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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-25

The State Press Association met
and had a pleasant meeting at Co.
lumbia, but all the same, the OBJ
jective point is Chicago.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-25
Spies Sent to Canaan.

Our Moses sent his spies unto the
land Of Georgia, even unto Augusta
and they saw the "children of
Anak"; and the spies were too cum
ing for them and overcame them.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-25

The banks r breaking in Kan
sas. That was the trouble in Miss
issippi a month ago.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-25

Out in Colorado they have silver
on the brain and in the mines, and
they are not content.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-25
for Infants and Children.

"Casforiais so wen sdaptedto children that
l recommend itas superior. to any prescription
known to me-" Fl. A. ARcHrn, n. D.,
III So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
COURAGE OF THE FOxHOUND.

The Animals Endurance Depends Much
 Upon Companionship of Its Kind.
 The foxhound's courage is not shown when in isolation. No hound alone will attack a fox with the deter imitation of terrier, yet the passive courage of the foXhound is declared by the London Spectator to be immense. To see tagging hounds come up through @ field of horsemen, to watch the pace with which they charge the thickest fences, and the endurance they show during long run will con- vince most of this. We heard once curious instance of combination SUD- plying courage. A pack of English fox hounds were taken to France for wolf hunting. But when wolf was reused each hound, as he caught the scent, dropped his tail between his legs and refused to follow. When, however, some French hounds used to the wolf had been added to the pack, the fox hounds hunted eagerly. But now they ran with their bristles up-to kill, not to eat. The fox they regard aa a dinner; not so the wolf. The large, straight fore legs, deepcheSt and level back of the foxhound show what he really is-the highest development of united speed, strength and endurance. Ten miles to the meet, five hours hunting at an average of ten miles an hour, during which two foxes are run down, and ten miles more before sup per, is but an ordinary days work. We do not think we are exaggerating when we say that many a hound could cover one hundred miles in day with out being greatly distressed. But for this he would need companionship. Atone he would probably tire sooner than a slim pointer or long-legged set ter, whose steady gallop over grass or heather is another marvel of animal endurance. But the courage of coop eration is less interesting, even if none the less creditable, than the dash of the greyhound.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
1891.

Adams, Jeff house in St. Joseph, $29 Sj. Arajon, Jose imp in ConchO, $11 D.
 Atencio, Cornelio lots to- blk and imp in COnchO. $16 45.
 Blair, David ranch 50 miles south of WinslOW s47 40
 Buik & Tyler, saw mill, $21 20.
 Boggs, H T, house north of Hancocks in Fay Baca, Fernando. house and imp g 75. Chaye9, Nicolas, house at Las Tueces, $7 40, Carrillo, Domingo ranch on Little Colorado al Las Tu2ces, 7 D.
 Cheney, Theo, imp at COncho, $15 co. Casbeer, RObt, imp on ranch $22 5,
 Chavez, Luis nv qr sec 20 twp Il rge 25 east 160 acres, $37 80.
 Chavez, Diego house and imp nr Tueces, ,S24 9 Chavez, Jose Manuel house and imp east oi Marcus Baca, $l9 90.
 Cook, C E Sal Lakes ranch and imp'ts, neal Howe S. S35 70.
 Cashmere, Lucero lot blk 21 St Johns, $13 15 Duran, Antonio lot blk 35 St Johns, ranch and imp 15 miles of St. Johns on Colorado De Witt A, Jr imp on farm in springerville lots 6 15 Is blk and lots : IA blk ,, S2l B. Defiance Trading Co W WidemeyerJ pel Sam Day, house and imp at Cienega near De- fiance, s42 go.
 Draper, Almon. imp in Taylor, $141O. Field, T. n nf of nv qr sec 10 twp Il rge p ( Frover, Fred, lot 2blk 65, St Johns, $6 D. Gonzales, Louis house in Concho S15 05. GuiterTeS, RosendO, 2miles from Holbrook, 1GC acres and imp $32 50.
 Gu ivy Peter, imp at WinslOw lot } blk ASIA 95 Garcia, Jose NJ, imp at Walnut Grove, SIS 60 Garcia, Francisco 40 acres land and imp, s3I 75 GriegO Jose NJ, imp at Fl Tule, $14 60. Gallegos Jose nv or Of sw qr and Inf of nv qr and ne ar of sw ar sec twp l2 n rge 2S east 160 acres. $72 D.
 Gregorio, Moline Inf and ne ar of SC ar and SC qr of qr 16 twp Srge F 150 acres, ,S33 30 Garcia, Manuel, ranch and imp miles south of St Johns on Little Colorado SZ6 40. Gonzales, DiOniciO lot blk S7 St Johns, $6 D. Tuning, Louis ranch known as CarriZO sec 16 twp 13 Il of rge 31 e, and ranch known as Car ritizo, sec 20 twp E of rge 3l e, 32O acres and imp, $2I 90.
 Hall John, imp at Pineda!e, 8 75
 Hutb l., L, lots 3 llk II, l,t2 tlk 4', lots blk 86 and imp, $13I 5.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
1890.

