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The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Odd-lOOking words that are used now and then in the news reports from the sturdy little republic. It would also enable one 10 pronounce these words as they should be enunciated. Dutch dipthongs are not given the same sounds as their equivalents in English. The double 70" for instance in Dutch has the same sound as ''o'' in Rome. while the dipthong ''oe' is pro- nOunced by the Dutch as we pronounce 100" in boot. The English pronuncia- ton of these two dipthongs is the re- verse of that given them by those who speak Dutch. And lou" has the sound of "ow' in owl. The sound of "ui' is nearly like that of the English ''oy" in boy. The Dutch double "aa' is the same as the English "a" in war As there is no " in Dutch its place is talk en by "lj," which is sounded as ''y'' in defy.
 If one, therefore, would pronounce Dom Paul properly he would say it as if it were spelled "Ome Fowl" The family name of Gen. Joubert would for the same reason be pronounced as If it were spelled "Yowbert" The word BOer is pronounced by the Afrikander as if it were of two syllables; the first long and the second short, thus: Boo er." The plural is not "Boers." It is "Boeren," and 1t Is pronounced Boo er-eh,' because the final m is slurred.
 Here are some of the Dutch words that are Oftenest in print in connection with the news of the Transvaal and their pronunciation and meaning: BlOemfonteln bloom -fon- tinel. ..... Flower
 fountain.
 Boer (bOO-er) ...................... Farmer Buitenlander (bOy-ten-lont-e -er). ... Foreigner Burgher tbuhr-ker) ................C Citizen Burgerregt (buhr- -ker- rekt) Citizenship BurgerWacht (buhr-ker-vOkD.. ...... Citizen
 SO,deTy.
 Jonkherr yGnk- hare). Member of the volks-
 raad; gentleman.
 0oln 0. 'ouie) ,'''... Uncle RsadShaer (rahds-harel ........ Senator Raadhuis (rahd-hOys) ........ Senate house Rand Irahnti ................M Margin; edge Staatkunde (staht kuhn del ......... Politics Staatsraad Istahtsrahd) ...COuncil of State $temmer Cstemmerj ,,........ Voter; eIeetOr Trek treck) .Draught: Journey Irekken ttreck-e en) ...... to draw; to travel l Irekpaard (treckpahrd) ....... Draft horse | Iit toyp ';'..:... out; out Of Vaal 0ahD Valley | NaderlandSiefde tfah-ter-lOnts-leef-t tel Love |
 Of ones country; patriotism. tOiu NACiO s. lSlu, open ldHuS | Neldheer (felt-hare) ..General; cOmmandant | Aeldwachter (felt-vOck-ter) =. Rural guard | NOlksraad tfulks-rahdD .... Lower House of |
 Congress.
 VOOrregt f0re-rekt .. Franchise: privilege ' Nreemdellrg (frame-da-lingl ...... Stranger | Witwa terSrand (vit-vot-ters-ront Margin |
 of the white water
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

From a published statement it ap-
 pears that In eight Chicago high schools
 the number of pupils entered at the be-
 ginning of this school year was 5,590, of whom ], ,493 were boys and 4,097
 were girls-26O4 more girls than boys, or only four boys to every eleven girls. The Chicago Chronicle goes on to say that 1t may be stated as a partial com pensatiOn for this excess of girls that the attendance of the English high and manual training school was 53O boys and young men and no girls. But re- garding the manual training as eQuiva- lent to the high school, we still have an excess of 2,094 girls, or more than twice as many girls as boys. This fact sug- gests the question whether the girls are not being educated away from the boys, so to speak, to a serious extent. The boys are taken from school at an earlier age than the girls and, 1t is to be presumed, set to work in occupations not requiring instruction In the high school branches. Is 1t well that SD many of their sisters receive so much more schooling? Do not the latter ac- quire tastes and ambitions and ideas of life uniting them for the relation of marriage with the less cultivated young men? This is not question which can be answered positively without much more information than is conveyed by the school statistics alone. It may be that many more of the boys than of the girls pursue special studies after leav- ing school to qualify them for the work in life which they undertake. If so, these special studies may compensate for those pursued in the schools by the girls and not by the boys. There is some reason to think, however, that whatever compensation of this kind there may be 1t is EOt effective in bring ing about cOngenial relations between the sexes later in life. It seems to be the fact that celibacy is on the increase: that the proportion of old bachelors and old maids to the total population is higher than formerly. And if it Is the fact we may reasonably look for one cause of it in the unequal education of the sexes In the public schools and the consequent separation of those who might otherwise be happily mated. If such is the case there Is no obvious remedy. The present course in the mat ter of education Is largely matter of parental choice, and liberty in this re- sDect cannot be restricted. It is a mat ter for individual study and not for State regulation.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Great improvement in public roads Is sure to attend and follow the multipli- cation of automobiles. One writer pre- diets that before the end of 1900, the total mileage of macadam and asphalt will be increased by fully 100 per cent" More than $300,O00,0O0 is said to be pledged already to the manufacture of this class of vehicles. Till the storage battery is perfected and cheapened, the means of propulsion are practically limited to gas engines and petroleum products
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
Clear Ont.

