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The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26
A Tariff on Animals.

City of Mexico, Sept. 6.-Th'
 Mexican government has revised
 article 1;of its customs tariff, where in living animals are made free o
 duty, and has imposed heavy duties on imported cattle, swine, sheep mules and goats, a measure tha
 can not fail to have a most disas i trous effect on the business of sup plying this city with meat from the United States. This business has already grown to large proportions and the railway companies have provided special stock and refrige' rator cars to meet the growing wants of this profitable trade. Now the government steps in and places a duty of 10 cents per kilogram (24 pounds) on fresh meat and $3 on each beef animal, S2.25 on pigs, $2 on mules and 5 cents on sheep. This goes into effect November 1.
 Fl Paso, Tex, Sept. 8.-Judge J. F. Crosby, vice-president of the Corrallitos Mining company, and who has large interests in Mexico in speaking of the action of the Mexican government in placing heavy duty on cattle, swine, mules, sheep and goats, which have here tofore been on the free list when imported for breeding purposes, said: 'It is no more than we might expect. It is Mexico's first retalia- ton in exchange for prohibitory duty on ore, which will eventually bar the doors of Mexico against American trade, but I don't blame Mexico. She is justified in the move, and would do herself an in- justice if she failed to respond to the lead made by the United States government. But just wait. The effect east will be felt when Mexico bars American machinery"
 Collector Magoffin said: "Ar- mour & Go. of Chicago will feel the effect of this move. They are establishing packing houses in the City of Mexico, and have contract ed for 2,000 Texas beeves, the duty on which will amount to $6,000, a price they cannot afford to pay"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

Nothing is more easy than to grow rich. It is only to trust mo- body; to befriend none: to stint ourselves and everybody belonging to us; to be the friend of no man, and have no man for our friend to heap interest upon interest, cent upon cent to be mean miserable, despised, for some twenty or thirty years; and riches will follow as sure as disease and disappointment. And pretty nearly enough wealth is collected by a disregard of all the charities of the human heart, and at the expense of every enjoyment, save that of wallowing in filthy meanness.-The College Pen.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

MT. Edward Bellamy's political novel, Looking Backward" is we'll named. Any tendency toward the communalform of government such as that presented by MT. Bellams is progressing backward. The state which affords the greatest opportun- ity for individual development and achievement, which protecting the rights of all, is the highest attain ment of civilization.-St. Louis ost-Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

Deborah Powers, the senoir part
 ner in the bank of D. Powers & Sons, Lansingburg, N. r., and na- tive of New York, was 99 years old a short time since. She is in full possession of all her faculties, and still feels a lively interest in current events. For more than half a cen tury she has been actively engaged in business.
 Miss Isabella Bird, the dauntIess little English woman, who has tray eled alone in so many out of the way countries and written fascina- ting accounts of her adventures and observations is married to a bishop. The King of Siam has awarded her the order of "Kapolani," in recog- milton of her literary work.
 Bernhard Gillian, the chief cari- cature of Judge, is only 32 years old. He tried to make living by painting pictures, but the public would not buy them. Then he smashed his pictures and turned wood engraver until he discovered that he could draw a caricature that would make man with the lock- jaw laugh.
 J. B. Watson, the Australian quartz reef king, died recently at Sydney at the age of GA. He was a native of Paisley, Scotland, and emigrated with his fathers family to Sydney, and atterward to California and Sandhurst, and finally to the Ben- digo gold mine, where he madeaa fortune estimated at 940.000000- $2OO,OOO,OOO.
 w hen MT. Andrew Clark entered London Hospital as an assistant he was in poor health. 'Poor Scotch beggar," said one of the faculty, "let him have a place; he cannot possibly live more than 6 months" He is now, after these many years of eminent service, Sir Andrew Clark, perhaps the most famous physician in England.
 MT. Wick, of Chelsea, England, is the father of a peculiar infant prodigy. His daughter Nelly, four years of age, recently shaved five men inside of 30 minutes for sill yer medal. She performed the ope- ration very neatly and had ten min utes to spare, spending about four minutes upon each victim. It IS seldom that the fire of genius burns so brightly in so small a Wick.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