Archunde, PriSciliano house and imp in Con chO, east by Domingo Martinez, north by Julian Archunde, lots B s S 39 10 fl F 45 4j 47 blk l, COnchO. $S 10.
 Archunde. Julian house in Concho, lots and 24, blk 1, $ 60.
 Adams, John house in BagnalI hollow and per pro 3l1 25.
 Bordeaux, Macedonia house and imp south of simon Castillo, Spriagervil.e $15 95.
 Baca, Justiana saloon building opp. Snow s shop in Sprinceiville, $2O g.
 Bagnall Geo, house in W,nSlOW east by black smith snop, south by Breeds corral $50 TO- Colomo, Rosali0 St Johns, improvements lot ] blk 4J, residence lot ? blk 5O and ne prof INV ar and nv ar of ne ar sec twp F rge 2S e, SOacreS ranch and imp miles east of St. Johns, $213 20. C&ndelaria. Bidal house and imp ill field, by AdeleitO ROmero's, COnchO, SIP 40 Cronemeycr& Schembers, store house and imp 3 miles SC of Allen iCwn, $T 55.
 Garcia, J Maria house and imp 9 miles from St johns, $l9 4l.
 Guiteres Patrcinio house and imp'ts Concho, Gonzales, Jose house and imp'ts in Concho, $14 10.
 Griego, sibero ranch and imp opp Barela s ranch, $l0 6o.
 Grulr Anesto house and imp at SpringervilIe Gentry, Martin ranch and imp near Milford, Sl03 I5.
 fluff, E lot blk 26 and imp St Johns, SIS 15. Harney McCrouch, ranch and imp known as Supi, $49 co.
 Jaraion, Chino house and imp near Jose Ara
 
 A B LambsOn S Son, house and impts in St. Johns, S13 II.
 Larse & Karen. ranch and imp'ts on Long Tom, $lz2 Sl.
 Mineer, Andrew St Johns, lot blk 53 $7 55. Marvin J II house and imp at N % ruff S8 20. Martin, 4 NutrOsO, lot and imp, SIP t5. MasccranO. Justo house and imp at Springer vile, S7 75.
 Pad.lla, Juan house and imp at the mouth of the Fuerco, SIP "a.
 Padilla, Casimiro ranch and imp at Mineral, $50 05.
 Ray, Simeon imp on homestead $23 O8. Romero, Rafael house and imp on government land, miles east of StJOhns, $l0 50 Sanches. Jose Ge Jes -s4 acres of land at Sprin- gergille, S17 70.
 sais, Francisco house and imp'ts at Walnut Grove. $23 3O
 Scot Jos estate of, imp at Alpine $15 o. Solomon, w H house and imp in Taylor ten arr-s improved land, $i9 45.
 Salazar, Jose A house and imp at Erastus, lot 1. $15 go.
 Sanches Jose house and imp at springerville $17 75
 Salazar, Manuel house and imp at Springer vile $7 95.
 Williams. Dick imp near Milford, $11 90, Noble, Ben S) acres patented land ill Dry Val ley, NutriCSo. $l6 10.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
Why Car Wheels Wear Gut.

A car wheel wears out because the metal of which it is composed comes away in thin scales. A microscopic eX- animation shows that the continual jarring has a tendency to destroy the coherence of the particles, and thus gradually disintegrates the whole. Car wheels long in use become so brittle that a stout blow with a heavy ham mer will sometimes cause them to fly into fragments as though they were made Of glass.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
Italian POiSOQerS.

The beginning of the eighteenth cen- tury witnessed an epidemic of poison ing in France as well as Italy. The business was begun in France by two Italian prisoners named Exili and Glaser. The poisoners were discovered by the aid of the clergy. Exili and Chaser were sent to the bastile, where they both died. The latter lived long enough, however, to communicate the secrets of his business to the infamous St. Croix, who became the teacher of the equally infamous Mime. Brinvil- Hers. St. Croix was instrumental in the death of a large number of persons, and finally was himself found dead in his laboratory, where he had been overcome by the noxious vapors of the poisons he was distilling.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
British Punishrnents.

