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The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
Educational Progress in Africa.

When we remember that only ten years ago the people of Uganda and Victoria Nyanza were almost unknown to the world, it is surprising to read that the missionaries there recently sold, in few weeks, four thousand reading-sheets printed in the native language. They send word that they could sell ten thousand copies at once if they had them. They say that the people are most anxious to acquire the art of reading, and that their eagerness for books is astonishing. 'As long as we had a reading-sheet or a book left writes one, ga crowd swarmed around us day and night, and hundre ds were 1i appointed when the supply gave put"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
A f5lNOR SPORTSMAN.
lie Sits in the Wet. ScornruI of Discor-1.
 fort. as Long as Ie Can Fish.

ffe Sits in the Wet. ScornfuI of Discor1.
 fort. as Long as Ee Can Fish.
 Market night in dull, drab suburb Every shop is open and every shop keeper is ''slamming it like good 'un'' is believing out the excessive and CT traordinary cheapncss of Lis wares. From the low, gray clouds fine driz:-lo of rain, like pepper from a caste whose top is too literally priclzeG, il the hand of an injudicious cook, falls. upon an abundance of pale men and dowdy women with basket and bags of caulifiowers and the like. It is hu mid and spiritless; the one thing for men and women to do is to get horne and draw the blinds between them selves and the elem nts and try to re- member that they are women and men. They think so, too, and To! bridge.
 Here is canal in whose flood even street arabs decline to lave their plant limbs. Infinite and innumerable gene rations of cats have found herein the term of perplexed and amorous and vagobond mortality; yet here, in the foul drizzle, is an old man fishing. Sol itary, hopeful, moist, he sits upon camp-stool by the vile waters, peering through the gloom at certain t.oat of quill-sulking, immovable, now and anon the rallying point of a little host of twigs and their attendant scum.
 Here he sits, this very minor sports man, scornful of discomfort, needless of jeers from the bridge, troubled only by the knowledge that the night is come when no man fisheth, and that there will soon be nothing for him but home and a cozy room and tobacco ill a comfortable armchair.
 It may be that in his time he was runner, and that once the Goddess Handicap, the true Bona Dea, was good to him. It is probable, for when cer- tain stile is reached "Excelsior!' is no more cry for men. And in declining from the cinderpath upon his angle this excellent old fisherman is but a type of the race.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
THE MASK OF LIFE.
Beneath It Mans True Nature Is Close
 ly Concealed.

ly Concealed.
 ''Let me see a man asleep" said a shrewd reader of character, land can tell you what he is." And there is a strange truth in it. In sleep a man is off his guard. The will no longer dom- mates and the first nature comes back and asserts itself.
 4 man can make his face say what he chooses when he is awake, but when sleep touches his face it tells the truth. The forced smile slips away and the cruel lines about the mouth stand out. The closed eyes shut out the look of de- termination that sometimes gets into mans face without the reality in his soul and the childish indecision and ir resolution that come back show the man is weaker than he makes you be- lieve.
 It was half knowledge of this fact that caused clever Frenchwoman to declare that she could never see her friends early in the morning because she hadn't her mask on. Her face hadn't got the soul out of it yet-or hadn't got the soul into it, which was it?-and she instinctively shut herself away from detection. We all juggle with our zeal selves and appear to be what we Are not, more or less, but the truth does manage to get itself said somehow and sometimes.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
THE FLUFFY GIRL.
lp Airy, Fairy Creature with Temper of
 Her Own.

in Airy, Fairy Creature with a Temper of
 Her Own.
 A young man speaking of girl to a natron of his acquaintance recently aid, according to the New York Re order:
 ''Oh, she's one of these fluffy girls"
 My dear boy" said the matron, ''what on earth is a fluffy girl?"
 "Why, don't you l1now?" replied the young man. "A girl who has blue eyes, ,olden hair, brilliant coloring and looks ike bit of Dresden china. A girl who is always hitched up in a big armchair nd has plaintive little tale of woe to 3onfide to you-not to you, my dear madam, but to me-to some man. The sirl who wears charming gowns, all ,rills and ribbons and hopelessly intri- ate to masculine eyes; who is always delightfully."- clean, with fresh-curled lair; who affects certain perfumes, has curious gestures and modes of eXpres- sion; who wears tinl1ling ornaments at her wrists and quantities of rings on her fingers; who abounds in parasols, fans and shawls, which we men carry trailing humbly about in her wake. This is the fluffy girl, and, my dear lady, long experience with her has taught me that she usually possesses a temper as fluffy as her gown"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
MILITARY RULE IN EUROPE.
War Is Considered Possible and Even
 Probable at Any Moment.

