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The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
The Iron Duke.

A new set of stories about the Duke of Wellington includes these |: The Duke being asked how 1t was that he had succeeded in beating Napoleon's Marshals one after the other, said: "I will tell you. They planned their campaigns just as you might make splendid set of harness. It looks very we'll, and answers very we'll until it gets bro- ken, and then you are done for. Now I make my campaign of ropes. If anything went wrong tied knot and went on." When asked what was the best test of a great General, he replied: "To know when to re- treat, and to dare to do it." The Duke used to say that he attributed his success, in some measure. to always being quarter of an hour earlier than he was expected, and that the wis course is to attack your enemy at the moment he is prepar- ing to attack you. The Duke detest- ed being helped. One day gentle man nearly as old as himself made some demonstration of assisting him to cross Piccadilly when crowd ed. When the Duke reached the gate of Apsley House he touched his hat and said, II thank you. sir" The stranger took off his hat and said: My Lord, 1 have pass ed long and not uneventful life, but never did I hope to reach the day when I might be of slightest assist ance to the greatest man that ever lived" The Duke looked at him calmly and replied, Don't be a fool l" and walked into Apsley House.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
A Smart Boston Rat.

. A waiter at the Metropolitan HO- tel on Washington street says there is rat of unusual intelligence that haunts the hotel kitchen, and when occasion offers steals food from the cook. He says that rat ought to be caught and exhibited as a marvel at the dime museums. Several sto- ries of sagacity are told about this rodent, of which the following is one: "A few evenings ago." said the waiter, "I had occasion to go down into the kitchen. It was dusky when arrived and as soon as my eyes would permit me to get used to the light saw large rat walk deliberately up to a dish of dough- nuts and begin to take them out one by one and string them on his tail as you would string beads. When he had put on five and loaded his all up, he turned around, took the end of his tail between his teeth, and walked off as if he were going to muster. ."-Boston Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
A Wonderful Horse.

H. D. w. Larson the steward Ot the new Fulton Club, is rapidly get ting reputation for telling good stories. His quaint dryness and serious expression of countenance add much to the humor of his narra- tives.
 Speaking of celebrated horse he once owned when he lived in Gin cinnati he said:
 "I often miss old John. He was one of the most intelligent animals I ever saw. He knew great deal more than the average mortal does. He was as flexible as an acrobat and could do all sorts of queer things with his legs. have often seen him suddenly slow down from his easy going 2 PA trot to brush off a fly from his ear with his hind leg and start off again, going a little faster to make up for the time wasted in removing the fly. He made his forehead sore fromscratch- ing it with the shoe on his forefoot.
 "He rarely showed his temper, but if you whipped him more than he. thought was absolutely neces- sary he would look at you a mo- ment then he would shake his hind foot in your face in a very threaten ing. manner. It was very amusing to see him shake his foot for all the world like one man shaking his fist in another's face.
 He disliked our family physician for having unnecessarily struck him with whip one day, and he got even with the Doctor on every opportunity. When the Doctor would drive up to our door and tie his. horse to the post, old John would sneak up, unite the horse, cuff him over the ear with his fore foot, sending the Doctors horse a spinning down the street. When the Doctor would come out of the house old John would laugh at him, kick up his heels and get as far away from the Doctor as he could.
 "Yes, old John was a noble ami nal, and I miss him very much. He was one day discovered trying to throw an engine off the track, but the engine got the best of the fight by killing old John. ."-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
An UnluCky Quarter.

Green Dodd of Atlanta, Ga, be- lieves in luck. He is having a foundation constructed in the part of his building which is to be used as a bank. A few days ago he placed a silver quarter under stone for luck, Next day heard one of the negro workmen say to other: "I tell you dat was a good find picking up dat quarter from under dat rock. How does yer reckon it got dere?'' MT. Dodd said nothing about the quarter to the workmen, but hand ed one of them nickle-it was as much as he cared to go on a second turn-and said: "Put this nickel under a stone for tuck" And he stayed there and saw it sealed away under the masonry.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
Where Did They 60!

