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The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
Negro Development.

Medical researches show that in 6 general way white children exhibit more diversity in their measurements and the negro more uniformity. this be- coming even more marked with age. Thus, the negro children are taller at the same age than the whites. but there are no marked differences up to the age of about A. The size of the head is somewhat smaller in the negro. teeth are stronger and healthier and more regular. and the cutting period more strongly defined. There is decided negro ear, which is smaller and has a dropping upper lobe, often with an an gle. The negro body is less fat and has relatively more muscular development in both sexes. The arm spread is greater and hands and feet both average longer The thighs are more prominent in the middle, and the legs are smaller New York Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

1 rows down the room in pitilessly quiet ar ray. On one cot lay a woman, who was a mystery to the hospital officials. She ! had been brought in late in the afternoon of the day before insensible. She was young and beautiful; her clothing was that of a gentlewoman; she had all the marks | of refinement, albeit with certain signs i of toll, but every mark that could identi- | fy her had been carefully clipped from her garments. For hours the watchers thought the angel of death would stop at her be- fore he took the one next her. Yet he passed her by, and in the early hours of the morning she revived and murmured words they could but indistinctly under l stand. Toward noon she revived so that her conversation became ineligible. But with the return of consciousness she seem- ed to guard her secret more closely. She refused to answer the questions of the hospital physicians, and insisted that she would soon be strong and well and would leave the hospital.
 The Christmas flowers had come in and the nurse selected the finest bunch of American beauty roses in the lot and took them to her patient. She lay. limp and silent, in her cot. It was her first expe- rience in hospital She reflected vague ly, that it would be her last. She had tainted on her way to the river, it is true, but that was no reason why she should not carry out her design. It was only question of time. The nurse approached her. She bore large box.
 "Here is something for you," she said.
 It was a large white box; around it were wide, pale blue ribbons. A spray of holly lay on the top. She looked at it listlessly.
 Shall open it for you?" said the nurse pleasantly. Tt was sent especially for you by friend"
 The pale patient almost smiled. The nurses kindness was almost pathetic.
 ''There is no one to send me flowers" she said, ''but you may open it for me-"
 The nurse did so. A rush of fragrance filled the air. The roses burst upon the vision of the pale woman with the glory of midsummer, dazzling in their bright ness. They lay in their satin-padded home like fragrant jewels.
 "Oh, how beautifully she cried. "Let me have them"
 AS she took them a card fell out. She looked at it as one might look at a dear face that had been hidden for years. Her eyes diated. She was silent for one mo- ment, then she cried out in a voice that
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
Some Kentucky superstitions.


 It would astOnish you to know the number of persons in this State "who are not superstitiOus but who do be lieve in signs" While returning from Western Kentucky recently sat talk ing with a party of seven gentlemen in the smoking compartment of a Pull man car, when one of them pulled from his pocket a graveyard rabbits foot which, he said, had always brought him good luck. Another of the gentle. men exhibited the feather of an old gray goose which had been given him by a negro charm seller in the Pur chase. The owner said he knew the thing was mere trif1e, but he wouldn't part with 1t for any amount of money. A third member of the party had an old steel pen which had been used by the Governor of a Southern State in writing the pardon of a condemned man. This nOn-believer In strange signs" said he priZed the omen higher than anything he possessed, as he had succeeded ever since he got 1t. The sleeping car conductor carried in his pistol pocket an Irish potato, shriveled to one-thtrd it's former size, which "nev- CT failed on a rheumatism case" A fifth gentleman had this to say: "Fel- lows, I'm no believer in those meaning less emblems, but I can't help feeling badly if I fail to see the new moon over my right shoulder"
 The only other two members of the party who had not spoken left the car, smiling at the "vapid follies" they. too, were doubtless believers In if they had only expressed emselves.-Louisville POSt
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
Paying Through the Nose.

This is to be indirectly swindled in a transaction or to pay an exorbitant price for G. thing i'll consideration of long credit. A variant is Ito be bored through the nose, "bored" here having the meaning of cheated, deceived:
 At this instant he bores me with some trick -"Henry Vlll." f. i. 128.
 One that hath gulled you, that hath bored you. sir.-'Life of T. Cromwell l6O2. II. ii lO3.
 And Howell in hls Instructions For Forren Tr;vell'' (l65O), page 59. 'had known diTtrs Dutch gentlemen grossly guld by this cheat the selling of forged manuscripts to young travellers in Italyl. and som English bor'd also through the nose this way, by paying excessive prices for them. "-Notes and Queries
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

The enterprising merchants of sever al towns in the Middle West have es- tablished fashion. They set up in the streets booths filled with their most at tractive wares, displayed in a way to catch the attention and open the purse of the paSser-by. Then they issue inYi- tatiOns to a street fair" People come, and the fair prospers. It does not de tract from the credit due the original promoters to point out that this new fashion is really a revival and locali- ZatiOn of very old fashion-one older than Chris tian civilization Itself. The street fair originated in the religious festival as long ago. at least. as the days when strangers resorted to Baby Ion and Nineveh to take part in the feasts of the gods Thence came also the Sharp-eyed traders of the caravans, and by the side of their booths the city
 merchants set up their stalls. and busi- ness became almost picture-poem, un- der the eastern sky. Essentially, today,
 European fairs are street fairs-from
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
Unfortunate Mary woIl.tonecraft.

