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The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Mrs. Flora Mather, of Cleveland Ohio, daughter of Amasa Stone, has given $75,OOO to the college for women of the WesternReserve Uni verssity. A part sof this sum will provide a college home, and the re- mainder will be added to the en- dowment fund. Mrs. Eliza Clark has given this college a recitation. New Orleans Times-Democrat,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Professor Foote of Philadelphia has collected some remarkable me teorites, at Canon Diablo, Yavapai county, Arizona. The largest mass weighs 250 pounds, and another 154 pounds. A specimen which he sent to Dr. Koenig was recently describ- ed by him before the Academy of Natural Sciences. Dr. Koenig's an- alysis gave 29 per cent nickel, and in the only piece which has yet been cut a cavity was exposed containing small diamonds. As this is the first instance of the occurrence of this gem in meteoric iron, the find will be of great interest to scientists.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

The University of Zurich is con sidered one of the best places in Europe for a woman to study med icine, and has many American stu dents. It has the usual four facul- ties, viz.: law, medicine, theology and philosophy, that of medicine being the best equipped. Zurich also offers fine opportunities for the study of modern languages.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

No sort of bird, beast or creeping thing will touch a castor oil plant. It seems to be rank poison to all the animal world, Even goat will starve before biting off a leaf, and a horse will sniff at it and turn up his upper lip as though it had the most destestable odor on the face of the earth. Army worms and the locusts will pass it by, though they may eat every other green thing in sight, and there is no surer way to drive moles away from a lawn than to plant few castor beans here and there. Even the tobacco worm will refuse to be fed on it's leaves. There is hardly another instance in natur- al history of plant being so uni versal!y detested by the animal world.-Globe-D
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Lord Salisbury is quite a distin- guished savant as we'll as a renown- ed statesman. In a recent Iecturebe- fore theChemlcal Society of London, he said: Astronomy is, in great measure, the science of things as they probably were. chemistry is the science of things as they are at present" To these adds the Elec- trical Engineer, electricity is the science of things as they probably will be-"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

w. c. Land an Arizona cattleman makes this statement to a cores pondent of the St. Louis Globe Democrat: II have 10000 head of cattle on a range near Tombstone. The business is pretty poor this year, in fact, there has been no money in it for quite a while, the trouble being the over-supply of all American markets, Things are looking up a little now, Prices have gone up $2 head in the last twelve months, and for the next year the outlook is better. This improvement is due to the fact that the cattlemen have by sort of tacit combination, killed off large num- Der of breeding COWS and thousands of calves. At Kansas City the ship ments have been composed of COWS to a greater extent than ever before. The same thing is true of the other Markets of the United States"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

A German chemist has invented a preparation which, it is claimed, when applied to the soles of shoes, has the effect of increasing their wearing capacity from five to ten times, besides making them water proof. The preparation is applied after the shoes are finished and the soles are buffed. The right to use it has been sold to the Bavarian government for the army. The in- ventor says it has been tested in the German army satisfactorily.-Ex,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
Chinese Detectives.

A Frenchman naturally thinks
 the Parisian detectiye the best. The
 English swear by the shrewdness oi
 Scotland Yard men, and Americans
 of course by the New York detec- lives. After three years residence in China 1 do not think either of the three bodies are entitled to the credit given them. The Chinese beat them all. They are at one time the most expert thieves and at an other the most skilled detectives in the world. A Chinaman can steal your watch while you are looking at it, and he can catch the man who stole it, if 1t happened to be some other than himself, when a French detective could not. l have seen evidences of detective ability among them which would startle even Zola They scent crime and follow it to the last before civilized detectives would know of it. In a country of so many people, who all look alike, this is remarkable. 1 heard of one case which will serve to illustrate their shrewdness. A family in Ton quin was murdered and there was no apparent clew to the murderer The entire detective corps of three provinces were placed upon the case, and in three weeks the mur- derer-none other than the chief of the secret police, who handled the case for the murderer-was arrested and beheaded. Think of that. The Chinese detective force is a secret body, and the best organized in the world, They have an eye upon every man, woman or child, foreign or native, in China, and in addition watch over each other. Informers are encouraged, aud collision is i'm possible. The head of the Chinese police is not known, but there is one, and very active one, too. l hear that the present one was once an ambassador to a European coun- try, but really do not believe that any one knows who he is. There are said to be over 100000 men nm der him and his assistants, who control the various districts.-St. Louis be-Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Great as the improvement in the trade outlook has been, It has not yet shown itself in bank clearing totals, August clearings at fifty eight cities aggregate $4,1S2,114,- O75, a decrease of 13 4 per cent from August last year. Most of the de- crease is caused by the decline at New York the decline is only 21 per cent. The decreases at New York, Philadelphia and Boston combined practically account for the entire decline in August.-N.Y. Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

