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The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09

eastern mountain system. The ef-
 fects of the permanent destruction
 of forest-conditions over large areas
 of mountain country are so far reaching and fatal that indifference and inattention constitute a crime against civilization and the nation s life. The fate of the mountain for ests on the land which still belong to the nation is one of the most momentous of all the problems now presented to the American peo- pie and it's decision will determine the future of vast areas in the west ern part of our country, whether they shall be fertile, populous and pros porous, or irreclaimably barren, and, in large degree, uninhabitable. The danger, and the necessity of prompt action in withdrawing the forest lands of the public domain from sale, and of guarding them effectively from spoliation until competent commission decides what portion should be kept permanent ly in forests, and presents Q plan for national forest management, should be urged upon congress and the president by the people and press of the entire country i'll the most direct, clear and forcible man. ner.-Garden and Forest.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
Wanted to Marry Governor Hill.

The story of a good joke on Gov ernor Hill of New York has just leaked out. For some time after election 1t was noticed that the Governors private mail was grow ing unusually bulky. Most of the letters were from the west, and first it was supposed they were congrat- ulatory missives from new found friends on the magnificent result, but it was noticed that the Cover nor carefully destroyed every one of them and was particularly wrath ful if approached on the subject. The number kept up and rather seemed to be increasing.
 Then it was noticed that all the addresses were in various styles of unmi8takably feminine handwrit- ing. This reused the curiosity of the clerks. There was no suffrage convention going on that they knew of, and no particularly bad murder CT who commanded wholesale fe- male influence to secure a reprieve. At last the secret got out. Some fiend had sent the name of David B. Hill to a Western matrimonial agency as a candidate for cores pondence with a view to matrimony. There was no shutting off the flood and every day brings scores of ten der missives, photographs and per tinent inquiries to harrow up the sensitive soul of the bachelor po!iti- cal chief. It is the best joke of the season, and the fun of 1t Is that the Governor doesn't know whom to suspect.-Philadelphia North Amer ican.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
She had a Cork Leg.

In one of Chicago's public insti-
 tutions is a bright-eyed, witty Irish
 widow, who loves a joke as only the people from her country do. In the same institution is a solid Ger man professor who rather admires the pretty widow. The two often meet and indulge in pleasant chats. The German professor is married and is the lord al master of a happy family. The other day he ehanced to meet the Irish widow and they entered into conversation, in the course of which the witty widow borrowed the professor s ear and said: Professor, 1 don't moind telling you, as you're a mar ried man, but l have a cork leg" The professor was surprised. He said he never would have thought it, as he had never noticed any limp. "No," said the widow, "and l can dance with the best of them" The professor marvelled greatly and said he did not see how she could so successfully disguise it. "Well," she said, I'll tell you pro- lessor. I have a cork leg because I was born in Cork" This remark was made Thursday. The German professor thought it over until Monday and then he laughed. This was very good time-for him.-Her- aid.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
DOmeStiCated T0adS.

The house of a prominent resi- dent of Schenectady was for a long time infested with reaches and wa ter bugs. Last fall a domestic, hearing that toads would drive away the vermin, caught three or dinary hop toads and put them in the kitchen. Not roach or wa ter bug can now be found in the house. The toads have become domesticated, and show an attach : ment for the servant. They stay in the kitchen and never wander about the house. The family are greatly pleased with their vermin hunters, and intend to keep them in their kitchen. They are very clean in their habits, and no objection at all can be found to their presence New York Paper.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
Some Hens Hobbies.

Henry Willard is an authority on comic opera.
 Russell Sage prefers chess to the stock market.
 The historian Bancroft is an ex- pert in rose culture.
 Charles A Dana delights in chrys- anthemum culture.
 President Harrison collects bric- a-brac and ancient coins.
 Joe Jefferson the artist encroaches on the time of Jefferson the actor.
 John D. Rockefeller makes a hobby of churches, especially the Baptist.
 Mr. Gladstone chops down trees, while Bismarck perfers seltzer wa ter.
 Jay Gould is passionately fond of flowers; while his son George perfers postage-stamp collections.
 George ". Guilds is fond of col lecting authors manuscripts and the letters of great men,-PhiIadel- phia Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
\ Lazy Girls Sharp Trick.

