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The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
A Poor Country fer DueIists.

l saw genuine curiosity last week. It was letter from one man to an- other asking the one to act as a seo- ond for the other in duel about to be fought here, and in this year of our Lord 1889. felt as if could not be seeing the words right as 1 read them of sheet of pretty modern station cry, and looked at the date, they sounded so anticipated or, still more, so stagey. Yet the fellow that wrote them is a newspaper man, if you'll be- lieve me, and was quite sincere in seeking to right his wrongs in this manner. Hardly necessary to say, he is not an American, though he has been here some time and has worked on Che New York press. He is an Austrian. The man he wrote to is an Englishman, and he took the same view have expressed of the thing, and when he spoke to me was start ing out to find the Austrian and try and hush him up before the authorities got O2 his track and arrested him. and opened up for him the cheerful pros pect of two years in the penitentiary. That is what you can get in New York for cimply sending a challenge. It is pretty poor country for dueling.-- \. I. Graphic.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
HEREDlTY IN GEESE.
A Transmission Of Terror to the Third Anserine Generation.

 Anserins Generation.
 A correspondent of the Revue Scientifque vouches for tho following story: For about twenty years he was in the habit of visiting two or three times each year 8 farm where was kept a flock of geese, numbering from thirty to thirty-fve in the early part of the winter, and in the spring four or five left for breeding pur- poses; these also generally being killed Q few months later, after the new broods had attained their growth. In the month Of July, 1862. on feast day, the farmer and his men being absent, the geese were for gotten and were attacked by dogs, which killed many of them. The next evening at twilight the farmer thought they must have been at tackled a second time. He found them flying about in their pen much fright ened. but the dogs wero nowhere to be seen. The next day the terror re- appeared at tho same hour, as it did on the following day, and from that time on. The correspondent of the Revue had forgotten this fact when, ten years later, he chanced to be on the farm one evening, and heard the cackling of the apparently frightened geese. When he asked for an explanation, he was told that this had been kept up from the time they had been attacked by the dogs; that there had been 10 repetition of the attack, and that the flock had been re- newed in the meantime ct least three times. If this story is well authen- ticated, we have ease of the trans mission of terror to tho third genera ton in family Of geese.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
LoNe-LlvED INDIANS.
Aged Redskins Among Whom Is Che Six
 Score Years of Ago.

Aged Redskins Among Whom Is Che Six
 Score Years of Ago.
 Deputy United States Marshal Ralph Deminguez, Of Los Angeles, tells very strange tale of the extraordinary lon gevity of some Indians upon whom he served some papers recently.
 Five Mission Indians were subpoe- naed to testify in case wherein the Government is plaintiff. The point involved is as to whether or not the Indians shall be maintained in the possession of tho Potrero reservation, which comprises 45,00O acres of the finest land in Southern California. The five Indians in question were wanted to testify as to how long they had had possession Of the reser- vation, and their ages ranged from eighty to 12o years. Mr. Dominguez found them in the Yuma dcsert, about ten miles the other side of Indio.
 The eldest of tho quintotte was Juan Sabichi, who had been on earth 12c years. Francisca Apache was aged 115 years. Juan Largo had only lived 1e0 years. Juan Cohulla was born ninety-fve years ago. The yout. ol the party was chief Cabazon, who had only recoIlected Of seei8g eighty sum- mers pass.
 Juan Sabichi and Franciscs Apache recollect of the commencement Of the work on the mission at Porero. which, as 8 historical fact, was built one hundred and ten years ago. They both assisted in the construction of the antique temple. as they carried adobe and in that way aided in the work. On account of their extreme age they can hardly walk now, but all things considered they are quite ''chipper.
 Francisco Apache vas married four teen years ago, when he was over one hundred years old. In honor of his union to an Apache woman. who on the occasion was a blushing bride oi sixty summers, he added to h;s name the name of the tribe his wife was member of.
 Four years ago the father of Chief Cabazon died at the advanced age of one hundred and forty years, and then his son succeeded to the chief tainship. These extraordinary in- stances of the longevity of the Mis- sion Indians. who number about six hundred, speak great deal for the climate of the Yuma desert where during all this time they have lived undisturbod by the wki.e man.-Sll Diego (CalA Union
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
4 THE coRRLER.s DEFEAT.
Crispin Learns, to His Sorrow, That Ap.
 pearances Are DeceitfuL

