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The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
TEE RUTHLESS TURK.
A Striking Pen Picture of the Scenery of
 the Bosphorus.

4 Striking Pen Picture of the Scenery of
 the Phosphorus.
 The Turk has been for centuries, says Alfred D. F. Hamlin, writing in the De- ccmbcr New England Magazine, the most ruthless of Vandals in classic lands, destroying the most precious an tique monuments to obtain lime and mortar. Much havoc of this sort has been wrought in and about Stamboul, but wiser use has sometimes been made of ancient ruins. Wherever a bit of medieval wall could answer his purpose, he has made of it the base ment of his house, thus subserving at once the interests of his purse and of the picturesque. The frowning machi- colaticns of the old fortress become the windows of his kitchen and store room, and upon their crest his wooden walls perch in truly triumphant fashion. Part of the walls of old Byzantium are thus crowned with houses, and at Roumeli-IIissar, beneath the windows of the American Robert college, a whole village clings to the scarpments and towers of the frowning Castle of Oblivion" No oddcr or more delightful confusion Of beetling walls and cOmical houses could be imagined. The tops of the thick walls form lanes and alley ways, leading down from level to level by steep inclines or crumbling steps. The crow's nest houses stand at every possible angle and elevation, overhang- ing the abyss on the further side of their lofty foundations, and gay with all the hues of the spectrum.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
PARAeuAYAN IDEAS OF WORK.
4 People Who Prefer Likeness to Phy-
 sical ExertiOn.


 sical Exsrtion.
 A French gentleman who has recent ly organized a colony called Villa Sana, about twenty leagues northeast of Villa Conception, on land belonging to the Paraguayo-Argentine Land Company, told me, writes Theodore Child, in Har- per's Magazine, that in the beginning, when he went to survey the ground and to ascertain it's exact whereabouts-al- ways troublesome business in these countries, where there is as yet TO top ographical survey-he had the greatest difficulty in inducing half . dozen Para guayans to accompany him. They told him that he would never find the land. that he would be unable to cross the river Aquidaban, and, in short, that his was wild-goose chase. However, when they arrived at the river, and the Frenchman simply jumped in and swan across, their amour propre was touched, and they swan after him. These half dozen Paraguayans have remained at tached to the colony, but they have lost the esteem of their countrymen. When, after the exploring expedition, our Frenchman started from Villa Concep- ton with his sixty colonists and his train of bullock carts and impedi- menta, the loafers of the town said to the few Paraguayans who accompanied him and were helping him in the losd- ing: "What? Are you as big fools as these Europeans, to work like that?"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
The Oidsst Lih-aries.

The oldest libraries of which we have any certain knowledge are those recent ly brought to light by excavations among the ruins of the east. Among these arc the Babylonish hooks in scribed on clay tablets, supposed to have been prepared fer public instruc- ton about 650 B. C.. It is said by Aris- toiie tIlat Strabo was the first known ealiector Of bocl-s ard manuscripts lis .a,cI.. t.,:c year 50 E. C.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
NORFOLK ENGLISH.
Marked Peculiarities of a Very Strange
 Tongue.

Marked Peculiarities of Very Strange
 Tongue.
 The peculiarities of Norfolk speech are many, sometimes not little pug zling, says All the Year Round. Two negatives do not make an affirmative. ''I haven't no objections, ma'a1n. to what you say" Here is another frag- ment of dialogue:
 How do you do"-pronounced dew -"John, bor?''
 "Very well, thank ve, Mary, nor.
 What is ''bor," and what is ''2nor?" we ask of etymologists and lexicograph- CTS.
 'Bor" is the vocativc case singular of a defective noun, Of wl.ich no other case, believe, exists. We might call it an expletive, redundancy, not know ing what other functions to assign to it. ''Mor'' is also the vocative singular of the nomirative ''maRther,'' great girl, a young woman, female hobby de-hoy. The mother of a sickly and fanciful daughter has been heard to say. My mawther, she do nctilin' but eat thapes and dodmans" Thapes are green gooseberries; dodmans. snails.
 Note the ''do'' in the previous exam pie. The grammar of the Norfolk peas antry confounds the first person singu- lar, present tense, indicative mood, with the third person plural of the same. Thus, they say: ''My lord have ivver so much money, so he keep ivver so many servants and hosses, and drive about in a coach and four. My lady smile livery time she speak to me. Tom Noddy, the coachman, live in of them there hous- on g
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
Nev Alleys

