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The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The Abbe Kneipp is the most celebrated man in Europe, among those who undertake to cure all bodily ailments by methods out of the common. His panaeea, is cold water, and it is applied in the shape of douches, foot baths, head baths, sitting baths applied internally,th water is sometimes mixed with in- tusions, decoctions, or alcoholic tinctures. The basis of his system is the theory that most of our mal- adies are due to trouble in the cir culation of the blood, and his rem edy is to subject the body to the ac- tion of the open air, combined or not with ice-cold water. Short walks with bare feet on freshly fallen snow or ill running water, are a feature of his remedies for certain com plaints. He has original ideas, also, regarding diet and clothing.-Illus- trated American.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

A curious little railroad train goes crawling up and down the noun tain from Tres Pinos to Burt's lime kiln in the Gavilan Range, San Be- nito county, every day. It is prob ably the strangest railroad that ever was seen, yet, thus far, not word has ever been printed regarding it. The train moves on a curious single track, and is drawn by an engine set low on it, Both the engine wheels and those which support the cars have a strange pivot-like piece of steel that sets in the slot track, for it must be borne in mind that the track has slot in it, not unlike that seen in cable track.
 In addition to this each wheel has a fange on each side of it, so that it cannot get off the track, no mat ter how abrupt the curves. The road. as completed, is now nine miles long, ,butwhen pushed through as intended it will be fourteen miles in length.
 Three men run it. These consist of an engineer, a fireman and a brakeman. In one place there is an S00-foot grade, mounted at the rate of six feet to the hundred, yet the engine puffs right along with three or four loaded cars, not in the least bothered in any way.
 There is one grade a quarter of a mile long, in which an average of four feet is gained to the hundred. One curious thing about it is that the wheels are in a sense rollers. They reach from one side to the other. The fanges hold them on, assisted by the pivot, past which each half of the wheel comes down. San Francisco Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26
The Devils Real Estate.

There is but one spot on the
 earth's surface, as far as ''Ye Curi-
 ous Man" knows, that has been
 really and truly willed, deeded and lbequeathed to his Satanic Majesty. This sometime-to-be sulphurous spot lies four and half miles south of Helsingfors, Finland. A few years ago, Lars Huolarinen died in the little town of Pielisjarvi, in the above named country, leaving con siderable property in the shape of real estate. How he had come into possession of so much land no one seemed to know. but as he was a very bad citizen it was generally admitted that he was in league with Wihtahausa (the devil), and that they had had many business deals with each other. This somewhat startling opinion was verified when old Huolarinen died, for, upon opening his will, the Magistrate found certified warranty deed in closed therein which deeded to the devil all of his { (Huolarinen 's) earthly possessions. The will was to the same effect. The family have repeatedly tried break to break the will, but so far have been unsuccess- ful; thus the records plainly show that his Sulphuric Majesty has a legal right and title to some excel lent grounds in the near vicinity of both Helsingfors and Prielisarvi. The simple people of the neighbor- hood have changed the course of a road which formerly skirted the Huolarinen homestead, and declare that they would not enter upon the possessions of Satan & Co. for all the money that three such estates would bring. Although no living person has passed the thresho ol d since the old man died, the mansion is said to be brilliantly lighted every night, and many curious stories are told of the unearthly frolics the devils have on this their duly known landed possessions.-Ex.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26
4 Warning to Jumpers.

