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The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18
Rich Timber Land i'm Cuba

It Is officially estimated that there are 100000 acres of virginal forest lands in Cuba. This Is nearly one-half of the total area. The improvement of transportation facilities will bring some of this to market. It will include ma- hogany, ebony, grandilla, majagua, ce- dar, walnut, lignum-vitae, oak and pine. There are more than thirty species of palm, some of which have special uses. But timber cutting and saving are for the specialist who knows a tree" and has had experience In making saw dust" It Is an unsafe industry for the uninitiated.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18
COAL-HEAVING GIRLS
Feat of Athletic Japanese Nailens
 Amazed the Bishop.

Amazed the Bishop.
 Bishop Potter, In the Century, says
 that of all he saw in Japan that which | lives most yividly in his memory Is the loading of a steamship with coal at NagaSaki. He thus describes the scene.
 The huge vessel. the Empress Of Japan, was one morning. soon after it's arrival at Nagasaki, suddenly festOOned
 can use no other word. from stem tc stern on each side with hanging plat forms, the brOadest nearest the base, strung together by ropes. and ascending from the sampans, or huge boats in which the coal had been brought along side the steamer. until the highest and narrowest platform was just below ths particular pOrt-hOle through which the coal was received into the ship.
 There were four or five of these plat forms. one above another. on each of which stood young girl
 On board the sampans men were fIl- ing a long line of baskets holding. should think, about two buckets of coal and these were passed up from the sampans In continuous line until they reached their destination; each young girl, as she stood on her platform. pass ing, or rather almost throwing. the huge basket to the girl above her. and she again to her mate above her, and So on to the end.
 The rapidity. skill and. above all. the rhythmic precision with which. for hours, this really tremendous task was performed was an achievement which might fill an American athlete with envy and dismay.
 As l moved to and fro on the deck above them took out my watch to time the girls, and again and again I count ed sixty-nine basketS-the number nev- CT fell below sixty-passed on board In a single minute.
 Think of it. The task, ought rather to call 1t an art, so neatly, simply and gracefully was 1t done, was this: The young girl stopped to her companion be low her, seized from her uplIfted hands huge basket of coal, and then shoot ing her little arms upward. tossed 1T laughingly to the girl above her.
 And all the while there was heard. as one passed along from one to another Oe these chains of living elevators. a clear. sound. which supposed at first to be produced by some bystander striking the metal string of something ike mandolin, but which discovered after little, was a serles of notes pro iuced by the lips of these young coal beavers, distinct. precise. melOdiOus and stimulating.
 And at this task these girls continued and blithely. from 10 o'clock in the morning until O'cl,,ck n the afternoon, putting on board in hat time, l was told. more than a thou and tons of coal am free to say that do not believe there Is another body # wOrk-fOlk in the world who eOuId 'erform the same task in the same t,ms nd with the same ease.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

There is an evolution in small things as we'll as in great ones, and perhaps it Is the small things that tell which way the winds of evolution blow. In the days when cardboard air castles hung from chandeliers and decorated snow shovels leaned cOnspicuously against marble mantels it was the fashion to place notices worked by feminine hands upon the walls of our homes. These notices were usually of relig- ious character and were in the nature of prayer to the Deity to bless our home" or feed our lambs" It is still the custom to hang quotations upon private walls, but now they usually ex- press the possesSor's own theory of life and serve as reminders of his respon- abilities. A favorite quotation that is now winning the distinction of wall space is from Robert Louis Stevenson and runs as follows: ITO be honest, to be kind-to earn a little and to spend a little less. to make upon the whole family happier for his presence, to re- nounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered. to keep a few friends but these without equalization above all, on the same grim condi- tion, to keep friends with himself here is task for all that man has of fortitude and delicacy." Of course, to hang a quotation upon the walls of ones own house is a different thing from hanging it upon the walls of ones heart, and it Is quite possible to stare every day at a hand-painted motto without once making an effort to make 1t thing of practice, but that such sentiments should be sufficiently poDu-
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man ever chosen to the Presidency 6S; Lincoln, g; Mckinley, 53; Hayes, 54; Van Buren and Benjamin Harri- son, each 55; Washington, 57; Jeffer- son, John Quincy Adams, and Madi- son, each 5S; Monroe, 59; John Adams and Jackson, 62, each; Buchanan, 66; Cleveland, the only living ex-President, AS. He is now 64 and enjoying robust health.
 "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" was the political slogan heralded by the victo- rious Whigs during the campaign of 1840. It made Gen. William Henry Harrison President and John Tyler Vice President. Just month after the Inauguration the President died and John Tyler became the 1Cth President of the United States. He was born in Virginia in 1790 and died in his native States in 1862, when civil war was rending his country. He was gradu- ate of William and Mary College and at the age of 19 was admitted to the bar. He was fond of reading history, a lover of poetry and music, and, like Thomas Jefferson, an accomplished vlolinist. AL though opposed to the Wings, he was not supporter of the radical policy of Jackson, "Old Hickory" and, there fore, occupied to a certain extent an independent position. Despite this, the State of Virginia always stood by him, and for this reason he was political power. When the Whigs nominated Harrison for President they were hap py to accept Tyler as his running mate,
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believing that such a course would at tract all factions Op- posed to the Jack sonian Democracy.
 The result of the election showed that good judgment had been exercised, but when President Harrison died the
 Wings found that TVlop vxroc not In oo-
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Why They Don't Have Gout

