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The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
Bees as Dispatch Bearers.

An experiment has been made in England which has resulted in proving that bees fly faster than car rier pigeons, in fact, that little, insignificant looking, hot footed bee can beat the handsomest pigeon home in five cases out of six. This being the case, the future must wit ness the supplanting of carrier pig cons by carrier bees. The latter have much to recommend them for this purpose. A carrier bee will be hard to hit. A marksman that would bring down a pigeon would utterly fail to hit bee. There is nothing in pigeons tail to inspire the respect of foe. There is in bees. The rude hand of the trifer that would try to stop the carrier bee in his errand would be with drawn suddenly and rubbed vehe- mently. With the aid of micro photography, the carrying of long messages by bee would be a mat ter presenting no obstacles. A col umn of reading matter could be fastened to its thighs and a long dispatch affixed to one of it's feet. Clearly the bee has an important place to fill in the wars of the fu- ture.-N. Y. Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

have them made by the milliner.
 They prance all over the town and
 gad about and read novels, and
 don't do a blessed thing 10 help
 their father maintain the family. A
 girl whose father is on a strain
 ought to make her own clothes and
 some more besides. If she doesn't
 know how she should learn. Every
 member of the family should at least earn their salt and pepper and pickles and chewing gum. A girl of eighteen who can't make her own clothes Is not fit to be wife, much less mother. Rich or poor, they ought to do something useful. Get up early and fly around and sweep and dust and look after the dining room and lamps. After breakfast go to the sewing machine and make 1t hum and june like your grand mothers did the spinning wheel. Tn the afternoon put on your nice home made dress and go to see somebody you want to see, somebody who wants to see you, and talk sense when you get there. Oh, for more model boys and model girls to raise the next crop from. Young man, dontyou marry ay oung girl who is too proud or too lazy to make her own clothes. Young lady, don't you marry a man who drinks or who spends all he makes. If fol- owing this advice stops the breed
 hen let it stop.-Atlanta Constitu- ion.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

Panama, April 7, via Galveston, Tex.-Since the suspension of work on the canal, over 5000 laborers have been sent home from the 18th mus. A consular investigation shows that there are still over B. GOO persons on the line of works who are in a destitute condition. Some deaths from starvation have already been reported, and it is feared that many more will occur if prompt measures are not taken by West Indian governments to send the people back to their homes. Negroes and women and children are the worst sufferers. Despite the great distress good order pre- vails.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
Here are a few of the institu-

Here are a few of the institu- tions: Three hotels, cathedral and four churches two daily pa pers. one club the "Granadino ;" a National Institute, with 450 schol- ars, a young ladies coll ege and the military headquarters and barracks The National railway depot is the finest structure of its kind in Gen. tral America.
 "The government has granted valuable concessions to an Ameri- can company for tramways, both steam and animal, for markets and other improvements. .''-N. Y. Her. ald
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
Cultivate Fruit Trees.

All fruit trees succeed best with cultivation, but ther's more thanone way of cultivation. I have plant ed row of quinces along an open ditch one-fourth mile long, where the plough and cultivator cannot go, l first laid down around each tree mulch of potato vines, then having many loads of stones that were picked from the meadows and berry fields and no other use for them, 1 made a stone pile over the mulch, close about the trees and three feet distant. These stones a.e equal to cultivation as far as they go. The soil under a stone pile, if always loose and most and free from grass or weeds, what better cultivation is needed? As the trees grow larger the limits of the stone pile should be extended. I consid- CT this even better than ordinary cultivation, for the roots of the quince feed near the surface, and are injured by cultivation and se- we're winters if unprotected by some mulch.-Green's Fruit Grower.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

The editors eyes sparkled, and advancing to the youthful journal ist, he gave him his hand and said : : "4ou are the man I have been looking for for months. You are just the man want for a partner"
 Then turning to me, he contin- ued:
 "This man will make his mark in journalism, here, and you just re- member what I've said. He will be a credit to my paper. and with his aid l can make the Scalper the live Hest paper west of Chicago, or make 1t read like Memphis sexton's re- port during the yellow fever season.
 Watching my opportunity, I stole from the room, and descending the stairs, set my face toward the pale of civilization. l have not been to Tombstone since. I may never visit that place again. I hope not. I have since chased the grizzly to his lair, and worked in a dynamite factory, but have never attempted to culti- vate tine broad field of journalism in the rugged and uncouth Occi- dent.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
Stanley'S War in Africa.