An old maiden sat on her pros
 pect hole, keeping the jumpers away,
 and bravely she brooked thelr ad-
 vances and schemes from morn till
 close of day. Her features were
 awarthy and hard and grim, and ploughed with the wrinkles of care, and every few minutes the wind sadly moaned through her tresses of iron-gray hair. Thin and skinny and gaunt this old maid, a shadow she never could throw, ,and erstwhile her deep sunken, black beady orbs show with demonlsh glow. A bold, bad jumper from Denver came by and endeavored her prospects to jump, but she shot him quite dead with her gatling gun, and he tum- bled clean off of the dump. Thus closed the career of a jumper of claims who had always been called a bad pill, and they toted him home on a stretcher that night, and bu- ried him up ol the hill, Never more will he plant a location stake on the claim of wrinkled old maid. Ne'er again he'll cavort through the pnrphyry hills. the holes of first claimants to raid. Take warning bad men. from wherever ye hail. whose claims you endeavor to jump, lest ye bite up the placers of Cripple Creek and fall into hades kerplunk.-Great Divide.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Under the heading of Yuma's Great Canal the Sentinel says it is the most gigantic irrigation en- terprise as yet taken in hand in Arizona. To tunnel through a hill or mountain side, so as to take the water out of the Colorado without damming the stream, which is the present plan, and that recommended by the English irrigation engineers, then to bring the water down on both sides of the river, with an aqueduct across the Gila river, so as to irrigate the 2,000,000 acres of rich lands lying adjacent to Yuma in Arizona, California Sonora and Lower California, in fact to build this canal, 90 miles in length. 100 feet wide on the bottom and P feet deep, is not the work of an hour nor the task of a child, and yet this is but the outline of this great work, all of which is going to be done and that, too, in the near future.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The immense growth of the date palm trees at Hall Hanlon's. and the great punches of delicious dates which they bear, is evidence enough that the rich soil in the river bot toms near Yuma is we'll adapted to their growth and to the production of this fine fruit. There is no doubt but that the pine apple, banana and cocoanut can be grown on the Colorado river bottom lands between Yuma and the gulf, where the soil is deep alluvial loam, kept moist by sub-lrrigation supplied by the river, the lands protected by the immense growth of mesquite, cot tonwoods and willows, and the cli- mate semi-tropical.-Sentinel.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

A correspondent of the Therap- cutie Gazette says that the German physician is absolutely unprotected by the government since the intro duction of Gewerbefreiheit (i. e., de-freedom, meaning liberty to carry on any trade or profession whatever). The government prose cutes all those carrying the title of "doctor" or physician" illegally, allows every barber or huckster to practice medicine.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26
Moses Came to the Rescue.

It is not often that the services
 of an insane man are required to
 insure his en trance to the asylum
 but this was just what happened in
 the case of Jack Moses, commonly
 called Judge" When a Deputy
 Sheriff took him up to Salem the
 other day the assistant physician
 in charge at the asylum was pug
 zled at the seeming irregularity of his commitment. These papers
 usually emanate, of course, from the County Court, but Moses was order ed to the asylum by Judge Stearns as the natural conclusion from the verdict of the jury which declared him guiltless of forgery on the ground that he was insane. So the physician doubted whether he had a right to receive the patient under the unusual papers. It was time for Moses to act. He was not to be deprived of the realization of the castle in the air he had been build ing about the comfortable home he was to have in the asylum. He call ed for the statutes, and turning at once to the provisions covering his case he expourded the law to the official in way that would have done credit to Chief Justice Fuller. His triumph was complete, and he was accorded entrance. Moses told his friends before he went up that he was glad to go and was going to do all he could to help those in charge of him. The first call upon his services gives ground for hope that his professional ability may serve the authorities there in good stead.-Portland Gregonian.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

So great has been the develop ment of the petroleum fields in Peru that pipe lines have been run from the main wells to the coast. The opinion is expressed that the Peruvian field will soon be able to supply the demand of all the west coast of South America.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

A Frenchman has invented a new ribbon loom which works autOmat- ically and needs no surveillance. If thread or warp breaks the shut tie is stopped instantly, and the attention of the weaver, who could by this system attend to many looms, is called to the defect.- Manchester Un1on.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Twelve cars of Carmen Island salt arrived yesterday in bond for Paso del Norte. It will go east to- day. This salt traffic over the local road is getting to be of considerable importance as revenue producer. It is expected to increase rapidly, each succeeding month.-Nogales Advertiser.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26
The PrOSpectOr.

