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The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
LOuD-VOiCEO.
The Lung-Power Developed by People in
 Certain Sections.

The Lung-Power Developed by People ia
 Certain Sections.
 Life in the country, says Dr. J. Har- vie Dew in the Century, especially in our southern country, where people lived far apart and were employed oftentimes at a considerable distance from one another, and from the houses or homes in which they ate and slept, tended, by exercise in communicating with one another, to strengthen and improve their voices for high and pro- longed notes. A wider range to the vo- cal sounds was constantly afforded and frequently required.
 The voices of women as well as of men were often utilized for ''long-dis- tance calls" It may be amusing to note the difference in intonation which was usually exhibited by the sexes. When a man had occasion to sum- mon anyone from a distance, the prolonged tone was placed on the first note, the emphasis on the second, thus: "O-h, John!' If female called, the prolonged tone and the emphasis were both placed on the last note, thus: "You, John-n-y"
 Following, screaming, yelling for one person or another, to their dogs, or at some of the cattle on the plantation, with the accompanying reverberations from hilltops, over valleys and plains, were familiar sounds throughout the farming districts of the south in the days gone by. It used to be said of my fathers old negro foreman that he could be distinctly understood for mile or more away.
 Hunting, which was enjoyed and in- dulged in more or less by nearly every citizen of the south, was also conducive to this characteristic development.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
HE LOCKED TT.
The Novel Idea q Man Hit Upon to Keep
 His Umbrella.

The Novel Idea Man Hit Upon to Keep
 His Umbrella.
 A prominent young club man of this city, who is noted for his faultless att tire, says the Philadelphia Press, was exhibiting costly, gold-mounted handled silk umbrella, which was in geniously fastened with a tiny silver paddock, to a number of friends, with the remarks:
 If it had not been for this locking device would have lost this valuable umbrella long ago. Picking up the wrong umbrella on a rainy day is as time-honored habit as the borrowing of your neighbours lead pencil and re- turning it back to your own pocket. To test this question to my full satis- faction I strolled into the lobby of well-known hotel one wet, stormy day, and, snapping the little lock through the wire spring under the folds of the umbrella, I placed it in prominent rack among a number of others On looking over a morning newspaper I pretended to be deeply interested in its columns. I had hardly turned my eye when respectfully dressed gentleman picked up my umbrella and off he went. It was raining in torrents, he couldn't open it, and in moment or two he returned, ramming it back and mutter- ing something about mistake took another one from the rack, and was gone for good. You may not believe me, but for one hour that umbrella came and went every five minutes, men, women and children, old and young, grave and gay. The performance was kept up until it tired me out. took charge of it finally and sauntered off home"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
AN Ex-RoYAL OUTLAW.
Milan, of Se-via, Is Indeed a Man With
 cut Q Country.

Milan, of Se-via, Is Indeed a Man With
 cut q Country.
 Milan, the former king of Servia, oc- cupies at the present moment the most extraordinary position which it is possi- ble to conceive.
 He has abandoned not only all his rights as member of the reigning house of Servia, as we'll as his property, honors and dignities in the kingdom, but he has even renounced his citizen ship and undertaken never again to set his foot in the country.
 There is some talk, says the New York Recorder, of his becoming nat uralized as Russian, but he has not done so yet, and accordingly he is just now without nationality or civil status. He is without what the French describe as an etat civil, and is, to all intents and purposes, an outlaw, since he pos sesses no legal rights of any kind what soever.
 He is the most homeless and aban- doned of creatures, and his position is so abnormal that the emperor of Aus tria has deemed it necessary to deprive him of the honorary colcnciship of the Austrian regiment of infantry which he has hitherto held and to remove his name from tho Austrian army list.
 It is the first time that king has ever placed himself in such q predica- ment as that of the ex-monarch of Servia, and it is to be'hoped that it will not constitute precedent.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
Had a Billions Feeline.