Henry NJ. Stanley's letter describ- ing the difficulties and hardships
 which he has encountered in Africa indicates that his next book will be even more sensational romance of adventure and hairbreadth escapes than was the "Dark Continent"
 In the first place it will doubtless explain how he was able to trans port the vast quantities of ammu- milton required for constant and daily fighting during a period ex- tending over five months. He re- marks that in five days fighting his men used up as many as five cases of cartridges, and yet that they had enough to sell to Arab traders whom they encountered on their route. This question of trans port of the ammunition is all the more remarkable inasmuch as Stan- ley declares that on leaving Kilon- galongas he had only 174 out of 389 men left, and that the whole column was starved, absolutely naked and unable to carry the boat. There is clearly, therefore, a dis crepancy between Mr. Stanley's two statements. Either the fighting must have been less heavy than he describes or his suferings and loss es must have been exaggerated.
 AS to the avowed object of his expedition-namely, the relief of Emin and the conveyance of stores to his gallant little garrison-it ap- pears to have resulted in failure. For in the first place Stanley reach ed Emin empty-handed and him. self in need of relief, all the stores having either been lost, stolen or left behind, and in the second place the Pasha refused to desert the provinces which he has so success fully governed and held against the Mahdists.
 But the remarkable feature of Stanley's expedition is that it seems to have been marked by a trail of gore. Starting from the mouth of the Congo with a herd of sheepish negroes, Stanley claims to have ad- vanced into the heart of waflike Africa, shooting and staying as he went. How could his little band stand up against the fierce fighting hordes of the interior? It is re- membered that Baker, Livingstone, Burton and other noted explorers found it easy to travel in Africa without resort to arms. Why is it that Mr. Stanley's course is ever marked by bloodshed? Why is 1t that he is ever wading through gore to the throne of Science? It is be- cause he is a brute, or is it because he is pompOus, vainglorious liar? IN, Y. World.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
The Two Races.

At recent meeting of the Wash
 ington branch of the American Eco
 homie Association a big problem
 was discussed. The question wa'
 Are We to Become Africanized? ?
 MT. Stein, ofthe Geological Survey
 took a gloomy view of the situation
 He presented figures from the cen
 sus showing that the negroes are
 increasing at the rate of '34.85 pel
 cent, while the whites increase only
 29.22 per cent, or 20.S4 per cent.
 without counting immigration. Mir.
 Stein said that the negroes formed
 about Al per cent of the population
 of the South, and the time was near at hand when the population in many Southern districts would be African. The whites could not com
 pete with the blacks in multiplying power, and the blacks would gain even more rapid lyi in the future. In conclusion he said: Shall we look forward to the time when the only evidence that a pure white race once dWelt Tn the South will be the presence of our statuaryW Several other members of the society fol- lowed on the same line. One mem- Der said that as a race increased in brain power the number of persons in the families decreased. These alarming, views, however were not held by all the members. A Mr. Burbage predicted that the next census would show decrease in the rate of increase of the colored population. He said that there had always been doubt about the figures of 1870, and this made the rate of colo~ed increase fixed by the census of 1880 very doub,s'ul, and it would take the census of 1890 to decide the question. He was inclined to think that the big death rate of the negroes and the influx of the whites in the South would prevent the Africanization of that region. As these speculative gentlemen base their guess work upon figures which they admit are doubtfu., they will not frighten anybody. The negroes are gradually drifting to the South west, and they have been going in that direction for twenty years. They may African;ze certain low land regions along the gulf,and over the Mexican border; but the high lands of the south and the great | Piedmont region left behind them will rapidly fiji up with industrious and progressive whites. It is all two races will drift into the places that suit them best, and the rapid increase of the one will not bother the other. There is room for all on this broad continent.- Atlanta Constitution.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
For Girls.