To those whom the mines of Cal
 ifornia have brought prosperity,anc wealth and means of happiness, the prospector should be remembered He found the vein for the gold and the vein for the silver, whose opu. lent product has been the wealth ot the land. He, through all vicissi- tudes, all discouragements and many failures had the abiding faith, the daily renewed hope, the steady, almost dogged, perseverance.
 Others who come here expecting to find the waters of the streams running over beds of golden sands, might turn back. He stayed and he dug. As the beds of the streams failed to show anything beyond the suggestion of golden wealth, he went into the mountains, and there, hunted and labored with every liv- ing hope and unfagging energy, he finally found the great veins that stretched their opulent lengths along beneath the great range. And the future of this country was as- .sured.
 The prospector is often, indeed, something of an adventurer. But he directs his adventurousness to the working of discoveries that are the prosperity and wealth of thou sands. He may seem reckless, but his recklessness is that of the play CT in life's great game, who stakes his comfort, his labor, his life's en- deavor against the chance to make a fortune. He may appear vision ary, but it is only the buoyancy of hope. He is called foolish, but it is the foolishness of an abiding faith. He is often accused of vast ing his life in vain and foolish ef- forts, but it is the waste of a steady patience, an untiring perseverance, an indomitable courage.
 It happens too often, indeed, that the prospector goes to the end of his brave and toiling life finding nothing. But he leads the way along which others, perchance, make the richest finds. Sometimes he comes to fortune too late for it to be worth much to him. But he leaves good and benefit to others. The wealth of this young State of California, with its fair cities and towns and its smiling landscape Of farms and orchards, is really but. the development of what the pros pector has found.-Mining and Electrical Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26
Range cattle are now in better

Range cattle are now in better condition in Maricopa county than in any other county in Arizona- About 1000 head of beef cattle are now on the move from Tonto creek, upper Salt River ranges toward the alfalfa fields of the Salt River val ley.-Phenix Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

TheWallapais have received their monthly allowance of beefand four from the Indian department. This issue of beef is the last until fall and but one more issue of flour will be made. The Indians come in from all over the country to take part in the festiyities of the occa- sion,-Mohave Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Cameron Bros, are shipping 2,000 head of cattle from Huachuca Si- ding. They are bound for Montana. It was the intention to ship from Benson but upon reaching Huachu- ca Siding yesterday it was consider ed more advisable not to drive to Benson. The cattle are in very good condition-Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The Steinways are making a sounding board for piano of alum inium as an experiment if success ful this will greatly reduce the weight of these ponderous house. hold articles,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Many cattlemen are of the opin- ion that at present price cattle are assessed entirely too high in this county. It seems to be the general opinion among them that from $5 to $6 per head is high enough-it is all they are worth at the present time.-Silver City Enterprise.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

One of the most interesting sur- vival of the customs of the Middle Ages was the office of royal jester, which has just become vacant by the death of William Wallett, the Queens iester."
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The territorial board of railroad commissioners will soon hold meet ings in Kingman, Flagstaff, Prescott and Phenix, for the purpose of hearing any complaints that may be made of unreasonable charges against any of the railroads of the territory.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Strawberries are Selling Tn Phe- nix at eight cents a box. while in Globe people with plethoric pocket books are able to satisfy their crav- ing for them occasionally at $1 per pound.-Yuma Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

MT. I. N. Towne has severed his connection with the Santa Rita Land and Cattle Go. A controlling interest has been brought by MT. Colin Cameron who will doubtless hereafter manage the affairs of the company.-Nogales Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The Gila county contingent at the prison will soon be enlarged by the addition of Henry Blevins, sen- fenced to two years for participa- tion in the Riverside stage robbery with King Ussery Yuma Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Dynamite has been superseded in Sweden for blasting purposes. Electric wires are introduced in the rock and then heated. The sudden heating of the rock rends it in pieces quietly and effectively, without peril to human life.-New York Ledger.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Life is somewhat uncertain. A Phenix couple welded two months since are now seeking relief by the divorce route. The lady. however, not waiting for the laws delay, has left the bed and board.-Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26
Blocks of Five and Mailed Hands.

