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Evening star., 1899-04-25

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Evening star., 1899-04-25

EFChoice Of thousands Of Paper-heund
Novels. More than one hundred different
titles. 25c the publishers price.
Evening star., 1899-04-25

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Evening star., 1899-04-25

cEChoice Of thousands of Handkrrrhiefs
the Importers odds and ends Of the season
None worth less than I3iyc, some arr aJc
value. Choice FOR 1OC.
Evening star., 1899-04-25

At the Atlantic Athletic Association meet
the big event will be the Atlantic sweep
stakes, in which a first prize of 800 will
he offered in q tWO-mile professional handi-
cap. The entrance fee to this race will be
81, and the total sum thus secured will be
divided and distributed as second third and
fourth prizes. The only other professional
event on the program is a seaside dash Of
one-third mile, professional, the prizes of
which will be 500, $50, 50 and $40 in cash
for the first four men.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
EcYPT's YOUNG KHEoIvE
How the Monarch Passes One Day fir
 His Busy Life.

His Busy Life.-
 Egypts ruler rises at dayhreak and drives round his estate on a tour of in spection. If any European improve ment is being introduced, he watches the result with tine keenest interest. and within the last year or two he has engaged a Scotch Dailiff, MT. Wright, formerly of the Agricultural College at GiZeh. At 8 o'clock the khedive re- ing concluded, he drives into Cairo in an open carriage to transact official business in the Palace of Abdin. His morning Is employed in receiving of ficial visits, or, once a week, in presid- ing over the council of ministers, and at 12 he lunches with the principal members of his household. After luncheon business is resumed; reports are submitted to the khedive, as we'll as the petitions which any person with a grievance may drop into a slit in the wall of the Abdin Palace. About 8 o'clock the business of the day comes to an end, and the khedive hastens back to KOubbah, dons a suit of loose and comfortable clothes, and once more visits his farms and stables. At sun- set dinner is served, and, unless he Is to pay visit to the opera or attend some social function, the khedive spends the evening with his family, and retires about II o'clock for the night.
 The khedive can converse huently in five anguages-English, German, French, Arabic and Turkish. His Euro pean education was obtained in Swift zerland and Vienna. The khedive has for years adopted the policy of acquir- ing land in various parts of his domin- ions. His possessions as private land-hOlder must be considerable, apart from any public property he may control. He is in the habit of pur- chasing apparently worthless lands, snd gradually, by means of engineer ing skill, bringing them under cultiva- ton. Five years ago on an estate of 10000 acres which he acquired near Damietta only 178 acres were produc- ing crops. The khedive, however. caused over fifty miles of drainage canals to be constructed, and to-day 1,5OO acres of the land are fit for culti- vatiOn. In stature Abbas II. is below middle height. Of late years he has shown a distinct tendency to stoutness, and there is dreamy expression In his dark eyes. In business matters, it is said, he displays great shrewdness, and he possesses intimate knowledge of the detail of the affairs of his estate.-Lon- don Mail
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nn. ofLife,. Tragedies.

A story was told by London Truth not long since and its correctness vouched for, which shows the folly of acting hastily and impulsively in i'm. portant concerns in life.
 The son of very wealthy man at his fathers death found himself free to in- dulge every whim. He had yachts, horses, an island on which he played king at his pleasure. He was not an immoral man, but idle and foolish.
 One day while using long distance telephone he was charmed by the voice of the operator at the other end of the line. He managed to discover that it was that of a woman, young, single and pretty. In the course of few days he convinced himself that the owner of the voice was the one human being who should be his wife and that life would be empty and desolate without her.
 The girl was poor and listened to his proposals. He cabled her money to buy her trousseau and to secure chaperon to accompany her to the town where he resided.
 In due time she arrived. Her looks were as attractive as her voice. He married her and few days later was found dead by his own hand in his room. He left no explanation beyond the words, "'I have made 8 mistake, !" scrawled on sheet of paper left on the table.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

