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The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

will have to divide, one llne, and the
 most practicable. passing along the
 west coast of Colombia and Ecua-
 dor, through what is now track
 less jungle, while the other would
 have to be constructed through
 countries which are quite too little
 under settled government to en- courage the construction ofrailways at present. If this enterprise should be seriously undertaken, the line on the west coast would have to be completed first, and it is likely that the east coast would be reached by piercing the Andes and reaching the railroad systems of Brazil and the Argentine by this means. Mr. Conn estimates that an average of no more than $30,00O per mile will be required in the construction of this road for the entire distance, and that the amount of business which would in time be developed between the United States and Lat in America would fully justify it's construction. It is as yeta project in the air, but MT. Conn is able to give some points which lead to the belief that it may yet be undertaken as an international enterprise by the different governments through whose countries il would be obliged to pass. Certain it is that every year is shortening the distance be- tween the United States and South America and rendering such rail- way a commercial necessity. Moth ing would do more to bring all the Anne: icas into the feeling of belong ing to common country than a Pan-American railroad, and it was this enterprise quite as much as re- ciprocity in trade which was the thought and purposes of the recent Pan-American conference.-Boston Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The statistics of commercial and industrial establishments in the United States and Canada show that there is one of either to each seventy inhabitants. Of this num- Der 12,299 failed last year, these failures being defined as in result ing in loss to creditors, DO account being taken of failures where the losses fell solely on the principals. Out of the failures thus defined 90 per cent were of concerns with a capital of less than 5000 each. Out of 1,O63,0OO trades reported 903,000, or S5 per cent. are credited with less than $5,000 capital each, and it is a significant fact that one in each seyenty-fiye of these small traders fails each year.-Age ot Steel.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Senor Fl. CamOu, son of a pros porous rancherO from Northwestern Sonora, is here in search of a large number of horses stolen from his range near the Arizona line. Two men were arrested bySheriffThomp- son oil suspicion of being impli- cated in the theft, but one of them has since been released on bail. A bunch of the stolen horses are SUD- posed to be in the vicinity of Pay son, and Deputy George Pember- ton left some days ago to gain pos. session, of some of the criminals and the party in possession, if possible. Others of the stolen horses are believed to be in the vicinity of San Carlos. Mir. Camou has his branding iron with him and all necessary proofs to es- tablish ownership to the stock when found. It is hoped that all the guilty parties will be apprehended and punished. Northern Giia coun- ty is gaining an unsavory reputa- ton as a rendezvous for stock thieves--Silver Belt,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

R. J. Hinton cites what has been accomplished in the reclamation of the Sahara by means of artesian wells, as an example of what might possibly be done towards that end in the West. Cultivation by means of flowing we'll waters has been sed- ulously tostered by the French Col onial government in Algeria for both political and economic reasons since 1857. The total number of wells bored since then is stated at 13,135, ranging from 75 to 400 feet in depth. About 12,000,0O0 acres have been reclaimed in this way.-Silver Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Private advices from Tombstone announce that the nude 70 Homo" is undoubtedly aformer newspaper man of that town, in its palmy, lively days, but who has been ab sent for some years. That he is suffering insanity from whisky and general dissipation there re- mains no shadow of doubt; his mania apparently is to conceal his identity, go stark naked and to be- come noted by some device or an- other. And it is not strange that his mind should take some such turn while unbalanced. There are newspaper men who may be consid- cred quite sane that are afflicted with those same peculiarities. es.-Phenix Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17
A Great State.