"There is something curious about the American silver dollar and half dollar of 18O4," said numismat- ist. "There were about 10000 of the dollars coined, but not one of them ever got into circulation. Two of them are in well-kHown coin col lections of to-day, however, and they are the most valuable of all American coins. Why the dollar of 1894 was never seen in circula- ton after leaving the mint is one of the unsolved Government myste- ries. It is asserted on good author ity that the two 1904 dollars now in existence, while having been made from the original die, were in real ity not coined for many years after that year, when they were surrepti- tiously struck, and, it is supposed, they subsequently, passed into the collections referred to. The half dollar of 1894 is surrounded by mystery equally profound. There were over 150,0O0 of these coined, but not one was ever known to be in circulation. On the other hand, but 1000 quarter-dollars Were coin ed in that year, and specimens of these are in every collection and numismatist's shop.-Philadelphia Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
WarlIke Activity.

There is a sudden revival of war rumors from Southeastern Europe. From Belgrade we are told that all three of the military classes of Ser via have been ordered to muster on Monday, the reason assigned being that the Bulgarian troops have been ordered to mass on the from tier on that day and that Servia desires to be prepared. From Con- stantinople comes the report that 80,OO0 Turkish reserves have been called out, that work is proceeding at the dockyards with feverish ac- tivity, that Crete is in anarchy and that the Sultan is determined to put down the instruction there at any cost.
 All this may not be the beginning of the great war, but it is precisely the way in which the war is likely to break out when it comes. There are not likely to be long, public dip- lomatic debates. The trains were laid years ago. When they are fired it will be done in a flash. If Servia is arming against Bulgaria it is by Russian instigation. If Turkey is calling out troops it is because she sees life and death struggle ahead. The situation in Crete is serious enough, but it is not such as to call for 8O,OOO Turkish troops. Undoubt- edly if Turkey should interfere actively in Crete she would need an army to keep Greece in order, but it is likely she has knowledge of something more dangerous to the northward.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

They have great unknown in the St Joseph, Mo-, work house. He was run in as vag and is doing time on the rock pile. He is way up in the law, medicine, literature, politics. theology and science, but is completely mum as regards to himself. In Shakespeare and the Bible the strange being is said to be a giant.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
House.

Cora-They say that gentleman from Kentucky won his wife at a game of cards. How romantic, wasn't it?
 Merritt-Yes. You see, he was playing with her first husband. He detected the fellow cheating and shot him dead on the spot.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
Astrological Discoveries in Mexico

A dispatch from the City of Mex leo of the 2d inst, says: Recently returned explorers from the State of Chiapas confirm and add to the remarkable reports concerning i'm portant psychological discoveries. A fine broad paved road, built by prehistoric inhabitants, has been traced from Tonala down into Qua temala, and thence in curve up again into Mexico, terminating at Palenque. All along this road are still to be seen the remains of ruin ed cities, and careful estimate of the population of these places is about 30,OO0,000. At that part of the road near Palenoue the ruins are of great magnitude. Houses four and often five stories high have been found in the depth of the for est. Many of these houses are py- ramidal in form, and so covered are some of them with vegetable mold that large trees are growing from the roots. In some of the houses great employment has been made of stone beams of tremendous weight, and the architecture indicates high degree of scientific attainment. In some houses visited bronze lamps have been discovered, and the inte- rior and exterior mural decorations of the more important houses con- sist of panelings filled with elabo- rately carved figures almost life slze, two types of men and women being represented, some plainly Egyptian and others genuine Africans. In front of the houses the explorers found fourteen sculptures of gods with folded arms.
 The work of exploration was one of extreme difficulty, owing to the density of the forest and the un- willingness of the Indians to enter the ancient edifces, they avering that the buildings were inhabited by spirits. Another discovery was that an enormous paved road ex- tends from Palenque across Yuca- tan to the island of Cozumet, and is continued on the island. The ex- plorers went to Chiapas on private business, but incidentally became interested in the work of exploring the ruins, and they suggest that the Government fit out an expedition to make complete map of this won derfully interesting region, regard ing which little comparatively IS known, even after so many years since the white men became aware of its existence. Palenque explor- CTS assert that they have discovered in the edifces before mentioned ex- amples of perfect arch. One ex- plorer is scientifically trained man who has recently arrived from h. .dia, and by his account the region from Chiapas to Yucatan must have been the seat of a densely populOus nation.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

