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The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
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The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
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Studio. Basement ST. AuEustines
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n. ". Monday and Tuesday on and
afterthe 22nd, of September. Hours
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The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
AMONG ELECTRICIANS.

An attachment is provided in Swed-
en- by which the secrecy of the tele-
phone line is assured. The apparatus,
which is rented at a moderate rate,
indicates whether the telephone op-
orator is listening or not.
The municipal council of St. Peters
burg is to send an electrical expert
to the United States in order that he
may study the telephone system Of
this country with a view to reorgan-
izing the one in use in ST. Peters
burg.
Marconi has a motor carriage
which is equipped with a folding cyl
inder on top of the car and devices
for the transmission of wireless tele-
graphic signaling. Motor cars fitted
with this device are to be used in
Forthcoming military maneuvers in
Europe.
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
A Clean Record.

Gushley-CoL Blunose boasts that
in al his experience as q soldier he
never knew what it was TO retreat.
Lushley-Why, he doesn't even
know what /: Is to trAAt sneA-DkIL
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
THE AMERICAN HERALD

IS the official journal of the organization,
a copy of which is sent to every member
by mail at least once a month, that they
may keep posted as to every detail Of the
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12

winch IS capitalized and chartered under
the laws of Pennsylvania Ia the sum of
$50, 10000 and all members can be stock
holders and participants in the profits
therein. The last annual II per cent.
dividend on stock was declared on June
4th, last.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
Nobody Paid Her Fare.

A young woman got aboard a West Broad street car and discovered, to her humiliation, that her fare was missing when the conductor called. Tn n gruff manner the custodian of the car said he'd have to get the fare at once or the woman would have to walk. This dec. laratiOn added to her embarrassment. The car was crowded On her right sat a genial Irishman and on her left n well known bOOkkeeper. The book keeper and Irishman exchanged sever al meaning glances. The conductor was about to pull the bell rope. The book keeper said he'd pay the fare as the young woman looked perfectly honest. The conductor repeated that he'd put the woman off. This aroused the Irish man, who said. If you put the woman off, your funerarll be tomorrow" See ing q slight nervousness on the part of the conductor, he continued:
 How many people on this car want to attend the funeral of this conduct or" Several answered in the affirma- tive. The conductor grew excited and in the altercation that followed walked to the platform without securing the wOman'S fare.-Columbus Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
His Method.

The bell in the private office rang three times, and the man at the desk hastily reached for a flannel bandage, which he put around his neck. Then he arranged a sling in which to put one arm, n,ussed up his hair, drew down the corners of his mouth, got out of his chair and painfully limped toward the door.
 "NIr. Smithkins:" inquired the we'll dressed man who opened it just at that moment.
 The man with the bandage gave half suppressed groan and answered: "Yes; that's my name. What can I do for youY'
 You seem to be suffering," suggest ed the caller.
 "Sufferirgw returned the other. 'Do you think Pm doing this for fun? Do you suppose I bandage my throat for amusement, tie up my arm for sport and limp because I think it's graceful? And Eve been in this way for six months. But what can I do for you?"
 Pardon me-" said the caller, back ing out. "I'll call again some other time"
 Its some trouble" soliloquized the man with the bandage as he removed the harness and returned to his desk, but experience has taught me that it is really the quickest way to discour- Gge a life insurance agent and keep him discouraged. That fellow never will come back" k."-Chicago Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
Appendicitis.

Appendicitis" said pr. Abbe in an address before the New York Academy of Medicine, "has few rivals in the sur gical field and takes rank today with typhoid, pneumonia and rheumatism in medical thought. Surely when the ac- tive surgeon of today can number 100 operations for diseased appendices yearly-and there are q dozen such men in New York and in other cities in the same prOportion-we begin to grasp the importance of the subject and its men, ace to the community.
 "The public continues to ask the phy sician what was appendicitis formerly, and he answers, Probably 1t passed under the description of inflammation of the bowels" or "peritonitis." It is true that less than a generation ago numberless people in the course of summer travel were stricken with so called inflammation of the bowels or peritonitis and died.
 Now we hear of no one so reported, but it is said, He had an attack of ap~ pendicitis, was beyond the reach of surgeon and died,' or, 'So-and-so had an attack of appendicitis, was operated upon and recovered.' Hospital statis- tics show the same changes of tabulat- ed diseases. It Is merely a new name, not new disease"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
A MAN AND HIS WOLETS.
The Story of the VivaciOus Maid
 Who Received the Flowers,