A Mississippian Georgian and Texan were together recently in the rotunda of an uptown hotel, says the Memphis Commercial and each was boasting of the excellence and greatness of hls own State. Said the Mississippian: My State is the greatest cotton State in the world" Then up spoke the Geor- gian "I beg to differ with you there, for we raise great deal of cotton ourselves; and my State is the greatest watermelon State in the world"
 "But," said the Texan. ''gentle- men, I think the honor of being the greatest State belongs to Texas. We have the greatest variety of crops, and we have the richest soil in the world. We can raise any thingin Texas except watermelons. '"
 "Ah!" said the Georgian, with a triumphant look. And why can't you raise watermelons?"
 Because" said the Texan sadly, ''the vine grows so fast and runs over the ground so fast that it wears the little melons out dragging them along on the ground. There never was but one water melon raised in Texas, and the man who raised it put 1t on sled and hired two ne- groes with teams of oxen to stay in the field day night and pull the mel on along as fast as the vine grew"
 "And what did he do with it?" asked the Mississippian.
 "lIe cut door in the side of it and drove all of his hogs in it, and when they ate their way out in the fall they were all seal fat"
 "Gentlemen," said the Georgian meekly, "let's take drink" And this wound up the tri-State contro- yersy.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Steps have been recently taken by the citizens of Tucson and Pima county to devise ways and means to induce General Dyrenforth and his corps ofrain-makers to:come to Arizona and try their experiments It is hardly probable that the pro- gramme already laid out by the Department of Agriculture for these experiments will be modified or extended. owing to the small ap- propriation made, to cover the great expense incident to such ex- periments. Unless their present tests are eminently satisfactory it would be hardly worth the while to continue them in Arizona, where the humidity is very small.-En- terprise.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17
PaternaliSm in Government.

l ne tendency LOWdru pateTHdllSI
 in government is naturally strong
 in France. It has recently, how
 ever, surpassed itself in proposition now before the chamber of deputies to turn the Republic into a social
 istic insurance society. From what may be learned of this proposal il appears to involve the endowment principle. Working people of both sexes are asked during the interval between twenty-five and fifty-five years of age to pay daily pre- mium of five centimes. The em- ployer is asked to pay an equal pre- mium, and the Government to con- tribute two-thirds as much. When the limit expires the worker is re- tired upon a permanent pension corresponding to the amount of his premiums. It is not that a meas ure so radical in it's paternalism will be adopted, even in France, where paternal traditions still prevail. The fact that it is seriously consid- cred, though, affords signal illus tration of the extent of current de- sire to make the state supreme. In America the socialistic insurance idea is amplified into the general state-do-all notion called National ism. Nationalism would not only insure it's citizens but feed them. amuse and beguile them, regenerate them and in fact transform them ito angelic beings without wings if it could be done, The injustice and shortsightcdness of these wis ionary socialistic schemes do not need to be pointed out in detail. Of the French proposal it is suffi cient to note that while pensions for laborers are contemplated, pro- vision is not made for pensioning needy employers. If there are French laborers who need state sup port it is doubtless true that a large number of employers need it also. To help the one class and ignore the other would be an obvious in justice. But back of all this for any method of socialistic gov ernment necessarily involves dis regard of justice-is the superfuitv of the scheme. The laborer who is thrifty, who saves from his earn ings and invests these savings in a prudent way,is his own best insurer. He will not need state help. The improvident laborer ought in com mon fairness to accept the conse- quences of his folly.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The corn crop is now practically safe, as nothing short of extraor- dinary drawbacks, such as early hard freezing, will reduce the pro- duction. It is safe to calculate with reasonably fair conditions. upon a crop of 2,OOO,OOO,OOO bushels. In many sections of the winter-wheat country blowing is progressing, though some wet weather has re- tarded operations. From present indications there will be a heavily increased acreage the coming sea- son,-Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Peaches are cheaper now than they have been for many years, but on the whole the quality of the fruit is not what it was ten pears ago. Peach growers in Delaware and Maryland have sacrificed every thing to early ripening and large yield. The result is a weakening of the trees, and this makes them an easy prey to insects which hurt the quality of the fruit.-Public Opinion.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17
The Desert Ship.

