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The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
FOLLOWS STRANGE BUSINESS.
This Nevada Woman Shoots WiId Horses to Gain Herself a
 Livelihood.

Mrs. Maud Whiteman, of Humboldt. New, has a stranger occupation than that of any other woman j1 the United States. She shoots wild horses for their skins and earns about five dollars day at it, says a western ex- change. Wild horses have so increased in numbers in many western states that they are ruthlessly killed for their hides, or they would drive cattle off the ranges and monOpolize the best grazing.
 Mrs. Whiteman goes hunting always with her father, Henry WiiInan, vet eran of the Mexican and civil wars who lost his ranch in California about six years ago by financial misfortune and removed to Nevada.
 Father and daughter ride we'll and shoot well. It is their custom to hitch their own horses as deeOys and hide in the timber.
 When wild horses come up one of them carefully shoots the leader Of the herd, so as to disable him, but not kill him. The others scampeI away, but curiosity soon imPeIs them to return. Then father and daughter open with their guns and shoot as many as possible before the herd gets out of range. The skins are taken of and dried in sage bushes and then sold for about two dollars each.
 When hunting Mrs. Whiteman wears masculine garb, but when she comes into town she wears a black silk dress and very feminine plumed leghorn hat
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
FURS FOR DOLLS.
They Afa Made fin COnsfd efkb bIe Va
 risty and Most Commonly x Sold tn Cities,

This is the season when it's owner looks out to see that dolly shall be carefully protected against the cold when taken out for an airing. So the dolls furs are brought into use; or, if the doll has none, some are bought for it. These nay be found in considerable variety of s.yle, mate rial and price. Dolls furs include muffs, and collarettes and 'bCas. All these things are made in various sizes and then are commonly sold ia sets. As to material, the costljer are II ade of fur in imitation CT ern,iue ard of seGlskin. such fu-s being Hced with silk or with satin. in ere color and another. ard muffs and coilarettes finished just as those for grown-up people would be.
 Dolls furs, according to the mate rial of which they are made and the style of finish, sell at from 5J (. nts. or perhaps less, a set, up 10 three dollars. They arc, of course, s3ld only in the colder parts Of tLe un- try, where furs would ordinarily be worn. And while thsTe are some ar ticles of dolls equipment that, like the dolls themselves, are sold in city and country alike, dolls furs are sold chiefly in cities.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
IN VARIOUS PLACES.

Port Arthur gets this year $2,5O0,- 900 for her forts and harbor improve ments, and for Vladivostock 1,500, coo has been granted by the Russian gov ernment. sze., is.
 In the Canadian northwest prov inces there are probably more colonies of different nations than are to be found on any equal area elsewhere in the world.
 In an English contemporary is the following advertisement of shooting school: Forty acres in extent. Gun fitting a speciality. Instructions in the art of shooting. Patent try guns and targets. Most realistic coverts. Prac- tice at driven birds, high pheasants, etc. Any number of sportsmen can be accommodated. Experienced gun filters and instructors always in att tendance"
 The Canadian government has es- tablished refrigerators for the stor- age of fresh bait in cooperation with associations of fishermen along the coast. Complaint arises season after season that bait is scarce just when it is most urgently needed, yet such bait can, as a rule, be obtained in abundance early in the seasoR when the men are not in need of it. An ap- propriation of 5,O00 has enabled the department of agriculture to remedy the difficulty.
 A house fell in Venice recently, causing the death of two people. This has naturally raised the question of the stability of buildings of this curi- ous city. Twenty years ago one of the church towers fell down, and since then three new buildings have col lapsed. In the present instance it is supposed that the clearing away of mud from the adjoining canal by means of dredger was the cause of the incident. The drainage of Venice is fast becoming an important sani- tary problem.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
URGE BOXING IN SCHOOLS.
President Harris and Superintend. ent Andrews, of Chicago, En-
 courage Students.

