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The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
PAID FOR DOING NOTHING.
Great Ingenuity Displayed by Clerks in

Great Ingenuity Displayed by Clerks in the Departments at Washington. A great many young men secure | places in the departments merely for the purpose of supporting themselves while they are studying in the great schools of law and medicine here, says the Washington Star. Matters are so arranged at these institutions that clerk who stops work at four p. m. can get dinner and be on hand for the even ing lectures, which begin at six. The house has voted to reduce the annual vacation of the clerks from thirty to if teen days. in addition to which they are allowed thirty days sick leave in each year. Whenever there is a legal holiday there is usually a half-holiday on theIday previous. The clerk takes the working part of that half day off. This gives him two days clear. But, on the day before the half-holiday, he goes to the chief of his bureau and asks perrnis- sion to leave at two thirty p. ln.. so as to catch train. Thus the single days holiday is expanded into two days and a half. The ingenuity with which such affairs are managed is said to be won derful. However, it should be explained that two-thirds of the employees rarely take day of the sick leave allowed them. If a clerk is absent on account of illness over sixty days in any year he or she must pay substitute. The civil service commission provides all the sub- stitutes that are wanted. It is provided that the clerks shall give to the substi- ute certain proportion of the pay, usually amounting to about five per cent. By thus hiring substitute clerk might retain his place in the service of the government for years, though him. self blind, paralyzed and confined to his bed. In all cases of sickness physi- clans certificate is required. Not long ago the treasury department made rule to the effect that such certificate must always state the nature of the complaint But the local medical society resolved in formal council that such a thing was out of the question: and so the regulation fell to the ground.
 One gets vivid notion of the magni- tude of the departments from the vast quantities of ice which are required to quench the thirst of the twenty-three thousand clerks. The treasury con- sumes a ton and half of ice daily, talk ing an average the year around. An equal quantity is used in the war, state and navy buildings. But the depart ment of the interior is the great de- vourer of ice. Including the pension office it gobblcs up from five to six tons every twenty-four hours. The quanti- ties utilized are variable. Each depart ment makes it's own contract for ice, bids being advertised for annually. No definite amount to be provided is agreed on. The contractor gets so much for supplying all the frozen water required, whatever it may be. All the depart ments, together with their branches, consume twenty-four thousand pounds every day. Any secretary can by sim pie order increase the w orking hours of the clerks in his department to any ex- tent which he thinks desirable.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
Names of Mountains.

Mountains and mountain ranges in the United States, and, indeed, the world over, have usually been named not by the mountaiaecrs themselves. but by the dwellers in the plains who saw the mountains as a more or less dis tant prospect. It sometimes happens that mountain or a mountain range bears two names, says the New York Sun. because of different aspects present to dwellers upon each side. The sev- eral Blue and Blue Ridge mountains were named manifestly by those to whom the ranges presented themselves against more or less distant horizon. One of the Green mountains in Vermont is called Bald Face by dwellers in the Adirondack region about Paul Smiths, a name justified by the aspect of the mountain from that part of the wilder ness. Our own Adirondack Sugar Leaf could never have been named by a dweller upon it's own top. The Orange mountains took their name, however, not from their sunset aspect as seen from the lowlands. but are only another. evidence of the affection with which Dutchmen cling to the name Orange, an affection that has led them to fx that name on the map in whatever part of the world they may have tarried.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
4 Lnnd Prayer.

