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The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-12
New Zealand Lends. Doe. xo. Give.

Soclalistic New Zealand is; cOmmu- nistic she is not. We are not anxious to organize patriarchial institutions, but fraternal Ones." said an Australian statesman, and it is true of her She gives nothing. but she Is prepared tO lend much on good security The state is everywhere. all helping. all pervad- ing; not a mere tax Gatherer. bUr a kindly fortune whose haud is as thai of some beEPficent Providence. striving to make men happy and prosperous and only fail.E: where the men tben- selves are at fat lt.
 The state inS:Ircs the worker. lends money to him. acts as his banker. helCs him to acquire land. sells his products for him after carrying them to market or warehouSinS them runs his railroads. guides him with advice. pays him a pension in old age if he fails. and only asks him in return. if he is prOSperOus. to aid in bearing the burdens of others as others have aided him. It is the doc urine of Christianity translated into public practicc.-E Exchange
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GHOST DRIVES SERVANTS AWAY
Paterson Has Empty Building as Re-
 suit of Superstition.

Paterson Has Empty Building as Re-
 suit of Superstition.
 Paterson, N. J., has a ghost that is playing pranks in a brick tenement on Brook street, and as a consequence the building is vacant All the tenents have moved out because they say the house is haunted by the ghost of Pietro PasQuillO, who was murdered there Easter Sunday evening last. The ghost made his appearance two weeks ago. One night Mrs. Pasquillo, the widow of the murdered man, ran screaming into the rooms of a neighbor saying that she had just seen her husband. Two night later all the faucets in the tene- ment were found to be open and run ming at 9 o'clock. This occurred again the next night and the tenants began to tremble with fright and say that perhaps Mrs. PasquillO had really seen a ghost. It was impossible, it was said, for anyone person to get into all the rooms in the tenement to turn on the faucets at that time in the even lIS. NO uucu llN lu5 III lIlc uOuSS btlN a ghostly form Hitting about the hall ways of the house one evening. They tried to locate it, but failed. Within a week several of the families moved out of the house. Then their rooms were illuminated in the evenings. The rooms were locked and empty. This was proof positive that the ghost of the murdered man was haunting the place, and all the remaining tenants got other apartments in hurry. The ten ement is empty and the signs 'TO Let" are on every door. It is said among the Italians that the murdered man wants to wash away the blood spilled by his family, and that is the reason the faucets are turned on every even ing. Others say he has returned for re- venge, but the only revenge he has got so far is on the landlord.
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teeth of gale until her trysaif parted, and for thirty nine hours this boy stood at the tiller, holding her head close to the wind. Had the Ultra fallen off she would have upset.
 Sitting in his cosy home, Ovaett told the story of his wonderful cruise along the shore of the north Pacific to Sew ard, Alaska. After working his way out into the ocean from Puget Sound, he took what is known as the inner pas sage to Alaska That he was not wrecked dozen times was due to vigil lance and the numerous sheltered hooks along the irregular passage.
 His two weeks provisions were made to cover much longer period by the practice of economy and the addition of fish and deer r1eat. Ovaett had no trouble obtaining plenty of fish, aud when the meat larder ran low he re- sorted to the old-fashioned plan of 'jacking" for deer. There are many places along the coast even now where deer may be killed with comparative ease. Ovaett had a gun with him and, owing to the necessity of making each shot tell, got good results.
 The sloop touched at Allard Bay, from which point Mrs. Ovaett was sent home by steamer, while Ovaett sailed home without assistance.
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FEW DIE OF OLD AGE.
What Becomes of the Dead ir
 Nature.

