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The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

The Chamber Music Society of St. Petersburg has announced a competition for quartettes for strin- ged instruments. and composers of every nationality are invited to take part. The two best works will re- ceive prizes, the first consisting of $50 rubles, the second of 15O ru- bles; the others will receive hono- rary mention according to their merits.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

Tobacco Was introduced into Spain from the Island of Cuba in the sixteenth century and was cul. tivated by Spanish gentlemen in their gardens which are called ci- garralles. Every gentleman not only grew his own stock but rolled his own cigars, 90 that when he of fered weed to a guest it was with the remark Es de mi cigarral, Git is from my garden.) In the coursr of time the expression became, Este cigarro es de mi cigarral, and the word cigarro was aflerward shortened to cigar.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

Thecanal system of Germany has been much developed during the past ten years by reason of the at tention paid to it by the authorities of the various districts, says Lon don Industries. The total length of waterways in Germany is now 6,250 miles. While in 1875 the waterways conveyed only B per cent of the goods traffic, the re- mainder being carried by railways. of which there were about 23.125 miles open. more than 30 per cent of the goods traffic Is now conveyed by canals. This improvement is partly attributable to the fact that the canal system has been brought into closer connection with the rail. way, system whereby the transfer of good has been facilitated.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

The marble statue of the Pope presented to the Catholic Universi- ty of Washington by Joseph Lou bat, is of the size known to sculp- tors as semi-colossal, being thirteen feet high, and represents the Pope seated on the pontifical throne, in cassock, alb, stole, and cope. On his head is the tiara or triple crown. The right hand is raised in the act of giving the blessing, while the left hand rests easily on he arm of the throne. The sculp- tor is Guioseppe Luchetti, one ot the best known of the modern Ital- ian school. The work occupied over a year, and it's total costs amounts to more than $20,0O0, The statue was carved from 6 single block of white Carrara marble.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

Lucky" Baldwin has gone to
 New York on mission which is
 certain to bring him wider fame than he now enjoys. His compan-
 ion is James A. Christy, for an ave-
 rage life hardy miner, and now,
 at the age of n, the inventor of a telephone which he declares is ab- solutely bound to displace all now in existence. Mir. Christy has for sixteen years given constant atten- tiOn to the study of sound. For thirty six months he has been de- veloping his idea of a telephone, and now has an instrument SO per feet that the faintest whisp per, or slightest rustic of the wind can b, transmitted thousands of miles without the loss of it's least vibra- tiOn. The patents for this wonder ful instrument are practically all secured, and few days will see the last bearing the governments seal. The work of manufacture and put ting to use will begin. Lucky" Baldwin is Christy's backer.-Ex.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29
A very pretty story. which pleas

A very pretty story, which pleas antly suggests Hans Anderson, is told by local correspondent of q Berlin journal. Some years ago a stork set up housekeeping in the park of Schloss Ruhleben. It mi grated every fall, and as regularly returned with its mate in the spring. Upon some doubt being expressed as to whether it was really the same bird. a steel ring, with the name of ifs European residence engraved thereon, was fastened to It's right leg. When the stork returned the following spring. a silver ring was found faeteued to the left leg, and on II the inscription, "India sends her greeting to Germany"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

One of the dealers in secondhand books in Washington has come into possession of curious document in the shape of subscription list, bearing date l774. In this George Washington, Charles Carroll. Win. Ellery, and several others pledged themselves to pay the sums oppo- site their names toward the expense of cleaning out the Potomac river.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

A dinner will be gwen by the Lotos Club of New York, to Sir Ed win Arnold, on the evening of the 31st inst, which promises to be the literary event ot the year in Ahat city. About one hundred gentle men will have seats at the table, nearly every one of whom will be a man of note in the social or literary world.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

The woman's building of the Co., lumbia Exposition is to be buil' from designs, drawn by Miss Su- phia G. Hayden who won the prize of $i 900 in a competition entered by a number of other architects. Miss Hayden was born at Santiago, but has spent most of her life in Massachusetts, having been edu- cated in Boston, where she supp lle- mented her school course by four years at the Instituteof Technol- Ogy.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29
NUMBER 8,