"M. C., aged seventeen, a plump, healthy-looking country girl, in service in minister's fami- ly, was brought to me by her mis-
 tress about the end of March last. complaining of severe pricking pains on the dorsal surface of the left hand. Her mistress informed
 me that the girl was not at all fond
 of work, and that she had deal of trouble to get her to do 1t; that since the hand had been bad she
 would do nothing but sit down and cry. On examination of the hand
 I found it puffy and inflamed, and
 on asking if she felt the pricking sensation at any particular point,
 was referred to spot in the center of the hand. On touching this with . my finger I distinctly felt something sharp and pointed. l used a pair of dressing forceps, and extracted a full-sized sewing needle which had been pushed obliquely into the flesh until the whole of it Twas out of sight. She could give no account of how 1t got there. Three evenings afterwards she was again brought in, and from the same place and i'll the same man. per I extracted another needle. About week after she came again, and this time I withdrew a pin (which had been pushed in until the head was covered) from the same place. A few days after she came again, with her hand (of course previously intiamed from her treatment of it) very @dema- tous and of bright blue color, which l found she had produced ty liberal use of the bIuebag and vinegar. I felt so disgusted with her that 1 advised her mistress to get rid of her at once, which was cone, and the girl returned to the country. It seems hardly credible that a person of her age could be so cunning, and would indict so much pain upon herself to avoid wo1k.-London Lancet.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09

The impression is said to prevail in Chicago that Coughlin, O'Sulli- van and Burke, having once had their punishment fixed at impris- onment for life, could not be sen- fenced to death ii they should have new trial and be convicted again. We do not know how the law may be interpreted in Illinois, but that theory certainly would not hold water in California. There was a case in point in San Diego a few years ago. A man was convicted of murder in the second degree and condemned to imprisonment for a term ofyears. His attorney thought he could do better than that, and secured a new trial. The second jury found the prisoner guilty of murder in the first degree, and he was sentenced to be hung The lawyer whose brilliant mind con- ceived the scheme of the new trial admitted that the laugh vas on him. All of which teaches that It is some times best to let well enough alone. Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
Shape of the Shoe.

Scientific experiments show that walking or running depends very much upon the size of the shoe, and that strength and endurance as well as gracefulnesS in this exer- else cannot be gained without a sensible and well fitting style. Low heels increase the speed in walking and make the step longer, and 8oles longer than the foot, if they are not too long, make walking easier. Chicago Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09

Jars concealed are half reconcil- ed while 'tis double task to stop the breach at home and mems mouths abroad. To this end q good husband never publicly re- proves his wife, An open reproof puts her to do penance before all that are present, after which many study revenge rather than reforma- tion.-FUller.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09

The starling discovery has been made that Cuba is cracking. Num- erous Assures have suddenly ap- peared in the earth near Matanzas. Some of them are 600 feet long, twenty-four feet wide and twenty feet deep. These disturbances are no doubt continuation of those not long ago felt on the south At lantic coast. Scientists find that the earth's crust thickens from the sea inland, and that therefore the inland pressure is towards the near est coast line. The crust there and in the ocean beyond being thinner is more sensitive to central distur- bances than are other portions of the earth's surface. The cracking of the earth in Cuba, therefore, may be no more than a continuation of that sliding of the inner crust sea- ward which manifested itself so for cibly at Charleston several years ago.-Boston Budget.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
Two Annex Seniors.

