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The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
BOOSTERS IN COURT.

Two Game Chickens Interrupt a Detroit
 Judge in His Charge to a Jury.
 Two growing roostcrs destroyed the effect of Judge Chambers charge to the jury in the recorders court the other morning and furnished great amuse- ment to the crowd of spectators.
 The case was one of arson, and the charge of the judge proceeded in this wise:
 "Ccntlemen of the jury" said the judge - ''Cocl-a-doodle-doO, shrielled one rooster-''you have heard the evi-" "Cock-a-doodlc-doo," answered the other rooster-"dence on both sides of this case as given by the differcnt''- "Cock-a-doodle-doo'' - witnesses and, the arguments of the prosecutor for the people" - ''Cock-a-doOdle-doo" - land the attorney for the defendant
 "You have heard of the rooster-I-I mean the defendant-tell where he was on the night of the fre'-"Cocl1-a- doodle-doo."
 The spectators were by this time una ble to restrain their laughter, and the judge looked appealingly toward the door-tender, who closed the rear door. But this did not entirely drown the sound of the barnyard fowl, as every once in awhile the faint echo of a "cock-a-doodle-doo' would mar the solemnity of the courtroom and cause a smile to o'erspread the features of the urbane and dignified judge.
 The cause of the roosters' presence was afterward explained when they were brought into the courtroom and introduced as evidence in another case. They were supposed to be game cocks, worth about ten dollars apiece, but one fellows beauty was spoiled by having had all his tail feathers pulled out. The other one, known as ''blinker," had only one eye, having lost the other in hard-fought battle.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
Queer Friendship.

''In the village where I live" says a writer in the Spectator, T was in the habit of visiting two poor, infirm old women, one inhabiting the single down. stairs room. the other occupying the garret above her. Each kept a jealous watch as to whether I bestowed more tea or sixpences on the other and each was sure to tell me every i'll trait she could hear of the other. One day the old lady, who lived upstairs, thanking me effusively for my visit, said: You're the only lady ever comes near me, tn only friend have. That one, pointing has heaps of friends adding hastily, lest 1 should be too favorably impressed by that circum- stance, and there's not wan of them but hates her. I thought to myself that such a description of friendship may sometimes apply to higher circles than that of my poor old friends"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
LEAH, THE UGLY GIRL.
She, and Not Her More Beautiful Sister,
 Found Highest Favor.


 One of the earliest historic beauties of whom we have any record vas not above committing a theft upon her own father and then telling a most atr0ci0us lie to conceal it, while we are told by oriental ists that her sister Leah, in whose per son the ugly girl makes her first appear ance upon the stage of authentic hiStO- ", in all probability acquired the ''ten- der eyes, that proved so detrimental to her matrimonial prospects, as the result of self-sacrifcing devotion to domestic duty. Upon her, as eldest daughter, naturally fell the care of the household at her mothers death, and, while the pretty Rachel was roaming the fields in the poetic character of shepherdess or flirting and gossiping with the shepherd lads around the well of Padanaram, poor Leah, the household drudge, was spelling her eyelids and making her complexion coarse and red over the kitchen fire And it was for this that she was despised by her husband, though Jacob, I have no doubt, writes Miss F.. F. Andrews in the Chautauquan, could say as many fine things about the  domestic virtues as some of our pop ular newspaper moralists who are always lamenting the degeneracy of modern women because they don't know how to spin and weave and cook and wash and iron as their grandmothers did, and who yet would be the first to despise you, my fair readers, for your coarse hands and red faces if you were to take them at their word and culti- vate a more intimate acquaintance with the frying pan and the washtub. Now, don't say this out of any want of re- spect for those humble utensils, but only to remind you, gentle reader, that your first duty is not, as Grant Allen tells you, to look pretty, but to do your duty whatever it may be, and whatever may be the opinion of men concerning it or concerning you for doing it. And remember it was not the beautiful Ra- chel, after all, whose offspring gave to Israel it's royal line and to mankind its king, but Leah, the ugly girl, whose plain face did not keep her from finding favor in the eyes of her Creator.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.
Instruments for Use Among the Hed;ca
 Fraternity.

