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The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
Angling in the Thames.

Last year was generally considered to be the worst for Thames angling that had ever been known, ass ert3 Q London correspondent. Perch and pike seemed to have disappeared. and large bream, though numerous, were seldom captured. Barbel, again, which to the cocl1ney are what salmon are to the northern angler, could hardly ever be Induced to feed Lately, however, the Thames seems to have recovered it's old reputation as a fishing stream. Dur ing the last few weeks large quantities of barbel have been taken at Staines, Sanbury, Windsor, Harlow and Ham, bledon. Some unusually large perch have also been captured, but it is doubtful whether the Thames will ever again be good stream for perch-fish- tag, because the wash of the steam is.oaclaes throws the young fry in haa- 1reds on the b&nk%
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
The Rnoster in PoIitIcs.

Every democratic newspaper has on hand cut of a rooster in the act of growing. This is invariably printed at the head of Q column announcing a party victory The custom originated in Indiana in 1S42, according to "Politi- cal Amerieanisms. There were doubts as to the result of the local election. The editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel, Chapman by name, was accused of pre- mature growing by the rival whig sheet, the expression Grow, Chapman, Crow," being used as a headline. Re turns showed that the alleged growing was justified, and NIT. Chapman, in his next issue, printed for the first time the emblem that has become so popula--an evidently victorious rooster, with the legend We Crow printed underneath. There are other versions of the rooster's birth, but the foregoing appears upon the whole the most trustworthy.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
TWO POKER HANDS.
A Pat Straight Flush Beaten by One
 Card Draw.


 ''I have seen some pretty good hands in draw poker in my time,'' said Cap itol hill man to Washington Post re- porter the other day, ''but must tell you of a little bit of experience l had recently at this seductive American game. called at the house of friend by appointment few nights ago to take part.in four-handed contest, but some of the boys disappointed US, so we two sat down and had little set-to all to ourselves, one-cent ante and i've cents limit. Playing poker is Q good deal like fishing. You nay fish for 8 long time and hardly get a bite: then suddenly the sport will commence and you will have a lively time hauling in the captives, two at 9 time, perhaps, and sometimes three, and occasionally you will snag @ big one which you have to handle very carefully. So 1t is in the game of poker. A dozen or so hands may be dealt and hardly a pair show up. Then you will get pair and pcs sibly two pairs, and now and then threes. and when you get 8 big full, Or @ flush or g straight it requires a good deal of skill to play it right so as to cap ture few bets.
 ''Wel, we two played on for awhile without striking anything to speak of, when all of sudlen I felt bite, big bite, so to speak. had snagged a vhopper, sure enough. Gracious, what a fish I had struck!
 = took it up carelessly and looked at it, and for moment was staggered Dog my buttons if he hadn't given me a straight flush, and a king straight flush at that.
 T tried to appear unconcerned, and move as though to draw 9 card or two, and then apparently changed my mind and concluded to stand pat: My friend took one card and I bet the limit, five cents. He saw my bet and went five better. saw his raise, of course, and went back at him with the linit.
 ''IIe came back at me, raising me to the limit again, and thus we went On until all the spare change we had about Us was or the table-qlite g respecta- ble little sum-and then, net wishing to take all the fellows money, who could not we'll afford to lose it, 1 concluded, as I had had about enough of the pie nic, to call him and put him out of his agony, intending to hand him back half of the pot. And so called, and-well, I'll be darned if he didn't show down an ace straight fusll-a royal invincible- that beat my hand by just one dog gasted, measly spot. He had held the ace, king, queen and jack of diamonds, and blow me if he hadn't captured the ten spot of diamonds on the draw. Such a .draw. would only happen once in about a million times. I advised my friend, as borrowed a street-car ticket and put on my hat, to draw to a doorstep and he would certainly get brick house. !"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
An Ingenlous Calculation.

