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The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

In effect The Hague conference amounted to nothing more than a sort of international jollification, In which the representatives of the various pow CTS ''jollied" each other and exchanged tenders of distinguished consideration. It Is not to be disputed that the effect may be good, as the exchange of ideas and professions of good will by such a distinguished body will naturally lead to a better understanding between all the countries represented.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

clean towels, but 1t Is now proposed to give each patron an individual head rest as he reposes in the chair. This mo- ton has been patented in this country by Herman E. Windrath, of Aix-la- Chapelle, Germany.
 By this invention the cushion of the head-rest is displayed by one consisting of sheets of paper or parchment supe-- imposed one over the other, and aJ each patron leaves the chair the top sheet is torn away and a fresh one presented for the next conner.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

Plush seats add greatly to the dis comfort of railroad travel In summer. They are hot and unwholesome and they breed microbes. Why they are retained in view of the manifest supe- rIority of leather or cane bottom seat can be explained on no other theory than utter disregard for public con Venience.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Woes of a Wife

"Oh, that I should have married a funny man!' she walled.
 What Is the matter, lovely dear?'' asked her most intimate friend.
 "He came home and told me he had sure way to keep jelly from getting mouldy at the top. and when I asked him how he said turn 1t upside down." ;" Boston Traveller.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Objection Overru1ed.

He-I am going for a drive in the country this evening. Would you care to accompany me?
 She-I would dearly love to go, but Pm so afraid of horse.
 He-But mine is so gentle that I al- ways tie the reins about the whip and let him follow his own inclination.
 She-And you have both hands free? Oh, how delightful. Of course I'll go. Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Knew the Sort.

Eleanor's Mother-YOu do Eleanor a great injustice, my dear. She is not idle, only delicate. She has no power of endurance.
 EleanOr's Father-Humph! I know all about her power of endurance It's the kind that'll let her dance all night in shoes two sizes too small for her, and make her too tired the next day to dust the parlor.-New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

children again and the society objected. The court has decided that parents qualified to care for their children have inalienable rights. The case Is one that probably will not have many rep itions. but it illustrates tie fact that no society, however humane it's pur- pose and wise its management gener- ally, can be allowed to usurp the pre- negatives of nature
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
In the Poetry "Business y

A correspondent, writing from Tex arkana, says:
 ''I have two sons in the poetry busi- ness. They can write it by the yard. or fOOt-just as needed. I don't know how you measure it, but what would you give for five or six yards? My boys are hard-working fellows, and they need the money."-Atlanta Con- stitution.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

There will always be cheerful idiots who hold giant firecrackers in their hands, descend from balloons by para chutes, rock boats, and never know it is loaded" If their ravages could be confined to themselves it would not so much matter, but usually it is some one else who has to suffer from their id iocY
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO-
 iNGS HERE AND THERE.
Jokes and Jokelets that Are Supposed to Have Been Recently Born-Sayings and Doings that Are old, Curious and

"And now that you are through col lege. what are you going to do?" asked friend of the youthful graduate.
 ''I shall study medicine" was the grave reply of the ambitious young man.
 But isn't that profession already overcrowded?" ?" asked the friend.
 Possibly it is," answered the know ing youth, "but I propose to study medicine just the same, and those who are already in the profession will have to take their chances
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
British Boy of Bulk.

At Dearham, near Mayport, the win. ner of the belt awarded for wrestling by youths under 16 by the Northern Counties Wrestling Association was J. Tunstall, of Great BrOughton, who is only 12 years of age, stands over six feet in height and weighs about twelve stone Q69 pounds.-Birmingha Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Goals of Fire

Ethel-Lottie Totkins said you was too mean to live, cause you wouldn't let me play with her.
 Fond Mother-And what did you say. Ethel?
 Ethel-I heaped coals of fire on her head. I said I hoped her mamma wasn't as mean as you are.-Ohio State Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

A naval cOurt-martial has decided that a man may make love while on duty. This would be an important concession to the tar If he were not generally on duty in some place to which woman cannot penetrate.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

A certain publisher who didn't have time to read the manuscript of David Harum" hires boy to kick him every time he notes the issue of another edi- ton of 10000.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

A Boston man has sued for divorce because his wife sold kissess at $1OO apiece at charity fair. Strange it did not overwhelm him to think what he had been getting gratis.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

The yellow journalism which has rep resented Admiral Dewey as declaring war between the United States and any other country has some correc- tions coming. Dewey doesn't declare wars. He ends them.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
FeekinC Information.