and there are only ten of them in the United States. The average in- come of lawyers is only $70O per year, and the rank are overcrowded.
 A purse of s10 was put up that two Arkansas men might make a test as to which could stand the mosquitoes the longest. Both strip ped and sat down in a swamp. One gave in after twenty minutes, and the other stood it ten minutes lon- ger.
 When Jacob Foss, a Green Bay man, died a few weeks ago eight different men presented bills to his widow, but she had a receipt for each one in full. Her husband had filed away a matter of 2,OO0 of them, saying they might come handy some day.
 In a St. Louis hospital a man had a dream which covered 1000 miles of travel and six months time, yet he was only minute and a half covering the whole business. If the body could move with the brain how we would whizz!
 A tiger in India sprang from thicket upon Major Lawton, break ing his shoulder, knocking him off his horse, and all this was done in- side of twenty seconds. The tiger of these days has come to be a hust- Ter.
 The colony on Pitcairn's Island numbers 120 people, all related by blood or marriage, and the amount of money circulating among them has never been above $80. The one who gets hold of $20 of this is con- sidered millionaire.
 A Mussulman woman has just died in Meean Nicer, India, credited with 15O. years of age. She was blind, deaf and dumb, and almost inanimate. She died in the house of a grandson who is over 80.
 A we'll of so-called electrical wa ter has been tapped at Fort Scott, Ks. To place both hands in the water at the same time is utterly impossible. The shock is so torci- ble that it throws one aside with vigor.
 A Kensington, Pa., dentist prop ped a patients mouth open to fill a tooth, and then, to divert his mind, told joke from one of the funny papers so wildly that the patient gave a snort of laughter that blew his filling clear out of the window.
 A representative of "a French sym dicate has been lookingi at an is- land near San Francisco with a  view to establishing there a frog farm. According to his estimates an enormous fortune awaits the man who takes hold of the venture in the right way.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

Ten years ago there were twenty two railroads which could not in- terchange cars owing to the guage. Now all are alike and cars owned in Maine are seen slipping over the rails in Texas.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

They have a wild cat in a saloon Texarkana, and they want some one to bring in his dog and have little fun. The cat has killed every fight ing dog for thirty miles around, and is so lonesome for the want of some thing to do that she is losing flesh.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

The story about the great cave found near Findlay, Ohio, by a far mer, turns out to be canard. just as might have been expected from the way the story was worded. The farmer was looking for a jug under a haycock, and not for a cave.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

Tired saleslady-Oh, dear, I wish we had something to sit down on.
 Another tired saleslady-I sat down on that fly foor-walker this morning.-Puck.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

One very curious thing about fire works is, that the Roman candle comes from Hong Kong and the Chinese lanterns are made in New York State.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
Odds and Ends.

water will lower the temperature of your room fifteen degrees. If that won't do you can sleep on the tub. ] Australia is as cosmopolitan as the United States. At a hotel in Sidney the other week there were thirteen different nationalities rep resented at one table. South Carolina wants to get up a fight between a lion and ten bull dogs, but the trouble is to find a lion. After the fight the trouble would be to find the bulldogs.
 California will have the largest grape crop this year ever grown and Spain reports the same pros poets. Between the two, poor folks will manage to get along some how.
 Just at the present time the man who tries to get out of Chicago doesn't feel easy until he has pass ed the fortieth mile-post. The city limits stop at about thirty-fve miles.
 A Cincinnati man used 10000 gallons of water on his lawn last year. His neighbor trusted to Pro- vidence to sprinkle his, and when the fall came he had the best lawn.
 George Graham, of Clyde, O., had 600 cabbages in a field. Ten COWS got in one night and destroy ed every one, and George didn't have time to shoot but three of the animals before being arrested.
 The wise man who goes out on picnic may hunger for ice cream and thirst for lemonade, but if he restraints his appetite the chances are that he will return home alive. If not, the chances are against him. New Jersey has examined her public school houses to discover that 65 per cent of them are bur- lesque on sanitary rules, and that 50 per cent of them ought to have caught fire from the furnaces last winter.
 A man in Cleveland makes affi davit that he suffered 122 consecu- tive days with the toOthache and yet never whipped one of his chil- dren or said a cross word to his wife. No human being will believe him.
 A Maryland man salted a ledge of rock on his farm with silver and caught a sucker, who paid him $3,- 900 for $15 worth of land. More than that he has gone to Paris to enjoy himself and uphold the hon. or of America.
 Five years hence there will hard ly be a place on this earth for the robber, murderer or conspirator to set his foot and feel safe. Treaties are being made in every direction concerning them and their extradi- ton.
 "It isn't the being hung I care for so much," said South Carolinian under sentence of the gallows, "but it is being obliged to go away just as watermelons are at their best. Seems as if I never appreciated them before"
 A surveyor who was employed in one of the oldest counties of Con- necticut put in three weeks on diff ferent farms before he found one single line fence on the right line. Every farmer was a gainer or loser by the survey.
 The grizzly bear is following in the footsteps of the buffalo and gradually going hence. It is now only among the most broken eoun- try of the territories that he can be found at all, and he isn't half as full of ght as he used to be.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15