The Rev. F. w. Greenstreet fur nisehs the London Spectator with an amusing epitaph.
 When he was curate of Tetbury, Worcestershire, in the fifties, the par ish church contained, and no doubt still contains, marble slab near the west door inscribed as follows:
 ''In vault underneath lie several of the Saunderses, late of this parish. Particulars the last day will disclose. Amen"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

There Is such a thing as getting on the right side of tornado, the right side being the north side. The rule drafted by meteorologists Is to face the approaching cloud and then flee to the right. Take refuge in a cellar or cave, throw yourself on the ground and cIing to a stake or stump. This is the surest means of escaping or sur viving what as yet no human power can mitigate or prevent
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

The hOmely but expressive maxim of the sporting gent that " a sucker is born every minute" daily receives ex- republication. together with the corol- lary fact that a large percentage of the suckers" attain maturity and ac- quire money out of which they may be swindled. On no other theory can we explain the survival of the Spanish priest'' swindle, which has been work ed for many years and yet other years, despite the fact that it has been ex
 posed in the newspapers times with
 out number. It continues to bob up,
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
Feeding the Baby.

The care of babies is never a sine cure, as many of our readers can tes- tify, and the ordinary difficulties of the case sometimes assume extraordinary proportions.
 An English lady in India was recent ly worried about the failing health of her infant. The milk was suspected, and the doctor ordered that the child
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
Rodent Wire-WaIker

There Is a rat in Memphis which g:ves a slack wire exhibition every evening. He gives his performance at about the same time each evening, and he generally has quite a crowd out to see him. The rodent crosses Front street every evening about 7:3O, walk ing on a telegraph wire. He has done the trick fifty times or more, and seems perfectly at home on the high wire.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

An association has been formed for the purpose of compelling employers to pay women the same wages that are paid to men for similar work. There are DO women in the associa- ff0n
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Whales teeth. it is stated, are the coinage of the Fiji Islands. Very like ly there. as elsewhere, the wives say getting money from their husbands is like pulling teeth.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

It is doubtless an indiscretion for a public man to say privately what would cause trouble if spoken openly. But the man who gives to the world what has been said to him in private confidence commits something more than an indiscretion, and little less than a crime.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Poor To, the noble red man, has been civilized at last, and dawn is breaking for the Indian. Fifty Osage savages In Oklahoma have filed petitions in voluntary bankruptcy. The next step will be to elope with the funds of a savings bank.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
pretor,a fine canital of the South Ar 1

Pretoria, the capital of the South Af- rican republic, is named in honor of its first President, PretOrius, who led the Dutch in the great trek, or journey. out of Cape Colony sixty years ago and into the Transvaal to escape the dominion of England Johannesburg is easily translated into English. as Johnstown. The term "Afrikander" is used to des- ignate the Dutch from the other white people of South Africa.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

It seems that the word "appendici- tis" Is not to be found in the most ambitious of recent dictionaries pub lished in England. It looks from this as if the complaint in question were more or less confined to themselves.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

A New England man is suing to re cover $500 damages for the alienation of his wlfe's affections. If the court has any sense of the fitness of things 1t will make him pay the other fellow for winning her away.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Emperor William says klngship is the only sure support for the preserva- ton of religion. The Kaiser talks very much like a man who suspects that he is In danger of losing his job.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
THE BOER LANGUAGE.