War Is Considered Possible and Even
 Probable at Any Moment.
 European civilization to-day is based on the idea that war is not only an immi- nent possibility but probability. and great class in every country has been trained to look upon blood shedding as its proper vocation. The great prizes are reserved for sol diers; honors, fame, position and the monarch's favor to go to the sons of Mars. The military budget exceeds many times over does it exceed-the appropriations for public instruction. The salary of colonel is earned by but few professors, writes ". E. Thayer, in the Forum. The cost of the powder and shot wasted in Europe between any dawn and dusk would probably pay the running expenses Of all her public hos pitals. In each government. whether it be constitutional or autocratic, the army may with truth be said to direct legisla- tion, for the legislatures willingly or unwillingly vote the appropriations de- manded by the war department. Even if a legislature dares to question or pro- test It IS quickly frightened into acqul- escing by an alarming report from the minister for war. Thus the military class controls government and has laws passed to suit itself and prevents a1 att tempts to cut down or to abolish its powers. It intimidates the state not less really, though less openly, than the pretorian guard intimidated old 
 assure the public that they chiefly en- deavor and desire to preserve peace, but in the next breath they call for larger funds and more recruits. Kaisers meet and kiss each other on both cheeks; they extol the sweetness of brotherly love; they attend each others grand maneuvers and then they increase the garrisons along their respective iron tiers. A strange method this for testify ing to their peaceable intentionsI
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
VALUABLE PARIsIAN RUBBISH.
What Becomes of the Waste of the Great
 French Capital.

W0aC 6ecOmeS or the waste or the Great
 French Capital
 A curious series of statistics estab- fishes the value of the refuse of the Paris streets. The figures seem incred- ible, and show that the ragpickers dis charge duty of primary importance, says the Pan Mall Gazette. Working at night, busy under the gaslights with hook and panier, the value of what they collect each day is estimated at two thousand pounds sterling.
 Assuredly one-half the world does not know how the other half lives. Of course, the conditions of Paris life are exceptional. Population is very close; the tall houses are crammed with in- habitants; there are no gardens, as with us-there are but the houses and the streets.
 The Parisians have way of empty ing all kinds of lumber and refuse into the streets, and then the ragpickers gather in their harvest. A use is found for everything and metamorphosis never ceases. All the details are inter esting, though some are rather dis turbing.
 Rags. of course, go to make paper; broken glass is pounded and serves as the coating for sand or emery paper; bones, after the process of cleaning and cutting down, serve to make nail brushes, tooth brushes and fancy but tons; little wisps of women's hair are carefully unraveled and do duty for false hair by and by. Mems hair col lected outside the barbers' serves as filters through which sirups are strained; bits of sponge are cut up and used for spirit lamps; bits of bread, if dirty, are toasted and grated and sold to the restaurants for spreading on hams and outlets. Sometimes they are carbonized and made into tooth powder. Sardine boxes are cut up into tin sol- diers or into sockets for candlesticks. A silk hat has whole chapter of ad- ventures in store for it.
 All this work employs regiment of ragpickers, numbering close on to twenty thousand, and each earning twenty pence to half crown day.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
THE BOA CONSTRUCTOR.
How to Escape from the Monsters Dead
 ly Coils.


 If any reader of this article should ever be so unfortunate as to experience the embrace of boa constructor, says writer in the Chicago Herald, it is rec ommended that he try to release him elf by taking hold of the creatures ail and unwinding it from that end. It can be easily unwound in that way put otherwise it is not possible. The way to kill snake is not to attempt to crush its head, the bones of which arc very hard, but to strike the tail where the spinal cord is but thinly covered by )one and suffers readily from injury. 1t is the same way with an eel. Hit he tail two or three times against any lard substance and it quickly dies. The boas are not venomous, but their lngs are sufficiently powerful to in- jet serious wounds, and large speci- nens have been known to swallow nen whole. The case is related by the traveller Gironiere of a criminal in tn Philippine islands who hid from justice in a cavern. His father, who alone ',new of his hiding place, went some ines to see him and to take him rice or food. One day he found instead of is son an enormous boa asleep. He killed it and found his sons body in the snakes stomach. Serpents some times swallow prey so much too big for their digestive powers that they actual ly burst from repletion. The instance is recorded of a boa constructor which wallowed goat, the horns of which ierced the belly of the monster and ..illed him.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
Feminine Superstition.

