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The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
STAIRS IN SAMOA.
How Little Islander Carried VI atsr to .
 SecOnd-Story Room.

In Samoa, where he makes his home, Robert Louis Stevenson has done much in the way of instructing the natives in European methods of work. He tells an amusing story in this connec- tion. A new house boy had been en- gagged, and on his arrival was lost in awe and admiration of the magnifi- cence of the mansion.
 He was given large bucket of wa- ter and told to take it to the bedroom up above. He looked up and, point ing, asked if it was theres On being answered in the affirmative, he seized the bucket in his teeth, and before anyone could remonstrate he had rushed up one of the posts of the veranda. The whole family ran up the staircase, and when they showed him that that was the usual method of get ting to these rooms, he was overpow- cred with delight, and for two or three days could do absolutely nothing but race up and downstairs, chuckling and growing in an ecstasy of joy. And when attachments of his friends came to visit him they were always taken to see the stairs the first thing.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
THE sQUAw AND HER CHILD.
An Instance of the Stoicism of the Indian
 Race.


 Race.
 ''I was very much affected by an in- cident that occurred during our visit at the Rosebud agency in South Da- kota," said Representative w s. Hol- man the other day, recalling tour of investigation which, as chairman of house committee, he once made among the Indians. ''One day an old squaw came trudging into the agency with basket on her arm. The Indian agent informed me that she had walked distance of ninety miles to see her thirteen-year-old daughter, who was pupil in the Indian school, and that she made that pilgrimage regularly once a month and never remained over an hour. Unobserved I watched the meeting between mother and daugh ter. There was none of the ordinary exhibitions of parental or childish af- lection. When the child came out to meet the mother, the latter carefully scrutinized her and then led her away about fifty yards, where the two sat down in the tall grass.
 Hardly word was spoken. The mother emptied the contents of her basket, which were a lot of provisions and trinkets, into the child's lap, and the latter accepted them without any marked evidences of gratitude, as far as I could observe. After they had spent half-hour together in this way the aged mother slowly rose. replaced her basket on her arm and walked slowly away until she disappeared from view far out on the plains. When she left the daughter no good bys were spoken, nor were there any evidences of regret at the parting on the face of either parent or child"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
APresumntnous secretarx.

Emperor William I. of Germany at the close of the French war dictated to his private secretary an address which he intended to deliver to the German army. The final sentence ran thus: ''But do not forget that we must all be grateful toward Providence; for Provi- dence has 1ciIled that we should be the instrument destined to accomplish what are such great events in the history of the world" The secretary, having his own ideas, as even the secretaries of emperors and kings cannot help hay. ing, wrote: Providence has pernattted" ," ''Stop!" said the aged emperor. Do you imagine that I could have SUD- ported the burden of this war if had not entertained the firm conviction that Providence Gctl6d it? Write the word as dictated it."
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
BOUGHT HIS LOVED ONE APPLES
And Paid Dearly for Them as an Evidence
 of the Sincerity of Ills Love.

I2uO EBhO DcarIy IOT 1nCm AS 6u EVAu6nc6
 of the Sincerity of Ills Love.
 When I first engaged in the fruit business in Montana, some thirty years ago, said Robert Wells, of Butte, Mont, to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat man, prices were notch higher than they are to-day. When opened up I rented little stall in front of store, for which paid fifty dollars month rent. Nearly all of my stock had to be brought several hundred miles by stage, and as that was pretty expensive, had to charge pretty stiff prices in order to come out ahead. One of my best GUS toners was a young man who was counting a girl in the neighborhood. Three times every week he would come to my stand and buy five apples, the price of which was dollar apiece, and carry them to his sweetheart. always picked out the best ones for him, wrapped them up carefully in tissue paper, and placed them in a neat little box. After awhile he got married, and then he bought no more apples. Other fruit was just as high in proportion. I sold many a pineapple for seven dol lars. Oranges were two dollars apiece and grapes three dollars pound.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
HORSES FOR UNCLE SAM.
Animals for Cavalry Service Obtained
 Very Cheaply.

