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Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
Pearl Fishing Industry.

The discovery Of valuable pearls
is reported from Fish Lake, near
Greenville, and fishing for the gems
promises to become quite an indus
try in that section. A fisherman
named Will wager last week found
several first-class pearls among the
Fish Lake mussels, some of them
valued at 500 each, being large and
OF perfect shape and luster.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
Industrial Activity.

The past week has been one of
unusual industrial and business ac-
tivity in Mississippi. Gov. Lon
gino has approved charters Of new
corporations with an aggregate cap
ital stock Of nearly $4,000, 900, and
a large batch of charters is now on
his desk awaiting approval.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
MAY Enforce Payment.

Few Of the county tax collectors
IN Mississippi realize that poll tax
Judgment constitutes a lien on per-
sonal property and are not attempt
ing to enforce the collection of this
obligation from delinquents, fact
which will probably cause the legis-
lature to enact a more specific law
on the subject at the next session.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
n. :. Po.tsl Readtustments.

The postoflice department last
week gave out the number of addi-
tional clerks to be allowed the Mis-
sissippi postofices, and the promo
tions in salaries to be allowed the
clerks already in office. The changes
take effect July l, and are as fol-
lows:
The Jackson postoffice has the fol-
lowing increases: Three clerks from
$500 to 800, one from $500 to
$500, one from 5000 to $1,000.
Corinth gets two additional clerks
at 5000 and one clerk increased from
$4O0 to 5000.
Greenville gets two additional
clerks at $500, one increased from
$500 to $500, and one from $500 to
5000.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
Canadian Tannery burned.

Kingston, Ont, March 16.--The tam
merry of f. j. Davis, minister Of crown
lands In the Ontario government, has
been destroyed by fire. The loss Is
100000; partially covered by insur-
ance.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21

New Haven, Conn, March 15.-Ar-
thur T. Hadley, president of Yale,
win make tour of the cities Of the
middle west to meet graduates and
make speeches. Mrs. Hadley will ac-
company him. They will leave New
Haven Monday.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
maf carrier Commits suiciae.

Joliet, Ill. March 1e.-Henry
gchlimm. rural mail carrier, shot
and killed himself to-day on account
Of poor health. He had said that bis
wages were too meager to support
him and to pay doctor bills.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
Ioprlno WIN Run.

Gov. Longino has announced him
self a candidate for the United
States senate to succeed the Hon. II.
D. Money, for the term beginning
March 4. 1905.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
FRANCIS WELCOME HOME
The President OF the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition Will be
Royalty Received.
NEW YORK DEMONSTRATION GROWING.

n Has Been Found Necessary 60 En-
ease the Grand BALLROOM of the
waIdorf-Astorta Tor Thursday
Nights Banauet-Newspaper Com
ment.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
Nnr,eIour IaxnloIlntIon.

'President Francis arrived in Lon
don February 81 last. lie sailed from
Cherbourg for New York March IL.
Within period Of II days in Europe
he personally met and interested in
the great exposition enterprise the
king of Great Britain, the president
of France, the premier of Spain, the
German emperor and the king Of the
Belgians. lie saw many distinguished
men of various countries, and promot-
ed after fashion little short of mar
velous the Worlds fair interests
abroad.
an doing honor 10 Gov. Francis
New York will pay becoming tribute
TO a yeritable embodiment of the
great American spirit of push, pluck
and persistence.
at is gratifying to know that the
example of the exposition president
has been potent with the managers
left at home. The Worlds st. Louis
dispatches show that the fair build
ings are from 40 TO 80 per cent. com
pleted and that there Is no pause In
the rapid work Of construction and
preparation. Up 10 date the state OF
progress Is far greater than at Chi
cago in March, 1902, and there are still
IA months for labor"
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
MONEY ORDERS
for all your Small Rsmttances. by mail Or
otherwise.
Sold on all points in the United States,
Canada, and on Havana, Cuba.
CHEAP AND CONVENIENT.
NO APPLICATION REQUIRED.

A receipt is given and money viii be r.
funded II order is lost.
Sold at all agencies Of the Southern Ex-
press Company at all reasonable hours.
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21
Editorial Comment.