Seven new alloys have been invented recently. They are nicllel-aluminum, for decorative threads; zinc-niclzel, for . riymont; nieliel-hardlod: for type: plat;niae, composed of platinum, nickel, gold and iron, for cruciblcs and chem ical utensils: rosinc, composed oi nickel, silver, aluninun and tin, for icwclcrS' work: srn-bronze; composed If cobalt. alI:IlinuTn and copper; metal li.e. imposed of cobalt, aluminium ,gua ;..stl cc...ler.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
To Make Ends Elect.

It is said that the proverb about the trouble of making ends meet originated when it was still the fashion to put the table napkin around the neck and tie it behind. At that time rrffs were so high ard volumincrs thct it was next to impossible to follow this point of eti- quette. Before the coming of the nap kin, which appeared about the middle of the fifteenth century, the table cloth took it's place, and was drawn over the knees of the guests as they took their seats
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04

Ear marks, Crop right, underbit left. AZTEC LAND AND CATTLE co
 (LIMTED.J Post office. Holbrook, Arizona. Range, Apache and YaSapai counties, Old cattle branded @z = Also in various other on left side and hip - brands and marks. Esg on both sides kept np. Horse Brands:::Es ss right or left shoulder. HIS
 kZ right thigh.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left car, upperbit in right ear. wattle (varuga} on jaw, under mouth. c on left jaw (cheek) bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock C on left cheek and c on left ribs.
 HENRY I1UNING Post office: Show Low. Arizona. Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Laguna Ortega and Laguna Salada.
 Horse brand C C left shoulder.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04

or HENRY E. GRlERSON, Immigration Agent, A., T. &S FIR. R.
 623 Rialto Building, Chicago, IL This railway passes through twelve states and has no object in advancing the interests of any special locality, or in giving any other than ab- solutely reliable information. It realizes that the prosperity of the farmers of the great south west means prosperity to itself also and is thus naturailywiIling to aid the immigrant as much possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
Apply for Information About THE GREAT
 SOUTHWEST

skEE,ono last year farmers netted $10O to s2OC sstsCi per acre for fruit, grown on land that can be duplicated today for so per acre. Where oH gs tUns G aroTn o on d nS 5a fgp % which can be bought for SIS per acre. SsE,,os.o many other products such as sweet asHOa c potatoes, tomatoes and early vegeta- bles netted large and larger profits than fruit. IEgnava the summers are cool. the winters
 EiiCs v warm, cyclones unknown and mala- ria uEheard of
 NSsharo there is the best opening in the world SsssCa . for honest industry.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-08-04
BULL & SHOVE.

Post office: Taylor, Arizona Territory. I Range: Lower Show Low. Horse Brand J s left shoulder
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15

front segmepts. After the last mott
it loses its Shiny appearance and dark
color and appears in clean yellow
skin entirely free from slime. After
few hours it leaves the tree and crawls
or falls to the ground where it buries
itself to depth Of from one to three
or four inches. 1t soon changes through
n chrysalis form and again appears in
the winged form. The flies are again
actively at worl, about the third week
of July, dcpositing eggs for q second
brood and these in turn reach maturity
in about four weeks. Pear and cherry
growers should watch for this pest
about the middle of June and early in
August. If trees are badly infested Sc
rious damage may be done TO the TO-
liage.
Hellebore in powder, mixed with
water in the proportion OF an ounce to
two gallons, and applied to the foliage
with syringe or a watcring-pot,
promptly destroys the slug. Fresh air.
slack lime busted on the foliage is said
to be an efficient remedy. A very
minute ichncumon fly is said to lay its
eggs within the eggs of this saw-hy,
and from its tiny egg little maggot is
Matched which lives within the egg of
the saw-hy and consumes it. The illus
tration, which we reproduce from the
Northwest Agriculturist, shows an af.
fected leaf, fly, and Larvae of the slug
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15
Ono WAY to Dry handkerchief.