In restaurant down at tMcLeansboro the other night, says the Mount Carmel Qll.) Register, party of young fellows were sitting and standing around the stove waiting for the mid night Louisville & Nashville train to come in. One of the gang had been'out the night before with his best girl and was exceedingly sleepy. Stretching himself in chair he was soon in the land of Nod, the upper half of his head unhinged and thrown back, and his mouth so wide open that it re- sembled the entrance to the Patton tun- nel. The boys gazcd on him in silence for few moments; then one of them slipped out to drug store, from which he soon returned with small pill of asafetida, which he deftly placed upon the sleeper'S tongue. The warmth of the mouth dissolved the drug in few seconds and the snorer awolze, stretch ing, gaping and yawning like Cherry grove darl1y with a prcmonition of Patoka creek chill. Boys" said the victim, alarmed if 1 ain't es bilious as a goat! I never in ny whole life had such on all-fred mean taste in my mouth." And the shout th2t vert mp drowned the whistle Of the approach ing train. ------------'
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
Wonders Of an Egg.

How many people who are fond of eggs and cat them daily ever stop to think what wonderful thing an egg is! It is one of the greatest wonders of nature. What part of the egg is the animal? The clear white part? No. The yoll1? No, that is merely food. Break raw egg, and beside the white and the yoll1 what do you find? On the membrane which covers the yolk you will see a little whitish circle. That is the animal. When nature brings the young animal at an early period into the outer air or water 1t provides it with means to live A young alligator, no larger than a tiny lizard, takes to the water the moment it creeps out of the shell, and begins to deVour what it can. It needs no protector.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
Etinnette of thn Rnttle.

The waiter first Pours little from the newly opened bottle into your hosts glass. Why? Is it to cleanse the bottle of anything which passes off with the pouring of the first glass? No. Away back in feudal times it was a custom, too. In those times it told a mans guests that if his fagon of wine was poisoned the contents of his own beak- CT would prove it. So if guest didn't see his host doubled up with the cramps, and his face working like a jumping jack, it was safe to conclude that the wine was all right, and the re- past might proceed.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
HIS REMARKAeLE MEMORY.
A Jeweler Who Never Fcrgot Any Dia'
 nonJ He Ever Saw.

A Jeweler Who Never Fcrgot Any Dia-
 monJ He Ever Saw.
 There isl individuality in diamond. Take it from the setting with which you have grown familiar, place it among a number of other stones of the same size and the chances are q hundred to one that you will not be able to pick it out again. Despite this fact there are some men long accustomed to the handling of precious stones who can re- member and recall ono of them as easily as though it were human face.
 A curious instance Illustrating this odd faculty transpircd in tho office of a Maiden Lane jeweler the other day, says the New York Commercial Advertiser
 Years ago a now famous American comedian went to Australia and played a lengthy and successful engagement in that country. Just before he sailed honeward Dan Mcguire, a manager well known in Melbourne in those days, presented him with handsome dia- mond shirt stud as a souvenir of the numerous pleasant hours that they had passed together during his visit. The comedian wore the jewel for time after his arrival here and finally gave it to boy, one of his distant relatives, for Christmas gift after it had been reset as ring.
 The other day the boy, now grown to be a strapping young man, took the ring to the Maiden Lane jeweler to have 1t repaired, and handed it over to a desiccated and gray-haired little Eng iShman who stood behind the show case.
 He looked long and steadily at the stone, and reminiscent smile curved his colorless lips.
 "Young man." he said, ''when you were rather smaller by very long odds than you are now I sold that diamond to Dan Mcguire. in Melbourne, Austra- lia, and he gave it to some Yankee ac- tor" The owner of the gem, knowing its history, was astoundcd. When asked to explain how he remembered it, the Englishman could not, and laid his ability to do so to some mysterious in- stinct.
 ''I've been a jeweler all my life," he ACLnd1 hCNA, Cb1O ub'O ONhSNA ny OWh store three times. I think that, with out boosting, can recognize every dia- mond of every size that I ever handled during that period, though how I man. age to do it is as much of a mystery to me as it is to anybody else. l have met with other jewellers who have the same faculty, but, like me, they can't explain it"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE.
Search for Missing Man Discovers His
 Exact Double in Everything.

