the only faithful sentry, as it proved. in the palace-was being killed by niue nobles. They burst into the room and began to attack the emperor. Paul hid behind chairs and tables and begged for his life. He offered to make each of his assailants prince. He offered to abdi- cate in vain. Then he made a wild dash for the window, fearfully gashing him self, but he was dragged back. He seized chair and for some time kept the nine of them at bay, and only after terrific struggles was he seized and strangled with his own sash.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

tery. It was claimed in behalf of the lottery that its charter was a contract, and that as the United States constitu
 tiOn forbids any State to pass a law i'm
 pairing eOnracts, the provision of the new Kentucky constitution revoking all charters of lotteries was invalid. The Supreme Court took the ground that a lottery grant is in no sense a contract within the meaning of the constitution, but is simply a license which the State, for the protection of the public morals, may at any time revoke. This decision has wide application, be
 cause, under the contrary view, any lottery which had once been chartered in any State would be forever secure against a withdrawal of its privileges
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

By refusing to accept the plea of in toxicatlon advanced by an illegal voter In eXtenuation of his offense. a Philadelphia judge has taken a stand which good citizens will generally sup port and which has reason, judgment and common sense back of 1t. In a vigorous manner the judge charged the Jury that If they found the prisoner had voted Illegally, as charged, 1t was their duty to convict him without re gard to his condition at the time, whether he was drunk or sober. The jury promptly convicted the man.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

THE LINE OF FAME. son who will re ceive high hOnOrs in life. Accompanied by d good head line, it shows a person who will make financial success of life. When the line of life is weak a good fate line will strengthen 1t and prOlOng life. People with great vitality always have good fate lines. Breaks in the line indicate losseS-the more breaks the more losses. Two parallel lines in- dicate double success. A branch line from the fate line to the line of life in- dicates that the individual has been controlled by fate all his life. Spots on the fate line indicate losses by fire. The absence of the fate line indicates subject who will lead a humdrum life without either experiencing great losses or great successes.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

How little some people care for money! The Provident institution for savings, in Boston, advertises list of deposits that have. had no attention of any kind from depositors for twenty years, and the figures in the thousands column alone, disregarding hundreds, tens and units, foot up nearly $1OO,OOO. Evidently the owners of the money deposited have had no use for it. How many O. them have forgotten it?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

A short cut to notOriety has been eff tributed and collected 10000 francs to- ward the Guy de Maupassant monu- ment, recently unveiled in the Pare Monceau, on the condition that her own portrait be introduced. The ludicrous result, the figure of a fashionably dressed woman reclining in a long chair at the foot of a bust of the poet, is characterized by writer in a London newspaper as ''an advertisement in marble for some leading dressmaker." :" Human vanity takes many forms and some persons choose to bask in toe worlds gaze, even at the expense of self-respect or of life itself.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Not Worth e Rap.

Dean Swift, ill his 'Drapier's Let ters, " employs the expression in several places of rap. applied to base brass and copper coins. Thus, ill his first letter, speaking of the scarcity of halfpence and farthings, he states, Many coun- terfeits passed about under the name of raps" (see volume 4. page 66. Falkner's editina, l735). He also mentions raps more than once in his third letter The rap was we'll known in Dublin previous to the universal circulation of her majes- tvs present bronze coinage """+srnS
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Service Stripes for Street. Car Men.

V IT.
 The Metropolitan Street Railway Company has decided to decorate the sleeves of the new uniforms of all its employees with service stripes, which will indicate the length of time the men have been in the employ of the com pany. For each year of service up to and including the fourth, the employe will be entitled to one blue stripe. Af- ter the first five years all blue stripes are to be discarded and replaced by one gold stripe, and for every subse- quent five years of service another gold stripe will be added. Some of the em plOyes of the road have been in the ser vice for more than thirty years.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Lord Mayors Salary.