1t is not the washing but the drying
and ironing that is so disastrous to the
beauty of fine handkerchiefs, which un-
less great care be taken, soon become
sadly draggled and worn. A most SEN
sible plan, and one which is being
adopted by the most elegant women, is
to superintend the washing of your
handherchiefs by having in your bou-
doir a small basin, especially set aside
for the purpose, in which the dainty
pieces of lace and cambria may be
washed with your own hands. Then
comes the drying, and, thanks to some
womanly genius, this may be easily
accomplished. A handkerchief drying
glass is so easily made that it is within
the reach of all. A square piece OF
glass larger than handkerchiefs is
bound with ribbon, upon which some
suitable motto is worked, and silk cord
sewn securely on the twouvper corners
suspends the novel affair. After wash.
ing you kerchiefs, rinse well, and then
stretch them, one at time, upon the
glass, patting them down smoothly and
picking out each scallop and corner
with care. Hang the glass in draught
and in short time you will find youl
handkerchief cxquisitely d.-Jen
ness Miller Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15
THE FARMING WORLD.

SOME poultrymen grow cabbages
their laying hens during the winter 1t
pays them and it will pay to initiate
them. Don't be afraid of having too
large crop OF cabbage heads; the pigs
will take all that the family aud the
hens fail to consume.
Do NOT begin to feed corn to hogs too
soon. There will be some refuse yet,
such as green weeds, grass, etc, which
may be utilized. After the cold weather
begins is the time to commence feeding
corn. In the meantime, all the waste
material suitable for the purpose should
be put to good use in the pig pen.
OUR potato crop is not sufficient for
our requirements for the coming year,
while Canada has more than her people
can consume. A crop that falls below
the demand should be paying one,
and with the use of more fertilizers
greater yields per acre, and good keep
ing varieties, the potato growers have
q bright future before them.
EXPERIMENTS made for several sea-
sons demonstrate that it will cost no
more TO raise a pig, attain a heavy
weight and produce pork that is inter-
spcrsed with lean and fat than to pro-
duce pork that is almost wholly co m
posed Of fat. BY feeding variety Of
food, including corn, more pork and OF
better quality will result than when
only corn is fed,
A WONDERFUL improvement has been
made in the varieties of tomatoes dur
ing the past five years. They are now
smooth on the surface, and are also
very solid compared with old varieties.
If improvement progresses as rapidly
in the future as in the past with toma.
toes, they will at some day contain but
few seeds and be as solid feshed as
apples.
IT is not now 2 matter of distance
from market, but the time in reaching
it. 1t has been truthfully claimed that
farmer living on Il poor road, ten
miles from market, is really greater
distance away than the farmer living
two hundred miles away, but who has
the advantage of a railroad. 1t is the
time and cost of reaching the market
that adds to the cost of the products.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15

1t is curions to note that most of the
reigning queens of Europe arc of Ger
man origin Queen Victoria is, Of
course, German by descent; Queen
Louise of Denmark is the daughter of
the Landgravc William OF Hesse; the
queen regcntof Spain is the daughter of
nm Austrian prince; SO is Queen Henri
eta of Belgium; Queen Emma of Hol-
land is the daughter of a prince of Wal
deck-Pyrmont; the empress of Austria
is the daughter Of prince of Bavaria;
the queen mother of Bavaria is the
daughter Of prince of Prussia; and
last, but by no means least, Empress
Augusta-Victoria of Germany is the
daughter of the reigning prince Of Hol.
stein.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15
MICROBES.

