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The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Hen and Mouse.

new kind of mouse trap is told
about in recently printed story The
trap is alive, and consists of hen in
a certain barnyard. that is very active
in catching mice around the barn and
henhouse. She would spring on
mouse, carry it off in her beak, play
with it just as cat does and finally
peck it to death.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Ribbon Trick.

II we fasten a ribbon, as shown In
the cut above, and hold the ends in
the hands, it will be apparent that
the scissors will not be able to cut the
tie. But the feat may be easily
accomplished by passing the loop b
into the ring c and then slipping 1t
along the scissors the ribbon will come
within the range of the cutting sur
faces and the band will be divided.
After a little practice the trick may
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Armies of the Danube.

The numerical strength of the
standing armies of the Danubian
states are: Servia, SO 500; Roumania
3S 900; Bulgaria, 33 400
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Excessive Heat Fatal to Flies.

A fly will lie motionless at a tenn
perature of freezing point, begin to
crawl at SO degrees. to buzz and fly
at 6S degrees; 113 degrees of dry
heat will usually kill a fly in a short
time.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Music From Bottles.

For boys and girls who have good
ear for music here is a novel instru-
ment that they may easily make. and
one that will cause no end of wonder
and talk.
Strange to say, you make 1t OF is
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
RUIS M 8.

Contented labor digs the grave OF
worry.
The odds in favor of marriage are
two to one.
Nothing saddens a man like being
jollied by woman.
A wise saw is presumably one that
has cut it's wisdom teeth.
Never get between dog and his
bone or between a man and his hobby
Any man can gain time by stealing
a watch-the judge will give it to
him.
Things that formerly came to those
who waited now go to those who
hustle.
Experts are guided in their judg-
ment of liquors by the smell; those
who taste are more or less misguided
An old bachelor says that a mar
riage dowry is a lump of sugar in
tended to nullify the bitterness of the
dose.
A jeweler says that diamonds are
not worn as much as formerly. OF
course not; but just wait until the
baseball season opens.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
,ITNlP lNN2NE9G4az2zSZZN2N$ZNaO

back are slate color and the outer tan
feathers white. 1t is beautiful ht-
tie creature, and is the best known oi
any bird to which the favorite name
of snow bird is given. Our so-caiieu
white snow bird is really the sho"
bunting" or Snowflake, which mo
reau calls the true spirit of the snow
storm" they are so closely associated
in the mind with the whirling, driving
snow.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Sizinq Him lJp.

Askitt-What is your private opinion
of that man Uppson?
knoitt-He reminds me of an ags.
Askitt-Oh, bad egg. eh?
knoitt-Not necessarily but he's
too full of himself to hold anything,
else.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Junco is True Snow Bird.

The name of SNOW bird" is applied
to a variety of birds which appear in
winter in the colder climates. The
real snow bird, however, is the junco.
It's breast is a soft gray, with the un-
derside white. The head, neck and
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Money for Cambridge University.

Under the Wal of the late f. ].
Quich of Trinity hall, Cambridge uni
versity will probably receive between
$3.50, 900 and 100000 for vegetable and
animal research
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Voluntary Crop Observers.

The agricultural department has
107 600 voluntary crop observers. Cot
ton is reported on seven times a year,
wheat eight times, corn and'oat each
six times.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Ierked Reef for Cuba

Tasajo, or jerked beef. is the prin-
cipal export of Uruguay, the amount
being S,500,O00 pounds per annum. The
grea: market for it is Cuba
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
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be easily performed. Instead of get
ting any one to hold the ends of the
ribbon they may be fastened to the
table or to a chair.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
a Dartino Drsuon.

To make this amusing toy get a
number of pieces of thin wood, each
one three or four inches long, half an
inch wide and not much thicker than
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Electric Light in Royal Tombs.

Electric lights now disturb the
ghosts of the Pharaohs in the royal
tombs in the valley of the kings.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
Marital piscord in London.

