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The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
asenorfta', Is Name

"Senorita" is the Spanish prefix to the name of an unmarried young -ady. It corresponds to the French ''maGem- oiselle," to the American miss" The use of "senorita" as the Christian name is extraordinary. Down in Ten nesSee there is a lady upon whom her parents bestowed the baptismaI dssig- nation of "senorita" when she was 8 child. 1t must be admitted that the name looks we'll in print and sounds we'll when spoken. "SenoritSs AlexaB- der lives at EG1abethton, ''n the coun-. ty of Carter" as the official language has it. And what lends additional in terest to the fact is that "Senorita Altsander has just been appointed and confirmed postmaster ct ElizabethtOn- The word postmaster is used adyisediy. Uncle Sam does not recognize officially a "postuSiStress"
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
MADE RICH BY LOVER
St. Paul Woman Gets $2oo, 900 Left
 Her by Her Afianced.
Deed ts Property in Honduras Made Over to Her by Her Lover on His Deathbed, Ten
 Years Ago.

Through the publication of news paper notice the other day Mrs. H. E.. Butterfeld, of St. Paul, has discovered that she is S200, 900 wealthier than she had imagined. Mrs. H. E. Butterfeld was formerly Miss Belle Griffin, of Minneapolis, and in 1890, while upon an excursion to the Pacific coast, she met. and became very friendly with another of the party, Thomas P. Har- kin, of Boston. Their acquaintance, carried on by means of correspond ence, ripened into love and they be- came engaged. Shortly after the en- gagement Miss Griffin visited New England with her mother and the wedding was fixed for a few months distant. She then returned home to prepare for the event. Shortly after this Harl1in was attacked by severe hemorrhages of the lungs and died.
 The night before his death he sent for lawyer, an intimate friend, and had him execute for his affianced quitclaim deed to mining property in Honduras. After Harkin's death the lawyer communicated with the Honduran government officials, and his investigation led him to believe that the mining property was not worth the trouble of filing formal transfer papers, and he let the mat ter drop. Last winter, however, as the result of syndicate operations, the property greatly increased in value, and the attorney, who is now practic- ing in Detroit, learned of this fact, and on communicating with the sym dicate was offered $2OO,OOO for quit claim deed from Miss Griffin. In some manner, however. all trace of that young lady had been lost, and not even the name of her parents or the address at which she had formerly lived could be found
 Mrs. Butterfeld, on reading the dis patch printed the other day, at once took steps to establish her identity and will shortly receive the sum which comes to her in so romantic fashion. Her husband is a clerk in the Great Northern railroad freight office.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
AN INGENIOUS MINISTER.
A Preacher Among the Cowboys sE the West Who Has Won UA-
 bounded Popularity.

The ingeniousness of Rev. Harry A Handle, rector of St. James mission. Meeker, Col, constantly evolves enter taining features for the old and young. attracting interest to the mission. writes Stanley Stokes of "A Minister Among the Cowboys" in Ladies Home Journal. He is an accomplished artist and takes photographs for everybody An immense see-saw, swings and other entertaining features have been erect ed by him in the rectory yard. where everybody in the town enjoys them The preacher spent part of his earn ings for phonograPh with set of 50 rolls, which drew big crowds to the rectory, some coming 100 miles 10 see the wonderful talking machine. Near ly every day when the stage comes in. Mir. Handle changes his working clothes and goes to the hotel to acquaint him self with the strangers arriving,- and invites them to the rectory. all of which is unusual and unlocked for on the frontier. And that is one of the waya by which so many people in his parish. which is of greater area than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island com bined, have become acquainted with the popular Little Minister of Rio Blanco," as he is called
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
INVENTIVE CELESTIAL GENIUS
Many Useful and Important Inven- ttons Are the Result of Their
 Ingenuity.