A series of boxing bouts which were held in the basement of the south division high school at Chicago the other night, finds favor in the eyes of the board of education author ities. President Graham H. Harris said he saw nothing wrong in it as long as Principal Smith sanctioned the boxing and had an instructor supervise it. Superintendent of Schools Andrews indorses the exercise. The bouts were under the direct super vision of instructor Perrine.
 MT. Smith says no brutality was displayed. Several of the trustees, including Mrs. Heating and Schwab, have opposed pugilism in the high schools.
 Principal Smith said: ''These bouts were held at the request of the boys. told them they could hold them pro- vided it was done in the presence of our regular athletic director. When the boys had their meeting l was in' formed of it and told MT. Perrine to l0ok after the matter. He did so and TGDDIISu IO lllc JLdI JllCIc WdS uOJu- ing brutal in it. 1t was simply an exercise for the. boys. One boys nose bled, but there was nothing which Rt all resembled pugilism in the sense in which it is understood" :"
 Dr. Andrews said of the matter: ''I certainly consider boxing the best exercise for the muscles of the body. This sport brings into play muscles which can be developed in To other way. I believe that as long as these affairs are conducted under the super vision of the principal and are gen. tlemanly in every way, no objection can be found in them. I have no criticism to make of Mir. Smith, as believe in athletic sports, provided they do not interfere with the studies and are not brutal
 President Harris said he had often boxed in his younger days, and was sorry now that he had not done so more often.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
INTERESTING PERSONALITIES

"Fritz" Heinze, Of Butte City, Mont, finds himself, at 3t. in control of min ing properties valued at from $30, ,GcG,- 900 to $5OCG0 coo.
 q never feit so happy as now that am plain Mrs Frederickson,' " wrote Princess Charles of Denmark recently to her mother soon after arriving in cognito at Monte Carlo.
 John Brown, who has just been taken to the county almshOuse of Orange county, New York. was once manager of that institution and superintendent of the poor for that county. He w2s once well to do, but is new pauper 73 years old and incapable Of self-support.
 The wife of the late Gen. Joubert is a utilitarian, as well as a woman Of EuiIi- tary instincts. The story was told of her. that when she was +. Amsterdam a few years ago a friend took great pleasure in showing her the fine co., lection of pewter in the big Rijks nu- scum. Her only comment was: Good to make bullets of."
 Henry C. Bliss, Of West Springfield, Mass, shows public spirit Of novel but intelligent character Within the last 20 years he has planted over 1,S30 trees. The worl, has been done sys- tematically, and the effect has been greatly to beautify the streets and public places of that town.
 Mrs. Leland Stanford has given the old Stanford home in Sacramento. Cal, to Bishop Mora, Of the Catholic church, togethorwith S75,C coo cndow cent with which to maintain it as ar orpka-age. This is the house where Senator Stan ford lived for % years and where his son, in whose memory the Stanford university was founded, YVES born.
 Although the queen does not Ye~1rit smoking in her immediate neigh bor- hood, yet she keeps cn hand a stock of the most superb Havana cigars for her guests, and the. consumption thereof is about 3.G00 a year. They are special ly made for her majesty of the most carefully collected tobacco leaves, and when finished are dramatically sealed in glass tubes in order to guard against deterioration, connoisseurs insisting that the Havana leaf is affected by a. change of climate.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
WORK OF VISITING NURSES.
They Take Care Of the Sick Poor of the City and Teach Principles
 of Health.

''To take care of the sick poor and of those who can pay but little for the service of a nurse, to teach poor people the importance of cleanliness and how 10 care for their sick, how to make their homes habitable by good ventilation, how to allow the health-giving rays of the sun to enter in through washed window paHes, thus bringing light and sunshine to suffering souls east down by sorrow and disease" This Is the aim of one of thc most benevolent chari- ti-7, the Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago, and this is what is accom- plished by it's dozen nurses under the direction of the board of g Of Chicago's most influential and intelligent women, of which Mrs. James L. Houghteling is president.
 If the walls of their office, 9G7 Masonic Temple, could speak they could tell stirring tales of hundreds Of homes in to which the nurses have gone, trans forming dirt and disease into cleanli- ness and health; Of hundreds of bread winners in the stock yards district whose lives have been preserved by the patient care of inc nurses, Of 25 sick women and children in the Hull house district who-have been visited and cared for by one nurse alone day, and, more thrilling and pathetic still, Of scores of poor ircurables who have been refused admission to the hospitals, whose tedi- ous hours have been brightened by the cheering voice of the nurse, and whose pain has been lessened by the medicine she always carries with her-Eeither nationality nor religion being egarded.
 The directors are obliged to devote much time and do careful planning to meet these many cries from ali parts of the city. They have receivedconstant and. substantial assistance from many of our wealthiest citizens and from numerous clubs and circles. Each year the work grows, as it's possibilities are infinite, and this season an effort is be- ing made to bring the needs Of poor and suffering women more prominently be- fore the eyes of their more fortunate sisters.-Chicago Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
REMEMBER THESE "DON'TS. 1"