In all the current talk about self. government for the Cubans, the Puerto Ricans and the Filipinos, not much at tention has been paid to the rights and capacities of another subject class, American schoolbOys. Is the American schoolboy capable of government! Can he be induced to think of school regulations, not merely as rules to be obeyed-when he cannot evade them but obligations to be cheerfully ac- cepted and enforced by his own aid? Chicago has been attempting an ex- pertinent in this direction. The boys have been share in the government of several of Its schools. They have a voice in making rules, and they are ex- pected to help enforce them. The plan is simple. Boys whose conduct Is ex- emplary, and who use their Influence to induce others to obey the rules, are made "citiZens" of the school common wealth. This is regarded as a badge of honor. Most of the boys, it is said, are citizens. The others desire to be-
 From the ranks of the citizens are chosen "tribunes," who take an active part in enforcing the regulations. This post is much coveted. It does not al
 ways seem great fun to obey rules; but to enforce them is quite another and much more acceptable matter. The principal who began the Chicago ex- pertinent gives at least one good reason for it. He says that the boy who grows up with the idea that the good order of the school is solely the teachers duty to enforce, will probably become the kind of citizen who thinks that 1t is not his concern to be troubled about abuses in government. He will be too busy or too lazy to go to the caucus in his dis trict, or too cowardly to give assistance in endeavors to detect and punish po- litical frauds. This Is true. On the other hand, the boy citizens" who help to make and enforce school rules are not likely as men to become Doodle" aldermen, voting franchises for br be, but are very much likely to help send such criminals to the penitentiary.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
A Statue In PrisOn.

A certain noted artist long ago, hay ing made faithful bust of a sitter, found his work declined on account of its ugliness. the subject refusing to be- lieve it was a good likeness.
 "Very well, said the artist. "Yod deny the likeness and refuse to take the bust, and I accept the excuse.
 He accordingly set up the bust in his studio, surrounded by small. card ps- per prison, gloomily painted over, on which was inscribed, "For Debt" The portrait was so unmistakable that everybody in town recognized it and flocked to the artists studio to enjoy his ingenious revenge Soon the subject came, passionately complaining of the ridicule to which he had been subjected.
 "You, sir2" said the sculptor. "Who knows this ugly bust to be yours2 There is no name upon it. and you have ut terly denied its resemblance It is my work, and have right to do as will with it. D
 "Oh, but l will pay you the price and take it awayl'
 'But it has become so valuable to me by attracting the public that I cannot part with it for less than twice my original charge '
 Well, will take it at that price. And so the sculptor debtor got himself out of prison. New York Times
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
WOULD GET OFF ANYWAY.
Man Retorts on a Woman in
 State Street Car.

State Street Car.
 The scene was a North State street car and the time something after at night. The vehicle was crowded with men and women seated closely to- gether. A number of men were stan l. ing also, when, just before the conduc- tor rang the signal for starting the car In its homeward direction, a fashion ably dressed woman entered the door way and raised her arm to catch one of the leather straps for support. The men had their evening newspapers and perhaps they did not notice, but the car was well over the bridge before one of them arose and offered her a seat.
 'No, thank you" replied the woman of fashion, sweetly and smillingly, q really prefer to stand" , And the man took her at her word and sank back easily into the vacated space.
 A minute afterward the person next him, an old Irish laborer, rose to his feet and again the woman endeaVOred to intercept the proffered courtesy, say Ing:
 Thank you, but prefer to stand"
 "I don't care hair of me head whether you care to stand or not" re- piled the man, stolidly. "But I've reached me corner and I'll get off any Way."-Chicago Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
Vanity In somaIiIand.