What about the girls?" says a friend. Let the girls quit their fool ishness, as Sam Jones says. If they can't make money, let them quit spending it. I know young ladies in this town whose fathers are on a strain, and yet they won't make their own dresses. They
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
Unpopular Great Men.

A little more three and a quarter
 centuries have passed since the birth
 of Calico, the greatest philosopher
 and astronomer that Italy ever saw.
 In the same year-1564-Shake-
 speare was born. At that time the
 people of the Eastern Continent
 were almost totally ignorant of the
 existence of America. They had
 heard in vague way about the
 great Western World but they could
 form no conception of the vast ex- tent of our territory, many believ- ing that it was simply a small is- land. In the same year that Cali leo and Shakespeare saw the light the Huguenots began settlement in Florida, which at that time was thought to be an enchanted spot. Calico was the oldest son of a mo- bleman of Florentine, and in his infancy manifested an interest in the stars. While looking at the heavens one nigh he said in his child like manner: There are thousands of stars, and yet all of them togeth- CT do not give one-tenth the light that the sun itself gives" No boy ever worked harder to gain knowl- edge, and no boy had so many ob- stacles to overcome as this young student. Before he reached his eighteenth year he was well versed in Latin and Greek, was an excel lent artist and an accomplished musician. His father wished him to practice medicine, but his tastes and inclinations led him to follow mathematics. Galileo's ideas were so far beyond the age in which he lived that no publisher dared print his works. His first great essay on "Hydrostatic Balance" was written in 1886, but it was not until 1610I that it was read by the public. His essay on the "Center of Gravity" was not published until fifty years after 1t was written. While in his seventieth year he was cast into prison, and all h:s works prohibited This was terrible blow to the old man, foc he had committed no crime and he knew in his heart that he was right. When he asked why he was sent to prison he was told that he had been making false state ments. You say that the world moves; but it does not" said his enemies. 1t is the sun that moves" But the world does move," said Calico, fear!essly, as they were shutting him in dark cell. Wel speak of the dark ages" of the "age of superstition" etc., of the centu- ries past, and forget all about the ignorance, darkness, and sLpersti- ton of the nineteenth century. Calico stood foremost among the unpopular great men of the six teenth and seventeenth centuries. There are three in the nineteenth | century who were laughed at for advocating impossible" sche&es- Mir. Morse, because he said mes sage could be sent by wire; Cyrus W. Field, because he said a cable could be laid across the Atlantic | Edison, because he stated he could | light houses and streets by elec- tricity.-Growing Youth.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

The Silver Belt says the Indians on the San Carlos Agency have a third more land sown to grain this season than last, and that they are, with few exceptions, giving their undivided attention to farming.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

The Star says there will be enough fruit raised in the Santa Cruz val ley this year to SUI ply the Tucson market if the crop is not injured by frost.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

A number of coke teams arrived on Saturday and Sunday last. The Old Dominion Company resumed smelling on Monday, and no fur ther interruption is looked for Silver Belt:
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

From County Treasurer McAllis- ter we learn that about S7 500 of the delinquent taxes have been col lected, and that about $10,000 are yet outstanding.-Tombstone Epi- taph.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

There is more snow in Graham Mountain now than in any previous year. The view of this peak is most sublime, and it merits its Spanish name, Sierra Bonita.-Valley Bull letin.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25
Journalism in the West.