Bacteria are heterogeneous that exist
everywhere in countless numbers. They
are of many different species, but fortu'
nately, only a limited number of these
species are detrimental to human beings.
1t is thought now by scientists that many
processes of digestion are assisted by these
microbes, and that in some cases they are
absolutely necessary to preserve good
health. 1t is only when they attack the
ieum, or lower intestine, that they become
dangerous. They can be expelled from
the system by a mild laxative like the
Laxative Gum Drops. These gum drops
contain nothing deleterious. They are
mild and gentle; they contain no taste OF
medicine, but they act upon the liver,
stomach and bowels, expelling all undi-
gested food and cleansing the whole sys-
TEN. They are thus certain remedy for
indigestion, heart burn, hatulence and dys'
pepsia. They can be taken without the
slightest danger, for they contain nothing
deleterious. In order to get the best re-
suits, they should be taken every night for
several nights. When this is done, tho
patient will find himself entirely relieved.
Get them of any dealer The small boxes
are 10 cents, large size IS cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, Ill.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15
HINTS FROM EVERYWHERE.
Concerning Your Table, Toilet, and Your
HOusehold,

Concerning Your Table, Toilet, and Your
Household.
Every houselSeeper should know that
one pint of asphaltum, well mixed with
a gill of turpentine and applied with
paint brush to CRATES, fronts, tenders,
and any similar iron substance, will
give it the shiny appearance that il
wore when new. This amount of the
mixture will paint five CRATES and be-
longings, also the kitchen stove. 1t
will last just as long and have exactly
the same appearance that each had
when new. Painters make ''big money"
doing this kind of work, that can easily
be done at home by one of the family
at trihing cost by knowing what to
use
In preparing oysters for an invalid,
the eye, or tough white piece in each
should be removed. A palatable and
nutritious dish is creamed oysters,
which, made for one person. calls for
half dozen oysters heated in their
own liquor. Remove carefully any
scum which rises. Boil half cup of
milk with pinch of salt, dust Of
cayenne and scrap of mace. Thicken
to cream by stirring in teaspoonful
of -four wet with little cold cream.
When smooth pour over the hot oysters
and serve with squares of dry toast
from which the crust has been cut
There is right and wrong way to
do everything. The right way to put
salt fish TO soak is with the flesh side
upward. In this way the salt settles
at the bottom of the pan. When ham
or corned beef are boiled for slicing
they should always be allowed TO stand
in the liquor until cold. This makes
them juicy
A novel idea in clothes tree was
worked out the other day by an in
genious young woman. A dead tree
from the woods had the branches sawed
away SO as to leave projections of from
four to twelve inches. These were
rounded off, peeled, smoothed and
polished, the entire trunk being hand
somely finished. Into the projecting
branches were screwed brass hooks,
and the whole was set into standard
made of very heavy chestnut plank.
This was polished and vanished and
mounted on castors, which were set at
the extreme corners of the base. With
push of the foot it could be rolled
anywhere. Chicago Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15