If you wish to make Somali woman absolutely happy. you give her look ing glass. She will never before have seen one, but feminine instinct will teach her how to use it. Mrs. Alan Gardner, on one of her big game shoot ing expeditions in Somaliland, gave a native woman looking glass for 8 Christmas present. She was so delight ed with the first clear sight of her dusky countenance- that she sat through two entire days and nights outside Mrs. Gardner's tent gazing with faPture at her own reflection,
 On the morning of the third day the fame of the looking glass had spread through ths country, and a row of 40 Somali women, collected from far and near, was engaged in taking an admir- ing turn at the magic mirror. When Mrs. Gardner came on the scene, she was greeted by 40 feminine Somah voices joined in chorus and each beg ging for looking glass ''all to her self" But, alas, for the limitations of sporting outfit. the dusky belles were obliged to content themselves with the one communal mirror And the woman with the looking glass remained for many weeks the most important person in Somaliland Illustrated
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
HE BROUGHT BACK THE CAT.
His Manrer of Claiming the Reward,
 However, Was Quite Emphatic.

His Manuer of Claiming the Reward,
 However, Was Quite Emphatic.
 One of the wealthy women on the South Side teaches a Sunday school class composed of street urchins. She lost an Angora kitten last week, and on Sunday told her class that she would give a reward to any boy who could find it. The next day small, d-headed boy rang the front door bell and was ushered into the presence of the Sunday school teacher. The boy carried a dirty bundle done up in a piece of burlap.
 "Hereth thoo thitten," he said, hold ing out the parcel.
 The woman did not understand the tongue-tied remark and drew back from the untidy bundle.
 My child, 1 don't know what you are talking about she said in a tone of offended dignity.
 "Hereth thoO thitten. 1 thaw him thkippin' up the street." replied the boy.
 T don't understand you," declared the woman. Don't try to give me that horrid- looking bundle, for I don't want It."
 The boy gave her one keen look. Then he seemed to be carefully framing up a sentence.
 "Hereth thOO tam old tat" he said; ''the thratched me, and I want the mOney"-Inter Ocean.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
Why He Liked Him.

The barber was perhaps a trife more taikative than usual, and the customer was scarcely in a good humor. The portly gentleman had come straight from the dentists In blissful ignorance of this little fact the knight of the ra- zor opened fire He discussed the weather, foreign politics, the rival bar Der opposite, and was just explaining his views on the education question when the customer suddenly gfowled:
 "Where's that assistant of yours. the one with the red hairP"
 "He's left me, sir. We parted last week-on friendly terms. you know. and all that, but
 "Pityl" growled the portly gentle man. 'Fiked that young fellow. There was something about his conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. He was one of the most sensible takers ever met, and"-
 You'll excuse me, sir, but there must be some mistake, D gasped the as- tonished barber. "If you remember. poor Jim was deaf and dumb"
 "Just so. Just so. was the curt re- joinder. That's why liked him"
 And the barber went on shaving
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

In an address to the Municipal Judges association of Connecticut Judge Simeon E. Baldwin advocated the revival of the whipping post. Judge Baldwin is an ex-President of the American Bar Association, a distin- guished writer on legal topics, and a jurist of the highest repute. He be lieves that the science of penology has been refined beyond the point of use fulness, and that in retaining only hanging and imprisonment as punish ments for crime the deterrent effect of punishment has lost much force. Evi- dently Judge Baldwin Is not in sym pathy with those who believe in turn ming the penitentiaries into hospitals for the persuasive correction of crimi- nal tendencies. It Is what he says about the reformatory power of the whip with the young, however, that is of chief interest. He contends that many young men and boys would have been spared a criminal career and ayerted from ultimate capital punishment had the law permitted the Judges who pass ed upon their first offenseS to apply the punishment in the form of ten or twen- ty lashes of the whip. Undoubtedly this would be the result in some cases, but others of more physical courage would prefer the whip to a term In prison or the reformatory. The prob lem of penology is not so much to make fha OuniShment fiji fha ar{u1o O as it ia to make 1t it the individual.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
singular Plant of the East.

