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The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
A POINTED REBUKE.
The Pretty Girl, tho Tnpudeat Masher
 and the Pin.

The Pretty Girl, tho Tnpudeat Masher
 and the Pin.
 young lady gave a Chicago masher a lesson the other day which was worth seeing.
 She was a pretty and well-dressed girl of rather pronounced style of blonde beauty, says a writer in the Chicago News. On her fluffy hair was perchcd one of tho new spring hats-c creation" in black and gold. Sine sat next to me in the street car.
 The masher, who was also immacu- late-on the outside-stood directly in front of her, and now and then leaned forward ever so slightly and pressed his knees against hers.
 She got as far away from him as she could. but the car was very crowded, and she sat there, her checks getting pinler every minute.
 The third time he did it she lifted her eyes. stared him in the face and seemed about to speak: then, rccollccting prob ably how the inmates of the car would stare at her if she did, she sank back again in her seat, keeping her indignant eyes fixed on his face.
 He raised the paper which he was pretending to read before his eyes. Now was her chance. Unseen by him she raised her hand and drew from the dainty bonnet a long, gilt-headed hat pin. She placed it under her huff in her lap, ready for action.
 The masher waited awhile, then low cred his paper. smelled the violets in his bottOnholc. smiled caressinGly and leaned forward again to touch her.
 With gladsomc smile and quick as she jabbed the hatpin through one knee of those beautiful trousers.
 There was suppressed yell and a quick reaction.
 It took him about six seconds to leave the car, and as he passed mo I know from the expression on his face that if ever a man cursed himself for fool he did
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
THEo5oPHY IN MISSOURI.
A Pair of Star-Gazers Dilate on Love,
 Poetry and t.le Pole Star.

A Pair of Star-Sazers Dilate on Love,
 Poetry and t.le Pole Star.
 He was an neavcsd-opper, but one upon whom the office had been thrust, says the Kansas City Star. He had en- sconced himself jn q corner of the vine clad veranda to smoke the cigar of re- ncction when these theosopllical lovers strollcd ont to sniff the evening air. They seated themselves on the topmost step and while his arm encircled her waist she remarked:
 q particularly love that star"
 (Which hOnc?"
 That one, said she, pointing to the outerrost lower star of the dippers bowl
 "A very natural preference"
 "Why?"
 'Two thousand years ago that was the north star" said he, and doubtless in your life that you then lived you were won't to refer to it as you now re- fer to Polaris, tho present north star Who knows" continued he, in his grow ing enthusiasm, but that you were an Egyptian trader, and that as your cara van wcndcd it's lo1g-drawn way across the trackless desert you looked to that star for guidance, and that the habit thus formed has penetrated your pres ent life in the form of an indcfinable preference?"
 ''But where were you then?" she tremulously inquired as she seized his disengagcd hand, she being but q recent convert to the doctrines of Karna, and her feminine soul, with it's pleasant dreams Of wedding fncry, suffering a slight shock at the thought of any con dition in life in which there was neither prospect nor propriety of Q husband fig turing.
 But the lover wasflow lost in the as- tronomcr. He was q teacher, and, true to his pedagogic instinct, he proceeded, while he looked rehectively toward the east:
 ''Yes. indeed, and in twelve thousand years that star Lyra, in the constella- ton of the harp that you may sec just rising through the trees, will be the north star, for tho carth's motions, you must know, arc precisely like those of Q top. It rcvolvcS o1 its Axis, and ct the same time this axis describes a wide circle of its own. It is this latter mo- ton that causes the change in the north star, since the orb so named is always the ono toward which the carth's pole is then pointing"
 She sighed, and after little pause said in a discouraged tone:
 II wonder what you and will be do- ing when Lyra is the north star?"
 Promptly the professor quoted: 1T vcx Inc not with breeding oa the years That were ere drew breath, why 5iould Ithen Distrust the darkness that may fal! again When life is done? Pcrchanco in other
 spheres"
 ''Poetry and theosophic poetry at that!' muttcrcd tho cavesdropper. "This is too much"
 There was loud rustling among the vines. The professors quotation ceased abruptly, and his arm took q more con ventional posture.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
How Names Grow.