What Becomes of the Dead in
 Nature.
 Any ore who has lived much in the open air must often wonder what be- comes of all the animals and birds which die in the woods and fields. Dur ing the course of whole year, the number of dead birds and animals seen is extremely small, and yet we know millions must perish annually. What becomes of them? Every wild animals life is simply an everyday fight against violent death at the hands of some ene- my. By day hawks sail overhead, and nothing seems to escape their wonder ful eyes. By night owls fly with soft, muffled wings, and velvet-footed ami mals prowl everywhere. So it is mere ly question of how long any animal or bird can delay the inevitable tragic end which must come to them. To realize how many small animals prowl through the woods by night, simply follow the bank of some small stream, where there are soft, muddy places; there you will tue tSlI-IdtS IIdChS III SISdb bers. These tracks tell how we'll the whole surrounding country has been hunted for quarry of all sorts.
 Still, with all this evidence of mental powers used to foil their enemies of the woods, people will persist in speaking of animal instinct and human reason. Place man, with all his reasoning pow CT, in the place of some animal or bird, and would his powers of mind save him from sudden death? Man is begin ing to realize more and more fully that what he has of intellect is only a high CT use and cultivation of what all na- ture possesses.
 When an animal or bird becomes sick or old or infrm, it soon falls a prey to some of its enemies. It rarely dies a natural death when in the woods; for day and night its enemies are constant ly about What wild animals feelings must be, man cannot to-day realize, for he has gotten too far from his original savage state.-Louisville Evening Post.
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A STORMY WEDDING TRIP.
Adventures of Newly Welded Pair ir
 a Little Boat.

Adventures of a Newly Welded Pair in
 Little Boat.
 The celebrated voyage around the world by Captain Josiah Slocum in his forty-foot sloop Dauntless has been matched by the wedding trip of Roy Ovaett, q lad of 19. Single-handed. Ovaett sailed an eighteen-foot sloop from Seattle to Seward City, which is near Juneau, Alaska. Then he put about and beat his way home again. Captain Slocum sailed with a boat. Roy Ovaett had scanty supplies, $1O in mon- ey, not stick of spare canvas or foot of extra spars, and a young wife to care for. That, in brief, is the story. Told in detail the narrative would make a book, says the San Francisco Call
 Ovaett is a modest young chap, with clear blue eyes and a frank smile. His wife is a beautiful young woman. She was Meg Goodell before her marriage. and the long months at sea have only added to the charm of her face.
 The young couple were married early in last July, and few days later the husband went to Frank Faber, who owns the Brighton boathouse, and rent ed sloop named the Ultra. He told 'Faber he was going for a wedding trip, and the sloop was proYisioned for a two weeks cruise.
 The Ultra left port on the 18th of last July. Three weeks later Faber re- ceived a letter from Allard Bay, in which Ovaett announced that he was going to take his wife to Alaska, and that he was not coming back.
 From the day of the departure the Ultra was not spoken by any craft. She disappeared as completely as if she had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific. And that is what in time people came to believe was her fate.
 Mrs. Ovaett, prior to her marriage. had lived with her grandmother, Mrs. Goodell, in little cottage close by the water front. Mrs. Goodell gave up her grandchild as dead, and young Ovaett's family mourned for him as one lost to them forever.
 Not long ago the Ultra sailed jauntily up the bay and dropped anchor off the Brighton boathouse. Many things hap pened during the long voyage to Alas ka. There were storms and head winds. Provisions ran perilously short at times. Once they lived for two days on handful of clans. On another Oc- casion the Ultra staggered along in the
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MORE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT.
New Apportionmeut Act Adds Twenty
 nine to Electoral College.

New Apportionmeut Act Adds Twenty
 nine to Electoral College.
 It will take 15 more votes to elect the next President than were required at the last election of Mckinley Under the reapportionment act, which goes into operation on March 4, 1903, the membership of the House of Represent atives and the electoral college is in- creased to the extent of 29. There were 447 members in the electoral college which chose President Mckinley. There will be 476 in the body which will chose his successor in 1904, and this number will be further increased if any of the Territories should be ad- mitted to Statehood in the interval. The States of the North Atlantic sea- board gain nine votes in the electoral college by this new allotment (three of which go to New York, the 16 ex slave States gain 10 and the Middle West and the far West also gain 10.
 AS the States increase and the cleo toral college expands the chance for the dominance of any particular State grows less and less. New York was "pivotaP' in 1944, 1S4S, 1880, 1884 anG 1888, but Cleveland in 1892 and Me Kinley in 1896 and 1900 would have been elected if New York, which they carried, had gone against them. In 1876, however, when Hayes had lead of only one vote in the electoral col lege, and when Tilden carried New York, the little State of Colorado, which was admitted that year may be said to have been pivotal" The electoral col lege had 369 members in 1876. It had AT in 1900. It will have 476 in 1904, while if Oklahoma or any other Terri tory be admitted to Statehood before then the number will be greater Man ifestly, as the electoral college increases in size, the margins for the successful candidates fol President will have a tendency to broaden, and no single State, however large, will ordinarily be able to claim for itself any especial dominance in dictating the result.- Leslie's Weekly.
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Clear the Tenements of Vice.