Instruments for Use Among the Medica
 Fraternity.
 An expert in the business took me into an apartment stored with electrica appliances. Attaching the insulated wire to a small storage battery anc then connecting it with an electric lamp about half or three-quarters of an inch in diameter, the expert opened his mouth, and pressing a small flat plate just beneath the lamp so as to hold his tongue down, he pressed the button, the little lamp glowed brilliantly and lighted up the mouth so that it could be infinitely examined. This little inven- tion was the result of an experiment by a specialist in diseases of the throat, and is also used by dentists.
 Another cleverly made instrument is used for cutting off tonsil. It consists simply of small piece of platinum wire that can be wrought up to red heat by an electrical current. By placing the instrument in the mouth a diseased or troublesome tOnsil can be burned off in an instant, the heated wire being pushed through it by turning small thumbscrcw.
 Drills for operating on diseased bones and upon teeth are run by attaching an electric wire tube to battery, and pain is alleviated by the operator in skin diseases by the use of a small steel disc, charged with current of electricity and pressed to diseased part or blem-
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
JENNY LIND AND PAYNE.
How the Former PaiI Gre tt Compll-
 HeRt to tho Latter.

How the Former PaiI Gre tt ComplI-
 IHeRt to tho Latter.
 No American poet ever received a more envia5le compliment than one paid to John Howard Payne by Jenny Lind OF his last visit to his native land. It was in the great national hall in the city Of Washington, where the most distinguished audience that had ever been seen in the capital of the republic was assembled. The natchless singer entranced the vast throng with her most exquisite melodies-"Casta Diva, :" the "FIutc Sonr," the Bird Song" and the Greeting to America"
 But the great feature of the occasion seemed to 3c an act of inspiration. The singer suddenly turned her face toward that part of the auditorium where John Howard Payne was sitting, and sang "Home, Sweet Uome," with such pa thos and power that whirlwind of eX- citement and enthusiasm swept through the vast audience. Webster himself lost all sclf-coatrol, and one might readily imagine that Payne thrilled with rapture at this unexpected and magnificent rendition of his own i'm mortal lyric.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
Z ENNUI OF OFFICERS.
Men to Be Worth Anything Must Vary
 Employment With Enjoyment.

Men to Ise Worth Anything Must Vary
 Employment With Enjoyment.
 Alluding to one or two conspicuous recent instances, the New York World says:
 Neither neuralgia nor drink nor in- sanity nor debt is necessary to make a United States army officer feel like com hitting suicide. Slow promotion and lack of occupation causes many an am- bilious man to occasionally wonder if life is worth living. Nevertheless very few undertake to decide practically that it is not.
 Nothing is easier to demonstrate than that men who are worth anything at all must sometimes vary either their employment or their enjoyment. The profession of arms opens up the most glorious possibilities in times of war, especially in the service of a nation which is as well calculated to take care of itself as the United States. But it may prove exceedingly lonesome as it is certainly monotonous in times of peace in country like this, where the arts of peace are always to the fore, except in the very heat of conflict. In Germany, on the contrary, these hypochondriacs would be the jolliest of fellows, having men whom they could command almost absolutely and having for their imperial master a young fellow who may not correctly understand the first principles of campaigning, but who loves military reviews better than he loves even the empress and his children, and almost as well as he loves his all-important self.
 In other armies in Europe also the faded, lonesome American officer turned European could reflect that millions were toiling and delving for him. Here he sees hundreds of thousands coining money and getting carloads of enjoy ment while he lives off of reveille and taps. But, save for the few thus incon- venienced, it is all right. A commercial nation, easily mobilizablc, does not need to initiate tottering despotism in turning its brave officers and men into mere janiZarics.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
HE NORTHERN LIGHT.
Its Remarkable Features Still Puzzle to
 Scientists.