"Yes, it was a lovely bunch of Yio- Iets," sighed the girl who received them, "but I wish they had never come to me. You see, 1t was this way: The man who sent them is one of those aw- fully nice fellows who bore you to death-the kind you feel so glad to see talking to some one else, don't you know" she ended appealingly.
 "Yes; I've seen the type," sympathet- ically replied her auditor.
 "Wen, on my birthday he sent that lovely bunch of violets-perfect beau- ties they were-with dear little note to the effect that he had to go out of town, but would be represented by these little purple clad messengers, so like my eyes and whose fragrance al- ways reminded him of me. I thought the note rather nice" she concluded pensively, "and put the flowers in the parlor on the center table, writing back that I had done so. Why in the world was I so prompt" she walled.
 'It was no more than polite"
 "Oh, much more! My dear, it is al- ways idiotic to go into details like that. We'll, he did not go out of town, but was fortunately detained and came around after all to tell me so. And those wretched viOlets"-
 Surely they were all rightY
 5 "I had loaned them to Annie to wear to the Blanks dinner Of course I had fO toll him that fhn bnaf Of tha room was too great, and I had put them fin the icebox. Just as he was going and was congratulating myself on my escape in sailed that miserable girl, violets and all! If he had only gone, as he said he would, it would have been all right. Men are so unre- liablep'-New York Mail and Express.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22

The idea that the city answers very we'll for business, but that the country Is the place for real delight in existence has been getting every year a firmei hold upon the fancy of the merchant. the manufacturer, the broker To own farm has become the aspiration of the same class who used to dissipate their surplus time and money upon the race track or the conventional tour of Europe. Busy men are learning that the key to recreation lies in a complete change of environment, not a mere transfer of attention They wish to get away from contact with the 'grini" which Is wearing their nerves to shreds, and to bathe their souls in lim- pid peace, pure air and an expansive outlook.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22

with my club, which seemed at first to enrage her.
 She sprang at me again, seized my injured arm between her jaws. and the pain increased so intensely that I was almost bewildered for the time. Then she fell on the floor unconscious. I thought I was through with the SCrug- gle, and started again to leave the cage
 "Dan, the male wolf. in a spirit Of revenge, then attacked me, and strange as it may seem, after biting me on the thumb of the right hand, made fright 1ul growing noise, and to my amuse- ment seized my already badly laeerated arm' and crunched down upon it.
 yelled for help, and with a thin Droomstick was compelled to fight my way to liberty. I worked my way 10 the door of the cage, leading to a small lnclosure In the rear. and thought I was'safely out, but was disappointed again, as the female wolf. who is a cute, cunning beast. beat me to the door, and slipped out just ahead of me.
 was now without club, broom. or anything to defend myself, except my right hand. My left hand and arm were useless. l was covered with blood and seemed to infuriate the beasts. who were growing and prancing about. both With their glaring eyes upon me. Fate seemed to be against me for the time. and a thousand thoughts ran through my head in an instant.
 But no time was to be lost. Nellie again started for me- I checked her leap with my foot, and quickly seized her by the throat. She struggled to get away and bit me, but fortunately Head keeper Manley, with six men. arrived just in time to prevent the animal from tearing me to bits. After some dificul- ty the wolf was forced into her cage. when she and her mate walked to and fro all day long" g."-Philadelphia Bull letin.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
CHEAPEST FAR FROM HOME.
Chocolate Falls in Price as Distanc,
 from Factories Increases.