A writer says that typical Southern. CTS very rarely have gout in their low. CT eXtremities. and he explains his statement as follows: "The moment one sits down he looks about for some object upon which to elevate his feet, usually resting them on a chair or win dow sill if indoors or the balustrade if .On the porch or piazza. Now, the loca- ton of gout being simply a question of specific gravity. 1t does not descend to the feet because of this habitual eleva- tiOn. If 1t should get there 1t would be obliged to climb. The smallness of the Southern foot is accounted for in the same way-that is, of course, the Southern mans foot. The women never elevate. EngliShmen have whopping big feet, which they keep plastered down on the ground or floor at all times, as if afraid of letting something get away from them. They have gout in their feet in New York Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Because a man is born into the world with this mental distortion, which per mits him under the influence of others to become a murderer, society requires for Its reasonable protection that he shall not have the incentive to murder put upon him through the words of others and if he indicates the least dis position in that direction that he shall be securely confined as one whose in- capacity for orderly reasoning was like ly to lead him to take the life of an- other
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An advocate of the metric system ar gues that our present weights and measures put us out of touch with the commerce of the world, except that of England, and even there he discovers some amusing discrepancies. The arti- cles we send her, he notes, are mainly grain, soid by the bushel, which differs from the English bushel; petroleum, sold by the gallon, which differs from the English gallon; and meat and cot ton. sold by the pound, which forum ately corresponds with the English pound.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Our Presidents are oftener attacked because they oftener expose themselves to attack. Assassination is commoner among them than among any other chiefs of state because it Is easier. All the customs of their office invite 1t and throw wide open the door of opportuni- ty to every maniac or fanatic who may be seized with a murderous impulse
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

A man in a New York hospital has had his head opened and clot of blood removed from the brain, so that he is on the high road to recovery from total paralysis. We seem to be nearing the point where a human being can be taken entirely apart and put together again as good as new.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

A horrid man has planted himself firmly in the pathway of civilization and progress and is demanding that his wife, who has become a missionary, come home and look after her four chill dren. The brutality of man continues to assert itself.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

It is supposed that anybody Is good enough to speak before school children, and advise them to mind the teacher, and behave, and study, and become great men and women, but school chill dren are fierce critics. A little man recently appeared before the children of an Atchison school, with an address he had learned by heart, and the chil- dren are still knocking" him.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Brooklyn has preacher who before entering the ministry was member of the city police force. The influence of habit, If nothing else, should cause him to arrest the attention of his congrega- ton.
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trade. When 21 he was elected an AL derman of Green vile, Tenn, where he had moved, and thenceforth was ac- tive in politics. Not until he had been in Congress could he write with ease. He was always a leader
 in advocating what
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The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

The disappearance after an earth quake of high mountain in Japan is new evidence that the crust of this old earth of ours isn't so thick and solid all over as 1t might be.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

57, when Lincoln was asSaSSinated.
 The ages of our oth- CT Presidents when they assumed the duties of the high
 office were: Grant, next youngest to R DOS ev cit, AT; Pierce and Garfield, each 49; Polk, 50; Harrison, "Old Tip pecanOe," the oldest
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able that his admin istratiOn was the most tempestuous, politically. of any s n ce Lincoln's, through which this country ever passed. The slavery ques- tion agitated the country and such giants as Clay, Cal hOun. Hayne and Douglas were in conflict.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

A Western woman tried to commit suicide and failed, and right afterward she received a number of offers of mar riage. This shows how advertising
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

The idea of an island for anarchists Is not a bad one. Why not buy Iceland and let the king-killers till the soil there?
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Women are so governed by style that they cannot carry watch except when 1t is fashionable.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18
Germans in Lead.