King Cole is being sued for debt in Rochester. He isn't the jolly old soul the gang makes out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-19

this had some effect upon the market.
There evidently was disposition to realize
on the part of longs and the offerings
were large, which resulted in a decline of
l2c from opening figures. but the offerings
were met with a good demand after the
buying orders were filled. which caused some
reaction from the early decline. the market
ruled more quiet, and with fair offerings
steady shrinkage followed to inside prices.
A fair trade was reported In corn early.
after which the pit became quiet and in
active. The feeling on the whole was com
paratively steady, and prices showed but
little change from yesterday. AT 50 cents
for September, offerings were quiet and
heavy, and this was the extreme price for
that future. A stronger feeling developed
in oats. and especially in August and Sep
TENDER. and prices advanced fractionally.
In mess pork trading was lighter and chief
ly local Opening sales were at slight
advance receded 7l2c, advanced 100 12l2c
and closed steady at about the outside.
Lard was quiet and steady and without
new feature. Short ribs were fairly active.
but an unsettled feeling prevailed. Offer
ings early were quite free and prices de-
clined CSC. Later good demand sprang up
and offerings were quickly absorbed by q
prominent packer. Shorts" also, began
to buy and prices were bid mp 100. l2Iac.
closing steady. The leading futures
ranged as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-19
options. lOpenFg IHighestl Lo,cesf. Closing

dull and easier. Noe spring wheat, sO12c;
No. spring wheat. none offered; No. red,
S012c; No. 2 corn, 3534c; No. 2 oats, 22l4c; No.
Frye, :42c; No. 2 barley nominal; No. lax
seed, sl.Sl; prime timothy-s Sl.4201 As;
pound, 6.22l2c; short-rib sides lloose), $50
5.5Oc; dry-salted shoulders (boxedl. $3.50
5.37l2c; short-clear sides (boxed), 606.12l2c;
whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal,
S1.0S. Sugars-Cut-loaf unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange, to-day, the but
ter market was quiet and unchanged. Eggs
in light request at 10120111ac.
Receipts-Flour, 9,OCO brls; wheat, 81, 900
blu; corn. $4,000 blu; oats. $4,000 bu; rye,
II, 600 brls; wheat 63. 600 bu; corn, COS 900 bu;
oats, $4,000 Blu; rye. 1900 blu; barley, 1000 Blu.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-19

age backs. lc less than above quotations
20n average bellies. i2c less. Dry Salt
and Picked MeatsmClear sides SnnsmSo a,s.
(unsmoked). 7iac; bean pork. y brl 200 Ms.
sI5 ham or rump pork, y hrl 200 rss. $3.50.
small. &c. LardDPure winter Leaf. kettle
sl4c; in 5ois cans in 1oO-n cases, sisc in pom
tierces, 7lac. Hoosier Packing Co. Lard-In
tierces, VAC; in som cans in loom cases, 7iec
Wholesale Prices-Carload LOTS. +. hams,
as to average; shortri6 sides. dry salt. SC; prime
steam lard. CSC.
BUTTER-Creamery. choice, 14016c; choice
country. case; common, 305c.
EGGs-Shippers paying lOc for candled stock,
selling from store at IL oil l9c.
n; hen turkeys, I0c; toms, Sc; ROSTERS, 3isc;
geese, $3.50 y doz; ducks. &c.
FEATHERs-Prime geese. $50 p b; mixed duck
BEEswAx-Dark 1ec; yellow, zoe.
WOoI-Tub- washed and picked, 80 35c; un.
washed. medium and common grades n IN GOOD
order, 25c; bury and cotted, l10Z0c; neece-
washed, II light and In good order, Is o3Oc;
bury and understandable. according to their
LEATHER HIDES AND TALLow.
LEATHER-Oak sole, 2e 33c; hemlock sole. %
029c; harness, 81 $50: skirting, 80 034c; black
bride, p doz., $50 a65; fair bride, $6O17S y
CITY, s siE sp
$1.O001.sO.
HIDEs-No. 1 green, &c; No 2 green, Sc; No.
i green salt, Sc; No. green salt, 3l2c calf same
as hides; No. green salt kip, SC; No. green
salt kip, Sc.
LAMBsKNs-4004 5c.
TALLOw-No i, DC; No. 2, 312c.
GREAsE-Brown,2 l2c; yellow. 2%c; white, 4ioc.
SEEDS.
Clover-Red, choice, so n bu, $4.0004.35; En-
glish; choice, $4.4O04.6O; white. choice 81. 400
7.75; alsike, $s. so 09. 90; alfalfa choice. $775
$500. Timothy-Choice; As 10 bu, $1.7002.0O.
Bluegrass. fancy. Ia ID bu. e0ca$I 90. Orchard
grassC0Extra clean IA n bu 1889 i.4o; Bed
Choice Sicily canary, 50sc y n. Pure German
miilet; SOC a 81 90 p bu: choice Hungarian, 7O0
SOC bu. B. & w. Ensilage Corn-90c0 PSI y bu;
red cob, $l01.25 y bu; evergreen sweet, $3.50
1.50 y blu. POpcorn-Dry, 203c v r.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-19
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Cincinnati and Other Points.