l nero IS IeSenu among tne III
 dians of the Colorado desert tha
 the remains of a ship lie somewhere
 on those great alkali plains slowly
 going to decay and that in the long
 ago 1t sailed there on the waters
 that then made an inland sea where
 now is dry land. This legend is seemingly given some foundation
 in fact by the story of miner pub
 lished by the Cosmopolitan maga- zine for September 1886 who claim ed some years previous to have seen those remains himself and the writer of the story set about look ing up authority on the subject and claims to have found among the old Spanish records at some one of the missions ar account of the loss of two Spanish galleons that were con- veying treasure to Spain and had followed up the coast of Mexico in a vain endeavor to discover short water route in connection with the Atlantic side and very naturally found themselves hemmed in by the cul-de-sac formed by the Gulf of Lower California, which, the theory is, then covered the whole of the Colorado desert, and that these ves- sells were never heard of afterwards, The discovery of the remains of a vessel on the desert, iftrue, undoubt- edly indicates the fate of at least one of these lost galleons and about it's ruins may yet be buried the treasure it was endeavoring to con- vey to Spain. The miners story was substantially that while pros pecting he became lost among the sand hills and that finally riding upon a long ridge he saw a great white level plain stretching away from it's foot and near the borders of this plain at the foot of the ridge an object which attracted his atten- ton and on nearing it he found @to be the hulk of a vessel but 1t lay at some distance in a great sea of soft mud covered by a crust of alkali through which his horse broke and which as he attempted to approach the hulk grew deeper and deeper till he was obliged to desist, nor could it bear his own weight. On regaining solid ground he discover ed that the mud was of the strong est alkali nature and had already nearly stripped the flesh from the legs of his horse which he was subse- quently obliged to kill and after nearly perishing himself on the desert, he was wandering insane and at random until by the great good fortune he stumbled upon one of the desert stations and was saved, and, subsequently, told the story as related. To those who are familiar with the terrors of the Colorado des- ert in the heated season, and in fact at any time of the year the most marvellous things about it is the es- cape of the miner.-Phenix Her. aid.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The largest line of deposits held by any national bank in the United States is that of the Park bank, of New York, $2S,92O,1SS as shown by the latest reports of the Comp troller of the Currency. The sec- ond is that of the First National, Chicago, $26, ,436,S59, and third that of the Chemical National of New York, $26, 6,255, ,553.-Rochester Her. aid.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Two Jefferson City boys named Bazzie Tarleton and Ernest Free man, each 9 years old were drown ed in the Missouri river last Tues day while bathing.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17
NUMBER 47,

Hon. R. B. Casey, manager of the Champion Cattle Company, came in Sunday and remained for several days. He has just returned from Texas where he bought fifty head of horses for his ranch at Coronado. Bob says there has been no rains to do any good for the range in his section, and the out look for fat cattle this fall is de- cidedly discouraging.-Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The story that comes from St. Joseph, Mo-, about three-month- old baby with a beard Is inches long is not exactly a bare faced lie, but it would if it were shaved.- Pioche Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

A mining man tells of a spring of water at mine in the county which contains such quantities of arsenic as to make it dangerous for drinking purposes. He suffered very severely In learning the fact Tucson Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Will Sherrill, of Salt Lake City, while out driving, stopped his bug gy in the residence portion of the city, and, after tying his horse to telegraph pole shot himself through the heart. Morphine was the cause.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Influenza has again made it's ap- pearance in Moscow and is attack ing people in all classes of society. An average of 800 person are daily prostrated with the disease.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The Trouble at the Omaha smell ter is ended. The men agreed to return to work at the same terms as before, and the officers of the smelter decided to start up at once. Pioche Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The Grand Trunk railway tunnel under the St. Clair river at Sarnia, Can., and Port Huron, Mich, will be opened September 18th in grand style. A banquet in the tunnel is proposed.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