The World says editorially, under
the caption, "Ex-Goyernor Francis
and the Great Fairs"
AT banquet to be given In this
city next Thursday evening ex.Goy.
David X. Francis. of Missouri, will re-
eeiye something of the honors thnt
might be paid TO an envoy extraor-
dinary.
"In fact, Mr.. Francis has been some
thing of that kind As president of
the st. Louis Worlds fair of 1904 he
has just completed one of the most
remarkable trips to and through Eu-
rope, which has ever gone on the rec
ords of travel and business He has,
indeed become a great national figure
through international accomplish
mont
Woodville Republican., 1903-03-21

New York, March l6.--The banquet
TO Gov. Francis to be given next
Thursday night at the Waldorf-As-
toria win be held in the grand ball
room. This was decided upon at a
meeting of the committee in charge
OF the dinner held Sunday.
The Astor gallery, in which II was
first proposed TO have the feast, was
found to be inadequate TO the de-
mands for tickets of admission, and
In order that none who might desire
to welcome Mr.. Francis should be ex-
cluded, Il was determined that the
grand ballroom be engaged.
The New York newspapers for the
past three weeks have been paying
more than the usual amount OF atten-
tion 20 the Worlds fair and the work
OF Gov. Francis. His reeord-brealing
visits 10 the crowned heads of Euro
pcan governments and to President
Loubet of Paris have been commented
upon at length, and he has been held
up as a shining example of American
energy that wins.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07

her position for the world, so when she
read the following over her own name,
she wanted to faint. ''Wanted-A cook:
one only who desires a prominent posi-
ton. Apply, etc., ETC." She had writ
ten 1T permanent position" but the
busy printer got to work and the re-
suit was disastrous. The Summit ave-
nue. woman had the correction made as
soon as possible. fearing that cooks
might shy at the thought of being so
prominent
+. The calling of carriages by number,
which is still in vogue at theaters and
receptions in this city, has been done
away with at New York theaters, and
a more up-to- date method substituted.
When the patrons Of the play come
out they give their number to a liver
led attendant, and he touches a but
ton, which makes that particular num-
ber shine out in bright electric lights
over the entrance. This method is ex-
cellent for alert coachmen. but for the
sleepy kind, who can only be wakened
by the stentorian yell given by the
gentlemanly caller at one Of our own
theaters, the new method might re-
suit in some annoying waits.
One st. Paul woman not long ago
raised her voice in protest against the
enforcing of the rule against hats in
theaters, and while this wholesale dis
carding Of hats has certainly made
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07
American Woman Shoots rioer.

young American woman. slender
OF figure and of, cultivated mind, re-
Gently earned the distinction of shoot
ing the largest tiger ever killed in In
Ola and is entitled to the bounty offer
ed by the British government The
heroine of this exploit is Mrs. DON
nett. Wife of an English army officer
on service in India, daughter Of John
II. Whftehouse. Of 1rvington- on the
Hudson Mrs. Donnett has been
spending December and January with
her husband and a party of friends
hunting big game in the Chanda Jungle
or Northern India, in the midst of 12,-
900 square miles of forest reserves
abounding in all kinds of savage beasts
and other big game. She has killed
two tigers, four panthers, four bears.
eight boars and several other Wild
beasts. while the rest Of the party
Killed nine other tigers and a cOrre-
spending number of less dangerous
animals. Mrs. Donnetts second tiger
measured ten feet eight inches. In a
letter to a friend in Washington, dated
Jan. II last, this extraordinary young
woman describes the event and her
sensation in simple but graphic man
ner.
Il am the proud slayer of the largest
tiger ever shot in India" she exclaims
With girliSh enthusiasm. land he fell
at my first shot. He measures ten feet
eight inches, has a perfect coat and
teeth two inches long. 1t took sixteen
men to carry him to camp, and l did
1t all myself, and it was such a diff
cult shot. But I must settle down and
tell you all about it. l am sort of a
big bug in camp now. The natives
bow down and kiss the hem of my
dress. for am the first lady who has
ever shot in these great jungles. All.
| am a lucky beggar! Just listen while
l tell you all about it.
I'VE heard a tiger had killed a lot of
deer in piece of bamboo jungle about
six miles off. so Timmins, my hus-
band, got about forty beaters together
and we took up our positions near an
open space, while the beaterS went into
the jungle with drums and horns, driv-
ing six buffalo in front of them, and
made hideOus noises. After about half
an hour, when the beast was nearly up
to my tree, l saw what 1 first took for
a deer gliding through the high grass
and bamboo, when suddenly an OPEN
ing revealed huge tiger to my aston
1shed gaze. He was going full bat, so
l saw 1t was a case of then or never,
and although 1t was very blind shot.
let blaze at the vanishing stripes as
they flashed through the bamboos
IA roar and rush told me the mon
ster was hit, but I could see nothing,
as the jungle was so dense. When the
shikar came up / told him where ]
had fired and got down and with load
ed rifles we approached the spot, where
about ten yards from where I fired lay
the very finest monster 1 ever saw, and
his great striped body did. indeed, look
like slain king of the forest. The
shfkar and 1 all but hugged in our ex-
eitement. and when the beaters came
sup our hurrahs and jubilant exclama-
t1ons brought Timmins tumbling down
out of his tree. and his joy and pride
quite touched me-"
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07
Mrs. Leffert's Armor.

