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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08
POWER OF WIDOWS.

The elder Weller warned the cheerful Samuel TO
beware of widders," and it is a warning that every
misogynist repeats. The charm that lies in n
Widows eyes has caused the capitulation of many
confirmed women-haters Recently the dispatches
have told Of another striking example of inability
to resist the temptation.
In Chaplin. Conn, there lived a retired farmer
who had ignored the smiles and the glances of
women for seventy-three years. He was wealthy
and n Chesterfield. and many women appeared be-
fore him with all the usual articles. He was ap-
parently bullet proof. One by one they gave up the
job and sought newer and greener fields. in which
they were successful. The farmer became a men,
DRY. However, he was taken i'll and a widow came
in to nurse him.
If there can be one place more than another where
a woman shines. it is in n sickroom. 1t is presumed
that the widow knew her art perfectly, as once be-
fore she had corralied 4 mere man. and brought
paign, and the veteran warrior who had gone IN
scathed through many of Cupids battles was
pierced and fell. And the whole countryside was
surprised.
The "Old Cattleman'' said that when a man gifts
past 80 you've got to blindfold him and back him
into the matrimonial STALL" but it is not to be be-
lieved for a minute that the hero of "Wolfville"
knew whereof he spoke. He had not figured on
widows, as had Mr.. Weller. The latter knew their
danger, and. therefore. warned Samuel. There is
no doubt that, in the language Of Billy Baxter
any widow can make the average man "lay down
and roll over and jump through a hoop and play
dead' whenever she pleases. The Connecticut
event seems to he proof that when she gets her ar
engagements to suit her the widow is sure to win.
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of hysteria. A Woman's . must b
soft-it must Be like . limpid we'll o Ike
a piece Of metal OF ore. however brilliant
the ore It suggests
1t must be satisfying to no heart. -
well - to the sight. receive its lustG
from the soul within. not merely from its
W shape and coloring.
The soulful slows but Il never Gilt
tiers.
A woman's face should BE- capable o.
animation and rspose.
A man should beuars Of . face indi-
catfve Of nervous strain q wery.
There Is no rest or relaxation to b
found In the association OF such . woman.
mentally endowed and CON
plished b may be. yet the progressive
with ideals Of eonstancy must not
be led into a union with the woman Of
face. however beautiful. since
she will pail upon him as surely As . mo-
.notonous diet pals upon an ~epicurean ap-
petite.
First-Ioye. then cheerfulness, then ami
nation. then serenity-these expressions
form a womanly woman's face
1904 By ". R. Hearst. Great Bri.
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to be indifferent to the highest impulses
and the virtues so essential in

to be Indifferent to the highest impulses
and the virtues so essential in
a perfect woman nobly planned.
To warm. TO comfort and command.
Chatield describes a "coquette as u fe-
male general who builds her lame on her
advances a fame that is destined To pre-
mature decay and to bring the silly gen
eraf' all the ills to which flesh is heir.
One has only TO pick up any daily paper
to read innumerable tragedies that are the
sequels Of firtations.
How many innocent girls have fallen
victims TO this virtue-killing evil. yielding
to love of admiration and the wiles OF
some tempter. she finds too late that she
must reap the consequences of her folly in
sadness and tears, IL not in dishonor and
disgrace.
Coquetry was never prompted by any
noble or righteous aim 1t has generally
been born of conceit and personal vanity
and has for its object the qualification o.
the most ignoble traits OF character.
Coauettes never brought from Otway his
lovely tribute to woman:
oh. woman. lovely woman, Nature made thee
To temper man: We had been brutes without
you.
Angels are painted fair. to be like you:
There's in you all that we believe Of heaven;
Amazing brightness. purity and truth,
Eternal JOY. and everlasting love-
Nor from Abraham Lincoln his immortal
words, All that I IN or can be, I owe to
my aged mother"
Or from John Quincy Adams his imper-
ishable acknowledgement of his gratitude
to his mother. A that I am my mother
made me-"
For the sake of the university II is to
be hoped that President Harper will make
haste to repudiate the. noxious doctrine
promulgated by Dean Tufts Few good
mothers would like to trust their daugh-
tiers to an influence so hurtful as h a
which would naturally follow such teach
ings-
Society has been sadly affected by the
indulgence of men and women In danger
Gus and demoralizing hirtations. the d.
vorce courts furnishing proofs Of their
banefui consequences There are plenty
prone to the practice without professors
and teachers recommending 1t as a source
of DEVELOPMENT of abilities.
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LIMITATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
AN ABUNDANT HARVEST OF UNHAPPINESS.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The scientific status of irritation was
recently discussed by Dean James H.
Iufts Of the University Of Chicago:
'Coquetry Is a training Of the abilities
which one needs in serious life. II is not
merely an outlet for the dissipation Of the
surplus energies. but 1t tends to the de-
Veiopment OF the higher and intellectual
faculties"
The above is without exception one OF
me most remarkable utterances from an
educator that l remember to have ever
read.
II Is. of course. well understood that
there has been much discussion on this
subject OF c~o-education in the university.
i~houghtiul persons have felt GLAD to
think that President Harper had caused
certain restrictions to be placed upon the
too free intermingling of the students.
Giving expression to such ideas one
should think would not gain the support
OF desirable people for the university. Ii
Is so Numerically opposite to what a ma
1ority consider propriety tina its legiti-
mate effect would be to cause adverse
criticism.
"Coquetry is n training of the abilities
which one needs in serious life" strikes
one as falacious in the extreme. On the
contrary. II has always been thought de-
moralizing in every sense Of the word. and
1t was considered the root OF many evils
In the character. especially of women. CO.
quetry being responsible for the abundant
harvest OF u~nhappiness many of them
have reaped from silly firtations.
Weosters definition Of coquetry is as fol-
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SUMMER OF 1904 is LIKELY TO
BE SEASON OF MANY CYCLONES

