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The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

Two ranchmen were held up the other night by lone footpad just beyond the legal city limits. They gave up two gold watches but each ed pocketbook in the dust beneath their feet.-Phenix Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

A GIGANTIC conspiracy involving several government officials to smuggle in Chinese and opium has been unearthed in the Puget Sound district.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

TIE will of Edwin Booth divi- ded an estate worth $605,000 be- tween friends and relatives, with a liberal bequest to charitable insti- tutions.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

THE reform methods instituted by Pension Commissioner Lochren are meeting approval from republi- cans and democrats alike.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

TIE withdrawing distillers at Peoria will aid Attorney General Moloney of Illinois in his fight against the Whisky Trust.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

FRANCIS SPiEs,a well-known mer- chant of New York and Vice Con sul of the Republic of Honduras, committed suicide.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

THE prevailing sentiment among members of Congress is that the sooner an extra session is called the hotter
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

IT is said that Minister Blount wants to retire as Minister to Hon. olulu. The place was tendered to ex-Governor Crittenden, Consul to Mexico, but declined.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29
J- F. WALLACE, EDITOR AND MANAGER.

A FIFTEEN million dollar ocean steamship combination has been formed at Jersey City.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

SENATOR STANFORD, of Califor- nia, died at his residence in Menlo Park, on the night of the 21st inst, of gout.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

THE report is that Cleveland has continued to grow in flesh until he finds it difficult to move about.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

Farmers in Arkansas are greatly discouraged by the damage done their crops by the cold and rainy weather.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

DEATHS from cholera at Mecca exceed two hundred a day. The plague is spreading in France.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

TIE Mississippi river at New Or leans is within one foot of the high est point ever recorded.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29
ST. JOHNS HERALD

Published every Thursday BY THE APACHE COUNTY PUBLISHING CO., Incorporated April 27th, 1887.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-06-29

better.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
Feminine Perfection.

The people of Montana seem to have
precipitated an unexpected discussion as
to feminine perfection. DR.. Sargent. of
the Harvard gymnasium, has measured
nearly 10000 women who were perfect
as to health, strength and general devel-
opment, but his results were not such
that he is willing to affirm that there is
such thing as a perfect feminine fig
ure." He took as his standard the aver
ags Of each of the measurements made
for the whole 10000, and then compared
the lines Of each with that. Each was
found to vary in some ways, some more
than others, but all in a marked degree.
1t was Pennsylvania young woman
who carried away the prize which was
offered for coming the nearest to phys
ical perfection. Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
An English Socialist.

Morris is brusque and kind. most gen
erous and large hearted. he is full Of
the most restless energy, and choleric,
one would say, from his fine face. Like
many of the socialist leaders. Hynd-
man and Champion and Cunningham
Grahame among them, he comes of gen.
tie folk, was a public schoolboy and an
Oxford university man. 1t was his rest
less energy, | suppose, that drove him
out Of golden poetical dreams into full.
busy and benefcent life.
should not be bit surprised to hear
of him some such story as | have heard
of another social reformer, whose father
was one of England's greatest soldiers
and Ireland's noblest sons. This gentle
man, like William Morris, has estab-
ished cooperative industry near Lon
don, which is practical socialism. He
is big, sinewy, bronzed person. lmag-
inc the surprise of friend of mine stay
ing in the house at seeing him the first
evening draw out workbasket and
proceed with the making Of a night
shirt, in which he took prodigious
stitches, while sucking away placidly at
big pipe!
oh" said his wife, when my friend
laughed, Henry is so energetic that his
hands must be employed even when one
would think he might rest, SO he makes
all the night shirts of the neighborhood. +"
Katharine lyman in Indianapolis News,
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
Keeping Churches Open.