A good man who lives in thinly set tied locality has the misfortune to be extremely deaf His voice is remarka- bly, loud in his devotions, and it is re- ported that his morning prayer can be heard for half mile. A neighbor, not long since, having occasion to visit his house in the morning. found it's owner at prayer, and, not wishing to interrupt, he waited outside. The tones of the voice within grew louder and louder. Each sentence was spoken with more vehemence than the preceding, until the prayer ended with a prolonged shout of "Amen!' The visitor was about to knock, when the sound of the wife's voice arrested him. With a skill born of practice, she almost rivaled the tones of her spouse as she shouted: Well, guess you've drove all the rabbits out O the swamp this morning!'
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
JOURNALISM IN JAPAN.
Fines Paid in Advance-No Woman Al.
 lowed to Edit Paper.

lowed to Edit Paper.
 Journalism in Japan appears to be surrounded by some stern restrictions, the desirability of abolishing or amend ing which has lately been occupying the attention of the Japanese parliament In Europe, according to the London Standard, when newspapers offend against the law, fines are inflicted on the editor, writer, printer, or publisher, as the case may be; but in Japan it ap- pears that the journalists begin by pay ing a fine, though the amount may pos sibly be returned to them Tn course of time-for that is the practical result of depositing sums of money with the au- thorities, varying from three hundred and fifty to one thousand yen yearly, as evidence of good faith. If fines arc in fiicted, at any rate of less than the amount of the deposit, there can be no question of non-payment.
 A motion was made to abolish this de- pOsit, as also the power of the govern ment to suspend a paper which pub ished anything calculated to disturb the public peace, but the right of sus- pension was retained by eighty-one votes to forty-eight; and as to the de- sirability of demanding the security, the house was unanimous. It was ex- plained that the house felt the necessity of keeping some check on ''irresponsi- ble agitators unfit to wield journalistic influence" and there is a good deal to to said for the contention. ''Womens rights" advocates will be extremely of tended at one amendment which was accepted. No woman is allowed to be- come an editor or publisher in Japan. Whether women are permitted to write for publications does not appear, but it is decided that the work of editing or publishing is neither desirable or be- coming" for females. If ladies are not to be allowed to describe dresses and criticise the fashions, who is to under take that grave responsibility? It is clear, however, that if ladies may do this their work must always be edited by male hand; and when that hand belongs to the father of family, with stern views of economy and a lack of artistic perception, there is no saying what ideas may not be promulgated.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
SUCTION OF A FAST TRAIN.
Geese Caught aud Carried Along in It
 Wake.

Geese Caught and Carried Along in It's
 Wake.
 A gentleman who was recently watch ing fast passenger train as it sped along from Fort Wayne to Chicago says: ''The train made splendid time and left in it's wake cloud of dust that included sand, pebbles, straws and most every thing else along the way.
 ''Where l stood there was a flock of geese picking along the track. The swift approach of the train disturbed them little, and the sound of the whistle was little better than Greek. They did not comprehend it. In few seconds the engine was upon them. A Cnani- nous fapplng of wings followed, and they made great efforts to escape. The truth is that they did escape from the track, but the draft made by the rapid movement sucked the entire flock back under the wheels again. Nearly all were killed.
 ''One or two escaped the wheels, but they were drawn after the rear end of the train for fully fifty feet by the force of the suction. They were perfectly helpless, and fell to the ground with 8 thud when the force had passed over. I never clearly realized how much draw ing power moving train really had. '"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
AGES OF PRESENT RULERS.
The Number of Years They Have Oecu-
 pied Thrones in the World.

The Number of Years They Have Oecu-
 pied Thrones in the World.
 In the new edition of the Almanach de Gotha, the ages of the various rulers of Europe and the length of their reigns are given in completeness. The Alma mach reports forty ruling princes, eight of whom are more than seventy years old. Leo XIII. is the senior of all, his age being S2, the years of his reign II. The other leading rulers reported are Christian IX., of Denmark, T years old, has ruled % years; Queen Victoria, aged 7S, with 55 on the throne; King Albert. of Saxony, aged 64, with 19 on the throne; King Oscar IT., of Sweden. 64 years of age, with 20 on the throne Francis Joseph, of Austria, aged G2, with A on the throne; Leopold IL. of Belgium, aged g, with 27 OF the throne; King Carl, of Roumania, 5S years of age, with 20 on the throne; Sultan Abdul Hamid, 59 years old, with 16 on the throne; King Humbert, of Italy. 4S years of age, with 15 on the throne: Czar Alexander ILL, of Russia, aged 4. with II years on the throne; King George, of Greece, aged 4, with % years on the throne; King Wilhelm. of Wurtemberg, aged 45, ruling l year: Emperor Wilhelm ILL, of Germany. S4 years old, ruling I years; King Charles, of Portugal, aged 29, ruling years: King Alexander, of Servia. I6 years old. ruling years.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
The Guy Fawlses Ceremonial.