There is chlorOiorm fiend at work in Charlottesville, Ind. With in the past week he has chloroform- ed the bedrooms of two prominent citizens, who, as far as they know, have not an enemy in the world.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The railway employees of Texas are signing a petition to the State Board against the sweeping reduc- tions in freight rates as certain to reduce their wages.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The free delivery experiment at small towns of the country is de- clared not a success by the postoffice officials, the gross receipts having decreased under the system.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

One hundred more Cherokees have arrived in Arkansas City. They joined the colony on the Cher okee outlet, where several hundred of them already have claims picked.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

James Roberts, the prisoner sus- pected of the Columbus Grove, Ohio, bank robbery and murder, failed to prove an alibi at his pre- liminary trial and was held to await the action of the grand jury.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

President Carnot of France will visit England in the spring. The Queen desires to decorate him with the highest grade ot the order of the Bath.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Four murders of servant girls have been traced to Schneider, the Vienna fend, in short time.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Henry c. Miles has been appoint ed United States Judge of the north ern and southern districts of Mis- sissippi.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

It is stated at West Superi or Wis, that plans are being prepared for steel whaleback steamers on the Mississippi river:
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The stock ranges of this county never looked better, and the cattle on the ranges are sleek and fat Mohaye Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Statistics gathered by the New York Bureau of Labor show that in the past year 67 ,S04 wage-earners were involved in strikes, and a re- suit they have gained in aggregate $5,3S2, ,237.77 in wages, In the last five years the gain in wages to those engaged in strikes $19,Oo,O00. or over S1 per week to each person.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

Cotton worms are playing havoc in the crops about Brennan, Tex.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

It is stated that Bulgaria is mak-, ing great preparations for war.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-17

The budget deficit of Italy is now estimated at fully s4,000,O00. The general situation is reported serious.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25
That Interview,

Two papers OF Rapid City print a long
interview had with John Brandt, OF
fined in our county Jail for cattle steal
ing. The interview duplicates a promi-
nent business man OF the city. The
Union has had the information, and
more than that containedin this lengthy
production, for some time, but consider
ed that no good could come OF it's pro-
d%uction, that in fact, it was altogeo cher
out OF place pending the action OF the
grand jury. If the story OF the nan
Brandt is true, the publication Of itat
this time would simply result in giving
those implicated a chance to escape and
if the parties are uniustly charged it is
unjust to them and their families to
spread such reports. 1t looks like a
shallow bid for popularity with cattle
men,
While writing on the subject the Union
might say that it is in possession OF in
formation, that eliminates a heretofore
reputable rancher of Boz Elder, who
recently took Il calf from q COW belong.
ing to Gene Holcomb. The calf was
found in the corral of the rancher and
Mr.. Holcomb invited the rancher to
settleand avoid trouble, which he con.
sented to do, thus showing guilt, yet
only such poor men as Brandt receive
the full penalty OF the law. The Union
will give the Stocklnan and Republican
opportunity to write 1T up and suggests
to Mr.. Holcomb the propriety OF prose
cutting the rancher if he sincerity wishes
cattle r~ustling stopped.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25

vast sun ateight per cent per annum ID
$1,2sO,OOO,OOO, which is the annual
tribute the farmers OF this county are
paying shylocks. But under the sub,
treasury bill this tribute would be re-
reduced to $32O,OOO,OOO, which is $500,
100000 less than the farmers are now
paying!
We are coming now to the land ques-s
ton. The state socialist desires that
all land shall be under government con
sstrol, saying that individual property is
wrong. But we believe in the right Of
property, we believe that every man
should have u home, saying with the old.
AnglosaSon that "mans home is his
CASTLE. The reverend gentleman claims
Vanderbilt a great benefactor to man
kind. We do not deny that he has made
millions, but who placed these millions
before his fect, if not the poor working
people, and what gives he in return to
the man who is Sacrificing his very life
for the safety Of the people? He who
iAeASo vi iiS oleeiit, MlltSU 10 liz giving UilC
man who Is working through heat aud
cold for the benefit OF his master? One
he gives $1.50 per day, the other the
sum OF 60 cents!! Now our reverend
friend says that AMMAN can live on forty
cents a day, which we do not deny, ill.,
deed, we know men who can subsist on
ten cents a day. Now the man who gets
sixty cents u day or the Vanderbilt
system, suppose he has a family OF five
persons and himself. Should he divide
this p%ittance among them, each one
would receive the munificent sum OF ten
cents a day, which means starvation
and misery, and nothing more. This is
Just what we are fighting against, the
unjust treatment OF our fellowmen
against his fellowman. We are standing
up Tor our own protection, for the pro-
lection OF our fellowmen. We are rev.
o%lutionists, w do not deny it, but the
revolution we proclaim is q peaceful rev.
olution. We are closing now with the
saying OF William Tel "No kings servant
| will be, and no tyrant l will be, l viii
be free and my children they shall bt
freq. G.. B.,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25
IDAY, DECEMBER %, 1891.
INDEPENDENTS PLATFORM.

