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The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
MIR. SHIELDS ANNUAL CIGAR.
He Receives a Havana Every Year
 Has Forgotten Donors Name.

| He Receives a Havana Every Year
 Has Forgotten Donors Name.
 United States Commissioner Shields the other day received his annual cigar He does not know the name of the donor, nor does he recall the circum- stances through which he earned the gratitude of the man who for nearly a score of years has annually presented him with a long, well-made and per- fectly favored Havana. Shortly after Commissioner Shields office in the Federal building was opened the other morning a little, stoop-shouldered man, scarcely more than five feet in height and apparently about 50 years old, en- tered and looked neryously about him. The Commissioner was not in. The man inquired of every one in the room where the Commissioner was, and then, going to the reporters table, ask ed for a sheet of paper. This was given to him and he seated himself, drew cigar from his pocket, and, after plac- ing 1t on the table, began writing a
 
 entered the room. He hastily picked up the cigar, which was carefully wrap ped in tissue paper, and hurried around to MT. Shields desk.
 "Good-morning, Commissioner" he said, as he held out his hand. You see l am back again. Won't you accept this cigar from me? I still remember what you did for me so long ago."
 The Commissioner took the proffered cigar, and the little man, lowing very low, hurried from the room.
 'I don't know who that man is," ex- plained the Commissioner, "but for nearly twenty years he has come in here on this same day and given me a cigaF. He always makes the same lit tie speech, the same little bow, and then hurries away. He was arraigned before me once for some slight viola tiOn of the Federal statutes, and I de- cided he was not guilty and released him. I don't remember what Offense he was alleged to have committed or anything about 1t.
 ''Nor do know where he gets his ci- gars," added the Commissioner, after applying a lighted match to the per fecto he had just received, 'but they are always good."-New York Commer- cial Advertiser.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Throwing the Shoe.

The peasants of southern France have the credit of originating the familiar GUS tom of throwing an old shoe after the newly welded pair. It was, moreover. the rejected suitor who first made 1t pop ular. The peasant bride is conducted by her friends to her new home, while the young husband is made to halt at cou- pie of hundred yards from the house. If there is a rejected suitor, be then arms himself with an old wooden shoe and filings it, with his best aim, at the bride groom as he makes a dash for the house.
 When the shoe Is thrown, it is understood
 that the last feeling of ill will has been
 flung away with ;t.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
and that body should at its next ses. sion forestaIl any repetition of this in. equitable and demoralizing method.

Of late lovely woman has been hay ing it all her own way in the matter of court decisions affecting domestic af- fairs. and the tyrant man has sat by with such complacency as was possi- bIe. watching one right after another disappear and wondering when the last one would be taken, leaving him bound hand and foot. At last, however, one magistrate has had the courage and wisdom to make a decision in his fa- yor. sustaining one of mans precious and personal rights. An adverse de- cision would have made his life not worth the living and would have set LID A female espionage of the most ex- asperating kind. The case was tried be- fore excellent Magistrate Crane in New York City. Ernest Reichert, a worthy shoemaker, had his wife, Selma, ar rested for going through his pockets and abstracting S57 and some private papers. The wretched woman did not deny the charge, evidently believing that the ransacking of a husbands pockets is one of the rights of the new woman which would be conceded by any court of justice. In this, however. she reckoned without her host. Her lawyer, indeed, made this plea, said he had never heard of such thing as q woman being arrested for going through her husbands pockets, and ar gued that a woman has the right to do it. The excellent magistrate disagreed with him absolutely, decided against such a right, and then discharged the woman with a reprimand, after she had returned the money and papers. This decision is of importance as call ing halt upon the aggressiveness of woman and conserving one of the few remaining rights of man. Had the de ciSion been otherwise no mans money would have been safe in his pockets. He might escape the hOldup men on his way home, but even then he would not have been safe. If excellent Magis- trate Crane had given his assent there would have been concerted and sur
 reptitious nocturnal invasjons of pOck- cts, and the men would have been left dependent upon the sparse generosity of woman for their spending money. And this is not the worst. It Is possi- ble private papers, such as harmless invitations, innocent billet-douX, and little bills, might reveal themselves and engender domestic cyclones, for 1t Is so difficult for women to understand such things. And then, again, what justice would there have been in al- lowing wives to search husbands pock- cts if husbands are not allowed to search wives pockets? But how could this be done when wives have no pock- cts, and are addicted, like flying squir- rels and magpies, to hiding letters and valuables in books in the library, be- hind picture frames. under rugs and beneath mattresses? Magistrate Crane is "a second Daniel come to judgment"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
The Life L,ne I'm One,s Hnna