Hoax-Niblack'S getting religious. saw him reading the Bible to-day.
 Joax-Huh! He was just looking through the Old Testament to see if there was any mention of golf in con- nection with the lynx Noah took into the ark.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Railroad Smoking Compartment,

fIaIIrOaU oInOkIhI Css
 European railroads have smoking compartments for men, and women's compartments. They have now to deal with women passengers who insist on smoking and will not go into the mems compartment. Belgium. where the first cases have arisen, now puts up the sign, Smoking forbidden" on all women's compartments.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

The New York court of appeals has recently decided case in favor of the parents of some children who had been taken in charge by the Gerry Society and placed in homes. The parents be came prosperous and wanted their
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Not a Confidinc Na.ure

MT. Johnsing-I don't like dat Farmer Jones' He's too 'spicious.
 MT. JacksOn-What's he done now1 MT. Johnsing done gone an put a six-foot bahb-wiah fence aroun' his melon patch.-New York Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
The Worst Part of It,

De JOnes-I hear your firm dis. charged you.
 Smythe-Yes; but I wouldn't mind that so much if they hadn't added in- suit to injury.
 De JOneS-HoW SO?
 Smythe-They advertised for a boy to fill my Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

Scientists now declare that the kiss ing bug is not the picipes melanoles- thes but the cornorlimus sanguisugus. We think the public will join us in the opinion that this Is important If true.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Of the Right Stuf.

"Did you notice? She has a white silk suit which she wears to the base ball game"
 ''Yes; she told me she thought it ap- propriate. It was made over from an old ball dress. .''-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Why He Turned 1t Over,

Pardon me, MT. Suffer-" said the landlady, "but will you kindly inform me why you turn that piece of pie up- side dOwn?"
 Because it's an open-faceG pie, Mrs Durham'
 What has that to do with it?'
 "Well, you see, Mrs. Durham, 1 was brought up on pies with an upper crust."- ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

When a woman's first baby is less than a month old, she knows more about discipline than at any succeeding period in her life.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

It is said that Queen Victoria lives in continual fear of burglars. But she has an advantage over most women. She is able to hire some one to look under the bed at night.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

Brunettes may, as alleged, be the fashion, but that golden girl from Col orado, who is going to the Paris expo sition, could have her pick of suitors all the same.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Not Wanted There

Mother-Bobby. this is the third time I've caught you stealing jam, and I'm getting tired of it.
 Bobby-Well. why don't you quit hanging round the pantry, then?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
A Contrihutory Canse.

Sagebrush Sam-Yer say Bill died of a lame arm. How could that be?
 Cactus Charlie-Why. yer see, his arm wuz so stiff that he couldn't draw his gun quick, an the other feller got the drop on him.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Merely a euepestiou.

Long-Have you forgotten that $5 you borrowed of me some time ago?
 Short-Oh, no; still have it in mind. Long-Well, don't you think this would be a good time to relieve your mind of it?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
A Natural Irquiry.

Softieigh A bwilliant -aw-idea stwuck me lawst evening, doncher know.
 Miss Cutting And did it have a fender on it?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

Evangelist Moody has concluded that the churches need roof gardens. It would be practically scriptural to pro- claim the gospel on the church tops.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

Du Paty de Clam has been released, probably owing to the fact that no- body wanted to insult his boots by kicking him out.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Foe of tn. Trained N,rsa

A German journal is authority for the statement that two-thirds of the trained nurses actively engaged ac- quire and die of tuberculosis.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Money No Object to Them

Are the SpeniOWS richW
 Rich is hardly strong enough word for it. They own half interest in an automobile. ."-Chicago Times Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
have a fe

The vicar's daughter-Papa was very shocked, Giles, to see you standing out side the Green Man" this morning, after church.
 The village reprobate-Oi can sure ye, miss, it wus na fault O mOine that l wuS standin' ootside!-Punch.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
A Delicate Matter

"No," said Miss Cayenne, q don't think I should care to vote. Public affairs are too difficult for me-
 You used to say they were very sim ple."
 'T have changed my mind. It seems to be almost as hard to determine whom you should snub in politics as it is in society" y."-Washingt Star
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

So long as Alaska was a barren waste of ice and snow and no indica- tions of gold there was no trouble about the boundary line.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

At Its present stage of development the way to make the automobile effect i've In war is to present it to the enemy.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
HEAD REST IN BARBER SHOP.