The elevator in one of the big news paper offices was filled with men. One woman, fashionably dressed, was a passenger. Next her stood hunch- back-an aged man, meanly dressed and shrinking as far as possible out of notice. The woman looked at him with a thoughtful air as if weighing vast pos abilities. Suddenly she leaned over and with tho tip of her white-gloved finger daintily touched the hump of her neigh Dor. what was that for?" one man asked another in an undertone. Don't you know? For luck" was the answer. "Touch @ hunehback and bring good fortune is one of wonan's pet supersti- tions." -
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
An Italian Defines Flirting.

An Italian author, Ernesto Zenuti, in an article entitled "Americanisimo Florentino," in which he shows re- markable appreciation of the charms of the American girl, defines irritation as "a fascinating and delightful form of intimate friendship between beings of a different sex, in which there is much of tenderness, much affection, much CO., quetry, but in which there is not-must not be-a spark of real, true love. The Italians" he adds, whether from the influence of climate, temperament or education, cannot flirt'
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
THOUGHT IT WAS SUNDAY.
An Edgar County Nm Makes a ouee,
 Mistake.

Mistake.
 One of the farmers living not far from this city, says tne Kansas (In.) Jour nal, is never idle when there is any thing to do, and was greatly annoyed one evening lately on learning tha' through some mistake in his calcula tions he had lost an entire days worl on his farm. Through some unknow1 influence he awoloe on Friday mornin, with the Idea that the day was Satur day firmly impressed on his mind, ant the children were kept out of schoo and all of Saturdays work done. Sat urday morning. the family, after the necessary work had been performed put on their best clothes. and the day was given over to rest and quiet. Oc- casionally neighbor would pass with wagon laden with corn or some other marketable product, and the object of our sketch. who believes that six days diligent work should be followed by day of rest, would breathe a silent prayer for the full forgiveness of his Sabbath-breaking neighbors. Thus mat ters quietly proceeded until in the even- ing, when one of the neighbours chil- dren happened in, and being struck with the Sabbath-like appearance of everything remarked: Whats the matter with you folks? What are you all dressed up for? This ain't Sunday" Our friend was dumfounded when he learned that he had lost an entire days work, and, eXcusing himself to the young lady, he hustled off, changed his Sunday clothes for his everyday ap- parel, and pitched into the work, en-. deavoring to make up for lost time.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
A Corean Wonder.

Corea has famous floating stone. :" It stands, or seems to stand, in front of the palace erected in its honor. It is an irregular cube of great bulk. It ap- pears to be resting on the ground, free from supports on all sides; but, strange to say, two men at opposite ends of a rope may pass it under the stone with put encountering any obstacle what ever. Corea also has a ''hot stone, !" which, from remote ages, has lain glowing with heat on the top of high hill.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
Liked tho Paper.

When an old established weekly news paper in Delaware was absor0cd by a rival, few years ago, it w2s discov- cred that a family of Scotch Pre- oyt> rian farmers. namel Rankin. a41 aeel taking the newspaper contiau ' for one hundred years. The Eaa *: were Q bit nonplused ct the ehanre, ba: tho head of the family prompt g sul lsee a3 for the victorious rival, and is plo Ja0.y still taking it.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12
TRICKS IN ALL TRADES.
Men Who Have Plenty of Pockets in
 Their Clothes.