Animals for Cavalry Service Obtained
 Very Cheaply.
 The government has been picking up horses for the cavalry and artillery service vSry cheap in Washington and Oregon this summer. The average price paid was seventy-fve dollars for each animal, which is uneommonly low when the style of animal required for the army is considered. 4 government purchasing agent says: We inspected recently at The Dalles, Pendleton. Walla Walla, Ellensburgh and North Yakima, and at each place found about one hundred awaiting examination. I selected such as met the requirements, which are that they must be bays and grays. fifteen hands high and upward, and from four to eight years old. These were passed upon by the gov ernment officials, and, if found satis- factory, were accepted. They were purchased at very low price, as the sellers had but little money, and were anxious to dispose of their stock. The animals bought are of fine class, and especially suited for cavalry purposes. The lowness of the cost of horses this wear may be attributed to the small demand, which is insignificant when compared with the supply. Never be- fore during the fifteen years or so that I have been inspecting horses for the government have 1 seen times so dull in the stock regions, or the stock deal- CTS so anxious to sell their animals at small price. The small demand is, of course, due to the supplanting of horse cars by electric and cable railways. the shutting down of logging camps and lumber industries on Puget sound, and the general dullness of trade. In Port land cars which would require thirty five hundred horses are operated by cable and electricity. Then the freight cars operated on these steel railways have shut out trucks and delivery wagons on which a large number of horses were used."
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
OUR LEGS TO VANISH.
In the Course of Another One Thousand
 Years Men May Cease Walking.

In the Course of Another One Thousand
 Years Men May Cease Walking.
 Dr. Emil Young, professor of physi- ology at the University of Geneva, is in great distress concerning the future of our legs. He suggests, in an essay in the Semaine Litteraire, says the Westminster Gazette, that in the course of one thousand years the human race may have lost the necessity of the use of legs, and retain those members of the body solely as ornamental survivals Men refuse more and more to walk though walking is the wholesomest of physical exercises. Steam, electricity, the rope railways. tricycles, and bicycles have changed the whole aspect of Swiss touring, as he says, in his own generation. Everybody seems anxious to get everywhere any way except by the use of his legs" In another generation, he supposes, our travelling balloons will bang outside our windows, or our electrical coaches stand outside our doors. They will be produced so cheaply that every man will have his own chariot. Hence our legs will become superhuous, then they will be crippled, and shrunk to hideously small dimensions, until at last they will finally disappear. Our arms, on the contrary, will correspond ingly strengthen and lengthen. ''While our legs remain" says Dr. Young, ''let us march all we can"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
SONGS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.
What Peculiar Associations Produce
 These Powerful Auxiiiaries.

These ROW3rfuk AuK1ll1fte0s
 Association, which has so large a share in the operations of the human mind, often contributes much to the effect of music, says Laura A. Smith in Lippincott's. Some airs possessing no intrinsic merit owe their influence on the destinies of nations almost entirely to this principle. The making of a national song is one of the things to be attributed to happy accident; it can not be accomplished by taking thought or by any amount of burning of the midnight oil. Monarchs have no power to command it, and often the greatest poets and musicians are most in- capable of producing truly national hsmn. No, the great popular lyrics of the world have been the result of acci- dent and the vent-hole of fiery feeling long confined What but accident caused the song of My Maryland" to prove the chant to which thousands of the soldiers of the confederacy kept time during 1s61-65? And could any thing be more itly credited to chance than the extraordinary popularity O1 the ''Ma1brough's sen va-t-en guerre,
 which was due to the fact of provin- :ial nurse having lulled to rest the lit tie dauphin, the son of Louis XVI, with this air? Had he not written his one undying lyric, the "Marseillaise,' probably Rouget de Lisle had never been heard of. And who speak of Max Schneckenburger when they talk ot Die Yacht am Rhein?" Verify, the making of war song is deed of arms, not mere effort of the pen.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
SCIENCE IN coREA.
1t Explains Phenomena In a Way Peculiar
 Iy Its Own.

