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The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

There was a time when the Iagolike reasoning prevailed in this country as to war among European powers that, whichever killed the other, either way made our gain. But destruction any where in the world is bound to be felt throughout the world. The loss cannot always be traced, but 1t is as certain as the law of gravitation. A pertinent il- lustration has come in the report of our consul, Mir. Fowler, at Chee- Foo concerning the effects of the "boxer'' trouble on our trade. The imports of American merchandise at Chee- Foo for the quarter ending with June, 1900, as compared with the same quarter of 1S99, showed an enormous increase. After June 15 the imports ceased. Chee- Foo saw no armed hOrdes nor military movement, and, compared with other ports, was peaceful. But there were riots in the province around about.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
A Friend in Need.

"So Birdie Flyppe married a lame man! It is the last thing I would ever have expected her to dO."
 ''It was a case of gratitude. believe They were shipwrecked together. and by using his cork leg as a life preserver he managed to save them both"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
Ready f, .:eiieve If.

"What is the name of this StatiOn:~ asked the passenger from the East. who had been looking wOnderfngly our of the car window.
 "Dauphin Park" replied the pasSen- ger from the suburb just beyond.
 '"That explains it. 1t must be nice to fish for them from the windows of the dwellings,"
 "Fish for what?'
 'EDolDhins."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
OPPOSED TO IRON SHIPS.

Naval Officers Long Doubted the Prac-
 ticabiIity of These Vessels.
 Naval officers were the most violent opponents of iron ships" observed a well-known naval officer to a Star re- porter, "and fought their introduction
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, said in recent ad- dress that he who calls mob into be ing cannot be pronounced wholly guilt less of that which the mob may do. The remark is both seasonabIe and full of Sound sense.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
His Experience.

Hix-Its just as easy to tell the truth as it is to tell lie.
 Dix-YeS, but when man realizes that by telling a small lie he will not only make his wife happier but will get several hours more sleep he is justified in telling it.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
His Name.

The teacher of the Sabbath school class approached one little fellow who was present for the first time and in- ouired his name. for the purpose of placing it on the roll. Well" said the youngcster. they call me Jimmie for short but my maiden name is James. !" Christian Register.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
The ViewDOiut,

Golf" said the ex-bicyclist, 'iS a fine game, but it doesn't amount to much in the way of exercise"
 Golf" remarked the ex-gambler, ''is splendid exercise, but it's an internally poor game."-Chicago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
Anticipatiug a BriIliant Season.

The Early COckrOach-HOw do you do? Seems to me you're looking rather forlorn and poverty-stricken
 The Early MOth-YOu won't think so when you see me cutting wide swath iD costly furs.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Remember, Jane Smith, that when a friend repeats gossip you told her, she begins by saying in an apOlogetic tone. 'Jane Smith. who is 6 bis gossip. and wk;m don't often quote, says so- and-So"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
Citing an Execution.

Smith-Kindness always cOnquers. Jones-Oh, don't know. once knew a man who tried it on a mule. Smith-Wen?
 Jones-His funeral was largely at tended.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
One Mans OpiuiOu.

Wife-What is this gold reserve the papers are continually referring tO2
 Husband-I guess it must be the manner in which gold persists in hold ing aloof from the most of us.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

On the same day that MT. Carnegie gave away S5,OO0OOO MT. Rockefeller learned" S6,OO0,O0O in dividends, but failed t0giYe- it away. That's one way money is earned and spent nowadays
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
Thnse Loving Girls

Maude-I didn't think you would De able to recognize me after a three years absence.
 Clara-You have changed eOnsidera- ply, but I'd recognize that hat of yours a hundred years from now.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Tennessee entered the lynching col umn again recently. Its citizens were naturally .incensed because a jury had acquitted a suspect.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Many doctors assert that nobody should ever run. Perhaps the messen- ger boy has got the right principle of long life after all.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

An American firm has received an or der from Africa for three hundred axes. And that's where Cheops origin ated. too.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
A SLAVE OF TOBACCO,

Love of the Weed One of the Weak.
 nesses of the Great Carlyle.
 As is well known, Thomas Carlyle, the great Scotch essayist and historian, was a slave to tobacco In his home, his study or out of doors, he was seldom seen without his pipe, and he smoked the strongest tobacco he could procure. During the last part of his life he was a sufferer from insomnia, and his friend, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, once
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
American May nov

