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The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
AFFECTED BY WEATHER.
The Mental Faculties Regulated to Som


 The Mental Faculties Regulated to Some
 Extent by Atmospheric Changes.
 A writer in the American Journal of Psychology for this year discusses the subject from the view of common eX- perience, and presents some facts that are interesting as we'll as leading in their directness. He says: ''The head of factory employing three thousand workmen said: We reckon that a diSa- greeable day yields about ten per cent. less work than a delightful day, and we thus have to count this as factor in our profit and loss account Acci- dents are more numerous in factories on bad days. A railroad man never proposes changes to his superior if the weather is not propitious. Fair days make men accessible and generous, and open to consider new problems favora- bly. Some say that opinions reached in best weather states are safest to in- vest on." Other facts are mentioned in the psychical and physiological rela- tion, as weather often affects logic, and many mems most syllogystic con- clusions are varied by heat and cold. The knee-jerk seems proved to have another factor. It is not strange if the eye, e. g., which wants the normal stimulus in long, dark weather, causes other changes"
 Temperament is fundamental fac tor in sensitiveness to atmospheric changes, that type of it called the mental being the more intensely af- fected, while the bilious type may ex- hibit by comparison the more capricious or morbid impressions, says the Preno- logical Journal. The mental mani festations, as rule, however, depend upon the organism primarily. If the culture is good, i, e the faculties have been trained to coordinate, harmoni- ous action, and the elements that con- tribute to serenity and self control have been we'll developed, weather conditions will but operate like other parts of the environment, and self training will show adaptation and self repression. The nervous" eXcitable. irascible person is he who has not learned to control feeling and eXpres- sion and it is he who finds fault with his surroundings and imputes uncanny conduct to them. That there are func- tional states of the body that predispose one to mental depression or exhilara- tion we are ready to admit A torpid liver, chronic catarrh, a rheumatic joint, and even an old corn may render one susceptible to weather changes, the physical ailment producing nerve reaction that is kenly felt at the spinal centers and may test the spirit. Mind, however, is superior to matter, or rather constituted for superiority. Fairly organized, carefully developed and trained, it will exhibit that supe- riority by it's pose and calmness in cir cumstances that are disagreeable or painful to the physical sense.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
DANGER IN A LoBsTER's CLAW.
Twenty-Five Pound Monsters Can Easily
 Snap a Mans Finger or.

 Twenty-Five Pound Monsters Can Easily
 Snap Mans Finger or.
 A mature lobster is not small or harmless looking by any means, says the New York Evening Post. Without the claws an old fellow should measure from one to two feet in length, and will weigh altogether from five to if teen pounds. Smaller ones are caught more frequently than larger ones, especially since the competition has become so fierce as to reduce the num- Der and size all along the New Eng land coast. Occasionally an old-timer is caught-one that weighs as high as twenty-five pounds. Such monster is veritable fighter, and fierce strug- gle is sometimes experienced before the creature is landed safely. The claws of a large lobster are powerful enough to crack the shell of a clam or to snap off mans finger. Instances are on record where several fingers have been thus nipped off and where severe injuries have been inflicted on the hands and arms. The fishermen are consequently very cautious when they land big lobster, and take par ticular pains to see that he is we'll se- cured before taking him out of the trap According to the fishermen of Newburyport, Mass, the lobster sheds his shell for the first time when he is about five years old, but no one seems able to tell how often after that the shedding occurs. The young Holsters a few inches in length have very little power to protect themselves, and they generally seek refuge under their mothers shell when danger approaches. If startled by enemies when away from their mother they will run into conch- shells or other places of refuge. The parent lobster shows the same ma- ternal instinct noticeable in all living creatures. If her young are pursued by enemies she is pretty sure to enter into the race also. Her powers of locomo- tion are pretty good at such times and her fighting abilities of no mean order. Very few fish or shell creatures can with stand her onslaughts or give effective battle with her. One stroke of her pow erful claws will suffice to destroy most enemies The food of the Holsters con- sists for the most part of clans, mus sells, founders, sculpin and other fish that get within their reach. They seize these creatures with their strong anterior claws and hold them up to the mouth while the substance is slowly sucked in.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
CLOSE OF THE cRlmEAN WAR.
Date of the Treaty of Peace and How
 Brave Deeds Were Recorded.