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The recent tornadoes In Texas, Arkan-
sas. Kentucky and other States reminds
US that We are at the beginning Of an
other tornado season. but in this case 1t
is very probable that the tornadoes will
have been known for i number of years
past
There is some mysterious connection
between the prevalence OF t~ornadoes and
the condition of the sun A new sun spot
period Is now beginning and it is likely
to be more pronounced in Its effects upon
the earth than any period In the past
twenty or thirty years But It Is impos-
sible to say yet exactly how the forces
which produce spots Upon the sun cause
toraadoes TO be more common In the at
mosphere Of the United States.
I say atmosphere Of the United States
because 1t Is a singular thing that this
terrific III OF storm comparatively seldom
occurs In other parts Of the world. It may
almost be called q speciality Of American
weather.
More than that the localities where tor.
nadoes occur are pretty definitely marked
on the map. There Is a decided ornado
belt beyond the limits Of which these
storms are either ~infrequent or never
happen at all. This belt begins this side
of the One Hundredth Meridian. or neal
the eastern edge OF the great continental
plateau. Il sweeps down the Missouri
Valley. across the Mississippi and the
Southern States, especially Northern Ala
bama. Georgia and South Carolina
The greatest center for these storms Is
around the junction Of the Mississippi.
Ohio and Missouri valleys. They never
occur In the Allegheny Mountains. but
are occasionally known In New York and
New England. But their frequency Is so
much greater in the region Of the Missis-
sippi River n the great wheat prairtes
and corn lands Of the Middle West that
one naturally connects them in his mind
with tina part Of the
The connection between tornadoes and
ordinary storm areas - q very significant
one. For some reason tornadoes always
occur along the southeastern border Of an
area Of low pressure, or what Is called BY
the weather men a cyciortc area
The reason. they occur theirs 10 because
IT Is only in such q situation that a moist
warm wind Is likely 10 force its way un-
derneath q mass Of cold air lying at a
height OF a thousand feet OF more above
the surface Of the earth.
On the southeastern edge ef . cycionic
area. which edge. In the ordinary storms
that cross the United States. Is usually
situated within what has just been de-
scribed as the cyclone belt. the prevailing
winds are from the south and are likely
TO bring considerable moisture from the
Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic.
These winds hurrying in toward the low
center of the storm are apparently thrust
underneath the cold air which Is brought
from the northwest by the winds '
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The speed with which a tornado ad-
vances varies from twenty to as high a.
lfty miles an hour. h path Of destruc-
ton. tina Is to say, the Width Of the tor
nadic funnel at the point where II touches
the ground, commonly varies from 2
hundred to three hundred yards. Thus
such . storm may sweep through a town
of considerable size, making a narrow
pathway within which every building has
been destroyed and the trees and the
shrubbery leveled while at a short dis
lance aside from the path very little de-
struction may have been wrought. Tit
length Of a tornado's path varies from q
mile up to nifty miles or moro.
One thing which adds q special element
of terror to a tornado seen rushing across
a level country Is the peculiar motions Of
the funnel-shaped cloud. It swings about
In q most cratic and wilful way. some
times skipping . house which a moment
before had seemed to be doomed to GER
tain destruction and rushing down upon
some other building which had seemed to
be situated safely aside from its path.
Then, too. the funnel Of a tornado win
sometimes make the most extraordinary
leaps through the air, suddenly quitting
the ground, springing up nve hundred or
a thousand feet, only to come down again
a few hundred rods further on and re-
sumo its work of destruction.
Although the location Of tornadoes on
the southeastern quadrant OF . cyclonic
area Is q Well-established fact, 1t Is not
possible to predict any particular tornado
except from strictly local data People
who live In the tornado belt are well ac-
uuainted with the characteristic state and
Appearance OF the atmosphere when .
tornado Is imminent. The sudden quiet,
apparent waiting Of nature, all these
things are phenomena that have often
been observed.
Copyright. 1904. By W.. R. Hearst. Great
Rrtsfn riRhts renerrod.
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resenting the actual daily accomplishment of the
school. There are twelve leaf cabinets for this ex-
hibit, made up OF forty mounted frames In which Is
shown every branch OF the academic, art and me-
chanical work that finds place in shops and factories
employing women and children
Next Sundays Magazine is replete with instruc-
ton and entertainment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