About ten o'clock the picturesque old pageant of the search for Guy Hawkes. was carried out. A party of beefeaters, in their quaint uniforms and still quaint CT hats. marched up the floor of the house with lanterns and descended solemnly by a staircase behind the speakers chair into the bowels of the earth, there to search for the shade Of Guy Hawkes. or for his successor, if any. It was a striking scene, full of color and old world associations. A few members asked to be permitted to descend and take part in the search, but their as sistance was politely but firmly de- clined by the courteous police officer who acted as sort of stage manager of this dramatic Iit5le ceremony
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
The Drying Up of Niagara River.

Forty-fve years ago the Niagara river ran dry. A theory for the phenomenon advanced by man who saw it is this: The winds had been blowing down Lake Erie, which is only about eighty feet deep, and had been rushing a great deal of the water from it over the falls. Then suddenly changing. the wind blew this little water Comparatively speak ing) up to the western portion of the lake. At this juncture the ice on Lake Erie, which had been broken up by these high winds, got jammed in the river between Buffalo and the Canada side, and formed a dam which kept back tue waters of Lake Erie whole cav.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
The Musk OK.

Although the musk OK is still plenti- ful in the Arctic regions of this conti- nent, it is believed that there are not more than five or six mounted speci- mems of the creature in the United States. One of the latest received was ordered three years ago, and finally de- livered after seventeen hundred miles of sledging and a great many miles of other travel. According to the best authorities the odor that gives the musk OK its name cannot be traced to any one special secretion.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-22
The Arctic Ponny.

A botanist reports that in the north ern part of Greenland the arctic poppy forms one of the most beautiful features in the floral scenery. The flowers grow in immense sheets, giving a golden character to the country, that would, it is said, scarcely be equaled by large field of buttercups or dandelions. Pure white blossoms are not infrequent among the yellow ones.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
REAL ESTATE RECORD.
Transfers Recorded with The County Cleg.
Tor The Week Ending Mareh
IS, 1893.

l.. A.. White TO J. W. Vorhics. part
$500
Texas and Pacific Railway compare
o. Webb Ditto, lots !, ., and ., block 90.
Arlington, $50
Of block 3, Afford n Neula addition,
j. W. Spencer TO T.. II. Carter. mart
OF block -. fuckers addition. 5000
:. Nj. Try, trustee 20 John O. Ryan.
nearly all Lexington Heights addition,
Wade Thomas TO James n Thrasher.
50x5Q feet block 10. city, S15.
h. J. Houston 20 h. Brunsn 2S0 -
acres, Slclhy county school lands, 500.
j. ID, Pundy TO Elizabeth Thomas. lot
10, Cummings addition. $3.50.
George EItslpag % George Letter,
Fred III. Reilly 20 X, ~ Butts, lot 2,
block 2, College lilli addition. $500.
q. Il, lrice 10 George w. Armstrong,
part Of lot o. block Az, Daggett'e addi-
james W. swaype ct al 10 Alliance
trust company, lots ., ., 7, and 5, block
+: H. Towle 70 William Barr, parts
Of lots 1 andA Daggett's Second nddi-
Peter Lesser and wife to n. Harding.
part Of block h, city, $500,
Stephen Wright to n. IL Patterson
goutheast Ia block 0, sadige addition,
Charles ID. West and wife 10 Annie
y. Morgan, lot !. block /, Noodle IA
llyans subdivision, Welsh survey,
n p Day 10 Gulf. Colorado ana santa
re Railway company, part J. A. Iitch
survey 81.
II. r and n. Henderson 10 w. Il.
Henderson, 100 acres, Shelby county
school lands, $40.
w. h. Henderson and wife TO T.. u.
Honderaon 120 acres, shelby county
school lands, $40
Chamberllm Investment COMPANY 10
Lowell q. Whitney, lots III and 49, block
81, Arlington lfoights. SO.
w. II. Reilly ~ Nancy 3. Reilly, part
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
Stage AND FOYER
The j. n. Huntley Comedy
Company Will Appear
AT cREENwALps OPERA HOUSE
Every Night This wsek--MsIInees Wednesday
and Saturday Change Of Play Nightly
Popular Prices. rs, IS, 30
and rs Cents.