Date of the Treaty of Peace and How
 Brave Deeds Were Recorded.
 The formerly ratified treaty of peace was brought to Londen by William Stuart, first attache to the British en- bassy at Paris, on April 28, 1856. Sun day May 4, was observed as a day CT general thanksgiving to almighty God for the preservation of peace: and on Monday the 9th, it was formally pro- claimed in London, with the usual solemnities. Addresses to the crown, approving of the peace, were carried in both houses of parliament on the evening of that day; and on the Sth both houses cordially voted thanks to the army, navy and marines employed in the operations of the late war" The feelings entertained toward the men who fought and bled in the Crimea by the queen, the government and the people of England are also placed on record in an excellent dispatch of Lord Panmure's, which will be perpetuated as long as the language exists.
 ''Since the period" said the noble secretary of war, ''when the army first OulCL6Q the SnOr0S O1 IuSldutl, GLC1O has been no vicissitude of war which it has not been called upon to encounter. It was assailed by cholera shortly after it's arrival in Turkey. Then was proved that moral as well as physical courage pervaded it's ranks. Led to the field, it triumphed in engagements in which heavy odds were on the enemy's side. It carried on, under difficulties almost incredible, siege of unprecedented duration, in the course of which the trying duties of the trenches, priva- tions from straitened supplies, and the fearful diminution of it's numbers from disease neither shook it's courage nor impaired it discipline. Notwithstand- ing that many a gallant comrade fell in their ranks, and they were called to mourn the gallant commander who led them from England, and who closed in the field his noble career as a soldier, her majesty's troops never flinched from their duties, nor disappointed the sanguine hopes of their country"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
ALL HAD SEEN HARD LUCK.
The Actor and the Man Who Rents Out
 done by the Dry Goods Clerk.

The Actor and the Man Who Rents Out
 done by the Dry Goods Clerk.
 ''I think" said the actor. that the toughest luck 1 ever ran against was when I was playing Lorenzo in Q comic opera company which l prefer shall be nameless for reasons of my own. We had an engagement at a pavilion in summer garden. It was good engage ment, too, and we went out there with urhearts as full of hope as our pockets were empty of money. It happened, though, that we struck one of those nasty cold summer months. This was the coldeSt that I ever saw. It was positively arctic. But the place was popular and lot of people came on the first night. Show was a dead frost, though, and we had to walk back"
 Didn't the people like it?" asked the Buffalo Express man.
 Couldn't tell. You see, there was a big crowd, but it was so blamed cold that they all wore ear-muffs and couldn't hear the gags"
 ''Huh," said the man who rents, ''that ain't marker to the luck I had to-day Here I am man with sick wife and a lot of other things on my hands, and when l got home to-day l found that it would be absolutely inn possible for me to stay there any longer All there is to it, I've got to move. When you think that my wife is fiat on her back, you will realize what an af- friction that is. I've got to move; think of it."
 Well" inquired the reporter, what have you got to do that for? Shy on the rent?"
 No; I'm not shy on the rent, but a lot of my old creditors found the place the other day, and there's nothing to do but get out of their way"
 You fellows make me laugh" said the dry goods clerk. You actually make me laugh. You talk as if you knew what hard luck really is. Why, you ain't in it with me! I had job as floor walker that paid me thirty dollars week. Part of my duties were to paint the signs used so extensively in the store. always was handy with a brush, you know. had big sign to paint for the candy counter last WedDes- day. It was to read Fresh To-day, meaning some particular kinds of can dies. painted it, but an internal imp of a boy who worked in tie store paint ed another just like it that read Fresh Toddy' and hung it in place of mine. The highly moral head of the firm had fit when he saw it and fired me with cut giving a chance for an explana- :ion."
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
Germanx.s Pigeon Service.