Of foreign settlers in the United States 29 per cent are Irish, 12 per cent English, 3 per cent Scotch. Germans are 31 per cent and Canadians Il per cent
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There are now additional opportuni- ties for a young man in the Philippines. He can go there and marry a school ma'ams
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

It is reported that lot of more or less damaged American pugilists are going to Cuba to teach the natives the manly art of government.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Scratch, scratch, went the pen, and sheet after sheet of manuscript futter- ed to the floor. The medical students who were to be regaled on the morrow with pr. John Meredith's address on anatomy were not to be envied, if length were not offset by brilliancy.
 Finally the toes are reached. Surely he must be nearing the end. If not the end, the mention of his extremities started train of thought utterly for eign to the subject in hand. however. With a sigh. he dropped his pen and turned in his chair. Drawing the arm of skeleton hanging near him affec- tiOnately over his shoulder, with the thumb-bone he thOughtfully prodded the tobacco In his pipe. Well, Bonita, old girl. I suppose it's about time stopped"
 The person addressed was accustom- ed to his condolences, and, not being ex- pected to be communicative, preserved a discreet silence. She was always in- troduced to his friends as Miss Bonita. the beautiful Indian maiden" and her sole duty in life was to hang suspend ed there in midair. in convenient range,
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Edward VII. looks after the house hold in person now and makes the toa- dies stand in line.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Brutus never licked Roman postage stamp behind its back-and Brutus was an honorable man.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Education is the best cure for crime. It costs less to build additions to school houses than it does to enlarge our jaiS.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

lar as to be deemed worthy of frames and places of honor upon domestic walls is proof of prevailing healthy moral tone.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

The despiser of authority is an enemy of mankind.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

When a woman burns the steak she thinks that flower laid beside it on the plate is apology enough for any man.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

When a married man puts on a new tie, every one notices it.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18
O RESIDENT ROOSEVELT is not

who has succeeded to the PreSi dency, but the youngest Chief Magis- trate our country ever had. He is not yet 43 years old. Tyler and Arthur were each 51 when their chiefs died; Fillmore was 50. when Taylor laid down the cares of life and Johnson was
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he believed to be tl

Ht UeIItFtU IU U0 IIIC ChEsrEK A. AKTHUR
 rights of the great masses of the peo- pie. He strongly opposed secession,
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18

Half-past eight was sounding by tht
 Harloes' big hall clock, and upstairs the two girls were arraying themselves to "the distraction which seeks to kill.
 Marie" called Beatrice, to her long suffering little maid, "have my slippers come? Dear me! what shall dO?'
 For the fifth time, Marie descended in quest of the vagrant slippers, and this time returned smiling,' with the long-awaited box.
 "Open them now and let me put them on while and ease them little before I go," said Bee.
 So Marie opened the box, and they beheld pair of manly patent-leathers, slim and graceful, 1t Is true, but never intended for Beatrice's tiny feet The two girls surveyed each other in blank dismay, then solemnly and forcibly there came from Sue the single syllable, "Geew
 What shall doT cried Beatrice, distractedly. "That wretched clerk, after all his promises, to make such mistake! can't go, that's all; haven't another decent pair%
 "Not gov' exclaimed Sue, after all my hopes for weeks on this party! Fly, Marie-hy and bring up some bread crumbs-stale ones. Where are all your old slippers, Bee? We'll choose the best-looking ones and have them clean ed in the shake of avery quickly, meanw primly, for Susan was heroic ally striving to drop all the slang phrases which her life on a Western ranch had cultivated.
 Out of various boxes an assortment of foot-gear was produced and surveyed by its dejected owner. Sue immediate ly bounced upon pair of white suedes. not so bad after all, and vigorously set herself to work with the bread-crumbs, with such good results that a fairly presentable pair of slippers was pro- duced.
 You extravagant girl!' she laughed. of you had been used, as I have, to making one pair do till It Is done, you would use up plenty of stale bread. Your dress is so long they'll never show; besides, who would suspect Miss HarlOe, who has new pair for every party, If she likes, to be wearing old ones! They'll never think of looking"
 "Ohl you dear little Hay" laughed Beatrice, you are such a comfort. We must hurry, 1t would not do to be late when have to introduce all your part ners."
 "Hayseeds have their little mission In the world after all, eh! Honey Beer" Quoth Sue.
 ''I never would have gotten off to this cotilliOn If 1t hadn't been for you, that's certain" she answered, as the two went gayly downstairs, leaving the the ignominious cause of all the trouble, lying forgotten on the floor.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-18
A PAIR OF SUEDES