No drawing room in New York con-
tains a more interesting decoration
scheme than that of Mrs. George More
wood Lefferts, in No. PIP Madison ave-
nue.. 1t is in imitation of a mediaeval
hall, and the walls are covered with
shields, spears and bits of fur. In
the corners and fanking the fireplace
are six suits of armor, and all look as
if they had done service. Two that
guard the mantel shelf are Of chair
mail. Other antiquities are powder
horns and blunderbusses. A bit of fur
niture that catches the eye is a bulky
walnut cabinet, carved crudely. Some
Of these treasures were picked up in
foreign parts, but many were inherited
by Mrs. Lefferts from the old Dutch
families, the Van Vechtens and the
Cuylers, to which she belongs.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07
NATIONAL CONGRESS
OF MOTHERS MEETS
Committee on Child Labor DepIores
Night Labor for Children.

DETROIT, Mich, May 6-At the
first session today of the conference of
the National Congress of Mothers, re-
ports of state presidents and state or
ganizerS were presented and Mrs. Flor
ence Kelley, of New York, read the re-
port of the committee on child labor.
The reports of the state presidents and
organizers covered the condition of the
state congress and the work accom-
plished in the past year
In her report on child labor, Mrs
Kelley handled very completely the
question of employing child labor at
night. She said:
L wish every mother realized that
there is no state in the union that has
safe law covering this phase of the
question The strongest clause inva-
riably says that no child will be re-
quired to perform night labor. But"
she continued, what employer will ad-
init that he cOmpels his juvenile en-
ployes to perfOm night labor? The
state of Pennsylvania, in particular
the cities of Philadelphia and Scran-
ton, are the worst in the union in this
regard"
In her report of the employment of
children on the streets, such as the
newsbOys and bootblacks of the large
cities, Mrs. Kelley said these little fell
lows were practically outlaws so far as
any assistance they received from the
newsbOys and bootblacks homes. These
institutions, she said, devoted. much
time to looking after the transient for
eign element, and the newsboys, boot
blacks and telegraph messengers only
found relief in the juvenile courts and
the Catholic protectorate.
Mrs. James L. Hughes, of Toronto,
speaking on The influence of the kim
dergarten on children and home" con-
demned the practice of overstudy in
educational institutions. 1--WE are too
greedy she said, "to pour knowledge
into the minds of the young without re-
alizing that the practice is injurious to
the body. One-tenth of the facts
crowded into the pupils minds at school
eventually Slops over and is lost in later
yeas. Let us not force the child to
strive so StrenuOusly for medals and
lonors, but consider that he or she is
an embryo man or woman, and give
them only so much as they can judi
cIouSIy assimilate. We ought to have
revision of studies and get together
IN conference, parents and teachers,
who will eliminate those subjects that
do not meet the present day require
ments.
rs there any preparation Of the boy
or girl in the educational institutions
for fatherhoOd or motherhood? None at
all. Teach the boy and girl when in
each others company to discuss bright
and intellectual things and do away
with sweetheart talk and frivolities
Therein lies the secret of their safety
in later years"
Education by occupation" was the
title OF a paper read tonight by DR.. W.
L. Bryan, president of the Indiana uni
Vers1ty, before the conference.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07