Miss Helen Vacaresco, the form CT friend and lady in waiting to the Queen of Roumania, has been suc- ceeded by Baroness Frida von Bu- low. This lady has also done some thing in a literary way, and has published a volume of verse and a successful novel. She has, however, better qualifications for her new duties, inasmuch as she is said to be trained hospital nurse, having distinguished herself as a Protestant Sister of Mercy.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

The new cable railway on the Stauserhorn i:, Switzerland furnish es q good illustration of the conver- sion of power. A turbine wheel, driven by a fall of water, sets 8 dynamo in operation, which in it's turn moves a cable line which draws the cars.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

A Miss Dieudonne, of France, has accomplished thewonderful musical feat of transposing at sight, Gui- raud's "Allegro de Concert" The first to achieve this task was Caesar Franck, who, fifty years ago, was greatly honored for what was then considered almost superhuman nOWer
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

The late Charles Verlat is repre- sented at the Triennial Exhibition of the Societe des Beaux Arts at Antwerp, by 125 paintings, special room being devoted to them. Hun dreds of artists were trained by Verlat, some of whom occupy high positions in their profession.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

It is announced in the Christair of London, that Rev Llewellyn J. Evans, D. D., of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been invited t0 the new Hebrew chair in the Bala Theological Hall.p Dr. Evans is now a professor, as he has been for number of years, in Lane Theological Seminary.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

resentatives were present an1 vote
 upon the taxes levied; and tha
 when we raise revenue for our loca
 government. agents of our selectiu
 attend to its disbursement,
 We have as much wealth an,
 population as any territory tha
 was received into the Union durin,
 the first eighty years of our nation al existence, and unless histor,
 fails to repeat itself, both will nut
 tiply more rapidly when we are ad
 mitted. Denver alone has a popu lation equal to that of Colorado fifteen years ago when she was ad- mitted. Washington, in two years of statehood, has nearly doubled her population,
 I believe we are standing in the dawn of Q brighter day. Several hundred miles will be added to our railroad lines in the next two years, which will open up new avenues for the investor, and create homes in localities now remote and isolated The north will exchange her lumber coal and root vegetables for the ce- reals and fruits of the south, and our hills and mountains, scanned with gold and silver, will add their treasures to the commercial world but under state government these good things will be ours in a much greater degree.
 Capital we need to reclaim our desert lands, utilize our forests, ex- plore our mines and perfect our railroad system; it will How to us more rapidly when we organize un- der state government, and every property owner will feel the quick ening pulse of renewed enterprise in adding values to his holdings. Silver coinage, and how best to dis pose of the arid lands will be be- fore congress soon, and Arizona should be heard when these ques. tions are up for settlement, and up. on every other question where her welfare is affected.
 Statehood is not a political ques- tion, for no man can tell with what party Arizona will vote in two years if admitted as a state, but it is a question involving the right of Ari. zonans to build up a rich and pop ulOus state, untrammeled by rulers and lawmakers two thousand miles | away. careless of our needs and ig- norant of our wants. TIE. PARISH.
 Vulture, Arizona, October, 15th. 1891.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

A decline i'll the membership of Quakers in Great Britian, began about the end of the last century, and continued until 1860. Since that time, however, there has been an increase of one or two hundred per annum, and there are now about 15, ,S36 members of that society.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29
"A Mans Home Is Ills CastIe."