Speaking to the theme "A Better New York;" W. H. Baldwin, Jr., chair man of the committee of fifteen, said that the keynote of civic purity is the purity of family life. "In New York, !" he continued, there are S0,000 tene- ment houses and 2,300,OO0 people who live under laws governing tenement houses Proper laws governing tene- ments are most important. So long as these evils exist and you and I don't move to help them we cannot expect a holy city. Let us demand that there shall be no form of vice in these houses. That is not politics. We are not interested so much in the older per sons in the houses as we are in the children. 1t is our imperative duty to see that laws shall be enacted that will stamp out the tenement house evils."- New York Herald.
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He Needed a Rath.

A young man who has fine bird dog, was overheard bragging to his best girl the other day about the wonderfully keen scent of the animal "Why," he said, "I wanted to go to the northwest ern part of the county on business. and fearing that the dog would follow me I chained him up. had been gone two hours and was fifteen miles from home when he broke loose and tracked me and found me merely by scent. What do you think of that?" "Well, I think you ought to take a bath" replied the young lady. And then he went home and licked the dog.
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One of the Queer Sight. ss Broskls-.

One of the Queer Sights of Br00klEA
 Speaking of queer things that hap pen in Brooklyn" said a member Of the finance department. "a few nights ago was going out on a late train on the Fifth avenue elevated road There were few passengers in the car ST ting opposite me was a dPmure looking BrOoklynite with a large bundle under each arm. The bundles were closely wrapped with newspapers
 Suddenly a violent internal move ment agitated the bundle under the mans left arm. and a moment later the head Of a large game rooster broke through the paper. AS soon as the rOOsr- CTS head was clear be erOwed loud and defiantly Then the bundle under the other arm heaved and struggled another beak and comb appeared and the crow of defiance was promptly an swered by one of challenge
 Then for five minutes those two roosters crowed at 30 seconds Inter vals, while their owner struggled des- perately to get them back into the wrappings where he had thought them Pffectually concealed He indignantly refused the request of the other paSSen- gers to put them on the floor Of the car and let them fght it out-"-Nsw York Sun
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The Rabbit Fired the Gun.

"Brer Rabbit" has been outdone in real life, and a West Virginia rabbit family has a hero. The incident oc- cured in this wise, according to the Chicago Tribune:
 Peter Frees and his son Louis went out rabbit-hunting in the woods near Parkersburg, West Virginia. Their dog soon chased a cottontail into a pile of brush, and Louis rushed up to get him out. He put his gun on the ground, and taking up long pole, began to punsh in the brush-pile to dislodge the rabbit.
 Finally bunny ran out in an unex- pected place, straight over the gun, which was cooked. His hind foot struck the trigger, sending the charge of shot into Louis leg, and some of it into the dog. The boy yelled, the dog howled, and in the midst of the excite ment bunny got away.
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Sarcastic Wife.

'I have a great mind to go to the political club tonight" said MT. J. to his wife.
 "Whatp' she replied, with surprise. 'T have a great mind to go to the club tonight"
 'Whose?" she asked.
 'Whose what?'
 "Whose great mindF'
 "Why, my own, of course, madam" "Ohr and the rising infection she gave the ejaculation was very prOvok- ing to the man of fine feeling cuse Herald.
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BAIT FOR SUNFISH.
One Mans Method of Going Fishing
 With His Boots.