It's Pronunciation Is Easy When Dutch
 Tongue Is Understood.
 The language of the BoerS of South Africa is grammatically the language of the people of Holland. They speak Dutch as their forefathers in Holland spoke it and speak it now. They are called Boers because that is Dutch word which describes them. Ii means farmer, and agriculture is the main pursuit of the peace-lOving cOmpatriots of Dom Paul. A knowledge of Dutch would supply an explanation of the
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Two heads may be better than one as a rule. but minor statesmen can't be made to see that knocking one of them in Is not the proper thing when it comes to new candidates barrel.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
An Original One.

A sign over a negro cabin in Liberty County reads: l Teaches Folks to Reed an Rite an do fggers in their heads.
  Atlanta Constitution.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Charles Darwin was so weak In health that but for the wife and chll- dren who saved him from trouble and gave him the leisure of a peaceful home he would probably never have made his great discoveries.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Probably one of the "extenuating circumstances" in Capt. Drefus' case was that the judges had a strong sus- piciOn he was innocent
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
Women as Sailors.

Women sailors are employed in Den mark, Norway and Finland, and they are often found to be most excellent and delightful mariners.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

In Western city the other day farmer was robbed three times by gangs Of footpads. Can 1t be there's also a highwayman trust?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
Fatal LOquacIty.

In a New England village rich in quaint and amusing characters John Bates was renowned for his ability to hold his tongue. The gift approached genius, but John was keenly alive to what he considered it's incOmpleteness, although of course he said nothing about it.
 He made mattresses for a living, and one day a native of the village came into his shop and said:
 John. what's the best kind of a mattress 2''
 "Husks." said John and said no more.
 Twenty years later. so the tradition runs. the same man came again to the shop and asked what. in Bates opinion, was the best kind of a mattress
 Straw" said John.
 ''Straw2 You told me husks was the bestl"
 John gave a despairing sigh "I've always ruined myself by taikin. said be. .-Youth's Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Mark Twain says be has respect for Satan because he IS the spiritual head of about fOur-fifths of the race.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

There are very few men who have boils, and very few who don't have trouble with their kin. The story of Job should be revised.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

With respect to England spreading herself in South Africa, 1t would seem the Boers are disposed to be rabid anti expansionists.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

Not only is the sparrow plucky in life, but its acting as a substitute for the reed bird shows it's also game aft CT death.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

The carrier pigeon was in use by the state department of the Ottoman en- pire as early as the fourteenth cen tury.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
Nothing In It.

'I see from the papers that a man fell into the docks and was drowned" said PhildOg.
 Couldn't swim. suppose" said Wagster.
 That goes for nothing" said Phil dog. Look at me. When l was wash ed overheard. going to the Isle of Man, l couldn't swim stroke, yet l kept myself atiOat by keeping my head'-
 Certainly, your head kept you up," remarked WagSter.
 They don't speak now.-Spare Mo- mentS.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

People often say, "The doctor says" so an so, as though that settled 1t. < doctor knows very little more than the rest of us.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

The old empress dowager has sup pressed all the newspapers in China. France isn't the worst. after all
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

A woman likes to visit the bargain counters and then count 'er bargains.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
An Aid to Vision

'I suppose monocle aids vision" Yes; it helps people to see through the man who wears it."-Detroit Jour nal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18

A man who can be fooled the same way four times is a fool.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-11-18
Virginia Radiah

In the vicinity of Norfolk, Va, abou. 1.5O0 acres is devoted to the culture of radishes.
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WHEN YOU GET GO"
TIE ENTIRE MACHINE MOVES BETTER


