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The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05
Arizona Cattle.

Live Stock on Ranges is the title
 of report just issued from the cen.
 sus department, in which the dis
 trict of Arizona is treated as fol
 lows:
 Schedule returns were received
 from 9S7 herds. The character of
 the country is mountainous. gener-
 allywith broad, sandy and barren plans, having limited supplies of
 forage and water. The winters are not severe. Arizona is classed as an arid region. Although subjected in midsummer to heavy rains and great floods. the rainfall is not suf ficiently distributed throughout the year to prevent long periods of drouth. The ranges are not as a rule overcrowded, and wool growers have not as yet occupied extensive ranges, except in Apache and Yav- apai counties. The range stock of Arizona is reported as follows: Cat 659, ,758; horses IS, 8,558; mules and burros 1,203; sheep 412,7 2,7O9; swine 3,013. Mature stock in the extreme western counties, aside from home consumption, finds a market in the Pacific coast towns, while from the northern and eastern counties, where large herds are located. the market is in the distant eastern cities.
 The great distance from market and long continued hostllities of the Indians have greatly retarded the development of Arizona's live stock probabilities. As range sec ton it is less densely stocked than any other grazing region in the Uni ted States. While of late years the range cattle and horse industries have been depressed, the sheep in- lustry is reported as in good con- lition."
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05
\ We'll of Inflammable Water.

Grab Orchard, Ky, Oct. 24.-O the land of d farmer five miles east of Rock, near the village of Lum Sulphur, is well which is great wonder to those who have visited it. It is known as The Burning We'll. q name appropriately given for it's waters, though clear, limpid and drinkable, are as inhammable as naphtha. The we'll is about if teen feet deep, extending through q stratum of slate rock. It contains il wooden pump stock, and the Wa ter, as it comes up cold and spark ling from the depths of the we'll, has no odor about it. It has q min eral taste, and is exceedingly pleas ant to drink: yet, a dipper full of 1t coming in contact with flame will take fire, blazing up like gun powder. an analysis failed to reveal the reason for the inhammable pro- perties of the water, which has been used by the family living near by for years.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

There is an abuudance of mes quite wood on the lands settled up- on by the Yuma Indians. The mes quite is the best among the hard woods and can always be easily sold. Of course at this place the demand Is limited, but in Los An geles where fuel is high. mesquite wood always brings good prices. A few years ago the Yuma Indians sold large quantities of the wood to parties who shipped it to South ern California. Two representatives of the Yumas went to Los Angeles with view of making arrangements for the sale of such wood as they might ship there. Their return is anxiously awaited by large num- Der of Indian wood choppers. Yuma Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

Says the Flagstaff Democrat: The sheep men of this county have fn- ished up their rodeo. Harry Hox worth who was among the rodeO men informed us that they visited "ver 60 bands, and says there are over 100 bands in the county. This county contains more sheep than any county in Arizona, and IS the best sheep county in the west.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A Lincoln, Neb., dispatch of Oct. l4th, says Dr. Frank s. Billings, of infectious animal dis -.ases for Nebraska, asserts that he las completely demonstrated that germs cause Texas fever. He has isolated fever from the blood of Texas ticks, cultivated item pure md killed cattle by inoculalion with cultures direct from the ticks.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05
An Evidence of Terror.

No better evidence of the state OI terror into which the Republicans are thrown by the exposure of the
 Mckinley robber tariff law could be desired than that Mir. Blaine should be begged to arise from out of his seclusion to explain that he did not mean to tell when he made that in- teresting statement about the Me- Kinley bill ard the barrel of pork and bushel of wheat. MT. Blaine makes it very clear in his letter that he is in favor of the Mckinley law properly annulled and made en- tirely imperative by means of re- treaties. He has no ob- lection to a Chinese wall if he can kick holes in it big enough to lei our farm products get out and some foreign products get in by way of exchange. The tariff robbers are on the run. They have come from behind the Chinese wall to display their blandishments to the farmers, and will dodge behind again when they have accomplished ther pur- pose.-The St. Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A man in Guilford, Conn, claims to have a rooster that can crow the Doxology, and has tried it's voice at Awake, My Soul, and with the Sum-" but its favorite tune is either Yankee Doodle" or "The Star Spangled Banner" We are quite willing to believe this story on the sole condition that we shall not be asked to hear the rooster.-Boston Transcript.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05
The Orlainai Home of the Dwarf.