 With His Boots.
 There is about as much sport in catching the big sunflsh as in nfting out the crappie if you can get the former in one of its savage moods. Peiker is a great grafter on sunfish. He has got dozen different kinds of bait, but he says that it is all nonsense to trouble about digging worms. He declares that beef run through q ham, burg steak grinder is just the proper caper for the sunfish at Creve CRur lake. The tougher the beef the better, as it will cut in long strips like angle worms.
 "When the sunfiSh are biting right smart. it Is about all that can do to be kept in the shop" said Peiker. "I be- lieve me and the sunfish are the most cheering things out. Do you know, have noticed old time fishermen at Breese's lake wading around in the shallow water, where the sunfish are found at spawning time, as carefully as if they were fishing for trout. Now, 1t is different with me when l go out with my hamburg steak to feed the golden bellled beauties on. I just tie the line to each leg of my boots, take q little short rod in my hand and stride into the water and go ahead. On the bootleg lines use red flies. Why, the sunfish come up and get stuck on my fly hooks three or four at time. That's the way to catch mess of fish in few hours.
 'T can catch crappie with crawfish tails to beat the band if I cannot get minnows. Crickets are great sunfish and bass bait. while the katydids will make a crappie leave its bed at mid- night Just let your hook sing once with green katy on. and if there Is crappie within a radius of 10 or 15 feet 1t will come like a hound at a coursing match. If you get no bite. you can pull your freight up few ear lengths and try new place. l caught all those big crap pie last week with craw tails. 1 could get no minnows for love or money, so I chased up some crawish and went in to win. When 1t comes to catfish bait. just try tripe. It is tough and cannot be pulled of the hook easily" FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervO@sness
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COMPETENT JUDGES.
eautv Doctors Endorse Herpicide.

Beauty Doctors Endorse Herpicide. Women who make a business of beautifying other women come pretty near knowing what will bring about the best results. Here are letters from two, concerning Herpicide: "I can recommend Newbros Her- picide." as it stopped my hair rom falling out; and, as dressing IL mas no superior"
 "fSigned1 Bertha A. Trullinger,
 "Complexion Specialist, . "2s11k Morrison St., Portland, Ore: After using one bottle of "Herpi- eide" my hair has stopped falling out, and my scalp is entirely free from dandruff.
 "(Signed.) Grace Douse'
 "Beauty Doctor, "1e5 Sixth St. Portland, Ore.
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SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
 THE COMIC PAPERS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring the World Over-S Sayings that Are Cheer fuI to old or Young-Funny Selec- tious that Everybody Will Enjoy.
An Expensive LLAal.y

'Yes," said the reformed man to an impecunious friend, 'why don't you give up some of your expensive luxu- ries? Now, for instance, look at me. I gave up smoking about year ago. I decided I could do without it. Last month | made a calculation as to how much I had saved up to date, and it amounted to a considerable sum. I then opened an account in one of the many New York savings banks, and
 Could you lend me $10 broke in the other impetuously. "I'll pay you back
 And the bank failed yesterday. Err you haven't such thing as a cigar about you, have you?-Judge.
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A TruIy True Dog story.

Here is an Australian dog story from the back blocks: A sheep dog had been brought from a station into a small township and frct;ed after the sheep One day not a child was to be seen about the place. and as evening cane the township became alarmed Search was made and the juveniles were found huddlPd up in the corner Of a paddock. where the dog had rounded them up T!c Ii;;d 10 sheep 10 look aft CT; so he took tIr childrVn The Ear- rator of this lip s',-aranjess it as . fact
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MISS OIdIey-It IS too bad that it takes two for a wedding!-Meggen- dOrfer Blaetter
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Humility.

Lets you an me go on in our simple way" said Meandering Mike, "an' not put on no airs, however we may feel tempted"
 "What are you talkin' about:" in- quired Plodding Pete.
 "De dangers of pride. I want to eau ton you against gettin' overbearin' simply because dere ain't no risk Of your disgracin' yourself by dyin' r:cl." Washington Star.
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Only Time They Are.

Miss Passay says she can never get any shoes to fit her."
 "Oh, pshaw! She just says they don't because she likes to go to the shoe store and see a young man at her feet" Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Ayerting a Sarcasm.

"You seem very self-satisfied to-day" said Miss Cayenne.
 "Yes," answered Willie Washington, "but don't let that influence. Every body says Tve got dreadfully poor taste. ."-Washington Star.
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He Raise Them.

That's Gilders. He's made a big pile"
 "Yes, and there was a time when he had to depend on my brother Jack to bring up his children"
 Nonsense! When did that happenY
 "Often. The kids used to run in pret- ty frequent to their fathers office, which was in the buildin' where Jack was elevator man" Philadelphia Press.
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Nothing New.