Conspicuous among the brilliant and beautiful women of her time was the lovely and every way unfortunate Mary Wollstonecraft Goodwin, the first agita- tor of the question of woman s rights. No woman. with the exception of Mme. de Stael, made so great an impression on the public mind. Her new and startling doctrines were seized with an avidity scarcely credible at this day, and her famous book, "The Vindication of the Rights of Women," was the theme of the most universal praise and abuse.
 Thomas Paine, the author of ''The Rights of Man," was one of her fa- miliar acquaintances, but their inter- course was an argument, their views neither on this subject nor any other coinoiding. In these arguments Paine either lost his temper or became sulky, and the woman champion won an easy victory
 Until her marriage with Mir. Goodwin she was the friend of Mrs Siddons, but she, with the majority of her admirers, declined to sanction this union, for she had married some years before an American called Inlay, to whom she had been a most devoted wife. The man, however, took advantage of the fact that the marriage was only civil one. performed in Paris, and deserted her. She then married MT. Goodwin, but this act placed her in position no charity could explain away. Death, however, soon covered her faults with a pitiful oblivion She left an infant daughter a few hours old, who after ward became the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley. y.-Exchange.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

the great gathering al Mini Novgorod in Russia to the neighbOrhOod assem- blages of the Latin countries. But we do not anticipate that the street fair in America will do away with the agri- cultural fair, which serves a special purpose and has proved its usefulness. The effect of the street fair-an inter esting. easily accessible display in the very center of trade, where the exhib itor pays no extra rent, and the visitor no admission fee-should be to benefit buyer and seller alike. And 1t practi- cally adds a new holiday to the over crowded lives of a busy people.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

The bicycle is less tricky and danger Ous than 1t is popularly supposed to be. 1t appears from the report of an acci- dent insurance company that 1t is third In the list of considerable causes of ac- cident. There were paid for losses on account of accident via the machine s65,OO0. Horses did $167,OOO worth of mischief, and the gun was most danger Ous. its cost to the company being $236,- HAn
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
Not the Same Thiny.

Small collections are often provoca tive of clerical sarcasm, as in the fol lowing instance, quoted by an eX change:
 q fear" said the curate, "when ex, plained to you in my last charity ser mon that philanthropy was the love ot of species, you must have understood me to say specie which may accoun! for the smallness of this collection. hope you will prove by your presen; contributions that you no longer labo. under the same mistake
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

The thumb is said to reveal the strength or weakness of the whole char acter. Schoolboys, whose thumbing of boohs-'s prOverbial, will be interested in this discovery. They are the strongest characters known when 1t comes to thumbs, except those highly favored and doubtless extremely strong people whose "fingers are all thumbs"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

l filled him with an unacknowledged terror
 It was the first Christmas he had spent without her, without Mirabel. And, tell 1 ng himself that he would forget, that he would not remember, he straightway re
 membered with the intimate fidelity o1 l pain all that could wound him now.
 A breath of fragrant air from out g florists shop made him turn his head for 6 moment, and as he looked he saw forget. me-nots. The sight gave him a pang. He recalled the morning they had first met It was a morning in spring, fresh with in nocence. Her eyes were blue-blue like the forget-me-nots. Then, less than a year later, they were wed, and the one Christmas they had spent together had seemed to him more exquisite in it's per feet happiness than the one on the plains of Judea could have been to the shepherds Then came misery; scarcely had the echo of the Christmas bells died away in the air than that fatal episode had occurred that had parted them. It arose in a trife, as most of the worlds misery and wars have, and then before he knew it he had said words that had made gulf between them which it seemed could never be bridged She said she would go away and battle with the world by herself; he made a brutal reply. Then they parted, but when, after few days of devastating loneliness, he went to seek her, she had gone.
 So the year had dragged out its course and this terrible holiday was at hand, It Haunted itself before his eyes-its joy mocked him at every step-his intellectual attempts to forget it brought it more viv- idly before him.
 Again the opulence of florists shop met his gaze. A sudden resolution came to him; he stepped up to the window and speculated between orchids and lilies.
 "Ah, Philip, see you are choosing my Christmas gift" said voice at his elbow. He turned-it was his cousin, a woman born to bring to others some of the light and joy denied them in their own poor lives. Do not hesitate so," she continued, laughing, "you know how easily 1 am pleased in the matter of flowers. Shut your eyes and choose whatever you see first when you open them, and it will suit me-"
 "It will give me more pleasure to suit your taste than to trust to haphazard choice" he replied. Come with me straight into the shop and say what you will have"
 "Oh, Philip" said the woman, her eyes filling with a soft mist, "you are always good and generous, and will let you give me flowers, but not for myself. Have you forgotten my poor people in the hos pitals? Give me the flowers for them. 1 cannot have too many of them, and, oh, Philip, you cannot imagine how much joy they will bring the sick and suffering"
 "You may have all you want" he said. "Here they are, roses, violets, orchids, lilies of the valley-what will youT
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
Carefully Selected.