|, From The Republic. Nay .. lsA
Patrolman Schmidt killed . dog
that had bitten Mrs. Mary Freitag
OF No. aos North Broadway.
The Mound City Cricket Club an-
nounced through Mr.. Treloar that
a match nad been made with .
Springfield. Mo-, team.
W. A H. Harris. secretary OF the
Kansas State Tsmperancs Union.
and vice president Of the National
Christian Temperance Union. ar
!, rived In 81. Louis on his way TO
the East on q lecture tour.
A meeting Of liquor dealers was
held at the Lindell Hotel for the
purpose OF fighting . proposed
liquor taxation Among those pres
ent were: Grinith Prather, p. q.
Gerhart and B. H. Engeike.
The suit Of David r. Boogher
against the Maryland Life Insur-
ance Company Of Baltimore was
commenced before Judge Ldndlcy.
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Patriots are glad that the American flag floats
over the route Of the Panama Canal. But their
pleasure should not be construed as 4 desire for the
sudden and mysterious establishment of additional
republics. They are more than satisfied with the
govenment-building business.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

The I5-yearold bridegroom who took unto him.
self a 6o-year-old bride, with thirteen children, may
confidently look for an interesting denouement.
There are fourteen reasons why he should have a
jolly freside.
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ssH.ra-Kiri,v Xot aHari-Kari.-

To the Editor Of the New York Sun: sir-I notice in
all the newspapers. including the Sun. to-day. that the
japanese suicide by cutting open the abdominal walls. or
disemooweiment. is referred to under the spelling .hara-
kari" The correct term Is 'fhara-kin," pronounced With
the accent on the second syllable. and not hairy -kairy."
As many Of the laps from now on In the fight with Rus
STA, when defeated. will be doomed to show their ma
tional CHARACTERISTIC as CUTTERS" and commit this sui
eide Of happy despatch" We should be more accurate
in our allusion to it.
'Hari-kari' means. II anything. "glass-goose." which
is nonsense. 'Hari-kiri." the correct term, means belly
cut"
A japanese in victory is one thing; In adversely quite
another. In the first instance he Is bumptious. cocky. a
boastful braggart: In defeat. the worst kind of a coward,
tally and physically. NJ D..
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

The Married Mems Antieuchre and Home Pres
ervation Society is a new social organization which
has come into existence in Bayonne. y. J. Predic-
tons as to it's future will be reserved for later de-
veiopments.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

Local walters are a~ssertive. But much will be
forgiven if they will not strike for larger tips. A
little money is needed for rent.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

Senator Aldrich's assertion that the tariff will be
the Issue in the next campaign is a reflex of public
opinion. As the issue is construed by the people
the tariff is the Republican party.
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Dvorak.. New World SYMPHONY.