theater-going pleasanter for the crowd.
there is much truth what she saws:
"This rule Of taking hats off at the
theater has spoiledg the whole thing
for me. If I was SO fortunate as to
possess a. carriage and could always
arrange my hair properly for appear
ing without hat, and then go hatless,
/ would have no complaint to make.
But not having a carriage and having
to wear a hat to and from the theater
and going in the street car, like hun
dreds of others, it Is the most annoy
ing thing in the world to have to take
off ones hat In the first place. most
women wear their, hair differently
when dressed for the evening from the
the way they arrange it for their
street hats. Therefore. how to make
your hair presentable with and without
a hat is the great question when going
to the theater. Then, when you get
there and take your hat off. you are
reasonably sure that your hair is not
smooth or looking its best; there is no
place to put your hat, so you pin it to
the back of the seat in front of you and
stow away your various. belongings as
best you can in a small space. Then
when a man or two men come in you
must hise to let them go by. with your
hands laden with wraps and your
mouth full of hatpins. Ten to one that
horrid man will want. to go out after
each act, and you are obliged to go
through with this programme three
times. When it comes time to go home
you pin your hat onein the dark, with
no glass to see whether it is straight or
not, and get in the car looking as if
you had been to the war instead of to
the theater. One night on the Selby
car l saw a woman with her hat on
backwards; she didn't know it, poor
thing, and | never told her but there
is no doubht that this hat business has
spoiled theater- going for women with
out carriages. You return thorough
ly exhausted instead of feeling you
have had a refreshing evening Why
not let us go back to the style of small
theater bonnetS, which could not possi-
bly, prevent any one from seeing the
stage?"
The milliners will certainly welcome
the style-if it came-of small evening
hats, for they have been known to
complain of the going out of style of
headgear which a year or two ago was
carried to such anS extreme that in
summer women discarded hats entirely
even in the daytime. inthe country and
at summer resorts. ra0This year sun
bonnetS are to be worn in the country
and very becoming they are to a pret-
ty girl. But then most anything is be-
coming to a pretty girl. Let women
who go to theaterS 5Garriageless agi-
tate this subject of theater bonnets.
The LOCKER On.
St Paul Nav 6. 1903
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07
VanderbiIts in Rome.

Rome IS entertaining the Cornelius
Nanderbilts. From the dispatches it
is judged the VanderbiIts are causing
almost as great a stir socially as their
royal predecessor, Edward of England
Mrs. Vanderbilt, whose ambitions are
lofty, arranged a ceremonious entrance
into the Eternal City. The family
steamed UP the Tiber on the Ogden
Goelet yacht. On landing they drove in
state to the hotel, where the principal
suite had been engaged. On the night
of their arrival Ambassador Meyer en-
tertained the Vanderbilts at dinner
Asked to meet the New Workers were
six princes and their princesses, a.
brace of widowed duchesses and a.
count. Miss Meyer and her friend,
Miss Blight, Mrs. William Payne
ThOmpson's sister, were present. Mrs.
Vanderbilt naturally was in high
feather and had the satisfaction of
knowing her tiara was as splendid as
any Of the other gems. She will enter
tain this week and will have nobody
below the rank Of prince at her board.
These successes will be ecIipsed when
she enters Germany. where she will
hObnOb with the Hohenzollerns them
selves.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07
Sembrich's Sad Suspense.

The thousands of Americans who
heard Nine. Sembrich sing last winter
were not aware of the conditions under
which she appeared. The thought of
her young son kept her in perpetual
suspense, for she knew his days were
numbered. The boy had consumption,
and last summer, when she returned to
her Dresden home, the physicians told
her his case was hopeless. The moth
er's distress may be surmised. She
had signed contract to appear in
America in the winter, but she deter
mined to break the agreement in order
to be with her child during his re-
naming days. Her manager was in
Paris, and she went there. Her grief
moved him deeply, but he showed her
the winters schedule. She was ''feat-
ured" in all cities. Her non-appearance
would have caused great loss to him.
'You may come to America or not, as
you choose" said he. ''You must be
the judge" After a long silence Nine.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07
A Blue Lace Robe.

At Miss Amy Bakers successful re-
cital in New York the other day, no
one was gowned as startlingly as Mrs.
Sydney Dillon Ripley, who is one of
the handsOmest women in New York.
Even if she did not have the advantage
of f1rst-class dressmaker, she would
be distinguished wherever She went.
At the recital Mrs. Ripley wore an ex-
traordinary gown Of sapphire blue. 1t
was of Irish lace, dyed blue, over chif-
fon of the same color. The frock was
made simply, with wide sleeves and
elaborate plating at the bottom of the
skirt. Mrs. Ripley had a hat of blue
cornf1owers. So successful was this
sapphire blue harmony that a woman
whispered: 81 have an old lace gown
in white. l wonder If 1 couldn't have
it dyed?" Mrs. Ripley, earlier in the
week, appeared at a benefit in a gown
Of pink, which became her equally
well Apparently she favors solid
POlOpS
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07