Americans are apt to regard the Chinese, writes W. J. Johnston, in Success, as lacking in progressive spirit and inventive genius. While this is true to some extent, visit to China makes one realize that west ern nations are indebted to the Celes- tial empire for many important in ventions and discoveries which we are prone to regard as part of our own civilization. It is to them we owe the mariners compass, invented by them over 1,50O years ago. The building of ships with water-tight compartments was also first intro duced by the Chinese, and to them we are indebted for the discovery of gunpowder.
 Prior to the establishment of any banking system in Europe, and while America was still in a state of saw agery, China boasted of the same ex- cellent banking system it has in op- eration to-day.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
GET INTO TANTRUMS.
That Is What the Child Wives of In dia Do When They Are
 Ugly.

''Wife beating, which seems such c horrible and repulsive thing to oeci- dental minds. if looked at from the Hindoo standpoint becomes not only allowable, but actually commendable," says a missionary recently returned from India. "The marriages are made so young that the wives are mere chil- dren. If the mother-in-law is alive to look after her daughter, well and good, but if not, the husband is apt to say: Who is to govern my wife, if not I?' 4 native who has been converted was told that, as a Christian, he could no longer whip his wife. He replied in some surprise that there was nothing else to be done when his wife got in one of her 'tantrums.' The missionary promised to try to calm her if trouble should again arise, and was thanked again and again for the generous offer. Soon the Hindoo came to bring word of another 'tantrum,' and the mission ary immediately went to the family abode. At the door he was met by a volley of chairs, pots, pans, etc, while within could be heard the voice of the child wife raised in wrath. He hesi- tated, and when pressed by his pupil to go in and calm her, was obliged to acknowledge his ineff1cieney."
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
WAYS OF WOMEN ARTISTS.
How Brave Girls from the West sz3 South Learn to Paint in
 New York.

There is much information about the ways of women artists from the west and south who study in New York. in '1The Bacillus of Beauty" the new novel by Harriet Stark
 The reader is introduced almost at the outset to Kitty Ried. a red-headsd girl from Cincinnati, who is just doirg up flat parcel of drawings of animals to take down town, and who bases a demand for extra strong tea upon that fact.
 'I'm starting for the Star office, she says, ito find the photo-engravers routing the noses and toeses of all ny best beastesses." s
 Kitty is the animal artist" of Sun day newspaper-which might be DOT trait from the life, since more than one New York paper has employed such specialist at a high salary. She irri- tates the readers by breaking into a promising tete-a-tete between the heroine and her lover from the west by dashing back within five minutes to sketch "Hippopotamus Comic" that she thought of on the street.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
a wake of wbitened bones In travelling

wake of whitened bones. In travelling through Natal I saw 50 oxen lying dead about a spring where they had tum-
 bled one over the other, so suddenly had the disease attacked them. It was almost impossible then to get an un- Gnged piece of steak at restaurant, though the proprietor resented any such charge, and a plethoric German traveller who called in loud tone for ''roast rinderpest" in the railroad cafe at De Aar Junction, Cape Colony, had to be picked up infragments. Dr. Koch and other eminent specialists tried in vain to stop this plague. The country is now recovering from it slowly.
 Another pest is the tsetse fly, an in- sect resembling our common house fly, but three times as large. Its bite will kill a horse, COW or any other domestic animal in about ten days, but, strange to say, does not affect a wild animal or a human being. A less dangerous but more troublesome pest is the white ant, which is about one-quarter of an inch long and ubiquitous in many parts of the country. They live under the ground, and can only be routed by kill ing the queen, which sometimes reaches the size of one inch in length. This in- sect is particularly harassing in Rho desia. At Buluwayo my travelling com panion inadvertently left his boots on the floor after turning in at night, and he arose next morning to find the up- pers carefully separated from the soles. Lucky you didn't leave your clothes on the f1oor," was the hotel keepers only consolation. These ants will eat through anything but metal, and for that reason much of the building is done with corrugated iron. The ant hill | is one of the conspicuous landmarks in travelling over South Africa--Ainslee's.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
MONKEY ACTS LIKE A MAN.
AImost Human IntelIIxenes nfn- played by an orans-OaeAAE
 in Indiana