- UTh oUUE
The death Of Antonin Dvorak. the distinguished Bo-
hemian composer, recalls the curious critical contro-
versy over his symphony, From the New World" which
he composed while a resident of this country. Doctor
Dvorak believed that the way to give national color to
music was to initiate the melodic and harmonic idioms
oil It's FOLK song He wished to write an American SYM
phony, and the only folk song he could find In this
country was the plantation melody Of the negro. So he
initiated that In his themes. That is. he said he did, and
the ieadins critics OF this city accepted his Statement,
heard the symphony. and decided that It bore out its
makers assertion Leading critics OF Boston promptly
decided that Doctor Dvorak's themes were not negro
but Bohemian. that there was no such thing as negro
foik song, anyhow, and that II there was, 1t was not
American. The symphony was first performed in New
York. and therefore became a man Of straw. There was
not much left OF that symphony after Boston was
through with 1t. but II is still performed occasionally in
this city by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

The selection of the former Secretary of Wal for
temporary chairman of the Republican National
Convention signifies that he probably did 60 TO New
York to Root for President Roosevelt.
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The Car ought to end the war ut once. Japan
has won in q university debate In st. Louis.
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Western cattle-growers have organized to fgh
the meat trust, and the public still is in doubt.
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And said W. B. Carr further says that the number Of
copies returned and reported unsold during the month of
APRIL was SIS per cent. W. b CARR
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3oth day Of
April. J. +. PARISH,
Notary Public. City Of st. Louis. Mo.
Ny term expires April Is. 1sos.
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GOLF.

Tell US not In testing measures
Golf is but a foolish fad;
It's the chiefest Of earth's pleasures
He that rails at golf Is mad
Golf is glorious. golf is royal.
Yet in getting to the hole
Pits and bunkers oft destroy all
0f tho zaodnaSs 4 .ro,,r sarl =,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-11-25
List Of Casualties.

REPORTS from Kinnaketa on the Car
Dina coast tell of a tidal wave wash
ing a house away. Two lives are known
to have been lost.
The thirteen-year-old son OF Joseph
Adamson of Pilot Mound, Iowa, was &C
.cidentally shot. A playmate held a
gan which he didn't know was loaded
The boy is very low.
One man was killed, n probably
fatally injured, and seven others seri-
p~sly hurt in the explosion of a switch
engine of the Southern railway In that
company's yards at East st. Louis.
Three hundred men and boys en-
ployed in a fve-story building on the
Bowery, New York, were thrown into
a panic by fire. but by prompt work on
the part of the fremen all escaped.
Daniel Vancise of Garland, Pa, and
his twenty-two-year-old daughter nave
fallen over a high cliff at Rock River.
q suburb of Cleveland. The young
woman was killed. Vancise was bad
ly injured. I
Nine persons were killed and ten
or fifteen injured, two fatally, IN a
head-on collision between a Union Pa
cifc w%est-bound passenger train and
an east-bound extra freight west OF
Azuas, Wyo.
Katie Stummeyer Of Carroll, Iowa, is
lead as the result of a heroic and sue
cessful attempt to save her little
brother from being u down by a
train. The little boy was not hurt,
but the girl, who "a thirteen years
old, failed to get out of the trains way
and was instantly killed.
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PlTn OF THE NEWS
CONDENSED NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
In the Capital.

Affairs of the Indians living in the
La Pointe agency may be placed in
the hands Of bonded school superin-
tendents and the agency abolished"
1t is reported that the president will
send to the senate the appointment OF
Robert J.. Wynne, now postmaster gen
eral, to be consul general at London
This Office is now held by Henry Clay
Evans of Tennessee, who. it is said, is
% be transferred to Washington and
-iven the cabinet post made vacant
)y Wynne's transfer.
President Roosevelt has removed
rom Office Frank H. Richards, United
States marshal for the Nome district
n Alaska, and has requested the res
g~nation Of Judge Alfred S. Moore of
he Nome district and Melville c.
Brown of the Juneau district. This
lction is the result of the investigation
If the Alaska judiciary recently made
~ Assistant Attorney General Day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-11-25
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers,