It is currently related in New Bed ford that several generations ago a ship was wrecked near there and only one boy saved. As they did not know his name, they called him JoEa2y Cr2paud, and the descendant of this boy was con Frcssman from Massachusetts, Hon. Nr. Crepe. To these Ia2y bc added, says American ,Io,es and Queries. the case of Judge Poland, of Vermont. of wbora the story is told that his family were Poles and bore an unproGounce- able surname: they were called the ''Polcs' and the "Polanders," so that t,,e namc gradually erystSlli1ed into Poland" There is also the name com non ia the south. ''Dabney," which is supposed l,y the aristocratic owners to be Q corruption of the French ''D'Au- Ji-ae, and probably first imported by scZe -.o11e nagCelct c--.le.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
Cold Greenhouses.

A German horticultural journal says that one of the latest inventions in medicine is the use of cold greenhouses in tropical countries as a means of com batting yellow fever. This disease. it states, can be conquered if one removes to those elevated rcrious in which oaks will grow. This fact. says Garden and Forest, recently inspired celebrated Cuban physician with the idea of rcduc- ing the temperature of sick rooms hy artificial meana, and wonderful cures resulted. Now t is proposed that, in districts liable to the epidemic, each town shall erect a great g!ass house in which plants of cold Gnl temperate regions may bc grown, the temperature being artiiciSlly cooled instead of heat cd, as in our greenhouses. and Chat they shall be devoted to the treatment of patients suffering from tac fever.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
An OIa Encl;sh Word.

There are certain survivals in the English language, says the Detroit Free Press, that arc entitled to some notice, as, for example, the use of the word ''sailorman'' to describe the per son whom ordinary persons designate as sailor. This word is as old as the British naval and mercantile marine and clings along the margins of the wharves with tanacity that defies all efforts to uproot it. One never sees it in print or hears 1t used far away from navigabie waters, but it is universal where sailors gather and their do;ags are rc ported.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
RAISING SNAKES.
\ Genuine Reptile Farm on a Very Large
 Scale.

\ Genuine Reptile F2rfn on Very Large
 Scale.
 A MT. Childs is probably the only bona fide snake charmer in America, says a writer in the New York Sun. He has been in town seeing about placing his fall snake crop. It seems very odd to hear him talk of my crop of snakes" but he means every word of it, for he has a genuine snake farm in the south west.
 The farm proper consists of a pen some twenty-five feet in diameter. In the center of this pen is raised plat form, accessible in safety from the out side, on which visitors can promenade out of reach of the deadly fangs. In the woods and wild swamps surrounding the place legious of m0ccasins, cotton mouths, rattlesnalles and copperheads are found. These wilds are the seed bins from which at times Mir. Childs draws to rcplenish his farm. At one side of the inclosure is rabbit warren in which live some fifty or sixty bun- nies. Their number, however, is con- stantly changing. They never die of old age. They are the food of the  snakes.
 Between five hundred and six hundred reptiles are in the farm at a time Only the larger ones are used as they yield a greater amount of oil. skin and rattles than the small ones. 1lr. Childs expects to harvest eight hundred ounces of oil a season and has made his price two dol lars per ounce. Aside from the oil he will have a handsome crop of rattles and tanned skins.
 When an ounce or so of fresh oil is de- sired MT. Childs enters the pen and either whistles with his lips or uses a flute. The snakes at once glide out of their holes and gather round him, mak- ing peculiar purring sound with their rattles to denote their pleasure. Selecting the largest and fattest, Childs picks it up and cuts its head off with his pocketl1nife.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
HE TRAFFIC IN TITLES.
Addle-Pated Americans Who Apo English
 AristOcrats.

