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The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
A sHipwREcKEO CHEW.
The Terrible Night and Day Passed o
 the Northern Tcsbergs.

The Terrible Night and Day Passed on
 the Northern Icebergs.
 A sealing brig, immersed in the densest fog and driven by the gale, was running down narrow lane or opening in the ice, when the shout of breabe~s ahead and the crash of the bows upon a reef came in the same moment. The crew sprang overheard upon the heaving ice-ield, and almost immediately saw their strong and beautiful vessel sink into the ocean. The adventure is related in: After Icebergs with a Painter"
 Without food or extra clothing the forty men were remote from all help. To the west lay the precipitous shores of Cape Bonavista, and for this, the nearest land. in single file, with Capt. Knight at their head, the men com meneed at sunset their dreadful and almost hopeless march.
 All night. without refreshment or rest, they went stumbling and plung- Ing on their perilous way, now and then Sinking into the slush between the ice-cakes, and having to be drawn out by their companions. But for their leader and few other bold spirits, the party would have sunk down with fla tigue and despair, and perished.
 At daybreak they were still on the rolling ice Ecfds, bcc1oudcd with fos7 and with nothing in prospect but the terrible cape and it's solitary chance of deliverance. Thirsty, famished and worn, they toiled on, more and more slowly, all the morning, all the fore noon, all the afternoon; and then, be- wildered and lost in a dreadful cloud travelling along parallel with the coast, the poor fellows passed the cape with out knowing it.
 The captain looked back from time to time on the wOrn-out and suffering line of men, the last of them scarcely visible in the mist, and thrill of dis couragement passed over him. Unless there was some change in their pros poets, he knew that few of them would live out another night on the ice. They had shouted until they were hoarse, and looked into the endless gray until they had 10 heart for looking longer.
 Suddenly, just before sundown, they came to a vessel. A few rods to the right or left, and they must have missed it. ''We were led by the hand of Providence" said Capt. Knight, in telling the story.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
ulNED WELL WITHOUT COST.
The Trick ty Whlsh a afoncyless seanI SwIndled Washington Restaurateur.

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 An unp rincipled scamp recently played g game upon a Washington rcstaurateur that for originality anc effectiveness hac -ot been matched in any of -.~c tlmc-honored stories .of Beau Hickman or any other .-eaters of din ners. you foot the bills.'' He was we'll dressed, gentlemanly-appear- ing person-any other would not have secured much attention in the cafe which he work ed.-and he ordered a dinner that proclaimed him an epicure if scoundrel. He commenced, says the Post, by tipping the waiter lib- orally, which alone would proclaim him one accustomed to secure the beSc of attention; and as for wines, he would have none but the best vintagcs, which he picked with the taste of a connoiSseur. The dinner was prepared to the kings taste and appeared to please him until the last course. At that point he uttered an exclamation of horror, and beckoned frantically to the waiter. That functionary not be- ing sufficient to vent his wrath upon, he summoned the head waiter, and eventually the proprietor. Then he pointed out the cause of trouble-a dead fly in the dessert Words could not express his well-feigned disgust, or the regret of the proprietor at this unfortunate occurrence. The cook was called up and roasted more effect ually than he ever did his meats, and the restaurateur offered every amend Tn his power. But the guest professed to be almost overcome with nausea, and could not eat any more-he had proba. ply had all he wanted. Of course the proprietor could not think of charging for such on unfortunate meal, and was only too thankful that the matter should escape the attention of the other guests. But when the disgusted guest had gone a bystander, who had watched the occurrence, remarked to the proprietor: ''Why, didn't you see him put that fly in the dessert?" And the subsequent conversation was unfit for publication.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
sRUlN WAS KNOWING AND BOLD.
It Was Against Orders to Shoot. So He Raided the Soldiers Camp Nightly.

It Was Against Orders to Shoot. So He
 Raided the Soldiers Camp Nightly.
 "When I was in Yellowstone Park this summer" said Wyoming Valley man, ''one of the gamekeepers told me about bear that worried camp of government soldiers almost to despera- ton for several weeks. Late one night bear waddled into camp, ripped open tent, put the soldiers to flight, got what he wanted to eat, and went away. The next night the bear came around again, smashed down tent and stole a smoked ham. Under the park rules the soldiers were prohibited from fir ing at the thievish brute, as we'll as from jabbing bayonet into him, and the only thing they could do when the bear appeared and went to helping himself to rations was to get out of his way. Night after night the bold beast made raid on the camp and ruined a tent or two. My informant said that the bear acted as if he knew that the soldiers daren't fire at him, and that on each visit he became more saucy and destructive than before. When the bears raids had become unbeara- ble the commandant sent the facts to the secretary of the interior and asked what to do. Word came back to shoot the bear, and that night, when bruin strode boldly into camp, the soldiers put an end to his career by riddling him with bullets"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
RUSSIAN EXPLORATIONS.
The Government Ia We'll Supplied with
 Reliable Maps.