From time to time Republican
 organ here and there asserts tha
 the party has abandoned the Force
 bill. This means only that the party
 would prefer to secure control ot
 Congress and of the Presidency
 again before taking up the subject.
 There is nothing singular or novel about that. In the campaign of 1888
 Republicans carefully refrained from advocating Federal Returning Boards and Mailed Hand" con- trol of elections. Had they been charged with intending to introduce the Lodge Force bill in the event of their success, there is small doubt that they would have denied it wig orously. They kept their intention of attempting to fasten the Return ing Board system on the country a profound secret, and it was only at- ter they had installed themselves, as they thought: securely, that they introduced the Force bill and de. clared for the Mailed Hand to SUD- port the Block of Five.
 Naturally enough they would like to repeat this operation in 1892. But how can they hope to succeed in making a sneak" for their Force bill policy when they propose to re- nominate Benjamin Harrison, who. more fully than any other man in the country, stands for the Block of-Five system, supplemented by the Returning Board system?
 It is impossible tor them to es- cape the record Harrison has made or to evade an open discussion of the issues forced by the Radical faction he represents. He is the Block of Five candidates ]; the Force bill candidate the Prohibitive tar if candidate; the Subsidy candi- date; the candidate of the Mailed Hand, of the feudalism of pluto cratic corporations. And every is- sue he represents must be openly met and decided. If he can be re- elected with Radical House to support him it will mean that a ma- jority of the electoral college and of the Congressional districts de- mand the Force bill, and the Force bill will pass accordingly. It could not mean anything else, unless in renomlnating him the Republican party should condemn his messages and repudiate his demands for Fed eral Returning Boards and a more radical reconstruction policy than that which ended with the frauds of 1876. Instead of repudiating in renominating him, the Republican party will indorse bis every ct,and on the record he will be defeated at the polls.-St. Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Fifty-three pounds of gold was brought in from the Crowned King mine and mill few days ago. Prescott Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The Forty-fth Session and the Fortv-ninth Anniversary of the American Institute of Homeopathy will this year be held in Washing ton. D. C., beginning on Monday afternoon, June 18th, and continu- ing until Friday, June 17th.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The largest telephone switch board in the world is that in the exchange at Berlin, where 1000 wires are connected with the main office.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

Christ died for our offences be- cause we were born with the spirit of murder Tn our hearts,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The devil would rather prove that God is not God, than to prove that He has no existence.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

People who are wrong in their thinking are sure to be wrong in their walking and talking.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

There are church members who call keeping the ten commandments running into fanaticism.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

If you hate your next door neigh bor, it is pretty good evidence that you do not love the Lord.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The thing that makes he'll, is the eternal fact that man cannot have any mercy on himself.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

The man who claimed that the world owed him a living is slowly collecting the debt. He is a tramp,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-05-26

A good camel will travel 100 miles day for ten days.
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
Elm met EtehinSs.
Winter has come at last.

Winter has come at last.
 MT. Tom McGough has moved back to this place, and will remain here.
 MT. H. McGough made a business trip to Little River county, the first of the week.
 Esq. W. A. Shell and four of his family are on the sick list. Hope to see them up soon, again.
 This town is strictly cash town now-the merchants have concluded to do no more credit business.
 H. McGough is fitting his saloon up inside, in fine style It will look quite differently, when finished. ggMr. I. P. Tyree is building him self fine residence. Mr. T. is one of our most successful farmers. "Mr. Will Phillips went up to Helena last week, and brought Will Andrews home. Mir. A. is in very bad health.
 Rev. Austin Wright, the new C. P. preacher for this place, from Lit tie River county, preached his first sermon at this place, on last Sunday night.
 DANOcIFS
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
News scarce.

