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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20
WORLDS CHAMPION SPANKER

them in not quite thirteen minutes" he
said. and. do you know. 1 believe I could
have done it in ten.
Deny il. OF course not. I did It. and
I'm willing always to stand by the things I
do. Besides. the little rascals all deserved
it. and l have the support of their parental
We'll. you know, I'm an advocate OF Wig
orous discipline. / have always had q frm
belief in the virtue of that old saying about
sparing the rod and spelling the child"
But" l Interrupted. Il thought that had
all been done away with except in country
schools
We'll. 1t has almost entirely. and more's
the pity" he replied: but so long az I
teach school I'll use the rod or ruler whea
it's necessary. The high-faluting. new-fan.
gled notions are all right in their ~way-that
is. so long as a child doesn't need diecfplin-
Ing. but when he does. there Is, after all
only one way to do it. and that is to SPANS
him"
You don't think spanking has a demoral-
izing influence, them" I asked.
"Demo-alizing fddlesticksr" CALCULATED
Professor Lille. do you suppose a good,
wholesome spanking ever demoralized any,
body who deserved 1t? Now. take these lit
tie rascals. for instance. A minstrel troupe
came along the other day-day before yes
terday it was. As theatrical troupes and
circuses always do when they come to
these small towns, they had a street parade.
1t was at noon that this particular parade
passed through our streets, and I had Just
rung the quarter bell. The pupils all nled
into the schoolhouse. except a squad Of an
even hundred, who made a bolt across the
green and out after the minstrel band.
which had just passed the school and turned
the corner of the street.
This. as l have since discovered, was q
matter Of collusion. The boys had planned
that II as many as a hundred should break
the school law I would not undertake -
infict corporal punishment. They Thoughts
it would be too much Of a task and that Z
would have to resort to the milder method
of keeping them in after school hours. which,
punishment they were naturally only too
glad to exchange in return for the pleasure
of following the burnt-cork darkies. That's
what they banked on. but 1 fooled them"
Here the professor chuckled gleefully and
handed me the lonS. brass-edged implement
for examination.
Yes. that's the instrument that did the
business remarked the professor, musinG.
ly, passing his hand slowly along the braSen
edge.
You never use a birch or hickory sick, r
them l inquired.
We'll. no; not any more. I find that Q
ruler answers every purpose quite a well
besides being vastly more convenient for th0i
teacher.
Did they know what was going to hap
pen to them when 1 told them to march to
the Well. 1 guess they did"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Manchester. Conn, April 1S.-Forty-seve
punitive performances in thirteen minutes
this is the record breaking score made by
Professor F. A. Lille of this city. Trans.
lated into New England vernacular, this
means simply that Professor Lille has
broken all previous spanking records-his
own included. 1t means that by his recent
wholesale chastisement Of unruly boys and
girls at the rate of three and elght-thir-
teenths s~pankings per minute the Nutmeg
State schoolmaster has become the cham
pion spanker of the world.
Pooh, 1 don't mind Professor Lilies
spanking one mite said a tiny. red
checked. curly-headed miss in her shrill,
childish treble. He thinks he ticks hard.
but 1t didn't hurt at all. AT least. it didn't
hurt us girls. We went to school that morn
ing prepared"
When asked what she meant by going
prepared" the little maid hung her head,
blushed and shyly:
why, every one of US girls wore three
or four extra flannel petticoats that morn
ing"
But you all screamed and cried" 1t was
insisted.
"Oh. well. we have to do that to fool Pro-
lessor Lille. He's foxy. My. but he's a foxy
OucK! And IL we hadnt made DelleVe TO cry
he'd have suspected something wrong and
then he'd have given US something to MAKE
US howl in earnest"
Never touched me-" declared one of The
ringleaders of the boys. when 1 questioned
him. Never touched me! Never touched
any of us! He had his trouble all for moth
ing. Think we would go and do a fool thing
like that and not wear plenty of pads?"
The urchin winked knowingly. What did
we wear? oh, lots of thinss-all the fan
mel shirts we had and our football trousers
under our knickerbockers."
That is the version given by the boys and
girls spanked. none of whom will confess
having been the least bit hurt by the opera
ton.
And now for Professor Lilies side of the
story, which does not differ materially. ex-
cept that he appeared when talking to me
to be perfectly innocent of the ruse played
upon him.
Professor Lille Is not. as might be sup
posed, an old-fashioned demagogue. He is
the principal of the Manchester Public
Schools. which are eight in number, accom-
modating 800 pupils and employing twelve
He has occupied his present po-
sition for nine years, coming to Manchester
from Middle Haddam. where he distin-
guished himself In like manner while prin-
cipal of the public schools in that city.
let alone spank a boy or girl. how
ever naughty and deserving of It.
"Of course I did it-spanked forty-seven OF
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20
Just Jaggles: By Jonas Dutton.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Many a mans ship turns out to be a raft.
A woman can pack a trunk, but 1t takes
a man to stuff a ballot box.
Mountain dew has caused torrents OF
trouble.
Knowing how to do the double shuttle
isn't worth as much to the farmer as know
ing what to do with the double shovel.
When a boy gets too lazy to dig fishing
worms there Is no earthly hope for him.
Job had a great many trials; so has the
wealthy criminal.
Give woman the ballot and she would re-
frain from electing to Office one Of her own
sex.
A boy with his first pair Of boots isn't In
it with the girl with her first beau.
When a lifelong student dies with old age
he can claim to have gained only the alpha
bet of knowledge.
It Is no onger necessary for one to Be
past master IN the art Of swearing to hold
the position Of steamboat mate.
Because several paupers have been lsft
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

