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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

dances vary from the deer and corn dances and other picturesque cere- monials of the tribe.
 1 The Pueblo Indians, the most civilized f of all Southwestern tribes, have suffered : severely owing to the depredations of , rabbits. The Pueblos are expert farm CTS. They had the science of irrigation at their finger tips before the Spainards first invaded America. To-day their irrigated farms are models which the white man can follow to good advan- tage. Consequently these aboriginal farmers have taken to rabbit hunting not only for sport. but as means of self-prOtection. The Indians when hunting rabbits scatter over a broad area with shrill cries that frighten the rabbits from their burrows. and then the well aimed boomerangs never fail to bring down the leaping animals. Where rabbit refuses to come from his burrow, the Indian boys gather about with sharpened sticks and dig until the animal is forced to make a break for liberty. The Indian dogs have their share in the hunt, of course, and the scene is stirring one as the tribesmen scurry over the plain. seaching every arroyo for lurking rabbits.
 The real feature of an indian rabbit hunt is the dexterity shown by individ- ual boomerang hunters. A sixteen year-old boy, straight as an arrow and as 1.-the as a young panther, will frighten a rabbit from a clump of sage brush. To the eye of the inexperienced there is no rabbit there, but the Indian has not been deceived. As soon as the jack-rabbit starts from his place of concealment and goes in long bounds, which speedily carry him away from an ordinary enemy, the Indian youth gives a shrill cry and draws back the hand holding the deadly boomerang. Like a baseball pitcher he poises an instant, and then, with an overland swing, the boomerang is sent forth, cutting the air with swish, and all most invariably sending the rabbit head over heels. Inasmuch as the sportsman must manifest fair degree of skill with the shotgun to shoot a. jackrabhit when it is we'll under way, the precision necessary to kill one of the animals with club can be readily understood. The average white boy, however he may pride himself on his skill in throwing the baseball, would owe it purely to luck should he bring down a jackrabbit with boomerang. Yet an Indian boy thinks nothing of killing ten or a dozen robbits in days hunt and not having a single miss scored against him.
 Scientists have speculated in vain as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23
INDIANS USE BOOMERANG.
Skill of Pueblos in New Mexico in the
 Use of the Curved Stick.

Skill of Pueblos in New-MeXico in the Use Of the Curved Stick.
 The Santa Clara Pueblo Indians held a rabbit hunt of enormous proportions, | slaughtering thousands of the pests that have grown to be a menace to Southwestern ranchmen. At these rab- bit hunts boomerang throwers play a l leading part in the work of extermina- tion.
 The New Mexico boomerang throwers have been using this primitive weapon for countless generations. When the Spainards first penetrated New-Mexico
 in search of gold in the mining districts of the territory, the Pueblos were us- ing the boomerang almost exclusively as a weapon. The Pueblo Indian boy of to-day occasionally sallies forth with his bow and arrow, but most of the tribe stick to the ancient boomerang, especi- ally when at their favorite sport of ] rabbit hunting. The boomerang is not, properly speaking, the returning boomerang of the Australian savages, ! but is a variation of that deadly in- strument. It is simply curved club. which is thrown with wonderful skill and precision by the Pueblo Indians, I even to the smallest boy and girls. The Indians began practising throw ing the boomerang at an early age. Mere infants are seen on the sagebrush plateaus, initiating their larger brothers and sisters. and hurling tiny sticks at each other, shouts of glee going up as some particularly clever shot is made. Some of the older Indians manifest a degree of skill with the boomerang | which is little short of amazing. It is common sight to see a skilled boom- ! erang thrower bring down a bird on the wing, and to miss jack rabbit on the
 run in the open is little short of a dis
 grace. The rabbit hunts, which are
 held every winter. are made the oc-
 lcasion of festivities in the pueblos of the 1 tribes. The Indians have peculiar
 dances in which they indulge just be- fore the arrival of a rabbit hunting
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23
ALARGE CONTRIBUTION