The officers of several of the Eu- ropean steamers running to this port are trying to suppress gam bling by passengers. The rules against it have been strictly en- forced upon some of the lines, but entirely disregarded upon others. It has been found by long experience that it is a hard business to deal with on the seas, just as it is on the dry land,-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

According to the Medical World the nerve cells of the brain are good for only about two months, and every healthy human being changes his entire cerebral outfit about six times a year. Now that accounts for something's heretofore inexpli- cable, and at least hints at the req son why some people in this world never pursue any definite line of action more than two months at a time. So, instead of saying T have changed my mind" it would be more scientifically proper to say, My brain has been changed"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

A contemporary, while gravely calling attention to typographical error in which "kiss" is substituted for "kin" in MT. c. D. Warmers great novel in Harper's Monthly. falls into one of it's own much more comical, when it gives the title of this serial as Little Johnnie in the World" instead of "A Little Journey in the World" d."-Boston Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

The traveller in an English rail- way carriage now drops penny in the slot and gets an electric light to read by. Now why not drop dime in the slot in the theatres and get a chance to "see man" without leaving your seat? That would be a popular invention with those who sit on the outside seats.-Bostan Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

Sir Thomas Esmonde, who re- gently visited this country in behalf of the Irish Nationalist agitation, is about to be married to an Irish girl in Australia, where he now is.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

The indignant Hadji Hassein Ghooly Khan will be succeeded as Persian ambassador at Washington by Ammu Abdallah, who is said to be the fattest man in Persia. His weight is stated to be 347 pounds.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26
Items of a Personal Character.

Shah is judge.
 Thomas Harrison, the venerable "boy preacher" is holding a reviva at Merrick, L. I. This Harrison is a democrat.
 Edward Everett Hale says that when he was in college he and his chum took the first daguerreotype ever made in Boston.
 Secretary Windom enjoys a so. cial game of whist, but he has the strongest objection even to the smallest monetary stakes.
 Kate Field has resumed her ad- vocacy of California wines. She says she cannot be driven from the arena by prohibitionists.
 One of the richest men in Boston is Nathaniel Thayer, whose estate amounts to $15,OOO,OOO. He is a young man of fine ability and the best of habits.
 Joaquin Miller is described as "a slender, sparely built man we'll along in years, with long, yellowish white hair that lays on his should CTS in curls."
 Boston proposes to erect statues of heroic size in bronze to the mem- ory of Admiral Farragut and Gene rals Grant and Sheridan, the last mentioned to be equestrian.
 Samuel and John Nice, of Ger mantown, Pa., are twins who have nearly reached their S5th birthday. They are in good health and are still inclined to have a nice time in this world.
 William E. Gladstone has only three fingers on his left hand. For ty-seven years ago his index finger was shot off by premature explo- sion while loading his gun in the hunting field,
 Prof. J. F. Mahaffy, of Trinity College, Dublin, now featuring at Chautauqua, is Home Ruler and one of the finest of Irish wits. He speaks with a delightful north of Ireland brogue.
 Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe amuses herself greatly with five pets, of which she is particularly fond. These are two pugs and three cats, Bosco, a big tortoise shell tabby, being her special favorite.
 Miss Ethel NJ. Mackenzie, daugh- ter of Sir Morell Mackenzie, has taken up journalism as profession or pastime. She has begun by playing the roll of correspondent to American newspapers.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes says that in reviewing his life he finds that he has taken more interest in sur gery than in poetry, but he realizes that his fame will rest upon the eff forts of his pen, not of his knife.
 The author of Home, Sweet Home," as every one knows, died without home. Now George w. Allen, of Ohio, the author of the homestead law, has no homestead of his own and is dying in poverty. Over a grocer's shop in James street, Westminster, which Clad stone passes every time he goes to St. Stephens, is big sign, "Par- nell's Bacon for the Times" It is a bona fde business announcement, with no political significance,
 Somebody asked Miss Susan B. Anthony recently if it did not tire her to shake so many hands at the various receptions given her. "Yes, it does tire me-" she replied, quick ly, "but not so much as it did twen- ty years ago to stand alone with no hands to shake"
 On the occasion of the former visit of the Shah to England he
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26
Territorial Clippings.