The allowance of the lord mayor Of London, up to the mayoralty of Sil Sidney Waterlow in 1872, was $4O,OOG annually; but it was increased in that year to $5O,OOO, at which sum It has ever since remained.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

Rapidly the American bison has di unfinished in numbers since white men joined with the Indians in the work of reckless destruction, yet a few of the creatures still survive, in freedom as we'll as in captivity, and the day of their complete extinction may not coma for decades, perhaps not for century, The wild or passenger pigeon has been less fortunate, or, rather, more un.. fortunate, than the buffalo. Within the memory of men still young these birds existed all over the country in literally unnumbered millions. Single focks were seen so large that, even when moving at express train speed, they covered the whole sky for hours as with a dense cloud. Lighting in a for est, their weight often worked more havoc with the trees than the severest of winter storms, and in a day they could sweep broad fields as clean as though q prairie fire had traversed them. Yet the Smithsonian Institution announces that urgent appeals sent to many States and the active personal efforts of agents spurred to industry by the offer of a large reward have failed to bring in single specimen of bird, which, only few years ago, could be- and unfortunately was-killed by the wagonload with no better than sticks. This result of their efforts has con vinced the Smithsonian naturalists that the pigeons have gone to join the great aux, and they mourn the carelessness that has left the United States without even the poor solace to be found in museum case full of we'll assorted and arranged specimens of the departed birds
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

the base of the finger. It i S S cid o m a S straight as is indi- cated by the black line in the illustra
 ton, but Zigzags
 back and forth, occasionally d i S . appearing or run
 n in g into other ines. A good fate
 line shows a per
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

It Is said that in the late municipal elections in Georgia the negroes de- manded and obtained from $5 to $10 apiece for votes. Why should Geor- gia politicians ever advocate the lynch ing of citizens who are worth $10 apiece at the polls?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

The esteemed New York Tribune re- ferred 10 an esteemed contemporary, recently. in this delicate way: "The Evening Sun lies. So does Its morning degenerate. If you see anything in either of them about anybody or any thing they could have any motive for lying about. the presumption always Is that they lie"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
The Poetry Of Natnra

The poetry of earth is never dead, wrote Keats, and though tho statement sounds at first thought dangerously sweeping one there is no doubt that if he had been called upon to argue the point he would have successfully main tained his thesis. Regarded subjective ly, the poetry of earth, or, in other words, the quality which makes for poetry in external nature, is that power ln nature which moves us by sugges- tion, which excites in us emotion, im- aglnation or poignant association, which plays upon the tense strings of our sym pathies with the fingers of memory or desire. This power may reside not less in bleak pasture lot than in para disal close of bloom and verdure, not less in roadside thistle patch than in peak that scars into the sunset. It works through sheer beauty or sheer Eublimity, but it may work with equal effect through austerity or reticence or limitation or change. It may use the most common scenes, the most familiar facts and forms, as the vehicle of its most penetrating and most Illuminating message. It is apt to make the drop of dew on grass blade as significant as the starred sphere of the sky.
 Merely descriptive poetry is not very far removed from the work of the re- porter and the photographer. Lackin: the selective quality of creative art, it is in reality little more than represen- tation of some of the raw materials of poetry. It leaves the reader unmoved, be- cause little emotion has gone to its making.-Charles G. D. Roberts ill Forum.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

With one Western inventor making gold out of antimony and another mak- ing hard coal out of garbage, sawdust and soft coal, the work of improving on the products of nature seems to be running double turn.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

When extravaganza reaches the point of having silver corn-poppers, senti- ment calls halt. Like the old oaken bucket, the wire pepper has a distinct place In fond recollection;" but while the bucket Is largely a memory, the wire medium for bringing corn to its highest terms represents a condition as well as theory. Long may it wave!
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

Uncle Sam doesn't mind having young women marry veterans of the war of 1872 for love, but he objects strenuously to having young women marry them to make themselves eligi- ble to a widows pension.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

Liquor Is said to be scarce in the na- donal capitol just now, the sergeant at-arms having announced a "close sea- son." in order to freeze out certain in- dlviduals who have been accustomed to tank up" and make too much noise.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Greater New York.