1t Explains Phenomena In a Way Peculiar
 Iy Its Own.
 Education in Corea is of the Chinese order-the committal of whole books to memory. On all other subjects than knowledge of Chinese, says the Boston Transcript, ignorance is the fashion when it is not reality. Philosophical speculation is stated to be common, but Corean notions of natural science are indeed very chaotic, if the following story may be accepted: "A well-known merchant of Chemulpo was asked by one of his native employees man of some education-whether or not he had ever seen sparrow which had died a natural death. The person questioned did not remember that he had. He was then asked how the for eign servants accounted for such phenomenon, for such it was, consid. ering the vast number of sparrows in the world and the huge families they raise every year. The answer to this query being unsatisfactory, the Corean gave his explanation, which was popular one. He said that dying sparrows betook themselves to the sea- shore, dived into the mud and became clans How else, he triumphantly added, could you account for the num- ber of clans along the coast"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
NAPOLEON FOND OF HOMER.

lie Thought the Poet Was the Eneyclo-
 peGia of His Time.
 The emperor. says Figaro, admired Homer in every way, and thus ex- pressed himself on the subject:
 ''The lliad. as much as Genesis and the Bible, is the sign and token of its time. Homer in his work is poet, ora- tor. legislator, geographer and theo- lOgian; he is the encyclopedias of his time. Homer is inimitable. Father Hardouin had the temerity to impugn this sacred monument of antiquity and to attribute it to a monk of the tenth century, an impertinent imbe- cility. Never have I been struck with his beauties as now QS16), and the sen- sations which he aroused in me confirm the justice of the appreciation accorded to him by the whole world. What strikes me especially in reading the pages of his work is the grossness of the customs as compared with the ele- vation of the thought of the epoch. We see heroes killing their own beef, pre- pairing it with their own hands, and yet pronouncing discourses of rare elo- quence and worthy of a high civiliza- tion. In the Odyssey I greatly disap- prove of the combat of Isus against Ulysses on the threshold of his own palace, both disguised as beggars. consider this episode wretched, coarse, unbecoming and unworty of king. And then, after having eliminated everything that find objectionable, I feel what still affects me, put myself in his place, am seized with the fear of being beaten by common fellow. It is not given to every prince, to every general, to have the shoulders of his guards or of his grenadiers, to convert himself into a street porter at will.
 1.-The good Homer remedies all this by making his heroes so many collosi; but this is not the case with us. What chance would we have if we still lived in the happy days in which physical strength was the real scepter? It would come to this, that Noverras, my valet, who waits upon us, would be king over us all. We must agree, then, that civ ilization does everything for the mind, and favors it exclusively at the expense of the bodV"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
TOO MANY BEARS.
A Hunter Who Found More Game Than
 He Wanted.

He Wanted.
 The author of ''Camp-Fires of Ma turalist' was ont by himself, looking as he says, but not expecting to see anything, when suddenly there ap- peared on the edge of the timber some moving objects. He could not make out what they were, but there were so many of them that he concluded they must be goats. He stood still waiting for them to get nearer. Suddenly there came out of the forest, not more than seventy yards away, huge, grizzly bear. He says:
 Before I could realize what had happened, out came another, then a third, fourth, fifth, a sixth and a seventh.
 ''Just think of it, seven big bears in sight all at once. I knewI was in most dangerous situation. On one hand was a bottomless preeipice, and on the other herd of the most ferociOus an- imals which range the mountains.
 There was only one thing to do, and I did it to perfection. That was to stand perfectly still and let the bears go about their business. I was hunting bears, but not those particular bears.
 There I stood in perfectly plain sight, but they did not see me. They were walking fast, and had a capital opportunity to observe their mode of travel. I no longer wondered at my not being able to overtake them on the trail. They went swinging along in a sort of shambling trot or canter almost as fast as the gait of horse. Some would stop for second or two, turn ing over logs and stones. and then hur- ry on to overtake the rest.
 ''As soon as they were out of sight hastened to assure myself that was still alive, and to wipe the sweat from my face. 1 could easily have put bull let through any of them, but what would have happened then? I might have been set upon by the whole gang, and should not have made fair meal for one of them"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
Unnamed His Opponent.