@ OR few minutes they stood be
 IN fore the Kearny street shoe-store window, discussing the relative merits of white satin and suede versus patent leather. Sue, who was of a practical turn of mind, advised the lat ter.
 Gracious me, you little hayseed! couldn't wear black slippers with my white gown. They must be white either satin or suede. Come, let us go tn; I can only tell by trying them on"
 Turning hurriedly, they precipitated themselves forcibly against man who had been gazing dejectedly into the neighboring window at the rows or manly boots and shoes. More especial ly were his eyes directed toward the dancing-pumps-n that he admired them, nor even wished to buy them; but, nevertheless, fired by noble re- solve, he turned to enter, just as the two girls finished their little dialogue, which he partially overheard. Two pairs of eyes flashed indignantly into his. Bees brown ones were milder than the blue ones of the little hay seed"
 Great, clumsy thing! Couldn't he look where he was goingw
 "Why, Sue; it was as much our fault as hisI'
 Now the man was neither great nor clumsy, however much he hoped to be the former in the future and had over come the latter in his past. Further more, the glimpse he had had of the brown eyes gave impetus to his resolve of purchasing a pair of patent-leathers for the cotillion to which he was going, simply to please his friend, Charlie Graham. Hence he ordered and tried on the much-despised articles of attire; in the meantime, casting furtive glances at the purchaser of the dainty pair of white suedes.
 Then the two, without backward look, hurried away to Beatrice Harloe's home on the Heights, leaving the clerk politely assuring them that the parcel would be sent out without delay-that he would attend to It himself. No soon- CT had they left the store than the faithless creature turned them over to the clerk who was waiting on the pur- chaser of the patent feathers, and he, too hurried away, for little dinner at the. restaurant with his best girl was not to be disturbed for any white suedes in the world.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-12-04
APETYT ~PRZYwR6CONY, 3d.
LIE GkOWY
l PLEC USTAkY, TAKE
DRESZCZE ZUPETNIE

PLEC USTAkY, TAKE I
DRE5ZCZE ZUPEkNlE
USTAkY.
Pittsburg, Pa, lsKwietnia 1902.
Wiel. Ojcze Newmsnle!
ia nizej podpisana sk{adam SER
deozne dzleki Ojcu kewmanowl ia
~wyleczenie maie W tax kr6tkim
kr6tkim cxasie z reumatyzmu W
nogach ramionach Me mia}sm
zadnego apetytu, tylko b6le gfowy,
zawsze cuban sic zimna i tak5e
plecy mi dokucza{y.
Me ma]ac sposobno6ci pisaG
PREDICT, ale "a to teraz donosze, ze
wdw6ch tYeodniach wyzdrowia}am.
Wiec i~eszcze a dziekuje wiele "a
~ "a ~wyleczenie j zycze kazdemu
cierpiacemu udat s1e do Wiel. OLGA
Newmana.
Pozestaje z powazaniem
Marysn Lesnlak,
s436 Miller Alley, P%ittsburg, Pa.
0lnll0 Za}aozcie 2 c. zna-
Akm GEEK pocztowy ma
tormularz i swia-
dectwa, ~opisujace jak chorych lecze.
Rev. Newman
1868 W. Lake St., Chicago. III.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-12-04