 There are three prominent lines in the palm-the line of life, that Of the head and the heart line.
 The line of life begins on the inner boundary of the palm. about midway between the thumb and the forefnger If we imagine the left hand to be a map. with the fingers pointing north. this line runs toward the southeast, then curves toward the south and in some hands curves finally toward the southwest It thus skirts the base or "uprise" of the thumb. known as the uprise of Venus. If 1t is deep. broad. of good color and extends nearly or quite to the wrist and if the rest of the hand indicates vitality and cheerful-' ness. the subject may be expected to live to green old age; he has a good dispO- sition and the qualities which good health and good temper usually e+eate.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Both Were surnri.eh-

The third time changed cars at the Hornellsyille Union railroad station and lunched at the little grillroom just up the street the jolly little proprietor recognized me as a regular patron and did his best to entertain me while my special pot of coffee was coming to a boil.
 Notice that fellow who just went out?" he asked, chuckling contentedly to himself.
 I hadn't noticed particularly, but I knew it would be disconcerting to ad- init, so I nodded encouragingly, says a writer in the New York Herald.
 'fWell," he continued, that's Jim Smith - Long Jim Smith they call him-conduetor of the Erie, and, say, he's laying for me. Greatest practical joker you eveE saw. Always getting rigs on me, and never could get back on him until last week, and then was about as much surprised as he was.
 ''I was coming down the street and saw crowd gathered around some Sal vation Army singers. Long Jim was away on the edge of the crowd, stand ing on his tiptoes so he could see over the heads of the rest. He had bis back to me, and, sticking out from un- der his arm, was a big bag of lemons. I saw my chance, and I sneaked quiet ly behind him, hauled off and gave that bag of lemons an awful swipe with my caneS"
 Here the little man went off into an uncomfortable fit of laughter over the remembrance.
 He laughed till his sides shook and tears ran down his face. I waited till he had quieted down.
 "WellT I queried. Scattered the lemons all about, suppose"
 Scattered! Ho, ho, ho! Hel Hi, hi, hi! He! Hum! Well, shouldisay so. But they wasn't lemons; they Swas 0QQs"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
EASY COME. EASY co.

The man who creeps along bent
 over, with his spinal column feeling in a condition to snap like a pipestem at any minute, would readily give a great deal to get out of his dilemma and yet this is only the commonest form by which lumbago seizes on and twists out of shape the muscles of the back. This is commonly known as backache, crick in the back, but by whatever name it may be known. and however bad it may be, 10 min utes vigorous rubbing with St. Jacobs Oil on the afflicted part will drive out the trouble and completely restore. It is thing so easily caught. it may be wondered at why there is not more Of 1t. but because it is so easily cured by St. Jacobs Oil may be the very reason that we hear so little of it.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16