Chocolate Falls in Price as Distance from Factories Increases.
 Chocolate is one of the mysteries Of trade," explained a well-knOwn gentle man who has spent much time in South America, to reporter, flor the reason
 that it is one of the few things in trade that grows cheaper in price the farth-
 CT you are removed from where ft is
 prOduced-that is, from where the coca
 bean, from which it is made, is grOwn- | The finest grade of chocolate is prOduc-
 ed in Venezuela, though there are good
 forms of coca beans grown in many
 parts of South and Central America
 Indeed, much chocolate was produced
 in Central America even before COlunl- bus discovered America. In South America the retail price for the better
 grades of chocolates averages about S1
 per pound, while in Italy. France. Eng
 land and in America the better grades sell at much lower price. Indeed. the ordinary grade of chocolate sells here often for One-third of the price that is charged for it where it is produced in it's best form. There are two crops Of the coca bean in each year. one being gathered on St. Johns day and the win ter crop, SO-ealled, at Christmas. I happened to be in Venezuela during Christmas week and learned more about chocolate than I ever knew be- fCre, though 1 have been interested in the trade in a financial way for some years. The manufacture is simple enough. 1t consists of grinding th. beans up into meal and then adding sugar and arrow root, with the Reces- sary flavor. generally vanilla or cinna- mon. The mass is then mOiStened un- til it is in a semifiuid condition. when it is run into mOldS of the proper shape
 'AS I stated before. any first class grade of chocolate in the country where it is produced sell at about $I per pound at retail. To explain the mystery why similar goods sell in this country and in Europe for much less the South Americans say is the result Of adulteration. They claim that % per cent of the chocolates of commerce are 'heavied' by the use of pipe clay or similar adulterant. It is noticed that the chocolates which are made in South America and which bring the higher price right where they are made leave no residue in the cups from which the liquid chocolate is drunk. while the generally found in this eOun- try and in Europe always leave q resi- due in the cups. This residue is in- soluble and is the adulterant. though when chocolate is manufactured with pure arrow root there is some residue It is by no means as great. however. as that which, follows the chocolate of trade Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22

One of the noticeable results of the recent war with China is the establish ment in New York of a weekly news paper printed in Chinese. Heretofore the Chinese have relied upon educated Chinamen who every evening would translate for them the leading news of the day. The fact that the colony has become wide-awake enough to want to read the news of the world for itself, and above all else that it is willing to pay for the reading, promises a great step forward in the near future. China's misfortune has been that owing to her seclusion she has never learned of the other great powers of the world,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
CHARMED BY WILD BEASTS.
PeriIous Experience of a Keeper in the
 Philadelphia Zoo.

There is something in the angry glint of a wild animals eye that fascinates John Lover, one of the keepers at the geological gardens, and his fOndness for literally "bearding the lion in his den" some day may cost him his life. No one knows this better than Lover him. self, and vet he feels that his Hines are cast in pleasant places" and would be envious of any man foolhardy enough to apply for his position.
 At least half of the time this man with the daredevil recklessness of spirit goes about with bandaged limbs, the results of encounters with his friends" the animals. When his hands, arms, or legs are torn by the claws of the maddened beasts he makes n dash for bottle of cauterizing fluid, pours 1t into the ragged wound, and then goes back to subdue by kindness or punishment, as the case may require, the animal that attacked him.
 "I wouldn't leave my position for any other one that could be offered to me-" he said today. "I love wild animals and know it is their nature to attack men. No; don't care much for tame animals. The fierceness and splendid courage is beaten out of them, and I regard them as I would a cOwardly man."
 Yesterday, however, he met with his most thrilling trial, and his own words best tell the tale of the encounter with the wolves.
 About II o'clock yesterday morn- ing" be said, today, q went into the cage where the gray wolves were fight ing I thought I could separate them without force, but as a precaution armed myself with a club and broom. Nellie, the female wolf, was more troublesome than her mate, Dan, and 1 attempted to pacify her first. My pre- sence seemed to quiet them, and I thought while l was in the cage would clean it. When I had finished I started to leave by way of a rear door but had no sooner turned my back than Nellie sprang upon me.
 'She weighs about 150 pounds, and when she struck me fell to the floor with a thud. Dan, her mate. howled furiously, but did not make an attempt to attack me unti! Nellie had my left l arm tightly clenched between her sharp | teeth The pain from the bite was fear | fal, and to- protect myself I struck her l
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22

