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The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
/ AFRAID OF EAN,<S.
4 Divorced Wife Loses sTJ.o33 Atiuoar
 Hidden in Her -s1 o.a.

4 Divorced Wife Loses SI J.c93 A'iuoar
 Hidden in Her -sJ o.a.
 V Why is it that the ma jsritT of women are so afraid of a bank? asks the -1v York Star. They are only satisfied with money; checks, bank-boo.Es, or other cy- idence of money do not please them. When I read about the woman . few days ago who put her money under the waist of her dress and then lest 1t, 1 was reminded of similar loss, only of larger amount, which occurred in this city a few years ago. After much lltl- gation in the Supreme Court an ill-u5od wife got a decree of divorce and abont SI5,O0O alimony. The lawyers and the wife and her mother met iii one of the small rooms of the courthouse and set tied. The husbands lawyer had q cer- tified check for the alinony, but tho wife wouldn't touch i5: she wanted money. Tn vain did her own counsel assure her that the check was better than money; it was so much safer. Her husbands treatment of her had been cruel, and he had fought her application for divorce in such moan way that she had come to distrust every thing he proposed. She believed that the check was a trick, and she wouldn't lave 1t. So the two lawyers went or got the check cashed, and came back with the money. She took it. carefully deposited it in her bosom, smilingly observing that no thieves could get hold of t there.
 She and her mother leftthe courthouse and took the Sixth avonlc elevated for Forty-second street. When they got home the money was gone. Nomaniikc, they believed that the judge who de- creed the alimony could in s0mo way make the loss good, and they rushed back to the courthouse and obtained an interview with him. lie is one of the tenderest-hearted men in the world, and he has since described the meeting as one of the most painful he ever had The loss of the money rendered them abso- lutely penniless, and tEere were two children whose custody had been given to the mother, the father being worth less in every respect except pecuniarily. The wife cried and the mother s0bbCd The judge explained to them that the case was closed; that final judgment had been rendered and compiled with; that they had insisted upon taking bills instead of a certified check, which had been offered to them, and that they had only themselves to blame for the loss. He didn't convince the excited and heart broken women by such arguments. Finally, there being no other way of getting rid of them, the judge agreed to send to the husband and lay the case before him. He was not called upon in any manner to do this, nor, in fact, had he any right to; but his magnanimity and pity caused him to. l never heard
 that he succeeded, however, and am under the impression that the wife never got any thing more from her hus- band. He had paid the courts decree and he let her go-to starvc, if 1t should so happen.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
TENDER AS A BACE.

Tiat Is Why an ErtsIl t'achcr Syln2.t-iEoi
 with Iii, Victim.
 The village of Garrisou's, on the iUd- son. is the home of few wealthy city people during tho heated tern. says the New York Sun. Garris3n's is not aopu- lous enough to support a regular Daf5yr, and so this very necessary function has been assumed by the baC~agc--2an at the Hudson river railroad station. who is known as Dar. It is a funny $ .i-t to see a lawn-tenni5 dandy with yellow shoes lying in an ordinary armchair, his head over the back and resting oa the book in which Dan keeps lis Gc- counts, and which lies upon 9 desk, For scraping the jowls of the city board CTS the baggagc-man earns many dime between trains.
 This reminds the writer of Gn 2ZQe- rience in the Arraa islands, on the west coast of Ireland, last February. He he'd three weeks growth of beard on his face, and he hunted over the three isi- ands for barber, at last finding enc who was willing to undertake the job. The Arran barber had never shaved q Yankee, and was oyerjoyed at the chance. He was twenty years old, and had been engagcd all his life at building stone walls. I2 sharpeEod his razor on a piece Of smooth ilaT- stone, and seated his victim ia kitchen chair. One man held tho pG-icrts head, and dozen interested spectators looked on, for it was an altogether nnarecooeat- ed event in the islands. The lathcring was done with piece Of hard brown soap, which was rubbed over tao f@cc. Grabbing a handful of hair on top ot the patients head, the stone-wali builder flourishod the razor in the air and exclaimed:
 Are ye all ready, sir?'
 "All right was the trembling reply. Down came the razor with a sweep like that of scythc, The implement was evidently as full Of teeth as buz-Sav. It tore tho hair out b. the roots. It raised tho victim bolt upright 2s if a cannon cracker had exploded. Tears gathered in his7cyes. His hands cGnched convulsivcly. and Q rivClet of blood ran down his cheek. Tho butcher wont to the window to wipe his weapon clean. While standing there h. looked up and exclaimed sympathetically:
 ''Shurc, sir, yo have 8 face as tindher as little habby"'
 The shave was concluded three weeks later iu the city Cf Galway.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
FOUND HIS ENEMY.
Thirty Years of Waiting for Vengeance
 Knocked Into Cooked Hat.