One of the most remarkable features of life in New South Wales Is the trans formation of criminals into hard work ing citizens. Of the thirty thousand settlers there in 1921, twenty thousand were, or had been, convicts.
 It is said that, on board an American liner, a boastful Australian asserted loudly, and over and over again, that "the men who settled Australia were a remarkably sensible lot"
 "Yes." said an American. quietly, 'T have always understood that they were sent out by the very best judges"
 Put your faith in the plodder rather than In tue plOtter,
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

and the advent of Christ-myth in their homes.
 Christmas greetings mingled with the orders of the shopkeepers to hasten the delivery of goods, the furs and satins of the millionaire's wife brushed against the faded, threadbare shawl of the shivering woman from the city's darkest slums, who had stolen a brief and hopeless holiday from toll that in this one hour of the worlds joy she might breathe the incense of an unknown existence of happiness, of gifts. of plenty, of fabulous and dream like ease. vision that foated before her starved eyes in dinner unreality than the storied tales of pagan magnifcence.
 hood of brilliant light poured out from the shops. Such was the luxury of the holiday season that not only the signs of winter were evident, but the garnered treasures of all lands. There were fruits from Persia and Arabia, gems from ev- cry nation that the sun shines on, luxuri- ous furs from polar regions, where only intrepid explorers have trod, silks from lands where the sun pours fiery flood the year round, the choicest and daintiest bits from Egypt. India, Siam, a bewildering array from the islands of the sea and from the capitals of the European and Asiatic nations. Countries whose history told of the Christ-myth so far in the dim light of history that its origin is lost, piled their wares side by side with the unequaled pro- auctions of the new world, rivaling in costliness and beauty all that appeared to tempt the hearts and the purses of men.
 Amid this Christmas joy Philip Mere dith walked with an acrid and indefnable pain at his heart. A gray, leaden mood had settled over him like a fog. He made a strenuous effort to forget. He had told himself that the coming of this anniver- sary should not overwhelm him with that agony of recollection which he knew down In his innermost soul he could not endure For days the approach holiday had
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

Siberia has boundless forests, but none of them are available to supply the timber for the construction of the Russian railroad through Manchuria. It comes from Oregon, and is shipped across the Pacific to VladivoStock, thence transported by rail to tribu- .ary of the Amur, and by water routes to the line of the road.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

Public men do not enjoy being carica- tured In the newspapers, but their wives usually extract considerable pleasure and advantage from 1t. Mrs. Roosevelt is fortified with a scrap book that will hold the Governor in check during his entire administration.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

Anarchists are the sworn foes of so- cIety, and it Is the duty of society, whenever they are caught criminally conspiring against established author ity or composing or committing mur- Ger to int1ict upon them the extreme limit of all laws for such cases made and provided.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

As Dewey's salary is not much over $5,000, and he could earn this sum in a day or twO's time by writing maga- zine article, it's another case where the pens mightier than the sword.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

Russia has offered big bonus to the Krupps for establishing shipyard in Russia to build warships for the Czar's navy. Evidently the Czar is counting on getting into joint debate with the peace plan.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
ItaIy's Tax on BfcvcIes

The Italian Government has imposed a tax of 10 lire on bicycles, and in fu- ture all machines will have to carry a mark showing that the yearly tax has been paid.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

A New York shopllfter stole an alarm
 clock and 1t went off in her pocket be- fore she left the store. Naturally. this did not strike her as striking success.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

4 Vienna scientist has at last an- nOunced that Hove itself is a micrObe." !" As 1t always attacks the unfittest, what chance Is there left for poor bachelors now?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

Alrships seldom come to that point where they have wings, much less use them. This is due to the money invest ed in them generally taking wings first.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11
Queer Kick of the Ostric.,