NeWS scaTCe.
 Weather cold and dreary.
 Health is getting a little better.
 Old Uncle Jesse Beauchamp, of whom 1 reported last week as being very low, was thought to be little better Saturday.
 Mir. Charlie Hudson has moved up near Hope. Sorry to have so good a citizen leave us. Trust he may be happy and prosperous in his new home.
 Mir. Henry Essterling, who has been a little sick for some days, was taken suddenly Saturday with some thing like paralysis, and came near dying.
 Long staple cotton seed are in de- mand-nearly everybody who can procure them are doing so. l guess the Peterkln variety will take the premium another season.
 Ginners are troubled considerably to get bagging and ties, to put up the remainder of the cotton crop. It seems that the manufacturers of bal ing material under-estimated the crop There are good many bales to gin here yet.
 MT. Newton Murry is closing out his business until next fall. Says trade is too dull for him now. Mir. J. P. Jones will stay with us, and proposes to sell cheap for cash, and will endeavor to keep what the peo- pie want. Coop LUCK.
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
FRIENDS--Last year on

FRIENDS--Last year on account of very short crops, many of you fail ed to pay for your pa- per, and we have waited without murmuring. It is not asking too much to say please pay up now as we need all due us. This is no dun, simply a news item.
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
STARTLING FACTS.

The American people are rapidly be coming race of nervous wrecks and the following suggests the best remedy. Al phonso Tempting, of Butler, Pa, swears that when his son was speechless from St Vitus dance Dr. Miles great Restorative Neryiue cured him. Mrs. J, R. Miller, of Valpariso, and J. D. Taysor of Logansport Ind, each gained twenty pounds. Mrs. II A. Gardener, of Ncstua, Ind, was cured of 10 to 30 convulsions day, much headache dizziness, backache and nervous prostration by one bottle. Trial bottles and books of marvellous cures, free at Hugh Moncr.et' Drug store who recommends and .'uran- tees this unequalcd remedy
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
BOdcaw Bombs.
Weather freezing.

Weather freezing.
 MT. Pink Jones is with Us again. The Sheriff came down last week and took every man except two off to court.
 MT. Tom NcGough came back last week, to see his friends. MT. NcGoush made many warm friends while here.
 Rumor says that people of Bodcaw will be greatly surprised before many months ss a certain yonng man is not riding fer fun.
 JOHN HENRY.
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
Miles Nerve & Liver Pills

Act on new principe.-rcgulating the liver. stomach and bowels tbrou5n the ner- yes. A new discovery, Dr. Miles P,'ls speedy cures biliou,uc.s, bud taste, torpid lived. piles, constipation. tnequaIled Tor men. women, children. Smallest mlIdest, surest 50 doses 25 cts samples Free, at Hugh Moncrers Drng store.
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
msElree's WINE cs C. 7Dul for female diseases

SHslss-
 We want every mother to know that croup can be prevented. True croup never ap- pears without warning The first symp- tom is hoarseness, then the child appears to have taken cold or cold may have sc- companied the hoarseness from the start. After that peculiar rough cough is devcl- oped, which is followed by the croup. The time to act is when the child first becomes hoarse, few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will prevent the attack. Even sf- ter a rough cough has appeared the disease may be prevented by using this remedy as directed. It has neversbeen known to fail. 25 cent 50 cent and Sl bottle. for sale by Hugh Moncrief.
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14
CORRESPONDENCE.
Neighborhood News and General
 Topics from Our Special Scribes.

tNoTE.-Corresponpents will please write upon but side of paper, and make proper names very plain. Communication should reach this offce by Saturday Monday-Tuesday morning cut down or left out, If paper is crowded Ep- IToR.e
Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-14

MT. J. k. Harrell retires from the old firm, and will engage in gun smithing. Messrs. P. $. Harrell and C. A. Davis will continue the busi- ness of blacksmithing and wood work, under the firm name of Harrell & Davis. We solicit the patronage of old customers and as many new ones as possible.
 FARRELL X DAVIS. Jan. 1st, 1892,