riences in the wild west for the Ban her Weekly of New York:
 l had been dividing up my time between prospecting and keeping out of the way of Indians till I had nothing left but regrets and a de- sire to get back to civilization.
 I finally drifted down to Tomb stone and while there, my eyes fell on notice in the Scalper, stating that it was in need of good, ex- perienced reporter.
 This seemed to offer a chance for displaying my knowledge of jour nalism, and providing me with suf- ficient means to get out of the coun- try.
 That evening I called at the office of the Scalper for the purpose of applying for the situation.
 As l entered the office I was con fronted by the editor-in-chief tall muscular man about fifty years of age, who demanded to know my business.
 Il came in answer to your adver- tisement for reporter" 1 replied.
 Quick as thought his hand went to his belt, and the next instant I was looking down the cold muzzle of dark-blue pistol, manufactured | at the Colts armory for circulation on the Pacific slope.
 l threw up my hands and begged | him not to shoot. I'd go back East right away if he would let me.
 He lowered his arm and asked:
 "Where are your pistols?"
 Pistols I gasped.
 Yes, pistols You didn't expect to run this paper with a bean-fip per, did you?"
 1 didn't know it was necessary I began, but he stopped me with a gesture of disdain and asked:
 "Did you think this was the Sun day Christian Advocate office?"
 I told him I didn't believe I thought that, but if I did, I was fully convinced now that it was a regular weekday paper.
 Ever edit a paper!" he asked.
 Yes, I answered.
 "Where at?"
 In Ohio.
 He laughed a low, sarcastic laugh.
 II thought so,' he said, then con- tinued: "Did you think you could a paper in Arizona?"
 I told him I guessed l had made a mistake if I did.
 "Let me tell you," he went on, "I have had five different reporters since started this paper six months ago, and not one of them died a natural death but one, and he kill ed himself drinking. What want is reporter that can hold his own. Now, if I can get the drop on man he is no good to me. l could never trust him with the business.
 Just then there was step at the door, and turning hurriedly to me, he said:
 "Here's another applicant for the place; just sit down there in the corner and see the fun"
 The door opened and young man about twenty years of age en- tered the room.
 "What can I do for you young nan?"
 T am Q reporter" the stranger in a low firm tone.
 The hand of the editor flew to his belt, but before he had drawn his pistol half way out, there was a swift Tightening like movement on he part of the young reporter, fash of blue steel and both arms shot out, and there lie stood with .wo revolvers gleaming in the dull i2ht of the office, one of them cov- ering the editor and the other point ng straight at my head
 You see," the young man ob- served quietly, you can't come that
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

Charles Fec was cs,ed at Phen X last week for sea .ng a horse from Joe z oan, of McMi.Ien, Gila county.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-25

The Western Union will extend its telegraph line from Ma-.icopa to PhGni&.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-15
Pins and Needles.

! Ceilings that have been smoked with g
Kerosene lamp should oe washed OF with soda
water
Enlightened rouse color" is the latest
| fashionable shade l. is probably a httl =
paler than the ordinary mouse color.
Lemon juice is good thing for removing
tan. 1t Is also excellent for taking stains
from the hands, and applied to the hands at
night will keep them soft and white
English shopkeepers are complaining that
American shoppers are exceedingly trouble
some. They say the Americans turn over
everything in the ''store, taking care to
remind you every now and again that they
really don't mean to buy now" One shop
keeper, whose business is not far from Bond
street, refuses TO take American orders
Ihls Is unfortunate-for the shopkeeper.
Make all kitchen aprons of seerSucker, and
so avoid quite an item in the weekly ironing,
as 1t requires none. If work dresses are
made of the same goods they need ironing
only when lined
HouSekeepers generally Will be glad that
iron bedsteads are in high fashion They are
light, dainty, painted in pretty colors,
trimmed with brass, and are most easily kept
clean. wonderfully pretty iron and brass
At'S Ap AObtpNdiu ~ al. Iuls DSlnS 4 feNlN al
of an old European design of several centuries
ago
In Italy women are bricklayers and hod-
carriers. On al buildings in process of cree
ton women are employed. They carry all
loads on their heads and work barefooted.
Their wages are one lire twenty cents a day.
In Germany ali milk giving animals, from a
woman to a goat, are made 10 work in the
fields.
In the high art circles where the love Of the
beautiful reigns supreme it is considered the
best taste 10 have table linen and bed linen in
all white without any hint OF color. and all
monogranls worked in white silk floss. Hem
med towels are also for art reasons preferred
TO those with fringed borders
The beautiful elnbroideries on muslin with
cotton by the East Indian and Canadian
women are well known. SAYS The Dry Goods
Chronicle, The embroidery practiced by the
latter iscurious enough; they work with their
own hair as well as that OF animals, with
which they make splendid representations Of
flowers, follages, etc They also insert the
skins of eels. serpents, banshees. nermaids,
and other outlandiSh kinds OF fish.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-15
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