ST. Paul, Nov. %. = Wheat - No. 1
Northern, s1.1761.1S IA; No. 2 North
ern, $1.12@1.13 So; No. 3, slM1.07 So
Corn-No. 3 yellow. sc. Oats-No. ;
white, % 1-2G29c.
Minneapolis. Nov. 23.-Wheat-No.
l hard. s1.16 IL; No. l Northern,
s1.14 1-2: No. 2 Northern. s1.09G1.10
Oats-No. 3 white, % 3-Sc.
Duluth, Nov. %. - Wheat - No. l
Northern, $1.15 IA; No. 2 Northern
S1.07 IA: fax, $1.16 IL; rye, 70 1-2c.
Milwaukee, Nov. %. = Wheat-No.
l Northern, $1.14@1.15; No. 2 North
ern, $1.09@1.13. Rye - No. 1. So IL
Barley-No. 2. 55c. Oats-standard
81 1-2G32c. Corn-No. 3, Sc , "a 59c.
Chicago. Nov. %. = Wheat - No. 2
red, $1.16@1.1S: No. 3 red, $l.l2@1.15:
No. 2 hard, $1.11@1.14; No 3 hard.
$1.O3@1.12; No. / Northern, $1.17 @
1.2O; No. 2 Northern. S1.le q LA
Corn-No. 2. 81 1-2@54 3-4c. Lats--No
2, 29c.
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. %. - Cattle
-Beevcs, $3.50@5.75: cows. bulls and
mixed. s2.20@3.25; stockers and feed.
ers, $2.75@3.70; calves and yearlings,
$3.50 "a 1925. Hogs Bulk, $i.7O %
Chicago, Nov. %. = Cattle-Good to
4.sO.
prime steers, $5.50W6.35; stockers and
feeders, 81 a 4; cows, $2.15 q 4.24:
heifers, $265; calves, $307.50. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $4.6564.S7 1-2;
bulk of sales, $4.65@4.SO. She.p-Good
to choice wethers. $3.5O@4.1h: native
lambs, $4,000; Western lambs. s.
$3.50.
South ST. Paul, Nov. %. - Cattle -
Good to choice steers. $3.50 a 6;
good to choice cows and heifers. $3.50
@3.25; butcher bulls. $2.25@3; vaals
81 @ s; good to choice stock ,teers
$3.50 q $40; good to choice stocf
cows and heifers, s1.5O@225; good to
choice mich cows, $3004D. hogs
Range price, $4.30G4.65; bulk. $4.4o
@4.45. Sheep-Good to choice lambs
1866 a 5; fair to good, s4.25G 4.65;
good to choice yearling ~wethers, $3.4o
q 1856; good to choice ewes, $3.50 @
$50.
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Grimes and Criminals.

Four unmasked men robbed a bank
at Boxholm, Iowa. The robbers got
1900. Officers are in pursuit
Among the ruins of his burned home
at South Bend, Ind, the body Of John
r. Perkins was found by neighbors-
The head was crushed and the body
dismembered.
Because he overloaded a borrowed
mule and was reprimanded for ii, 10
seph Smith shot and killed James Cas-
sidy, the owner Of the mule, at Lester,
Raleigh county, W. Va
President w. ". Leighton and Cash
Ter C. H. Churchill Of the Lima tOhio>
Savings Bank and TT lst company,
which recently failed, were arrested,
charged with the embeZzlement OF
S27.3 1929. Both gave bonds.
Because he gave his wife a costly
funeral for which he did not LAY. G..
P. Wright of Atlanta, Ca, has been
given a sentence of twelve months in
the p%enitentiary. The undertaken had
Wright indicted for obtaining goods
under false pretenses and his convic-r
ton and sentence followed.
The safes in the George w. Sawles
and C. w. McLennan's general stores
at DIVA, Man., we're broken into and
q large amount of cash secured; ST.
300 Of the Western Elevator company's
money was taken from the Sawles
safe and about $3.50 from McIennan's.
A parcel containing $500 was over
looked by the burglars.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-11-25
WATERLOO DOCTOR FINED.
Example Made Of Buckley, Who Did
Not Report Diseases.

Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 23.-Dr. G. G..
Buckley, one of the oldest and most re-
spected practitioners of this city, was
arrested and called before Mayor
Martin to answer to the charge Of
n~eglecting to report contagious dis
$40. The case is a test in the city
where many physicians have not COM
piled with the city ordinances, families
where diphtheria prevails not wishing
to be placed under quarantine. Here
after cases will be promptly reported.