ever recorded by the united States
 Signal Service was at Fort M0hayt
 in July last, where the thermome
 ter registered 120 degrees. The high
 est previously noted was 119 at Mo
 have, McDowell and Yuma.-Silvel
 Belt.
 The entries of land under the Florence Canal now aggregate very nearly ninety thousand acres, of which fully ninety-eight per cent can be covered with water. About six thousand acres are under culti- vation and preparations are being made to prepare from ten to fifteen thousand acres the coming fall and winter. Of the acreage entered it is safe to estimate that seventy-five per cent will be cleared and titled within the next two years and large ly planted to fruits.-Florence En- terprise.
 { The big black stallion which was stolen from Henry Shultz by Mexi- cans few months ago, has been re- turned to the owner through the
 
 vigilance of Sheriff Slaughter and his deputies. An account of the capture of this horse and one other other and the killing of the thief in Sonora a few weeks ago, is still fresh in the memory of the readers of the Prospector. Sheriff Slaugh- ter sent deputy into Sonora after the two animals. They were deliv- cred to the deputy by the Colonel who made the capture, and are now in the possession of the rightful owners again.-Tombstene Pros pector.
 The Arizona ear mark law is as follows: The ear mark of cattle or animals shall be made by cutting and shaping the ear or ears of ami mals so marked; but Tn no case shall the person so marking any animal mark the same by cutting both ears to point, or cropping off more than one-third of either ear, and any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be pun ished by fine of not less than one hundred dollars or by imprison- ment in the county jail for not less than one month nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 is roughly estimated that the Navajo Indians will shear over 100000 pounds of wool this fall. Last season they sheared about 100000 sheep, and the produce of wool from the shearing aggregated 2,100,000 pounds. The loss of sheep during the winter was largely exaggerated, and it is stated that the Indians will shear more sheep this fall than last. For several years the entire clip has been pur- chased by our local dealers, who are now making arrangements to nab this falls clip as soon as the shearing is over.-Albuquerque Citizen.
 Hon. George H. Daily, clerk of the district court of Cochise coun- ty, has returned from his trip to California. He has been looking into the business of fruit raising, and proposes to plant out large orchard of fruit trees on his desert land claim under the Florence ca nal in Pinal county. NIT. Daily has counted the costs and profits and probable contingencies of the busi- ness, and has concluded that the fruit industry is the safest and most profitable use he could his farm to and he is right, as there will be an ample market for the fruit, and that section of Pinal county is said to be admirably adapted to fruit cul- ture.-Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-26

Senator Ingalls,, ot Kansas, is spending his vacation in collecting a library.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-20
Keen Your Cows Clean.

Nothing looks much worse than a
COW covered with manure, q statement
that we will all agree with. For looks
sake the COW should be cleaned off.
But that is not all of it by any means.
Some of the filth is pretty apt to get
into the milk pail and if it does it's
effect can never be got out, There is
in some quarters an apparent idea that
the strainer oleanses milk. It will hold
the foreign particles that may be in it,
but of course it can not remove the
flavor that they had impaired, and the
milk absorbs flavor the moment il
comes in contact with it, and it 10
there to stay. The COW should be kept
g clean as she may be by brushing.
When the weather is warm: enough she
can be more thoroughly cleaned by the
use OF water. We would not advise its
use however in cold weather even IN a
warrA stable. There are plenty OF
COWS That are so covered with filth that
the averaNe customer would never buy
her milkaNf he could see the COW. =.
Western Rural. IS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-20
FARM AND FlRESlDE.