The identity of the pygmies of
 the ancients with the dwarf of
 Equatorial Africa is the subject of
 an elaborate paper by NJ. Paul
 Monceau in the last number of the
 Revue Historique. The earliest
 known representation of the latter
 Is to be found in the monuments
 describing the conquests of the
 Egyptian kings of the eleventh and
 twelfth dynasties in the countries
 to the south of Egypt. To a later
 sculpture of the same people the
 word Akka is added-the same
 name by which one of the dwarf
 tribes of the Congo Basin, discover
 ed by Schweinturth and since seen
 by Stanley, IS known at the present
 day. A few centuries after, the ne-
 gro dwarf was received into the
 Egyptain mythology, and represent ed their Vulcan, though more as a searcher for the precious metals in the earth than as the artisan. This IS possibly the origin of the uhiver- sal tradition, especially in the Mid- dle Ages, connecting dwarfs with underground habitations full of treasures of gold and silver. The PhGnicians borrowed him from the Egyptiaus and gave him the name Poumain-meaning a foot high or tall. They carried him to Cyprus, where he was worshipped as Poum- aion, and from thence he passed into Greek mythology mistakenly, connected the word Poumaion with their word nvyun, a measure of length almost the same as that de- Signated by the Phenician word. At the recent Congress of Oriental ists, Mir. R. G. Halliburton read a paper affirming the existence of race of dwarfs in the Atlas Noun tains of Moracco. He believes that their existence has hitherto been kept secret because of their sacred they being addressed as Blessed Lord' by the people, and having the deepest veneratiOn shown them when they leave their haunts. Their special occupation seems to be, in accor- dance with the universal supersti- ton, digging mines. While it is to say whether Mir. Hal Iburton's evidence is sufficient to prove his statement, 1t is we'll to note that there is no passage in any ancient poet, geographer, or histo- 'ian mentioned by NJ. Moneeau, placing any dwarfs among the Atlas All ancient tradition md testimony,with some unimport. mt exceptions, point to but two places as the home of the dwarf, India and Equatorial Africa.-New r ork Nation.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05
The Demon Steer of Kansas.

Geo. Wilson one of the best known
 cowboys of the southwest, tells { remarkable tale about a mastodon,
 ic wild steer which has rOamed the
 ranges along the border for many
 years and whose aggressiveness and
 power make him the dread of every
 roundup outfit in the country
 writes correspondent of the St.
 Louis Chronicle.
 No brand has ever been placed
 upon tue animal, yet no adventure some rustler has ever dared to ap-
 propriate him, The pugnacious
 brute is known far and wide as the demon steer" on account of his
 freaks. The animal knows no fear, and his immense size make him the terror of everything that comes in his way, With lowered head. glis- tening eye and sonorous below he will madly charge at anything that crosses his path. Many outfits have rounded him up with other cattle, but when the circle gets too small to suit him he rushes past the riders as if no such Instructions existed in his line of flight.
 Once one of the big outfits deter mined upon his capture, but it was d sadly demoraized outfit when he got through with it, He gored two horses to death. scared a dozen cnwboys out of their wits, stamped ed the entire herd and then rushed through the camp scattering tie equipage in every direction, com pletely running it. The undertak- ing was at once abandoned, and from that time until now no at. tempt has been made to capture him.
 Wilson says the steer killed big silver tip bear in a fair fight two years ago. The combat was terrible affair and Was witnessed from safe distance by two cowbnys. The bear attempted to creep upon the steer, but the latter saw him and at once gave battle. As the steer charged the bear rose on his hind feet and gave the OK a terrible blow with his paw which served to stagger the beast for a moment, but, with a below of rage, the steer again rush rd at the bear, and before he could administer another blow had hit him fair in the ribs and sent him rolling on the grass. The fight then became fast and furious, and soon the bear was trying to crawl away from his enraged oppo nent. The steer was loo quick for him. however, and headed him off and at last gored him to such all extent that death ensued.
 The steer will die of old age and l remain the king of the plains of | he Panhandle country until he be- comes food for the coyotes.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05
Professions and Trades.

Union labor orators who repre-
 sent trades in the same manner that
 'ther politicians represent the peo-
 ,le for whom they claim to be peaking, are fond of asserting that the law does for professions what it
 refuses to do for labor. They point
 to the fact that none but lawyers
 can address the court when in ses-
 sion. They picture the sole privi-
 lege accorded by law to physicians
 to practice medicine, and some of
 them quote ecclesiastical law, which
 admits none but ordained ministers
 to the pulpit. Having proved con
 clusively that legal restrictions are
 applied in these cases, they attempt
 to force grievance because the law
 does not examine the qualifications
 of workman before he is permit
 ted to paint a house, write book, carry hod, keep books, or run an engine. They leave their audiences quite satisfied that partiality exists and that these laws are passed for the benefit of the professions. Then they urge the rights of the various trades to demand the same protec- tion. Upon it's face there is plau- sibility about this presentation which encourages complaint. A closer examination, however, will develop the truth that no real dis crimination exists. The object of the statutes requiring proficiency in the case of lawyers and physi- clans Is to save the people from loss in property and health. If any one could go into court, plaintiff might easily lose a just cause, or a defendant might lose life and prop erty through the utter incompetent cy of his legal agent. Quacks would endanger life, if they did not take it. but for the physicians cer- tificate. Labor in other directions, if incompetent, causes no risk of life and but little loss of property, for the employer is capable of judg ing. in Il very short time, whether his workmen are skilled or worth less. Our laws permit trades unions and they control the question of membership. While they cannot prevent a bright boy from picking up any trade to which he gives his efforts, they can demand preference for their members, and they ire quently do this. As a matter of fact, union card is as difficult to obtain as a certificate for the prac- lice of law or medicine. No young man can be denied certificate in lhe professions if his requirements and character have earned one. There is no foundation for the charge that professional men have my legal rights which are denied io any other class. They are mere y governed by regulation de by public welfare.-Kan- sas City Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