Search for 8 Missing Man Discovers His
 Exact Double in Everything.
 Twelve years ago Bryce R. Blair, IT,, son of prominent citizen of this city, went to Colorado to seek his fortune, writes a Carbondale (Pa.) correspon- dent. His parents heard regularly from him for three years. The last time he wrote them he was in Marys- vale, U. T., but was on the point of go- ing to Idaho. No tidings have come from him since then. His father has been constantly searching for him for nine years. Not long ago he inserted an advertisement in a Salt Lake news paper, describing his son minutely, among other things saying that he was left-handed, and asking for information concerning the missing young man. A reply to this advertisement was received from a man in Salt Lake City, who said a man named Bryce R. Blair, answering exactly the description of the missing Carbondale man, even to being left handed, was living in Lander, Wy. T., and had been there about nine years. Young Dlair's parents, while unable to account for the long silence of their son had no doubt that they had found him at last.
 The clew was followed up, but, al- though the Bryce Blair in Lander is the exact double of the Carbondale man of the same name, in age, size, weight and peeuliarities, he proved that he was the son, of James Blair, of Nebraska, and was not even related in the remotest degree to the missing nameSake
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
TURNED TO STONE.
A Monument to Woman's Constancy and
 Mans Perfidy.


 While on the trip through North Da- kota, on which he got the piece of the cabin, Inspector Watkins was told by the Indian agent at Standing Rock Agency the legend of the stone from which the place gets its name, says the Helena Independent.
 Years ago, according to the Indian tradition, buck and his squaw were on a journey down the Missouri river to visit some relatives at distant point. Where Fort Yates now is the buck saw young squaw of surprising beauty, with whom he fell desperately in love. In spite of the tears and entreaties of his lawful wife he refused to proceed on the journey or in any other direction, but resolved to stay right there with his new-found passion. The deserted squaw exhausted her cntreaties and her tears, and finally arose to leave the place alone. As she did so she fell back in the spot where she had been sitting and turned to stone. There she has remained ever since, a standing re- proach to her faithless lord and master and to all his kind. By faint stretch of the imagination the standing rock from which the agency gets its name can be made to take on the outlines of a woman.
 The Indians believe the story and pay homage to the monument of mans per fidy and fcl1lencss and woman's con-. stancy. While the inspector was at Fort Yates he saw an Indian approach the rock, bow reverently, and lay some thing at its base. When the Indian had gone the inspector and the agent went out to see what the offering was. Itw a chew of tobacco, no heavy sacrifice, it might be said; but perhaps it was the last the Indian had.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
Brea.hes with Closed Mouth.

A frog cannot breathe with his mouth open. The conformation of his breath ing apparatus is such that when his mouth is open his nostrils will be closed, and, parado2ical as it may seem, all you have to do to suffocate a frog is to put stick in his mouth so he cannot shut his jaws. It is a strange phenomenon, probably unparalleled in animal history, but nevertheless any one who pleases may make the expert ment, though it certainly will be dis aStrous to the frog.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
The Japanese as Smokers.

Among the people of the globe the Jap anese, in their use of tobacco, as in many other things, would seem to be the most temperate as well as the most refined. The rudest coolic or the coarsest farn laborer equally with the lady of rank (the pretty geisha) and the minister of state is content with tho l1iseru, tiny pipe which docs not hold enough to make even Queen Nab sneeae.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
A DOCTORS FEE.
How a Physician Proposed an Exchange
 of Services.

How Physician Proposed an Exchange
 of Services.
 To the lover of dumb animals it seems rather extraordinary that physicians should object to prescribing for a four footed sufferer. Some of them, how ever, do feel "above it." and either re- fuse altogether, or perform the service under majestic protest. The Pail Mall Budget tells the story of French doc tor and painters wife. The doctors name does not appear, but the painter was Meissonier. One day Mime. Meis- sonier sent for the family physician, and he hurried to the house, thinking some illness had overtaken the artist. It was not the master of the house, however; it was only the lap dog.
 The doctor pocketed his pride and most zealously attended the patient, who soon recovered. At the end of the year he sent in his bill, but among the items there was none for attendance on a dog. Mime. Meissonier noticed the omission, and called the physicians att tention to it.
 ''You must charge for that, also," said she. ''I insist upon it."
 "By no means" was the reply. 'I am not veterinary surgeon. I was very glad to do the dog service, but really can't be paid for it."
 But insist upon itw said the lady. ''Well, then" returned the doctor, "as the hinges of my gate are some what rusty, NJ. Meissonier may bring his brush and paint them for me-"
 But as every grain of paint from Meissonier's brush was worth more than its weight in gold, the hint was probably not taken.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
A TRICKY ENGINE.
Railroad Men Believe It Is Possessed by
 an Evil Spirit.


