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The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28
Crime and Criminals.

Dr. Talmage is the only man O.
 note who positively denies that crime is on the increase. He de
 clares that the country is growing better, and thinks that we shall be all right in another century. Others
 however, say that the outlook is dark. Crime costs our people per haps $1O0,000,000 a year. We have 5O,OO0 convicts in our penitentiaries, and fully 500,OOO prisoners pass through our county jails in the course of ayear. Few of the crim- inals ever reform. Some good men take the position that they can not be reformed. Female criminals especially are regarded as a tough lot. Elbridge Gerry, man of great experience, says that not more than one out of five hundred loose women can be reformed, but he admits that something might possibly be done with those under the age of sixteen. Various causes are suggested as the sources of crime. Some say pov- erty, while others say rum, gam bling, or inborn vicious tendencies. 1 IS enough to know that we have reached the high-water mark. In 1850 we had one criminal to every 30.442 of population; in 1860, one to every 1.647 in 1870, one to every 1921 in 1880, one to every S37. So we go, and if we are are to follow the sliding scale downward there will come time when ever person in the country will be on the black list. What are we going to do about it.-Atlantic Constitution.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28
The Market for Texas Beef.

It appears that, to some extent, there is a new market opening for Texas cattle, large shipments hay ing been made recently to the City of Mexico from the southern part of the state. The demand or de- sire in Mexico for Texas cattle has ever been great, so great in some cases that the animals would be driven across the Rio Grande with out any contract or sale having been entered into. But the trans actions of late are legitimate ones and the City of Mexico, not being able to get needed supplies from her own ranchmen, is buying heav- fly of Texas people. The Del Rio Record, of recent date, referring to the matter, says: "Mr. Anthony Frost, a young stockman of the Pecos, says he intends to ship all his beef cattle to the City of Mex ico in the future. MT. Will Blocker, we'll known to Texas stockmen, is now buying and shipping cattle to Mexico. He has @ six months con- tract with dealers in the City of Mexico to supply them with 1000 head per week. He gets $20 per head for good COWS. He is filling his cont.ac from along the Rio Grande country. MT. Ike Stevens, another extensive stock dealer, who has for years past operated in north ern Texas, has also forsaken the Chicago and Kansas City markets, and turned his attention to the City of Mexico.
 "Whether the new outlet for Tex as cattle Is to be permanent or tenn porary has yet to be determined. But be that as it may, even a tenn porary wedding out of the surplus stock at fair prices is of benefit to southwest Texas. At any rate it is a matter worth looking into by oth- CT stockmen who wish to dispose of cattle. Fort Worth Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28
Five Good Indians.

On Monday evening last, at the camp of Chilchuana on the San Carlos river, fourteen miles north of the San Carlos agency, the noble red man again amused himself in the bloodthirstY manner common to this much abused" specimen of mankind by a tiswin drunk, with the result that there are now five less Indians. A buck known as Tonto, his father and one of his squaws, were killed outright. John Closkclay's son was shot in the right breast, and an old Indian was spear ed through the back both of whom have since died. When the brawl commenced to wax warm, Chief Chilchuana and his immediate fol- lowers withdrew, leaving the parti cipants to fight to a finish, which they did in a manner quite satisfac- to the civilized population of the vicinity. No arrests have been made by the authorities they evi- dently thinking we have five more good Apaches.-Stockman
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28

The Wilcox Stockman says 'The sale of the Silver Leaf and Silver Top mines, located north of Grant and owned by the Morris brothers. of this place, will un- doubtedly be consummated at an early date. The mines were bond ed a couple of months ago to Col. Geo. Robenson and Major Fred Smith, of Tucson, and this week Colonel Robenson arrived here, ac- companied by Judge Luke Palmer, an expert representing some Bur lington, Iowa, capitalists, and with Mir. T. D. Morris, went to the mines. Judge Palmer was very favorably impressed with them, and it is ex- pected tn tt when he returns to Bur lington { he is now en route tl.ere and makes his report, the sale will be closed"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28
Presidential Appointments.

