The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-02-16


And yet owls in some things are
like other mortals. The Grand
Passion of an owl, a serious affair
only to be witnessed under the
shadows of night, has been exquis-
itely described by an English writer.
He tells how the lover approaches,
making lowly gesticulatiOns, as if
| to
Honour the shadow OF the shoe-t:e,'
of the prim, quaker-like figure, that
only now and then slowly turns
her head towards the worsh;pper
when she thinks she is not observed,
instantly turning it away when she
thinks she is, land occasionally snap
ping with her bill when apprehen-
sive that he is going to be rude.
Some Of us have witnessed, perhaps
taken part in, exactly similar scenes
when the actors were not owls.
We often hear and speak of I'M
Gle Sam and Brother Jonathan.
Let us see how these facetious
names have arisen. Uncle Sam
Wilson was a government inspector
of supplies during the war OF 1912.
The articles which he approved
were marked U. s., then Il new sign
for the United States but the work
mem supposed they were the initials
of Uncle Sam-hence the soubri-
.Guet. AS TO Brother Jonathan, the
original was Jonathan Trumbull,
Governor of Connecticut, of whom
Washington thought so highly that,
when in a difficulty, he used to re-
mark eve must consult Uncle
Jonathan" We all know the de-
rivation of the word Yankee. What
about Yankee Doodle? Well, the
song Yankee Doodle" originally
Nankee Doodle, dates from Crom-
Wells time, and it was the Protec-
tor himself who stuck Il feather in
his hat. Maccaronis, as we know,
were handles. Some genius has
traced Yankee Doodle to the Per-
sian phrase yankee dooniah, or in
habitants of the New World and,
indeed, "yanghidunia" is the Per-
sian name for America.
That the sign $ has nothing to
DO with U. S. is perhaps too well
known to require mention here. 1t
is copy OF the design on the old
Spanish dollar, which represents
the Pillars of Hercules the scroll
round the pillars probably indicat-
ing tie scIpents which Hercules
strangled while yet child IN his
cradle.
John Bull was famous English
musical composer of the time of
Queen Bcss, whose rapid compost
ton while travelling incognlto in
Europe, led to the remark that the
author must be either the devil or
John Bull (the Englishman.)
Protectionists please note. Last
year $4,000 miles of rail were laid
or renewed in the United States.
for which, a competent authority
says, the railway companies paid
81 $50 per mile more than they
would have paid were the tariff re-
moved. Thus for the benefit of
few manufacturers, tax of $685.
100000 is levied on the travelling
public and those who otherwise use
our roads.
a gigantic enterprise is said to be
on foot. Several of our million
aires, the Rothschilds, the Duke Of
Westminster. and other wealthy
men being the organizers. The
scheme includes packing houses,
granaries, butter factories, etc, to
be built in Minnesota and else
the proceeds along with live
cattle to be shipped direct to Staten /
Island, where large docks will be
constructed, and whence special |
steamers will carry it to Barron-in-
Furness. There again slaughter
houses, tanneries, ETC., will be built
and the food products distributed