Prof. V. P. Wormwood. the oldest a-- imal trainer in the United States. and who was connected with the Cinein1aG geological gardens years ago. is BOW teaching a dog and monkey school R Kokomo, Ind. says the Chicago Intsr Ocean.
 Murphy" is the name of the o56eSs and best trained orang-outang i1 hss collection. When Murphy retires as night he removes his clothing. hanging the garments on hooks beside the bed When he gets too warm he arises and pulls off his night shirt, and retuns to bed with only such apparel as DS- ture provided him. On the contrary, ie he is too cold, he goes to the clothing chest for anothers quilt, which hs spreads over the couch with as nneh care and skill as the most p-o6cisns chambermaid.
 He uses his knife. fork. spoon. napkin and finger bowl at his meals and smokes briarwood pipe. He has 70 use for cigarettes or cigars SPeakinG of Murphy's intellectual face. Proe- Wormwood said:
 'The fiatness peculiar to 6 mc1keys head is changed with training After few months education and contact with human society the face TOwsie<s and less elongated, and the top of ths head or forehead rises PereepGbly-
 There are several athletes iD their monkey school, and the gymlasiun is their favorite exercise. Every day they put on the mitts and give a reaEstSo prize fight of several rounds with their own people as seconds and tinekesp- CTS. The monkeys have been taCght the art of housekeeping, preparing o6n- ner for visitors, waiting on table. sse- They do fine military driA. and un- derstand the manual of arms tO pertec- tion.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
AUTHOR MADE A HIT.
He Finally Brought His Novel to . Close in Advance Of Hia
 First Purpose.

One of the most popular novels of the day had a strange history which might have been considered fatal to its success had it been considered in advance. A New York author whose books are always sure of certain de gree of popularity finished all but the last few chapters of a novel. Try as he might, it was impossible for him to complete the story satisfactorily. So he put the book away and for two years it lay unfinished on his desk, al- though the author thought of the work from time to time without be- ing able to get any nearer the solu- tion of the plot, says the New York Sun.
 Finally he lost all hope of ever com pleting the work and decided to end it at a point several chapters in ad- vance of that at which he had ceased to write With this abrupt and unex- pected ending the novel went to pub fisher, was accepted and turned out one of the most popular novels this author has ever written. One of the most praised features of the book is it's unconventional ending, which is said to be just explicit enough to sat isfy everybody without going into ar tistic detail. And the author was at one time so discouraged about the end ing of the book that he had almost given up the idea of submitting it to any publisher.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
New Rubber Plant.

Rubber being in growing demand. scientific men have been trying to ob- tain it from plants which had not been available commercially before. Two French chemists, NM. Arnaud and Vernuil, have discovered proc ess by which it may be obtained from the Landolfa vine, which grows wild and luxuriantly in nearly all parts of Africa. The process of tapping the Landolfia is impraeticable as the flow of rubber hardens too quickly. By the new process the vine is crushed i1 hot water, by which means all the rubber it contains is extracted
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Cat Fond of Ice.

A tobacconist in South Fourth street is the owner of one-eyed tom-cat, which is an ice fend- The cats name is JerubbaaI. He sits on his owners doorstep every morning and waits for the ice man, and when the latter puts the customary cake of ice on the pave ment, preparatory to opening the door. the cat eagerly runs to pick up the lit- tie pieces which are generally clipped off. The cat holes the ice in his mouth until it dissolves. On occa- sions the cat news until his owner gets the pick and breaks of some pieces for him. Summer or winter, Jerubbaal must have his ice.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
THE LoVRL1EsT WOMAN.
changed Her Intellect for Emily Marshall's Beauty.

Margaret Fuller once expressed the willingness to exchange her fine intel lect and all her accomplishments for the beauty and attractiveness of Elm ily Marshall (who had been her schoolmate), writes William Perrine of ''The Loveliest Woman in All America" in the Ladies' Home Jour nal. Miss Marshall stood before us reversion to that faultless type of structure which artists have imagined in the past and to that ideal loveliness of disposition which poets have fancied in the golden age" was the verdict of a Boston gallant, one of the fair beauty's neighbors- recorded in after life, when his judgment was unprejudiced- Such was the homage which the people of Boston would sometimes bestow upon Miss Marshall that one night when Daniel Webster, then beginning his career in the United States senate, vis- ited the Federal Street theater the ap- plause which the audience showered- upon him was not greater than the cheers with which it welcomed the divine Emily. In New York she caused such a sensation that one morning ten gentlemen at one time were seen in her escort, and 60 left their cards for her. When she went to such sum mer resorts as Saratoga the crowds at the hotel would form lane through which she might pass as they waited to view her going to and from her coach. and itis Philadelphia tradition that when she visited that city one of the schools was closed earlier than the usual hour to give the young girls chance to see the famous belle. Indeed, women looked upon her with an admiration which they seldom accord to beauties.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Less Sugar Needed Novnda,