"When I get RICH" said business
man, II am going to give away lot of
churches, but I shall not give anybody
a church unless they will agree to keep
it open on week days as well as Sundays.
There has been in recent years an increase
in the number of Protestant churches
kept open through the week, but | would
like to see more Of them. l Imagine that
one reason why churches are not more
generally kept open is the expense at
tending it, and doubtless many persons
think that people are all or nearly all
too busy to spend time in churches on
week days.
sit seems to me that the expense
should not stand in the way, and I am
inclined to think that the number of
those who would avail themselves Of such
opportunity for rest and meditation is
greater than is generally supposed. [
know that l have never entered church
in New York on a week day without
finding somebody there. I should like
not only to have more of the churches
kept open on week days, but to have
them open for longer period each day,
and would like to keep some of them
open all night. It is easy to see that
there might be many objections to this;
still I would like to see churches whose
doors would be always open to every
wayfarer. New York Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
o Turn MY Pi!

Our curate. who lived five miles away,
rode over for our dreary service on the
Sunday, dined, and we saw him no more
during the week. He was much occu-
pied in the pursuit Of the fox, which, it
is charitable to suppose, he mistook for a
wolf, and, like good shepherd, was
anxious to destroy.
The service was literally duet be-
tween the parson and the clerk, except
when old John Manners, the bricklayer,
gave the keynote for the hymn from his
bassoon, a sound which might have been
uttered by an elephant in distress, and
we sang:
o turn my pi-O turn my pi-o turn my pious
soul to Thee.
Or when the curate suddenly emerged
from his surplice, which he placed on
the side of his reading pew, and appear
ing in his academic gown went up the
three decker to preach. The altar was
represented by small rickety deal
table, with scanty covering of faded
and patched green baize, on which were
placed the overcoat, hat and riding whip
of the officiating minister, etc.--"Me-
moirs Of Dean Hale"
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
Rare Relics Unearthed.

Four of the most remarkable relics
discovered have just been found in the
western Egyptian oasis Of Theba and
sent to the Louvre in Paris for exhibit
ton. They are plaster casts busts.
These busts originated during the brief
era Of prosperity at the close of the Sec
ond and the beginning of the Third CEN
fury of our time. They are not, as it
would seem, detached pieces Of statues,
but are complete in themselves. They
are masks used for a special class of
mummies, and like most of the Egyp-
tan curiosities come from the grave. The
departed members of wealthy families
were provided not only with sepulchers,
but with sort Of armor composed Of
several pieces, which completely incased
the dead body. The feet were thrust
into pocket shaped affair like car
rage foot warmer, and separate pieces
were made for chest and neck, as we'll
as the hair, with mask for the face,
which often resembled the features of
the dead.--St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

A noble type of the man who knows
how to do good with his money was
John Plankinton, Of Milwaukee. Mr..
Plankinton's charitable deeds began in
early life, from the very generosity of his
nature, and were continued uninterrupt-
eddy. What he has done is best attested
by the fellow citizens of the great pork
packer who had shared his public munifi-
cence and were thoroughly cognizant Of
his many private charities. In illustra-
ton of the esteem and love in which he
was held it is related that when Presi-
dent Cleveland visited Milwaukee in
1887, the applause which greeted him as
his carriage drove along the streets was
as nothing to the ovation given John
Planknton, who rode in the procession.
When, year or two later, MI. Plank
inton's body was borne to the cemetery,
all the houses along the line Of the fu-
neral march were draped in mourning
and expressions of personal sorrow were
heard on every hand. 1t was tribute
to a rich man who spent his money wise
~ and who knew what was beautiful in
life that is worth Iving.-New York
World
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
Where Al1spice Grows.

The Island Of Jamaica produces about
all the allspice that is used. 1t is known
also as pimento, or Jamaica pepper. The
tree on which the berries grow is ever
green, and the flowers grow in dense
clusters. These develop into small green
aromatic berries, the size of black pep
per. If allowed to ripen they become
pulpy and lose some of their pungency
For commercial purposes the berries are
gathered when green, carefully dried in
the sun, and afterward packed in bags
holding 100 to 1870 pounds and shipped.
Pimento trees grow in many parts Of
tropical America, but nowhere do they
thrive as in Jamaica. The trees are
never planted by man and. receive no
cultivation worthy of the name. The
seeds are dropped by the birds, and the
rains and the tropical sun do the rest
Surplus trees are cut down and become
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
This spice is more mild and innocent
than most other spices. Bakers Helper.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
MANY LUNATics AT LARGE.
Experts Are Able to Detect Diseased Minds
by the Sense of Smell.