ST. LOUIS, July 1s.-Flour quiet and un-
changed. but firm. Wheat-The opening was firm
close was weak. with sellers at lsc decline for
August and December, and Sc for September
July the same as yesterday; No. red cash.
asked; August, 740747s075c, closing at 74c
asked September, 754d76c, closing at 75l4c
asked; December. 7Sl2d79asc, closing at 7sl0c
market, with no changes in prices. and trading
insignificant; No. mixed. cash, $3.50 asked;
August, 32Ssc. Oats nominal; No. cash 23c bid;
bid. Rye-No. 2, 42c. Hay-Nothing doing
Bran quiet; asa 4s1ac. Flaxseed. 81 rs bid but
worth more. Butter unchanged. Eggs dull at
SC. Corn-meal at $2.106215. Whisky, 81 o.
Provisions dull and, weak. Pork. $i1.75.
Lard-Prime steamdull and nominal at
ionss DrSsat n. 02r
5000. Bacon-shoulders, 562lac: longs and
ribs, 6.4506.50c; short clear, 6.6Oc. Ham,
wheat, a2 900 bu; corn. $4,000 bu; 'C oats S5s
600 bu. Shipments-Fl0ur, 5000 brls wheat,
$4,000 bu: corn. 10000 bu; oats, 14,0OObu.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1s.-Flour-Good in
quiry for choice old winter wheat fours at firm
prices; spring steady and held under light Offer
ings. Wheat-Options opened 4d 1c higher I'M
der stronger cables, but subsequently reacted
4d lec from the highest point, under lower re-
ports from other grain centers Car lots in fair
demand. and the limited offerings were cleaned
up at firm prices; new steamer No. 2 red in ex-
port elevator, see; new No. 2 red, on track,
Soc; old ungraded long berry, in grain depot.
$l.04; No. 2 red, July. s4@as5hc; August, s3a
dS44c; September, 49, ds4lsc; October, S4le
dS5c. Corn strong; prices OF car lots advanced
Lee. and futures 146ssc higher. Speculation,
however. was very tame; No. mixed. on track
and in Twentieth-street elevator, A lec; No. 2
high mixed. In grain depot, 45c; No. 2 mixed,
July. 43isa43ssc; August, 43isa43ssc; Sep
TENDER. 43ia a 44c; October. Asa a 44lec. Oats
quiet. but offerings light, and prices firmly MAIN
tained No. 3 white. 33c; No. 2 white. 34iac.
Futures firm, with August and September Il a
iac higher No. white July. 33iad 34c; August.
31AG32c: September, 3Oss a3lc; October,
3lisc. Eggs steady; Pennsylvania firsts, 14la
d15c. Other articles unchanged. Receipts
Flour. $500 brls; wheat. 300 Blu; corn. IS. 900
bu; OATS 1920 blu. Shipments-Wheat, $500
bur- corn. IL 900 bu; oats. II 300 bu.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 1S.-Higher prices were
asked for milling wheat on the sample tables
early In the morning. partly in consequence of
the advance I'm Eastern markets. but when the
Eastern points declined later sample sellers re-
fused 20 come down. Some sales were made
early and at stin prices, and sellers were en-
couraged by the indications OF an improved in
CURRY from local millers and the presence Of sew
eral outside millers who have remained away for
several days. The buying feeling fell of later
and low grades dragged. Receipts, ls6 cars;