There is theory evolved by a French scientist to the effect that the human race is diminishing in size end will finally become microscopic and vanish into thin air. He says that statistics from the days of the giants to the pres ent time prove that man is getting smaller and shorter and more diminu- tive in every way. By an ingenious calculation he discovers the rate of re- duetion and tells just how many thou sands years it will take to make people so small that they will be out of sight.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
lNGENlCus THIEVES.
The Clever Trick of a Parisian Shop
 l;Tter

ltLCePs
 An elegantly dressed woman lately entered a Paris jeweler's shop and asked to sec ,scEle valuable gold pins. While she was examining them a man began playing a barrel organ before the door. The music seemed to annoy the lady, and stepping to the door she threw piece of money to the man and told him to go away, which he did at once.
 On returning to the counter, says the Jewellers Weekly, she said that none of the pins suited her, but that, as some compensation for the trouble sine had given, she would buy a brooch. She ac- cordingly chose one, paid ten francs for it and was leaving the shop, when the jeweler missed diamond pin of great value from among those she had been examining. He accordingly stopped his customer, who seemed highly indiguant, and insisted on the jewellers wife searching her, which was done, but no pin was found.
 The jeweler sent his sister to watch the woman, who was soon seen to enter another jewellers shop, and was pre- tending to make Q purchase when the organ grinder made his appearance. As soon as he began playing she again threw him some money and ordered him to move on. but the person who was watching her perceived that, with the emoney, she has given the man a piece of jewelry. This was at once made known to the police, who arrested both and found on the man several articles of stolen jewelry.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
They Won't Work.

A labor problem of very serious nature is troubling the people of Brazil. The recent emancipation of the slaves has completely demoralized the agri- cultural and domestic labor of the new republic. It is very difficult to get suffi- eient field labor to cultivate the DDS and many families are entirely without servants and are unable to get any. The negro ex-slaves positively refuse te work for love or money.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
Arrested on His Own orders.

The Two Republics of Mexico tel. the following queer story: A judge O San Luis Potosi gave strict orders {: the police that every person found ol the street after eleven o'clock at nigh should be put in jail. One night tkt worthy judge, in very effective dis guise, took stroll at midnight to Sc; whether his orders were duly obeyed As soon as the policeman saw a man a the forbidden hours on the street hC arrested him, and while walking to tx jail the judge said: T am the judge who gave you the orders under whici you have arrested me. Now that yo, have shown me you do your duty yo1 can let me go." ''No, sir," said th( policeman, my duty is not completes until put you in jail" ''But am t.lt judge" ''Can't help it. said the police man, ''1ay orders are to arrest every one found on the streets after clever o'clock. and whether you are Q judge O. not must put you in jail" The judgs had to spend the rest of the night in durance vile, in accordance with Ii: own orders, and the next day, when re leased, at once rescinded the order hs had given.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
To ". F. WHITE,

Or, HENRY F. GRIERsON,
 Immigration 4 gent, A., T. 6S $ F. R. R.
 62S Rialto Building, Chicago. III. This railway passes through twelve states and territories and having no lands of it's own sell has no object in advancing the interests of any special locality, or in giving any other than 3b- sOlutely reliable information. It realizes that the prosperity of the farmers of the great south west means prosperity to itself also, and is thus naturally willing to aid the immigrant as much es possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-18
Apply for Information About THE GREAT
 SOUTHWEST

Where ss yssr % g1o%n netted GS snd bS if can be duplicated today for so per acre. Where Te 2ns G sroWn a hiy n Gf6h 6a RdP e which can be bought for $I5 per acre. Ss{l7ar.o many other products such as sweet bsiEGl v potatoes, tomatoes and early vegeta- bIes netted large and larger profits than fruit. lsgs,o~o n the summers are cool. the. winters sSItOa C warm cyclones unknown and mala- ria unheard of
 ISgboro thereis the best opening il the world ssHEIC for honest industry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21

New York producer got wush Ices far
his last years. than for HIS 50. cror.
khcn over ~ pr cent of the suHatra
Vas admitted AT the - cent rate o'
duty. The 'D,WS the Connecticut
farmer got last year was therefore not
due u McKinleyisan- Int 10 the poor
results Of the cigar leaf growing states
he simply got the more ut the ex'
pcnse 81 his brother producers In tho
other states. and not Ut the expense OF
the Surnatra or the Sumatra importer.
The United States Tobacco Journal
then shows that the increased duty did
not catch the cigar leaf growers vote:
Congressman LaFoilette, Of W;scon'
sin. the responsible author OF the q
outrage contained in the tobacco sched'
ulc Of the Mckinley bill, was ignomin'
iously defeated in his district, which
is almost an exclusively tobacco grow
ing district. and democrat was elected
in his place. Hon. ". T.. simonds
the representative of the First congress
sioaal district 81 Connecticut, the prin
cipal cigar leaf growing district OF New
England. was likewise defeated. .
was TIE representative Of the Big Fiat
OF this state"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21
KALA KILLS A sIIAEK.