The study of Greek, Latin, and higher mathematics does not neces- sarily preclude a knowledge of geography and the three R's but among the annex maidens at liar yard an astonishing deficiency was discovered lately in the rndiments. Two annex seniors were studying when one suddenly remarked. "Where is Vesuvius?" The other with serious, puzzled expression of courtenance, responded inpatient ly: 70 don't ask me l" and both resumed the consideration of the reality of a molecule of protoplasm regarded as a result of the combin- ation of realities of the atoms.- Chicago Times,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
WhO was SWinGIed /?

There is a colored man in Austin Texas, by the name Of Sam John sing. He has some money, whicl he has made trading horses, a which business he is an expert One day Judge Peterby saw John sing trading with an itinerant horse dealer. Having some curiosity tc know how Sam came out in the trade be asked him:
 "Did you sell that fellow your horse ?"
 q did, boss, for a fac'"
 "How much did you get?"
 Twenty dollars"
 "Only $2Ol Why, you fool. That's 8 valuable horse"
 "Lemme tell you somethin' boss. That hoss is lame,"
 Judge Peterby happened to meet the horse trader alterWard, and said to him:
 "soyou paid $20 for that horse?"
 "Yes. paid $2O to the darkey. It's a pretty cheap horse"
 "You have been swindled. The horse Is lame"
 q know the horse is lame, but it don't amount to anything. He limps because he has not been properly shod. As soon as take the shoes off of him he will not limp a particle. I wouldn't take $100 for that horse"
 Half an hour afterward Judge PeteTby met Sam.
 'Look here, Sam, you were swim died after all in that horse trade. The lameness of the horse is caus- ed by his not being properly shod."
 "I knows he a;n't properly shod. I had him shod dat way on pur- pose, so as ter make de hoss-trader believe dat he was lame from dat cause, but de troof am dat he is lame sure enough, and he am gwin ter stay lame. lie nebber will be wuff muffin. Heah |! heah how l fooled dat hoss-trader."
 The same evening Judge Peterby saw the horse-trader at the railroad station. He was just about to leave on the train for Dallas.
 "That horse is really lame. Sam has got away with you after all" :" said Peterby.
 "Tbat all depends upon circum- stances. l think I can cure that horse, but if l don't I'm not out anything" replied the horse-dealer grinning. Ask Sam if he has tried to change the S20 bill l gave him for the horse" said the horse dealer as he climbed into the car. Texas Siftings.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09

A farmer in China may be hired by the year for from $8 to$14, with food, clothing, head shaving, and tobacco. Those who work by the day receive from eight to ten cents with monday meal At the planting and harvesting of rice, wages are from ten to twenty cents a day, with five meals, or thirty cents day without food.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-01-09
Odds and Ends.

forced charity.
 The only thing which beats a good wife is a bad husband.
 Another ineman was killed by electricity in New York last week.
 The poet Robert Browning died in London Thursday, December 12.
 The public debt was reduced $4,- S69,672 during the month of No vember.
 The Pekin, China, Gazette cele- brated its one-thousandth birthday last month.
 The Pennsylvania state grange held it's annual session at Harris burg last week.
 Seven thousand women voted at the municipal elections in Boston Tuesday of last week.
 Dr. Edward Olsen, who perished in the Minneapolis fire, could speak eighteen languages.
 The largest elevator in Buffalo burned December 31st, destroying 250,O00 bushels of barley. 
 A lot of organized farmers of Missouri have formed an alliance with the Knights of Labor.
 You cannot do good or evil to others without doing good or evil to yourself.
 Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves, who are out of fa- vor with all others.-Shakspeare. The trouble with a man covering up his tracks is that he makes new ones doing it.-Atchison Globe.
 The national coinage for Novem- Der included $1, ,7S8, 300 gold, 3,4S4-- Sig silver and $127 200 minor coin. A yellow book lately issued at Pekin gives the population of China proper, in 1887, as 3O3,241,- 1869.
 It is reported that the Knights of Labor and the Farmers Alliance have combined to fight the Sugar Trust.
 Twelve persons were crushed to death in a panic in the Johnstown, Pa., opera house Wednesday of last week.
 Membership tickets on the Chi cago board of trade are now quoted at about $1,000, or the lowest in many years.
 The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do we'll and doing we'll whatever you do-LongfelloW.
 F. B. Gowen, prominent lawyer and railroad manager, committed suicide at hotel Tn Washington, D. C., on the 30th of December.
 The receipts by the government for November were, from customs, $16,614.498; revenue, 11,156,069; miscellaneous, $2,O48,4O9.
 Eleven thieves of a band which has long been annoying farmers and stockraisers of Wyoming were caught and lynched last week.
 Virtue wants more admirers, wis dom more supplicants, truth more real friends, and honesty more practitioners-Rochester Budget.
 It is always sign af poverty of mind where men are ever aiming to be great, for they who are really great never seem to know it.
 It will take S341 ,428, ,974 to run the United States government for the year ending June 30, 1890. Of this amount the agricultural de- partment will get $1 ,208,430.
 The business failures numbered
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26