Greater New York, comprising the cities of New York and Brooklyn, to- gether with a number of neighboring towns and a considerable outlying ter ritory, has an area of 359 square miles and an estimated population of 8, ,1OO,. 900.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

A man has been lynched in Texas for lying. If lynching is ever made the recognized penalty for violations of the Ten Commandments, what a hole it will make in our American population.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

A fast run of 1O2 miles in ninety-sev- en minutes on a Western road, is said to be record-breaker. One of these runs will yet prove to be neck-break- CT, as we'll
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Profitable Fiction.

She called him the wisest of all mankind,
 Though she didn't believe a word of it; Still it made him happy and eased his mind
 And it didn't hurt her bit.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
The Wrong Turn for Him.

Barton-i'd like to get you to pre- scribe for my baby. It's two months ole now and I've stood it just as long as 1 can.
 The Doctor-What seems to be the trouble? Doesn't it sleep nights?
 Barton-That's just where the rub is. It sleeps too well nights. You see, I work on a morning newspaper and have to sleep during the day. What I want you to do is to give it something to keep It awake nights.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
AuExcel1eut Reason.

Mrs. Beyers-I wonder how the gro cer happened 10 put these small pota- toes on top Of the measure?
 Mir. Beyers-Oh. I guess he must have run cut of large ones.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
In Spite of Isyeryth hinp

Old Harding-Wel 1 guess tha. young Dabsley's determined to marry our Lib In spite of everything.
 Mrs. Harding g-Why do you think so, Jeremiah?
 Old Harding Why. you know she sang to him and played the plano night before last, and here he is again. Cleveland Leader.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Won His Admiration.

Her Father-How do you know you love my daughter? You've only been acquainted few weeks.
 The SuitOr-That Is true; but 1 see that you've just negotiated a loan of $1,000,000. A man who can do that is the kind of person want for father in-law.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

If, as Astronomer Falt reiterates, a comet will hit the earth on Nov. 13, 1899, 1t will be a striking coincidence with 13 being an unlucky number.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
S sterIy Affection.

Said the maiden, "I'm sorry, Mr., To you 1 can be but sister," Said he: If you'll not be Mrs. Pm entitled to sisterly kisses"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Ouestionab!e Commitment

Vocalist-The audience doesn't seem to appreciate my efforts.
 Pianist-Well, don't be discouraged. can get you an audience of over POO persons ,whO will gladly give up $1O each to hear you sing.
 Vocalist-FOr goodness sake, wlere?
 Pianist-At the asylum for the deaf and dumb.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
The Real Reaso-

Were you beaten for that office by the use of money, BirdleyF"
 ''No, sir; the trouble was that We did not use enough mOney."-DetroIt Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Then She Took Him In.

He Cooking out at the windOw)-It's so bright and cheerful within and so cold and gloomy without.
 She-WithOut what?
 He-Why, without you, dearest.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

With 153 competitors for positions in Harvard freshmen crew, the eight finally selected certainly ought to rep resent the athletic ability of the class.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

John Daily, the exrpolitical Irish pris- oner, has had the freedom of Boston ex- tended to him. Tn his case it is more than a mere compliment.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Des erate tate of Things.

no end Of invention. Just think; there has been piano invented that can be played in bed.
 Phlatth8uSe-Fhat settles 1t. After this it vii be no use to stop at merely crippling piano players; they'll have to De kllled.-Cucinnat Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Too Modern.

He-Don't let your father put in cleo. tric light.
 She-Why not?
 He-Well-er-yOu can't turn it low, don't you see3Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

It Is not true that Hannis Taylor is going to be the first president of Cuba Libre after the acknowledgment of in dependence.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
And the youur Man Doe. p.s,

Jack--Mlss Willing. you know, has a fad Tor collectins autumn leaves. Tonl-Ies. Sc Ife heard.
 Jack-Well, sue has hit upon a novel plan to get them pressed.
 Tom-How does she manage 1t? Jack-Flaces them inside her waist
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

Selling a Kentucky steed for S6O,0OO might be used as evidence that if the luck In one horseshoe is doubtful, there's something in four of them.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
One on Him.