All the poetry of war is disappearing before the stern logic of facts. Where armies once advanced in compact col umns, shoulder to shoulder, they now fight in broken ranks, more after the fashion of skirmishers. The showy uni form has gradually given way to the rough campaign garb. The sword, or namental but useless, the distinguish ing badge of the officer, is about to be superseded in the British army by the deadly rife. Clad in dust-colored khaki, officers and privates will then present no distinguishing marks to the enemy. Show will be sacrificed to the necessities of the service and every man will become an active part of the fight ing machine.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
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Magic and Religion" Andrew Lang's latest book, Is volume of essays on subjects already familiar to those who follow MT. Lang's writings.
 It seems that Charlotte Bronte as we'll as George Eliot Is to be the Ob- ject of a "reVivaP of popular interest. A new edition of "Jane Eyre" has been brought out in Egland.
 A final volume of Byron's letters is to be published This will be interest ing for the new matter which the ed itor has lately discovered relating to Byron's career as an enthusiast for Greek liberty. He spent large sums in maintaining troop of POO men for Greece. and these were among the very few soldiers who were remunerated for their services. The period dealt with .n this volume of letters extends from 1922 to 1924.
 The first book of verse sent out by Robert Buchanan was not Under tones" but Poems and Lyrics, thin volume published before the author came to London. The book was dedi- cated to Hugh Macdonald, who forty years ago was a well-known writer of local sketches in the Glasgow Citizen. In a predatory note which is humble and apologetic in tone MT. Buchanan states that the most mature of the poems, with the exception of three son. nets, were penned before he had at tained his 16th year.
 Sir Walter Besant at the time of his death left three unpublished novels. One "The Lady of Lynn" is a story somewhat on the lines of "The Orange Girl" of the time of the 18th century. Another is believed to be quite com- plete. This, too, deals with 18th cen tury life. The third, 1t is believed, is probably unfinished. It is hoped that Sir Walter Besan may have left the bulk of the material for a book on North London. Previous to the death of Robert Buchanan, that authors pub fishers had arranged for a complete edition of his poems in one volume.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Ran Too Great a Hazard.

A man boarded a Missouri Pacific train equipped with transportation which Dad" Walsh, the conductor, thought was questionable. The pas senger refused to put Up the cash fare and Walsh called the porter and car ried him from the train, depositing him on truck on the station platform. The man took it so nonchalantly that 1t oc- cured to Walsh that he might be mak- ing a mistake. He accordingly went back to the passenger and told him he might get aboard again.
 "An right" said the passenger. 'I didn't get off the train and theoretical ly I'm still riding. In the nature of things I cannot we'll board train upon which am already riding" and he sat on the truck as obstinate as a mule.
 Walsh called the brakeman and porter and carried the man carefully onto the train, put him in the seat in which he had been riding before the incident occurred and saved his road a damage suit.-Kansas City Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
$l,OOO REWARD
For Evidences of Fraud in TeSti- mOniaIs Advertising DF. Will iamS' Pink Pills for
 Pale People

It is sometimes thought that some concerns, in order to make people be- lieve that the article in which they deal is a good one, manufacture them selves the testimonials which they us in their advertisements. The Dr. Vii Hams Medicine Co, manufacturers Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pal People, however, have always held tha. the publication of a fictieious or even misleading testimonial is not only bad morally, but is bad advertising. Consequently the greatest care has all ways been taken in selecting teSti- monials for their advertising. Every case Is not only carefully investigated but in most instances it is sworn to in legal form that the affidavit place1 on file. That no doubt may be in the minds of the public, the company of fers one thousand dollars (S1000) for evidence of fraud, on it's part, in the publication of any of the testimonials used in making known the merits of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. In view of this, the following remarkable case, published in the Democrat and Sentinel, Lewiston, Pa, is given without further comment.
 MT. Frank A. Means, a well-knOwn farmed of Reedsville, Mifflin county, Pa, writes:
 "I had the grip and as a result my nerves broke down. I lost the entire use of the lower half of my body. For a whole year I lay in bed perfectly helpless with no power in either limb and the feeling gone so that I couldn't feel a pin run into my legs at all. couldn't turn over in bed without help. Six doctors gave me up and said it was only question of a few weeks with me as nothing more could be done Then Q friend sent me pamphlet containing statements of two men who had been afflicted something like me and who had been cured by the use of Dr. Williams Pink Pills. began taking them at once and al- though my improvement was slow it was certain. Now I can walk most of the time without a cane and every body around here thinks it is miracle that I can get about as I do. Your pills have certainly been God send to me-"
 Signed. F. A. MEANS.
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of April. 1901.
 ALBERT s. GIBBONEY.
 Notary Public.
 At all druggists, or direct from Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenec- tady, N. Y, fifty cents per box; six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
CONSOLATION AND COMFORT.