Tomorrow night the famous Huntlcy
Comedy company win commence a
weeks engagement NJ Grccnwalrs opera
house, presenting a new play nightly and
playing al popular prices, 20. 80. % and
as cents. The company has just closed
a nine-nights engagement nc Galveston,
six at Houston, and was pronounced nt
both places 10 be one of the very best
TINT has been there this season. The
reason they play ct popular prices, they
stay one week In each city, and by doing
80 their expenses are not as much as u
they only played one night In place
The company Is first-dlass IN every re-
spcct, while their plays are Of the very
best. For the opening performance they
will present the great southern drama,
Forgiven. or the Jack o Diamonds
The Galveston Tribune says;
Forgiven" was presented Monday
uiRht 10y the Hunucy Comedy company
az the opera house. TO q large and ap.
precntve audience, 10 WIS demonstrated
hy round after round Of applause, which
greeted ench member Of the troupe iu
his or her respective roles. throughout
the entire performance While limited
space prccludrs the mention Of each
character 80 fOrcihly and Interestingly
presented. wc cannot refrain from spe-
cial mention OF Mr.. iuntlcy. ~ John
Diamond. gambler. and Miss Annie
Leonard ~ Annie Drnnison. Aitcrwarda
the gamblers wife. each " whom are
The pOssrsSOrs of on unusual amount Of
artistic skill ANA hislOriouic merit and
cannot be- surpassed IN their respective
rCica.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
IN TEXAS TO STAY.

son, between Second and Third streets on
MAN, with the object Of taking preliu-
mary steps 20 form a Liberal and Ethical
society; All who are interested me re-.
Quested to be present.
=, Charles j, Glidden, treasure Of tho
Southwestern Telephone and TELEGRAM
company. was in the city yesterday iJe
~ visiting the principal cities and TOWNS
OF the state, taking preliminary stems In
build longdlstance line. which viii
touch every town Of importance In tbe
Officer Nicely yesterday arrested An.
drew. Jackson for the theft of some
eloIilng and shoes. Jailed
me queen City encampment No 1O3
!. y. q. f. will hold an inlporhlnt rneet,
ing tomorrow. night, and Il Is eXpe"ted
that there will be a yery I'm 1 HttouG
ance OF officers and members. ''N
feter Elseiter, aged a. dld M Ma ,os
idence. corner of Newlu street and pit
avenue, yesterday morning. He bas
son on his way FROM Nebraska AMI
the details of the funeral win bp Srron" mo-
ed upon his arrival this evening
, Two men drove into street oar -,
the foot OF Main street last eypuing NM
haa the shafts of their buggy broken NV
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
SCHOOL REPORT