Experts Are Able to Detect Diseased Minds
by the Sense of Smell.
"Every tenth mind is more or less alb
normal, and you can readily see that in
the crowded thoroughfares of city like
this there must be hundreds Of people Of
unsound mind wandering about" said a
famous alienist yesterday. occasional
ly they are thrown into mental paroxyms
by being jostled or spoken to or inter
fered with, and then you read sensation
al articles in the daily journals headed
"A Dangerous Lunatic at Large, but the
fact is as I have stated it-there are hun
dreds of lunatics at large in our streets.
When am not reading often amuse
myself hunting for them in the street
cars, on the elevated trains or on the
ferryboats. Any expert in mental dis
eases can recognize one at a glance.
"Any sculptor will tell you that by
glancing at draped figure he can feel
the form beneath it, and so do we alien
lists when we gaze at human face. Al
most unconsciously we feel the degree
of mentality. True, there are certain
outward symptoms of deranged intellect,
such as the unsteady eye, the peculiar
smirk known as the 'loony leer, and GER
tain motions and movements of the lips
and hands and fingers; but the expert
enced alienist doesn't depend upon them.
AS have told you, he feels the presence
of subacute mania in the same way as a
sculptor does concealed figure; but
more than this. he is often able to note
the presence of lunatic by the sense Of
smell.
"It's physiological truth that lunatics
exhale an odor that is almost as distinct
i've as the smell Of musk, ambergris or
sandalwood.
''There is nothing surprising about
this, for many fevers and contagious dis
eases have their distinctive doors, as any
physician will tell you. The mind, or If
you will, the nervous system, is largely
concerned in the task of keeping the
secretory organs in free and healthy
action. Some people are so dull and
Emphatic in their temperaments that
they never perspire. Lunacy is purely
nervous condition, and hence it is al
most always marked by a peculiar and
indescribable odor proceeding from the
imperfect action of the nerves on capil-
laries. "-Pittsburg Press.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
The Bee and His Useful Sting.

It Will be surprise to many to learn
that, after all, the most important func-
ton of the bees sting is not singing.
have long been convinced that the bees
put the finishing touches on their artistic
cellwork by the dexterous use Of Their
stings, and during this final finishing
stage Of the process of honey making
the bees inject minute portion of for
mic acid into the honey.
This is in reality the poison of Their
sting. This formic acid gives to honey
it's peculiar flavor, and also imparts to it
it's keeping qualities. The sting is really
an exquisitely contrived little trowel,
with which the bee finishes off and caps
the cells when they are filed brinful
with honey. While doing this the for
mic acid passes from the point of the
sting and the beautiful work is finished.
Horticultural Times.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

The German naturalist, Martin, relate.
case he recently met of a horse which
owed its life to coffee. It was in such {
bad way that it was considered incura
BILE, and the owner sold the animal fol
fifteen dollars.
The animal was then almost skeleton
and so weak that it could hardly walk
The man who bought the horse imne
diately began to treat it with coffee, Civ
ing infusions of roasted coffee beans, an6
also coffee beans ground and mixed witt
honey. Ep short time the horse begar
to improve, and after few months its
new owner was offered $3.50 for it.
He told Herr Martin he had brought
round by the same same treatment many
horses which had been overworked OF
had lost their strength and appetite
Boston Globe.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

A few days ago James R. Holt went
for quail hunt along the banks of the
Sacramento river. Under cover of
brush he discovered nice flock of birds,
but when he raised his gun to have a
shot they disappeared. He felt satisfied
that there were quite number under a
particular bush and he blazed away.
The noisy futtering which followed told
him the result and he ran for his prize,
and just as he was reaching out his hand
to catch wounded quail he was sud
denly shocked to discover an enormous
rattlesnake in the line Of the bird.
He approached the Eirds again with
his gun cooked and ready for sudden
shot, and learned that the snake was
dead. When he fired at the birds he
killed the snake and six quail, although
none of the birds or the serpent were in
view. The snake had eight rattles and
a button and was 81 feet in length
Red Bluff tCsl) News.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
Snort with Beginners.