The Hog (with paper)-Well! well! Wonders never cease! Human beings are now taking mud baths.
 The Gobbler (the last of his f1ock)- It isn't at all uncommon for human be- ings to make hogs of themselves Puck
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Lost in the Crowd,

Tess (meeting Jess on the street- Whats the matter?
 -Jess-Tve just lost something, and can't think just what it is.
 Tess-It wasn't your
 Jess-O! 1 know now. It was that little MT. Snipp, who was walking with me.
 Tess-Then it was nothing, after all. Philadelphia Press.
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A Family Exposure,

q never see you lounging in,the ham, mOcks, Mir. Subbs."
 ''NO; these gay, front-porch ham, mocks are for company and for orna- ment; the old rope thing the folks let me swing in is around in the back yard" 4
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His Exa1ted Mission.

Woman of the House-You've been here half a dozen times and got noth- ing. You ought to have learned some thing by this time. What do you keep on coming for
 Tuffold Knutt (with impressive dig nity)-I ain't no common tramp, ma'am. I'm around studyin' cOndi- tions.-Chicago Tribune
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Behini Her Back.

Nell-Do you think that is all her own hair?
 Belle-No; part of it is her sisters. At least I saw her sister buying some just like Philadelphia Record.
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Why He Consented.

"Keeter says his wife is doing her own cooking now"
 "That accounts for it. He finally let me write him up life insurance policy this morning. g.'-Philadelphia Press.
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Mrs. Naggs: I understand that your husband is unable to meet his creditors?
 Mrs. Waggs: Don't believe 1t. He can and does meet them oftener than he cares to.-[Chicago News.
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Round to Kick.

Sharpson-Yo made $13,000 clear last year, and yet you're complaining of your hard luck!
 Phlatz-Well, blame it, look at that "13r'-Chicago Tribune.
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How to Cure Her.

Jags-Doctor, my wife has insomnia very bad. She very often remains awake until 2 or o'clock in the morn. fnc. What shall do for her?
 Doctor-Go home earlier.-Baltimore World
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The Secret Divu1oed.

He-But you've known her all your life; how old is she?
 She-I'n tell you, but it's a secret, mind. She is just at the age when one doesn't lock it!-Life.
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If you are troubled with pimplss. sal low complexion. impure blood or poor digestion, use Adams SasapariIla Pillz They improve the complexion and pos itively cure constipation 1Oe. 25e. aI al drug stores.
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A Chance for Trouble.

Throwing an old shoe after bride and groom means that all ill-feeling is thus thrown away"
 "Yes, but suppose the old shoe should happen to hit the bride"
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Riggs: I wonder what makes my eyes so weak! ,.,. ;+,. be- Diggs: I don't know-unless It scS, pe cause they are in weak plaee.-lOhi- cago News.
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one can play

"Late again, Jane! You are always behind time. It's no use talking to you. l shall have to get another girl"
 ''I wish you would, mum. There'd be plenty of work for the two of usp'- Punch.
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Emercency Abilitx.

"WOmen have no Originality-no in ventive genius"
 Nonsense; I've seen my stenograph- CT make a memorandum with hat pin on a cake of soap when she had no paper handy" y."-Chicago Record-Her- ald
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A Fionre of Sneech.

Even when man says that he is hull gry enough to eat a horse his wife knows that he will find fault, in nine cases out of ten, if the dinner isn't all exactly right.-Somerville Journal
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Hopeful.

He-Do you suppose we will ever have enough to get married on?
 She-Surely. Why, Jack, we don't need a million. A couple of hundred thousand will do to start on.
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Automatic Exertion.

Polly-What is it you like so much about crOquet, Dolly?
 Dolly-Oh, it is such a lonely, restful game; the stupider one feels the better one can play.
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Maud felt awfully cut up about her wedding presents.
 What was the trouble
 Why, she didn't get a single dupli- cate, and so there was nothing she could change. ."-Cleveland Plain Deal
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Tess: I met Miss Le FsTrs in Paris She said she knew you
 Jess: Oh, yes. I learned French under her; did she tell you
 Tess: No, she said you used tO take lessons from her.-IPhiladslphiz Press.
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May Millinery.

Harold, how do you like my new foliage hat?"
 Harriet, you must hear the truth; you look like a plant stand" ."-Detroit Free Press.