That's the time I got the joke or you," exclaimed the lead pencil to the paper, as the humorist completed the pun.-St. Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
HUMOR OF TIE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
 OF TIE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Laughnblc fhaS'' of Human Nature Graphically
 trayed by Eminent Word Artists Oi Our Own Day-A Budset of Fun
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Borrowine Trouble.

"I see," said the man who reads the papers, that they've got a 3-year-old preacher down South and a 7-year-old lawyer out West"
 "Yes," sighed the bald-headed man, 'T suppose they'll be putting children down in the front rows at the theaters next"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

A scientific expert says that 90 per cent. of mushrooms Is water The oth- CT 10 per cent, of course, is toadstools.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

The Supreme Court of the United States has given an important decision against the Frankfort (Kentucky) lot
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

Tn the meantime bets are about even as to whether Il Hung Chang retains his yellow jacket or not.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
\ Fnir Prnnosition.

"What terms has Buster offered his credtOrs?
 "He agreos to pay them the interest on their bills If they'll call it square, North American
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prBLIsHED EVERY SATURDAY

To all women: There is no such thing as a bargain In cigars.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

Inventor Keely's air ship will fly. we feel sure. just as soon as he perfects few trIfiing details in his motor.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Hard Cash.

"Are you going to use bricks in the friend.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Was Their Meaning the Same?

"1f, said the druggist, you will give this new preparation a trial Pm sure you will never use any other"
 'No," replied the invalid, probably not"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Hardly Synonymous.

smith-Say, old man, can you let me have S1O for day?
 Jones-No; but can let you have $1 for ten days. Same thing, you knoW.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Perseverance Always Wins.

Smith-After trying for ten long years, have at last succeeded in con- vincing my wife that I am perfect.
 BrOwn-Are you sure of it?
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Tattered Tom-HoW' $ dat?
ALnu- Fn1t yvn,4

Sinkias-l'ye got a patentable idea that expect to make a fortune out of. Timklns-What Is it?
 Simklns-A scarf-pin shield that will prevent man from getting tangled up in his best gir's hair.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

Employer-Here you are an hour late. HOw'S that?
 Office Boy-Me mudder's clock was slow. See, I brought it along to prove it-New York Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
Her Unfortnnnte Know1edge.

After De had Kissed her and pressed her rosy check against his and patted her soft round chin she drew back and
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
The Female Book Agent.

Timkins-There goes a woman witI a history.
 Simkins-Yes, know; she was in my office yesterday trying to sell me copy on the installment plan.
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LonE-FeIt Want.

Inventor-Im working on an appli- ance that will reyoIutiOnize things in this country if ! succeed in perfect
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Annoying.

livery thing seems to go eontrari- wise," said -ue shipbuilder, gloomily.
 What the matter?"
 When We build a man-of-war it goes straight 10 the bottom, and when we turn out a submarine torpedo boat it sticks to the surface like life preserv r."-Washiug.ol Star.
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The Hunt for Urbanniuess.

The Hunt for Unhappiness. Iris folly to be wise
 Where ignorance is bliss, But suspicious women who Search their husbands pockets through Never thing, alas, of this!
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12

- Lawyer-Can you prove that he is in sane?
 Female Certainly. He insists upon wearing all the neckties buy for him.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
George, do you shave yourself?"

"Ycs," he replied.
 q though so, she said. "Your face Is the roughcst l ever"
 Then she stopped but it was too late, and he wen away with cold, heavy lump in his breast
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
LESSON PALMlSTRY.

Strong Fate Line Shows a Person Who
 Will Receive High Honors.
 The line of fate begins at the brace lets that surround the wrist and ex tends across the palm of the hand 10
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Then He Went.
Evidence.

He-Are you fond of autumn leaves? -Yes-some peoples,
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The One Exception.

TOm-Did you ever know a girl to re- turn a present that she had received from a nang
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SurcoI Decree.

Lawyer-JUon what grounds do you propose to apply for 9 divorce?
 Female ClienJ-My husband's insan-