The Government Ia We'll Supplied with
 Reliable Maps.
 A vast but fascinating problem con- fronts Russia on her Chinese frontier a problem which cannot be disposed of in one or even two generations. No power, however, knows better how to wait than Russia. Time ison her side, and as the necessary preliminary to all wise action is knowledge, the Russian general staff has been making the full est use of the opportunities which treaties afforded to gain accurate in- formation concerning the Chinese ter ritories and everything appertaining thereto.
 Not a corner of the whole empire, save what comes within the sphere of influence" of the French, but has been intersected by Russian government ex- plorers and armed expeditions during the past thirty years.
 These explorers, include botanists and geologists, of course, but the mill tary expert and the skilled topographer are the animating soul of these expe- ditions.
 OccaS1onal glmpSeS into their pro- ceedings are allowed to the world, but every fact of military or political sig nificance is carefully conserved in the archives of the Russian intelligence department.
 The minute information concerning all the northern and western territo- ries of China, which is now in the pos session of the Russian staff, is not only such as no other power possesses, but is incomparably superior to anything in the hands of the Chinese govern ment itself.
 Hence it is that whenever a question of boundaries arises Russia is prepared with elaborate maps of the regions, to which Cuba has not only nothing to oppose, but which she is not even able to criticise.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
POWERFUL WAVES.
The Effect of Gale Over the Great Salt
 Lake.

The Effect of Gale Over the Great Salt
 Lake.
 A correspondent of the Youths Com panion recently witnessed a most con- vincing proof of the weight of salt laden waters of the Great Salt lake. A strong gale of wind was blowing over the lake and driving it's surface into low, white-capped ridges, while along the shore the foam lay like flat banks of new-fallen snow. If it had passed across a lake of fresh water of equal extent that wind would unques- tionably have produced such an agita- tion of its surface that navigation in small boats would have been difficult if not highly perilous.
 But the waters of the Great Salt lake, although driven into ridges as just remarked, showed a curious re- sistance to the wind and the waves, rising to only slight elevation, moved along with an appearance of lethargy that the eye could not but notice.
 Yet there was an immense momen- tum stored up in those low, heavy, slow-moving waves. Venturlng into IIlS WdCSI dC d pOluC where CHc UepUn did not exceed four feet the observer found that it was impossible to stand against them. Their sheer weight swept him resistlessly along.
 The curious buoyance of the water, containing twenty-two per cent. of salt in solution, increased the helpless ness of the bather. He was not sub merged, as sometimes occurs in the Atlantic breakers, but was lifted and carried like cork
 It would probably have been 1impos- sible to dive through an oncoming wave after the manner practiced by bathers along the Atlantic coast. In the Great Salt lake people are not drowned through sinking, but stran- gled while still ahoat. The bitter water may enter the air passages with fatal effect, but the body continues to float until it reaches the shore or is picked up.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
THE ISLAND OF HAITI.
Desolation Of Q Once Wealthy and
 Powerful Republic.
A Nation That Is Incapable of self-Go-' ernment-The Rulers Are BIoodthirsty Tyrants and the People Hate
 White Men.

Not the least interesting feature of the place is the barracks. where is quartered a portion of Hippolyte's val iant army, says Hayti correspondent of the Providence Journal. The only attempt at uniform is suit of blue overalls, generally in the last stage of dilapidation, and cap ornamented with red, yellow or blue braid, accord ing to the fancy of the wearer. Some few have shoes or straw slippers, but the majority are barefooted.
 They are armed, however, with fairly good muskets, and many of them carry ugly looking knives. I saw large num- bers of the soldiers" on the plaza or public square, some playing at dice or cards, some talking, others sleeping and all lazy. dirty and ragged. This plaza, which was originally well laid out and which actually boasted an an cient fountain in the center, was lit tered with refuse, rooted up by hogs, and f'thy with house offal and dung. The ancient paved walks which origin ally traversed it were badly broken and the loose stones were wildly scat tered by the hogs.
 Outside of the town and as far as the eye can reach extends a hilly country covered with forest. In long tramp through this country we saw no cul- tivated land. And yet this land is said to be extremely fertile and to yield large ly any tropical product that is planted upon it. From an examination of an outcropping ledge of rock decided that the soil was underlaid with lime stone, and such soil is nearly always rich. But the richness of this island is wasted. For even the old plantations, which were well set with coffee, oranges and cocoanuts, are grown up to tropical forest and yield next to nothing.
 Right in the midst of jungle of wild trees and bushes I found traces of an old orange and mango grove, in dicated by the remains of straight rows in which these trees were origi- nally planted. And with the decline and ruin of the plantations has de- clined everything in connection with them. Even the old carriage roads which originally traversed the island and formed a channel for conveying the produce to the ports are now only bridle paths, being completely over grown with forest and bushes. And this is Hayti. the Hispaniola of Colum- bus, the pride and glory of the great admiral! For it will be remembered that, after examining the other large islands of the West Indies, Columbus decided that this one was the richest and best. And later, when under French rule, it was one of the fairest and wealthiest. spots in the civilized world.
 The whole republic, in fact, is a gigantic farce. No nation has ever shown itself more utter ly incapable of self-government than the black republic. In some eighty years of Haytian independence there have been more than ninety revolutions. The children, with few exceptions, grow up in absolute igno- rance, and with deep, inborn hatred of the white man. The rulers are bloodthirsty tyrants and the country has degenerated into tropical wilder. mass
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
IGNORANT SPIRITS.
They Had Not Kept Up with tho Latest
 Obituary News.