A young man at Warren, Ohio, took refuge under tree during a thunder storm. The tree was struck by lightning and he was killed. When his clothes were removed ex- act images of the branches and leaves of the tree were found pie tured on his breast and other parts of his body with the minuteness of the photograph.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

w. P. Lane, who was arrested and taken to Clifton on the charge of burning the railroad bridges, died Wednesday night from fever with which he was suffering when he left Fl Paso. It is reported that before he died he confessed to burn ing the bridges and told who his accomplices were and to what ex- tent they are guilty.-Lordsburg Liberal.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

It is shown by reports issued by the principal street railway compa
 ny of Birmingham, England, which has lines operated both by horses and electricity, that storage battery traction is more economical than animal traction, the difference in favor of electricity being about seven per cent.-Electrical Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

All Esquimaux are superstitious about death, and, although they hold festivities in memory of de- parted friends, they will usually carry a dying person to some aban- dOned hut, there to drag out his re- maining days without food, medi- cine, or attendance. After the death of a husband or wife, the survi- vor cuts the front hair short and lasts for twenty-five days.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

The bacillus of tuberculosis, says Nature,is often to be found in places lived in by consumptives. Herr Prausnits has lately collected the dust in various compartments of trains which often convey patients from Berlin to Meran, and inacu- lated number of guinea-pigs with it. Two out of five compartments so examined were found to contain the bacillus; the dust of one rend- cred three out of four guinea-pigs tubereulous, that of the other, two.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Colorado has increased inwealth very rapidly. In 1880 the total as- sessed valuation was $74,471 ,693. In 1890 it was S188, ,911 1925, an in- crease of $114,439,632. The value of property increased at a greater per cent than the increase in popu- lation. The increase in the total assessed value of property was at the rate of 153.67 per cent, and the increase in population was 112.12. Denver Republican.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Three additional public school buildings are to be erected in Rich mond, Va, at a cost of $60,000. Two of these are for white pupils and the other for colored children. It is said the public schools of Rich mond will bear favorable compari- son with those of much larger cities.-Charleston News and Cour- fer,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

The Japan Herald is authority for the figures of gold output in Si- beria from 1884 to 1887 inclusive: 30,000,000 ounces, 9120,00O,OOO, or S6O0,00O,0O0, and this with but little machinery, efforts rudelY sys- tematized, and much sstealage. When the great Siberian railroad is completed from the Caspian Sea to Vladivcstock, on the Pacific, the output of Russian gold will be great ly increased.-McNally Bankers Monthly.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Laborers employed in a sewer at Danville, Va, the other day struck a tunnel which is said to be one dug at the time of the war by fede- ral prisoners confined in an old fac- tory which stood on the corner of Spring and Union sts. and through which eighteen prisoners made their escape. It is just large enough for one man to crawl through.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Charley, the 13-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. Rol Miller, it is re- ported was thrown from a bronco in Skull valley, yesterday, and in- stantly killed. He was urged not to attempt to ride the animal, but having ridden the horse several times previously, the request was unheeded- His neck was broken by the fall and death was instan- taneous.-Journal Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

It is said that the cotton corp of Texas will be over 2,000,O00 bales when the season closes. Savannah
 and New Orleans over 100000. Savannah and New Orleans, how ever. draw from half a dozen States, while the 2,000,O00 bales reported at Galveston, are from Texas alone,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

The court calendar just issued from this office has seventeen civil cases. No criminal business has been before the District court in a year, a good showing for old Mo- haye.-MiBer,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
Smoking a Giant Gap.