Contrivance that Secures a Clean One
 for Each Customer.
 In those days of advanced sanitary science 1t Is not only necessary that the patrons of barber shop should have individual soap and brush and
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

great deal is said of the trials of Job. but his wife who had to put up with him while he was sick, deserves more credit.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
New York World.
No Longer q Ioke.
Bulletin.

"Squibber doesn't write any mora jokes about mOthers-in-law."
 "Oh, no; you see he has one now."- Philadelphia Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

An honest man has very little to say about his honesty. The sun has no need to boast of its brightness.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
LhalOuSY.

Dolly-My cheeks are all on fire.
 Her best friend-I thought I smelt burning paint!-BOstOn Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
sister,y comment t

"She is twO-faced. that is what she is."
 Well. she does enough talking to keep six ordinary faces sy."-Indian- apOlis Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

The short tale Is all right in litera, thinks it is all wrong in fly time.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
he Way of the summer Gir1

Mauu-What made you accept ChaW- ley so soon?
 Madge-Why, dear. I wanted to get his ring secure before Jack proposed.- Jewellers Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Evolution.

A girl named plain Mary at her birth dropped the ''r'' when she grew up and became Miss May As she began to shine in a social way she changed the ''y'' to ''e" and signed her letters Mae. About year ago she was mar ried. and now she has dropped the "e," and it's just plain Ma" That's eyo- lution.-ROgersville renn.) Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

Every man deliberately does things he can't afford
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
No Canse for Wnrrv

Kind Lady-It must be awful not to know where your next meal is coming from.
 Tramp-Dat don't bodder me none. Ez long ez I know dat it's comin' I don't keer where it comes from.-New York Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
From Diff,rent Points of View.

From Diff rent Points of View. Inventor-What is your candid Opin- ion of my device?
 Friend-It is practically worthless. Inventories; I supposed as much; but even a worthless opinion is some times better than none.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
One Attraction, Anvwav.

"She's going to marry a liveryman" 'Well, 1 presume she is sure that he has a stable income. Philadelphia Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Inc niIemma,s Short Horn.

ne IJlIe m ma 's SHOrL HOTH. 'I can't invite Mrs. Seron Yellow to my house any more"
 "Why not?"
 "She gets mad if I don't ask her to sing, and all my guests get mad if 1 Cleveland Leader
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Prevalence of the Living Habit

Did you ever count up how many times in the course of a day you tell a lie even though you consider your self truthful person? You tell lie when friend asks if a new hat is be coming, when you praise something your hostess cooks and when you say you had a good time in bidding her goodby. You must lie or offend a hun dred day, and you naturally prefer to lie. It's effects may be as bad as those of giving offense. but they are not so aDparent-AtchisOn Globe.
 EvOlutfOn
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07
Another Victim.

My father" said the sweet young thing, ''is a gold bug. Are you?'
 No" replied the young man. 'I be long in the melanOeste picipes class" Good graciousw she exclaimed. What's that?'
 That" he hastened to explain. with the aid of a practical illustration, lis the scientific name of the kissing bug"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-10-07

BarOn-Io-day you Will get the sev- en marks owe you; am engaged to a rich woman
 Schuster (frightened)-Su Baron, you will not marry on my account Fliegende B,aetter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24

Getting THE PENNY M1as
I: cents : year - : hettsr e ~ RI
: straw hat for sealsn " !. ~
!: eve, After Jan. y. l@ 9s1 r17 /
/; Of THE PENNY MAGE "a
(: . year .i, 49, ~
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
JUST A SINGLE ARIA