Dramatic effects are hazardous agen- cies to use, as it is not impossible to spoil them by an anti-climax-as a member of the English parliament found when. at the close of fiery ad- duration to the government to declare war, he cried out: "Unsheath the swordr' and, drawing a dagger, threw it on the floor. "Ah!" coolly said an opponent; ''there is the knife, but where is the fork?" A shout of laugh ter was the result
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
Ship Rats.

Every vessel that floats has as part of her company family of rats, They travel the world over, on both steam and sailing craft, but seldom make more than one voyage on the bulk oil carriers, as the cargo causes among them 'distemper which not only in- jures the lungs of the rats but also changes the color of their hair.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
Prof, In Postage stamns.

Stamp collecting adds considerable revenue to the various colonies. The republic of Liberia depends largely on receipts from postage stamps. which it has beautifully engraved in London, mostly for the purpose of selling to collectors. For every stamp used in the Cook islands. probably a couple of hundred are sold abroad.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
z DOLLARS
 70 PER DAY 20 Easily Made.

We want many men, women. boys, and girls to work for us few hours daily. night in and around their own homes. The business is easy, pleasant, strictly honorable and pays better than any other offered agents. You have clear field and no competition. Experience and special ability un- necessary. No capital required We equip you with everything that you need. treat YOU Weli' and help you to earn ten times ordinary wages. Women do as well as men, and boys and girls make good pay. Any one; anywhere. can do me work. All succeed who follow our plain ana sin1- pie directions. Earnest work will surely bring you great deal of money Everything Is new and in great demand. Write for our pamphleT circular, and receive full information. No harm done if you conclude not to go on with the business.
 GEORGE STiNsoN 6 Co.,,
 Box 488,
 PORTLAND, EAlNE. 6
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
THE EXCHANGE SALOON. Commercial Street, St. Johns, Arizona.
 J. T CLAYBROOK Proprietor
J. T. CLAYBROOK, Proprietor.
SPECIAL RULES.

l. Wild and irregular drinkers will keep of the way of regular customers ash orders take precedence all others and will be repeated back with 70 K'' by operator behind the bar.
 2 Over due drinkers expected take side track til pay arrives, when they will their regular rights, by settlement.
 3. Any failure to comply with the above will cause d suspension
 DAl grievances made satisfactory and new time card issued at The Exchange.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
HART & STEVENSON.

Also all cattle branded on left side Ear mark-Swallow fork in right under half crop in left
 Range-Rio Puerco. Post Otfiee-St, Johns, Apache county, Arizona.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
Apply for Information About THE GREAT
 SOUTHWEST

iJhnrn last year farmers netted $lO0 to s20C tvbCi v per acre for fruit grown on land that can be duplicated today for go per acre. NAIhoro five tons of alfalfa hay, worth SIP per uvHOt v ton, was grown on land the like of which can be bought for sl5 per acre. Mharo many other products such as sweet svUCi O potatoes, tomatoes and early vegeta- bles netted as large and larger profits than fruit. ughax a the summers arc cool. the winters SvHCI C warm, cyclones unknown and mala- ria u: heard of.
 MIhoro there is the best opening in the world vvHCs v for honest industry.
 Tow. F. WHITE, Passenger Traffic Manager, A., T. & s. F. R. R.
 Or, HENRY F. GARRISON,
 Immigration Agent, A., T. & F. K. R.
 623 Rialto Building Chicago. Ill. This railway passes through twelve states and territories and having no lands of it's own O sell has no object in advancing the interests of any speci al locality, or in giving any other than st- sOlut ely reliable information. IL realizes thu the prosperity of the farmers of the great south west mesns prosperity to itself alEo, and is thus naturally willing to aid the immigrant as much as possible.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-01
MRS. DR.. RAWSON
Asks for a Divorce Because Of
the Doctors Practices.
A SMUGGLING STEAMER SEEN