The offensive weapon of the ostri, Is his leg. He can kick as hard as mule, and 1t is remarkable fact th hSc kick Is forward. never back ward
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A paper In the East advertises for Why should there be any such ladies
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

It is perfectly safe to wager that there is nothing in that 4,000-page man. uscript left by Keely which will enable his successor to accomplish what he did.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

It is said that a well-known London banking house will convert the Vene- Zuelan debt A converted debt is not very apt to backslide subsequently,.
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An editor solemnly assures a core spondent that there are no witches. Is that newspaper man unmarried?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

To be expelled from the French Le- zion of Honor is rapidly becoming a distinction of which any French gentle man has a right to be proud.
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Lake Huron contains 5000 islands Loch Erne, i'll Ireland, has 365- The Lake of the Thousand Isles is only an expansion of the St. Lawrence river and has 1 TOO
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. T was the eve of Christmas.
 T h e air was frosty-men's boot heels made the snow creak under them as they passed with the quick tread Sof those who had Ibut a few hours left in which to antici- pate the coming of the Christmas saint
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

Walking Spanish would have been a graceful movement compared with those Parish commissioners having to crawl
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A city paper prints a long editorial on "The Fruits of Victory" Plums, probably.
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Fifty years ago the transportation of letter cost about 20 times as much as it does now
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It's hard to convince a thief 4. there are any honest men ;n the w,
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

There is a horrible suspicion that the new milk trust might water its stock.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

Spain has vainly tried the air-bag method in an effort to raise a ship of state
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What the chrysanthemum needs to make 1t handsomer flower, Is 8 box of hair pins.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

The difference between Patti and Lil- Han Russell Is that Patti's former hus- bands are all dead.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-11

1t was Christmas morning in St. Jo- seph's hospital. There was a faint anti septic odor in the air. The long lines of aarrow white cots stretched their serried
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-18
ALMOST CAME TO BLOWS
PROPERTY AND EFFECTS OF "PAR-
son JIM" COMPANY ATTACHED.
The Owner and Attaches of the Com
pany Have a Heated Argument
Over the Future Prospects.

While the performance of PEARSON jim
was smoothly progressing on the stage of
English's Opera House last night. in the
lobby stormy scenes were being enacted in
real life. A tri-cornered dispute between
Oliver Jones, the hacker of the company,
n. n. Noyes, its treasurer, and Bury
Dasent, manager, took place just in front
of the box office window.
For time things assumed threatening
aspect, one man appearing as If intending
to draw a revolver with serious purpose,
but the whole affair finally ended with
nothing more alarming than a threat of ar
rest for assault and battery hurled with
no little degree of passion from one TO an
other of the disputants. The trouble orgi-
mated, according TO Mr.. DaSentS side of IL,
with Jones becoming dissatisfied because
the play has not been making as much
money as he thought it should.
Mr.. Dasent says he was approached at
ton to disband the company in Indianap-
oils and send the members all back to New
York minus salaries. Manager DaSent says
that as a reputable theatrical manager he
could not consent to such a proposition
Accordingly upon reaching Indianapolis
ment against all the property and effects
of the company to secure the salaries OF
himself and players. 1t was in dispute
over this writ that the hot words were
spoken which came so near to resulting In
the sound of musketry disturbing the peace
and quiet of the lobby. Mr.. Jones claim:
| that he discharged Dasent in Columbus
o.. and paid him his salary, s119.4O. for tive
weeks, and that the latter is trying to make
| trouble for him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-18
SCHOOLBOYS At WAR.
They PeIt Each Other with Rocks Out
in HaughyiIle.

The warning factions Of the schoolboys in
Haughville nearly reached the limit of their
lawlessness during the past week. The tight
which took place last Saturday on one of
the commons in the suburb seemed only to
excite their bellicose natures and every
evening during the past week small crowds
of these warriors could be seen on street
corners or in the alleys, throwing stones at
one another till the residents of that part
of the city were afraid to venture past their
doors.
Thursday evening, after school had been
dismissed. these boys, with their small
forces inaugurated reign of terror for
the neighborhood in which they were. King
avenue and West Vermont street was where
most of the fighting was done, and Tor a
while the sounds OF rocks hitting against
the sides of houses or barns was like so
much musketry. Parents have had to go to
the school doors to escort their little ones
home in safety, for during the past week
several children have gone home suffering
from Slight wounds received at the hands
of these boys.
The stable of DR.. Kane, on King avenue,
has had several window paneS broken out
of IL during the week. The teachers of
school No. 80 have exhausted all efforts to
subdue these boys, but to no avail, and a
couple of them nave been sent home for car
rying their war into the schoolroom. The
boys when they see a policeman, run be-
hind some building until he is out of sight,
and then they renew their bombardment.