The corn plant is a gross feed or.
and the land can not be made too rich.
Artificial Matching is said to, leave
chickens absolutely free from lice. and
promotes, therefore, strong develop
lnent.
.-Cranberries, like apples, should be
used plentifully in the family. They
are not very costly, the supply in this
country is so great.
Gut out the canes from raspberries
literally and cut them low down. Too
many canes in hill will not produce
as we'll as few strong and stocky
ones.
Only sharp scissors should be used
in trimming lamp wicks if an even,
clear flame is wanted. The wick
should not be cut below the charred
portion, but just at the point of change.
What is wanted to make farming
successful is mon who have ambition
to make their calling honorae-> 49,;
do that, a man must know all that can
be known about his business and be
able. to do it.
Because they increase rapidly and
can, with good management, be made
to mature in short time, good hogs
will help out farmer who has got be-
hind financially better than any other
class of live stock.-Swineherd.
AN oyster omelet is quickly pre-
pared. Beat six eggs to light froth.
Add half cup of cream, salt and
pepper. Pour into frying-pan, with
tablespoonful of butter, and drop in
dozen large oysters. Fry a light
brown. Double over and send to the
table Immediately.
The apple crop is the one that
needs most care in handling to make
it profitable. This is contrary to Gus
tom, but is correct. Apples should be
handled like eggs and carefully sorted
into their grades; the first for market,
the second for sale as second grade or
for cellar; the third for cider or feed
! ing.-Independent.
1T is for their own good tn at we
should strive to inspire in every child
the spirit o: self help. If we would
not have them swell the great army of
helpless men and women who drift
| aimlessly through life, moro hangers
on of the busy, ambitious workers, we
must see to it that they acquire habits
of self-help and self-dependence while
children.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-20
CORN-EARS COOKED.

A New Wrinkle Which Is Becoming Quite
Popular i'll the Eas-.
It has been my pleasure to observe
from its inception new way of feed
ing corn to fattening cattle-new in
this locality at least. The corn is
simply boiled on the cob an hour or
less, and then fed in the ear. If boiled
too long the kernels will drop off, and
this is to be avoided. Boiling softens
both kernels and cob, and consequently
both are easily masticated, and the
animals eat it as easily as corn on the
cob when in the milky state. It has
been found that give the cattle all they
will eat they will neither scour nor
cloy. Not an indigested kernel is
found in their droppings, and these
smell like that of a sucking calf. When
fed dry and whole, whether on the cob
or off, a considerable portion of the
grain passes away entire, and this is
usually dead loss, and it is so With
raw meal, whether clear or corn-and-
cob meal, if the animals are fed high
with it, and it is also quite liable to
scour or cloy. The saving by this pro.
cess is ten per cent. for grinding, be-
sides the trouble of going to mill, and
very large saving in the fact that
every particle of the nutriment is ap-
propriated by the animals.
The claim of advocates of corn-and-
cob meal, that it gives desirable bulk,
whether the cob contains nutriment or
not, can here find full satisfaction, es-
pecially as it has been ascertained by
measurement that three bushels of dry
corn in the ear make four when boiled.
The feeder under consideration claims
saving of at least thirty per cent.
adding: mo more dry corn for me, il
you please, for any kind of stock" His
cattle do better on much less grain
than when fed dry. In the West, where
corn is low and cattle are fed out OF
doors, with hogs to follow them, boil
ing the corn would be no object but in
the East, where conditions are differ
ent, I regard it of almost vital i'm
portance This experience is sugges-
tive that old horses and COWS with
poor teeth, or no teeth at all, would
thrive upon boiled corn. for they could
crush the cob with their bare jaws,
and, once into the stomach, all would
digest. With my opportunities for
observation-the process being carried
on within fifty rods of my own door
and knowing it's value as I do. shall
expect to see the system adopted by
many careful feeders. -Galen Wilson.
in n. Y. Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-20
WIT AND WISDOM.