 an Evil Spirit.
 Northern Pacific locomotive No. 571 is looked upon by. all conductors, engi- neers and bral1emen on the road as the rankest kind of a hoodoo. She was brought onto this division about three years ago, says the Yakima Herald, and has spent the greater part of that time in the repair shops. Her first wreck was at Prescott, the crew escaping with slight injuries. The next was head end wreck one mile from Buckley. The third was frightful collision at Eagle Gorge, at which time Engineer Young and Fireman Cooper were killed. Then, in trying to butt train from the track at Palmer, she was hurled into the Green river and SO, throuChouther life, she seems to be possessed of the spirit of the evil one. Strange stories are told of a goblin perching itself on the pilot of 571, of the hose squirting blood when an attempt is made to draw water from the tank to wet down the coal, and of various mysterious pranlls and caprices that the old engine ia given to. ''You may call it superstition" said an old Northern Pacific cmploye, ''but there isn't a railroad man on this division but what fears 571, and they will all rest easier when she finds her way to the junk Shop.''
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-27
superstitions About Snakes.

The ancients firmly believed in mon- ster serpents of all kinds and of both the land and marine species. Dnring the wars with Carthage a great snake is said to have kept the Roman army from crossing the Bagrades river for several
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
GREAT NORTHERN RY. TIME SCHEDULE.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RY. TIME SCHEDULE.

Leave CrookstOn daily forl
Duluth, Ashland Minne- Leave. Arrive
apos. st. Paul, ChicagO,} lOSPM S:25 AN.
and all points East and
South.
Leave Crookston daily forl
Grand Forks, Grafton. Leave. Arrive.
Pembina. Vmnpeg} S:e5A.M Los Pm.
and points in North
Dakota and Manitoba.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
D. A. WHITNEY,

Mr.. c. A. Nelson, the ianitor 4 oaf i
the school building, was presented
with an elegant Meerschaum pipe by
the pupils of the school this morning.
Mr. Nelson desires through the SHEAF
to thank the scholars and their
teachers for this fine token of their
esteem.
The Republican county commit
tee consisting of Peter I4ofgren,
chairman, G. 5. Wattam, secretary,
q. Barager, John Smith md Charles
Hanson, met yesterday for the pur-
pose OF calling a comfy convention.
The county convention will be held
ut Argyle on April 5th.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17

-Four Farms for Rent.
Of6O, so, 500. and 700 acres re-
spectively. Inquire of John F.. Os-
from, Warren, or write to
J. s. DAVID,
Joliet. I'll.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17

&sszsvnKr AR n ~ 40
Frpc17soy,s
at Fred Brady's
-
at Fred Rradv,s IT,
oats! Oats! Tor sale at the
Anybody best Fat. 40 at
FERGUsoN's.
everything IN the line OF plush
goous at Iaralseth s.
Tho nnh,;o l-non,, t,>,+ WI;
ways gives honest value.
Car 1oo, IS h,.., o,a s,,on+e 81.
s,la ,t tha ronnd 81, alara4a. .,e '"o' y -
no,+ $50, n
e.. 800 ~ -, so S's'o : t'i '''''eoii ,
- 500 ~ : '''''''
..,Ia 10" 'uh" t,a. ~ o''',l 'l'lu si'ofos io'
ee''e o. ''ie iou''" eieS'oof.
Good Judges say that Whitney, s
t'''o'' O. s"' = 'oi''
Car load OF bran and shorts for
sale at tho round elevator.
c,oals c,o+n;no dross Goods ~,
goods and low prices at Winchesters.
Whitney oivoe ,orno;ns II, ooa,
netirors nnyer he, ra - ,,nt;' ~, 10 Gm 49,.
thon, >>''>' .
Whitney has a few cloaks still left.
It will be worth your while to get his
prices on them.
~. ~,
. ct'n vi inciiestef n;i nome
for excellence.
Cot VOW u;so , n,;r &c tho,o so
ond wa nm wnnl l;poa s,,,,aa 'i,e ;,,e+ nv ~
ca;rod cr %o, - - Nv, W.. ,'neo s''oss luSO re.
The Farmers & MERCHANTS Bank of
Argyle has a large amounts OF money
to loan on improved farms.
Non; ~ .,
~" - t,'e o''''.' " STOCK UP WlGh
advance. +. FERGUSON.
GoEanl, buy yonr hran and shorts
where vn,, Inv vnnr Honr tbo h,st
brnnds nt soo5 81 - =
y Erpr1,sox,s
=.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
BUSINESS TOPICS.
Whitney leads in low prices.
Pride Of the Valley $2.25 Mt
FERGUsoN's.