The story comes from Dunlar
 that while MT. Hayes, who with two
 other miners, is working some
 mines about five miles from the Aravaipa mining camp, was sitting in his tent smoking and reading a news paper one evening last week there came a loud report One of the men, named Finnegan, who had laid down outside of the tent yelled "Injuns p and ran headlong through the side of the tent and landed under Mir. Hayes bed. Finnegan declared he had seen six feathered and painted warriors in the shadowy canyon when he was aroused by the explosion. An ex- animation showed that MT. Hayes had been hit in the hand and one finger half torn off. Great was the excitement that followed, and the three men believing they had been fired upon by Apaches, in great haste abandoned the camp, when each tried to pick the nearest route, regardless of trails, for the Aravai- pa camp, where they arrived in va rious stages of exhaustion. Finne- gan sounding the first alarm about a quarter of an hour before the ar rival of his less fleet companions.
 The Aravaipa boys were called up and told of the boldattack of the Apaches. A light was pro cured and Abe Needy, who is panacea for all ailments in that section, proceeded to examine the wound of MT. Hayes. When he began with his probe-a one pronged 1ork-he was not long in fishing out of the hole, where an Apache bullet had supposed to have gone, a large piece of giant cap, used by miners in blasting. That settled the Indian alarm sand caused Finnegan very much joy at his narrow escape from an Indian campaign. MT. Hayes had insert ed a giant cap into his pipe along with some crumbs of tobacco from his pocket, and when the explosion came he was so badly scared that he never missed his pipe, and if he had done so it's absence would have been explained by Finnegan on the supposition that the assassins had shot it from his mouth.-Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

The Atlanta Constitution says: The Republican party is mainly composed of J. B. Foraker. Like a piece of chewing gum on hot stove, Foraker is inclined to spread, sizzle and stink.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Carl Holton, claim adjuster for the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, was in town yesterday settling up claims for cattle and horses killed on the railroad.-Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

The origin of vegetable life on the globe presents as many difficult ties as the study of the birth place of man. Sir Edward Forbes, many years ago, pronounced a theory of numerous centers of creation"-a theory that has met with more or less favor. Lyell and Darwin SC m to have entertained some such views. Professor Macoun inclines to the belief that the plants of North America had their original home in the north, and that all the flora which we find only in a fossil condition, originated in the same manner, in one spot in the northern regions, and have migrated south wardly.-New York Independent.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
The Country Editor.