In London last year the number of
husbands who advertised disclaiming
credit obtained by their wives was 3TS
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

The worst thing about making love
in poetry to win woman is the living
up to it in prose after you have won
her.
A woman is never sure that her hus-
band is always going to follow the
straight path; she never doubts that
her son Will.
When woman begins to praise her
husband to her friends for his good
ness to her she has given up hope of
everything else.
A man doesn't necessarily believe
he means the extravagant terms of
endearment he uses to woman, but
he knows they are necessary.
The tactful man is success with
women because when he sees one in a
cotton shirt waist he makes her be-
lieve no other woman could do it with
out appearing commonplace.-New
York Press.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10

Wisdom is foolishness NIT ids face
washed.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10

All men vas born equal bud only
few uf us stay dot way.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10

Some people lose a reputation
going into politics to get vun.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10

often egotism than wisdom.-katt
TEyson Mari in Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10

When a man slaps you on the back
and calls you his best friend give sly
wink in the direction of your bank
account.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Even the forger appreciates good
name.
The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10

People dot live in glass houses bet
ter move away from der Subway.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19
THE LAST MUSTER OF THE
JEEMS ISLAM VOLUNTEER GUARDS"
. BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH.

passed between the participants and
spectators.
susie, jess kin'ly look at de Jim Is
ian gang. Eff some wife foxes dun
stretch dey he'd out de winder an say
now much fer okra?' dey d stop in
dc road" This from a cream colored
damsel on the curb
Close yo' face" from the left guide
oVerhear1ng, you nonation COON You
mlssus dun SEN you for dog meat an
you forgit ter go back"
Inc square was finally reached and
win much form and great ceremony
the several companies were drawn ND
ana waited the coming of the Adjutant
General. The James Island Guards got
position over towards the Citadel and
patiently stood while the dapper little
adJutant went through with the work
OF looking over guns and overlooking
uniforms and counting men. Calling
the roll was merely matter of form,
Tor IL was easy for one Simmons to
answer for another, and in the soldier
I clothes they all looked more "ali5e'
than ever. Rapidly the lines were pass
ed down and when it came to the Jim
1slan' crowd the men who were almost
looking crosseyed in order to preserve
| alignment, were given an order that
rather puzzled them.
0'e'Sh, arms! Sdlu the ad1utant. IN
a tone that implied hurry. and the
order was obeyed with as much speed
as possible. Some had forgotten or
, lost their bayonets. and these guns
were laid on ''as loose pieces" Then
anotEer order from the adjutant.
FORWARD, fours-right, march," he
sald' and wiah smiles that evidenced
pleasure at thus being singled out for
n ne movements, the Guards started
on, Capt. Middleton fairly beaming
with pride as he stepped at the head
OF the line. Out to King street, then
ooWn TO Calhoun the adjutant moved
the company and an aide was left in
charge when it was halted at the cor
ner.
From their position the Guards no.
ticed that another company. and still
another was put through almost the
same routine, leaving the guns on the
square, until only two companies re-
manned. These companies were then
moved, with arms, and from the dis
lance it looked as though the men
had been mounted as guards over the
stacked arms of their former COM
| rades. This seemed queer but the
bands kept playing and from the
church. spire down Meeting street the
bells were ringing out
''Shoo fly, don't bother me,
L belong to Company B."
Then the adjutant came back. and
he looked verya serious. "As adjutant
and inspector general" he said, 81 dis
band this company. 1t is no longer
part of the militia of the state, and
you needn't go back after the guns.
Well take care of them
Capt. Middleton paused in the act
of drawing his sword, for his men
were already dropping out of ranks,
and realizing the position in which
they had been placed decided quick
that there was no use to demonstrate.
"De comp'ny am dismissed he said,
IAN de disgrace am pom all you watts
bin trifiin'. Now, you injoy de day
an den git bac'ter Jim Islam bes' you
kim"
DE CANT TEX de uniforms unused
Corpl Johnson, "an' we suttinly hab
err time dis ebenin'; an dem gun is
too big ter tote, an ent no good 'cept
fer shoot niggers, no how"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19
THE SULTAN'S
lDIOSYNCRASIES.
His Ways with Friends and Foe.
Pictured by a Former Attache.

