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The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

It is we'll known that dry sand is one of the best things that can be used for killing an incipient oil fire, and some factories where oil IS used have been equipped withkpails for this material in various depart ments. It is now suggested that many dwelling house fires caused by lamp explosions might be avert ed by keeping some of the iorna- mental vases in the rooms filled with sand, so that it would be ai- ways at hand and ready for use in case of need. A further incidental advantage of this precaution in that fragile pieces of porcelain, by being so ballasted, would be rendered much less liable to breakage.-Chi- eago Inter-O Ocean.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

George H. Curry, who recently returned from the great copper camp at Jerome thinks there will be town of at least 2,5O0 workers there by spring; says the roads are getting rather slippery for teams and great efforts are being made to complete the tramway before the winter snows set in. It is claimed that the tramway will be completed within thirty days, when five more stacks will be added to the smelters. The roasting heaps extend from the smelters one mile and half in length. Five men knock down sufficient ore in the mines to keep the whole works running at present ; balance of force of miners are kept busy doing development work Prescott Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14
A Strange Freak of Electricity.

On the roof of a meat store in
 Salem, Massachusetts, clothes-line was stretched and on 1t wet hand
 kerchief was hung to dry. This
 was siezed by the wind, and twisted
 around an electric wire; by means
 of it's dampness, this handkerchief conducted the electricity along the wire, and brought it into communi- cation with other wires, running along which 1t reached the water pipes in the cellar. From these the electricity sprang to the the stoye, on which stood kettle of boiling fat, to which it communicated so strong light that a workman who was near thought the fat was burn- ing. In attempting to take the kettle from the stove, he received an electric shock which threw him against the wall. Pale with terror, the man ran into room back of the workshop. Another workman, trying to bring to him glass of water, turned the brass faucet of the water-pipe, and was immediate ly thrown against the furthest corner of the room. For several minutes everything appeared to be turned into a galvanic battery the nails on the wall were red hot, the water-pipes spouted out flames, and even the iron bands of the water pail showed signs of disturbance. Finally the cause of the commotion was dis covered and ended, as soon as the wire was freed from the embrace of the wet handkerchief.-Translated for Public Opinion from the St. Louis Anzeiger des Westens,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

Dr. Ignaz Hoppe, of the Univer- sity of Basic, Switzerland, died a short time ago, leaving a large for tune. One of the bequests was that of $200,000 providing for the inves- tigation of the nature of the soil. The interest of the money goes to- ward paying the salaries of cer- tain number of scholars, who are to live in house provided for them and study and reflect on the sub- ject. From time to time the results of their investigation are to be pub lished. Those who undertake the work may be either Catholics or Protestants, but must be Christians. They must live frugally and devote their whole time to the considera. ton of the problem.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

On Christmas Day at Sandring- ham, the Princes of Wales and her daughters met in the breakfast room at half-past seven and ex- amined the presents from various parts of Europe, which are heaped on a large table. They are here joined by the Prince and his sons, fresh from brisk walk around the farm. The guests next make their appearance, and all sit down to a hearty breakfast, after which each follows his own devices. Services is attended at Il, and lunch is served at 1. The afternoon is spent in driving, and after the 8 o'clock dinner the whole household assem- bled in the drawing room and the day is concluded wirh old fashion ed games.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

While there has been a temporary increase in the flow of natural gas in the Pennsylvania fields during the past few months the output of the Indiana and Northwestern Ohio fields has continued to decrease at an alarming rate. It is said that not more than One-tenth the tacto- ries in the latter district are now using natural gas, and so uncertain has the supply become that many private families are returning to the use of wood and coal for fuel. The average pressure of the wells owned by tie city of Toledo is only about 115 pounds at present; in 1890 it was 175 pounds, and in 1889, 250 pounds. Notwithstanding this rapid falling off the gas is apparently be- ing used in the same wasteful man. ner as when the gas reservoirs were first tapped and the wells showed pressures ranging from 400 to 500 pounds.-Engineering and Mining Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14
Tn A note recently published or