 '1 used to play cards for coin pretty promiscuously before I went into the tailoring business" said prosperous builder of the noblest kind of swell at- tire the other day, ''but since have been following that gentle trade no longer play with strangers or chance acquaintances, but only with my friends.
 ''One's morals are not specially stim- ulated by the cutting of clothes, but the my sterious devices that certain of my customers insist upon attaching to the same led to my reform. Whether they are professional handlers of the pasteboards or not have no way of learning, but some of the garments they order would be more than effective upon the person of gentleman Of that kidney.
 ''I have made for them coats tn at con- tained no less than fifteen pockets, al- though ito all outward appearances there were only four. They opened up- on the seams and the edges of the coat. and were so arranged that no but the wearer would suspect their existence. received an order recently for pair of trousers with a secret pocket in each leg just below the regular one, and my finisher is just completing a vest made from customers das gn, which is sim ply honeycombed with invisible pock- cts.
 ''I wouldn't give much for the chances of the other people in the game if that vest encircles the figure of an expert, who is out for that variety of currency known as the long green"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-12

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear, uppertit in right ear Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under mouth. C on left jaw (cheekl bulls c on left cheek only Flooded stock c on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNlNG Post office: Show Low, Arizona. Range: Show Low creek Silver creek, laguns. Ortega and Laguna Salada.
 Horse brand c C. left shoulder.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-20
SENATOR HILL AND COLONEL O'FER-


Our Washington correspondent tells US of
q most impudent attempt made by Senator
Hill to brow-beat or bully Colonel OFerrall.
chairman of the Elections Committee of the
House, into giving q seat in the House to
Rockwell Democrat). of New York in con-
test between himself and Noyes (Republi-
cam, of New York. Mr.. OFerrall and
majority of the committee had come to the
conclusion. on the evidence taken by the
parties and submitted to them, that the Re-
publican was entitled 10 the seat, and that the
Democrats claim to it could not be sustained.
Whereupon Senator Hill must needs interfere
and endeavor TO coerce Mr.. OFerrall into
changing his vote as chairman of the COM
mittee.
Any interference whatever by Mr.. Hill was
simply sn act of impertinence. Heis a sena-
tor from New York, and in no way whatever
connected with either the organization or
conduct of business of the House. His duties
are wholly separated from the functions of
the House. and there is peculiar improperly
in his meddling in any way whatever with the
constitution of the House. The whole theory
of the Government is that each body Of the
legislature shall be entirely separate from and
Independent of the other in order that one
may be a check upon the other. H. how
ever. the Senate is to have a voice in deterln-
lining the personnel of the House. the separa
ton and independence Of the two bodies
ends. and the House would soon dwarf into
what would be 10 more than useless annex
10 the Senate.
But the reason advanced by Mr.. Hill why
Rockwell should be seated and Moves turned
out is so peculiarly part of that system Of
politics of which Mr. Hill is the most con-
spicuOus living ornament. that we cannot for
bear a passing remark upon it.
MIR. O'Ferrall. instead of at once sending
Mr.. Hill about his business. entered into
discussion with him. and finally told him that
much better arguments for allowing tie DEM
ocrat to hold the seat had been made for him
than he (iill) was making. but that the CON-
mittee had concluded, nevertheless. that the
Republican was entitled to the seat. To this
Mr.. Hill replied angrily
DO you mean to tell me that you will ua-
seat Democrat ,ctea you haze majority of
the commuteenU
Here we have the whole philosophy of this
school Of politics. Let justice and right 60 to
the dogs SO that the party prevails. Are the
people of the United States prepared TO en-
dorse this proposition?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-20
THE yIRGINIA LAND And LOAN co.
Stockholders Indignantly Deny tho Charges
Recently Made.
SrAUNToy, "a, March IS. 1879.