The country editor deserves .
 good deal more consideration than
 he generally receives. He renders
 service of surpassing value, for which he rarely or never gets req sonable credit. There is no other man in the community who does so much woek for so little pay, or who is so willing to subordinate private interest to public necessity and ad- vantage. He lies awake of nights to devise means of making himself useful to his town. His paper is source of constant benefit to its readers as an advocate of every thing that is calculated to promote their welfare and prosperity. It is out of the question for him to ac- quire wealth, or even to put aside moderate surplus tor a rainy day. He is content if he can make a living. When he does more than that the balance goes to the inn provement of his paper. and so the people get the profit after all. He does not expect just and fair re- turn for his labor, like men engaged in other kinds of business. The force of customs and tradition ob- liges bim to be eyerybody's servant in C, rain sense, and to seize every chance of assisting other people in their various enterprises and ambi- tions. He must study to please his patrons by making himself prac- tical help to them, This is the test of his ability and the measure of his popularity. In short, he is the best existing illustration of the the ory of recompense that makes vir- tue it's own reward.
 There is another side to the mat ter, however. The country editor is not prophet without honor to his own locality. He wields a de cided influence, and is frequently inc controlling spirit in controver- sies of great pith and moment. II is his province to keep close to the people. He knows what they think and what they want. His facilities for convincing and persuading them are of a superior order, because he comes in direct contact with them and is familiar with their habits and teLdencies. They read his paper with more interest than they do the metropolitan journal. The latter is not apt to speak to them with clear comprehension of their situa ton, whereas the former is really a part of the system to which they belong, Some of the most efIectiye work that is done in political cam paigns is performed by the country editor. He is often wiser in his methods and processes than his metropolitan brother; and his au- dience listens to him with a feeling of personal respect and confidence. Not only in politics, but in all mat ters of general importance, the To- cal press is a power that Is felt in a most distinct and irresistible man. ner. The contents of the country papers have more to do with shap- ing public sentiment than all the books and periodicals. It is the country editor who keeps his finger on the popular pulse in the true meaning of the term, and is ac- quainted with the conditions by which all issues are ultimately de- termined. This implies that he is not a man to be lightly regarded, but that he is entitled to generous and grateful treatment at all times and in all ways.-Globe-Democrat
 The origin of vegetable life on the globe presents as many difficult
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Russia takes 36,0OO Jews into the army every year, but sees to it that not one ever becomes an officer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-31

Monday William Jones and Chester
Smirh, two Young Canastota men, came
to Utica to enjoy days pleasure. They
devoted the day to seeing the sights aud
expended their money in various ways.
They thereupon decided to pawn two
watches which were in their possession,
and by attempting to do this they fell
into the clutches of the law upon sus-
picion. AT the police station they said
their sweethearts, Minnie Perry and
Hattie Daley, of Canastota, had given
them the watches, and Chief of Police
Dagwell used the telephone to find out
whether the story was true. the young
women Immediately swore out warrants
for the arrest of the young men, claim
ing they had simply loaned them the
watches, and United States Marshal J.
Z. Stimson came to Utica Tuesday and
took the twain back to their native town.
They were arraigned before Justice
Northrop, and the young women were
not able to establish their charge of lar
ceny 1t appeared, however, that while
they had given their hearts freely and
wholly to the young men, they had only
loaned them the watches, but the crime
of larceny was not proven, and the young
men were discharged from custody.
AT this point of the proceedings con-
sultation took place. Remorse was dis
played on both sides, and some one of
the four proposed that the whole affair
could be nicely arranged in a few minutes
by couple of weddings. The parties
most interested agreed to this pleasant
way out of the mess, and Justice North
rop tied the double knot with dispatch.
Miss Daley became the bride of Mr.,
Jones and Miss Perry was welded to
Mr.. Smith. Utica Observer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-31
sss FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 81, 1891.
From oradiey ueata.

Recently deputation of women
went from Cradley Heath, in England
"a ,ee Were We '7n NE e8ployCJ
It heavy work ia ging ohains-tG
London 10 protest ,ilnst the passage
10y parliament Of an act which proposed
to prohibit theuse by women of a heavy
forging implement known as the
"oliver," They objected to the pas
ylge Of the biz on the ground that it
would deprive them Of employment
At London they were questioned at
length upon the manner of their en-
ployment by the home secretary, an
officer whose position in the British
government is much the same as that
of the secretary of the interior in this
country. Between Mr., Matthews, the
secretary, and the chainwoman, the
following dialogue too place;
Mr.. Matthews--Aud what's the pre-,
else nature of the employment in which
you are enga-
Chainwoman (breaking in)-I doan't
want W utNc my NNiA tdiNVh AWAY
from mel
Mr., Matthews (blandly)--Pardon me,
that is not quite the point on which !
desire information. If you will please
explain to me the nature of operation
in which
Chanwoman firm though Mustered,
and determined to geu out what she had
come all the way to London to say
1t never done me no harm, sir
Mr. Matthew'S llut, my good WON
an, If you win suspend your observa-
tons long enough to communicate some
idea
Chainwoman-Ili likes the 'eavy work,
sir; an says, Let each one do what
they canl
The interview proceeded in this I'M
satisfactory way until questioner was
found who could talk to the chain
women in their own language.-Youth's
Companion,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-31
VIC PennY,yei-h,cr,s Scheme.