A generation ago sugar constituted nearly one-fourth of the grocery trade of the country, but to-day, owing to the wonderful increase in the trade of canned goods and grocers' specialties, the staple occupies greatly inferior rank, it's sales being perhaps no more than one-twentieth of the total sales of groceries.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
SOUTH AFRIcA,s PLAQUES.
At BuIuwayO Boots Devoured by Ants-Ravages of the
 RinderpeSt.

South Africa imports hides, wool and mohair, and the ranchmen would revel in riches were it not for the various pests that decimate his focks and herds. The most deadly one is the rinderpest, a cattle plaugle which in the last ten years has been slowly creeping from Central Africa southward, leaving
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Armor for Soldiers.

On the threshold of the twentieth century the British war off1ce has re- sorted to armor for the protection of it's soldiers. Orders have been given for the purchase of number of small steel shields to cover the vital parts about the heart. Tn, shields weigh about seven pounds and in tests have turned bullets at TOO yards.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
New Sphere of U.efuIne,,

The best sutures for sewing up wounds are now obtained from the tails of rats. Later on it may be dis covered, says the Chicago Times-Her- aid. that even the bedbug was created for some useful purpose.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Not Appreciated.

The crown prince of Sweden is to practice ruling while his father is sick, but the prince Of Wales is never allowed to be the whole thing, re- marks the Chicago Record, even for few hours, no matter what may ail his royal mamma
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Trans-siberian RaiIroad.

The Trans-Siberian railroad will be completed at the present rate of work ing in about two years, the cost prob ably considerably exceeding the orig inal estimate of SITS, 500, ,OO0.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Life's Problem an Ea,v o,.

Alfred Vanderbilt knows that no man need be out of work, declares the Chicago Record, for he had no trouble III securing his pick of jobs in the of fees of the New York Central rail road.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Blue Monda

A South side woman petitioned the courts to protect her in her regular washday, but it is believed, says the Chicago Record, that the majority of women would rather petition the leg islature to abolish washday aito- refher
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Way to Find a Policeman.

The searchnght plan, says the Chi sago Tribune, while it might not re- ult in the capture of any footpads, night reveal the whereabouts of an occasional policeman.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Cur,ositx ot Foo.R..,.

One hundred yards has been run in ten seconds, but 50 yards never GOV cred in five seconds.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-12-15
Wood-sawfng by GIrIs.

A wood-sawing contest by girls win he held in Trenton, N. J., for the bene- fit of a church.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-19
NiIrS;c in War.

a question which has been agitating the
military circles Of Europe is in what way
music assists the soldier on the march
All men, it is claimed, having any ap-
probation of music feel prompted to step
in tin, TO a march tune.
Music on the march therefore subSti-
tutes a new and pleasanter stimulus to
exertion for the monotonous and some
what dreary work Of keeping place -"
the ranks. 1t is well known that we-ts-
ness is, as a rule, more a matter OF mind
than Of body, and that the muscles of the
body do not tire half so soon as the nerve
centers which move them.
Music, by bringing fresh nerve centre
into play, will often, it is held, Danish all
sense of WEAKNESS. and will even some
times afford rest to the usual nerve CEN
ire, so that when the music ceases the
soldier feels fresher than before it began.
Why mems limbs should tend to move
TO music no ono knows, but 1t
is practically the same thing as dancing.
and is believed to have to do with the in
stinct all men display which urges them
to associate art with what is beautiful in
Nature.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-19
SHOE COMFORT on SALE