The thing To be aimed at by every is to keen
the vitality up, and there Is surer way than by
use Of food that quickly and easily digests A
lady writes, We have been using your Crane Nuts
for quite while past, and while using them have
discovered that an increase Of strength and yiyor
has set in and alse the bowels move reguiarfy and
better than ever before. My husband had been
troubled with constipation for long time hut
since he has been eating Grape-Nuts the trouble
has entirely disappeared. | know that the relief
came from the of the food for we have a
friend that was troubled in the same way and had
been treated for year more, but since he has
been using Grape-Nuts the difficulty has entirely
disappeared.
Il naturally do not to have my name used
In the public press, but glad to advise Won of
these facts. -, Stoughton. Mass Name can
be furnished by Postum Cereal Co makers of
Grape-Nwts. Battle Creek Micho
The food is made that it is predigested and
therefore does not distress the digestive organs
1t is n concentrated food, and furnishes nourish-
ment of the highest class in the simple form
Added TO this, the flavor is delicious. The grape
sugar can be seen in fine crystals gllttering on
the surface of the little granules Ii is so easily
dgested that babes in be fed Grape
Nuts combined with milk cream, 10 marked ad-
vantage. Sold by all frst-class grocers
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Hamilton ct al, trustees, to Catharine
Queen, south half of lot II, square 316; $40
stamps, 81.
Third street northeast between d and E
streets-Edwin c. Brandenburg ct al to
trustees of Northeastern Baptist Church,
lots / and j. square 755; so stamps, 81. 50l.
Nos. 227 and 229 18th street northeast
Daniel F. Mockabee ct uX. to Sarah +.
Musson, lots 81 and 3D. square 1853; SO
(stamps. $3.50.
Nos. 21 and 2}3 18th street northeast
Same to Poynton Musson, lots 81 and 81
square 1855; so Stamps. 81. so.
Eleventh and + streets northeast-Mah-
lon Ashford ct al, trustees, to Nellie Cart
wright, lots 43 to 80, square go; $500.
Brookland-Louis C. Walsh ct ux. to
William O. Bergman, part lots 1 and =,
block II; so Stamps, 80 centsl.
South Brookland--Carolyn NJ Babcock ct
vir. Daniel'A. to Gesche WetZel, lot -, blk.
4; $40 Stamps, so.
Bloomingdale-Joseph Paul ct TX. to Ray
E. Middaugh, lot 20. blk. .; SO Stamps,
$3.50.
American University Park, first addition
Jno. d. Croissant ct al, trustees. to Sidney
A. Sixbury, lot II, DIX. 30; $500.
No. 1916 Linden place northeast-1saac L.
Johnson ct al, trustees, to Jno. Cook. trus-
tee for Perpetual Building Association, lot
Dos So. 1901; $1,000.
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Byng and Eva X. Webster: Norwood P
Bailey and Emma Fischer; John P. Zerega
and Marguerite Mantigarri; Richard Brath-
erton and Annie L. Storer; John r. Dove
and Amanda E. Brown; Edward A. Gown
and Mary V. Rienhardr, both of Baltimore
Md; II. b. Greene and Elise Bossieux both
of Richmond Va; Robert Vickery Palmer
and Sarah Raymond Burch, both of St.
Mary s county, Md; Christopher +. Pitz-
niger of Howard county, Nd, and Lula Nj.
Marshall of Anne Arundel county, Md.
John d. Shoemaker and Clara V Lamb
both of Rockingham county. Va; Arthur
). Brown and Mary d. Veale
Colored-John W. Bird and Sally Stewart;
Samuel w. Smith and Mary Bryan; John S.
Carter of this city and Lenia F. Bird of
Port Huron. Mich; Edward Holland and
George Watkins; Charles c. Stewart and
Virginia Smith
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phia; F. J. Wildes. Hartford. Conn: J. II.
Cole, Iowa; A. II. Bryan. Richmond. Va
National-G. L. Berna, York Pa: II. A
Jacobs, Toledo, Ohio; F. NJ Thomas. West
Virginia; j. c. Comstock, Detroit, Mich !;
A. Edwards. Chicago
Raleigh-E. H. Hunter, Philadelphia; i
r. Brooks, Colorado Springs, Col: J. w
Moore, St Louis; J. G. Little, Pittsburg
w. l.. White, Michigan.
RichmCnd-M a. Kennedy, Baltimore
Nd; VIM. Curry, Minneapolis; J. T. Gold
borough, Red Bank, n. j.
Riggs-J. B. King, Kentucky; W. c. Kim
ball, New York.
Shoreham-Wm. Thaw, Pittsburg: IL. r.
Fitzgerald. DanVille. Va; J. s. WiIcox
Montgomery, Ala; J. A. Roche, Chicago;
r. w. Nelson, New York
WelBngton-F. ]. Harper, New York: r
f Bailey Philadelphia.
Wilard-M. y. Rowe, New York; A c
Harvey, Philadelphia.
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Hotel Arrivals,