AA3S, CORNELIUS VANDERBILT for
VI a long time bore the proud reputa-
ton Of having paid the largest sum
to any individual singer for her contribu.
ton to a private musicale. Fifteen hum
dred dollars was the sum denoted on the
check sent Mime. Meiba for a couple OF
songs, but having been persuaded to
break through her rule against singing
celle Sembrich stands already engaged to
sing this winter at wealthy wonan's
house just one aria for the sum of $1,000.
Paderewski can't beat this. Jean de Res
IKE never would try and Calve will sing
for nobody but her friends.
When Emma Eames and Nordica sing
for money they never consider any price
under $50 per song, and from their friends
they accept no money. Some of the most
beautiful jewels and plate these two divas
possess have been given them by friends
in whose behalf their melodious voices
were uplifted.
When Eames, for instance, last winter
sang the jewel song from Faust" at
brilliant musicale given by Miss DE Forest,
the next day was sent to her hotel an an
tiQue velvet covered box, within which
lay such string of pearls as might easily
have turned the head of any Marguerite.
At another select musical entertainment
where Mrs George Gould was present
when Nordica ceased her very dramatic
Interpretation of the Fri King. the im-
pulsive and music-loving millionairess
whose box at the opera Is never vacant,
slipped UP near the prifna donna, snapped
upon her wrist an exquisite bracelet and
then hurried away,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24
HAS A RARE GUTENBERG BIBLE.
Treasure to BibliOphi1es IL Located
In POssessiOn of WtscOnsim Man.

Treasure to BibIlOphi1es Ii Located
In Possession of wisconsin Man.
Within the last year vellum copy
which has been almost unmistaka-
ply identified as a genuine Guten-
berg Bible has been located In the
possession of Mr.. B. f.. Perry, who
has owned his copy for many years.
Mr.. Perrys copy Is very fine
one, being printed ON the finest vellum.
the characters being clear and highly IL
Illuminated. This interesting old book is
bound in a double cover of soft brown
pigskin, and considering its age, Is In
remarkably good state of preservation.
The discovery of this Bible. the product
of months and years of patient toll by
the monks of the early centuries, calls to
mind the scarcity of these ancient vol
umes and their great value, which has
increased almost tenfold in the last half
century. Up to the year 1S47 1t had been
considered an outrageous extravaganza
when someone had manifested so extra
ordinary an interest In those ancient
works as to purchase a single volume for
$500, and in that year, when Mr.. James
Lennox purchased the volume of the Gut
enburg Bible which Is now in the Lenox
library in New York, for $1,000 he is said
to have remarked. in discussing his pur-
chase, that 1t was an indiscretion for
which he could not be responsible, his
plea being that he had been carried away
by the excitement at the sale and paid n
price far beyond what calmer Judgment
and reason would dictate.
The value of these Bibles continued to
advance, however, until In 1891 copy OF
the same Bible the one purchased by
Mr.. Lenox, but not so valuable, as 1t was
written on paper. while the one in the
Lenox library is written on fine parch-
ment, sold In Chicago for $l4,S00 and lit
tie later. In 1897, another yellum copy sold
In London for $4,000 And 1t is even true
that for q single leaf of one Of these BIZ
bles some one paid sos at q sale in Lon
don.
The Gutenberg Bible was printed about
1450 by Johann Gutenberg in Mentz, and
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24