The usual figuring on what prosper ous United States folks will spend in going abroad this season is being done. From the port of New York alone sixty-seven first class steamers will sail for Europe each month between the first of May and the first of September. They will have full passenger lists and will accommodate about S6.000 cabin passengers during the season. It is esti- mated that enough others will sail to bring the total up to 125,000. Foreigners control most of the steamship lines and they will receive in passage money about $30,0OO000 in American cash. The tourist army is expected to spend some thing like $7O,OOO,OO0 in living and other expenses abroad. making total of at least $1OO,0OO.OOO that will go to fatten European pocketbooks.
 It is rather sad that we can't eat our cake and have 1t too, but it is cheering to think that we can sell our "secur- ties'' to rich Europeans. We shall also get something extra out of them next year on account of the St. Louis exposi- tiOn
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each in' sertIcn. Five Cents a Word for full week (seven timesl.
 Display advertisements. per Inch, one in- serrion, $1.2O: each subsequent insertion, 70 cents; one week, $3.20; one month. S1O; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marri- ages, Deaths. and Funeral. 50 cents each. Local Notices. 15 cents per line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

was simply matter of tidiness. But 1t has grown into an act of vanity. The lawyers, for instance, if he has enough hair for the purpose, will want his head to have tousled appearance. It gives him a studious appearance, and leaves the impression that he has been strug- gling with the books. Whatever the reason the habit is curious one. and one which seems to be deep-rooted ir the masculine nature. ."New Orleam Times-Democrat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

While the population of Scotland has increased 50 per cent. since 1858, the number of lunatics has increased 1S6 per cent. On January 1 of this year there were 16,65S insane persons in Scotland Too much golf, golf talk and Scotch whiskey?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

A western paper refuses to publish eulogies gratis, but adds: We will pub- fish the simple announcement of the death of any of our friends with pleas ure.' Rams Horn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

It's hard to make a woman tell her age if she doesn't want to. A New York woman defendant in divorce suit declined to tell her age but admitted that she was the mother of a girl twen- ty years old and left it for the jury to figure it out for themselves.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

A statue of General Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, will be placed in Statuary Hall at Washington just as soon as it can be prepared. The Virginia legislature has taken the final step by passing a bill making $1O,OOO available for the work and appointing commission to see that the plans are executed. The opposition developed to the statue in certain quarters spurred the legislature to take action sooner than otherwise would have been the case.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23
 C1evefand's .&. Baking Powder

Does the work bettes Makes the cake sweeser Saves labor, time, health
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

A public forum Is to be established and maintained by the town of Leo- minister, Massachusetts, the first one probably in any place in the country. It is based upon vote at the recent town meeting instructing the selectmen to provide @ forum for the free use of it's citizens, where they may discuss subjects and questions of common in terest to the people of the town. A committee was appointed under instruc- tions to provide subjects for discussion strictly party questions in politics or .sectarian questions in religion to be avoided.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23
Now Your Straw Hat.
The New Styles are displayed to=day.

The hot weather has sent men scrambling for lighter headwear. Luckily we had our hats all ready to open up, and we got them out in a jiffy. To-day every new style is on our racks. The Brooks & Co. stock is comprehensive.
 We are not confined to any one makers shapes. We gather the best from all. We have, Panamas in all shapes for the men that want them; but the smart hats this season are the new shapes in sennet and split straws. We have all widths of brims and heights of crowns; but the swell shape has brim ? S-4 or 3 inches wide and & crown 2S-4 inches high.
 But you get exactly what you want at Brooks & Co.,, and you get best quality at lowest prices. Here are hints of varieties and prices:
 Hats of China, Swiss and Belgian split straws, in all dimensions, at $15O, g, $2.50, sS, s350 and s5.
 Hats of sennet straw, at $1, $1.50, $2, $2,50, s3 and $4.
 Soft curled brim Mackinaw hats, at $150, $2 and 8.
 Soft curled brim Milan braid hats, s and S3.50.
 Soft curled brim split straw hats, at g, s, $3.5O and s.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

On the first of July Burgess Penny packer of West Chester, Pennsylvania, will enter upon his fifth month of pub lie service. At that time.'' he an- nounces q will give a list of names of men in the borough who are of intem- perate habits to the proprietors of ho- tels, saloons and drug stores. with the injunction that no liquor be sold to them. In case these proprietors refuse or neglect to obey my orders I will take them into court and have the law ad- ministered to them and their license will be endangered. l mean that this town shall be more law-abiding and less given to the frailties of the world than it has been."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