l Crispin Learns, to His Sorrow, That Ap- pearances Are DeceitfuL ! We were sitting in front of David sons grocery one summer afternoon when some one observed that s'Old Taylor was coming. He was g dried up, little old man, who might have been anywhere from fifty to one hun dred years old, and he had voice to remind you of broken glass rattling in q tin pan.
 "Npw, boys" said the village shoemaker, who was about forty-fve years old, and weighed one hundred and seventy-fve pounds. I'll show you some fun. I'm going to scare old Taylor half to death. The old man drove up before any explanations could be sought, and, after hitching his old plug. he stood for minute to wipe the dust of his ancient plug hat with his elbow. The shoemaker took advantage of this to advance and say:
 Uncle Taylor, 1t is over twenty years ago that I sold you pair of boots on tick. They have never been paid for yet"
 They didn't it. and they never will be paid fur!' hotly replied the old man.
 ''I have waited and waited,m con- tinued the cobbler, ''but my patience is finally exhausted. You must now pay nc or I'll take it out Of your hide"
 "Goin' to lick me, hoy!' shouted Uncle Taylor, as he drew back step.
 'Tll have to-" answered the cred itor
 Then pitch right inr'
 twill you pay?'
 ''No, sirr'
 "Uncle Taylor hate to break you in two, but if you don't pay that old debt I'll-'
 linen come onr' squealed the old man, and with that he swung and caught the shoemaker on the jaw and laid him out He followed it up by piling on, and he kicked, bit, scratched and pounded so vigorously that inside of three mir 3tes 1he cobbler was shout ing to us to take him off He was Q licked man. Instead of having fun with the old man, the old man had made circus of him. We hauled him into the shade of a sugar hogshead and famed him with hat, and after about ten minutes he faintly re- marked:
 "BOys, was 1 lickedP'
 Right from the mark" we an- swered.
 And by Old Taylor alonoP'
 "Yes."
 Well, that shows how a man can be mietahen," he sighed. "For over twenty years l have fond!y figured that could lick that old cuss with my eyes shut and both hands tied behind me, and now ne does me up in a fight of my own picking and with all my tackle clear. Please leave me alone for awhile, boys. My head swirns and my body aches, and want to reason it out and find some excuse for making a fool of myself. "-N. Y. Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
SUFFERING SAILORS.
The Terrible Experience of Nine Casta-
 we35 In the Caribbean.

The Terrible Experience of Nine Casta-
 we55 In the Caribbean.
 Nine shipwrecked sailors lived for Dver three weeks, in April last, on a 5esert island only thirty miles from .he southeast corner of Jamaica. They were entirely naked, for in their terrible struggle to get ashore after sheir bark had foundered on a coral reef they lost all their clothing. For two days they were without drink, put they finally obtained, by digging, small supply of very brackish water. They had no means of kiudling 9 fire, and were compelled to eat their food raw. They found Q few cocoanuts, caught few birds and 8 number Of sea, crabs, and eked out a very meager 1iet with some little roots like the common white radish Their story is all the more interesting because the adventure occurred in the West Indies, within a short distance Of the large town of Kingston, Jamaica, where it would hardly be believed that ship wrecked sailors could suffer so long without succor. In fact, relief did not come until after two of the crew had reached Jamaica on raft.
 The bark Gettysburg. of Aberdeen, was on her way from Montevideo to Pensacola when, on a dark and stormy night, she struck on q reef outside the Morant Keys, and ia few minutes sank in deep water. Seven Of the crew were drowned, but Captain Stewart and eight men, after clinging to the wreck age until daylight, succeeded in getting ashore. Half starved, terribly bis tered and burned by the hot sun, and some of them so weakened by their struggles in the sea as to be almost helpless, they were from first to last in 2 most pitiable condition. There is no telling how long their suferings would have continued if they had not at lastsucceeded in making frail raft that bore two of the men safely to Jamaica.
 Out of an old piece of bagging some bits of llanket, and @ ,lat- tress that had been washed ashore they contrived to rig some sails fer their raft. It was just three weeks after they landed on the island that Jones and Allan, two sailors, started for Jamaica. The provisions they carried were all the cocoanpts that were left on the island, @ piece of pork that had washed up on the beach, and nine pints of water in old bottles they had found on the island. The raft sank eighteen inches below the water in the center, but at the ends it was slightly elevated above the sur face. The men were too weak to stand, and during the forty-eight hours required to sail thirty miles to Jamaica they were constantly in water up to their waists. Landing ncG" Morant Bay. they were picked up nearly dead from exhaustion and taken to Kingston, where they were kindly cared for. Relief was prompt iy sent to their comrades, and the whole party were landed in England few weeks ago.
 The Pacific has of late years been the most prolific scene ot castaway stories; but the thrilling adventures of the crow of the Gettysburg show that sailors along our Eastern shores may also meet with experiences now and then of the Robinson Crusoe order.- N. Y, Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
CATTLE BRANDS.