In nothing are We so much concerned as
having our feet shod comfortably in warm
weather. 1t produces an even temper, and
our daily walk is made comfort Only
shoes that have national reputation for
easy and painless wear ever and their way
:, 1917 and 1913 East Main Street The
shoe branch established therein IS designed
{, add increased drawing power to the
magnet OF fair dealing and proper prices
surrounding their various departments o.
,fle-.s ana Boys. complete Quitting.
,fhc pains and care taken IN the waiting
ueon and the service given their custom
ers. combined with the superiority OF make
ard NJ of their shoes. are fast establish
=: O. H Berry & Co. as the leading
-otttha-n Shoers. They're especially strong
\ summer wear-Oxtoret Ties. Tan. Pat
y Leather or vict Kid; also Golf. Ten
n.s ana otner sporting SHOES.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-19
7 He WARS or
THE { LIT URE
Wireless Telegraphy Opens up New Field Of
Usefulness for Science OF Aerial Navigation.

would probably be discharged TO great
distance on the ocean. While it is true that
a passengerless balloon would drop its
bombs blindly, yet is must be remembered
that fifty or sixty fire balloons of paper,
even when of large diameter, cost but
little money, and that many of them
could be inflated and sent aloft at one
time by a besieging force.
The average altitude and distance Of
these balloons could then be measured
instantly at any time by the use OF q
tabulated quadrant with a short base line
at the earth, and two angles, or by a
range-tinder.
Mr.. Eddy has not the slightest doubt
but that the pressure OF the Marconi
key would drop the bombs all at the same
time. In using them they would be con-
fined on the windward side of a beseiged
force and the starting point FOR the bal
loon would be such as to cause them
to SAIL directly over the point TO be at
tackled. The fire balloons would rise to a
great heisht immeda tely upon being re-
lieved OF the weight of the detached bombs
and this ascent would be an infallible
signal to indicate the exact point Of the
attack.
In his experiments at Bayonne, \. J.,
Mr.. Eddy has sent up a large number
Of fire balloons, both released and cap
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-19

and act with our sister states OF
South. and Particularly with the. State OF
Virginia,
And whereas. Such authority can be
conferred solely by a convention Oh tle
people of the State,
And whereas, in the opinion OF the
meeting, the Legislature, not being in Ses-
sion. a full and fair expression OF the
peculiar will is most likely TO be heard by
a convention called by ireeonlnfenia ton
of the Executive.
And whereas. 1t is alleged that the Gov
ernor now mas it in contemplation to re-
commend by proclamation such move
ment in the event OF 81 failure by the
Peace Conference and Congress to effect
any satisfactory solution OF the vexed
question now agitating the country; De 1t,
therefore.
..ResoIved, That we shall approve such
proceedings on the part of the Governor
ard add the voice OF this convention TO
urge the voters OF this State TO regard
such reclamation. AMI. with q view TO
allow time for the action OF the Go"erncr
in the matter. the convention will adjourn
until the 18th of March next. unless inter
mediately the State OF Virginia should, by
her sovereign convention, secede from the
Union. in which event, and in case the
Governor of the State shall not have teen
called q sovereign convention OF the pee
pie of this State, this convention Siftil az
once assemble at the call of the president.
with a view of recommending to the peo-
pie of this State the election cf-deleGates
10 such a sovereign convention.
-..Resoived further as the sense OF ual5
convention That the secession OF the sew
eral slave-hol'ing States from the Federal
Union was induced by the aggression OF
the Notwithstanding States, in violation
of the Constitution of the United States
.sResolved further, That thc moral and
material interest and the geographical
position of this State demand that 1t
should act with Virginia in this crisis, CO.
operating with that State in ali honorable
efforts to maintain and defend the consti-
tutional rights of its citizens in the Union.
and failing in that, to associate with her
in confederation with our sister States
of the Union.
..Resoived further That the honor of this
state requires that it should not permit its
soil to be made a highway for Federal
troops sent to make war UPON our sister
States of the South. and it is the opinion
of this convention that an attempt on the
part Of the Federal government to coerca
the States which have seeded would
necessarily result in civil war and the de-
strrction OF the government itself. Bal