They do like to have sport with begin
ners on the stage. An actor says that
one evening vshen he was playing in Chi
cago young fellow went to his dressing
room an intelligent and ambitious
young fellow, too, but awfully fresh
and said, sMr. Burbeck presents his COM
pliments and asks if you will kindly send
him your box Of wrinkles" The actor
kept grave face and pretended to search
among the materials on his makeup table
before he replied: Tell MI. Burbeck I'm
sorry. but I'm all out Of wrinkles. I'll
have some more tomorrow" The mes
senger went away, but was back in few
minutes, just as innocent as ever, and
said, ''Mr. Burbeck says it's all right, but
he would like TO borrow the key of the
curtain New York Recorder.
Tiko cures Rheu1iatism. hundreds of suffer
ere ers acurd every week.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
The Rose in Verse.

Doubtless the immoderate use Of roses
by the ancients led in after days to their
being relegated to their proper sphere in
the garden, for although we have had
the War Of the Roses" in our modern
times the flowers were only plucked az a
syEabol. First and last the rose has been
the theme of countless poems. There is
no poet worthy of the name who has not
eonsecrated ii in verse. -- PhiladeIphia
Times.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

The safest place in a thunderstorm is
said to be under 8 small tree or building
or the open space, the signal Of danger
being the loud, reverberating thunder
claps, which indicate that the lightning
is not far off, and that the next bolt is
liable to strike somewhere in the neigh
borhood.- Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

Too Greedy.
Josiah-Tve heed of them city folks ben
greedy. but this beats me.
Mandy-What is it, Josiah?
.Josi.it--A little plain-dreSsed Teller walked In
and rung a bell and told 'em to give him New
York city, and / reckon they did, fur he said
''All right!"-Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
PORTLAND NATIONAL BANK

VIHE annual meeting of the stockholders OF
i the Portland National Bank of Portland,
will be held at its banking rooms on TUES
O'Clock a. M, for the purpose of electing direc-
tors for the ensuing year, and the transaction of
any other business that may legally come be-
fore them.
CHARLES G. ALLEN. Cashier.
Portland, December 8. 1892. decSdtd
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
Casco National Bank.

Il the Casco National Bank of Portland, will
be held at the office of said bank on Tuesday,
the zenith day of January. 1898, at 10 o'clock a.
m, for the purpose Of electing seven directors
other business which may legally come before
that meeting. MARSHALL r. COOLING.
ian3-td Cashier.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
Portland & Ogdensburg Railway.

The annual meeting of the stockholders OF tire
Portland & OgdenSburg Railway will be held at
the Maine Central railroad office, 23s st. john
street Portland, on Tuesday. the l7th day Of
to choose Directors for the ensuing year, and f.
transact any other business that may legally
come before the meeting.
isa3l3w JOHN W. DANA, C1sr *. 4
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
The National Traders Bank.
CANAL NATIONAL BANK.

TH,HE Annual Meeting of the stockholders of
Il the Canal National Bank of Portland, for
the election of seven Directors, and for the
transaction of any other business that may le-
gally come before them. will be held at their
banking house on TUESDAY, the tenth day of
January, 1898, at IL O'Clock a. M.
GEO. G. PETERS. Cashier.
Dec. 10, 1892. dec10eodtd
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
The First National Bank Of Portland.

TIME annual meeting of the Stockholders of
IL the First National Bank OF Portland will
be held at their banking rooms on Tuesday,
the 10th day of January, 1898, at 10 O'Clock
year and the transaction of any other business
that may legally come before them.
j. E. WENGREN, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 10th, 1892. dec13dtG
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07
CUMBERLAND NATIONAL BANK.