On the summit of Ben Lomond may be seen the smallest tree that grows in Great Britain It is known as the dwarf willow, and is, when mature, only about two inches in height.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A Portsmouth, NH, woman re- gently found one-cent piece in an egg which one of her hens had laid and later on the same hen laid an egg with ten cent piece in it.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A fruit merchant in New York sold this season to one restaurant 1S,O0O pineapples for making pine apple syrup for soda water.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05
The Cattle Dying.

Z ne IoiloHitIB SpeCidi iIo'h A"N son to the Phoenix Republican de picts a gloomy state of affairs fo the cattlemen of that section: Tucsonites owning cattle running along the San Pedro river, have
 got the blues to a very considerable extent at present. The long, hot
 dry season. together with the fact
 that the ranges along the San Pc
 dro are carrying five head Of stock
 where they should be carrying one
 has resulted in the country adjacent
 to the river on both sides, being completely denuded of grain, until
 the flats. and gradually ascending mesas look like the streets of Tue son. The river men are forcing their cattle back on the mountain ranges, but on account of the dry season just past, these ranges can furnish but poor sustenance to the starving cattle from the river ranges. Men we'll calculated to es- timate closely believe the river cat tlemen will lose 50 per cent. of their stock and all their bulls. The rate of mortality at present among the cattle is frightfully large, but small when compared with the loss that may be anticipated when the winter weather sets in. It is to be regret ted that the cattle owners through out Arizona cannot make up their minds to relieve their overstocked ranges. The stock owners should take into consideration the fact that the ranges are no longer virgin grass bearing lands, but that they have been grazed over for so long d period that all the original advan- tages have been lost, and now each season stands by itself, and the suc- cess of tic cattlemen depends on the amount of water falling at the proper periods. The uncertainty of the season's waterfall necessitates the ranchmen covering accidents by carrying good margin of feed on his range. This he should do at all hazards. both on account of his own pocket and on the ground of humanity to the poor beasts, whose sufferings during the present sea- son will be so great. On the San Pedro river and in most other sec tions nf southern Arizona, there is but one course open, and that IS for the ranchmen to mass together and cut down. with al! possible speed. the present great herds of cattle. This has got to come. It is pecu- liarity, that in Arizona dry seasons never come separately, and if the present dry season is simply the rOrerunner of one or two more, inn agine the condition of affairs next summer. It is safe presumption, that the ranchers along the San Pc dro river are carrying three head for everyone that can be safely ac- commodated.
 Most of the San Pedro cattlemen have realized their condition, and the fact that they did moi act was not due to ignorance, but simply to the Mexican mailana way of doing business-or in other words, the matter was lost sight of, or neglect ed. l cannot conceive of people being so blind to their own interest as to continne this state of affairs: but inasmuch as it has continued year after year in the face of the in- evitable, it may be allowed to go from bad to worse to the end that the cattle depending on those ranges will eventually be entirely wiped out.
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The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A San Francisco man has a pe- culiar mania for opening and clos ing docrs, and will stand for hours at q time at one of the entrances to the postoffice opening and clos ing the doors for the accommoda. ton of the pedestrians.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

Bjornson, the Norwegian novelist writes so abominably that no one but his wife can read his manu- script, which she has to copy for him before it is sent to the pulp fisher.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

It is said that $600O00 has been spent on the Empress of Austria's new palace at Corfu. But that is nothing incomparison with the late Mrs. Hopkins S2.OOO.OOO cattle.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A man inhales one pint of air at each breath. While standing the adult respiration is 9 times per minute; while lying down. Is. To save your breath, lie down.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

Bees attacked d funeral party in Kennett Square, Pa.. the other day and upset all the proprieties of the occasion.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

In Munich couple were mar ried that had been engaged forty five years. The groom is 70, the bride 65 years old. They thought they could not afford it before. They'll have to be 120 and 115 to celebrate their golden wedding.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

French Guiana is said to have the most violent thunderstorms in the world. The thunder is almost deafening and the peals come in quick succession.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

The latest fad is to have yourself and your family photographed on your cups This is better than be- ing photographed in your cups.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

In New York, recently, an un- known man hit upon an odd way of committing suicide. He lifted the lid from a sewer man-hole and in was drowned.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A New Yorker, who in 1870 was several times d millionaire, died re- gently almost penniless. He lost his money in real estate specula- ion
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

American horses are being ship ped to Aberdeen, Scotland, for coach and driving purposes.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-05

A mountain of coal in Wild Horse Valley, Wyo., has been burn ing for more than thirty years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-09
CHAPTER V.