Weekly statement OF average actual
enrolment, attendance and tnrdhp9s.
city public schools OF Fort Worth for
the week ending Friday, March II, 1SO3.
Second Street, No. /, enrolment Dos.
absent To- tnpy ~
Bclkunp Street. No. .. enrolment 24T.
absent ~ tardy !.
Gay Street No. 3. enrolment 1874. nh.
sent /, tardy /
absent II, tardy o.
Missouri Avenue, No. 3. eur.llmnnt
~, absent 81, ariy o.
Broadway, No. q, enrolment 825 nh
sent u, tnrdy o.
Magnolia street, No. Z, enrolment no.
absent Z, tnrdy .
Bacon Hin, No. s. enrolment 80. absent
>, tnrdy T.
sent q. tardy 0.
Ninth Street No. 10, enrolment 3lS.
absent -, tnrdy 3.
High School building. No. IL. enroll
mcnt III, absent H. turdy u.
Total enrolment 2414. absent l33.
Mrdy s.
IRrdness has slightly increased-mony
nave begn "drppped" cause. gone to-
work Principals and teachrrs will
plrnse see thar pupils absent are looked
up. one Visit 10 a parent Ia worth more
thnn many notes.
The time " year Is now approaching
WHOM pupils become tired and pnrenta
lulN,gcnt. The eleven weeks 10 The end
OF session Is worth moro to the renl
student than the past twenty-five.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
CHURCH notice..

Union Bethel mission Gospel meet,
ing sunday night, speaker. q. w. Byron
subject Lights and Shadows" com.
mcncing at 1870; all welcome
st Andrews church, corner Rusk and
Filth Services today Gt II a.
ny, nnd \ p. m, the RI. Rev. DIR. Garrett
officiating at IL u, M.
United Brethren church. 100 Calhoun
street Preaching tonight nt $50 o'clocl,
p. M. Preaching on Monday. Tuesday
and "Wednesday nights az 7;3O by Rev.
G.. - Lake ID. d., presiding elder. A
cordial welcome 10 all
First Presbyterian church. corner Cal
houn aud east Fourth sircets Roy.
itoh,. III. Nall, ID. D., pastor Sunday.
school nt g;3o a. m. ]. a. r. Evans.
snlrrintrndent preaching by the pastor
az ~ ~. aud az T:40 p. ms prayer
are cordially invited to those services.
German Evangelical St. Johns church.
calhoun street between Ninth and Tonth
Sunday-school az 9;30 a. m. nrcnchlnr
nt loSO a. m. The examination of our
children who nre 60 be confirmed WIN
take place at y o'clock r. m. A cordial
Mei'olae ~ eAtehded 10 all our mcmhcrs
anh friends W. Schlunk, pastor
Christian church, corner Sixth and
I
prcuehine morning and evening hy Elder
j. IA Sweeney Of Taylor. Mr. Sweeney
VIII hold meeting OF weei, or mora
Hunday-school $3.50 n, IN. All mude wei
come.
Cumberland Presbyterian. corner Fifth
and Taylor strcets--S unday-school M
p"D a. M preaching by pastor at III
a. m, and 1870 p, m; Young Peoples
Society Chrstian EndcavOr nc $40, A
rorMal invitation Is extended To the
public.
Young Mons Christian association
Rev A. b. Buchanan. the new plstor
of the First Cumberland Presbyterian
church, will address the young mon OF
The city nt the Young Mems Christian
association rooms today at 4 u. m.
Spewh music all men Invited
Tabernacle Cumberland Presbyterian
church, corner Nineteenth aud Cham
beers streets Services at the Tabernacle
Cumberland Presbyterian church at IL
o'clock 9 m. and 1880 p, IA. by The pas
tor ]. NJ. Martin, Sabbath-school $50
q. m; children's prNyof-meeting al q
y, IN; a cordial Invitation 10 an WIN
win attend the services,
"rhe TRANSPORTATION 81 Christi Is
Rev, DR.. Higgins subject tonight
at the courthouse "Why Was This
WasteT' Mark xiv. A. N the subject M
the sermon of Dr. Higgins nj the court.
house az IL a. m. Ills sermons end
lectures are free, He i an able speaker
and Il Is hoped he VIII have d large At.
tendance.
Sc paurs Methodist Episcopal church
corner Seventh and lamar streets. ID
g. lildgeway, -. d.. pastor Services as
follows. sunday, a. M. Sunshine
class Myrtle Rouse, leader as45 a. M.
Snnday-school, Judge ~ r. Moore. su,
n0rintendent; III a, N. and T,46 b. M,
pfeachlng; $3.50 p M, Junior League,
ni, senior League. George n. Mos,
leader Pastors oliire north side of
church, entrance on Lamar street. Tho
pablo are welcome.
Raw Il 4, Higgins win pseach this
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19