It's Remarkable EcIt ureS Still a Puzzle to
 Scientists.
 The address delivered before the Brit ish association for the advancement of science recently by the president, Will liam Higgins. has been praised by scien- tists and Iaymen alike for the wonders revealed by the spectroscope which it describes. A portion of particular in terest related to the riddles Of the au rora borealis.
 ''The spectroscope," he said, ''has : failed as yet to interpret for us the re- rnarkable spectrum Of the aurora bOreal- is. Undoubtedly in this phenomenon portions of our atmosphere are lighted up by electric discharges; we should ex- pact, therefore, to recognize the spectra of gases known to be present ia it. As yCs we have not been able to obtain similar spectra from these gases artif- cially, and especially we do not know the origin of the principal line in the green, which often appears alone, and may have, therefore, an origin inde- pendent of that of the other lines. Prof. Schuster after long and careful study has suggested that the prlnclpal line may be due to some very light gas which is present in too small propor- ton to be detected by chemical analysis or even by the spectroscope in the pres ence of the other gases near the earth, but which at the height of the auroral discharges is in sufficiently greater relative proportion to give a spectrum. Lcmstrom. indeed, states that he saw this line in the silent discharge of 2 Holtz machine on mountain in Lap land. The lines may not have been ob tained in our laboratories from the at mospheric gases on account of the diff ficulty of reproducing in tubes witt sufficient nearness inc conditions unde which the auroral discharges tal1C rlooa g
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
Do Animals Think ?

The query, do animals, other than men, think? has done able service in lyceums all over the world for many, many years, and yet I saw an answer to the inquiry, says Detroit Free Press writer. A horse having halter on his head had escaped from his stable and his owner was trying to recapture him.
 As horses usually do under such circum- stances this horse was most tantalizing and aggravating. He would dodge, kick and run at the most inopportune moment and enjoyed the fun. Presently dog ran barking at the horse, which stood stock still. The dog became more bold and ct last snapped at the horses heels It isn't likely that he will re- peat the experiment very soon, for he howled himself out of sight on three legs as the horse walked quietly up to his master with an air which seemed to say: That was all was waiting for :"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
NATURES FREAKS.
The Strange Changes in Young Girls
 Skin.

Skin.
 A French journal describes the ease of woman twenty-One years of age, but whose physiognomy is that of a woman fully seventy years old The appearance of the young woman is so deceiving that her father, who is only fifty years old, has frequently been asked if she were not his mother. The surface Of the skin is the only part af- fected. The doctors describe it as de- crepitudc of the cutancous system. Be- yond this the young lady has nothing old appearing about her. Her hair is blonde and of ordinary length, and her memorg, judgment and intelligence very good. Drs. Charcot and Souques, under whose observation the case was studied, state that the wrinll- ling of the girls skin began when she was about eleven years old. Up to that time she had been avivacious and happy child, ranking well in her studies at school. The wrinllling was so rapid that her friends were unable to recognize her after Q period of two weeks, unless they had seen her in the interval. Dr. Charcot states that the skin, during the early stages of the change, resembled the scales Of fish. Every possible means have been trie q to improve the young lady's condition, but they have all proved unavailing.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
Buddhism at Paris.

NJ. Leon de Rosny has founded a school of buddhism at Paris The num- Der of disciples is limited, but there may be as many listeners as space will permit. The disciples are subject to rules as strict as in religious order and are bound to serve in any office for which they are designated, even that of superintendent if elected. Listeners need only conform to the rules of school discipline. Disciples and listeners agree among themselves to pay cOnuibu5ians as high as their means allow. Serious Offenses against the rules of conduct are punished by exclusion from the school
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
A STRANGE CASE.
A Train Saved by a Premonition of Its f- Engineer.