Thirty Years of Waiting for Vengeance
 Knocked Into a Cooked Hat. We were sitting on the veranda of hotel at Niarara Falls, writes a New York Sun contributor, when l noticed the man on my right looking sharply at the man on my left, and presently he got up in an excited way and walked about. After a bit he halted before tho other man and asked:
 "Isn't your name Grabam?"
 ''Yes. sir was the prompt reply.
 Didn't you used to teach school at E1mira?"
 ''Yes, sir.''
 ''In 1S63?"
 ''Yes, sir.'
 ''Do you remember boy named God llin?''
 ''Very distinctly, sir"
 Do you remember that he put package of fire-cracl1ers under his desk and touched them Off?''
 As if it happened only yesterday"
 And you pasted him for it?"
 "I did. I licked him until he could hardly stand, and I've always been glad of it."
 ,.You have. eh?" said the other, breathing fast and hard. Do you know that that boy swore a terrible oath?"
 II presume he did, as he was a thor ough young villain"
 He swore an oath that he would grow up and hunt for you and pound you within an inch of your life.
 But haven't heard from him yet"
 You hear from him now! He stands before you! am that boy"
 sWell?"
 Prepare to be licled Ny time has come at last!'
 He made dive for the old pedagogue, but the latter evaded him, made half turn and hit him on the jaw, and Godkin went over chair in heap. Then tho whilom schoolmaster piled onto him and licked him until he cried Enough and it didn't take him over three min utes to do it. Then he retired to get on another collar and replace some but tons. and 1 helped GodlIin up and ob- served:
 ''You didn't wait quite long enough, l guess"
 Say! That's where I made mis- cuo.' he replied. II see now that l ought to have held off until he had got to be about 15O years old. The old devil is all of 70 now, but he licked me right off the reel, and I'll never have the sand to stand up to him again. Heres thirty years of waiting for vengeance knocked into 6 cooked hat in three l minutesn
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
A einrulnr Swiss Custom.

Until within few years singular custom has obtained in Switzerland. When husband and wife expressed de- sire for divorce they were required to enter q room and live therein together for @ fortnight, during which time they were neither to see nor to converse with anybody else; their food was passed 10 thom through a narrow opening in the wall, and aH communication with the outside world was cut of. If, at the end Of a fortnight of this confinement together, the couple still clamored for divorce, 1t was gr..As2i without further ado.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
EsYL0a0'3 MINK FARM.
T1ocz . E9Ua- Trisi, Lawyer Vtcunaized .
 trItisss EoEle.aln.

lTitisa &OEle.11n.
 Lord Trnf9ed. e1 Ea-l;eh nobleman, stopped a5 North late, Eeb., during L.5 tour of tho pra.ries, sa-s the Chicago I-iLCne. He saoncd greatly pleased yz- , tho wild West. and iltimatod that Lc would like 10 invest some money in something good. There was a smart young Irish lawyer in the town, whose parents Lad had some unpleasant dca-- i1Gs with Lord |Fynford in the old coun- try. This young lawyer had lived il North Platte about two years. Hecame there to examine claim he had pur- chased ou paper. To his appointment. h.5 farm w1s nothing but a pr@irie-dog town.
 You ccslI not raise even sage brush o1 the claim go close together were the l1rc5Ta Of the little animals. He had about -ivca Gp all hopes of disposing Of his land when he learned that Lord Uyaf5c1 was looking for q good i1.aa-1ie-t Then he called upon the wealthy foreigner and offered for sale what lo called the most profitable industry in America" He LD4L til- ts-Il-1I iJ-L t-lAJ liz A--L D-c-- ten years cstaflisaiog 2 mink farm, and -ust ae the enterprise vas 5ar--ui1g t5 coin money he vas obliged to 50 South ol account cf l.s poor health. He c.- -l-iaod how tLo rsinEs were raised. L3, tl.ir a,-i1s were disposed of, and the ~reo5 domGal for rli-.1 fur in this cosau2. Inc young Irlsh-a1l pledged Lord Fiynfyrl b say nothing If the deal a. his Ll-uE farm was only known to a few wEy wore insimilar enterprises. Then ho drove his guest out to the pc-i- r.a-dor farm.
 Here an extensive tract of land desti- ute of trees and alive with little ali- malls that burrowed in the ground and parked like small dors Uas thoroughly inspected The possibilities Of furnish ing lho West with mink fur in the Gu- tumn delighted Lord Wynford, and re- turning to the city he rave S500 for tho dog town. He owns it now, and the good-for-nothing place is called "tho Lords mink farm"
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
CAPTAIN JAcK,S STORY.
The First Confederate Flag Flung to the
 Bceeze on t.o Mississippi.