Those familiar with the Madison Papers" and with "Niles's Regis ter" will recall that, when our Fed eral Constitution, of which we brag so much, was a-making, young boy, who was delegate from New York, insisted that the President must appoint the officers. Being pressed by Madison and others, who wanted to handicap the Presi- dent he took his gloves of, so to speak, and faced the issue with the bold statement that the President must be able to control the Con- gross, and that he could only do it through a judicious exercise of the appointive power. NIT. Hamilton carried his point. Some Presidents since his time have departed from the views which he expressed, and each one of them has come to grief. The latest was Grover Cleveland. In the inaugural address of Benja min Harrison there is to be noted the following passage: "The duty devolved by law upon the President to nominate and, by and with the consent of the Senate, to appoint all public officers whose appoint ment is nCt otherwise provided for in the Constitution or by act of Congress, has become very burden some, and its wise and efficient dis charge full of difficulty. The civil list is so large that a personal knowledge of any large number of the applicants is impossible. The President must rely upon the rep resentation of others. Since then there has been a semi-oficial an- nouncement that no application for office will be considered unless in produced, recommended, or indorsed by the member of Congress or the
 Senator who represents the district or the State from which the appli
 S&tion comes. Alexander Ramil- ton was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all the statesmen that this country has bred. If Ben jamin Harrison is modelling himself Gn that type, it is time for Demo- crats to try and learn something themselves.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28

her side, but instead of sinking her deeper in disgrace, he proposed marriage, and second time in her short life she was led to the altar.
 She and her husband are living happily on the property of the first husband, and when he is made ac- quainted with these facts he may make up his mind to take a hand in the management of afairs.-S.F. Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28

The Albuquerque Citizen has news from the- Navajo country that the Indians will commence shearing their immense focks about the first of April. Last season they sheared about 100000 pounds of wool, and it is said that this season the output will be increased nearly 50O,- GOO.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28

Several Indians belonging to a tribe ID the Indian Territory are searching at Moor's Hill, six miles from Columbus, Indiana, for treas ure which, according to traditions and records of the tribe has been buried there.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28

The idea is being promulgated in Tucson of organizing an Anti Treating Society,"" The acquire ments to be that no member be- longing to said society shall either treat or allow himself to be treated at public bar-room.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28

Wm. Larkins, Clerk of the Dis trict Court of Mohave county, was accidentally shot last week while going to a dance. He received quite 2 serious wound,
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28
Deep Sea DeSOlati0n.

which some writers, shave drawn of
 the ocean bed, it's desolation, at
 least in it's deepest parts, must be
 extreme. Beyond the first mile is
 vast desert of slime and ooze,
 upon which is constantly dripping
 a rain of dead carcasses from the surface, which carcasses supply the nourishment for the scanty fauna inhabiting the abyssal region-in
 some places more than five miles
 from the sunshine-and the micro scope reveals that the slimy matter covering the deepest ocean bed is
 very similar in composition to the ancient chalk of the cetaceous pe-
 riod, while mixed with it here and there are minute metallic and mag netic bodies which have proved to be dust from meteorites. At long distances a phosphorescent light gleams from the head of some pass ing fish, which has strayed thither from a higher and happier zone. But it is not until we have mounted a good deal nearer the surface that the scene changes for the better. We now meet with forests of bril- liantly colored sponges, while the phosphorescent animals swimming about are much more numerous, and the nearer we get to the littoral zone more and more phosphores- cent light appears, till at length the scene becomes truly animated. When only 1,200 feet separate us from the sunshine we come upon the first seaweed and kelp (1,200 feet is the deepest limit of plant life in water), but we must rise still another 1000 feet and more, and get as near the top as 130 feet be- fore we find any reef-building CO., rals. As plants do not live in deep sea, the deep7sea animals either prey on one another or get their food from dead organisms and plants which sink down to the bottom. Thus Maury says: "The sea, like the snow cloud with it's flakes in a calm, is always letting fall upon it's bed showers of microscopic shells" An experiment proves that tiny shell would take about a week to fall from the surface to the deepest depths. Since sunlight does not penetrate much farther than the littoral zone there would be beyond this perpetual darkness, but for phosphorescence. Many of the anImals inhabiting the continental and abyssal zones have merely rud imentary eyes; but these blind creatures have very long feelers, which help them to grope their way along the bottom. Other deep-sea animals, on the contrary, have enor- nous eyes, and these very likely congregate around such of their number as are phosphorescent, and may perhaps follow the moving lamposts about wherever they may go. And so bright is this light on many of the fish brought up by the dredge that during the brief space the animals survive 1t Is not diff cult to read by 1t. The reason why fishes and mollusks living more than three miles under water are able to bear pressure of several tons is that they have exceedingly loose tissues, which allow the water to flow through every interstice and thus to equalize the weight. When the pressure is removed they per ish. In the Challenger expedition sent out by the British Government all the sharks brought up from a depth of little less than three-quar- ters of a mile were dead when they got to the surface of the sea.-Cath- ollie Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28