Perhaps the cleverest of all shoplift-
ers' tricks is that Of the penny
weghter," 1t is known to but few,
and praeticed by still smaller number,
for it is a difficult one. 1t has been
most successfully worked by a pretty
little blond, with baby face, blue
eyes, curly hair and the general ap
pearance of bewitching soubrette.
Her professional name is Little Scot
ty." She came to grief in Boston,
Mass, and was sentenced to three
years in prison.
Her mode of working was to go to a
jewelry store and ask to be shown loose
diamonds on tray. She pretends to
be very shortsighted, and bends over
and very close to the tray, examining
the diamonds through an eyeglass. She
exposes her left hand SO as not to be
suspected, and at prOpitious moment
drops a one carat diamond into the
tray, and with her tongue, on the point
of which she has pulverized alum, she
ticks up a two carat diamond.
She then says she cannot find the ex-
act mate of the stone she wants to
match, which she has not with her, and
goes into another store, were she ex-
changes her two carat diamond in a
similar manner for three carat stone
and SO on. When she was caught she
had started with a one carat diamond
and had reached six and O half carats,
making several hundred dollars in few
hours. The size of the stone enabled
the ieweler to discover its theft and
sealed Scotty's doom. Jewellers
Weekly
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-31
An Indiana Snake Charmer.

Joseph Freibur, of Cincinnati, has &C
quired a reputation in this vicinity as a
snake charmcr. Yesterday was his first
opportunity to display his powers. He
and Samuel Benz hired rig, and &C
companied by Mrs. Benz drove to Tas-
well. seven miles distant. En- route they
alighted to gather some wild raspberries,
when they were attacked by rattlesnakes.
They were in rattlesnakes den. A
small terrier which accompanied them
was bitten, and almost instantly swelled
to twice his size. Mr.. and Mrs. Benz
fed and called for Mr.. F. to follow, but
he stood his ground, and the snakes,
which appeared to gather from every
quarter, began to huddlo round his feet
and act as if they had found long lost
friend.
Mr.. F. now picked up one and ordered
Mr.. B. to get an old barrel at a house
near by. This was procured and Mr.. F.
put the reptiles into it and brought them
back to English. While in English Mr..
Il. gave several exhibitions of his power
over the snakes, such rs wrapping them
round his neck and body, and stirring
them around in the barrel with his naked
arm. -Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-31

The existing Paris covers 1925 acres.
or about thirty square miles, while met
ropolitan London, with 1000, 600 popula-
ton, contains us square miles, and Chi,
cagO provides an area about as extensive
for /, roc, 900. The average distance from
the center Of Paris to the circumference
is only three miles, Minneapolis, with
only 1865, 900 people, has municipal area
more than twice as large as that Of Paris.
Almost the entire population of Paris Is
housed in the flats of tenement struc-
lures averaging from four to five stories
in height.
According to the revised figures of tho
census Of 1886 there were nearly $4,000
houses in Paris, and the average number
of people in house was about thirty,
In the old ACCOMPLISHMENTS of the inner
Paris there are probably about 10000
houses, accommodating about 100000
people.
For total contrast in the plan OF
house construction we have only to cross
the channel and to examine London,
where we find an average of about eight
persons to house for the whole metrop-
oils. But the people of Paris are better
housed, all things considered, than those
Of London. A population of 100000
within circle whose radius is only three
miles is certainly very dense, but it must
be remembered that Paris is many
storied city.-Dr. Albert Shaw in Cen
fury.