The Rose of Jericho Is one of the most singular forms of plant life. It is an annual and Is found in Syria, Al rica and Arabia. During the growing season 1t presents no strange charac- teristics, but as the pods begin to ripen on the approach of dry weather the branches drop their leaves and curl in ward, presenting the appearance of dead twigs When completely ripe, the whole plant looks like ball of curious ly constructed .wicker-work at the top of a short stem. The roots die, and the plant Is carried to great distances by the wind. When the apparently dead and worthless ball reaches the sea or any other water, or becomes Wedged in some place where rain falls on it, 1t un- bends and the branches resume their former position. The pods then open and discharge their seeds hundeds. of miles from the place of original growth. The monks in Palestine call 1t "Mary's Flower from their belief that 1t ex- bands each year on the day and hour of the birth of the Savior. It is also known as the resurrection plant
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
"R" IN NAMES OF RICH MEN.
Part the Letter Plays with Successful
 Financiers.

Part the Letter Plays with Successful
 Financiers.
 Those people who are inclined to slight their IT'S" should be careful. A little investigation shows that the "r'' is nothing to be sneeZed at. If you have an TT" in your name, either your Christian or surname, you have a chance to get into the class with the great ones of the world. The list of men of wealth and fame who boast of an "r'' in their cognomens is surpris- ingly long and would seem to indicate that the letter which New-Yorkers so habitually slight and elude and distort in the world Is John D. Rockefeller, whose name begins and ends with an "r," although his title to the first place among the worlds milliOnaires may be contested by Baron Rothschild, who also has the lucky letter. Among other American men of great wealth the As tors, the Vanderbilts and Bradley Mar tin stand out prominently and all have the ''r." Then there are the handlers of gold and stocks of international fame, the Lazard Freres, Barring Gould, the house of N. w. Harris & O., all with the "r."
 The rich men of Chicago also show the lucky mark, F. D. Armour Levi z. Letter, Lambert Tree, Potter Palmer and J. V. Farwell being among the number, and in other walks of life. turning from mere riches to fame of other kinds, there are Carter Harrison, Robert E. Burke, Robert Redfield and Robert Waller among the Democratic machine leaders and Lorimer, Hertz, ZIna R. Garter, Graeme Stewart, John R. Tanner and Ernest Magerstadt among the Republicans. Of the men nationally famous the list is almost endless, from Rudyard Kipling through Alger, Shafter, George Dewey, General Merritt and Marcus Hanna down to Jerry Simpson, not forgetting Bryan, Teller, Stewart and Tom Reed.-Chi. cago Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
strn Smoking Twelve Years After.


 The man had been absent from New York for number of years. During his absence many changes had taken place. Some of his friends had. moved away and some had died. Though he had taken the New York papers pretty reg ularly, he had not kept up with these friends of his as he should have done.
 One evening he called upon woman friend who was living at a hotel Ar rived at her rooms, he found her sur rounded by crowd of people, but hs finally reached her and shook her by the hand.
 "You are just the same. " he said ad- mirfngly. "YOu haven't changed a particle. which was not at all true. for her hair had turned so white that she had the air of a marquise in some old picture. "And your husband, too, }" he went on, ''he is just the same as ever. 1 saw him just now down in the lobby. He was smoking
 The woman looked a trifie startled for a moment, then recovered her com posture with considerable effort. 'I am sorry to hear. she remarked gravely, "that my husband Is still smoking. He has been dead for 12 years New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

Those who believe in the doctrine of heredity will find support for their the Ory in the case of the 14-year-old girl taken from the slums at tender age by family, and who repaid the kind ness of her foster parents by trying to poison them. Instances of criminal tendencies in the young manlfesting themselves despite environment are not unusual. But the New York society which has been shipping hundreds of boys from the slums to Western farms for several years claims to have statis- tics showing the most encouraging re- suits, and the case of Governor Brady Of Alaska is cited as a remarkable ex- ample.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
Rafher NIoaa

''The stingiest man ever knew was a fellow. who. in going upstairs always skipped a step in order to save his shoe leather"
 That's nothing. I once knew a man who was so stingy that he wouldn't trim his 1ngernails except when he could borrow a jack-knife, because he didn't want to wear out his own"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
California Beetles for Portugal.