The Memphis Appeal Ayaianch
 'aiIs attention toa Mississippi cas
 n recent issue of The Southerl
 Law Reporter, and remarks that i determines an issue quite as impor
 tant as that settled by South Car
 olina jury in the Dawson murder case-the latter declaring the de
 fendant not guilty, on the ground
 that Captain Dawson had invaded his house, or castle. In the case
 before the Supreme Court of Mis-.
 sIssippi the issue was similar. One
 Maury, a negro. had a fight on the
 highway with Nicholson, a white
 man. Maury got the best of it, and
 Nicholson. with his brother-in-law W
 anI dozen men, went to Maury's
 house oLe night, without any war
 rant. They broke open an out-house
 whereupon Maury, who had collect
 ed d number of friends, fired upon the crowd and killed two men. For this Maury was indicted and tried
 for murder. The lower court charged the jury as follows:
 Under the law of this State. any private person has a right to arrest anyone who has committed fel. ony, and when he has reasonable grounds to suspect and believe tine person proposed to be arrested to have committed the same, and this, too, with or without a warrant. Even though the parties had no right to make any arrest of George Maury without a warrant, yet if the jury believed that the parties were informed by Cobb that he had a writ for the arrest of George Maury and they SD believed and acted on such information, and Geo. Maury and those with him wilfuIIy felon- iousl y and with malice aforethought shot and killed the deceased, then the jury will find him guilty.
 The jury in less than two hours brought in a verdict of guilty of murder, and the punishment was fixed at imprisonment for life. Maury appealed. and Justice Camp bell, of the Supreme Court, reversed the judgment of the lower court, declaring that the facts of the case did not make out the crime of mur- der. He said that Maury. before the invasion of his premises, had committed no felony, and the in- vaders had no warrant, It was Maury's right. under the circum- stances, to collect his friends to de- tend his home and person. Here is endorsement of the time honofed common law maxim, that every mans house is his castle. Tn this case the castle was an humble negro cabin, and the invaders were white men, some of whom honestly believed that they had a right tn arres, Manry for his fight with Nich- olson. But the social status Of the parties and their color in no wise influenced the calm judgment of .he Mississippi court. Justice Campbell believed that the home should have every pnssible safe guard thrown around it, and he be- ieved that when he re-asserted tie { id Anglo Saxon idea he was strengthening society and rendering ( ! service to civilization. In these ( lays of lax methods it is we'll to re ! establish some of the old landmarks If the law. Especially is it wise to |; xalt the home. and protect it with $ he sword of justice.-Atlanta Con- " s
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

The palace erected by John c, Flood on Mob Hili, San Francisco. at cost of s. 500, 900 is at present inhabited only by an o:d gardener. The public is entirely excluded.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29
Pensions.

missioner of Pensions just submi
 ted to the Secretary of the Interio
 shows that when the fiscal yea
 closed on June 30 there were 676
 16O pensioners on the rolis-a ne
 increase of 13o,216 during tn
 twelve months. At the close Of .h
 year $l1S,548,959 had been pal'
 out on account of pensions ant
 there remained 3S,C00 pensiontr
 who had na been paid for lack o [ time" As the amount due to thes,
 was $4,8S3, ,243, the total expens,
 fo, the year as shown on the face
 of report is $123, ,432, POP. Lack 0
 dime" as used in the report mean:
 of course that at the time when tht
 pensions were due the Administra
 tion did not have the money to pay them and that the fiscal year closed while it was waiting for 1t to come in. Such has been the extravaganza in all directions; so great was the anxiety of the administration and the Reed Congress to spend the sur plus, that now when the tariff du- ties have been made SO high that they shut out imports and yield a dwindling revenue, the administra- ton is continually hard pressed l." get the money to make the pension payments. Great as has been the increase in the number of pensions during the year, although an army of 1886 has been added in twelve months to the army of half a mil lion already on the rolls, the admin istration has undoubtedIy"held up" thousands of cases fully complying prima facie with the requirements of the disability bill, because of the very large appropriations in other directions made by the Billlon-Dol- lar Congress. Had not this been done there would now be at least of million pension CTS On the rolls, as there certainly will be before the close of present fiscal year. The administration is not only holding back because it has emptied the Treasury, but be- cause it is trying to keep down the expenditure so that it will not reach it's maximum before tho, campaign year, The brakes will be taken off between June 30, 1892, the close of the fiscal year, and the day of the election Tn November when there will will be no means or the opposition to get at statistics showing what has been done. But ,ven as the pensien list stands, it makes our annual military expense excluding naval expenditures, great 1T than that for any standing army n the world.-St. Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

Although the summer of 1891 was very exceptionally cool, mur- .lers and suicides were unusually numerous. n fact that throws some ,ilscredit on the old theory thatheat is promotiye of crime.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