The only instrument used purely for punishment in her majesty's jail now adays is crank handle weighted heav- fly with lead and working heavily inside a box, an indicator at a slit recording the number of revolu- tions made-eight thousand to eleven thousand constituting a days work. Among the purely mechanical labor is included the working at the crank handles of the huge water pump, and by cranl1S, too. all tho neal used in the prison is ground. but in the case of the eorn-grinding the prisoner may rest as often as he likes provided he gets through his allotted task.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
4 WONDERFUL VOLUME.
A Bible Copied by Monk Centuries Ago
 and Now in Washington. -.-

The most beautiful volume among the half million in the congressional library in Washington is said to be a Bible which was transcribed by a monk in the sixteenth century. It could not be matched to-day in the best printing office in the world. The parchment is in perfect preservation. Every one of it's thousand pages is a study. The general lettering is in German text, each letter perfect, as is every one in cold black ink, without a scratch or blot from lid to lid. At the beginning of each chapter the first let ter is very large, usually two or three inches long, and is brightly illumin- ated in red and blue ink. Within each of these capitals is drawn the figure of some saint, some incident of which the chapter tells, is illustrated. There are two columns on a page, and no- where is traceable the slightest irregu- larity of line, space, or formation of the letters. Even under a magnifying glass they seem fiawless. This precious volume is kept under a glass case, which is sometimes lifted to show that all the pages are as perfect as the two which lie open. A legend relates that a young man who had sinned deeply became a monk and resolved to do penance for his misdeeds. He de- termined to copy the Bible, that he might learn every letter of the Divine commands which he had violated. Every day for many years he patiently pursued his task. Each letter was wrought in reverence and love, and the patient soul found it's only companion ship in the saintly faces which were portrayed on these pages. When the last touch was given to the last letter the old man reverently kissed the page and folded the sheets together. The illustrated initials in perfection of form and brilliancy of color surpass any thing produced in the present day.
 With all our boasted progress, nothing either in Europe or America equals it.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
DELINQUENT TAXES.
List of Property in Apache County, Arizona, Sold to the Territory of Arizona for Taxes Delinquent in the years 1889, 1890 and 1891, with amounts of taxes and costs.
1889.

Armiio. Gabriel, below Barelas at Tule on SC | and imp ovements and personal property S1l.50 ArmijO. Juan, house and imp miles Il lrth Oi | Rich X Go, and per pro $6 60 Armijo, Santos. lots blk in Holbrook $8.S5 Rargman L J, sw qr sec 14twp 16 ranges, 16C | acres, $17 20. Baca Juan, imp mile below Jose Sabreda and Der pro $7 95.
 Barcla, Santa Rosa, imp ct Tule, per pro $1O.30 Graves, Joe A, imp in Mexican town north by Andres Romero, C by Jose Aragon, per pro SS.35 1 Cordoya, Pedro, house i'll St Johns, house " of Pablo sadilla in eXican town, per pro So 20. | Chaycs, TeodOro, imp at rule, per pro S22 60. Call Israel, imp on ranch miles above Fay Tor, S15 8.
 Graves, Manuel, houses near Tule and per pro $5 To Castlla X Baca, east of Long X Shows shop,
 Chavrs, Gabriel, $ hfof sw CT and SC or of sw ar sec IA twp Il rge 2l, 120 acres, SIS 80. GulterieS, NaSc>rO, ranch south of Colorado river, mile below bridge and per pro $22 To- Garcia & Pereah, ranch below Concho on Con- cho reek and per pro $257 9.
 Gardner, M B. imp at Snowflake, pt T pro s6 70. Garcia NJ, imp near Adey'S place W Inf of SC ar and Inf of sw ar sec 9 twp rge 80, 50 acres and prr pro S3S 10,
 Gibbs, MLl;on, imp south of springeryille and
 Greigo, Molino, Inf and ne ar of SC ar and SC qr of sw q sec twp rge 9, 1L0 acres, SIP 5.
 hogue, John T, 5 acres land, nc qr of sw ar sec 33 Iwp9 rge 29. S11 40,
 Hendricks, s, house known as drug store ill WIusloW and per pro $20 45. JacoOy, C, house ana Imp m NlnsloW ana per pro $7 9.
 Jaramillo, Jose, ranch on Rio Puerco and per pro SS 50.
 Jaramilio, c, S Inf of nv ar and sw or of ne ar and e q sec IA twp Il rge ZS 160 acres $2O 45.
 Kay W Fl, imp in Taylor and per pro 8 9.
 Lindenberger, C lot IA blk 1, HOlbruok. $19 49.
 Lee John, house west of roundhOuse in Wins low and per pro $9 60
 Lambson, A o, house at Meadows and per pro $S 50.
 Martinez. Abaristo, imp COncho, per pro $7 15
 Melodies, Jose NJ, imp St JOnns, per pro $6 55
 Newton, L E, ranch SC of WOOdratf aud per pro SIP S5.
 Romero Bias, house and imp in Concho and hh goods $7 S5.
 Sanches, Geo, house and imp in Springerville and per pro $ 65,
 silba, Philomeno house and imp in Springer vile and per pro $7 65.
 late, Nose K, ranch known as cid x ranch and per pro $S S).
 Taffola, RomulO, s Inf of sw qr sec 20 twp 10 rge 25 Il Inf of nv ar sec % twp 1O rge 25, loo acres, $1225.
 Tally, T, house and imp ill Snowflake, l5 acres land and per pro $l9 20.
 Tally, Y B, house and imp in Snowflake, 9 acres lad and per pro S25 15,
 Wot dS, P C, imp on Bagnai ranch, house and lot in Snowflake and per pro $l4 10.
 Welch, John, If o. De qr sec 24 twp rge g so acres Sl2 9.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
Dry Rain.