MCCOIsutsCN . AOSU L ttt,. YD.GO UU
FERGCsON's.
Highest cash price paid for fnrs at
at Slices.
Oats! Ontsl for sale at the
round elevator.
When looking for real bargains call
at Winchester'a.
Ontsl Oatsl for sale at the
round elevator.
Pure old fashioned buckwhe,.t
-four for sale by Winchester.
I have limited amount Of money
to buy good secured notes.
-. W. FLANDERS.
ONCE with A. B. Nelson.
Goods are now sold cheaper at.
Tarslseth's brick store than ever
before.
Banken Argyle l,ar en- hel del
oenge til udlaan pan opdyrkede
Farn,e.
Have you tried any OF the New
England condensed mince meat? It
beats home made and comes chesa o
at Winchester's.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
Scotch Barley.

Any qnnntity Of pure Scotch Bar;
ley for sale on terms to suit hy
+. FURGUsoS.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
$500 Rezrnr1z.

The above amount will be paid for
the return OF my white red eared
pointer dog. Had on u small chain
collar. Left Warren Friday, Feb.
18TH 1892. l.. I4AMBERsON.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17

Seed Wheat.
| have 100 bushels OF seed wheat
for sale. LOr1s OLSON
Town of Farley, Polk Co.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
Seed Oats For Sale:

lh1ve a quantity OF first class seed
oats for sale. Guaranteed to he free
from foul see'l. Sample may he seen
at SHEAF Office G. a. BRADLEY.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
Cook TAINTED.

A good cook, with wife hut no
children, wanted ut once at the
Snake River Farm. Call or write to
l.. NJ. RAFFERTY,, Foreman,
Warren, MINI.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-17
For Sale.

A quantity OF oats, barley and
ground feed. w. q. HOLCOMB.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-02-16
Aurora RnraalIs.

The aurora borealis is one of the great
results of atmospheric electricity. In place
of its being furious and violent electrical
storm, limited to few miles in area, it is
gentle and gradual decomposition of the
negative fluid of the earth with positive
fluid of the atmosphere-this taking place
in the vast aerial heights. This olsen
gagement Of electricity in vast sheet, such
as the people in this vicinity witnessed
on Saturday evening. is only visible at
night, although the electrical phenomenon
may assume every imaginable kind OF
shape, according to the way it takes place
and to the perspective caused by the dis
lance of the observer.
Its ordinary elevation, according to va
rious calculations, ranges between sixty
and twenty miles. although the minimu m
has been as low as four miles and the
maximum of the flashes as high as 500
miles.
In this latitude such electrical displays
are quite rare, and the one of Saturday
evening will pass into history as being one
of the most remarkable of the present
century. Indeed, the phenomenon IL
rarely seen in such intensity and beauty
in any point south of Labrador, as tha
every one had the good fortune to witness
last Saturday. Inasmuch as Aurorae oc
cur periodically, there is a probability
that, in this southern latidute, there will
be temperance of this stupendous cleo
trical display. 1t is undoubtedly true tha
the intense cold of last week produced
this polar wonder.
The phenomenon at first appeared i'm
mediately upon the rising of the moon
land the faint lights in the northwest be