 Esceezs on tho Mississippi.
 The first Confederate flag ever flung to the breeze on the Mississippi was raised by Captain J. r. Jack. To an interviewer at Saratcga he gave an in torosting account Of the incident and of his cventful life, G5 follows:
 q was born in 1850 in OAio. In 1847 I dr:fted down to New Orleans, and there. without friends or money, began the battle Of life. Shortly afterward 1 joined Q circus, and travelled with it on the road. Then we wentup and down tho Mississippi river on a floating palace, touching at towns along the shore and civing entertainments. This palace was 900 feet long, 50 feet wide, and would seat 2.OO0 people. 1 ran this boat for our company until 1859, whom l took charge of the Banjo, @ smaller craft, On this boat l had Q number of French Zouaves, who gave musket drills. As soon as Fort Sumter was fired upon ! ran the craft up to Nicksburg and sold out every thing, even to the muslletss which were purchased by the COnfeder- ates. Then I came North and re- mained few days in New York, but as my feelings and interests were all with the Southern people, Ircturned to New Orleans, purchased passenger boat called the Charm. and proceeded up the river. Arriving at Vicl1sburg met the Prince, a small steamer in command of Captain Reeves, coming down. It was while we were moOr9d at Viclsburg that I hoisted the Confederate flag. You see at that time every one was making a decided stand for one side or the other, and one day Captain Reeves came aboard the Charm. He had Con- fedcrata flag il his hand, aud he said to me: Captain Jack, these are the col ors we are sailing under now l said: All right, ard taking the flag nailed t on long pole, and lashcd the pole to the mainmast. But, understand me, if 1 it were to be done once again, l would not do it. In fact no colOrs would go to the top of my mainmast except the ] Stars and Stripes. After that l con 1 tinued to run steamboatS in Southern waters until 1875, when my health | failed, and since that time, with grip in one hand and pocBetbool in the other, I have explored the world, and especial lv the United States, which is to my mind the greatest country on top of ] Gods earth
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
An Anccaate os o.ue.as.

The late Beverly TUc.,cr was a Ccnu- inc r. F. V. lie v-Gs handsome, FopU- lar and the best story teller ii Wash ington. He was 9 great friend Of Stephen A. Douglas. and ono day. when Tucker was walking doE-n Ponnsyly2ai2 avenue, the Little Gi2rt overlook him, threw his arm around h.s sbo1llar a2l cxclaimod: Rev, olJ a5y. l love voV. But, will you 2l7vays icre Ie: -c- Tucker, If don't, may l be G~2G1-. What do you want m2 to G5? Soy.H1c- you will, and lurcneuJor it '}.-l- sail Tucker, ''Uhea you get to F. President. ell want yoC to 3o for r,e i. to choose some p2bLc place Ike ,sl- put your arn around r2T ?
 as you arc doing now. cell g.,
 tvI ma you ls~2 mo. T5r
 made, and it ra9a5 Jea
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When a2- Lind cf fc2r % takes pos session ot 8 la1n a.5 . destroy or palsy tec a1t.~a.,.' ..-.-.T Ct c1u~27c. then is j.. t1-- .. 1cr.e----es into coT----ice.
 Lar a-l co--ero gre coo,4-o-i'-r-5 in the As-1-a -,l2caet-r, each meeting the other c5 balance and Emit it. The fear Of fire. for c-,curao, i5 absolutely essen,
 tiai } 7-c5-cyo l-le; bu5 lot U to Dnac- o3u~an:cG lg cor2ge, and the pisiailo c0veu.l C~r-,'.}os ill ,-cEo' vhile his vile
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
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I Cta- TIVE. ---lt,.e-2. la llo-G it's { o.c t..atno e0. .se'.i-s t nave Eoa2d il acv c.-ea v2tsr-a e-4 G-uoLtlcd 3es. -An .-c asa Of tho New ' $ cf-4c 4i 7 lc-- ----- )-2 for t. l. -
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16