NEw YORK. january money closed
easy. with offerings at B per cent Exchange
closed quiet but nm posted rates. $50 4;
actual rates. is2is 0rsixty DAYS. and i,o' b
for demand. Governments closed steady /;
currency 6s, ll6 Did. As coupons, l2ii i
bid: fiss DO. 1912 h'd.
Reading. Missouri Pacific, Ncw England,
the Northern Pacific. -f Paul and Manhat-
tan were the most active Of the regular list,
while Peoria. Decatur aud Evansville. Ierre
Uaute. Chicago and East Illinois, Louis
Vile. New Albany and Chicago were the
features 0f the generally active list.
AmOng the trust, sugar was the
feature During tle first fifteen minutes,
Manhattan wa- very active and advanced
fi. per cent sugar rehner.cs advanced 1
per cent. After ~ o'clock. when the bank
statement was made public. showing AN
increase boo the reserves uf Si.2ln.1-J. there
wa. uu active buying oi Cine leading stocks.
and the market closed strong and generally
Dr.. Co per cent. higher.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

RICHMOND, VA. January 25.-Onerings
Of tobaccos on Change saturday, January
-. $50: Total offerings, twenty-three pack.
ages West Virginia bright t0baccos.
one package was taken In at Sll.z5. one
sold at 1907 3, one at ~. two at $, one nj
SlI5. one taken in al $1.37i4, one sold at
Ss.2J. two taken In no s.. one sold at S5.S74
one az $3.50. two at $3.50: nine brought m
der s., 0fwhich i've packages were taken IN.
Total auction sales for the week, 2l6 pack.
ages. highest price for the week. $3.50.
Private sales reported % the secretary 90
day Wrappers. 10 hOgsLeads: filters. D.
hOgsheads; cutters. II hOgsheads; smokers.
3 hOgsheads. Total private sales reported
10 the secretary to-day. 90 h0gsheads.
Private sales reported 20 the secretary for
the week ending saturday. January 18th.
Wrappers. 81 h0gshcads: filters. 50 hogs
heads cutters. - h0gsheads smokers. :
h0gshcads: scrap h0gsheads: dark t0bac-
COS. % hOgsheads Total private sales re-
ported 10 the secretary for the week. pa
h0gshcads.
Office Of the tobacco inspector reports to-
day: Inspections Bright. u hogsheaos.
And for the week ending saturday. January
18th. $3.50 Inspections Bright iJ6 hogs
heads dark. l1 hogsheads. Re-inspec-
tions-Bright, 81 hogsheads; dark. 80 hogs
heads. Total inspections and reinspoctions
flr the week. 3>3 hogsheads.
Farmers. Sk0ckOe, Allegheny. sea-
brooks. Blanchard's. Dayenports. Centre.
Old Dominion. Shelburne's. Planters. and
Merchants. and Crenshaw's aud Myers
warehouses report 90 hogsheads delivered
to-day. For the week. j2i hogshcads, >
tierces. and boxes.
Office Of the collector OF the United states
internal revenue reports collections Tor the
city Of Richmond to-day as follows: Tax
paid on cigars and cigarettes. 5000, tax
paid on tObacc0s. $l.2lO.O~. Total cOllec-
tiOns for the city TODAY. s.. 2sj.6S. Total
collections for the week. SIS. oO3.62
The Louisville Courier-J0unal of yester-
day has the following on the leaf tobacco
market. beginning Friday. the 2ith i'm
slant. at Q A. NJ, the sales will Dee held at
The warehouses in the following ORDER
Crescent. Central Enterprise. Green River.
Falls City white, DunkersOn & Coz. Ninth
street. Kentucky and Tennessee. Pickett
Giyens. IIeadley a Co., SAWYER, Wallace a
Co.. Louisville, Farmers. Globe. Planters
Heavy offerings characterized to-day's NOR
ket. Good hurley filters were strong and
active. selling pcrceptihly better than last
week. Bright hurley Tugs and trash con-
tinue In strong demand. I'm fact. the cOl0y
goods are maintaining AN their Strength.
For an others there is "a poor market, COM
mon grades showing no improvement.
Darks are unchanged. To-day's sales were
6js hogsheads -2i2 old. 4l6 new. sixteen
sold privately; 800 original inspections;
Yesterdays reflections. 205."
The Richmond tobacco market was fairly
active and strong for the past week. with
good sales Of bright wrappers. filters and
cutters. There was also considerable bu-i-
ness done in West Virginia bright tohacc0s
and i'm loose t0baccos. &. Mel.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
wn DrrsALE PRICE CURRENT.