Queen AleXandra's capacity for self control was shown when she was talk ing one of her incognito excursions about Copenhagen. A nobleman saw her entering ''bus," and as she was doing so a stout man and two women forced their way in front of her. Not a sign of disapprOval was on her fea- lures; merely a sort of naive surprise. There was absolutely no comment. As she was unknown, she was free to make an angry protest, but she ruled her spirit, and was thus a model of self-restraint in that hardest of all places to avoid impatience-a public vehicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
1.-THE FRENCH SHORE"
Where Misery, Saualor, Hunger and
 Cold Rule Tn Newfoundland.

l Es
 Cold Rule Tn Newfoundland.
 Misery, squalor and wretchedness, accentuated by an almost ceaseless struggle with hunger and cold, are the portion of the inhabitants of the North Shore,".-. in Newfoundland. Their little hamlets are perched in the r1fts in the almost unbroken hills, and the fierce storms sweep the surface almost to their doorsteps, while for seven months of the year their coast IS blockaded with ice and they are cut oH from all communication with the outside world.
 The only industry is codfishing, and cod is the sole medium of exchange The people rarely see money, and bar ter Is the system of trading, a quintal of cod being the unit of value. The needs of the fisher folk are only sup piled by the itinerant trader, his schooner being laden with provisions, clothing and fishing appliances. Thus have these people lived for generations. They are ignorant, for the means of education are nonexistent, the children being content with what satisfied their fathers. The common objects of every day life are unknown to them. They have neither horses nor cattle. Only a few of the older folk who have ven tured south have any knowledge of these things.
 There are no roads and therefore no vehicles. Travel Is by boat during the summer and over the ice foes dur ing the rest of the year. The few let ters for the clergy and others who can read are conveyed to the settlements by dog teams during the winter, and, save for the fortnightly visit of the mailboat during the period of open navigation, steamer is never seen by the residents.
 With such marvels as electric tele- graphs, telephones and electric light they are of course unfamiliar, and their standard of intelligence Is best indicated by stating that 1t is not un- usual to find a justice of the peace who cannot write his own name.-Cham- bers' Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
DOGS THAT LOVE MUSIC.
Maryland Farmer SatisfieI that Their
 Howls and Whines Mean Approval

Maryland Farmer SatisfieI that Their
 HOwls and Whines Mean Approval
 Robert Wickes, one of the most ar dent lovers of dogs in Maryland. who constantly keeps a large kennel of fox hounds, water dogs and diminutive pets, several years ago entertained visitors to his home with what he term ed his "canine Orchestry." Provided with an accordion, violin, and several other instruments, the members of Mr. Wicks' household commenced an en- livening air in the diningrOOm of his home. Immediately the dogs crowded to the door of the kitchen and set up their whines of approval, or even de light. When admitted ito the room they crowd around the players and in- dulge in a most novel performance un- til either they are tired out or the musi- from sheer exhaustion. Their whin- ing is solemn when some dragging air is played, but a veritable bedlam IS reached when the quick strains of the Fishers HOrnpipe" are played That their sensations are those of pleasure and not of discomfort is unmiStakaOly shown by the fact that they can scarce ly be forced from the room so long as the music continues.
 Tn the old high-ceiling country klteh- en the writer has seen mice steal Ous and become quite tame in response ts the performance of some old negro i'd dler. who. apart from his perfect time. succeeded in drawing but little music from the dilapidated violin. though. of course, the sounds are musical
 There is no reason, too, to believe that dogs, like human beings, are not all ap- pealed to by exactly the same sounds What will attract the notice of and call forth the deep bass solo of the maStin or the Chesapeake Bay water dog may not appeal to the household pet or the farmyard cur or fox hound, and vice versa.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
IN THE MATTER OF CRYING,
While Weeping Is Quite Natural, It
 May Re 0Cured0 In Children