A peculiarity common to rain in the Bermudas, the Windward islands, the Hawaiian group, and the Alaskan wa ters is that it isn't very wet. In none of these regions do the natives fear the rain, and even foreigners soon come to know that they take no harm from being caught out in a storm.
 1t was noted by men on the ships lately patrolling Behring sea that a portion of the deck slightly protected dried out white, even in the midst of a shower, and that wet clothing hung under slight shelter on deck dried in an atmosphere apparently saturated b. Elz,i rain.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
WITHOUT HIS BALANCE WHEEL
Miseries of the Would Be Gay Dog Whose
 Uife's in the Country.

Miseries of the Would Be Gay Dog Whose
 Uife's in the Country.
 When man packs his family off to the country he rcvels in his secret, wicked soul over the thought that he is going to have high old time, when he will make sure that there arc still cakes and ale and that ginger are still hot f the mouth. This delightful de- fusion lasts about three days, accord ing to the San Francisco Argonaut, or at most week. He eats one or two crack dinners, prepared by an accom- plished chef; the result is a parched throat, headache and other premon- itory symptoms of indigestion. He mingles in the gay and festive throng of which he was an ornament in his callow days; he is aStOnished to find how empty-headed the young men are and how stupid and vulgar the women. Is it possible that he ever enjoyed that sort of society? It gradually breaks upon him that he has outgrown the joys of the coulisses and that he can no more relish the rather liberal jokes of Aspasia than he can eat candies. He drifts into his club, where he finds lot of old fogies who say dull things in dull way upon dull topics. He flies headlong from a fend who wants to discuss the tariff with him and takes refuge in his empty home, where he finds that the single servant who had been left in charge has drunk up all the sherry and forgotten to make hi hnl
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
THE WIDEST RIVER.
The Rio dc Ia Plata, Whose Banks Are
 125 Miles Apart.

Were it not for decided difference in the color of the water you would never know when the Atlantic is left and the Rio de la Plata entered, says a writer to the Philadelphia Record The high-rolling, white-capped pillows are the same and no land is visible, for the great river which James Diaz de Soils discovered is one hundred and twenty-five miles wide at it's mouth, though with an average depth of only fifty feet. Sebastian Cabot, who ar rived in the year 1520, soon after the natives had murdered poor Don Soils, dubbed it River of Silver, not on ac- count of it's color, which might have won for it the more appropriate name of Golden river or River of Chocolate, but because he had wrested quantities of silver from the Indians who swarned it's banks, and naturally imagined that an abundance of precious metal re- mained in the vicinity. In point of fact the terms Argentina and Rio de h Plata (bOth meaning the same thing with reference to silver) are misno- mers, for no metals of any sort, pre- cious or otherwise, are found along the banks of the mighty stream or any where near it, and the scanty argentif- erous deposits in the hills of the inte- rior have never been worked. The In- dians aforesaid probably obtained the silver which so excited Spanish cupid ity from Peru and Bolivia, by some primitive system of internal commerce known only to themselves. To this day metals do not figure in the exports of the adjacent countries-Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina, but such prosaic articles as hides and tallow, horns, woods, preserved and refrig- erated meat, etc-for their wealth lies solely in grazing facilities and fertile soil
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
Preserving Pictures.