AE[lE&
RESOLVED, that we reafirm the platform OF
lie independent partygas adopted III cohveii-
s5tion in 1870.
acknowledgements directto the people with.
out intecyenLio OF n Tissue, based on lald
and the nonperishable products OF labor on the
{ snb-treasury plan, III sufficient volume TO trans
tile business Of the country.
We dem; II the free and unlimited coinage oil
silver.
and telephone service ut actual cost, and ti'it
government shall own aud operate the same,
RESOLVED, that we are opposed TO tne amen
ownership OF We are IN layor OF the eov,
also all lands owned or held by corpofatlons III
excess of that actually used by them in their
business. Such lands to be reserved Tor actual
settlers only.
we are IN favor of an exhibit ofthe products
of the STATE at the worlds fair exposition and
ommend the present pial Oh the commit
tee i'll raising money f.r the same by voluntary
REsoLvED, that we recommend to the National
People'sparty the following solution OF tile tar
.'rfe interests of the nation demand that so
LONG as the tariff shall exist, the adjustment oil
its details shall be removed from the arena OF
partis.ti politics and placedin the hands oil mon.
uartl..n commissions; such Il commiSSloll SllOtl.u
SO adjust details OF the schedule that the sum
total of import duties SHAH not exceed NY
revenue requirements OF the government, ana
tx duties levied on imported articles OIL manu-
facture competing with those OF home manulic-
ture shall be no higher Then ARE NECESSARY tofc'
store the home manufacturer what ever equal
ity OF conditions he may have lost by the pay
ment of n higher scale of wages i'll their produc'
ton,
RESOLVED, that justice demands that the nat.
ioual government should return MS 20 per cent
Of the money received for our lands, the s;tml
to be used by counties for irrigation purposes.
RESOLVED, that it is the duty OF the Y. 5
Government to MAINTAIN good faith with all, ati'
TINT as tile soldiers of the late war were paid il
a depreciated money that the difference between
the pay received by the bondholders and thai
to tie latter; that we condemn the ind.scriml
iate pe,isioning of all soldiers OF the late wal
alike, but that we do approve of service pension
graded upon the amount of service performed.
Prohibition being the present policy OF Soutl
Dakota toward the traffic Intoxicating liquors
we are opposed to the reopeling OF me quesl;o.
until it has had II fair trial under existing laws
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25
A severe Loss,

On last week Thursday the house OF
C. Furrow Of Box Elder was destroyed
by fire. The cause OF the fire is unknown
as bothMr. ane Mrs. Furrow were at the
stable milking when the flames were dis
covered. MI. Furrow had just laid in
his winter supplies and lost furniture
and everything. There was no insurance.
Miss Platt, who was teaching in the
district and boarding with the family,
Thomas Douglas, a neal neignbor, has
rendered every assistance in his power
and has been raising means to assist
Mr.. Furrow in a new start. David
Robinson has also assisted in raising
funds. All who can should hand in.
something to oneof the above parties.