vantage. which he instantly seized. He
was closer to the shark than he had
been. and quick as thought he plunged
his knife into its very heart
1t was enough for ono battle in tho
water. lie would now take a rest lie
slipped back into his canoe as the
monster stretched out dead on the SUR
face.
A perfect salvo Of cheers greeted him.
and kept rcsounding over the waters as
he rlided up and was received on deck.
With hearty thanks the captain met
him, tears cleaning in his honest eve,
as he held his boy in his arms The
blue-rycd boy reached out his arms and
mbraccd the powerful kala. who bore
IL all mcelsly as n child. the greetings
affecting him to tears.
The sailors hauled the floating car
cases to the side of the ship and found
the first shark 10 measure twenty-four
feet in length, and the second eighteen
feet.
The crew felt that the death of theiI
mate had been avenged.
The morning brought stif blow
When the Flying Cloud. not long aftci
this. dropped anchor in Portland's har'
Dor. Kala's reception in America made
him forget that he was far from home
in a foreign land and among strangers
Willie, with his sun-tIn,cd hair and
occan-tinted ewes. insists that his stall
war, friend with nighf-,intrd cheeka
4 a greater man than the presidsna-'
. Chicago Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21

child az the mountains-got on famous
without "A breach. The boy had been
In the cabin taking an afternoon nap
Coming ON deck he wandered 10 the
rail and looked oyer. Tia, cddying
currents. which slowly pirouettcd
about the ships bow and swung
abeam. caught his eyes. lie looked.
and jumped up anI down. giving vent
TO merry exclamations Of delight as
the bubbles hourlshed and the circles
swung.
A strange object caught his eye. i
swcrvcd close in To the ships side. To
see better he clambcrcd to the top o.
the rail and looked over. Not finding
IL at the first glance he stretched out I
little further, when an unusual swell
of the ocean gave the vessel lurch
The little fellow lost his balance an'
was precipitatcd into the water.
cry Of fear broke from his lips bctor
he struck. Instantly the watch in tn
main-top gave the alarm:
Child overbcari' The captains bo
oycrboard,''
Immediately following this the al
palsing cry rang out:
"A shark. A shark
There was rush 10 the boats sid'
A sailor sprang over for the boy, VIII
had already sunk Explanations {
terror broke from half u dozen lips I
they beheld several rods away n hug
shark approaching. his ugly dorsal b
cutting the surface
The cry aroused the powerf'
Kanalsa ffom dozc into which he hi
fallen abaft, and, bounding across Il
|, deck in great leaps. he called sharp
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21
KALA KILLS SHARKS.
A Sandwich Islandors Deztcrity
with His knife.
He Leaps Over the Flying Clouds Eail
..l~a the Captains son l. LA
Danger. and Dispatches Two
tigers Of the Deep.

GROUP OF ma
tives bade them
b { W re o I
sharks T he
warming W IS
profapted by
the re 9 ollie c.
ton. still vivid
in their minds.
Of the horrible
death of two Of
their comrades
the day before
by these raw
en- on S N y n :
ste-s-
The sailors
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21