let him remain abroad long: and seldom do
the two journey more than three days away
from town. Once a year they travel al
the length of the continent on Mr.. Gould's
lines, when he makes his annual inspection.
At these times the children. schoolroom and
all, go along. and several private cars are
needed to contain this family.
| When ashore in summer the Goulds have
n fine place at Seabright, N. j., where Mr..
Gould COLTS. but seldom Is much time spent
there, for in July and August they follow
the ia. Sionable world and take to yachting.
1t was hoped last summer that the Goulds
would join the Newport colony and live IN
that city By the sea. But they declined to
do so and beyond a flying visit of three days
TO her friend. Mrs. S%tuyvesant Fish, during
which she was dined and feted from morn
ing until night. Mrs. Gould did not visit
Newport. That some day the family will
build a great residence at that famous place
there Is no doubt.
In person Mrs. Gould has changed not at
all since her last appearance before the
public on the stage. now more than fifteen
years ago. She has not put on flesh. nor
have her eyes lost their luster. nor her face
its color. Perhaps she has a little more
poise of carriage and a more lofty bearing.
but that is no more than would be expected
of n woman to whom all the world of pos
session has come.
Georgian Court at Lakewood has a private
racing track. for polo racing: it has a the
alter. a polo ground. tennis court. golf links
and an immense playground. 1t is the ideal
home for a country gentleman
Furlough Lodge. in the Catskills. Is a de-
liehtful spot. cool and a palace in the midst
of the forest.
A story 10 told OF the naming OF this
home. What shall l call my new house,
asked Mr.. Gould, looking at the great log
castle which the workmel were construct
ing. 1T is to be my summer home. my run
away spot"
Then call it Furlough Lodge" said Mrs.
Gould with ready wit.
And Furlouga Lodge it is.
All of the Gould brothers are now mar
ri,d and Miss Helen is the only unmarried
one of the family. Between her and Edith
there is n strong and constantly cemcntin5
friendship.
Mrs Gou!G's rare beauty and splendid
carriage make her easily the most consp c
nous figure a; the opera, and In all the
lines of boxes you single her out as the
most DISTINGUISHED. PERHAPS that is. the
reason why women envy her and say they
would rather be Mrs. Gould than Queen
of England
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