There is billiard table in London that can boast of lifetime of two cen turies and a long acquaintance with men who have made history. It belong ed originally to Louis XIV, passed into the possession of Napoleon I, and now, in it's old age, has come into the hands of Messrs. Orme & Sons. and is on ex- .hibition in Soho Square. This celebrat- ed table is smaller than an English table. The body of the table is block of oak, weighing ten thousand pounds, covered with a cloth of electric blue. The frame of the table is of rosewood, and the six pockets-perhaps the most striking feature of the table-are re- productions in bronze of queer hideous' old gargoyles. When the ball falls into the pocket the lower jaw of the gargoyle drops, and the ball is found in it's mouth. It is fine piece of ancient mechanism.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

Norwegian papers declare that the future of the country is being seriously jeopardized by the terrible drain of emigration. Last year 10000 left their native land, and this year it is estimat- ed that the numbers will rise to 40,000. The complaint is that not only are the best workmen leaving, but also those . who form the most desirable classes that nation can reckon upon, the young and strong and clever. Only the aged and the pauperized are being left. old people, who had thought them- selves past labor, are being compelled to begin work anew, because their children have left the land. Houses are falling into decay for want of hands to repair them, and a general cry of lamentation is going up in every trade and industry. In Sweden, too, the same story is told and recently deputation waited on the king to pre- sent a petition for strong measures to stop the flow of emigration. The peti- tion suggests that the most advisable method is to create better conditions for workmen both in town and country, and thus make it more profitable for them to stay at home.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
Mascagni Says "a Kind of Musical
Monroe Doctrine Was Cause
of His Failure.
FOREIGNERS NOT DESIRED"
Declares United States Cannot Ap-
preciate True Musicians and
Wants insignificant Fancy
Singers.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO TIVE NEW YORK.
HERALD AND II ST. LOUIS
Paris. April u-Mascagni has arrived IN
Paris blazing with indignation aERinst ce--
tain individuals in the United States. but
fun Of admiration for many traits OF
American life. At the same time he swears
that he has seen the United States for the
last time.
There's a kind OF musical Monroe Doc
trine." said the composer this morning.
which ] firmly believe was the real cause
OF my failure. Foreigners are not desired
BIZ the musical fraternity of the United
States unless they should happen TO be In
significant chorus conductors or fancy sing
ers. Ffrsi-class composers are doomed in
advance"
Mascagni said that the beginning Of his
trials was his having refused TO play n; n
fashionable club in New York for $1,000.
This was aggravated by his further refusal
10 appear on the vaudeville stage to lee
ture on the troubles Of his early life
Thereafter" said the composer. Il was
cordially hated everywhere"
He also asserted that San Francisco was
the most musical town in the United States.
because practically no American lived
there.
The composers friends are arranging a
Paris benefit for him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
ARMY OFFICERS ARE INDIGNANT
Talk of Quitting Metropolitan Club
Which Blackballed Corbin.
REPrBITC

1AEfA Bile SPEGlAL
Washington, April 1L-Twenty indignant
army officers last night held a quiet meet
Ing for the purpose of determining a retail
atory course Of action for the army con-
tlngent In the Metropolitan Club. which.
from Secretary Root down. has been bit
terly incenseG at the defeat of General II.
g. Corbin's attempt to gain entrance TO
the club.
RumOrs Of Secretary Roots intention TO
resign from the Metropolitan Club. 10 be
followed by the rendering of designations Of
all army officials and other officials, filled
the air around the Metropolitan Club.
The result of the meeting. which was held
at the home of a chief of one OF the bu-
reaus In the War Department. could not be
learned.
The meeting Was the elimination OF four
days OF intense interest in Washington
clUbdOm. The radicals In the army con-
ungsnt urged n general resignation of all
army officers, but older officers. incIuling
General s NJ. b. Young. who was one OF
the members who proposed General Cor
bins name, have discredited this idea. and
IL IS understood that when the msetfng
opened the conservative element was in the
ascendancy.
Several h~igh-ranking army officers de-
clined to attend the meeting. with the
statement that. while they were indigant
hat the proposal OF the name of the AdiB-
tant General OF the Army should have
failed for purely personal reasons, they had
no sympathy with any effort to disrupt the
club or ropos to attack the Board of
Governors with round robins or petitions.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12