swego. sl.ezoe p esk'. sodoe
kr6lewsk,ej p'eszczoty, ale
s'ysze darowales ,e VI ME-
Swisdom,e komus p dstepne-
mu. vice mech ,e b'erzt! To
m6~iac rzuc pirlgrzym sta
ruszek dwoje szczeniat pc
faworytne) charcicy temu "
twsrz. kt6ry sic sam naval
szat-nem.
Zadrzaly okna W komna Gle
kr6lewskiei ppruszy'y sic o.
brazy s"iete pc sc'anach ma
szyderczy sm'ech ktorym wy
buch| 6w n ezna)omy CO sam
sjeb:e nazwal szat,rem
- Dziadu! zawola' ma piel-
grzyma staruszka. tax m ne
dznym wyb'egiem mysl,sz ty
zbyc pickle? Z nami ME lat
wa sprawl. a coraz W reku
many, tego NE popuszczamy
do ostatka. a tn jest cerograf
OLGA krola. krw'a jego wlasna
re serdecznego paIca podpi~
sany.
rozwin'ety cerograf posu
nal ku oczom starca p'elkrzy.:
ma, a .Swiecil ma MIN podpis
kr6lewski, jakoby $wieza
krew ciekaca. ktora oiciec
dzieciob6 ca z wlasnego dice
ka wytoczy}.
- Precz ztad satanic W
imie tego, kt6ry umarl ma
krzyzu i wstal z grobu a pie
kielne moce zwo)o~al! po~
wiedz,ai piclgrzym i wielk'
krzyz prawica swola zakre-
Sill W pow'etrzu.
Huk&o i szczek}o W ko-
muacie ME byEo tego. kt6-
~ sam s:eb:e nazwat. szata-
mem. Pozostal tylko kr0l a
prey min. pielgrzym j tych
szczeniat dwoje, kt6re sko-
mlac pe}za'y W kacie i mialy
S e ku drzwiom gdzie matka
charcica drapa}a niecierpliwie
szuku;ac dziec' swoich.
20 ia nieszczesny! cozem
uczyn;! zawotal krol " wiel-
80 a-h..--
klein strapieniu i bole$ci.
Bog dial mi dziec;e. O kt6re
d|ugi czas prosilem go dnie
| noce, a ia dziecie to odda~
lem ma wieczne zatrecenie.
= zle sic stale. odrzek
pielgrzym zamyslony mocno.
lie sic >ta' - powt6rzyl.
fCtaq dalszy na8capil
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-12-04

Icy czyni, szedi presto ku
|chrzcielnicy. a wtedy sPo-
strzegli wszyscy, re chrzciel~
MICA wywr6cona. woda zas z
niej szeroka struga rozlana'
Staruszek podnios} ! posta-
will chrzcielnice zrwocil sic DO
arcyb.skupa patryarchy l
rzekl, podaiac kr}sata'owa
banke:
Oto woda z Jordanu. W
ktorym Jan $w. chrzc'i Zoa~
wiciela samego. Wezmij ia
|ojcze przewielebny ma oczysz~
|czenie z grzechu tego niemo~
wlecia"
l pocza} sic obrzadek
chrztu swietego, a ME by'o
c,szy W swiecie. iaka byia
przez caly czas tel $wiete)
czynnosci i ME bylo piekoie)~
sci muzyk' mad te, iaka te~
raz z ch6ru zabrzm'ala.
Gdy arcybiskup ochrzc''
dziecte krolewskie, stana'
pieIgrzym staruszek PREY o.
chrzcone] dziecinie. a doby~
waiac podarki swo)e sk'ada'
lie pod gI6wke krolewiczo"''
m6wiac:
Oto liza Chrystusa Pana,
gdy jedyny raz ma ziem' p'a~
ka} mad nieszczesliwa oicz>z~
ma swoia. Mech dzieeie kr6e
lewskie nosi ia PREY sob'e
pamieta o tenn, re mi{osc o."
czyzny najszczytniejssa, MECH
se stara O szczescie jej. ably
ME by'o bolesc;. mad ktora
sam Bog Icy wylewa}.
, Otto kropla krwawego Po-
tn Chrystusowego ogro]ca'
Niech bedzie z synem kr6lew-
skim. ably pamieta|. Re ola
szczescia ludzko$ci sam Bog
da} zycie i poni6sl meki, kt6-
re lego samego okropnoSc'a
swoja straszy'y.
Oto Geese chustki z grobu
pa6skiego pc zmartwychwsta
niu Mech kr6lewiczowi te"
mu doda serca i odwagi W
walce &c wszystkiem elem
MECH MI przypomni, ze moe
zlego zlamana, BIO ten, ktdry
zmartwychwstajac, te cbustke
w grobie zostawil ten sam
SyoB ozy piekielne mocy zwo
Kr6l wpatrywal sic pilnie
W twarz starca pielgrzyma, on
zas spojrzal ku MENU i ku
kr6lowej takze, ale nic ME
rzek', tylko sklonil sig potem
przykleknal, " piersi sic u