During~he early part of the nine teenth century in America, May Day was more or less observed, though May. poles were not numerous. But even GUS toms that are dead cannot kill the love of a spring in the breasts of children and poets, and certain ceremonies have grown out of the old May Day which bear a resemblance to the original Ar
 bor Day, for instance, which the schoO' children of this generation celebrate by planting trees, is a relic of May Day: although the trees are usually planted during the middle of April or q little later. May Day poems are recited ir the schools on May Day, and not SC many years ago, when the mothers of the present school children were young
 little May Queens were enthrOned a'
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Next to a love affair that doesn't pan out, a woman's greatest disappOint- ment is in when a doctor she rscOm- mended, failed to effect cure.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
Needed HeIn

Landlady-Win yon have another help to the chicken, MT. Blithers?
 MT. Blithers (star boarderl-Yes: un- less I get help Pm afraid my jaws won't stand the strain. You see never practiced masticatiOn as q physical feat."-Ohio State Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Talking of libraries, Carnegie won't be in the back of the books as a public benefactor. .~z
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
What He Talks Tbropeb.

Myer-What's Windham's telephone number?
 Gyer-Six and seven-1ighths-
 Myer-Why, there aren't any frae- tional numbers in the telephone book. Gyer-But there are in hats.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

The Glrl-Beg pardon, sir. does my hat trouble you?
 The Man-I can see nothing else The Girl-Then I'll tell you what to do. Just keep your eye on me. and when laugh, yOq. .lauSh<-whe l eyyt> you cry.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

A Pennsylvania man estimates that since his marriage he has eaten 43,S0O pies. An enviable lifeI
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
ChaupeabIe Eyer

Yeast-I can always tell what the weather is going to be by my wife.
 msonbeak-Indeed, Is she aS~fickle as that3YOnkers Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

A card bearing the following inscrip ton was recently displayed in down. town window: Boy wanted-One who isn't troubled with that tired feeling, and doesn't know tco much.'
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
Mute and Blind Americans.

Mute anu B1nu AmeficanS-- The number ofdeaf-mutes in the Uni- ted States is over 111.OO0; the number of totally blind is SS,924-
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Published Weekly at St. Johns Arizona
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Wigs, according to the language of flowers, must be lie-locks.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
Of Ancient Origin.

Just when the old-fashioned May Day became to be observed history does not say, being trife hazy itself on the sub ject. The custom was held as a more or less sacred one among the early Ro- mans, and the entire beautiful month was devoted to the god Apollo. Nearly every day was a festival, and they were well observed, tOo An ideal month, and an ideal day, when every man, woman and child became, without eff fort, a poet in soul if not in pen, and
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

The best place to get good, plain board is at blaming mill.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

NO7 AY DAY is dead. There caIl be JWt no doubt about this, when we

M0 AY DAY is dead. There caIl be JWl no doubt about this, when we
 compare the desultory efforts at celebrating now made with tiose that used to be many years ago. 1t is like the twitching of the body of some poor thing out of which the soul has long since gone-a mere muscular con- traction, as it were, animated Dy no spirit The man who said i've have too many holidays, anyway" must rave been happy when he looked over ms calendar and took note of how little May Day is now observed; for time was when that pretty festival was tue brightest and most delightful of the whole year. It represented so many things that made life sweet and whole sOme--the welcoming of spring, the ad- vent of the best season of the year the budding of plant life and the beginning of loves young dream-fOr the year that to know it is fast becoming ObsO- lete is apt to make the lovers of old customs and ideas bit sad when they contemplate the situation.
 Where the young people rose at early dawn and troOped into the surrounding fields to gather wild flowers and pre- pare the May pole, they now take the pictures down from the walls and help the men divorce the carpet from the floor, or get breakfast while the house girls pack up-for May day in this cen tury is mOve-day, and poetry has given way to economy.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15

Every misery q man misses is a bless ing.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-15
The St. Johns Herald

O.E. overson, Publisher
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
FRAUD ORDERS ISSUED.
Two Firms Deprived o. the Right 70
Use the Mails.