 Addle-Pated Americans Who Ape English
 Aristocrats.
 ''Thousands of American young men, of fair education and excellent possi- bilities, captivated by the pictures of English aristocratic life drawn in Eng fish novels, are learning to despise the simple, rational, useful life of the worthy American citizen, and to court consideration and vulgar popularity by adopting the habits, and leading the useless lives of English lords. As is usual in such cases, writes Thomas Da- vidson, in the Forum, ''the copy is a car feature of the original. The untitled American lord proves usually to be vulgar creature, having to assert his self-conferred lordship by all that is most unattractive, most inhumane, and most un-Americ an-and it is good deal-in the English aristocrat. In England aristocracy has no need to display or to obtrude itself; in America it can exist only by display and Obtru sion. For this reason the American would-be nobleman must necessarily court attention and try to strike the vulgar imagination by the mere acci- dentals of aristocracy, such as any boorish Dives can command-houses horses, turnouts, yachts, opera'bOXes, and the like. And the vulgar are i'm pressed by such things, bow down in servile reverence before them, and do their best to make similar display"
 If all the sacrifices which degener- ate American fathers and mothers have made to buy titled husbands for their daughters were recorded, they would form q revelation so ignominiOus that it would not be believed; and, after such revelation, patriotic Americans would hardly dare to look foreigners in the face. But even without such revelation the conduct of many of our countrywomen abroad, and especially in England, is enough to make every self respecting American hide his head for shame"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
TATTOO MARKS.
Nothing Yet Discovered Which VIII
 Eradicate Them.

A-A-sNaASatS Aa~AL.s
 It has often been claimed that tattoo marks may be removed by priclling over them goats milk. This is Q mis- taken idea. says the Boston Bulletin. Chemists and others hove for years ox- perimentcd with various preparations, in tkc hope of discovering some agent to wholly remove india inl1-marlls from the human skin. Nothing, however, has as yet been found that will remove a portion even of the objectionable marks, unless, possibly. the attempt be made immediately following tho tattoo ing process. At Mount Washington university hospital. Baltimore, an ex- pertinent was some years ago made in presence of the writer upon the forearm of noted character of that city who died there. Before his death the man granted permission to the students of the university to experiment as they saw it with his dead body. One of these students, curious to learn every thing possible connected with the prac- tice of tattcoing, cut from the dead mans arm q strip of s!;in upon which coat of arms appeared. Beneath the skin the design remained visible. By degrees the flesh was removed, the Ge- slgn in india ink still remaining in sight until finally the bone wcs reached. After thorough sponging for the pur- pose of removing the blood and pieces of flesh remoi2ing, it vas found that the representation st;ll appeared. Af ter cutting away a small section of the bone. the india ink mark was found t. have not penetrated beyond
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21
HOW TO WEAR SHOES.
A Dealer Gives Recipe for Prolonging
 Their Usefulness.

Their Usefulness.
 People who feel that their shoes wear out too quickly should heed the words of dealer in Chicago, who tells the Mail: Do you know there isn't one man in five hundred who knows how to wear shoes? The average man buys a pair of shoes, wears them until they arc no longer prcscntablc, and then throws them away and buys another pair. A man ought to have at least two pairs of shoes for everyday wear, and no pair should be worn two days in succession. At first thought this may strike you as a scheme to benefit the shoe dealer, but it is nothing of the kind. In fact, such plan would injurc the shoe business. Two pairs of shoes worn alternately will last three times as long as single pair. The saving, of course, is made in the wearing of the leather. A pair of shoes worn every day goes to pieces more than twice as fast as pair worn every second day. No two pair fit your feet in exactly the same way. In one pair the strain and wear of the leather falls heaviest upon one particular part of the shoe and in another the greatest wear and tear falls upon another part altogether. l took Q trip through Eu- rope last summer and in several places l was surprised to find the shoes worn by peasants have no right and left but arc worn on either foot. was told that such shoes were preferred to those which more closely conform to the shape of the foot, be- cause they last longer, since thc strain upon any part of the shoe to-day is chnnmnl tn .,.,n- -,-,. c--..t tA---,o,.,.A1I :,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-01-21

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left car, upperli it in right car Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under mouth, c OR left jaw (cheelIl bulls . on left cheek only. Hooded stock c on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY TUNING Post office Show Low Arizona. Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek Iar,Ina Or:e-a and Lacuna Salada.
 HoIse brand C lift ShOulder.7
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14
The Missing Order Found.