Morosini, the son of the millionaire
banker, Giovanni Morosini, who once
was a partner of Jay Gould, has inau-
gurated a new fad of wearing bonnet
which has caused astonishment among
society women. When Mrs. Morosini,
who always dressed elegantly, appeared
In Fifth avenue with her new bonnet
society stirred In surprise.
The bonnet had dark green strings
tied in a double bow slightly to the
left under the chin. A tiny cluster. Of
spring flowers adorns the bonnet. Mo-
distes say it is some years since bon
nets have been worn in New York or
London by a woman under so, but now
it Is believed by bonnet makers, they
are coming back into fashion.
Mrs. Morosini was Mary Washington
Bond, noted beauty Of New Jersey,
and direct descendant Of George
Washington.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Mas, Of the
Marlborough, have gone to French
Lick Springs for a month.
Miss Cornelia Lusk is visiting In
Montevideo.
Mrs Edward H. Gheen and children.
of Chicago, who have been visiting
Mrs. Gheen's mother. Mrs. D. A. Mon
fort, of Dayton avenue, have returned.
Miss BowIin. of Summit avenue. will
return next week from California.
Miss Margaret Merrick. Of Holly
avenue, will leave this week for the
West, where she will spend the sum-
mer sIoyt,
Mrs. Ward, of Aberdeen. S. D.. is the
guest of Mrs. L. c. Pr@octor. @
Miss Jackson, of Dayton avenue will
leave today for a visit at French Lick
Springs. aar
Mrs. F. w. Weis. ,.of, LIE Sueur. is
visiting her sister. Mrs,1F. W.. Patter-
son. of Dayton avenue,
Miss Jessie Wilkinson, of the Marl-
borough, has returned from a visit in
CrookSton, MINI.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07

years she was the lady bountiful and
grande dame of the neighborhood. She
was untiring in her good works and
kind deeds for those about her, and
one ttme-honored kindness of hers was
to send her carriage for all the brides
Of the village to ride to church in for
their weddings. One st. Paul girl was
thus hOnOred a year or two ago when
she was married in Cooperstown. One
OF Mrs. Potter's faVorite philantro-
pies is to help working girls, and it is
believed she is now making plans for a
building to be devoted to their use.
Naturally, therefore, st. Paul was
anxious to see Mrs. Potter, not alone
because she is the wife of one of
Americas most prominent ecclesiasts,
but because many persons are apt to
think that a woman who is credited
with possessing thirty-two millions Of
dollars must look little better than
the small fry. But Mrs. Potter was an
agreeable surprise in appearance, as
she is dear. round, little old lady,
short and stout and comfortable look
ing with no pretense. She dresses
plainly and well, but with no show
Of diamonds or display and Is one of
the kindest and sweetest old ladies
imaginable. She seemed to enjoy her
stay in st. Paul and it is evident from
the cordial glances she bestows upon
the bishop, that she is very proud Of
her distinguished husband. Bishop
and Mrs. Potter returned at once to
New York and will probably spend the
summer at Cooperstown.
The deaths of Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart
l.. Moore during the past ten days
and the consequent breaking up Of an
unusually happy home, is one Of the
saddest and strangest happenings that
has ever occurred in st. Paul. The
Moore household was a peculiarly hap
py one, and in these days of divorces
and broken ties, this is not as common
as of yore. Mr.. and Mrs. Moore were
patterns of happy domesticity and
lived solely for the comfort and pleas
| ure of their only daughter, Lillian, who
within two weeks has been orphaned.
| Mrs. Moore was one Of the women
| who kept this world pure and sweet.
| She was not much In the public eve.
but in her lovely home she was a verit-
able queen and reigned supreme. She
| devoted her time and talents to max
ing home happy, and in devising ways
and means for giving her daughter
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-05-07

Mrs. Potter, wife of the bishop
"came to town" during the week with
her husband to attend the Sedgwick-
Bend wedding which was the event of
the season in society. Many persons
were interested in Mrs. Potter for va
rious reasons; first, because of the
talk which always follows the mar
riage of an elderly man-and a bishop
and secondly, because of Mrs. Pot
ter's wealth, which is next to fabulous
She, until year ago, was Mrs. Alfred
Corning Clark, widow of a New York
business man, and until the present,
never much known in New York So
ciety, not from inability to enter it,
but because her tastes ran in different
direction. Mrs. Potter mas a very
beautiful home at 'COoperstown, N. Y,
where she and the bishop were mar
ried last spring, and where for many