Nineteen cars of cattle passed through here Wednesday night for the California market. The cattle were shipped from Ash Fork. and the train will average twenty-five miles an hour until it's destination is reached.-Mohave Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

Prince Henry of Orleans has en- tered the ranks of journalism. H. one of the last issues of the Paris Soleil the article on "China and Politics" ia from hls pen.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29

Sefior Domingo has received per mission from the Queen Regent of Spain to send his portrait of the lit tie King to the Columbian Expo sitiOn.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-29
There are said to be five thousand

clubs in the United States, whose aggregate membership is one-half million, and on whose lists are en- rolled the names of many Of the men of the day,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
OIL Ponds In the Gulf.

Between the mouth OF the Mississippi
river and Galveston. Tex, 10 or Is
miles south OF Sabine Pass, is spot in
the Gulf OF Mexico which Is commonly
called "The Oil Ponds" by the captains
Of the small crafts which ply in that
vicinity.
There is no land within 10 miles;
but even in the widest weather, the
water ut this spot is comparatively
calm, owing to the thick covering OF
oil which apparently rises from the bed
of the Gulf, which is here about ID to
Is feet beneath the surface. This
strange refuge is well known to sailors
who run on the small vessels trading
between Calcasien, Orange, Sabine,
Beaumont and Galveston. When,
through stress OF weather, they fail to
make .harbor elsewhere, they run for
THE Oil Ponds" let go the anchor,
and ride the gale in safety; this curious
spot furnishing a good illustration of
the effects OF "oil upon a troubled
sea-"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13

A certain Wesleyan minister was
preaching sermon on the prodigal
son. He took as his text '.And when
he came to himself" I'VE have here,
brethren" said he, ian instance of the
wonderful depth Of the meaning there
is in scripture. We see how low the
unprincipled young individual had
fallen. When he came to himself. >
What does it meanp Well, look at
home. What do we do when our
moneys gone, ana we've no credit?
What do we turn TOP The pawnshop.
So did he. First his coat would go.
He might live week on that Then
his waistcoat. That wouldn't serve
him long. Lastly, his shirt would
follow; and then--ah! then. my
friends, he came to himself He
couldn't pawn himself, and so he went
home to his father. Newcastle
Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
They Like IL, Yoa Know. 4

A young society man, who moves N
the younger circles, told reporter OF
the Louisville Commercial something
out of the usual run the other day. He
is handsome fellow. tall and erect,
and u prime favorite among the girls
He said that he attempted to kiss a
pretty girl, and just as he got his arm
around her slender waist and was about
to kiss her she said IL he dared she
would scream.
Not wishing to have a scene, which
such an action would cause, he with
drew his arm and resumed his seat at
the other end of the sofa In an in
slant tho pretty girl said: "Oh, /
thought you were drawer than that"
She, however, obstinately refused to
let him kiss her. In couple OF days
he called on another girl. He wanted
to kiss her, but she likewise threatened
to scream If he should attempt it. He
thought he would profit by his former
experience, and paid no attention to
the warning.
He kissed her-she screamed; her
mother came in and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. The girl came to his rescue.
however, and said mouse was in the
room and she had screamed as it ran
across the floor. Furthermore, by
saying the young man had gallantly
tried 70 catch the mouse she explained
his bushes to the mothers satisfac-
ton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
Polly.

Polly, Polly, the kettle sings,
There's puff of steam lika fairy wings,
A fragrance of oolong stealing;
Dainty china cozily set,
Fragile as frailest gg-shells, yet
Strong in my housewives dealing
It's hey for toast and no for teal
Old "reminiscences brought to me
Over the tea with Polly;
There's the fragment of song when hearts
were young,
A trembling minor never sung,
flushed in tears from Polly.
For Polly and lay, for toast,
Ho for the tea, too-who can boast
OF youth and love foreveri
Let broken heart and hint Of wrong
Find cheerier note in the kettles song
Striving with brave endeavor.
So, over the crisp, brown toast for two
And tea in the old cups quaint and blue,
Hcigho, for bygone folly
Though yellowest hair has turned to white,
Old songs to minor yet tonight
We love on, and Polly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13

An African traveller was recounting
to a company his hair-breadth escapes
in the jungles and savannas about the
great equatorial lake region. He had
encountered there. he said, the most
savage and bloodthirsty race OF men in
the world.
las we were marching" the trav-
eler related, from Nmgosji to Co
hangbo we suddenly found ourselves in
the midst OF most terrible and des-
perate combat. And what odds! Ten
to one!"
Were you one Of the temp" asked a
bystander.
Sir" said the explorer. grandilo-
quently. II wish you to understand
that l was one Of the one!''
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
The 8I-8S Mystery.