Better q little wit to lift the latch
than the strength of an OK to force the
gate.
There is nothing like running for
Office to cure man Of undue self
esteem. 'e - =: ~
The man with tpolished manners
rubs along easily through the world;
but it is because he rubs that he is
polished. ~.
If you can quietly wait while the
pearl is made you will gain the pearl
plus its value ten thousand times, viz,
patience.
Lille is not long enough to spend a
portion of it in scolding. John Wesley
said he would no more scold than BIAS
pheme. He considered them equal
sins.
There is no talent so useful towards
rising in the world, or which puts men
more out of the reach OF fortune, than
discretion, a species OF lower prudence.
Swift.
The fancies of men Change, and he
that loves to-day hateth tomorrow; but
let reason be thy schoolmistress, which
shall ever guide thee aright.-Sir W.
Raleigh.
Money and time are the heaviest
burdens of life, and the unhappiest Of
all mortals are those who have mora
of either than they know how to USE
Johnson.
The love which does not lead to
labor will soon die out, and the thank
fulness which does not embody itself in
sacrifices is already changing to in
gratitude.
The man who always tells the ex-
act truth in this world on every posi-
bic occasion may have clear con-
science, but he will never be popular
among his neighbors. - Somerville
journal.
WEAKNESS may sometimes come
from simple Incidence. It is a mistake
to suppose that only work brings weari-
ness. A life of bright activity and
eager service keeps back the food of
| ennui and WEAKNESS.
MANS free will is free will up to a
certain point only; he may choose what
he will think, say or do, but he can not
choose what the consequence of these
things shall be; these are fixed by a
law at once immutable and gracious.
There is burden of care in get
ting riches-fear in keeping them;
temptation in using them; guilt in
abusing them; sorrow in losing them;
and a burden of account at last to be
given up concerning them. Henry.
Pride, Immature and want of sense
are the three great sources of ill-man-
ners. Without some one of these de-
fects no man will behave himself i'll
for want of experience, or what, in the
language of fools, is called knowing the
| world. -Swift~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-20

As every reader OF this paper knows, it
has become one Of the fine arts to write at
tractive and interesting advertisements
especially medical ones.
Now it seems to us that If, for instance,
the worldwide advertisers of Warmers
Safe Remedies would adopt style where
by they could work in q startling story of,
say-wolves, we believe the immense sales
Of their medicines could be still more large
ly increased. We give them the benefit Of
the idea at any event. Let it commence
like this:
Patterl Patterl Patterl
There it is again. It is not fifty yards
from where he last halted. The steps are
too light for those of an Indian. A grizzly
would rush upon it's victim with roar of
defiance and anger. A panther would hurl
himself through thirty feet Of space, with
scream to unnerve the hardest hunter.
evolves" whispers the hunter, as howl
suddenly bursts upon his ear.
Wolves the gaunt grizzly wolves Of the
foot-hills-thin and poor and hungry and
savage-the legs tireless-the mouth full of
teeth which can crack the shoulder bone
of q buffalo. He can see their dark forms
fitting from point to point-the patter Of
their feet upon the parched grass proves
that he is surrounded-yet no more in dan
ger, and no more effectually surrounded
than he who trifles with the symptoms of
kidney disease. And you, reader, know
whether or not you are a victim to Its in
sidious encroachment. If your back aches,
if your eyesight is failing, il your appetite
is tickle, if your urine is not clear and of q
pale straw color, do not hesitate on the
prairie of danger, but fee to the nearest
hovor nf eafafv and rooort ~ tho in
known cure for kidney and liver troubles,
Warmers Safe Cure. It is duty you owe,
not only to yourself but to your family and
society at large.
Delays are dangerous.
Had the traveller not been overtaken in
the night, and unarmed, the wolves would
have had no terrors for him. We warn
you just now, in broad daylight, before the
wolves of disease sink their poisoned fangs
deeply into your flesh and the night OF
death settles down upon you, to stop your
ears to prejudice and bigotry, and to fly to
safety through the means we have pointed