Ariington-J. L. Grubbs, Richmond, Va;
8 w. Smith, Philadelphia; ]. d. Marsden,
Victoria, B. c.; w IL. Woodruff, Tacoma,
Wash; w. c. Johnson, Cincinnati; w. ..
Graves, Indian territory.
Cochran-J. G. Sutherland, Boston; J. A.
Gilman, Honolulu, H. l.; w. B. Rogers,
Danhury, Conn; E. H. Fleming, Chicago.
Ebbitt-Chas: W. McCarty, New York; 6.
Warburton, Tacoma, Wash; G. H. Nelson,
Pittsburg; j. H. Wholly, L. s. army; Gen.
A. D. Shaw, Watertown. n. Y
Metropolitan-W. II. Maxwell, Philadel-
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DroDsy and Heart Disease.

great cure and great testimony: For ten
Years suffered greatly from Heart Disease, Flut-
tefing Of the Heart and Smothering Spells. made
my life torment l was confined TO my bed
Dropsy set in. My physician told H. prepare
for the worst. I tried DIR. AgDew's Cure Tor tie
Heart-One dose gave great relief. bottle cured
the D.opsy and my heart Mrs. James Adams
Syracuse, n. Y Sold ty
+. 5. WILLIAMS. 9th and F
EDMONDS & WILLIAMS, Sd and Pa. ave
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Sanitary Conditions.

1t is further provided that any barber
shop in which the tools. appliances and
furnishings in use therein are kept in an
unclean and insanitary condition. so as
to endanger health, shall be declared to be
public nuisance, and the board shall have
power to order such sanitary improvements
as will insure the public safety, and. in
default Of such improvements, the proprie-
tor thereof shall be subject to prosecution
and punishment therefor, and the place or
dered closed.
The board is authorized and directed to
mold public examinations of applicants for
occupation Of barber in the District of CO.
lumba Is required within thirty days after
the approval Of the act to file with the sec
rotary Of said board an affidavit setting
forth his or her name, residence and length
of time during which, and the places where
he or she has practiCed such occupatio
and shall pay to the secretary of said
board a fee of - cents and IA certificate of
registration, emitting him or her to a IL
cense to practice said occupation shall
thereupon be issued to him or her
1t Is made the duty Of the collector of
taxes to furnish to each person to whom a
certificate has been issued license good
Tor the calendar year in which the same
Is issued, certifying that the holder thereof
is entitled to practice the occupation of
barber in the District OF Columbia and it
Is made the duty of the holder thereof to
post the same, ana any renewal thereof In
a conspicuous place in front of his work
ing chair, where 1t may be readily seen by
all persons whom he may serve. The hold
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Marrinxe Ltcenses,

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
White-Merriam F. Peacock and Ella NJ
Trammell, both of Leighs, Va; Marcus L.
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Eight transports are expected TO leave
San Francisco for the Philippines within a
week.
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er of such license shall be entitled to a re-
newal Of the same upon application there
for and by the payment of an annual fee
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Penalties for Violation.

1t Is proposed that from and after the
approval of this act any person practicing
the occupation of barber in the District of
Columbia, publicly processing to do so,
without first having obtained license as
herein provided, or in violation Of any of
the provisions of thts act or of any of the
rules or regulations made by authority con-
ferred herein, after his or her license
has been revoked by order OF said board or
the health officer of the District of Column
bia, shall be deemed guilty Of a INSIDE
meanor. and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished for each offense by fine OF
not less than so and not more than 500
or by Imprisonment in jail for not less than
ten days or more than ninety days.
1t is also provided that the expenses IN
CURED in maintaining the board of exam
liners or any other expenditures incurred
by virtue of this act shall be met and fully
discharged by the revenues derived from
the fees collected by the said board OF eX-
aminers, and that there shall be estab-
lished in one Of the hospitals of the Dis
trict of Columbia a department especially
adapted to the study of the hair scalp and
beard, their diseases, and the anuseptics
necessary for the prevention Of contagion
and contamination.