The following curious puzzle beats
the celebrated "13-15-14" enigma OF n
few years ago, and is well-worth inves-
tigation. Take a strip OF cardboard
or paper IS inches long and 5 wide thus
giving surface Of 65 square inches.
Now cut this strip diagonally. as true
as you can, the result being two pieces
in shape Of triangles. Now measure
exactly five inches from the larger end
OF each strip, and cut each in two
pieces. Take your four pieces and put
them in the shape OF an exact square,
and 1t will appear to be just 9 inches
each way, or ga square inches--a loss
OF | square inch Of superficial measure
ment with no diminution OF surface
The question is, what becomes OF tina
inche"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
CAT OR civET.
An Interesting Animal Resolved From
NADIA gascar.

An Interesting Animal Received From
Madagascar.
The Geological Society OF London
has recently acquired very carniver-
GUS animal from Madagascar. 1t has
no English name, but Is generally
known as Beunett's Cryptoprocta from
the first secretary to the Geological
Society, who named specimen sent tc
England more than fifty years ago.
Since then specimens have been ex.
hibited in Rotterdam and Paris. Rev.
James Sibree. late a missionary in
Madagascar says that when full grown
it is about three feet long, with tail
of equal or slightly greater length. It
resembles a small leopard in shape,
with thick fur OF uniform warm
brown.
1T is greatly dreaded by the natives
for its ferocity and destructiveness,
and from its mode OF attack it appears
to be like an immense weasel. but
preying upon wild-hogs and even buff
falos." This is about double the size
of the specimens in the gardens, which,
though necessarily in motion, does not
give the visitor an idea OF such terrible
ferocity; and its canine teeth, which 1t
displays freely enough. are scarcely
larger than full-grown domestic cat
This animal is extremely interesting
from the fact that it forms a link be-
tween the family containing tho cats
and that containing the civets.
Like the cat 1t can draw back its
claws into protecting sheaths, though
unlike them, it does not walk on its
toes, but puts nearly the whole surface
of the foot on the ground. In the
character OF the skull. also, it occupies
"A position between the two families. 1t
agrees with the civets in having a
pouch just under the tail, and when
violently enraged is said to emit
most disagreeable smell, like that Of
the skunk.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
Right to Wear n Mu.ta che.

A groom's right to wear a mustache
has been tried in England with the
courts decision in his favor. When a
groom was engaged he was smooth
shaven. but aftera cold he grew mus
tache by his doctors advice. whereupon
his employer ordered him to shave or
60 without notice. The judge held
that demand was unreasonable. II
he had been a house-servant wearing
powder and white silk stockings, he
might have been required TO shave;
but groom was an outdoor servant,
and mustachs was natural protec-
ton against the weather. The plain
tiff got $25 damages.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
A Potato Holder.

II Is said that potato contains
enough moisture to keep flowers fresh
for a week or two. Bore hole in the
potato, and insert the stem of the
flower. The unsightly bulb must, Of
course, II used In decoration. be cover
ed with moss or something green. A
potato, however, is chiefly recommend
ed as good means Of preserving rare
specimens Of flowers sent by mail
New York World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-13
II Did Not Follow.

The tramp looked at the breakfast
the woman in the kitchen had promised
him on certain conditions, then looked
at the wood pile in the back yard and
was silent.
"You will find the saw in the shed,
she suggested.
MADAM, he replied, pulling up his
coat collar. with an air of offended
dignity and backing of. II have not
said anything, but 1t does not follow
that saw wood"