Al
reported Ny Davenport q Motifs
B,ooms-rwo strings. 0oc. % sl.i5; three
sfring- $40 Do s.. four strings. Si.gO tO
81 gD. use .fring. $780, Market on all
trades haas advanced fully 10 per cent.
B0skefs-W Willow, Si.lj To fl.5O per nest,
s.,'t. 5O 10 75c. per dozen.
Canped Iomuf0cs-lhree pounds, pei
dozen. sd tO g0c.
Canned Cora-Iwo pounds, por dozen,
- ID SIC.
Je,rip0s-Roe. half barrel. 1913 10 $3.50;
North Carolina cut. per barrel, $3.50 20 -
.,ro,s. Der barrel. $500 tO Sj.lj. Market
Strong for reliable good hsh properly
packed.
Rice-Caroiina, . u tc.i kangoon, sc.
ott-i.lfeil''i' H'in 7,'
SIyuh1 aiuli i'ViN 5''i.' 'i
fl,o'. 'i"ie ,'.i',,. a.. ,o,e..,fo,cr.,
Angni'-',9i.'i,u '.','' "a ~, ~ ~.
A. o'-ei. 10y y, - =, ~ 'the
~, = +, ',i.,.ft,. tro, ,ar vim no chance
in quotations. yellow and extra G. grade
~. 20 HIGHER.
Teas-Black. y % 50c.; Oolong, % 10
jOs.; gunpowder. - 10 Jc.
C0Dee-kiO. IL 10 2OZc.i Laguayra, IL 70
2J1c.. Java. - % DC. Very strong
probability of an advance.
Buckefs-Painted, TIVE hoops, SLID
tb-ee boons. $50.
TlU0u-ic.
Lnr,i-Pure. nc; pressed, &c.
lf9ffsses- Extra, AOgshead, Is 10 be-;
barrels, % 20 l0c.; genuine golden syrup,
Der gallon. y 90 32c.; New Orleans prime
10 choice. % % 5oc.
S00p-Washlng, 80 b ic.i per pound
Coment. Lime. Plaster, Etc.
Cement-uni0n, per barrel, Si.3Ji kosen-
dale, Sl.5J % Sl.i0i james River, A.zo 10
t +.
Lime-i.Jckland, per barrel, slV "a
Sl.lj; Anchor >lAo; ki'eiion, flADi ~
NirsInia lines. zoe. % ".
( Pilste,- Lump, 81 slo,oneai foDV 70 w.
1aleineo Yias''4' 'i''' " ,'''''
Flour and Neal.
J FfOur-R.chmond patent roller family
/ $3.50 % s5: fancy family, So family,
$3.50 % $40; choice extra, 800 % $50,
extra, S32j % $50; hne, $50 10 s..
Neui--City. per Dushel' Soc. country zoe.
Country Produce.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
New York Cotton Market.