E0r W0rEs. crop IIgNI On0tfDII ! I'. AZTEC LAND AND CATTLE co
 t!INIfEN.) Post office, Hol5rooE. Arizona. Range, Apache and IayaFai counties, O,d cattIe branded -1ss..i Also in yarO1S other on left side and hip -, 4-s, brands and marks. 297 on both sides kcptnp. Horse Brands: - right or Iaft shoulder Ii :
 =S right thigh.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16

\, Fl. i~NA !. Post office, Sprngcr"il.e, Arizona. Range, EsquiGilla mountains. Horse brand, v Ici. hip.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-16
HENRY HuNlNG

Pos. office: Show Low Arizona. ---.-~-- -Range: show Low creek, Silver creek LGguna Or.eya and Lagunl SGlada. ..z--. HOEse brand G left shoulder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-05

GEN. CROOKS EsTATE.-The estate
of the late Major. General George
Crook was brought into the probate
court in Chicago yesterday morning
by a petition filed by Lieut.. Lyman
M. V. KennOn, an abide. ca mp O;
General Crooks staff, for Ietters1M
thorizing him to administer it..
Lieut.. Kenn0n said that he was a
friend of General Crook, and that II
became necessary to take out Letters
to collect. The petitiln shows that
the General left personal properly
consisting chiefly of war papers worth
only 81 900 and no real estate. Tie
petition of Lieut.. KennOn states that
the heirs at law of General Crook are
his widow, Mrs. Mary D. Crook, and
Walter and Charles Crook. brothers,
and one sister. He left no children.
Judge KholSatt granted letters to
Lieut.. Kennon. who gave bond in
$4,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-05
Exchanging Sleeping Berths.


Capt. Ed. Picket, of the B. & o.
r. r.. relates the following: One
night, about half an hour before we
left Baltimore. couple of gentle
men came irto my car with tickets
emitting them to two lower births
directly opposite each other. One
ofthem retired Immediately. while
his friend said he would smoke ci-
gar before turning in.
Just before the train started gen
tleman and his wife entered the car.
There were no births left except the
two upper ones directly over the
berths engaged by the two gentle
men. This did not suit the gentle
man and his wife. and they asked
me If could not arrange it so they
could have a section to themselves.
said would try. So went TO the
smoking room and explained the sit.
uatiOn to the gentleman who had
engaged the opposite lower berth.
"Why certainly, / will exchange my
berth with pleasure" he said. Ac-
cordingly, he occupied the berth over
his companion and surrender G his
own to the gentleman and his wife.
About halfpast seven the next
morning as we were nearing Grafton
the fun began. The man who went
to bed first woke up first. He sat up
on the side of the berth which he
Thought contained his friend. A
bright idea seemed to take possession
of him. He reached down and pick
ed up one of his shoes from the floor
and cautiously parted the curtains of
the birth. 1t was dark within, so
that he only distinguished one form,
that lying on the outside. Then he
raised the shoe and dealt his suppoS.
ed friend a WhacK. An unearthly
female shrek was the response. l
shall never forget the expression that
came over the man with the shoe
he turned all sorts of colors. as he sat
on the edge Of his berth staring help
lessly around him. In the meantime
the husband of the lady had Jumped
out into the aisle just as the innocent
companion who had yielded up his
quarters the night before was stick
ing his head out between the cur
20 m tuhOk tho oil
about. 1t looked for minute as
though there would he a riot.
1t took several minutes to cool the
enraged husband down 80 that he
could understand the situation.
Husband and wife left the train
shortly afterwards at Grafton. laying
over for the evening train for Cincin-
nati.-ParkerSbu,g Sentinel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-05
The Importance OF Good Seed.

So much has been written upon this
subject that the Wester1a Rurat hest.
tates to say word more upon it !;
vet when we say that immense losses
occur every year from the use of poor
seed, there will not be reader who
will not respond: "That is So"
Well, what Is the cause of poor seed?
These are among the causes: There
is not sufficient Observance of the
law that like produces like. There
is too much carelessness in making a
selection. Seed should be taken from
perfect specimens. We observe that
one writer in an Eastern paper AZ
firms that the bean crop Yields more
lightly because seed is taken from
plants that grow few pods and not
many beans in pod. That is posi-.
BILE. Then-and it is here that our
interest centres at this time of year
much seed is very carelessly kept.
It is not in dry place. Let that
matter be attended to at once, and
when the spring comes never plant
seed that you have not tested. 1t is
so easy to sow little seed in warm
place in boxes in the spring to test
its vitality that there is no excuse
for planting seed that lacks life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-05