They Had Not Kept Up with tho Latest
 Obituary News.
 A friend relates to me an incident that occurred on the evening of the day when the news of the death of chusetts, says the Boston Herald. It was at spiritualistic exhibition held in the town of North Bridgewater, now the city of Drockton. com mittee of citizens had been chosen from the audience to sit at the table on the platform with the medium to ask questions and otherwise represent the audience in the interest of candid investigation. Jacob W. Crosby, a well-known citizen, was one of the committee. He was to do the question ing. After few introductory in- quiries, to which replies were made by the regulation one, two or three raps, MT. Crosby astounded the spirit world by the query; 'Is the spirit of Preston s. Brooks present."
 There was no reply and the question was repeated. Then there were some hesitating raps at the table, but it could not be determined whether the answer was in the affirmative or the negative.
 You know that he is dead, don't you?" shouted the committeeman.
 The answer by raps was now dis. tinctly mo-"
 "Well, he is, thank God!" yelled "Uncle Jake," who was wrought up to great excitement, as he struck the table with his ponderous fist; ''and you had better make note of it."
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
The Young Idea.

The reasoning of children is fre- quently based on imperfect knowledge. "What on earth was that whistle blow ing for all night?" asked girl o1 twelve years of her mother while on a sound steamer. ''That is a fog horn, my dear," was the reply. The little girl, of course, wanted to know what a fog horn was. and her mother ex- plained that when there was a heavy fog the ,team whistle was blown while it lasted. "But why?" persisted the young inquirer. T should think that anybody could see there was fog, and what is the use of blowing a whistle to tell them about it, when there it is if they want to look at it?'' The poor mother sighed and gave it up.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
Points in Palmistry.

An interesting discussion has sprung up among the palmists in regard to the line of the hand known as the mar riage line. One recognized authority says that when this line curves upward the possessor is not likely to marry at all Other experts say they know many Jnarried and happy people with such line. It is also alleged that the transverse line on the ''hill of Mer- cury," which one party says is the mar riage line, is not so considered by the
 Chirological society. Our opinion, {" says the editor of the party organ, "is that these lines are signs of attach ment, and there is scarcely hand ever seen without at least one in the hand
 of either married or unmarried people. !"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
uand-7Tade Beauty.

If you see a woman in the street cars occupied with rubbing the tips of her fingers up and down on her face, don't imagine that she is crazy or attempt ing to mesmerize anyone. She is not. She has been reading Tn the woman's corner of some daily paper that to out wit time and remove wrinkles a woman should occupy some of hsr leisure mas saging her face gently, to rub the wrinkles out.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
An old-TLme ocean Flrer.

It is fact not generally known that the United States government label placed on every box of imported cigars sold in this country bears a fine steel plate engraving of the steamer City of Washington, a sister ship to the ill fated City of Boston, and noted in her day as an ocean flyer. In the year 1861 the City of Washington, then ply ing between New York and Liverpool, covered the passage to the westward, in January, in fourteen days, fifteen hours; April, twelve days, twenty-ope hours; May, thirteen days, twenty-one hours; July, thirteen days; August, thirteen days; September, thirteen days, twenty hours, and December, fifteen days, ten hours, In December, 1862. she made the trip from Sandy Hook to Queenstown in what was then the remarkably fast time Of nine days, nineteen hours and thirty seconds. The City of London made several passages to the eastward in 1868 and 1884 in less than eleven days.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
A Relic of Old London.

One of the most interesting relics of old London is St. Johns gate, Clerken- well, which, because it does not hap
 pen to lie in one of the main arteries of the big city, is not so we'll known,
 even to Londoners, as it should be- It is the only remaining portion of the important Priory of St. John, which dates from the fourteenth century. The old gateway has a literary interest at- tached to it, for in the room above the archway Dr. Johnson worked for Cave, the printer, for small weekly stipend; :; and the Gentleman's Magazine, which to this day bears picture of the arch way on it's cover, was first printed here The archway had latterly be- come much defaced and weather-worn, but it has recently been restored as a memorial to the duke of Clarence, who was first sub-prior of the Order of St. John. The order as now revived en- braces the St. John Ambulance associ- ation and is busy ln other good works.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
PECuLIARITIEs IN MASSAGE.
The Differences Of Temperature Caused by
 Friction of the Skin.