NEW YORK. January 2j.-Nessrs. Hub
bard. Price & Co., SAY: "Ihe poriinaci0us
hullishnoss OF the Liverpool market con-
tinues. and the opening report from there
this morning was "a genuine surprise tO The
trade. price. having advanced some 3 "a.
and closing strong with tho Improvement
well maintained. The result here has been
an advance OBJ ihe highest figures thus far
touched March closing ll.li and the
whole list being strong. with outside prices
obtainabie after l- o'clock. cur private
cables from Liverpool are again bullisn Ina
tone. and Indicate belief IN "a further adj
vance 90 90 ID. cablcgram t0 ms from
Tyler. Texas. says that iho crop for that
State viii not exceed I. $4,000 but our Gal
weston friends still adhere. 90 thes earlier
estimates 0f 100000 bales
Futures closed 90 s points higher. Sales
$4,000 bales. Receipts at ports to-day esii-
mated at 1900 bales. spot cotton Is
strong go DE. for middhug uplands. Clos
ing. January. 1880 1903; February, ll.o1
mlLOl. March. liliUll.lj. April. li2N;
Nav. 1880 ii.l1, June, ll.WU 1871; July,
u.a20ll.Ji. August. 1850 ll.j5, >epiem-
Der. lO.7ln 1873. October. lu.A0 1898.
ln Liverpool spot cotton was quioier,
middlng uplands. Is a.; sales, 1000 bales.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Baltimore Market.
by relegFaph.l


BALTIMORE. ND, January 2j.-Cotton
steady: mlddlng he. Flour duh: Howard
street and Western supcrhno. S2.2jf$2.-5.
do. extra. $500 1902: do. family, $3.50
$40: city Mills. Rio brands. extra. $3.50
$3.50. winter wheat patent. SiM $40. spring
DO. do. $50 fj.2j. DO. Do. straight. $500
$40. do. DO. extra. $500 $40. Wheat
southern wanted. fultz, lflsic.; Long
berry. lj0sic.; steamer, Sc. Western
dun aud weak; 80. winter red, spot and
January. slitWSiilc. Corn southern
strong; white $3.50 lc.. yellow. &@Jec.;
Western easy; mixed. spot and January.
S6i5N3isc Oats frmer. southern and
PENNSYLVANIA. 2sr BE-. Western white. 2ON
30c. do. mixed. -6ilW 81 .c.; graded No. ,
white. 2sn1Oc. Rye unchanged. prime %
choice. ttHi,c. Provisions firm. Ncss
pork. SlOUSll. Bulk meats Loose Shout
ders. &C.: long clear and clear rio sides.
6s-c. Hams small. l040lic.. large. lo1
lOi5c Iari-Redned, ~. Coffee steady;
Rio cargoes fair. a.. sugar hrm; 4 son,
SIC. Whisky steady at Siu94@Sl.lo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26

DURHAM. \. g.. January a. Harsh. un-
seas0nable weather closed receipts In a
marked degree this week. and loose sales
fell Oh from the heavy offerings Of two
weeks past. Most. OF the leaf sold figured
among the medium and lower grades. There
was noticeable scarcity 0fgo0d tohne wrap
pers and the strictly finer sorts. There is a
general good demand here for an desirable
tobacc0s. and ready BUYERS take mp at fun
figures any class of leaf with color or char
acter We expect no demlnution in the de-
mand for merchantable leaf. many large
BUYERS being in the market and showing a
bullish tendency. WEBB x KRAMER.