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear upperbit in right ear. Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under mouth, C on left jaw (cheekl {; bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock c on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNlNG Post office: Show Low Arizona. Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, LagUna Ortega and Ldguna Salaia.
 Horse brand C ( left shoulder.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09

The girls do like to go to the base
 all games so much. They are sure Q see some good catches" there. = lnEers Sta:cs-nan
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09

Thomas Nelson Pages beautiful tale of "Ma.se Chan" was Henry Ward Bcecher's favor;te story
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
BULL & STONE.

Post office: Taylor, Arizona Territory. Range: Lower Show Low. Horse Brand J s left shoulder.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03

such they may be called, have been al
lowed time to cool they are taken to the
top of the building, in the rear, where
the boiling watts are located. They are
great cauldrons Of copper, set in masonry,
and contain perhaps, forty or fifty gal
Ions of a solution of sulphuric acid. The
metal shavings are placed in these boil,
ing cauldrons In proper quantity n
boiled for a long time. Then the de-
coction, which is of bright blush green,
is syphoned off to watts on the floor below,
where it is put through another and an
other boiling until it has been thoroughly
cooked seven times. Then it is decanted
off into other receptacles lined with cop
per and having suspended across them
bars of sheet copper. The copper col
lects the sulphur from the bath and pre-
cipitates the gold while the silver, still
in solution, is carried off to other vats.
It is put through a number Of chemical
processes until it is finally precipitated,
and the solution in which it last was IS
decanted off. The gold precipitate looks
like coarse dirty building sand, and if a
pile of it were dumped in the street in
front of the Assay Office it might Lie there
for a month before any one, other than a
mineral expert, would think Of touching
it. And if the silver precipitate were
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03

The grip has been traced by the Lon
don Times with reasonable certainty to
eastern Asia and the foods, followed by
famine and malaria, which occurred in
the Hoang-Ho or Yellow River of China
two years ago. Similar outbreaks of in
auenza have originated in the same
region from the same cause, or at least
the disease has spread west through
Siberia just after overaows Of Chinese
rivers which produced famine and fevers.
The great streams OF the Celestial En-
pire support . teemiDg population, and
when the mud deposits destroy the rice
crops and breed malaria the people die
by hundreds of thousands and epidemic
makes its career of conquest westward
gust as the ancient scythians did. Until
China and other Oriental countries re.
Iceiye our science and put in practice
modern notions of sanitation there is nc
preventive ms2as that can stay the pro-
gress Of the red, black and other deaths
that issue from that cradle Of destruction.
AI that can be done is TO lessen the evil
by proper treatment and quarantine
closely against the deadlier pestilenees.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03
Was Already Punished.