Who is it that does not wish to be out in the open air or alive in some field of sport, whether it be with the bat, rod, or gun; whether we go coasting over the hills and wales on the wheel, or sailing over rough waves or into serene coves, it is all sport and the springing muscles seem to need it. It is bound to happen that some mishap will occur. Thus it Is that we have sprains in abundance; light sprains. sprains that cripple sprains that give great pain, sprains that rob us of sleep, but sportsmen of all kinds have come to know that there is nothing better than the old reliable St. Jacobs Oil. Have it with you for use; you may rely on its cure of the worst sprain and restoration to the comforts of life.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Kaiser Buys Our Ship Timber.

Probably no place on earth will aver age acre per acre the timber that the Puget Sound region can furnish. It is fir, cedar, spruce, hemlock and alder, as well as maple and other woods. It's Douglas fr-the most common variety has been found superior to yellow pine and other woods heretofore used for car-building. It is now claimed that Government tests show that it is bet ter for shlpbuilding, having greater horizontal strength than oak or Georgia pine, and superior lasting qualities. One big firm is now making heavy ship ments of this fir to Germany for use in the warships of the Kaiser's new navy.-World's Work.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
He Thought It Was Coming.

It happened that he had never been on board boat, but he had an aching longing to ride the bounding pillows. He sailed on board a whaler, and was leaning over the stern rail, making a minute examination of the Atlantic Ocean, when the captain shouted:
 "Heave up that anchor"
 The landlubber just then saw some thing interesting In the depths.
 "Hey, therel Are you going to heave up that anchor?" angrily demanded the captain.
 'T think am, sir" replied the new one, clutching bis vest convulsively; "I think it's comin' up now, sir."-Denver Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16

The principle on which the 13,OO0 farms in the newly opened reservations In Oklahoma have been disposed of Is essentially the principle of lottery. It was distribution of 19,000 prizes by lot among 165,000 applicants" each of whom incurred material, though who'll ly disproportiOnate. expense in getting registered. There were many losers who did not have money to get home with. The winners, too. must pay $1.25 per acre, and must reside upon the land for a period. These conditions. however, are of minor import in com parison with the value even of the late choices, while the first choices are in the nature of grand prizes" One nat urally takes pleasure in the good for tune of the telephone girl, earning s week in Wichita, Kan, who drew the second choice, worth from $20,000 to S40,000. But, says the Chicago Trio une, her Tuck" will scarcely make the girl next her more contented or self reliant. Nor can the cheers of the NAO"A WI ShG On0S ulSB ulH0 the fact that the value of this choice, as well as that of the first choice, won by young Oklahoma man, and that of the other grand prizes" and. indeed, that of all the 18,OOO choices. really belonged to all the wage-earners and other people, young and old, of the whole country, and would aggregate millions enough to stretch a hundred or two miles of good roads or to endow extensive educational advances in ey- cry State and territory of the Union. Since this land actually belonged to the nation, it should have been sold by the nation for the benefit of the nation. Congress. yielding to the clGmor of peo- pie in adjacent regions for perpetua- ton of traditions in the land office which are no longer appropriate, pre- cluded such a disposition, and thus made the government the manager of probably the most stupendous rafi1e ever witnessed The plan Is better than that of literal rush" for loca- tions, but the1policy'of of disposing of the public domain by wheel of chance" Is one to which the government should never again be forced. The responsi- bility for thisi case lies with Congress,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Give a mosquito bad name and har

Give a mosquito bad name and hang him. In addition to his well-known crimes as dlsturber of the peace and a distributor of the germs of malaria and yellow fever (these soft impeach- ments he confesses) he is now charged with being a disseminator of smallpox and an incendiary. This last role is assigned the mosquito by imaginative Jerseymen, who see in 1t a cruel re- venge taken by the ng-suffering in- sect for the attempts made by mere men to exterminate him through the use of kerosene in his favorite breed ing places.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Primitive Ways i'm Mexico.