An appropriation has been made hy Congress for the survey of tie White Mountain or San Carlos h. dian Reservation.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28
Didn't Know the Language.

ly returned from California was met at the Weddell House recently. He is an interesting conversation alist and a master of the Spanish language. "The letter j in Span ish," said he, lis a puzzler to those who first attempt to learn the lan- guage. I will tell you a story I read in California paper that will illustrate this: A few days ago 8 stranger from the unconverted wilds of the East, where mugwumpery was born and tenderfeet attain their highest state of sensitiveness, came out to Pasadena to visit a friend. While walking along Fair Oaks avenue one day he said to his com- paniOn:
 'There goes a man I met at La Junta," giving the j its natural sound.
 "You mean La Hunta," replied his friend. ''That is a Spanish name, and in that language j takes the sound of h."
 Well, I must try to catch on to that"
 After strolling a short distance further, he asked"
 "Where are the caves of La Jolla, which I see so much about in the papers?"
 "You should say La Hoya caves. They are about three miles this side of San Diego"
 "Darn the language It breaks me all up. That's a pretty nice house over there-that's Armijo's house, isn't it?" And again he gave the j its proper pronunciation.
 "You mean the Armehe house. Yes, it's a good one, too."
 'Damsicha way of abusing the English alphabet. I reckon then that must have been Hevene's store I stopped at in Los Angeles?"
 'No, that's not a Spanish name. I think it is French; however, it is pronounced as spelled, Jevene."
 "Well, how in Santa Fe is fel- low going to tell which is Spanish and what isn't? Why couldn't they build their language oh the origi- nal plan?"
 "Oh, you'll soon catch it. You will find it safest to give the Span ish pronunciation to nearly every thing here."
 "An hour later he sat down to the elegantly furnished table at the Carleton Hotel, and after scanning the bill of fare said to the waiter"
 "You may give. me nice huicY piece of roast beef, some fricaseed hack rabbit, some pork with apple helly, some boiled potatoes with currant ja-I mean currant ham, and ah, some"
 "At this point the waiter swooned and the guests in the room let out a roar of laughter that gave the chandeliers the chills and fever. This made the stranger mad, and he leaped to his feet like crazy man, took off his coat and howl ed"
 "You fellows are trying to play me for a sucker, but, by the eternal, you've struck the wrong snag. I am disguised cyclone from Hi noy, and can lick the whole crowd. Spanish? I can sing more Spanish Tn a holy minute than Montezuma could in whole year. Let some idiot pull off his hacket and hump into me, and the first time I hit him he will think he has the himhams. Spanish? My name is Jeremi-I, I mean Jeremiah Homes from Jacksonville, dllinoy, and when my dander's mp I'm raving hyena. You play me for a sucker, but you mustn't nudge man by his looks. Whoop! go around the hubilee. Somebody come and face me. Let some himcrow galoot come to the front and criticise my Spanish har-
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28


 In addition to the product of our mines last year, some 10,0O0,000 ounces of silver were extracted in the United States from foreign ores and bullion, principally Mexican. The coinage of the mints during the year was as follows gold, S31,- 38O sos; silver dollars, S31,99O,833 :; subsidiary silver. $1 ,034, ,773; minor $912,201; total, $65,318,615. The import of gold bullion and com was $11,O31, ,941, and the export S34,619,667, a loss by export of $23, ,587,726. The import of silver was $21 ,592,062, and the export $29,S95, ,222, a loss by export of $8,- 303, 3,160. The metallic stock of the United States January 1, 1889, in- cluding bullion in the hints await ing coinage, is estimated to have been, gold, $705,072,975; sil9er, $403, ,516,756; total, S1 JOS, ,57S,731.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-03-28
Amendment to the Fence Bill, Passed
 Tuesday, March 18th.
Strike out sections 5, and 6.