FT7HE Annual Meeting of the stockholders of
il the Cumberland National Bank of Port
land will be held at their banking rooms on
TUESDAY. the tenth day of January, 1913, at
10 o'clock a. M, for the choice Of directors for
the ensuing year and the transaction OF any 9th
er business that may legally come before them.
w. H. S0ULE, Cashier.
Portland Dec. 10, 1892. dee10dtd
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
~ subscriber has been duly appointed and
taken upon himself the trust of Administrator
of the estate OF
NATHAN L1TTLEJoHN. late of Portland
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and
gwen bonds as. the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased, are required to exhibit the same, and
all persons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
TRISTRAM G. HTTOHTNS, .a,,,.
of Cape Elizabeth, Me-. Auhi T.
Portland Dec. Fl, 1882. dec27d1sw3wTu.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

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worId-Take the Press.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

Tiko cures RheuQlatism. hundreds of suffer
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-02
The Snn1ls OF Office

The Democratic members OF the House
from Iowa have agreed upon number Of
recommendations to Mr.. CLEVELAND for
appointments from that state, which in.
clude commissioner of patents, solicitor
of the treasury and few other positions
of that grade. Other state congressional
delegations are making up states, and the
chances are that by the time Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND is comfortably seated in the execu-
tive chair the public offices will have been
duly apportioned, and all he will have to
do will be to exercise choice in some few
cases where they may be conflicting
claims. 1t will turn out, of course, as it
invariably does, that all these states will
be smashed, and that Mr.. CLEVELAND
will develop, as he did when president
before, curious capacity for finding
things out by himself.
One of the great objects which Presi-
dent CLEVELAND will have in view as the
chief magistrate of the United States will
be to please his party, which can be best
effected by pleasing the country at large.
The Democratic party is particularly in
terested in having the public stations
filed with honest and capable men, who
by their aptitude and conduct viii reflect
honor upon all concerned. The great OBJ
ject next to pleasing the party which the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-02
Blaine at Minneapolis.

At the time OF the Minneapolis conven-
ton no little surprise was felt ty the gen.
eral public that as BLAINE had resigned
from HARRIsoN's cabinet with the knowl-
edge that his (BLAINE's) name would be
presented for the presidential nominal
ton. Mr.. CHAUNcEY M. DEPEw did not
join with his colleague PLATT, in sup
port of the "plumed knight Mr..
DEPEw has just given for publication a
statement why he did not urge the nom
ination OF his old-time friend, whom he
had stood by so long and faithfully. 1t
seems that when BLAINE last year wrote
the letter notifying his party that his
name would not be suggested for the
nomination, he sent Gen. Hustled to Mr..
B. to find out whether the letter meant
ne would not take the nomination if ten
dered him. BLAINE then declared he
would accept under no circumstances. A
few days before Mr.. DEPEw went to the
convention, he saw BLAINE and had a
conference with him. when the latter
gentleman repeatedly said he saw no
prospect of success in the canvass. Mr..
DEPEw continued:
During the conversation he asked me
whom was for and told him / was for
General HARRISON. He said that Mr..
HARRIsoN's administration had deserved
the support of the country, but that no
President would ever be elected to sue
coed himself. He might after an interval
be reelected. The chief reason Mr..
BLAINE gave was that the patronage was
so large and the increasing population of
the country had made the number of ap-
plicants SO disproportionate to the Offices
to be distributed that there would be
enough disappointed Office seekers to de
feat the reelection of any President who
might be renominated.
AS was leaving asked Mr.. BLAINE if
in the contingencies which always hap
pen in a convention his nomination
seemed the only way out, would he ac-
cept if nominated. He laughingly said:
81 can't be elected, - but gave no other
answer.
1t has been generally supposed that the
tacit consent Mr.. BLAINE gave to the
presentation of his name at Minneapolis
was for the purpose OF breaking HARRI-
son down, but not with the view Of ac-
cepting the candidacy himself This view
is not controverted by the subjoined adj
ditional remark OF Mr.. DEPEw:
a member of the present House OF Rep
resentatives, one of the most intimate
friends OF Mr.. BLAINE, told me recently,
when discussing with me the Minneapo-
lis convention and the putting forward of
Mr.. BLAINE by some of his advocates,
while SO many of his friends were appar-
emily opposing him, that he had in his
pocket a letter from MIR. BLAINE to be
read in case he was nominated, positively
declining the nomination.