avenue. For similar reasons a fair proper
ton Of people Will be likely TO go to tbs
branch OF the Transit Company. walking
from Kings highway along Lindell boule-
ward All IN all. the two street railway
port something Axe 5000 people an hour 10
the Exposition grounds
What the steam railways will DO TO- the
initeiy detsrmined. II 4 understood the
wabash Railway will run excursion trains
between Forsyth Station and Union sta
ton. but what number Of trains will be
put on. and what number OF passengers the
Wabash viii carry cannot be stated until
an Official announcement IS made. In a
saw that the Wabash Will handle S.ooo TO
lo.uW people altogether during the day. By
energetic efforts Z large number can be
transported by the Wabash trains. but as
yet there 10 no reason TO anticipate that
this Will be lone
While the street railways and the steam
roads can be figured upon as having a ca
pacity to transport somewhere between So
900 and 0.0o people an hour. there Is fair
rSsson to expect that they will not directly
carry to the grounds much more than half
the number Of people who will go out on
The great military parade. which will be
has ever witnessed. will traverse a route
beginning only two miles east Of the Fair
grounds. The present plan is for the head
on Lndeil boulevard. marching thence TO
the Exposition grounds. by the way. on a
perfectly straight line. On Dedication Day
in Chicago. October u. 1Se2. fully S0o.o0 peo-
pie witnessed the military parade This
possibly forecasts something OF the crowd
that will stretch along Lindell boulevard
from Grand avenue 10 the Exposition
grounds. Quite obviously. II there Is half
the crowd In ST. Louis that Chicago had on
a similar occasion. q very large proportion
OF this crowd viii walk 20 the Exposition
grounds.
What this means In the matter OF admis-
sions IS the problem The Republics sub
scribers are called upon to solve. Tn EN-
upon an enormous admission at the gates.
where the crowd Of people following the
parade Will necessarily converge. Forty
poin, where De Baiviere avenue reaches the
park A large number of other entrance
gates will be very close at hand. 50 that
the Exposition Company win BE-. ready TO
take IN many thousands Of people quickly
and comfortably.
The Indications of n large attendance are
so numerous and convincing that the tx
position Company Is endeavoring TO fOrmu-
late plans by which admission tickets may
be purchased at vafious points throughout
the city. a. well as at the ticket booths
adjoining the entrance gates. These ar
fragments have not vet been fully deter
mined upon. While details cannot be an
nounced. in due time the public will be no.
tilted where they can obtain tickets Of a0-
mission. so that they need not wait TO buy
tickets after they get out to the GROUNDS.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12

Five cases OF smallpox were reported N 81
Louis last week. with no deaths. dipntheria- y
cases. 9 deaths: Group. : cases. no deaths; scar
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
PINERS" PRESENT
TESTIMONIAL TO FOLK
Committee Representing Lumber
Dealers Of the City Assure Circuit
Attorney OF Their