Live Lobster Photographed Under Water.
ing to the surface Of the sea. The eggs are
not specially delicate, and have frequently
been shipped in moss for long distances.
So far as the Matching OF the Holsters ID
concerned. it is one of the simplest proc
esses imaginable. Indeed. anybody can
hatch n few for himself. II he will obtain
some fresh eggs from a "berried' female
lobster and put them into a glass OF sea
water. changing the water a couple OF times
n day. The method adopted by the United
Sta.es Fish Commission is not much more
complicated. the only important difference
beng that the receptaclss used are glass
Jars, through which. by the help Of q siphon
arrangement. a stream Of salt water Is kept
constantly flowing.
The lobster eggs are rather pretty objects.
nearly spherical. olive green In color. ana
about one-sixteenth OF an inch in diameter.
As the water flows through the Jar 1t keeps
them continually bobbing about. 50 that
they are bathed on all sides by the water.
Perhaps there will be 5000 OF them in Q sin
gle jar. First the eyes are visible. and
when the time OF Matching has nearly ar
rived one can see the infant lobster coiled
inside of each translucent shell.
Presently there begins a performance that
has been likehed to the popping of corn.
the little Holsters releasing themselves from
the tiny capsules ard being carried toward
the surface of the water. owing to their
light weight, while the heavier eggshells
grayitate toward the bottom. The process
continues until all are Matched. barring .
small percentage of dead eggs. and with
S0,cco eggs to n jar. 1t is easy to see that
a few batteries of such receptacles can
easily turn out the baby crustaceans at the
rate of million per diem.
They do not look like Holsters at all at
this stage, but resemble tiny shrimps, be-
ing about one-third of an inch long and al
most transparent. AT this period they ars
free swimmers. spending their time at the
of the sea. and thus inviting their
foes to gobble them.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20
Guests Pass With Glaciers.

Hotel keepers in the Alps have a h+~
trouble. and are complaining at the loss or
patrons. who are moving away from the
glaciers. Yes. the attractive glaciers are
actually passing from the landscape. and
as they recede the hotels along their bo-d-
ers find that their registers are shortening.
These glaciers are not running away. by
any means. but they are deteriorating slow
ly. with a persistency that means their final
annihilation. Hotels that a few years ago
stood very near TO a great river of slowly
moving ice row find themselves Il conSid-
erab,e distance away. and the attractive
ness of the site s lessened.
The famous glaciers Of the Rhone have
chTurk 5000 feet IN the last twenty years.
or about i0 feet a year. A number of the
~well-known glaciers approximate this dimi-
rution. ard the scientific fact Is established
that these reminders of the great glacial
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

fortunes lately should be no inducement to
go to the poorhouse.
A young man hunting a gem on the matri-
monial beach rarely picks up the girl who
considers herself the only pebble.
The law OF entail generally means curtail
so far as some ones rights are concerned.
More hope and less longing will bring
greater happiness.
Since the Government has decided that no
safe is burglar proof, the spendthrift has .
good excuse for blowing himself.
When one wreaks his vengeance on an
other there is apt to be something Of Z
wreck.
A fellow after your purse Is never a man
after your heart.
It's the pipe story that sells the gold
brick.
What this country needs Is q few rood
moral lessons from the heathens.
Wa New England made for pumpkin
pie. or were pumpkin pies made for New
England?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