A new method of preserving pictures is being experimented with in London. It consists of placing the surface of the picture, be it canvas or paper, in a vacuum, thus protecting it from at mospheric action. The picture is in- closed in metal frame or case cover ing the back and sides and projecting from the sides like an ordinary frame. A plate of glass is inserted in the edges of the case, just as in an ordinary frame, and dramatically sealed to the metal. The air is then withdrawn from between the surface of the pie ture and the glass, and the painting is in a vacuum. It is believed this plan will effectually protect pictures from the action of dampness, air, gases and other causes that operate to destroy paintings exposed or framed in the or dinary way.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
E, THE WORD "RooRBAcK."
Curious History of Its Introduction Into
 Our Political Vocabulary.

Our Political Vocabulary.
 " The word ''roorback," which bobs up toward the end of most political campaigns in connection with the nail ing of opposition lies, has a curious origin. Nathan Guilford, once a well known citizen of Cincinnati, was an active whig politician and editor of an energetic whig paper. On April of a certain year he published a circum- stantial account of experiments by German chemist named Roorback. Roorback had been examining the chemical constituents of eggs of differ ent birds, supposing it might be possi- ble at last to compound hatchable egg. According to the story, after putting many of his manufactured cggs to the animal heat of different patient mothers he at last happily sue ceeded in matching one egg, and pro- duced living bird. Tine story then goes on to describe very infinitely the strange creature, anatomically, physi- ologically, and every other way, imi- tating the scientific style used in simi- lar cases. The story read very well, and was copied into many other pa pcrs, and after going the rounds of the press in all parts of the United States it was at last (after three or four months) discovered to have been first published on the 1st of April. The Enquirer of that city immediately fixed upon Father Guilford the name of Roorback, which was thereafter held to mean political liar, although the story had nothing to do with poli- tics. Being well stuck to, the name became at last pretty well fixed, and Mir. Guilford was for many years well known in the political field as Old Roorbacl.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
Auroras to Order.

Artificial miniature auroraS of the borealis variety have been produced by both De Ia Rive. the French savant, and Lenstrom, the Swedish astron- omer. In Prof. Lenstrom's eSperi- ments, which were made in Finland, the peak of high mountain was sur rounded with coil of wire, pointed at intervals with tin nibs. The wire was then charged with electricity, where upon brilliant aurora appeared above the mountain, ia which spectroseopic analysis revealed the greenish yellow rays so characteristic in natures dis play of northern lights"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
The Government Seal.

When on July 4, 1776, the continen. tai congress declared the English American colonies to be free and inde- pendent states, they appointed com mittee to report a device for seal the emblem of sovereignty. That com mittee and others from time to time presented unsatisfactory devices. Fiji nally, in the spring of 1762, Charles Thompson, the secretary of congress, gave to that body device largely sug- gested to John Adams, then United States minister to the court of Great Britain, by Sir John Prestwich, an eminent English antiquary This sug- gestion was made the basis of de- sign adopted by congress, June 20, 1892, and which is still the device of the great seal of the republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-09
FISH ALIVE IN BOILING WATER.
A Nevada Species Which Died on Being
 Put Into Cold Fluid.

A Nevada Species Which Died on Being
 Put Into Cold Fluid.
 One of the most remarkable discov- cries in the shape of a peculiar species of fish ever made on this continent was that made at Carson City, New. in 1876. At that time both the Hale 6 Norcross and the Savage mines were down to what is known as the ''2,203-foot level" When at that depth subter- ranean lake of boiling water was tapped. The accident flooded both mines to the depth of 400 feet. After the water had all been pumped cut ex- cept that which had gathered iii basins and in the inaccessible portions of the works, and when the water still had temperature of 128 degrees-nearly scalding hOt-many queer-looking lit tie blood-red fish were taken out. In appearance they resembled goldfish. They seemed lively and sportive enough when they were in their native element - boiling water - notwith- standing the fact that they did not even have rudimentary eyes. When the fish were taken out of the hot water and put into buckets of cold water for the purpose of being trans ported to the surface, they died as quickly as perch or bass would if plunged into kettle of water that was scalding hot; not only this, but the skin peeled off exactly as if they had been boiled. Eyeless fish are com mon enough in all subterranean lakes and rivers, but this is the only case on record of living fish being found in