STANTON, Va, March ls. 1892.
To the Editor of The Times:
We were utterly astonished at the commu-
nication from this city which appeared in
your issue of the 18th instant relating 10 the
Affairs OF the Virginia Land and Loan Com
pany. as it does the greatest injustice, not
only 10 the promoters of that company,
but 10 the company itself.
This is not boom" company, but plain
building and loan company organized sew
eral years ago. before the boom companies
were fourishing in this country.
A meeting OF the stockholders was indeed
held as stated but. rs can no seen by the re-
port of the gentlemen sent here as proxies by
the Richmond and Baltimore stockholders.
it was entirely harmonious and satisfactory.
The matter of the promoters fund was
scarcely mentioned and the charge OF Illegal
acts by the said promoters contained in the
communication above referred To must have
had its origin entirely IN the Imagination of
your correspondent. The promoters" OF
this company have never received cent, ex-
cept what was originally contracted for, and
subsequently expressly agreed to and and au-
thorlZed by the stockholders. The final set
tlementw.t promoters" was provided for
by the stockholders IN their regular annual
meeting last summer. and after voluntarily
agreeing 20 considerable abatement Of their
legal claims on the company. these pro
moters" were finally paid in land at prices a lit
tie IN excess Of the original cost Of the land to
the company.
This settlement was not only first author
lied. but has been since ratified by the stock
holders without dissent.
1t is to be greatly regretted that charges as
grave as those contained in said communica-
ton should be so recklessy INDUCED in with
out foundation or excuse. and apparently re-
gardless of the good reputation OF the per-
sons assaied
The undersigned ara stockholders Of the
Virginia Land and Loan Company, who are
not and never have been connected with the
promoters interests ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
we are in q position 10 know personally where
OF we speak. We write this merely in the in
terest OF justice. and trust that the same mo
tive will induce you to give as muck publicity
to this communication as 10 the former erro-
neous one. JOSEPH b. WOODWARD,
Il. Is. BERKLRY,
Stockholders.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-20
SUNDAY. MARCH 20. 1892.
TWELVE PAGES.


VIRGINIA
De..h Of Mr.. Nathan McKinny, Of Allegheny
county in his eighty-ffth year.-Cashier Of
Allegheny Bank. at Clifton Forge. injured by
an ncciient--TGnglefoot moonshine whisky
causes number OF rows at Floyd Courthouse.
Death of Mrs Fanny Earl, of Floyd county,
AT tls age OF ninety nne.--Jury hung in the
case OF Myers. bunco man. tried for the third
time A. Woodstock.--ihe Government have
paid for the public building lot in stanton
The Pulaski Development Company has re-
elected It's old ofcers.-Bishop Randolph con-
firms A class OF thirteen at Bedford City.-Mr.
William II. Lackey. Of Buena Vista, loses
6aughter.-A council Of the Royal Arcanum
has been organized at Courtland.--A company
is being organized IN Petersburg TO work tract
near Clover Hiil--Case of Cauthorn against
~ y. and NJ. V. Company at Hampton has been
decided in favor of the cOmDany.-Nor-
folk will have a professional baseball
team this season.-Mr. J. q. Priddy
formerly postmaster Of Keysville, Is dead
CAPTAIN Rufus H. Owen, of Halifax county. is
dead.-The weather for the past week has been
favorable to wheat and fruit.--Jeiierson Phil
lips counsel has petitioned the Governor for
stay in the execution.--Ihe case of Jarmans
executor against the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road at Lexington resulted IN favor OF the plain
tin.-Mr. Brooke Doswells remains reached
Fredericksburg yesterday.--The schooner Ad-
die Henry is in distress off Cape Hatterss.
NORTH cAROIIyA.
A case of infanticide is agitating Jefferson in
Ashe county.---Ihurman Greer is TO be tried
At the present term of the Wilkes Superior Court
for the murder OF his father last fall-Profes-
sor 5. &. Gaillard is looking up the mineral re-
sources of the country along the line of the
Ioanoke and Southern.-Ihere are 1921 con-
victs in the State penitentiary.--Mr Frank
Ware, of Winston and Miss Leach. of Thomas
vile. are msrried.--The Thaxton farmers will
plant beans for the Northern market.-Mc-
Adoo House in Greensboro escapes conhsgra-
tion-Large crops Of tobacco will be planted
in Western North CorolinG.
GENERAL.
Considerable activity is manifested at the
nayy-yard over the Behring sea matter
Senator Hill left Augusta, Ca, yesterday for
Washington, ID. C--The Pension Office inves-
tigation was continued at Washington y, ster-
day.--Fire destroyed thirty thousand dollars
worth of property in Baltimore yesterday.--
Ex-senator Plat. of New York. is fighting
Harrison--It is said that Senator ILL
will conduct his fight at Chicago
The Hill-O ferrall affair causes much comment
in Washlngton.-Af fierce blizzard is raging
in portions OF the North and West.-lt is re-
ported that Cara has been captured.--Vene-
zuela is on the verge of a civil war--The Ar
gentine Government anticipates hostilities
with Chili.-Queen Victoria has left on her
visit to the South of France