The sailors
"a sed on with n savage irnprecatlon
on these terrors cs the sea.
Next morning their ship. the Flying
Cloud. pulled out Of tho Guatemalan
harbor for Portland. Ore stih
brecze waited them along. Away from
their stern dropped the shores OF the
tropicS. The broad bosom of the giim-
mcrinr Pacific spread on. 10 the en-
circiing horizons. They passed lone
boat which was going 10 the mainland
from one Of the islands. Il ship. faint
IL visible on the horizon. moved in the
hazv air with all sails spread Every
thing bctoscncd z sale trip
The second dav following The wind
died ont in dead calm. u the still
air the -a.is hung idly. The tropic sun
lc-an in the early morning 10 beat
down on the lore vessel. and rs II ap-
uroached tic zenith its heat became
yvell-nirh ;ntolcrablc. The vessels
deck was 50 hot that even the cc?,z h1,r.
10 s1-dll his feet to endure walking On
the ships side.
In The middle Of the afternoon il was
discovered that one Of the planSs on
the port bow near the water line was
badly warped. and the pitch oozing from
the expanding seams had permitted the
.calSinr 20 bulge ont. 1t was at n
point where tie boat had struck a
floating piece OF wreclsagc on the down
trip one night and the abrasion had
been only temporarily repaired.
This extraordinary calm might he
the precursor of heavy gale and 1t
would not be safe TO allow i TO remain
IN that condition. \ man was lowered
10 the fracture and began the work OF
repair. He had nearly completed the
lob. rushing himself of from the bow
20 &c. q wider view of his work he sud
denly gave vent TO al awful howl lils
lcrs had been dangling in the water
and a shark sprin-ing mp had scizes
one Of them and snapped il OF AZ Tho
;xrsee. He lost his balance and slipped
ont OF his seat. but managed still 4
cling 10 his rope. which slid thrcrgs
his hand until il reached the end OF tn
loon. A eounie Of mates sprang to tn
rurwaIe. but before they got him hal
orrt Of tie water another shark made ;
lean for him Selling him il tore hin
away lFon n's s".'f'"'' i.O '"-'N''
down
Tic s-r. flaming red. sank beneatl
the CLASSY sea. which was dyed wit
its own sangnlnnrv hnr. Nights COO
ing isf' ra'ht - !. .-'~ Nv !.
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Sandwich islands. ao',sF"- i"e
WIS ea % v'sN i'i $500 -" ,s.,
R'an ~ ~ 80 49, il
straight there,i',s''' ~. - ','a'"- I.
osher snip ss'' iut 49, $3.50
Ing 'Aeir TRIP in"i
They rFougnt auoaFa VIII 'ns : ~
q their native canoes "he ~ w,
men was rcmafHao'v me- ~" =
fellow 'onsiacraD.s anos, ~ mn.
heigat, nc nau p.oau sho"." -
cHesi. az" arms I" -" $50 ,;.,.s I.
husc'e On 49, hm;'.h, 80
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lacc- r. 500 "'s s;,. u,
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But az me close 81 Wy ""s ny
diea away AGAIN 'h'o ST - -.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21

The New York Tribune Of September
.. says: Protection has been orr po'-
cy for thirty years All The interests 81
the country are adjusted To it.
There seems TO be slight error in
this statement The interests are adj
iusting themselves to ii. but the pro-
cess is not completed. The census shows
that the farms of the west and south
are no, vet all raortgagcd and there are
a considerable number Of farms in New
England and the east around our PRO
tec;ed home markets" not yet aban-
dons-l The adjusting in this line coulc
be continued two or three more decades
before all farmers would be- tenants Of
our millionaire land holders. Neither
Is the adjustment perfected in mann
featuring interests IL is true that ir
most cases manufacturers have formed
trusts 20 prevent competition and en-
able them 70 reap the benefits Of high
duties: but in few cases manufnctur
crs have been slow 10 grasp the situa.
ton and take advantage OF the duty
vouchSafcd 10 them. In such eases they
actually continue TO compete with each
other and the consumer sometimes gets
goods at the cheap" and nasty" prices
prevailing in Europe. The Mckinley
l liil u doing its work better and fastc'
than the old semi-protectiyc measure
ard Il left alone nigh, complete the al
instncnt by the end of this century.
Nearly year ago New south Wales
which had been free trade colony, i'm
posed an nd valorcm duty Of from II
Ter cent. to Is per cent: this has proyc'
very unpopular. and great many thin'
that the government which came In 81
this policy will be supplantcd BY to
free trade party at the next election
hut history shows that where a protest
i've tariff has been entered into by an
nation. IL is very hard 10 give !. up
aron Age.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-18
NEW MEXICO IRON.
The Pennsylvantans to Open up the
Hanover Deposits.