In a note recently published on the camel, NIT. Lehman calls atten- ton to the sensibility of that ami. nal to dampness. Camels are never found in the regions of tropical rains, and when they travel there with the caravans, the season oi rains is greatly dreaded for them, Their absence from the Atlas Noun tains during the northerly rainy season is also explained by the great humidity of the air tempera- ture, on the contrary, seems to have no effect on them.-Paris Revue Scientifque.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

A Boston real estate dealer is the possessor of a great curiosity in the shape of a deed, which is a genuine indenture, executed on parchment. By this deed some land near Buz- ards Bay was transferred from the Indian Chief, King Philip, to John Cooke, of Dartmounth. King Philips signature was the letter P. while the other chieftains interest ed used cross. The edges of the parchment are indented in so curi- ously irregular a manner, that it would be impossible for any piece of paper, except its counterpart, to fit into it. By this method the h. dian was perfectly assured of the genuineness of the contract.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

"There are two kinds of COW thieves. One kind steal the cattle and the other kind take care of them after they are stolen. Both kinds should stretch hemp," says the San Antonio Stockman. Then there is third kind who out of fear and protection to his own herd shield those who do the stealing. The same string would answer his case,-Stockman.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

The resource of a shoe factory in Leicester, England, have been im- mensely increased by the adoption of electric power. The installation is to be further enlarged, and when complete it will include two engines of 150 horsepower for the driving of the dynamos for light and power, Fifteen hundred people will be em- ployed and the factory will produce 50,000 pairs of shoes a week.-Cbi- caga News.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

A singular story comes from Russia of young man, known as the Dying Prophet" who for sev- eral months past has died, to all ap- pearances, every Saturday and re- turned to life every Monday. This person, .by name Targa1elli, was born at Tiflis, in the Caucasus, and has been bedridden since early childhood. At the first of these singular phenomena, his body was prepared for burial, which was to have taken place on Monday, on which day he returned to life. He declares that he really does die and is obliged to look upon the book of the Recording Angel, and see on it's pages the names of his acquain- tances, with the list of their evil deeds and thoughts. These he tells to those of their perpetrators who visit him, and, it is said, never makes mistake. Among others who visited him was a newsps per reporter, who went with the avowed purpose of exposing a fraud, but he rushed from Tagarelli's room with white face, exclaiming to his friends, "Take me away! I have lived an hour in the day of judgement"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14
A doctor recommends menthol as

A doctor recommends menthol as a preventive of the grip, and the drug, it may be observed, is greatly in vogue nowadays for many kinds of ailments. It is the concentrated essence of the humble peppermint, and in the form of a pencil or in an alcoholic solution of from 20 to 40 per cent it is extremely efficaeious as an application in neuralgia, tooth ache and colds in the head.-NeW York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

A stockman in from the southern portion of the county reports stock in that portion of Arizona in fair flesh. He has been killing young beeves a year and a half or two years old which dressed from 75 to 90 pounds to the quarter. It is not expected that some old stock will survive the winter.-Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

Col. Dick Hudson of Silver, came down on Wednesday en route to Separ. Dick is putting in two and perhaps more windmills near there and as soon as they are up he in- tends to move all of his cattle from the Hot Springs to his new ranch. -Deming Advance.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

About an inch of rain and snow fell in Globe last week, and the storm seems to have been general in central Arizona, Followed as itwas by comparatively mild wealth CT, it will prove of vast benefit to the live stock interest, by making water more plentiful on the ranges and permitting cattle to graze far ther back in the foot hills where there is browse and some grass Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

An intercontinental medical con- vention, in which the Spanish and Anglo-American States will partic- ipate. will meet at Washington in October, 1893, under the presidency of Professor William Pepper.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14
Quay's Mexican Proposition.