The useful beetle known as NOvius cardinalis, and employed in California to eat up the white, or fiuted scale," insects of the orange groves, has been exported to Portugal for the same pur- pose. The beetles were packed in moss with a quantity of scale insects to eat and sent by mail to Lisbon. Only a few reached their destination alive, but they are prolific and in a few months thousands were available for work on the scale insects which infest the orange groves of the Tagus.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

Diyersifcation is for the small farm CT. It makes him independent and af- lords him numerous sources of profit. But 1t Is not to be forgotten that the genius of this age Is devoted to speciali- zation and to production on a large scale, and as the years go on a greater and greater proportion of the staples of life will be produced by big land owners who apply to farming the prin- ciples which make such huge successes out of the monster manufacturing and distributing corporations of this time.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

ment and the work has been intrusted to the College of Forestry at Cornell University. The management of this important experiment will be directly in the hands of Professor B. E. Fer now, formerly chief of the forestry division at Washington. Concerning Professor Fernow and his ideas the Railroad Ga zette says: "With regard to the profit able and continuous farming of timber lands his reports have often expressed doubt as to whether the economic con- ditions were yet ripe for it. He now has his hoped-for opportunity to show, if 1t can be shown at the present prices of labor and of stumpage, that forest property can be managed profitably for continuous wood crops"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

nnOneter.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
How Did She Knnw1

Edith-Who were those people here this afternoon, mamma?
 Mamma-Prof. Bighead and his wife, dear. The professor is one of the best informed men in the city.
 How do you know he is? He never opened his mouth e."-Yonkers Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
WhImsicnI Advertisements.

The author of Pages From Private Diary" gives some whimsical advertise ments, as, for instance; Respectable girls about IS, wanted for bottling."
 And from booksellers catalogue: "Clergymen. fine collection of 900 clergymen. consisting of Protestant ministers, Roman Catholics, Wesleyan Methodists. Unitarians and Presbyteri ans, nice clean lot--5 shillings.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

It is striking feature of our legisla- ton that a majority vote in Congress may begin a war, while a twO-thirds vote is required to end it. A declara- tion of war by Congress is like an or dinary legislative enactment. To au- thorize it, the two houses must act con- currently, and 1t must receive the ap- proval of the President. The formal conclusion of war. however, is reached only by a peace treaty, which, like other treaties, must be negotiated by the President and approved by two thirds vote in the Senate. This is much more difficult to accomplish than it Is to get majority vote in each house. At first glance it looks as if the founders of the republic intended to make 1t easier for the nation to declare war than to withdraw from one; to begin trouble than to end it. They evidently believed that in international relations the States would act as a unlt-that party lines would disappear-and the two-thirds requirement. would serve as a salutary conservative measure. It has come to pass, however, that treaties submitted to the Senate are looked upon as the acts of administrations that are in power, and because of this have been supported, with few excep- tions, by Senators of the dominant party, and opposed by the political op- ponents. It rarely happens that any party has a two-thirds majority in the Senate. In consequence, it is usually so difficult to secure ratification that the Senate has not inaptly been termed the graveyard of treaties" The num- Der that have failed to find approval is large.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

It Is about time for Nikola Tesla to come forward with another of those tremendous electrical discoveries which are going to revolutionlze all things, and which never get beyond the an- nouncement stage,
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

A cooking school expert is now en- gagged in telling the intelligent poor how to live healthily and happily on SIS a week. The funny part of it Is that a good many of the intelligent poor could already give the expert points on that very thing.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22

At Monte Carlo the male patrons are not permitted to enter the gaming rooms with trousers turned up. It is feared that they may surrepitiously drop money in the gaping hems. There is no objection, however, to their leav ing the rooms with pockets wrong side
The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-22
DiplOmacY.

"And so Fannie Perkleigh is going to marry that old decrepit fellow just be- cause he has lot of money"
 "Oh, no, that isn't the reason. She's going to marry him because her par ents, by throwing out clever hints, sue ceeded in making her believe they did n't want her to have him."