WRITTEN FuR THE SUNDAY REpTrRIJc
The Sunday Republics series OF plans for
Inexpensive frame houses, which will be
given from week to week are by Herbert c.
Chivers, an eminent architect of St. Louis.
VINO has found time from his professional
duties to contribute to the welfare of those
that cannot ordinarily afforu an architects
services. but who, nevertheless, appreciate
convenience and economical pian-arrange-
ment, combined with architectural beauty
and symmetry Of design. MIR. Chivers has
written a number Of books on architecture
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
ia rather be Mrs. George Gould than
Queen of England" said a society woman
surveying the wife of the railroad magnate
from her opera box. She lives u happier
life than any Queen"
To tell what Mrs. Gould has not would
be q difficult matter, only next In impossl-
b:lity TO naming the possessions which are
hers.
Among other things:
She owns the finest winter resort home in
the world, Georgian Court at Lakewood
n. J.
She has the largest private theater In
America. One that Will seat $50 guests.
She is the only society woman Of promin-
ence who has devoted her life to six lit
tie children All are under 10.
She has a shooting box in the Catskills.
Furlough Lodge. which contains the finest
deer park In existence.
She owns a beautiful yacht, 50 hne that
she has selected 1t for the nrst voyage
OF Edith Kingdom Gould, Jr.. who was born
aboard the yacht last August, swept by At
lantic breezes.
Her opera box is one of tho most expen-
sive in the opera house where the box
badge Is money.
She owns the fourth biggest diamond.
Her gowns are as plentiful as her
friends.
She has beauty. youth, education, tact
and a good husband. the five best things
for a women to possess.
She has health, a good heart, charity
toward all, and the ability 10 maintain
five homes at once and keep all in magniti-
cent state.
She has a handsome mother as a back
ground, and always a baby to be taken
out In a baby carriage.
To her belongs the honor of having made
children a fad and like Mrs. Jack Astor
she walks daily with her son.
Mrs. George Gould was once an actress.
If you do not know II, she or her friends
will tell you of II. She is immensely proud
of the days when with only talent and good
looks, she played for Augustin Daily and
replenished the Kingdom Golfers Her good
ness was 50 pronounced and her loveliness
SO apparent that Jay Gould admired from
his box and gave his son a high place in
his railroad interests when he told him
that he and Edith Kingdom were to be
married.
For a long time after the marriage the
bride sailed down the Hudson every day
TO meet her father-in-law and to take
him up to Irvington where the country
home lay.
Mrs. Gould's children bear family names.
kingdom, George. Jay, Marjorie, Helen,
Nivien, George Gould, Jr., and Edith King
don, are introduced to the public at once
by their names
The Gould children are a very picturesque
part of the household, and their pictures
have been taken in every conceivable pose.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

pullulnES OF ali descriptions.
To secure quaint artistic lines in a low
cost two-story cottage. it is necessary to
design 1t with a cottage-like effect, but to
get this effect would ordinarily mean cut
down. angular ceilings on the second floor
and warm rooms in summer. On the other
hand, II the cottage on this small scale is
built with apparently two full stories, 1t is
apt to appear stiff and angular.
The accompanying design is for a cottage
to cos: about s1.15O, the story
heights of which are . feet In the clear.
with the front gable designed in such a
manner as to give the building a cottage
like effect. something distinctly novel. and
out of the ordinary, and which, with a
harmonious shingle-tinted color effect. and
white trimmings. is certain TO be pleasing to
view.
In plan-arransement the wide brick fire
place below stairs. with seats on each side.
is the attractive feature. The stairs are d.
Vided off from reception hall or living-rcom
by turned spindles, reaching from the steps
to ceiling. and the basement stairs beneath
these.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-05
GRANTED A DIVORCE.
Mrs. Kate E. Lewis Secures a Sep.
aration from Her Husband.
Other Court News.

Before Judge f. G.. Newcomb and
jury, yesterday, the divorce case OF Mrs.
Kate T.. Lewis against William L. Lewis
was tried. After the divorce proceed
ings were begun, Lewis demanded a
jury trial, and then left this commune
ity and has remained away from 1t ever
since. He did not withdraw his demand,
however, and consequently when the
case was called yesterday, although he
was not present or represented, it had
to go on before jury. Mrs. Lewis was
represented by Attorney Charles T..
Daniels.
The testimony yesterday was to the
effect that Lewis abused her and threat
ened to kill her, and that he had been
Improperly intimate with Mrs. Edith
Hoskins. A Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt, Of West
Scranton, testified that Lewis had taken
this woman to their place one night
and introduced her as his wife. He said
his home was in Pittston and that he
had missed the last train, whereupon
the Hunts agreed to give them shelter
for the night. They occupied the same
room.
L. p. Williams by whom Lewis was
employed as an insurance agent, testi-
fed that Lewis had confessed to him
his relations with the Hoskins woman.
The jury promptly granted Mrs. Lewis
the divorce prayed for.
The trial of the case of NJ. D. Brown
& Co. against Mary A. Sweeney, execu-
trix, was concluded before Judge New
comb yesterday morning and verdict
of s1,O24.5O returned in favor of the
plaintiffs.
When court adjourned the case Of
Louis Tedesco against the Guardia
Rome society, of Old Forge, was on
trial. TedescO was q member of the
society and said he was i'll from Feb
ruary "a to April Z, and sued to recover
benefits at the rate of 81 per week. The
society resists payment on the ground
that Tedesco was not really sick, but
only pretending sickness. The case will
go to the jury this morning.
In the main court room, before Judge
Kelly, the case of Frank Pierce afainst
George Copperthwaite, a wage claim,
went to the jury in the morning, but
the jury did not agree until after court
adjourned in the afternoon. The ver-
dict was sealed and will be reported this
morning.
All of yesterday was consumed in No.
3, where Judge Simonton is presiding,
with the trial of the case of w. T..
Smythe against Edgar Wilson. At the
close of the day, practically all of the
evidence was In, and the case will go to
the jury this morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-05
Strikes and Spares.