The Differences of Temperature Caused by
 Friction of the Skin.
 Light friction of a part reduces sur face temperature, says the New York Ledger. In ten experiments on healthy adults, whose arm-pit tenn peratures on both sides was equal, and whose free temperature on the surface of both forearms was before massage eighty-eight degrees Fahrenheit or more, it was found, on subjecting the left forearm to gentle upward friction, that, whilst the temperature in both armpits and in the untouched free sur face of the opposite limb remained constant, the temperature of the left forearm fell in all cases more than two degrees, and in three cases nearly four degrees. After firm friction, rolling, squeezing and kneading of the skin of the limb in all cases, the free cutaneous temperature rose to ninety five degrees; but the armpit tempera- ture remained the same on both sides, whilst in seven cases an interesting phenomenon was noticed on the oppo- site side-viz., the right limb sensibly PO1'Sf'iAOu S'HA UiAO AOO oI'A A1NC 0OA1 perature of the untouched forearm fell to eighty-four degrees during the time that the firm friction of the left limb was in progress. In regard to light friction, it has been impossible to de- tect any effect on the patients sense of locality or on the temperature sense. After firm friction of part for five minutes comes a decided increase of the sense of touch, and the sense of To- cality has, in most instances, been ap- Dare1tlV imprOyed
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT.
Height of a Chimney Increased Without
 Stopping Factory Work.

Height of a Chimney Increased Without
 Stopping Factory Work.
 A remarkable feat has been recently accomplished at the Bonsecour spin ming works at Nancy, says Industries and Iron, namely, increasing the height of a chimney about one hundred feet high by about thirty feet, without stop ping the work for single day.
 Owing to the power being increased, the existing chimney cid not have suf- ficient draught for the existing num- Der of boilers, and one of two altera- tions had to be faced-cither to build a new chimney alongside the old one, or to increase the height of the latter. Augustus Bartling, of Bernberg (An- halt), offered to increase the height of the old chimney without interfering with the work of the mills.
 Aided by another man, whose agil- ity and nerve were equal to his own, Mir. Bartling fixed a series of light steel ladders to the chimney by means of iron hooks driven in between the courses of the bricks, erected pulley at the top of the chimney and flight of scaffolding all round, and then hay ing lowered the cornice surmounting the chimney, they built on to the top at the rate of about four to five feet per day.
 The whole work occupied eight days, and was perfectly successful While this is the first chimney dealt with in this manner in France, Nlr. Bartling states that he has carried out similar operations in Germany, at the chemical at Thanh. and at the works at the Null house Gas company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
ABOUT HoRNBLowER.
A New York lawyers Estimate of
Him-His Own Statements of Cele-
hrafad nanisin

A New York lawyers Estimate of
Him-His Own Statements of Cele-
brated Decision.
Washington, Jan. 20.-Your correspon-
dent to-day had an interview with promi-
nent member of the New York bar, who is
not politician, and who does not wish
his name given.
"What about Hornblower2" I asked.
He replied: "Hornblower is very nice
young man"
what about his legal ability, and his
qualifications for the supreme courtl"
well, he is a man of ability in his line
but it is very limited line. 1 was ut
terly astounded when heard of his NOM
nation to the supreme bench"
'I'll tell you about him. the gentleman
continued. He succeeded to a business
connection which had charge of the large
legal business of the New York Life In
surance Company Connected with this
company are a number of wealthy men.
who give their business to the firm of
which Mr.. Hornblower is a member.
Undoubtedly he manages their business
we'll and undoubtedly he is good lawyer
along the line of this business, but this
as l ssid-is a very narrow line. Alb
solutely all the experience he has had is
in connection with this limited number of
clients To be qualified for the supreme
court, a lawyer must have much wider
range of knowledge than Mr.. Hornblower
could possibly have with his experience.
Outside of the city of New
York, Mr.. Hornblower is I'M
known, even to those lawyers who
practice in the highest courts. There are
a score of men in New York city to whom
there could have been no objection, if
they had been nominated"
HoRNBLowER's STATEMENT.
There is a good story about Horn
blower Some time ago he was APP
pointed referee in certain very important
case. He decided it, and the case was
appealed to the court of appeals. This
court reversed the decision of the referee,
and in doing so, used some harsh Ian
guage. Six of the seven judges of the
court of appeals united in the decision,
and the other one expressed his dissent
from the language used, but conceded in
the decision Hornblower, being asked
about it. said six of the judges de-
cided was id fool, and the seventh
AGO uiesced in the result"