In treating cows for horn brittleness,
a stock raiser in Austria found no good
resulting from feeding bone meal
when the water used from spring was
perfectly soft-that is, without mineral
matter. But upon changing them to
the water of another spring containing
carbonate, sulphate and phosphate of
lime, and chlorate of magncsia in small
quantities, the effects were as follows:
l. The animals drank half as much
again as before. O. The cows gave
more and better milk than before, 3.
The worst diseased cows at once began
to get better, and this was the first case
in which any of them recovered with
out removal. 4. The oxen showed far
better condition than could be previ-
ously attained on the best of food and
with the most careful attention. No
fresh cases occurred as soon as the
change of water was introduced.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Pop Corn Candy: Put into an iron
kettle one tablespoonful Of butter,
three tablespoonfuls OF water, and one
cupful OF white sugar; boil until ready
to candy, then throw in three quarts OF
nicely.popped corn, stir vigorously un.
til the Sugar ls evenly distributed over
the corn; take the kettle from the fra
and stir until IL cools n little, In this
way you may have each kernel separate
and all coated with the sugar. Boston
Budget
Rice Meringe: One cupful of care
fully-sorted rice, boiled in water until
soft. When cooked sufficiently, drain
SO as to remove all the water. Cool it
and then add one quart of sweet, new
milk, the we'll beaten yolks of three
eggs, tablespoonfuls of white sugar and
little nutmeg. Pour into baking
dish and let bake about half an hour.
Let 1t cool again, and then beat tho
whites of two eggs, add two tablespoon
fuls OF white sugar, flavor with lemon
or vanilla, and spread IL over the pud.
ding, after which brown It slightly in
the oven. Detroit Free Press.
Gingerbread; Two eggs well
beaten, two-thirds cupful of New Orr
leans molasses, half cupful sugar, one
third cupful of butter, half cupful Of
sour cream, half cupful of sour milk,
and u half teaspoonfuls of soda,
half teaspconful of ginger, half tea
spoonful of cinnamon, -four to thicken;
beat the sugar and butter together; add
the eggs and beat well; then add the
soda to the sour milk; stir in the milk,
cream, molasses and spices; thiclxen so
You can drop it easily from spoon,
and bake in a moderate oven. 1t re-
quires more care and longer baking
than a cake made from all sugar.-N.
Y. Observer.
Queen Fritters: Into half pint of
boiling water stir half "a cup of butter,
and when this boils up, stir in one pint
of flour; let this cook about five min
utes, beating well all the time then
take off and turn into an earthen dish.
When this is cool, break four eggs into
dish, but do not beat them; turn one
third of the eggs into the dish with the
paste, and beat all together with the
hand. When this is well mixed, turn
| in half of the remainder; beat as before,
and then add the remainder of the eggs
and beat twenty minutes Drop this
paste in teaspoonfuls into boiling lard,
and fry until they crack open. This will
be in about fifteen or twenty minutes.
Boston Herald.
The ancient merits of molasses
candy may have been thrown into the
background by the ease with which a
certain grade of French confectionery
is now manufactured; but the delights
of candy-pull can not be enjoyed in
such intensity by any substitute, while
its simple ingredients can be found in
any country store. Homemade mo-
lasses candy, too, if made by those who
know how to make it, is always better
than any that can be bought; and the
ordinary taffy is made with cup Of
mOlasses, u cup of sugar, and the
ubiquitous 'piece of butter the size of
an egg" which figures in so many
recipes, 1t requires hard boiling from
twenty to thirty minutes. At the end
of the former time drop little into
cold water, as test. If it does not
harden, let the candy boil ten minutes
longer, and try again. -Harper's Bazaar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15
THE LARGEST CHEESE ON EARTH
Canada Has Made IL for the Great Ex.
position of 1903.

Canada Has Made IL for the Great Ex-
position of 1903.
One by one the satisfying supcrsti
tons and wonderful traditions of nur-
sery days are being questioned and
abolished by scientists in all lines of re-
search. The latest one to get its death
blow is the notion of the youthful lads
and lassies in the country homes that
the moon is made of cheese and is the
biggest thing of that kind in the world.
The Canadian dairy commissioner has
gone one better and has made the NAM
moth cheese of the world for the great
exhibition In Chicago next year. 1t
was learned from Prof. Robertson that
this gigantic competitor of the moon
contains one days milk from over ten
thousand cows.
At the present average rate of con-
sumption the Canadian mammoth
would last an American family for over
four thousand years. "Of course, be-
ing as fine in flavor and richness as the
best Canadian cheese" remarked the
professor, sit will be eaten at much
faster rate"
The Canadians arc going TO help Chi
cago in every way to make its cxhi-
bition y marvellous revelation TO the ma
tons of other continents of the food
producing resources of America.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-15
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
1He Per rRgg SLUG.

Life History and Habits of Most De-
structive Insect
This insect passes the winter In the
pupa state under ground The flies,
the progcnitors OF the mischievous
brood of slugs, appear on the wing, III
the northern states, from about the
third week in May until the middle OF
June, The fly is of glossy black
color with four transparent wings, the
front pair being crossed by n duslSy
cloud; the veins are brownish and the
legs dull yellow with black thighs, eX-
cept the hind pair, which are black at
the eXtremtics, and dull yellow in the
middle, The female fly is more than
onc-ifth of an inch long; The male is
somewhat smaller. The female of this
species begins TO deposit her eggs early
in June; they are placed singly within
little semicircular incisions through
the skin of the leaf, sometimes on the
under side and sometimes on upper,
In two weeks these eggs hatch, At
first the newly-hatched slug is white,
but soon a Shiny matter oozes out of the
skin and covers the upper part of tho
body with an olive-colored, sticky
coating. After changing the skin
four times it attains the length
Of half an inch or more and
is then nearly full grown, 1t has a
disagrecable and sicllening odor. Head
is small, of a reddish color and is al
most entirely concealed under the