His Ways With Friends and Foe.
Pictured by Former Attache.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The Sultan completed his sixtleth
year on Sept. %, 1902. Time has work
ed great changes in his majesty's ap-
pearance, and it is only with diff
Guilty that one can now recognize in
him the Prince Hamid represented in
the portrait taken of him at the time
he mounted the throne His jaws
have grown broader, giving to his face
a coarseness it did not have before;
the cheek-bones, formerly unnoticea-
BILE, protrude prominently on hollow
cheeks, which have been covered for
more than twenty years by short
beard, not quite gray, and which he
himself dyes various shades of brown
and brownish red, with a mixture of
coffee and gall-nut, the recipe for
which was given him by a sheik.
His forehead bulges out slightly, and
he conceals his badness under the
enormous fez which he has made fash
ionable in Turkey, and the form, size
and color of which make the emaciated
paleness of his face seem even more
sickly. His nose has become more
hooked. A. stronger moustache, also
dyed. which has delicate and thin
hand often caresses with a mechanical
gesture, now conceals almost entirely
the upper lip, which is thin and hard.
The lower lip has become still thicker,
and has accentuated a somewhat SEN
sual expression. The line of determi-
nation which completes the character
of this mouth, so interesting for the
physiognomist, is also deeper and more
apparent The flattened temples, with
the widely separated orbits. have be-
come more hollow, and in the depths
of the eyes, now half hidden under
the dropping eyelids and heavy lashes,
seems to be snoldering the vacillating
flame of his glance.
The eyes are the most disconcerting
part of this complex physiognomy. Re-
flecting usually uneasy melancholy, at
other times they will stare for long
time into vacancy, as though absorbed
in thought, and then, If flash of an
ger or fear lightens up the dark-gray
iris-the color of a stormy sky-they
instantly become remarkably keen and
alert, and cause those whose glance
they meet a painful impression that
can be borne only after long famil-
farity.
In short, the entire physiognomy of
the Sultan confirms his divers charac-
teristics, even that of the gentleness
that he assumes at times. OF medium
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

nently respectable, in correct evening dress
They even drink the correct thing in TINS
place of ARTS" 1t is Scotch that has the call
just now-Scotch and soda. 1t is English. don't
you know" and they do say King Edward is
drinking nothing else. So the artist crowd, the
Bohemians of old, sip smoky high balls and
frown the careless broker in the corner who
is buying champagne for his bevy of chorus
girls.
The next place of interest when one returns to
Broadway is a hotel whose manager has intro
duced an original system of credit. To those
who have established a credit-and there are
various ways of doing that-he issues a card
engraved after the fashion of annual passes on
railroads THE person whose signature is be-
low is entitled to credit in any amount in any
part of the hotel" is the way it reads. The
possession of such a card is better than a COM
mercial rating when it comes to charging late
suppers and running up wine bills.
1t is l o'clock by this time. and some of the
after theatre places are beginning TO close. Not
Eli, however. for the Tenderloin is just begin
ming to wake up. For bit OF contrast one
may go in under the sign of the green dragon.
Some Of those who reel out see other things
than green dragons but that is neither here
nor there. 1t is typical palace of the Tender
loin. There are mirrors and lights everywhere
The diamond decked women vie with each other
in showing beautiful shoulders. and the men
have extra dry drinking bouts.
The orchestra Is noisy, the chattering M
usually loud in consequence and the grammar
Sixth-aVe.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

sum of 81 so there a rush for fits
stately halls. What a chance for the poor young
man who is trying to make impression on
some best girl! What chance for the hard
working householder who has to take on the
added burden of entertaining country relatives
and friends from the West These classes make
the crowd.
Those who know how to work It get their
moneys worth at the hotel with the connected
name. In the first place. one should eat every
thing on the bill of fare; 1t is put there for that
purpose and all for the one price. After supper
don't hurry out of the hotel. Leave hats and
coats with the check boy and wander about the
halls. Sit a while in Peacock Row. and then go
around into the Turkish room for a cigarette
One easily make himself believe that he is
guest of the hotel. and that costs money.
There is even more reason for doing all this if
is entertaining friends from the home town
in the West
Every will ask them when they return to
Steubenvlle indianapolis. How is he doing
anyway?'
"He must be very prosperous" they answer.
why. he took whole party of US to the Wal
dorf after the theatre and gave a regular
course supper in the main dining room"
ut must have cost heapi'' exclaim those
who are going to visit NewYOrk next year. or
the year after that, or some time.
The next place in the restaurant line has Art
in its name and numbers artists of various
sorts among its patrons. 1t is block off Broad
way, and the popular part of it is in the base
ment. There is nothing of the Bohemian about
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