In searching among papers in the
mayors Office at Oxford Tuesday the
chief-of police found the missing order
relative to issuing the Oxford & Coast
Line railroad bonds 1t states that an
election having been held on the propo-
sition to issue bonds To the amount of
$40, 900 for the road and majority Of
the votes having been cast for the propo-
sition, that the said bonds ''be imme-
diately prepared. and upon the compile
tion of contract by the authorities Of
the railroad for the construction OF the
same that the bonds be delivered to the
president of sail railroad company to aid
or assist in building said railroad" The
Day says this is as claimed all along 10y
the friends Of the railroad
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14
a Practical and Able Governor


1t is gratifying to see with what un-
animity the Democratic press of the
State endorse Gov. Holt as the proper
candidate for Governor this year. The
people of North Carolina may be slow,
but this is an evidence thai they are
right. They believe in justice, fair
dealing and rendering honor tc whom
honor is due. They know that Hon.
I. M. Holt has made a most excellent
Governor. They 1eel that he has
nobly won his spurs, and is justly en-
titled to endorsements; and while they
think that he is clearly entitled to the
nomination on the ground Of usage,
they favor him from CHER conside,'a-
ton. He has made an eminently good,
practical and able Governor. He rep
resents every industry of our people,
and all classes from the farmer and
mechanic to the merchant and The
banker. He is a practical business
man, and having succeeded well in
managing his own business affairs has
demonstrated Ills fitness to do busines.
for the public.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14
The Republican State Convention

Meets at noon to-day in Metropolitan
hall. Chairman j. b. Eaves will call it
to order. Delegates poured in yester-
day. A majority are colored. The revc-
nue. collectors Office is sort of head
quarters. Eaves has his headquarters at
the Yarboro, while DR.. Mott is also there,
having room No. 1, thus getting i'm on
the ground floor, as the saying is The
colOred delegates, as a rule, are far bet
ter dressed than the white ones. A
curious fact, which was much com
mented on yesterday, Was that the col
ored delegates ranged themselves ON the
postoffice side of the street, while the
white men were on the Yarboro side. Ii
was positively stated last evening that
the convention would not nominate a
State ticket; that it might decide to
nominate two electors, but that there
will certainly be a lively time over the
election Of a chairman of the State ex-
ecutive committee. E4ves wants it.
I MOlt uDeSu L, Out Is determined kavtB
shall not have it. Ii the latter insists on
his claims, Mott will fight Many dele
gates and members of the party in gen
eral favor electini, a new man, one not
involved in this personal feui, and Rob :
ert Patterson of the ninth district is
talked of for the place. Four delegates
and four alternates to the national con
vention at Minneapolis are to be chosen.
1t is said Congressman Cheatham will he
one. Collector White wants to be another
and if collector Rollins of the western
district will agree TO go he can get in.
But President Harrison has sent word,
through the secretary of the treasury.
that he does not want any office holder.
as delegates. For another place as dele
gate there will be contest between
John G D4ncy and one other colored
man At the opening of the convention
there will probably bc stir, as there ar
2 five county contests; from Mecklenburg z
g Union, Cumberland, Vance and Carteret
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14
The Hill Farm Mine Disaster.
to the State Chronicle.

BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
DUNBAR, Penn, April 13.-The six
bodies remaining in the Hill Farm mine
were recovered late yesterday evening
Coroner Holbert and his jury were
lowered into the mine this morning.
The bodies had all been coffined
in the mine during the night.
After viewing the remains the
bodies were taken out and buried
Immediately. The jury found that
these six bodies came to their death
by suffocating from smoke caused by
the burning of brattice cloth, and Sc
rendered their verdict.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14

Grover Cleveland and Tariff Reform
for the Coming Campaign.
Ry Telepraph tn the State Chronicla

Grover Cleveland and Tariff Reform
for the Coming Campaign.
BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle
HARRIsBURG, April lathe Penn
sylvania Democratic State Convention
was called to order at 12.l5 to-day.
There we've sixty-eight contestants,
fifty Of them being from Philadelphia.
When Philadelphia was reached, the
contestants from contesting districts
interrupted the roll call to move that
the contesting delegations he substituted
for that on the regular roll. Chair
man Wright ignored the motion and
amid cheers ordered the roll call to
proceed. Hon. T. E. Beltzhoover was
unanimously chosen temporary chair
man; on taking the chair he thanked
the convention in brief speech.
Mr.. George Ross, Of Bucks. was elect
ed chairman. The platform demands
repeal Of the Mckinley law and revis-
ion Of the tariff, civil service reform
and that "the sentiment of the Penn.
s,lvania Democracy is overwhelmingly
for The denomination of Cleveland >
The mention of Cleveland was greeted
with prolonged and renewed cheers
Platform instructed for unit rule ant
commended administration of Gov
Pattison.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14
TO BE EXTENDED.
Probable That the Time for Depositing
R. T. Securities Will be Extended.

Probable That the Time for Depositing
R. T. Securities Will be Extended.
BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
New YORK, April 13.-It was stated
to day that in all probability the time for
receiving the Richmond Terminal securi-
ties would be extended, as the amount
to be deposited is so large that it would
be impossible to receive even a majority
of the subscriptions within the limit of
time originally set. This period ends
with the close Of business tomorrow
The agreement with the syndicate which
underworld the cash subscriptions to the
bond issue is binding until July /.
Nsw YORK, April 13-The gov
ernols of the New York stock ex-
charge to-day listed the Central Trust
Company's engraved trust receipts rep.
reseniing securing securities of the E.
L. Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Sufficient stock of the E. L. Virginia
and Georgia has been deposited
with the Central Trust Company III
the plan of reorganization to ensure
a majority including the stock owned
by the Richmond Terminal company
There can be no more question raised
in reference to the seps ration of tht
East Tennessee company from th'
system.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14
Another Fertilizer Tax Case.

The question of the validity of the
present fertilizer tax law has been
raised in the United States circuit
court by the Patapsco guano company.
Two years ago all fertilizer companies
were required to pay a tax Of $500
each. This law was declared by the
Federal court to be unconstitutional.
The last legislature then levied direct
tax of 25c. or each ton of guano sold
or offered for sale in the State. 1t is
claimed by the company that this
is quite as unconstitutional as the
indirect tax under the old law.
The company further alleges that the
money from the fertilizer companies
is not necessary for the support of
those engaged in analysing fertilizers
And that but small proportion of the
sum is required for this purpose and
that much of it is disbursed for differ
ent objects. Os course the board O
agriculture will take steps to sustain
the law. The case will be argued be
fore Judge Bond at Greensboro or
May 7th. The company has employed
as attorneys Messrs. T. n. Hill o
Halifax and J. w. Hinsdale.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-14
A Letter From Louisburg.
Special Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.

Special Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.
Lou sBUeG, April 13,-The recent
cold snap has seriously hurt the peach
crop in this section, and most of the
vegeta bles are killed Our young men
organized military company last
evening with forty members, it is
named the "Franklin Rifles" and has
the following officers: Captain, w. T.
Hughes; First Lieut. tenant, Joel K White
Second Lieutenant, H. w. Pender.
Rev. Mr.. Rose, a Presbyterian evan.
gelist, will begin series of meetings
in the Presbyterian church here the
first week il May. The Episcopal
Convention will meet here on the 27tt
instant.