in this city most. just at present, is the
tournament which is to be conducted on
the Hampe alleys, between May and
May 81, inclusive. The conditions and
prizes for this event have already been
prepared. The prizes will be as follows
For the player making the highest in
dividual average for thirty games a
gold medal.
For the two men, playing as a team,
making the highest average for twenty
games, bowling ball and canvas bag for
each.
For the team of five men making the
highest average for fifteen games.
bowling ball and canvas bag for each
player.
For the player making the highest
number of spares for thirty games, a
81 silk umbrella
Contestants may play at any time be-
| tween the hours of 2 p. m. and 9 a. H..
every day during the month of May, but
must expressly state to the scorer be-
fore beginning to play that they intend
that particular game to count in their
tournament score.
a meeting will be held tomorrow ar
tefllooll Ut LuleSefS, Ill SOutn scranton,
for the purpose of recognizing the City
Bowling league for a second series of
games. Representatives from the Becker
| alleys, in West Scranton, and the Audi
| torium alleys in North Scranton, will
be present to urge that teams from
these alleys be taken into the league. 1t
is probable that they will be admitted
into the league, and that the Backus
and Elks teams, from the Northeastern
league, will also be taken in. This will
necessitate the dropping of two teams,
and those which will probably be Sc
lected for slaughter will be the Lieder-
kranz and South Side teams.
The captains of five of the teams In
the City Bowling league met and de-
| feated picked team from North
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-05

Little progress is being made in the
fight against the fire that has been
raging for three weeks in the No. 2
Dunmore vein of the ontario & Western
company's Richmond No. 8, colliery at
the city line, near Priceburg.
sixty men in three shifts OF twenty
each, have been at work day and night
to subdue the flames but their efforts
are rewarded with little success. The
fire has fairly eaten away u large area
of pillars and the consequent caves
have seriously complicated the situa-
ton.
1t is hoped, however, that the en-
treme measure Of flooding the mine
will not have to be restorted to in
conquering the blaze.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-05
BASE BALL NOTES.

Two weeks from today the first exhibition game
OF the season will he played at Athletic park
between the Scranton and the Piitston Brothers
tram
Work is steadily progressing at the park, and
within ten days all Of the alterations will he COM
plcted and the ground ready for the players TO
practice
Roger Gorton, center fielder OF the Scranton
club, has left his home at Bancroft, Mich, for
the East. lie will stop over a few days at Corn
ing, N y, before reporting here for duty.
Layton H. Schoch, the famous foot ball crack
of Cornell, will be the Scranton clubs attorney
this season. and Manager Lawson will place his
name for the leagues attorney at the next meet
ing OF the league directors.
The new uniforms, 10 he worn by the Scranton
base ball team, were received yesterday by Floley
4 Brooks and Were placed in the show window
attracting considerable attention. The uniforms
consist OF Yale grey shirts and trousers, with
maroon collars, caps, stockings, belts, and the
word Scranton across the breast. These colors
make very handsome combination.