"A young man, who is stopping up at
the Richelieu, and who had just paid his
good-sized dinner check, the other day,
met a friend in the hotel cafe soon after
ward, and was moved to tell a story oD
two Italians who were visiting New York
city some time ego. Having but recently
arrived from their native land they were
comparative strangers in the metropolis
They had resolved to ~enjoy life while
their money lasted, and to think of work
only after it was all gone. One day they
passed Delmonieo's. The name had ar
Italian ring to their ears, and they de.
cided to &C in and take dinner. They
ordered rather lavishly, and paid but
little attention to the prices. When ths
check was presented they were aghast tt
find that it was for SIS. 80. But there
was no help for it, and they paid the bill
out of a rapidly decreasing e~xchequer
For a block they walked slowly together.
exchanging never a word, but, finally,
the banker raised his eyes to heaven and
said: "Oh, Delmonico, God villa punish
you fera disl" Reaching down into hi
pocket his companion said: "God has al
ready punished him, Tomaso," and h
pulled out a handful of Mr.. Delmonlco1
best silver Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03
The Natural Home of the Human Race.

Man instinctively turns to the tropics
with a sure inspiration, for his body
knows, if his brain does not, that here,
under the brilliant sum-, here in the warm
southland, man originated. It was Grant
Duff, I think, who recently wrote that
no man had been literally educated till
he had passed some part of his life in the
tropics. Here n feels as if admitted to
natures laboratory; here she began her
experiments which we call evolution, the
result of which was nan Down in the
terra caaaiaate, the hot country, air,
earth and wao an, with life. There is
inexhaustible vitanSra we'd from the
ardent sun. Agassiz Tee hat the
Brazilian tribes are models Fect
human form, for the sun ga
shaping everything to beauty. One sebS
how true this is when looking at the men
and women of the terra ealiente. Even
a little higher up in the terra templada,
or temperate country, n sees clearly the
effects of the constant sunshine. How
supple and strong are the shapely women
How broad chested and vigorous the
well-nourished menl Where grow the
sugar cane and the coffee tree, where
flourish the fig and platano, there man
also increases in strength and in physical
perfection.
In the tropics the existence of Snerves''
is unknown. What a jolly good thing it is
for a tired Northerner to lie for hours on
a bench in a sun-warmed Mexican plaza
and breathe in the perfumed airl And
how, after days of this most pleasant
regimen, a man begins to feel that it is
good to live. He forgets the cares of his
business or professional life; he learns,
under the magic influence of the tropics,
that human speculation in philosophy
and theology are not worth the price OF
the paper they are printed on, and he
finds his nights sleep sweet and refresh
ing.-Boston Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03

1You don't know what snow storms
are in New York." said General Bella
Buell., of Leadville, Col, to q Press man.
"Why, even out in our country we have
mo such snowfall as we had twenty years
Iago. have seen the snow so deep that
las we went over its surface I have sat
down On the top Of telegraph poles to
rest, my feet being in the snow. Tele-
graph poles are eighteen or twenty feet
high. / have gone over the mountains
with Hank MoDd6, in the early days out
West, when there was u little narrow
path beaten down on top of the snow by
snow shoes, and marked at the sides with
chips and sticks, .of which it was dan
gerous to step. Once of the path you
would plunge down into the snow up to
your armpits, and if you didn't have your
arms out as you fell you would go into
the snow I'VE your head"
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03

Through Superintendent Mason's kind
ness, however, the photographer of this
paper was allowed to take all the pictures
he wanted save one In the Assay
Office, as in Bluebeard's palace, there is
n room into which the public must
not look through the medium of the
camera. Of course, that was the room
of which a photograph was most desired,
but Mr. Mason thought 1T best that it be
PISSED. He thought it would be ill ad-'
vised to furnish enterprising burglars
with photographs of a room containing
over 500, DOC, 600 in solid gold and
silver which is only protected by half a
dozen massive steel doors and a small
army of watchmen, fully armed But
for the information of such as may con-
template trying to force their way
into this impregnable stronghold, it
might be well to say that the bars of gold,
piled up like building stone ia a wall,
are so heavy that they could not be
moved, if the opportunity to try to take
them away were allowed; so it is safe to
presume that they will remain where
they are, well guarded and in absolute
security, as they have been for thirty
years past.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03
Interesting Facts.
There are 2750 languages.