Religious Movement That Has Found
Favor in Tacoma Women Claim to
he sanctihed by God.
TACoMA.-Mrs. G. w. Gallagher, wife
of the pastor OF the Atkinson Memorial
Congregational Church of Old Tacoma,
is the leader of new religious sect. A
number of women, principally married,
have renounced their husbands and men
generally, unless the latter have become
sanctified, as the women believe them
selves purified by God and sanctitied be-
yond the touch of unsanctified mankind.
The movement has met with sufficient
popularity among married and unmar-
ried women and few men to warrant
the leaders in renting hall to discuss
the subject OF universal sanctification,
which they consider an important one
in a higher civilization and ethics. As
a result of adhering to the spirit of the
principles of the new sect there are re-
ported several matrimonial infelicities,
regarding which Mrs. Gallagher says
that if either the husband or the wife is
a.nctified and the other is not they can
not get along together. 1t is currently
reported Rev. Mr.. Gallagher is displeased
with the new sect's plans and would
seek divorce.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-01
LOVE HAS FLED.
John Chatterton and Lillian
Russell Separate.
THE CANAL BILL OF BRYAN.

Plan for Completing the Nicaragua
Canal by the United states by II New
system OF Financiering.
WAsn1NGroN.-A plan for the compile
ton of the Nicaragua canal by this gov
eminent by new system of financiering
has been introduced in the House by its
author, Bryan OF Nebraska. While some
features OF Senator Morgan's product are
repeated, great innovation is brought
forward by provisions intended to in
crease the circulating medium of the
country, paying for the stock of the canal
company by an issue of legal-tender
notes modelled after the greenbacks of
1862. The plan is designed so as to meet
favor from the anti-bond men. Accord
ing to the bill the stock OF the canal COM
pany is to consist of 1000 shares OF 800
each, for which legal United States notes
identical in character to those issued
under the act OF February, 1862, are to
be issued, redeemable to the same ex-
tent and same manner as those of 1862.
The Secretary of the Treasury is to pur-
chase $40, 100000 of the stock of the
con, pany and pay for it at par by the
issue of the notes described, which are
to be kept in circulation as part OF the
currency of the country. Six millions
OF the capital stock is to be issued to the
government of Nicaragua, $4,000 to
Costa Rica, and the remaining 1913, $780,
900 is to be held in the Treasury until
the government decides whether to pur-
chase it or permit it to be sold by sub
scription, except an amount not to ex-
coed 81, 600, 900, to be used by the COM
pany in taking up its outstanding stock.
Provision is made for an immediate issue
of 100000 as a working capital and
the issue of the remainder in quarterly
installments as may be necessary to
carry on the work of construction.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-01
THE EARTHQUAKF
Scores Of Cities and Towns !
Venezuela Destroyed.
HE GOES FORTH AN Exn,

Count Ellie Talleyrand-Peripora :.
Leave France to Avoid Pros.o.,
for Large FOrgeries.
PARIs.-Since the Deacon family a.,
eton was brought to the view Of a
public Paris has had no sensation Co.,,
to the Count Ellie Talleyrand-Periso.
affair. That the charges made by youD.
Lebaudy are well backed seems eert.;s
from the fact that Princess Sagan, moth,
of the Count, has consented to non
sum equal to $4,000. Whether a.
Count or NJ. de Woestyn, both of WHOM
are now at liberty, thanks n the prn
cess, knew they were handlhaz forroa
notes has not appeared in evidence br,
that somebody forged LebauGv's nam,
to paper for fabulous sum is certaim
Under the agreement Count Ellie will ;,
out OF France for a number of wears anoSi
De Woestyn will probably leave Pars
There is little doubt now that the Conn,
fell into the hands of sharpers, who soor
relieved him OF whatever he realizot
from the sale of the notes. for he bo,
not franc left. In fact, he goes abroaI
under pension settled upon him bv hi
mother, who is willing to make any sac
ritice if he will reform.