CHICAGO, May 16.-A party of eastern
capitalists met here Monday and deal
was made whereby new and very ex-
tensive iron field will be opened up IN the
Hanover valley of New Mexico, about
twenty miles from Silver City. The prop
erty has been quietly secured and the
men who now own the thirty-one mining
claims that cover the deposit will put a
value upon it any where from $l5, 900, 900
to $25 100000 Fifteen million tons OF
almost pure iron ore of the Bessemer steel
quality are said to be in sight and work
has already been begun on the highest
development of the property which in
clude railways AMI possibly smelling
works to be owned by the company.
silver In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, May lS.-In Senator
Kyle's list of senators who will vote for
free coinage he has the name Of Hill, and
the list is said to have been verified. Cor
man is also classed on that side. The
northwestern members in the free silver
list includes Pettgrew, Dubois, Kyle,
Power, Sanders, Shoup, Squire and All.
len. Mills also stands with the silver
notwithstanding his obliga-
tion with Cleveland; Brice and Carlisle
are classed as doubtful.
Hansbrough and Casey, the Minnesota
senators, Perkins, Wilson, Warren, Saw
yer, Villas, Allison, Carey and Stanford
are counted against the silver bill. The
death of Barbour leaves the silver men
with forty.three votes in the senate
against the thirty-nine opposing and five
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-18

COLUMBIA, s. c., May lS.-The Demo-
cratic state convention was called to Or
der in this city this morning by John G.
Haskell, and after the usual committees
had been appointed an adjournment was
taken until this afternoon. OF the 322
delegates 226 are alliance men. The pro-
ceedings of the convention promise to
consist merely in carrying out cut and
dried program agreed upon in caucus
OF the alliance people yesterday. Some
OF the alliance men recognize the strength
and increase of the Cleveland feeling IN
the south, and are consequently in
quandary, but the probability is that the
South Carolina delegation to Chicago will
go uninstructed, and tie majority will
favor western man. If the alliance
does not have too much influence over
the convention Cleveland delegates NAV
be selected, but they would prefer to see
some one else at the head of the ticket.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-18
Democrats and the NIners

WASHINGTON, May 1S,-The ways and
means committee OF the house has agreed
to report favorably bill providing that
silver ores, when the silver exceeds the
lead in value, shall be placed on the free
list. When Representative Townsend
was asked about the matter to-day he
said that the Indications were that the
bill would pass in the house and he was
uncertain as to what action would be
taken in the senate. Investigation among
the members OF the upper branch of the
national congress shows that there is
likelihood OF this bill being defeated.
One reason why the measure will not
pass is because it is an amendment to the
Mckinley law and the Republicans of the
senate who are in the majority are in no
mood to submit to any change in the bill
passed two years ago. Senators Teller
and Wolcott have no fears that this meas
ure will become law at this session.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-18
MINING AT CREEDE.
Work on the Big Properties some
New Finds.

CREEDE, Colo, May lS.-Anothers strike
has been made in the Little Jack near
the Jintown depot. The assay runs 527
ounces.
A Pueblo syndicate has purchased Il
group of claims on Bachelor mountain,
near the Last Chance workings, and. a
contract has been let for sinking 200 feet.
One shipments last week foot up total
OF forty five cars, coming from the Ame-
thyst, Last Chance, Holy Moses and
Ethel.
The new tunnel companies are creating
much talk and great results are expected.
Unabated interest is manifested In
properties on Bachelor hill, and another
good strike is reported in the Kreutzer
Sonata. On Mammoth mountain new
claim, not yet named, is in good ore. A
sample assayed gives 500 ounces in silver
with some gold.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-18

The following assignments to regiments
OF officers recently promoted are ordered
Col. John G. Bates, to the I'd infantry
Lieut.. Col. Evan Miles. to the 2sth in.
fantry Maj Chambers McKibben, to the
25th infantry Capt, Thomas F. Davis, to
the 18th infantry, company H. Capt.
Daniel II. Brush, to thu 17lh infantry,
company Ii lst Lieut. Samuel +. Smiley,
to the 18th infantry, company H, and lst
Lieut.. Daniel B. Devore, to the 18th in
fantry, company |.
The following transfers in the 18th in.
fantry are ordered: 1st Lieut.. William
y. Blow, jr , from company X to company
II. 1st Lieut.. Samuel +. Smiley, from
company Ii to company K. Leave Of
absence for four months, with permission
to leave the United S ates. is granted
Capt. John J. O'Connell, lst infantry.
Leave of absence for four months, with
permission to 90 beyond sea, is granted
"a Lieut.. Edward P Lawton, 9th in
fantry.