The measure introduced in tn,
 Senate by NIT. Quay looking to tn,
 absorption by the United States 0
 a large section of Mexican territory is the most surprising proposition presented thus far in either branch of the Fifty-secDnd Congress. It is hard for the average reasonable per son to realize that this project is to be taken seriously. There is no demand anywhere in the country for the extension of our domain in the Southwest. A few persons here and there favor the annexation of Cuba if Spain could be induced to part with the island at any fair figure. When Canada gets ready to knock for entrance into the Union there will probably be little opposi- tion to her admission. For stategic reasons this country could be in duced to pay something for Cuba, owing to the menace which she could be to our Gulf ports if she should fall into the hands of some stronger bower than Spain. Iden- tity of language, race and conner cial interests would make Canadian annexation desirable, aside from the possible danger which her retention by great European nation offers. But none of these reasons operate in the case of Mexico. War be- tween Mexico and the United States or her subjugation by some big Flu ropean nation are contingencies too remote to be taken into practical consideration by us, while our com mercial interests with her can be fostered and extended more rapidly and satisfactorily by treaties than by political acquisition. The Quay proposition is peculiarly and espe- cially inopportune at this time, Just at the moment when we are arranging treaty of reciprocity with Mexico this measure comes to the front to arouse in that country all her half-a-century-old prejudice toward us. There is party in Mex ico which is utterly opposed to all projects calculated to bring their country into closer commercial or social relations with ours, and the members of this organization will be quick to take advantage of the Quay measure for the partisan cap ital which.it offers them. The pas sions stirred up by the war for Tex an independence and the greater struggle which grew out of that con fict would be quickly aroused in our southwestern neighbor if she imag- ined that we desired another war of conquest or wished to create dissen- sion in any of her provinces. It ought to be well known in the Uni ted States that Mexico will not sell any of her present territory to this country or any other. Her views on this point have been pretty free ly and frequently proclaimed in the past third of a century, and there is no evidence that there has been any recent change in them. Wel cannot enlarge our dominion in that quarter and we do not desire to. The agitation of such a thing could not possibly do good, while it could scarcely fail to do harm. Not thousand persons in the whole coun- try really desire to see the National domain enlarged in the South or Southwest, or are in favor of any meddling on our part in the domes- tic affairs of our neighbors.-St. r Hlzl,o
 
 About an inch of rain and snow
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14

Two train loads of cattle from Cochise county on their way to Cal ifornia, passed through. The stock was not in good condition and 15 head of thin worn out cows were left in the railroad stock yards Sentinel.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14
A Triple Murder.

ress County, on the Upper Tennes- see, is ablaze with a sensation which resulted in the death of three men , It all came of scandal about wo. man. Marion and Dave Beatty and
 GwinBowdin lie dead in thier man sions, ,and Edward Harris, their mur-
 derer,is a fugitive from justice with a
 reward offered for his appre hension
 and delivery at Jamestown.
 Three months ago Mary Be eatty, sister of the two dead men and the belle of the Upper Tennessee coun- try, caused the arrest of her father, Clayborne Beatty, a banker, and the richest manin the county, charging him with being the father of her child. Finally Beatty gave $5,- GOO bond and hid out. Mary Beat ty went to live with some distant relations-Hiram Harris family who lived at Allardt, not far from Jamestown, to hide her shame.
 Monday the Harris family, ac- companied by Mary Beatty, came to town to do some trading and to appear before the Grand Jury to indict her father. The child was brought along and exhihited in court. The Beattys were there with their friends and relatives and nut terings and threats began to float about. Court adjorned at 4 o'clock and after making some purchases the Harris family and Mary Beatty started home. When the Harris family left the Court House yard the three, Gwin Bowdin and the Beatty brothers, mounted their horses and followed them. One mile from Jamestown Marion Beat ty rode up to the side of the wagon and snapped out: Mary, we have had enough of this foolishaess; we want you to come home"
 The girl colored and replied: "I would rather be dead than live with you again." and turning to young Ed Harris, who had stopped the team, she ordered him to drive on. Marion Beatty commanded the young fellow to be still and cut the girl lash across the face with his whip. She screamed and fell faint ing to the bottom of the wagon. Young Harris indignantly sprang to his feet and spoke vigorously to the three: "Take the same medi- cine you imp of hell," said Beatty in reply ,and he lashed Harris thrice with the whip.
 That was all, but the next mo- ment young Harris had drawn 44-calibre pistol, and Marion Beat ty fell dead from his horse with a 1 bullet through his heart. Dave Beatty clutched at the boy, and Harris struck him with the butt of the revolver, breaking his skull. l Three shots were received by Gwin 1 Bowdin, and, after finishing him, Harris coolly shot Dave Beatty through the head while the latter was wriggling on the ground. Har- ris kissed the girl and his mother and taking Bowdin's horse fled. | His father drove the family home and the news spread about in short time.
 The Beatty's have always enjoy ed the respect of the people gener- ally and six years ago Clayborne Beatty was State Representative. He is extensively engaged in gener- al merchandise and lumber. The report that Miss Beatty and young Harris were married sometime ago | in Scott County is current but, can- not be confirmed.
 In note recently published on i
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-14
Insanity and Genius.