Strike out sections 5, and 6.
 Have section 4 reads as follows "The Boards of Supervisors of the counties of the Territory are here by empowered, authorized, and it is made their duty, within thirty days after the passage of this Act, at special meeting called for that purpose, to designate districts with in which owners or persons in pos session of lands shall or shall not fence the same. They designate such districts by numbers aEd we'll marked boundaries, according to natural objects or government lines, which action shall be spread upon the minutes and become a part of the records of the Board"
 Have section , read as follows "After lhey have designated and marked the exterior boundaries of said districts, they shall cause to be published in some newspaper, published in the county. a copy of such proceedings as are provided in the preceding section, once a week for four successive seeks, af- ter which last said publication said fence districts or no-fence districts as established by the Boards of Supervisors under this act, shall be the law of this Territory govern ing the same, and in all suits, civil or penal, that may rise after such publication shall be the law to gov ern the courts in which such suits may be brought under this Act"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-05-07
SMALL WILD HORSES.
The Fiery But DImlnutiye steeds Found In
the MountaIns Of Nevada.

The Fiery But DImlnutive steeds Found In
the Mountains OF Nevada.
We have all read OF wild horses on
the plains, but there are not many
people who know that there are sew
eral bands in the mountains OF Nevada
Such is nevertheless the case, and ut
least three bands have been seen in
this county along the high range near
the Lander line. There is one group
of seven or eight animals that is seen
every summer on tho very top OF
Shacknasty Mountain, southwest of
Cortez. An old stallion seems to be
the king-pin OF the herd. He is essen
TALLY polygamous brute, as nothing
but mares are ever seen in his COM
pany, and he is said TO guard them
with fatherly care. Last summer
some OF the cowboys out in that sec
tion gave chase to the band for two or
three days. When hotly pursued the
old stallion was seen to drop in the
rear and vigorously bite the Others to
make them accelerate their speed. He
allows none TO escape, and II a tame"
animal falls in his way 1t is taken along
also. In remarkably short time a
domestic animal becomes as wild as
the rest. Several are known to have
been lost in this way. These wild
horses look especially large and fine
when climbing the precipitous mount
aims. They can go any where mount
ain sheep will go. But they do not
bear close investigation. When caught
they are found to be not much larger
than big greyhound. The boys out on
the old Shed Wells rancho corrale d
one last season after two days hard
drive over the hills. The poor little
thing was not worth the effort II
completely broke its heart and consti'
tuition to be brought under the rules
| OF civilization. As the boys expressed
1t, "He wasn't worth short Bit" and
they now pay no attention whatever
to the wild horses of Shacknasty
Mountain. Eureka Sentinel.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-05-07
a LUCKY CONSTABLE.
Views of Man Who Can Sec Good Evcn Il
Adversely.

EIeWH OF n MAN w ho NNh occ ocoa @'oas s-'
Adversely.
While waiting at Decatur for the
train to Huntsville constable came
In from the country with negro. 1t
was late at night and they had long
walk. The officer wanted something
to eat before walking his prisoner
over to the wallup, and he handcuffed
the man to the baggage truck. He
then went over to the hotel, seeming
to feel that all was safe and secure.
The negro was asked what he had
been arrested for, and he explained
that he had driven home and killed
the wrong hog. 1t was a mistake
which any colored man was liable to
make in country where the hogs look
SO much alike, and he asserted that his
conscience was resting perfectly quiet
under the legal accusation. He was
homesick. however, and sighed for the
bosom OF his family.
"Then why don't you go homer
asked the Colonel.
Cant git away from dis yare
truck" was the reply.
Cant you carry the truck on your
shoulderP"
"Say, boss!' said the man as he
leaned forward, "doan' talk to me
about dc black man gittin' aheadl I'd
hev sot yere a hull week an nebber
thought OF that trick! Wild your kind
permishun will now take walk"
He shouldered the truck and disap-
peared in the darkness, and half an
hour later, when the constable came
around and discovered what had
occurred all he could say was:
'Dog-gone it, but I'm in luckl II I'd
fastened him to that freight car he'd
hav gone of with it just the same, ant
the railroad would hev come on to me
for &, 5,000w--Detroit Free Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-05-07
THE FATE OF GENIUS.