Amt she dead swell, thought the prosperous
| broker is saying TO the fashy blonde.
What's eating YOU Sporty?' she returns.
She's a fright, that woman, an padded 20 ths
limit
The drawing of corHs that pop goes on IN enc-
less mOnOtOny. There Will be headaches Dy ina
score in the morning. but this establishment
under the sign of the dragon does not care for
the next night will bring a new crowd whls
that of tonight rests up.
If one thinks 130 o'clock rather too late 70
try u new place it is a sign that he's never
done" the town. But what's the use OF gong
to restaurant" may ask IT'S after !
and they can't sell you anything to drink
If one goes over to Sixth-ave. again the idea
of q drink famine is lost forever. II never
comes in New-York if one knows where to go
and there is the "spOrtiest" restaurant IN an
NeN--York which never closes. and is more hlled
at this morning hOIr than 1T was at ';0'.
1t is a good place to end tour of the 'lobster
Joints" 1t teaches the moral SO far the pace
has seemed pleasant Here one sees the paying
of penalties for it is the place of those who are
tearing off life at both ends
Most in evidence, especially if it is Fr!day
night is the noisy rah-Tah undergraduate. from
the colleges that are within a few hours rlde
Of the metropolis. Nearly every one OF them
has a girl with him, for they have danced pTe-
yiOusly at the Straw Exchange Most OF them
are the worse for divers and sundry drinks un-
wisely mixed before and after taking They are
beginning to feel sorry and perhaps OF
ashamed Once in a while one is recognized oy
an old grad who has drifted in from one OK
the college clubs in the neighborhood- He goes
to the youngster and buttonholes hlm Tor a heart
to heart talk The youth probably goes Out
without saying goodby to his gang" He knows
he is hardly an honor to alma mater, and tle
''oId grad is a power when it comes 10 reform
At a table over in the corner a young DalH
clerk is in trouble His friends have dined well
and drunken much. The check is large larger
than his purse. He cannot pay and wants to
have it charged.
That viii be all right, young man., says tAs
proprietor Just fill in this draft"
But L can't draw the bank. he declares.
"Oh, it'll never SO in says the proprietor
that is, I'll hold it two weeks.
With shaky hand the fellow draws DRAFT
that he would be ashamed to face in the sober
morning light, a document that would cost him
his job if presented.
Husky bouncers insist order in this inter-
estng eating place, and the most Obstreperous
student learns to contain himself after having
been deposited on the street time or two
There have been rough houses though, and
some of them are historic. the one of the dill
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

u in the chatter. one can hear the drip. drop,
Or4p, drop Of the absnthe droppers. At dozen
tables men and are mixing the green
drink which, despite its innocent coughdrop
flavor, has reputation for making one see most
wonderful thngs-pink kangaroos spotted with
purple, green giraffes striped red-when one gets
u glass too much.
The cafe is the distinctive of the drip,
drop" place. Men and women eat there at
bic topped tables. 1t has ceased to be novelty
and has become institution. Half the crowd,
and there is always a crowd, is made up of
curious suburbanites from the surrounding bOr-
oughS and from Jersey. The other half is Man
haitian people pure and simple, who are there
because they like it.
There are hardly enough foreigners to give
the place air. The few who there look
On in wondering amaZement at the American
ability to punish drinks and eat highly spiced
and devilled food Hardly any is at table
alone. yet there is one lone man in the corner,
an old man with a fringe of white hair and
very red face He orders brandy, and when
the bottle is placed before him pours out
large drink. He empties it into the palm of his
hand and rubs it on his face. He pours out
another drink and treats his other cheek. Then
he looks at himself in the glass.
Isn't brandy massage something new?" a
woman at a neighboring table asks escort
That was no massage" says the man. He
has taken all the drinks he possibly hold
and he doesn't want to stop, so he just rubs the
stuff in
Such an old man, tOo"' exclams the woman.
Yes" agrees her escort, but that's what men
get when they don't their wild oats in youth.
y rubbed-n jag-think of itr'
A half hour is enough of this bit of Paris, with
all the rest Of Broadway blinking beckon in
out into the street through a swarm of eager
cabbies and pestiferous newsboys.
family party, seven strong attracts ones
attention. They have figured out that they can
not catch the 11:30 boat for Staten Island, and
they going to make the best of the hour
they have TO wait.
1t is beer we will have" says the father,
real imported beer. I'm tired of Staten Island
brew"
He steers his hOtilla across the Great White
Way" to a Germanesque house which is painted
like a picture gallery ali over the outside. They
climb the stairs to dining hall on the secord
floor, and with much hustle find table large
enough to accommodate them
Bring beer" says the father
And something to eat" insists the second
son. who belongs TO the hungry age.
"Yes-crackers and cheese" says the father
The waiter shifts and does the second son.
looking longingy at some elaborate chafing dish
stew" which is being served at the next table
1t Is a comfortable place, this German drinking
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