"Miss Joycc!' exclaimed the Captain, re- coiling as though he had stepped on hot ircn.
 She twisted his silk tilo on her hand, re- marking:
 "Your hat, please. I did not mean to steal it."
 He seized it and drew it low over his brows. As she stood in the doorway, the light from window near revealed her face and form quite distinctly. One glance into the short, round face was sufficient to proclaim her not Il beauty.
 There was square set to tho lower jaw not compatible with feminine beauty. Her complexion would have bccu exquisite but for freckles. The square nose, rather after the style denommated pug, showed aggress- ivcness, as did the jaw and mouth The forehead, low and broad, was surmounted by short, crisp, defiant red curls that danced and hutsered with every turn of her head. Her form w1j slender to attenua- tion, and withal Lura Joyce was not calcu- lated at first sight to win tho admiring gaze of tho human male biped
 There was something in hcr face and movements, however, that demanded a sec. ond look, and when this was given, a third would follow, and then a moro pleasing as- pect appeared, ending at last in fascination
 Captain S:arbriTa: had felt this last sen satIon moro than once, and it was stealing ovor him HOW III spite of the fact that he knew tnaG Lura Joyce was to be his most bitter enemy in the contest that was to como. He threw off the magnetism with an effort and said:
 ''So it was you, mischief, who stole my hat. I might have known it." "Of course.''
 "When did you arrive2" "Just here. l saw and recognized your hat as I passed down the hall lcOking for | Grace, and so thought I'd bother you a little," she said, solemnly.
 'Do you mean to say that you haven't seen Grace yeti"
 II mean just that. You see, missed the stage, and so had to come on horseback didn't mind that, however, since 1 am Q l regular Comanche, and can ride like a-a- what is it you call 'eml have it, a Centaur." Then she laughed merrIly, and, stepping into the hall, closed the door be- | hlnd her.
 They were both in tho shadow He | felt wicked just at that moment, and raised his hands as though he would | strangle the girl. He seemed to realize that this was not the time or place for such work and restrained himself, and muttered some | thing commonplace.
 Then he opened the outer door and passed out
 "So you are here at Lone Hollow, ser pcntr' soliloquized the girl in low, mean ing tone. "Well, reckon it means war be- tween us, Captain Starbrignt, and the sooner it comes to focus the better for all concerned"
 It was almost night when Captain Star bright stepped upon the long porch. He glanced up and down keenly, but saw no one. Old Mir. Vandible had retired to his room, but his great armchair stood there, Q reminder of the old gentleman himself.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-09
EFFECTS OF DRAINAGE.
Improvement of Climatic Condition
 Through Man's Ingenuity.

Improvement of Climatic Conditions
 Through Mans Ingenuity.
 How few people realize the results of extensive drainage, such as highly civilized country presents No inron- siderable changes are wrought by arti- ficial drainage. Much of surface water. instead of being left to form marshes saturate the soil, or be taken up by evaporation, is carried away under ground through drain-pipes. Consc- quently, the air is not so moist as for merly, and the soil, instead of being constantly chilled by evaporation, is rendered warm and genial. This result has been particularly noticed in England and Scotland, where very extensive areas have been artificially drained. Holland has been, one might say, re- claimed from the sea. The water has been dylxed out, and many parts of the country that were the bottom of the sea are now dry land, and, though be- low sea level, form the homes of happy and industrious communities. Years ago, there were, along the lower banks of the Mississippi, "drowned lands, '' subject to overflow and uninha bitable, covering an area larger than the State of New York. Many of these lands have been reclaimed by means of levees. Thus, by mans ingenuity, are the sur face, climate and general physical con- dition of the earth being changed.-N. Y. Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-09
LOUNGES.

We are showing fine assortment of Lounges, in Cretonne, Carpet, Moquette, Plush and Rugs, which We bought during the dull season, when prices were low, and can now give you the benefit of those prices. No shoddy goods, all frst-class. Come in and see them, the Old Reliable House of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-09
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-09
CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VL
 AN oMINoUs CoNFAB.
 Captain Starbright stood biting his mus tached lip without moving. Had he not known Lura Joyce so intimately he would have thought nothing of her remark that she missed hotly in his ear. He knew the determined nature of the girl, however,