Don't criticise the food at meal times
 Don't dress shabbily in the morning because. no one will see.
 Don't refuse urgraeiously when some one offers to do you a favor.
 Don't show less courtesy to your de pendents than you would to your equals in position.
 Don't take the world into your con f1dence either about your troubles or your family affairs.
 Don't forget to be gentle and respect full to the aged, even when they are fussy and tiTesOme.
 Don't contradict your friends when speaking, and don't appear impatient if they are somewhat lOng-winded-
 Don't, when travelling by train or bus, behave as if you were the only person who had right to be there and the rest were all interlopers.-N. I. Telegram.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
"Gop IS CALLING ME"

The Last Words of Dwight L. Moody. Earth receding-Heaven is opening,
 God is calling me?' Twas a whisper on the threshold
 Of eternity. How it echoes down the vale of
 Deepest mystery!
 As when Stephen, saint and martyr, Near his latest breath, Cried: 'I see the heavens opened, z And the Lord of Death On the right hand of the Fatherp'
 Heaven still Witnessethi Take thy crown, O man Of tireless
 Wrestling for the right! Starred with souls undying, garnered For the King of Might. Well donei" met thee on the portal Of the Land of Light! From the city's slUms and alleys, From the hilltops fair. From the wrecks of deepest ocean. / Thine await thee therei Who shall lift thy fallen mantle?
 Who thy Bible bear! When the hour Of wondrous waiting Comes, that comes to all, When for us, OCT earth receding," Drops the funeral pail, Father! from Thy opening Heaven, Grant that blessed call, Mrs. Cyrus Hamlin. in Congregationalist.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Use of khaki for military purposes is

Use of khaki for military purposes is extending.
 Chicago patrol wagon drivers have or ganized a benevolent association.
 Chicago has two free bathhouses, and last year they gave 3O1, ,46s free baths.
 There are as many shades of face powder as there are shades of color. al most.
 Coffee was first used in Abyssinia in 765. A Greek first introduced il 10 Eng land.
 An American spends on an average $50 a year for food, Frenchman, S4S; German, S45; Spaniard. $53; an Ital- ian, 24, and Russian, $40.
 The American eats 1O9 pounds of meat ayear; the Frenchman, S7 pounds; the German, 64 pounds; the Italian. = pounds, and the Russian. 51 pounds
 statement prepared for the SOutH Carolina legislature by the state dis pensary board shows net profits since the establishment of the dispensary law in 1899 of S1, 1,7O6,OOO.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
Age of Responsibility.

In England the law looks upon every oneover lineage of seven as responsible being, and every child beyond that age can be prosecuted as a criminal. The same age is accepted in Russia and Portugal. In France and Belgium the age is eight, in Italy and Spain it is nine. Norway, Greece, Austria, Den mark and Holland decline to prosecute a child under ten, and this is the rule also in some Of the Swiss cantons. In Germany the limit of responsibility is fixed st 12
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
WheeImen Urge Road Tax.

The Michigan dlYlslon Of the League of American Wheelmen is preparing a bill for introduction ill the legislature providing for road poll tax. It will provide that every able-bodied man in the state between and inclusive of the ages of 21 and 60 shall pay this tax, and the receipts will be used to build and repair roads in the county in which it is collected, and where the petition CTS for such roads will agree to pay their whole road tax in cash instead of work. The plan has received satis- factory approval.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
Spain E Land of Wealth.

The natural wealth of Spain is enor- nous. It has been neglected for lack of enterprise. It's mineral deposts are the richest in the world. They will afford stimulus to industry and will con- tribute a vast revenue to the people. By concentrating within it's own realm the effort and aspiration which Spain has heretofore dissipated on its col onies it may in time regain much of the glory and importance which it once en-
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13

make draft lighter and travel more rapid and at the same time maintain a uniform evenness and smoothness oi the roads surface, which at once marks them as public benefactors. Note in the accompanying illustration the narrow tires hunting the bottom of the earth" forming ruts that will make travel rough an6 greeab!e for weeks and weeks. Wide tires shou.d come into general use on country roads and TO heavy farm wagon without them should be driven upon any thor oughfare when the groundiis saturated with water, pr after heavy rains.-- Farmers Voice.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
Search for Roman Bron1es.