The yellow pine manufacturing interests
of the city. represented by a committee Of
nve. yesterday afternoon presented to Cir
cult Attorney Folk a testimonial signed by
about I00 persons. representing the various
firms approving his methods in conducting
his office.
The committee consisted Of T. A. Moore.
president OF the Moore Lumber and Mil
Company and vice president of the Colonial
Lumber and Timber Company: Z. c. Brew
er, president Of the A =. Brewer Lumber
Company. George X. Smith. secretary OF
the Southern Lumber Manufacturer AS
ISOLATION; James Z. Long. president OF the
+. B. Dubach Lumber Company. and Curtis
NJ Jennings, vice president OF Berthold &
Jennings.
Mr.. Moore acted as spokesman for the
committee. After handing TO Mr.. Folk the
testimonial, which Is bound In red Russia
leather. he said:
an Organization known a. the yellow Piners.
composed, Of manufacturers and wholesalers Of
others In the popular applause Of you as a man
OF honor and integrity. and also Of y0u as an %,
his office Wherever ST Louisans are. either At
the man whose efforts are for honesty and re-
scrib~d the names OF many concerns and indiyid.
uals. some Democrats. many Republicans. whd
creed when II comes 20 the great light OF hight
ssainst SronS W. Ti,n TO assure y9a OF our
~ ~
have set forth TO perform. with the opposition
Of those who seek for gain at the expense Of
the people. Our good wishes 20 with you. and
we wish you to consider Us as q company and
class Of men held in reserve. standing ready 10
answer your call when YOU need US
The inscription on the testimonial reads:
jos. w. Folk: We. the undersigned. repre-
wholesalers u .eilow-pine lumber in the city OF
st. Louis. and also as private citizens. wish TO
voice our approval OF your fearless and nOnparti-
san administration " the affairs OF your ONCE
as Circuit Attorney
The signatures include the names of near
" all men prominent in the lumber busi-
ness OF the city and the estimated capital
they represent is S15. 0cc.V 90.
Mr.. Folk, in reply to the words OF Mr..
Moore. said In part:
l take what your spokesman has said, not as
. personal compliment. but As an evidence OF
Jour hearty cooperation in all efforts 10 en-
force the law In the fight Of right against
wrong. mentioned BY Mr.. Moore. honest men
your kind words Of commentator ana your as
surances that YOU and those you represent stand
ready as 3 reserve force TO aid In weedinr
out corruption anc crime. such expressions are
gratifying. and encourage those charged with
UpholdinR the law. To further endeayor. ! trust
souri, when public office will be held alone for
public good and never for private gain. and
when the corrupt official will be unknown
There can be no compromise with corruption.
II the prosecution Of crime Injuries any indi-
yidual. his own deeds are his doomsmen- II the
more than another. IL Is only an evidence Of a
need OF political regeneration Honest men Of all
parties and all creeds have no sympathy with
official venallty.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
Quantity VS.. Quality.

Quantity VS.. Quality.
Remember the dog fan
cier who said: $50 for
such a little dogI Why, it
doesn't weigh over 4
poundsT' 81 know, mis-
ter" said the dealer, ''but
I'm not Offering 1t to you
as sausage"
Yes, you can get three
ready-made suits some
places for the same money
youu pay for q "Mac-Car-
thy-Evans made" suit
You'll be DRESSED In
our one suit-it viii hang
on to its grace OF fit its
style, the aristocradc look,
until the last thread Ia
gone. You'll never be
dressed In the other three
they'll cover your naked
ness-and that's all-their
shape" will take wings
the first day-the "ht"
viii fit with a weeks
wear, for it's all
PRESSED mot tailored
into the suit
4 Put that In your pipe
and smoke it,
SIS TO S45 for Topcoats
and Spring Suits
MCCARTHY EVANS
TAILORING CO.,
$40 OLIVE. HAIn as4E.
sursl Ths Pest efiss b appssits.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
sURRENDERS TO THE SHERIFF.
Schoenlaub Learns Through News
papers That He Is Wanted.

Senator william ]. SchOenlaub. who is un-
der Indictment. charged with establishing a
lottery. surrendered TO the Sheriff at the
-Four Courts yesterday. He was accom-
panied BY John E Morrishe. who signed
his bond for 500.
II had no idea that I was wanted" said
the Senator until / read in the papers that
an Indictment had been found against me-
As to the charge I have nothing to say.
only that / do not fear the outcome OF a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
Correct Calling Card.

IOrrtct NAlfIHB NUFuNs
Depend first on Mermod & Jaccard's for
correctness in the making and avoid max
ing corrections after calling.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
sherry Sets.

One decanter. SIX glasses. in cut glass.
rich and elegant. with handled mirror tray.
at szs5. Other sets higher; still others
lower. MERMOD & JACCARD'S.
BROADWAY AND LOCUST.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
TO OBSERVE GERMAN CUSTOM,
Altenheim Will Give Reception
and Serve Supper.

An afternoon and evening reception will
be held at the Altenheim Tomorrow. There
are over fifty inmates I'm this Institution
and much, preparation has been made for
the festivities.
In Germany the custom of making calls
on the Monday following Easter still pre-
management of the AItenheim decided TO
give a reception.
Invitations have been extended to hum
dreds Of German-Americans and many are
expected to partake Of supper. prepared In
the old-fashioned German way. which will
be served In the evening.