1 nlocs n Daggelts additioni lot ~, hloe,
| 40. City cemetery, and two lots 10 Ieui-
Die. BELL county: G.. w. Chdllar 10 Ihos
Leach, purt of block Is, texas
aud Pacific Railway company's addition
Casey q swSsey TO Walter A. Wood.
lots II aud II, block 10, city, !. .,
&. u Moore and wife 10 w l.. Rush
ing. lot 3. block r., Ryan's subdivision
block los. city. 500.
l.. j. Moreland aud wife 10 a. X.
Middleton, lots : and 9, block IL, Arl-
Tcx1s and Pacific Railway company to
Arlington, 80.
Leon Il IT. Blum Land company to
6. A. Smith, $50 acres w. G.. Prices
survey and 100 40 acres II. B. Wad-
del's survey S13074
Mrs. NJ. A. J.. Thompson TO G.. n.
Hutcbeson. estate Of Alfred Hutchinson,
Alfred Armstrong and wife 20 G.. n.
Hutchinson estate Of Alfred Hutcheson,
u. G. Hutchinson aud wife 60 g. n.
Hutchinson, estate Of Alfred Hutcheson,
$3.50.
G. II. Mathewson aud WIFI to g. n.
$3.50.
H. j. Moactt to Robt NJ. snidcr. 100
acres Nj. GOOdwin's survey, $4OO.
+. a. Watson to Robt. NJ Snider, 80
acres i. Barnes survey, SlGO.
c. w. Evans aud wife to w. G..
Remington, 10 acres Peters COLONY and
5 acres i. l.. Wheeler's survey, $40.
@. Il. Martin TO w. g.. Remington, 60
acres, VI. Goodwin's survey. ST. 80.
Il. VI. Bo1z and wife 10 John Boom
lgO acres. j. NJ. Hcnderson's survey
.Ino. Boon and wife to d. NJ. Thomas
l60 acres, j. NJ Henderson's survey,
d. NJ Thomas 20 T.. NJ. Bona. 100
acres, J NJ. Elcnderson's survey. 5000
>. >. Morris and wife to Alex Brown.
W. .6S - acres; Shelby county school bnd,
Aley Brown and wife TO w. r. Foster.
W. - acres, Shelby county school land.
J. = Smith to Fort worth lodge N.
Slltd' Odd Fellows, part block rs, city,
W J Bcttcrtou 10 G. r. Morgan. 90
acres. Simon Mogrc's survey. SlOsJ.
q. d. II, Curry 10 w. r.. Hale, part blocks
Z anu 10. rylers lake park place. SI5.5
" ~ Alfred and wife TO J. scot, 80
acres, y. MrNnuc's survey, $500.
j, H. Alfred and wife TO ] j. Scott.
Ivy acres, Shelby county school land,
w H. Stephenson md wife 10 !. ].
scott lHO acres, shelby county school
W. b. Tucker ct al 10 Missouri. Kan
aas and TcXas Railway company Of
IeHs pnrt +. r. Welchs survey. $500
~. G. Blanchard to 4. J. Roc. lit 81
BLOCK ~, Riverside addition $l1OO
~ u. Temple 20 Augclertc Temple.
80 acres, J. Lyuchs Nirvcy: 50 ncrcs
ll /. q, Tinslcys survey mud bari -
T. Wclch's survey, SiJO6.