Three swset. looking girls got on
an electric car yesterday bound for
West Peachtree street. They sat
and giggled pleasantly until the con-
ductor came through the car 10 col
lect fares. Then with equal prompt
ness each of the girls reached for her
purse, and tine following converse.
ton ensued: All three at once-"Oh,
let me pay ~ May-"No, it's my
turn; / insist on paying" Clara
"Girls. - really my turn to pay.
and / want TO do 1t ~ Fannie-"I
proposed riding home. so 1 think l
ought to pay" Then the three purses
were simultaneously opened and the
three pretty faces grew scarlet. Two
cents and postage stamp Was the
wealth of the crowd. Without heed.
ing the offers of financial aid which
came from several gentlemen, the
three girls hurried out of the car. and
as it rolled away they were standing
on the next corner explaining to each
other how it happened that they
were all broke.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-05
Order of Public ..tiOn.

Edward H. sncell VS.. olivia NJ. C. Fowler,
James b. Fowler and Wilson W. Fowler.
No. 400 Equity. In the Circuit Court for Gar
rett County in Equity.
Tho object Of this suit Is to procure decree
vacating and annuliing the following deeds
Samuel Selby. Sd, James and Thomas Cook
to VIM. ID. Rogers, recorded In Liber ~ folio
6i7 of the Land Records OF A llegany county
VIM. ID. Rogers to Morgan N. Garland Nor
gan N. Garland TO olivia NJ. G. Lark in Olivia
M. G. Fowler and S. l.. Fowler to Jas. b.
Fowler; James b. Fowler t. Wilson w.
Fowler, recorded respectively in Iiber No. 2.
folio "a No. 2 folio 70. No. II folio $50 and No.
IA folio 733 Of the Land Records Of Garrett
county. The bill states the plaintiff has title
10 n tract OF land in Garrett county. Nd.
called Recourse" or" Resurvey on Recourse"
and that the abuve mentioned deeds purpOrt
and pretend to convey said land to the defen-
dants and are u cloud upon the plaintiff
title and are false. fraudulent and pretended
deeds. and prays for decree vacating and
annulling the same.
It, is thereupon this 5th day OF March, 1879,
ordered by the LircIit Court for Garrett coun'
ty in Equity, that the plaintiff by causfng a
copy of this order to he inserted IN some
newspaper published in Garrett county. Md,
once in each " four successive weeks nefore
the IIth day of April, 1890, give notice to said
absent defendants OF the Obj ect and substance
this Court on Or before the 18th day OF April
next, TO show cause ifany they have, why a
decree ought not to pass rs prayed.
II. w. HOFFMAN,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-05
The Compass.

The compass needle points to the
north because practically the earth is
magnet, not differing essentially in
its magnetic properties from a bar of
magnetized steel. 1t has two poles of
greatest intensity, and, like most
large steel magnets. there are several
supplemental poles of lesser intensity.
Just as the pole of one bar magnet at.
tracts the end of another, so the mag
netic poles of the earth behave toward
poles of the compass needle. unlike
poles attracting and like poles repel-
ling each other.
1t is well TO modify the statement
that the needle points north ana
south. As a matter OF fact. there are
hut few localities on the earth where
it does point due north and south,
and these are constantly changing.
An irregular line drawn from the
mouth of the Grinoco River. through
the east coast of Hayti, Charleston.
S. c., and Detroit, Mich, represents
very nearly the line in which there
is no variation at the present time.
In all the places east OF this line the
north end of the needle swings sight.
ly to the westward 4; in all places
west of it, to the eastward. At the
north of the Columbia River the
variation of the compass is about
twenty-five degrees east in Alaska
it is from forty to sixty degrees east;
midway between New York and
Liverpool is about thirty-hve de.
grees west.
The reason is that the compass
needle points. not to the geographical
but to the magnetic poles, and these
do not coincide in position. The
magnetic north pole is at present on
or near the the southwestern shore of
Boothia Peninsula. in the northern
prrt of North America.
It's position is constantly changing,
and in the last FIVE hundred years it
has moved about half the distance
round the geographical pole. Dur
ing the three hundred years which
observations have been carefully
made at the Magnetic Observatory In
Paris, the variations have changed
from eleven degrees twenty minutes
east of moth to twenty-five degrees
ten minutes west.
In the United States the rate of
the change in variation differs much
in different parts of the country, In
Washington State it changes at the
rate of about seven minutes year |;
! in Arizona and New Mexico it is