Two Firms Deprived o. the Right to
Use the Mails.
W NJ Johnson. Acting Postmaster
General, upon recommendation Of the As
sistant Attorney General for the Fostoffice
Department. issued fraud orders today
against Watson &, Co. Il Broadway New
York. and against the William craig
Company. 81iIibrOOk, y. 7.
The former concern, it was alleged, sent
postal cards to real estate men through
cut the country. Offering to advance mon
ey as loans on real estate and ChatteI Sc
curity. It is charged that they required
a brokerage fee of so or more. according
TO the size of the loan desired. An addi-
tionai fee for proving the title of Sc
curity. which was invariably approved
and accepted. was asked for. whenever the
client submitted his bonds Of security
In one instance a men sent a fee amount
ing to over 500
It was alleged TO have been the practice
Of the William Craig Company TO adver-
tise for copyists to do work at home, and
upon application from those seeking en-
ployment they would request Z cents
for an outfit wherewith TO do the work.
The outfit, It is claimed, consisted Of
printed Instructions to take UP the chain
letter scheme Of selling "a certain book.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
Special Excursion Rates
to Various Points via

Chicago. lib Y P u A. International
! Convention. July 1928. One fare for the round
trip. Tickets good going July 2& o. and .;
good returning leaving Chicago until July ~,
with privilege Of extension TO August y on
deposit OF ticket with Joint agent and payment
Of 20 cents
Detroit, Mich-NationaI Educational Associ,-
ton July SIP. One fare plus 81 for the round
trip. Tickets good going July t. Z. and 3.
limited for return leaving Detroit until july 10
with privilege Of extension to September I on
deposit Of ticket with joint agent and payment
OF 20 cents.
Cincinnati. Ohio-United Society Christian En-
dcavor July go. One fare for the round trio.
leaving Cincinnati until July H. via privilege
OF extension to August 81 on deposit Of ticket
gsith Joint agent and payment Of 80 cents
Indianapolis. ind--S0vcreign Grand Lodge In
dependent order of Odd Fellows September IG-2I
One fare for the round trip. Tickets on s4Ie
di4nspolis until September ,. with privilege Of
extension to October deposit Of ticket with
joint agent and payment Of 30 cents
Kansas City Mo.-lmperial Council MOBILES Of
Mystic Shrine, June lI-Iz- One fare for the
round trip. plus s. Tickets good going June I
to g limited for return leaving Kansas CITY
until June Il.
Louisville. Ky-TTieuniaI CcncIave, Eni1tt5
TemulaT August 27-3l. One fare for the round
TIM Tickets one sale August - to % limited
for return leaving Louisville until September ?
with privilege Of extension to September 10 on
deposit OF ticket with joint agent and payment
Of 30 cents
san Francisco CaI.-Epworth League Inferns-
tional Convention. July 1871 Very low rates
Tickets sale July to y, limited for return
until August 81
FOE-tickcts. time Of trains. sleeDing and DarIor
car accommodations, cali address nearest
ticket agent Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. for
full information.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
REAPING THE DANDELIoN.
Springtime Enterprises of Italian
Women in New York.
Grom dc - York Tribune.

The stroller through Prospect Park at
this season, no matter what time of day
he takes his walk, is likely to come upon
numbers of Italian women and girls
digging dandeIiOus. Wandering over the
grass. which is just springinE into
fresh green. or crOuChIng suddenly as they
SPY patch OF the much priced plants
they make odd and picturesque figures
in their gay ColoTed and rather cumber-
some costumes \ sharp knife Is used
to uproot the daudeIions, and these are
then slowed away in an old shawl,
bapdauna handkerchief, or sometimes.
indeed in the skirt of the digger The
police have instructions not To Interfere
with the GaudeIion Eathcrers. who are, in
fact, performing a service to the park In
clearing the lawns Of the troublesome
weed The only condition imposed upon
them is that they shall push back the
sod with some care after cutting out
plant so that uusightly holes may not
bt. left in the turf Sometimes the police
men and park keepers are obliged to en-
force this rule in the case of needless dig
gers. but in general the women are care
fun and make little trouble They are
allowed to carry on their work in any
part of the park Indeed It may be of
interest to mention here. for those who
do not know il. that Prospect Park has no
use for keep off the grass" signs. The
meadows. woods and hilisides there are
NOT restricted as in most other pleasure
grounds. and il is only when some tender
and newly made turf needs protection
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16