A good deal of comment has been excited by the publication in Eng fish of Professor Lombroso's work on Insanity and Genius" It is a work in which the author claims that genius is the evidence of a de- generative taint, and is, in fact, an 'epileptoid degenerative psychosis. We trust that our readers will not be made to feel sense of apprel hension concerning their own men, tai soundness by Professor Lom- broso's thesis. It is one that has been worked at before by Moreau de Tours and a good many others, and neither the world in general nor the medical profession in par tlcular has been seriously impress ed by it. Men of genius have not as a rule, been mad, except with an insanity of a scientific and scholas- tic kind. such as the world really needs more of. The eccentricities, mono-manias, and emotional exal- tations of genius have been incl dental, and were not the basis of their character and temperament. Insanity is essentially non-pro- ductive condition; no insane man has ever made a great discovery and originated great thoughts, or, by his own laborious efforts, changed the tide of human events. Insanity is a condition in which the power of adjusting ones self and ones con- duct to the environment is lost. Surely there is no loss of this kind shown in the work or conduct of men of genius. Contemporaneous science has dealt somewhat kindly with Lombroso for the valuable 1 work he has done and the new fields of study he has opened. But when he makes out Newton and Luther insane, and Christ a paranoiac, one must think that the Professor him.
  self has neither sanity nor genius. New York Medical Record.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08
NEWSPAPER PICKINos.

Berlin will cremate its paupers.
Church bells will soon be lg by
electricity.
The railroads get s92, 100000 a year
for carrying the mails
The site of the city of Boston was
sold in 1875 by John Blackstone for
$3.50.
In Philadelphia double event" is
not twins, 1t is a stew made of oysters
and clans.
A Liverpool sign that catches the
eye of the stranger is "egg-shell fuel
for gas stoves"
In the Chicago postofice 100, 900 let
tiers are sorted, stamped and bagged in
thirty-five minutes by 217 men.
London coal wagons wouldn't hold
beer kegs in the United States. The
puzzle is solved when one sees these
hsy-rack vehicles loaded with coal in
bags.
The only official in the country
whose right to be addressed by the
title of honorable is constitutional, 1t
is stated, is the lieutenant governor of
Massachusetts,.
The net debt of the city of New
York is sos, 600, 900. Philadelphia and
Brooklyn combined have the same
amount of debt, and substantially the
same population, as New York.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