4 Train Saved by Premonition of Its g.. Engineer.
 A telegraph operator on one of the single-track roads leading out of Pitts burgh had an experience last week that will last him a lifetime, says the Pitts burgh Dispatch. The young man be- came careless, as dispatchers sometimes will, and he gave orders for a freight and passenger train, moving in oppo- site directions, to go to a certain sta- tion. When the trains had started the operator suddenly remembered that they couldn't reach the place without a collision. It was too late to counter mand the order, and in his agony cold drops of precipitation ran down over his face. In describing his feelings after ward, he said he lived years in the few short minutes which would decide the fate of the trains.
 He was startled and relieved by see ing the engineer of the freight walk into the tower. The engineer had re- ceived his orders, but when he reached a switch he had premonition there was something wrong, and he turned in on the side track. His train was scarce ly out of the way when the express thundered by.
 The next day the operator went to the superintendent of the road and told him what had happened, at the same time handing in hls resignation. The manager looked at him for a moment and then said: Go back to your work, my boy. This experience has been a lesson to you. I don't think it will oc- cl1r in the future"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
An Old Chestnut.

One of the old stories is that in the year 1919 two councillors of Christian IV., of Denmark, while sailing between Norway and Sweden discovered a mer- man swimming about with bunch of grass on his head. They threw out a hook and line baited with slice of bacon, which the merman seized. Being caught, he threatened vengeance so loud F. that he was thrown back into the sea.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
RECRUITS FROM THE COUNTRY.
They Make Better Soldiers Than Those
 from the Cities.

They Make Better Soldiers Than Those
 from the Cities.
 Within year past the recruiting flag has been hung out in many of our New England towns and villages by officers of the regular army detailed for the purpose of gathering volunteers to fill up the ranks of Uncle Sam's forty regi- ments of infantry, cavalry and artil- lery. Once recruiting stations were maintained only in big cities like New York and Boston, but the material se cured there was not of the best. Secre- tary Proctor had an idea that the coun- try youth were better qualified, moral ly, mentally and physically, for sol dier's life than the dregs of our floating urban population, and under his direc- tion recruiting parties, each headed by commissioned officer, were sent into rural New England, New York and some portions of the west. The expert ment is said to be working admirably so far as the welfare of the army is con- cerned, though the officers do not enjoy the necessity of moving from one town to another, drumming up recruits as a commercial traveller drums up trade. The new system of enlistment and the various minor reforms which Secretary Proctor was instrumental in introduce ing during his term of service have had a marked and instantan eOus effect upon the character of the army. The sol diers are happier and more eontented, and assertions are fewer than they have been for many years.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Snowflake and Taylor Irrigation Company,

The undersigned, being desirous of forming a corporation under and in ac- cordance with the laws of Arizona, do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 First. The names of the corporators are: J N Smith, W Freeman, w J Flake, s D Rogers, J Il WJlhs, EM Webb, Norman A Brimhall, A Angell and John Hancock, who with their sue cessOrS, shall constitute the Board of Directors for the first year.
 Second. The name of the corporation is the Snowflake and Taylor Irrigation Company. The principal place of busi- ness shall be at Snowflake, County of Apache, Arizona.
 Third. The general nature of the busi- ness to be transacted IS the building of canals, reservoirs and irrigation ditches and the controlling. buying, leasing and selling of water, water rights and lands owned and acquired by the Company, and do such other things incidental to such business or necessarily connect ed therewItfI.
 Fourth. The amount of capital stock authorized IS Seventy-fve thousand dol lars in shares of ten dollars each, twen- ty-tive per cent of which is to be paid within one year.
 Fifth. The corporation will begin business on the twenty-third day 'of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and termi- nate i'll twenty-five years.
 Sixth. The affairs of the Company shall be conducted by board of nine directors. The officers to be chosen by the board of directors shall be Presi- dent, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer; and at the option of the Board of Directors, an Assistant Secre- tary and Superintendent, and such oth- CT special officers as may be deemed necessary for conducting the business of the Company. Election of Directors shall be held annually on the first Mon- day in January-election of officers at the first meeting of the Board thereaf- ter. The highest amount of indebted ness or liability to which the corpora tion shall subject Itself, shall be fifty thousand dollars.
 Seventh Private property of the stock holders of this Company shall be exempt from corporation debts.
 In testimony whereof we have here unto set our hands and seals, this twen-
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
Openinr Parliament.