Three thousand bronze tablets con- taining the records of Rome from the foundation of the city to the time of Vespasian are known to be buried in the marshes near Ostia. They were saved from the fire which de- stroyed the capitol in the year A. D. 69. The Italian archaeologist, Signor Macs. wishes the Italian government to drain the marshes and hunt for the tahlptS
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
WIDE TIRES NEEDED.
They Make Travel More Pleasant and Do Not Destroy the Surfaces
 of Roads.

We frequently have pointed out in
 these columns the injury to public roads resulting from the use upon them of narrow-tired vehicles, particu- larly heavy farm wagons of great bur den. It has been proven that wide tires
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
His State of Mind.

Your bookkeeper is subject to fits of ill-humor, isn't he?"
 "No; he has widely isolated attacks of amiability. ."-Chicago Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
rnher~uIoHis in Paris.

Of the 46,06S deaths which occurred in Paris in 1899, as many as l2,314 are attributed to tuberculosis, or more than one-fourth.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
ARecOnSidered Decision
By Nellie Crayey Gilmore.

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 Special FeTmission.)
Evening journal., 1901-02-20
FOLDED TRANSFER
They Increase n Conductors work
and Arc Trying TO His Temper.

They Increase n Conductors work
and Are Trying 10 His Temper.
"Some people have no sympathy for
street car conductors" said one of their
number after he had had a peculiarly
lively time in making change and Civ
ing and collecting transfers. says the
New York Times.
Now" continued the conductor,
there Is one little matter that would
save us lots OF trouble if the people
would only bear it in mind. and that is
the way they hand in their transfers.
Some men and a few women know
enough to hand US the llt1le strips Of
paper just as they receive them-that
is. spread out in such a way that we
can glance at them see t1lat they are
all right and then place them with the
package already collected The ma
jority of people don't do this. and as a
rule the women are the worst of the
lot.
when n woman gets a transfer, she
folds it up into as small a space as
possible and then stows 1t away in heI
purse. When the time comes to collect
this from her. she fishes the wad of pa,
per out Of the purse, hands it to the
conductor and sits bsck in her seat
content WITH what she has done.
'sThe conductor has to unfold this
piece Of papePto see it is really the
proper transfer. This takes time, and
when there are a dozen women on the
car all doing the same thing the poor
conductor has more than he can do tC
keep his temper. Men as a rule dom
fold their transfers, but content them
selves with showing the slips into theiI
pockets and then producing a crumpled
piece Of paper when il is called for
tossing it to the conductor, who has tC
smooth it into shape.
"The same people would never think
Of handing in a railroad -or theater tick
ct in the same way"
Evening journal., 1901-02-20
nrlnI, rnnr snhn Slowly.

Good soda should be slipped. Quickly
drinking off the efferyescence, which is
merely foam, an interval of a minute or
two should be allowed before the last
half of the glass is taken. Clerks should
know this, and give customers time
without warning by looks or actions that
they are expected to leave in the shortest
possible order after boiling their soda
and paying for it. A glass Of soda so
taken is a refreshing stimulus, better
than food in a very hot noon, but tossed
off as most people take it is a recipe for
cramps OF indigestion.
If it is poor soda. tasting of metal with
the silver worn off. or standing in silvei
too long. favored with sirups made from
oranges or lemons whose musty taste is
plain to all refined palates, the less one
takes the better for life and health.
Girls who serve the cheap psoda fountains
at fancy stores well know this from ex-
perience, and the old hands rarely touch
soda themselves. The girls behind the
counters who depend on soda to keep VI
their strength through the close days in
jure their digestion by it, and perhap:
owe more Of their sudden indisposition.
to it than they imagine. Shirley Dare
in New York Herald.
Evening journal., 1901-02-20
The TRAN WAS STOPPED.
And Then the Question Was who 90
Hold nennnnsIbIc.