Goethe hesitated, and in q sharp tone
said: Have you no other business in
Weimar. Mr.. Heine?"
Heine responded quickly: with the pass
ing of your door, your excellency. all my
business in Weimar is ended and then
babe him adieu.
Goethe thought that the one thing lack
ing in his lyric rival was love, and in his
talks with Eckermann he says: HE has
all gifts excepting love, and his fellow
poets as little as himself, and thus one is
tempted to apply to him the saying of the
apostle: Though speak with the tongues
of men and of angels. and have not char
ity, / am become, as sounding brass, or
tinkling cymbal.'
The patient resignation, the indomitable
will. the sweetness and gayety of temper.
and his unimpaired vigor and fertility of
intellect" as biographer says of Heine
after languishing upon his mattress
grave in Paris" need not be recalled in
this year, the centenary of his birth.
II am no longer divine biped," he wrote.
81 am no longer the freest German after
Goethe. I am no longer the great hero
number two. who was compared with the
grape-crowned Dionysius. while my col
league. number one enjoyed the title of a
Grand Ducal Weimarian Jupiter"
1.-The history of German poetry since
1897" says another writer, ''has mainly
been a record of the triumph of Heine.
Over all the Teutonic literature of the sec
ond half of the century his influence lies
spread like a colored radiance
with the one hundredth anniversary of
his birth near at hand, and the advent of
new century near, Heine will be remem-
bered among:
.'Olympian bards who sung
Divine ideas below,
Which always find US young,
And always keep us So.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24
CENTENARY of HEINE.
One Hundredth Anniversary OF the
Great German Lyric Poet.

One Hun0Fe0tn Anniversary Oh tne
Great German Lyric Poet.
1t was Emerson who said: IAN we call
sacred history attests that the birth of
a poet is the principal event sin chronol-
ogy." The year 1899 marks two such an
niversaries, the birth of Germany's great
est lyric poets, Goethe and Heine. In Au-
gust was celebrated all over the civilized
world the one hundred and fftieth ami
versary of Johann Wolfgang van Goethe.
The centenary of Heine's nativity followed
ON the 18th of December.
The spirit of German chfvalry, says the
Chicago Tribune, was first awakened in
"Goetz," but "Werther'' became the foun-
dalton Of Goethes fame. In "Werther"
was represented "a languid sentimental
ity."s The Echo of Rousseau the work
was called. The cries and sufferings of a
pages. But in "Werther" Goethe also de-
scribes his early trials and disappoint-
ments, and, as he says, in his CONVERSE
tionsywith Eckermann: II had lived, loved,
and suffered much. This was it,
That there was not much love lost be-
tween the two giants'of German literature
is well known. Hene showed kindly APP
probation of Goethe, but did not under
stand the elder writer. In view of this
fact 1t Is interesting to know what Heine
thought of Goethes first novel. The words,
which he inscribed In volume of "Wer-
tner tudL Gains 10 liSHl u Snort time ago,
and is the property of a Milwaukee man,
read, when translated, as follows:
I'm 'Werther' was noticed, as in the
compilation of true story, the descrip-
ton Of young Jerusalem who shot him.
self for love, which made a great noise
in windstill time. His affecting letters
were read with tears. Some sagacious peo-
pie declared that the manner in which
'Werther' had been driven from an aristo-
cratic circle had added to his safety for
living. The cause for the suicide had given
the subject more discussion. Some fools
at the time also conceived the idea to kill
themselves. The book, through its sensa-
tional contents, was explosive In its eff
feet. H. HEINE.
Romantic School, Hamburg, 1885,"
The German Byron. as Heine has been
called, expressed himself almost as dispar-
aeingly OF Goethe's Faust" Every bill
lard attendant in Germany breaks his
head about this work." Nevertheless, he
looked forward to an interview with
Goethe A visit to Weimar. which he made
in 1894. did not turn out as pleasantly as
he expected. Eight years later he made
another visit to Weimar. and on this occa-
sion he rehearsed appropriate speeches, to
charm the serene old man." but forgot
them, when first they met, and could only
pass the remark that 1.-THE plums betweeen
jena and Weimar were excellent"
How are you occupying your timer
Goethe asked.
Heins responded; with my Faust"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24

4SB EIItM 1917 NJ N s5.I117
THE PENNY MAGAZINE w. 2
city and town II pays its g -, ~ r 4
and eiyes them ExCLusivn..x>,<.S
Ia after ONE MILLION sss1s5
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24
.e NINA PAUL.
With Remember the Maine" Company,

success In. Last season IL was played
by the present company throughout the
East. This will be the, first time ..At Gay
sConey Island" has ever been seen at a
popular priced house in Seattle.
=
TT IL the unanimous opinion of San
Francisco critics that Minnie Tittell
Bruno, who is now playing legitimate
drama In that city with Frederick Warde.
Is rapidly developing into great actress.
She Is now Mr.. Warde's leading lady.