When the queen opens parliament in person she proceeds in state to the house of lords and commands Black Rod to let the commons know that it is her majesty's pleasure that they at tend her immediately in this house. s Black Rod proceeds to the house of commons and formally commands their presence, on which the speaker and the commons go up to the bar of the house of lords, and the queen delivers her speech, which is read by the lord chan cellor. kneeling on one knee.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
Food at n Jap Railroad station.

Among the deicacios to be obtained at a Japanese railroad station are sliced lotus roots, roots Of large burdock, lily bulbs, shoots Of ginger, picl,led green rlums, beans of many sorts, boiled hestnuts, nuts Of the gingzo tree, ,;c1lcd greens Of various kinds, dried .ucumbers and several kinds Of sea weeds.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-23
NOTICE.

In the Probate Court of the County of Apache, Territory of Arizona.
 Notice for publication of time appoint ed for proving will.
 In the matter of the estate of Jose An tonic Tafolla, deceased.
 Pursuant to an order of said Probate Court made on the 14th day Of February 1893, notice is hereby given that Friday, the 3d day of March, 1893, at 10 o'clock a. m. of sad day, at the Court Room of said Court at the Court House in Saint Johns, County of Apache, has been ap- poi ted as the time and place for prov ing the will of said Jose tonic Tafolla, deceased, and for hearing the appllca- ton of Jesus Tafolla for the issuance to him of letters of administration, when and where any person interested may appear and contest the same. (sEAL) cba Clerk :1s06,,',e(' Probate Court.
 Dated February II, 1893.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-02

Roanoke Times Building Edition now
ready mt the Times Office and at new
STANDS. Price five cents
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-02
FOR THE INAUGURATIOS.
The Arrangements All COmpIet ed For the
the Roanokers to Attend

At noon Friday the Roanoke Light
Infantry, composed Of about fifty mem.
bers, will leave for Washington to at.
tend the inauguration O. Cleveland.
The Roanoke Machine Works Band,
composed of twenty nine mem bcrs, with
the drum corps OF twelve men, will ac-
company the Light Infantry. The com
handing officers will be Wilbur 5 Pole,
rank captain, and DR.. L. Gordon Sim
mons, rank captain, also assistant sur.
geon for the company. Tho party will
arrive in Washington at 1915 D. m.
and will be quartcrcd at tho armory OF
the district artillery. They will re-
turn Sunday evening, SO that the en-
ployes Of the offices and Machine Works
will be able 10 resume their duties on
Monday.
The company will have q SPECIAL car
from Shenandoah Junction 10 Washing
ton Among the private citizens who will
attend the inauguration are: Messrs
NJ. Z. Thomas, member OF the Lcgisla-
ture; v II. Payne, president OF the
Central Democratic Club: NJ. q. Jack.
son, Waller p. Hui and others Cap,'s.
Pole and Simmons Will leave for Wash
ington tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-02
Falcons AS Military Messengers.

ltussian army officer has made
some very successful experiments in the
training of falcons to carry dispatches,
and general attention has been called
to the possibilities of the use Of this
bird for messenger purposes in time of
war. The falcons so trained carried
messages from one garrison to another
with very gratifying success. If the
nse OF these birds is found to be really
generally practicable they will have
many points of superiority over pigeons
Tor messenger purposes. They are
much stronger, and some Of those so
far tried carried IA weight of four Rus
sian pounds without hindrancc to
speed. a not unimportant considcra.
ton is that they are not likely to suffer
from attacks of other birds