I'm married to
A woman who
Is welded TO broom and duster;
She sweeps and rubs,
And scours and scrubs
Things to most unearthly luster.
Istand the dust
A fellow must
But, oh my feelings fairly border
On madness, when
(Kismetl amend
She goes for Heavens first law-orderl
Oh, when intent
On business bent,
see her fairy fingers flutter
About my poor
MS, Tn sure
The devastation will DO uttori
For, when she thinks
Thnt all the chinlls
Within my desk are safely sounded
And things are ship
Shape for this trip,
She leaves confusion worse confounded
And when my verse
I'd fain rehearse
To her and find that 1t has kindled
The kitchen are,
I'D be q liar
Did deny that love has dwindledl
On, but It's hard >.
To be a bardl
Tho 1t may make the groundings litter.
Ny flesh II creops-
She owns she sweeps
The agg up with the other litter"
-Boston Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-05-07

-,
man that a couple Oh Ehgiisn nooio
men were 'here' anu io i""'s "''"
Like an arrow tne lellow new uway
to where a posse OF men were ihenu.ns
the road ana they haseeneu pacA' uu'
how to get ut us was 'he uiiiicui'y.
kope after rope was nung IN va.h' "e
were 100 iar unaer TO catch H. M
last they tled a heaVy STONE W .no
rope uhu aiioweu !" W u'n' 49,
with the current. IL came nearer anu
nearer. we held our prea'n WIZ, unH,
pety' tearing iest some euuy snou'u
draw 1t away from US; out as ~ l. oan,o
past, one oi U.S. hoiuihs W 'no '
reached out ana caugh' IT,
A prayer Oh 'hanhssi,ins "eaS .a.seap W
prom our heai ts' "hiie sio"V
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-05-07
A Promising Start.

Mrs. Angy Tupper, nee Golddust
(aiter the elopemenD-0h, please.
papa, do forgive US. loved Angy
so that couldn't help 1T; but / loved
you, dear papa, so that / couldn't rest
until had come back to tell you ALL
Papa-Well, well. suppose must
make the best OF bad job. But
where's AngyP
Mrs. Tupper-Outside with the cab
man. Couldn't you lend your own
dear Caramella enough to pay the
brute. Poor Angy only had enough
for the minister Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-05-07

Warn er afe Cure cures nervous
ess,ir mnii hyslena and neuralgia.
Why? b caus. these are symptoIas Of
"a iml luee co, dition Of the blood,
iaused by uni ealthy kidney action.
rhe rois mon urea and uric acid be-
ing retained in the blood cause the
syn ptoms of kidney disease fret
noted.
Great Falls tribune., 1889-09-07
FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
Sketch of T. NJ. Babbington, the Dem,
cratic Nominee,

sketch of T. NJ Babbington, the Demo-
cratic Nominee.
Mr.. T. M. Babbington, our candidate
for superintendent Of common schools, is
by birth Canadian, but has resided on
this side of the line for several years.
He graduated with high honors from the
Toronto university and then took a course
in the teachers training school at St.
Catherine. This school is considered
equal to the best in the east.
After taking this course in training he
accepted the position as teacher of the
high school at Brandon, which place he
filled for two years, until he was called to
higher position in Michigan.
After teaching year in Michigan he
decided to cast his fortunes with the
Golden state, and came west. On look
ing over the territory he decided to locate
on Belt creek, and since coming to the
territory has been engaged almost con
tinuously in teaching. His eminent sue
cess rs an instructor is attested by the
fact that wherever he has taught the peo
pie are anxious to have him teach for
them again. He is eminently fitted for
the position which he seeks, while his
moral character is above reproach. He
should receive the hearty support OF
every citizen of Cascade county who has
the best interests of the schools at heart.