zone night last winter" said Bcs
ton man. IL came up from the south
with two friends OF mine. They occu-
pied the staieroom, aud was lodged
In section outside They were In
hot discussion before they retired. and
one OF them had finally become so
sleepy as TO abandon the argument
turned finally, as they did but the
man 10 whom the argument had been
abandoned did not seem satisfied with
the victory he had won. and when
left them he was busily engaged In
trying to prolong the talk with his
sleepy companion.
shortly after | had fallen asleep
was awakened by some confusion In
the aisle Of the car. The train was at
a dead stop, and then | heard the
voice OF the conductor angrlly ask OF
the porter. Now, who In thunder pull.
ed that bell ropey had a shrewd
suspicion. but deemed IL safe TO lie
quiet and say nothing. Finally the
train started. and as they could not
find out who had jerked the bell rope
the car assumed It's customary night
aspect. Presently the stateroom door
opened and one Of my friends request
ed me TO step IN and decide bet II
seems that he who was not sleepy was
trying 10 tell the man who was some
thing TO which the sleepy one refused
to listen on the ground that the noise
Of the car wheels made II impossible
for him to hear. The other man
promptly rang the bell and stopped
the train. as has already been told
''The bet Of $50 was as TO who was
responsible for stopping the train The
sleepy one said the wide awake one
because he had pulled. the bell rope
The wide awake one said It was m,
sleepy one. because he had averreC
that he could not hear what was salC
TO him because OF the rumbllng Of th'
train. which naturally led 10 the tralI
being stopped. | decided In favor o
the wide awake man, which e1ectunlll
walked the other up also. Which woul'
you have decided In favor ofg"-Ney
York Tribune.
Evening journal., 1901-02-20

them. Representative Finn gave assur-
ance that the bill would be reported ana
receive fair consideration on the tioor OF
the House. Mr. Lessen made the propo-
sition to bring a representative OF the
Good Roads Inquiry Division Of the Ag-
ricultural Department here to address the
Legislature. Representative Finn sah
it would be glad to accord him a hearing
ATTENDED THE CAKEWALK.
Most of the members who were in town
last evening attended the legislative
cakewalk given by Prof Samuel Har-
per in Culbreth's Hall. Many prominent
State officials and large number of Do
vers best society people were present.
They enioyed themselves thoroughly.
WORKING FOR REVENUE BILL
Members Of Wilmington City Council
put in a busy day working in the Senate
for the passage Of the House bill giving
TO Wilmington and other incorporated
cities and towns one-half of the Liquor
license revenue collected therein. The
bin was not called up because several OF
the Senate members desire to satisfy
themselves that the State can spare the
money before they cast their votes for the
/ Z.
Evening journal., 1901-02-20
rhe rroreF TunetIon o. Newspapsr.

The Proper Function OF Newspaper.
In its ambition to be everything and
to have everything the newspaper has
travelled far beyondits legitimate bounds.
The complaint Of the magazines indi-
Gates the outgrowth on one side Of those
bounds; the more excited protests Of an
invaded privacy point TO another over
flow, and other burstings Of limits arr
heard from in other directions. Tho
original functions of daily newspaper
appear TO have been forgotten. Keen
competition among themselves has final
ly brought newspaper people to a condi-
ton of feverish anxiety in which every
thing within reach must be theirs.
Everything printable is printed Moth.
ing is SO small that it cannot be stopped
70; nothing too remote and abstruse fol
reaching after. Noah Brooks in Forum.
Evening journal., 1901-02-20
Information for the Rnr.

The instruction that nursemaids are
able to impart to the greedy young
minds that are given into their charge is
truly fearful and wonderful. As a
Coney Island boat was passing the Bar
tholdi statue a 5-year-old youngster was
moved to ask the Milesian lady who at
tended him:
"W'ots that, Jane"
That's Liberty quoth Jane
"W'ot's Liberty5" he asked again.
IVY just Liberty. Don't you know
w'ot Liberty is:'
"W'ot's Liberty?' he insisted.
"W'y, you goose" instructed his
teacher, Liberty is-wy its-Free-
dom. And now you know, don't your
And. Of course he did. just wait until
somebody asks him.
There was more Of the same kind from
the same source.
"Wot's those, Jane.' he asked again,
with significant finger at the life pre-
servers overhead.
"Them's life preservers," " said Jane.
"W'ot are they forg"
"They're for when you fall in the
water and get drowned" she Informed
him, "and when you do they make yoJ
float"
after you're drowned?" asked th'
boy.
"Oh, yes. do wish you'd keep still
and not ask so many questions, you ba'
boy"
But he didn't.-New York Evenini
Sun.