house, and of the most artistic on Broadway
The walls look like pages from the "Flegende
Batter with their endless procession of comic
frescos. A red coated Hungarian orchestra
plays in the hallway. Nearly every one drinks
beer and likes it, though it is imported from no
more distant a land than the Borough of Rich
mond
When the hyphenated hotel introduced an
after theatre table d'hOte for the insignificant
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

the place Even the artists wear their hair
short, and if they smoke pipes at all do so LII
the seclusion of their studios. There IS an
actress dining in lonely state with her mald
group of musicians saying critical things
about the opera to which they have been listen
ing; a young man whose third book is among
the best sellers roaring in a half hearted way
for the benefit of a half dozen girls who think
he writes perfectly heavenly" 1t is all emf
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-15

While the Christian Scientists through
the carelessness of others and a lack of
due protection on their part have con.
tracted contagious disease, they have
not impaired them to others. They have
thereby demonstrated that they succeed
better in keeping their disease from the
public than those who are not Christian
Scientists.
In justice to Christian Scientists I de-
sire to say that they are extremely care
full in regard to the laws of quarantine.
They are willing to concede that what
medical science teaches concerning con-
tagion is likely to maintain unless
through the divine power the law of con-
tagion is broken. They do not care to
incur the extra labor and unnecessary
risk of exposing their sick to others.
Though they may differ in their under
standing of the nature of disease they
nevertheless note that it is likely to eX-
list and to spread if not checked and de-
stroyed. They have found God a present
help in time of trouble. They have
found a reliance upon divine love supe-
rior to any lesser dependence.
What I have said in respect to the
cution against Christian Scientists I de-
sire to have applied strictly to the peo
pic concerned. I would not say one word
concerning that class of NJ. DIS who are
Christian enough to grant to others the
privilege which they claim for them
selves, of choosing their own methods
for curing the sick. The unselfsh Chris
tian physicians are worthy of the re-
spcct of the community. They have ac-
complished much in surgical skill, and
the excellent sanitary systems of our
cities are in a large measure due to
their efforts. We have not yet attained
to that stage when the service of the
physician can be dispensed with, so far
as concerns the general public Though
Christian Scientists have outgrown the
period of medicine, they would not de-
prive the general public of it. We have
no quarrel with the medical fraternity.
What we ask is the privilege of peace
ably imparting the ideas of Christian
Science to those who ask therefor We
desire to say that the large majority
of physicians arc broad minded and fair.
They arc not engaged in the warfare
against Christian Scientists, neither do
they approve OF it, and we do not wish
to include them in our present arraign-
ment. II is not likely that the present
generation Of physicians will lose a suf-
ficient amount of practice to throw them
out of. employment The coming gener-
ations can note the signs Of the times
and deport themselves accordingly. God
in His infinite mercy will care for us,
though perhaps in ways that our present
degree of foresight does not reveal. 1t
bchoovcs us all to stand aside and allow
the everlasting truth to be manifested;
to cheerfully and readily accept that
which is true. even though it be new. for
this is progressive age. and we desire
not to be behind the times.