Ex-Queen Isabella receives $3.50, 900 .
year during her exile, but even that
large sum fails to cover her expenses.
Every year 1900 to 1000 Portuguese
men and women are landed in Boston
and New Bedford and there is large
colony of Portuguese in California.
On the eastern shore Of Maryland
billiousness Is treated by boring three
holes in a carefully selected tree and
walking three times around it, saying,
go away, bilious"
The new Leland Stanford, jr.,
Museum, recently completed at STAN
ford university is built almost entirely
OF concrete, It cost 5000, 900, less than
half what a granite building would
have cost.
Recent tests made under the auspices
Of the Royal Philosophical society
with single barley stock unfolded
wonders which but few have ever
thought even possible. By sleeping
and watering that one plant with salt
peter dissolved in rain water they man
aged to produce 249 stocks and over
$4,000 grains.
An important article Of trade In
Morocco is loaf sugar, which is in gen.
eral demand for presents. Every per-
son approaching a superior whose
favor or good will it is desired to pro-
pitiate is bound to bring gift. He
can not appear empty handed, and tho
form that is most commonly taken by
the gift is loaf sugar.
The Pyrus Americana is in some
parts Of New Hampshire called witch
wood and is occasionally carried in the
pocket to keep off witches. In Nova
Scotia 1t is thought that it is cause
OF bad luck to keep in the house com.
mon begonia, called beefsteak gera.
mum. In Salem and Boston 1t is
thought unlucky to keep Wandering
Jew as house plant.
A Swiss chemist has, it is said, moi
only discovered how to dispose of Or
binary coal smoke, but how to turn II
into highly profitable commodity.
The statement Is that by burning 1875
tons Of coal, at a cost of 8155 and max.
ng full use Of 1t for steam raising pur-
poses he can at the same time secure,
by a simple process he has invented,
four tons of sulphate of ammonia from
the smoke produced by the coal. The
money value Of this will be S24O.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08
Let Thnra Bn Panca

In the gastric region. II troubled vita nausea
from sea sickness, billousnesS or other cause,
Hostettor's Stomach Bltters will Immediately
put step to the stomAohic disturbance. A
prominent and most unpleasant feature OF
liver complaint 10 nausea In the morning.
Tho symptoms disappear and the cause Is re-
moved by the Bitters. Many persons have
very delicate ssomachs which trihing lndls-
cretionB In eating or drinking, or even some
sight that IL repulslve disorders. Such per.
sons cannot act more wisely than TO invigor.
ate their digestive region with the Bltters, .
tonic specially adapted to reinforce IT, For
malaria, rheumatism, kidney troubles and
nervousness, the Bitters will be found mar
yellouAly beneficial, and when sleep Is untran.
quill and appetite variable It soon improves
both It 10 In facta most Comprehensive and
delightful remedy
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08
August.
Flower

Miss c. G. McCLAvE, School.
teacher, 7s3 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. "This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in a
coMntry school I was perfectly
wEstched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that /
take August Flower. The very next
day I purchased bottle. / am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
h6lped me so that 1 have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." Q
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08
THE TRUE LAXATIVE PRINCIPLE

THE TRUE LAXATIVE PRINCIPLE
OF the plants used in manufacturing
the pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has
a permanently beneficial effect on the
human system, while the cheap vegeta-
BILE extracts and mineral solutions,
usually sold as medicines, are perma-
nently injurious Being well-informed,
you will use the true remedy only
Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08
71a shado,us

The 8hadoUs
that gil your life, if you're a feeble,
suffering woman, can be taken out
of it. The chronic weaknesses,
functional arrangements, and pain
full disorders peculiar to your sex,
can be taken away. The one
unfailing remedy for them is DR..
Pierce's FavOrite Prescription.
1t corrects, cures, and builds you
up. 1t improves digestion, enriCheS
the bloSd, dispels aches and pains,
melancholy and nervousness, brings
refreshing sleep and restores health
and strength. For periodical pains,
internal Inflammation and ulcera-
ton, weak back, leucorrhea, and all
kindred ailments, it's positive spe-
cifc-one that is guaranteed. If
it fails to give satisfaction, in any
case, the money paid for it is re-
turned.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08

The great, gripping, old-fashioned
pills make trouble. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets prevent it. Theirs
is the natural way. Sick Headache,
Biliousness, Constipation, Indiges-
ton, and all arrangements of the
Liver, Stomach and Bowels are pre-
vented, relieved and cured. SMALL
est, cheapest, easiest to take.