While Weeping Ia Quite Natural, It
 May Be ''Cured" In Children,
 It comes natural to every woman to pity a child when it hurts itself. Be the misadyentuie big or litt.e, the in her arms and in her most sympa- thetic, pitying tones tries to sOlace it.
 And of course the child concludes something terrible has happened to 1t and cries vigorously. A little baby if pitied can soon be brought to a weep ing state when nothing whatever is the matter with it. Just call up your most tender, sympathetic tone; ask him that time hOnored question, Did they boos the babyY and the little lips will begin to quiver, the mouth to droop, and soon n wall breaks forth that is meant to in- dicate that "they" did.
 Of course children will cry some times. Crying is an institution that cannot be done away with. Crying, more or less, is expected with the advent of the little stranger, but the more or less depends largely on tlye parents. A child can be laughed into a good hu- nor. Instead of pitying him at the nu- merous little hurts he gets, those that are really of no importance, treat them as good joke. Laugh at them, and the baby will quickly laugh with you. It doesn't take long to chase the tears away. Besides doing away with lot of unnecessary crying it teaches him not to mind little hurts and devel- ops brave, manly little fellow. This does not apply to serious mishaps. but to those numerous little bumps which youngsters are continually getting and which little pity quickly magnifies into something of importance in child ish eyes.
 Never giving a child anything he cries for is another excellent way to nip in the bud the crying habit. If it is proper for him to have, promise it to him when he stops crying Reward his good behavior, not his bad. Of course if bad habits in this direction are form ed, it is hard to correct them. But such discipline observed from the beginning will make crying an infrequent per fOrmance in the home where the youth full monarch reigns.-Philadelph Tele- graph.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
All on Account of the Boots.

AS a sergeant was bawling out his orders in a barracks in Dublin and watching the line Of feet as the raw re- cruits endeavored to obey the word of command he found, to his astonish- ment, that one pair of feet, more mo- ticeable on account of their extra large size, never turned.
 Without taking his eyes off those feet the sergeant bawled out a second or der:
 About facew
 He could see that all the feet except those he watched turned in obedience.
 Rushing up to the owner, little fel- low, he seized him by the shoulder, shouting:
 "Why don't you turn with the rest?"
 "I didp' replied the trembling recruit.
 You did, eh? Well, watched your feet, and they never moved"
 "It's the boots they gave me, sir" said the poor fellow. They're so large that when turn my feet turns inside of them."-London Answers.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
ONLY AN OLD SONG.
But 1t Illustrated the Curiosity of a
 New York CrOwd.a

Hut 1t Illustrated the Curiosity of q
 New York CrOwd.a
 It was only song, and an old one at that, but it came near causing a block on the Broadway surface line the other day. The singer was as black as the coal in the cart he was driving, but that fact cast no shadow on his exuber- ant spirits. As he swung his chariot from Broadway into Cortlandt street he raised his voice. Then the trouble began.
 When the notes of "Old Black Joe" rang out high and clear above the din of traffic, expressions of blank amaze ment overspread the faces or the hur- rying pedestrians who thronged the sidewalks. Necks were craned ln vain search for the location or some newly patented photograph. Crowds collected and gazed vacantly upon the air, as if they expected to locate the sound in some office window; teahs were drawn up until a long llne or trucks extended up Cortlandt street to Broadway, barring access to the street. that their drivers might ascertain the cause of the crowds curiosity. Suu- denly newsboy cried:
 "Ah, rubber! Dontcher see US only de nigger a-singin"
 The crowd laughed. The darky, now Iustily holding forth on ''The SuWannee River" turned sharply into Church street, totally oblivious to the excite ment he had caused. The crowd then dispersed. and the long line of wagons began to move once more.
 "Well," exclaimed a Jerseyman on his way to the ferry, "New Workers cal. country people curious, but He shrugged his shoulders and passed on. New York Mail and Express.