The four daughters of ex-Secretary Bayard
are daring equestriennes
One of Chicago's most eloquent speakers is
a woman, the Rev. Florence Kollock.
Mrs j. Stanley Brown, nee Mollie Gar
field, aspires to a position in literary circles.
Rosa Bonheur is making studies of Buffalo
Blls Indians and ponies for large painting.
Miss Maud Banks, daughter of the Hon. n
P. Banks. denies that she intends to leave the
stage.
Nine. Marchesi, the famous teacher of
operate aspirants in Paris, is the most re-
markably economical old woman in the
worlds history.
Senator Sumner once wrote of Clara Bar
ton: ''She has the talent of a statesman. the
command of a general, and the heart and
hand of a woman"
Miss Harriet Colenso, daughter of the late
Bishop Colenso, has spent more than SIS OO0
in the defense of the son and brother of Cete-
wayo and other Zulu chiefs, for alleged high
treason.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has bought
home In Surrey, England, and is likely to
spend most OF her time there when not in the
United States. Mrs Burnett viii probably
return to the United States in November.
Lady Guinness has given an order for
diamond necklace TO a famous firm Of jewelers.,
which viii take several years to execute,
owing to the present scarcity Of stones of the
first water. The design for the ornament is
superb, and its cost will be about $3.50 900.
A London paper states that the narchioness
of Bristol the Ladies Hervey, and few Of
their friends recently went through the
streets and squares of Belgravia singing and
playing on guitars and mandolina They
tried TO suit all tastes and sang 80 Bella
ltalia' and 20 Dem Golden Slippers" with
equal vigor The proceeds of tine nights
work were given to the hospital Sunday
fund.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-15

! S. Miller VS. Rosa Werner ct al. case dis
| missed at costs of plaintiff.
Fannie Stearns VS. c. Ruddell and J. r.
| Taylor; judgment in favor OF plaintiff VS.
| Taylor for s., 0292S.
COMMON PLEAS.
The Merchants National Bank vs.
Crystal Ice company: Judgment in favor
OF plaintiff for g, 09634.
The following cases were filed yesterday
in above court:
W. W. Haas vs. c. S. Caldwell: suit for
damages in sum of $50.
H. BeirGi VS. J. ". Bleakmore ct all case
on trial by jury. Case is suit on attach
mcnt.
POLICE COURT
Flora Allen and Bessie Smith were ar
rested by Officer Mcnamara for prostitu-
ton.
fined s. for drunkenness.
William Keffner was arrested by Cap
tain Burrows for petit larceny.
George Watkins, Joseph Rock and John
Flasher were fined So each for lettering
They were fired cut of town.
William Duffenbost was arrested for
carrying concealed weapons. He was run
out of town in default of 50 fine.
John Switzerland, arrested for disturb
ing city property, will have his trial this
morning.
Charley Smith was arrested last night
for drunkenness.
Dan Gleason was fined S. for being
drunk
George Evans was on Sunday arrested
by Captain Burrows, charged with assault
on Carrie Gould. aged seventeen years.
The girl denies that anything wrong has
ever occurred between her and Evans, and
that she viii not prosecute him. She has
been in this city for some time and has
been employed in the Oak street hotel
Evans is at present in jail awaiting the
arrival of relatives.
c. Charles and Nat Slower were arrested
last night for disturbing the peace
John Craycroft was brought in charged
with petit larcency.
L. G. Sebree turned in back fine OF 81
Jessie Smith and Frank Graves were
run in last night for being drunk. John
Blades was also put into the "ice box" for
the same offerce.
Officers Aspey and Dennis last night ar
rested John and Jim Smith for. drunk
enness. jim was also charged with carry
ing concealed werpons