There are 2750 languages.
America was discovered in 1892.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
Envelopes were first used in 1889.
Telescopes were invented in 1890.
A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds.
A barrel of flour weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A frkin of butter weighs Sc pounds.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
A span is ten and seven-eighth inches.
A hand horse messure) is four inches.
Watches were first constructed in
1476.
A storm moves thirty-six miles per
hour.
A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour.
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
Gold was discovered in California in
1s4s.
The first horse railroad was built in
1867.
The average human life is thirty-one
years.
Coaches were first used in England in
1859.
Modern needles first came into use in
1545.
The value Of a ton of pure gold is
5000, 1921.
One million dollars gold coin weighs
$685. pounds avoirdupois.
The value of a ton of silver is S37,-
704. 81.
One million dollars silver coin weighs
SO, 929.9 pounds avoirdupois.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
The first newspaper was published in
England in 1888.
The first newspaper advertisement ap-
peared in 1852.
Until 1776 cotton spinning was per.
formed by the hand spinning wheel.
Glass windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
Albert Durer gave the world q proph-
ecy of future wood engraving in 1922.
Measure 209 feet on each side and you
will have a square acre within an inch.
The first complete sewing machine was
patened by Elias Howe, Jr., in 1916.
The first knives were used in England,
and the first wheeled carriage in France
in 1869.
The present national colors of the
United States were not adopted by Con
gress until 1777.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03

Warned by the experience Of the
Cronin trial at Chicago, when weeks of
valuable time were consumed in the Sc
lection Of O jury with a result far from
satisfactory, 8 Chicago judge has adopted
a plan by which he hopes to overcome
these difficulties. He has simply taken
into his own hands the examination of
The veniremen; and having satisfied him
self that they were qualified as jurors to
Try the case without prejudice, he &C.
septed them in spite Of the objections
raised by the defence, the cause in ques-
tion being q criminal one. Il seems
that under the Illinois law this power is
vested in the Judge; and n has been
found who is willing to take the respon.
eibility for his actions.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03

dumped side by side with it, superintend-
emit Mason would as likely as not be ar
rested for throwing ashes into Wall street.
But the golden sand and the silver
ashes have yet many hands to pass
through before the Office is ready to re-
po1t as to the quality and 1neness of the
metal. It is next saturated with hot
water and allowed to stand half an hour.
Then it is shoveled into a copper-lined
box on wheels, and carted off to the
press room to be made into cheese.
Queer stuff to make cheese of, it is true,
but if the average orner grocer had just
n of those cheeses in stock, he could
well afford to retire from business.
In the press-room is a hydraulic hydro
static engine of immense power. Be-
side it stands the hydraulic press, whose
power is SO great, yet SO delicately ap-
piled, that a mans skull might be gently
crushed and no abrasion of the skin be
perceptible. The terrific power can be
instantly released as we'll as applied. 1t
is a dangerous machine to handle, but in
skillful hands it is a faithful servant and
does it's work well. c. G. Drummer, a
veteran in the service, and who has been
The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03

In this peculiar building on Wall
street is located the plant of the United
States Assay Office, a branch Of the Gov
eminent the Importance of which cannot
be overestimated. 1t is the Mecca of all
the tourists and sightseers who visit the.
metropolis, and its workings are matters
of the keenest interest to every govern
ment of civilized people on the face of
the earth. It's tests, when officially an
nounced, stand in all parts of the world
without a challenge, and in the domain
Of business, wherein the precious metals
hold much sway, its word is incontro-,
vertible.
But if the famous old house is curious
outside, it's various departments Within
are still more so. Superintendent Maj
son, who has been in charge of the
office almost since its inception, is the
authority for the statement that no pho,
tographs have ever been taken within its
walls. True, magazine articles have
been written about it, but the illustra-,.
tons used therein were simply sketches
taken here and there of some particular
objects upon which men were at work.