for while that the police warn pedes-
TRANS away from it
The daudeIiOu dlggeTs have s-e3t faith
in the virtues Of TIE plant as a spring
remedy" They eat the young green leaves
as a. salad at this season. a little later.
when the growth IS ranker and the bitter
ness of the leaves is too strong for salad
purposes, the dandeiion green's are boiled
like spinach, and are considered almost as
beneficial in that way Even the root of
the plant is so highly esteemed by the
Italians that they steep it 20 make a
drink. which they say is good for con-
sumptives-
Fresh young dande!icu leaves may be
seen now in the shops which make a
speciality of vegetables and fruits But il
any hoUSeEe=UeT HeSitates 10 buy them.
thinking of the doubtful looking aprons
and haCdIzeTchiefs which she has seen
used as reCeptacIeS for them by the park
diSEerS. let her Ice reassured by the fact
that the better class shops never buy the
greens from the Italians Those offered
for sale now come from hothOuses, and
a little later they viii be replaced by the
product Of the Long Island market gar
deus. The Italians probably use in their
own families a large part OF what they
gather, and she remainder they sell
among the cheap shops Of the tenement
ncighbOrhOods patrOuizcd by people of
their own class
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
SOUTHERN WOMEN OBJECT.
They Desire That the Bodies of Con.
federates Be Sent South.

They Desire That the Bodies of Con-
federates Be Sent South.
NEW ORLEANS, May I6.-The Army Of
Tennessee Association. Of New Orleans.
has made a vigorous protest against the
burial Of Confederate soldiers in the Ar
hhston Cemetery, and resolutions were
adopted, IN which the action of the Sec
rotary Of War and all others who are re-
sDonsible was denounced as a violation of
the right Of the surviving C0nfederates
to bury their dead, wherever they see fit
and appropriate
Mrs VI ] BchaE. President Of the Ia
dies Confederate Memorial Association.
addressed a letter TO the Army of Tennes-
see Association. il which she stated that
although numerous requests had been
sent to the War Department asking per-
mission to bring to New Orleans the re-
mains of Confederate soldiers buried in
ard around Washington, the Secretary Of
WEr had Instructed the Quarternnaster
General 70 bury the South's dead in a
national cemetery.
The Ladies Confederate Association. in
common with many others. had raised
funds for the expense incident to the re-
TaoYal Of the bodies and instructed that
the amount be employed in obtaining per
mission 10 bring the dead here She ap-
pealed TO the Army Of Tennessee to helm
the women In trying to recover the bodies
Of the louisiana dead buried at Arlington
ana 70 secure their removal 10 some
Southern cemetery.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
AN ARMY EXAMINATION.
Board Ordered to Assemble at
Governors Island.

rbNtEHDES Island
Secretary Root today issued the follow
ing order convening a board at Governors
Island. y. Y:
BY direction Of the Secretary of War
the following officers VIII report IN per
son TO Lieut. Col John L Tiernon, Artfi-
lery Corps, president of the examining
board convened at Governors Island, New
York city, at such time as they may be
required by the board for examination as
to their fitness for promotion, ard upon
the completion thereof viii return TO their
proper stations or to the places Of receipt
by them Of this order:
Capt John A LunGeen, Artillery. Corps.
Capt Garland N Whistler. Artillery
Corps: Capt Albert S Cummins ArtfI-
lery Corps; First Lieut. Samuel \. Kep-
hart, Artillery Corps: First Lieut.. James
NJ. Williams, Artillery Corps; Second
Lieut. lie Vert Coleman. Artillery Corps:
Second Lieut.. Alfred B. Putnam. Artillery
Corps; Second Lieut.. Frank G Jewell.
Artillery Corps, and Second Lieut.. Her
man W. Schulz, Artillery Corps
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
A sea-God,r joke.

tFTom the New York Marine J0uruaI)
What do voc understand by Mr.. Norgan's in
terest IN British shipping = asked a mermaid
anxi0U5iy.
= understand by it." replied Neptune that
Mr.. Morgan. with his ususlly long head has first
arranged for the purchase Of his ships as a pre-
iIHlinsry 70 buying the United Kingdom and
transporting in bis own bottoms such parts Of il
u the United States as he may need il his rap
idly growing business"
! understand further by It." continued the
sea-got, IS he assumed an air indicating great
maritime wisdom. that Mr. Morgan has hit the
British merchant marine below the PIimsoIl
marx
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
KILLED BY 4 TRAIN.
An Aged Woman Struck While Try.
ing to Save TIN Ifrcs