Some of the solid, conservative old business houses in the City of Mexico cling to eighteenth century ways as obstinately as do few such establish ments in London. Several of them are still using tallow dips. A bookkeeper may be seen making his entries in q great ledger with the light of a single candle, and the wealthy proprietor may be found bending over his big mahog- any desk fianked by two tall aud state ly candelabra.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
The FinIauuera.

No northern people are hardier or more spirited than the Finlanders. with their clear complexions and dark blue eyes. Tn spite of their harsh cll- mate they have the most hcalthful liv- ing of perhaps any of the northern races and keep equal degrees of TO- nance. daring and good feeling in their natures. You do not find imagination, force and adventure in a race without coarse, plenteous fare, pure air and cleanliness. .
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Goyernment Profit on Pennies,

The profit of the Government on coin ing copper is considerable. Cent coins consist of per cent of tin and zinc and 95 per cent of copper. They cost the Government about 42 cents a pound and there are 14S in a pound, so that the treasury makes just $1.06 on each pound coined.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16

The State of Delaware long ago de vised the right kind of punishment foI the wife beater. The whipping post is the only contrivance that in any way measures up to the demands of the crime. If the fifty enraged neighbors who recently tarred wife beater near Chicago had tied him to post, stripped him bare to the waist and given him fifty lashes there is a possibility that the offense would not be repeated.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16

Brooklyn, N. Y, Sept. 6.-The Gar field Tea Co.,, manufacturers of Gar field Tea, Garfield Headache Powders, Garfeld-Tea Syrup, Garfield Relief Plasters, Garfield Digestive Tablets and Garfield Lotion, are now occupy ing the large and elegant office build ing and laboratory recently erected by them. For many years the Garfield Remedies have been growing in popu- larity and their success is we'll de- served
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
Convincing uis Chnm,

Johnny tin the gardenl- Father. father. ook out of the window! nuisance you children are! What do you want now?
 Johnny with a triumphant glance at his rlayfelloUl- Tommy Brooks wouldn't believe y0H'd got no hair on the top ot onr head Tit Bits.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
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Hoods JdrSdpdrill0
Hoops PILLS are the best cathartic.
Can't Bent ,En,.

As usual he was monopolizing the news paper.
 "Please let Ire have the woman's page" she said
 He carefully tore off page and hand ed it to her.
 It was full page advertisement of a millinery opening. and he chuckled at his own little joke.
 Still. she was reveEged. She vent to the opening. and he paid the bill.-Chi- caOO Post
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16

Don't you know there are sermons in stones and good in everything?'
 "I dunno bout dere bein' sermons in stones answered MT. Erastus Pinkley, but if man is out O razor reach an kin th'ow straight, some times dar is a heap O persuasion in 'em. ."-Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
ENfFRnnRG

Mrs. Crawford-SO you haven'tIfound the course of lectures on cooking you attended to be of much practical. use?
 Mrs. CTabshaw-No. my dear. They either told you how to prepare terEapin and canvasback or else how to live on D. cents Il Gay.-Life.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16

Our public is gradually but surely awakening to a realization of the fact that collisions between electric cars may bring lamentable consequences in their train, and should be guarded against quite as carefully as they are on the "steam lines."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16

''I wish you and May would become maker.
 Well" said Fay, eff she'll make up. I will"
 "I told her you had said that, and she said The idea! It's easy for her. l never saw her when she wasn't made up. p."-PL-adelphia Ledged.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-11-16
FAKE HAIR PREPARATIONS.
Do Hair No Good, But often Cause I
 to Fall Out.

Many hair preparations are fake because they are merely scalp irTf- tants, They often cause a dryness- making the hair brittle, and, finally, lifeless. Dandruff is the cause of all. the trouble with hair. It is a germ. disease. The germ makes cpticle' scales as it digs to the root of the hair. where it destroys the hairs vii tality, causing the hair to fall out. To cure dandruff, the germ must be killed Destroy the cause, you remove the effect" Newbro's Herpicide is the only hair preparation that kills the dandruff germ, thereby leaving the hair to grow luXuriantly.