McNEESPORT, Pa, May I6.-Mrs
Mary FeldmaH. sixty-one years
old was almost instantly killed
yesterday afternoon in an ef-
fort to save the lives of her two grand
children. James Taylor. a railroad brake
man, who saved the children, was
knocked down by the engine, but escaped
unhurt
The accident happened at the Centre
Street crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio.
Mrs Feldman was out walking with her
grandchildren The little ones ran ahead
on the track directly in front of the train.
Mrs Feldman rushed after them to save
them
Taylor, who was standing on the other
side Of the track, also Ieaped to the res
cue. He saved the little ones, but Mrs.
Feldman, who was thrown from the track,
was 50 badly injured that she died in a
few minutes.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
coMMUTATIoN OF QUARTERS.
No Authority for Payment in Either
the Army or Navy.

L P Mitchell, Assistant Comptroller of
the Currency. held today that there is
no authority for payment Of Communication
Of quarters to officers Of the army serving
with troops. and, therefore, none for pay
ment Of the same to officers of the navy
for similar service.
This decision was made on the appeal
Of George Richards, major and assistant
paymaster, L S Marine Corps, from the
action Of the Auditor for the Navy De
partment, disaHowing the sum of $50 20.
communication for quarters for G. NJ Pick
reil, passed assistant surgeon. under or
ders February Il, 1909
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
Fatally stabbed in Fight.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. May I6-As a result
Of fight at Mount Zion, a COlored set
uement about four miles from Laytons-
Vile, this county, on last Sunday. he
tween Edward Church and George. White.
both negroes. the latter, 1t is alleged. has
caused the death Of the former by
wounds inflicted With d knife. The States
Attorney. H Maurice Talbot left here
this afternoon to attend the INQUEST The
trouble Is said TO have arisen froT~ rho
attention which one OF the men paid 10
che others wife
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF TIE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington. May 10
Ie3I-F-oTo=sIs for electrical spplies-SeaIed pro
p5sais VIII be received at this ONCE until MON
DAY. NAY 10Th. At Z O'CLOCK NOON. for
furnishing the various branches OF the District
Government with electrical supplies for the fiscal
year ending June S0th. 1902 Blank forms Of
proposals together with all necessary information
be obtained upon application at the Property
Clerks Offce, Room 80, District Building The
Commissioners reserve the right 10 reject any or
all bids parts OF bids, and to waive infornla Il
ties III bids HENRY 3. F MCFARLAND. JOHN
W ROSS LANSING H BEACH, Commissioners
District OF Columbia
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16
Health for 10 Cents.

A lively liver, pure blood, clean
skin. bright eyes, perfect health
t-ase2retS Candy Cathartic will OBJ
t'ln and secure them for you. Genu-
me tablets stamped C. c. c. Never
sold in bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DIS
ThlCF OF COLUMBIA May To- IG0I--SeaIed pro-
Posals viii be received at this Office until y
O'CLOCK n on JUNE / 1901 to sell to the
District Of Columbia a site for a municipal aims
house The land 50 offered should be located
within not more than one-half mile Of an cleo
tric or steam railroad, and embrace an area AZ
large be obtained for the available appro-
pri2tion o! 81. COO
Also 4 site Tor burying ground for the IN
digent dead with as large IN area as may be
obtained for the amount Of appropriation Of
$1,000 preferably within the vicinity of or con-
tiguCus to the site for q municipal aImshoIlse
II the sites offered are not on 4 public road
the right Of way from the nearest road must be
provided to be good until a street adjoining
the site shall be opened. Preference viii be
given to The largest tracts for the sane price
4 certified check for soc on some solvent
banking institution in said District OF a certi6-
cate OF the Collector Of Taxes that the bidder
has deposited said amount with him must ac-
company each bld guarantee that the old
der VIII complete the sale OF the ground II
lis bid should be accepted The right 70 reject
any and al bids Is hereby reserved. HENRY
b F. MCFARLAND, JOHN " ROSS. LANSING
II BEACH Commissioners OF the District OF
Columbia