Germany has for years possessed the most efficient pigeon service in Europe. At Strasburg there are six hundred birds, at Metz six hundred. at Thorn one thousand, and they are kept by the hundreds at other centers, such as Mainz, Cologne, Kiel and Danzig. The whole frontier is connected by pigeon post with the military headquarters and with towns in the interior. The service is supported by an appropria- ton of about nine thousand dollars year. The practical use of the pigeon post was fully demonstrated at the siege of Paris in 1870. Since then it has become a recognized part of the military organization of all European countries except Great Britain. Russia has now on her Polish frontier alone three thousand birds, and appropriates yearly ten thousand dollars for pig cons. The French appropriation is twice as large.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given: First, That the duplicate assessment roll of Apache County, Arizona, for the year 1894, is now in my possession for the collection of taxes levied.
 Second, That taxes will be delinquent on the Third Monday of December, 1894, and unless paid on that day, or prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof as penalty. Third. Taxes may be paid at my office in the court house in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona, at any time within of- fee hours from this date until the Third Monday in December, 1894.
 w. H. GIBBONS.
 Tax Collector. St. Johns, Sept. F, 1894.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
THE SHOCK OF BIG GUNS.
Unpleasant Sensations Produced by Their
 Reports.

The man who has never been in close proximity to one hundred-ton gun when it is fired can have little conception of the noise and vibration, said retired naval officer to Cincin- nati Enquirer reporter. Partly by courtesy and partly by chance l was on the Thunderer at the siege of Alexandria some twelve or thirteen years ago. Two sets of advice were given me as to how to act when the big guns were fired. Old experienced seamen can stand the shock by raising on their toes the moment the word is given to fire. The majority of people, however, find it necessary, in order to preserve their ear drums from perfora- tion, to lie down, resting most of the weight on their hands and toes. Even with this precaution the sensation is most unpleasant until one gets used to it. Even with the comparatively small guns m general use in our navy, the concussion on board a ship when a shot is fired is very annoying, but the enormous guns used so generally in European navieS are a source of terrible danger to the crew as well as the enemy, and doubt if they could possibly be used in hand-to-hGnd en- counter, useful as they are for destroy ing distant ports.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
AN EGYPTIAN CUSTOM.
It Mystified Hercdotus, But Modern Invcs-
 tigation Fully Explains 1t.


 tigation Fully Explains 1t.
 More than one thousand years ago Herodotus observed a remarkable GUS tom in Egypt, says Prof. Drummond At a certain season of the year, says the Washington Post, the Egyptians went into the desert, cut off branches from the wild palm, and, bringing them back to their gardens, waved them over the flowers of the date palm. Why they performed this ceremony they did not know, but they knew that ii they neglected it the date crop would be poor or wholly lost.
 Herodotus offers the quaint explana- nation that along with these branches there came from the desert certain flies possessed of ''vivifc virtue" which somehow lent an exuberant fertility to the dates. But the true rationale to the incantatlon is now explained. Palm trees, like human beings, are male and female. The garden plants, the date bearers, were females, the desert plants were males, and the way ing of the branches over the females meant the transference of the fertlllz- ing pollen from one to the other.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
BLEACHING DIAMONDS.
Trick by Which South African Dealers
 Deceive Patrons.

II
 The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led indirectly to some clever de- ceit by the dealers, says the Pall Mall Gazette. Many of the South African diamonds have a straw tint, which has an unfavorable effect on their price, especially as experts believe it will be- come more decided the longer the stones are exposed to the air. Some of the more knowing dealers discov- cred that by subjecting the straw tinted diamonds to bath of certain acids the objectionable color was re- moved and the gems become pure white. A number of diamonds so treated were sold in Paris and Berlin. and brought higher prices than they would if they had retained their origi- nal color.
 After exposure to the action of the air for certain time the original color returns, but by that time they have passed out of the dealers hands. The fraud was soon found out by the trade, and they now guard against imposl- tions of such character by means of various tests. Of these the most gen orally used are the hot water bath or friction. If dyed stone be left in hot water few minutes it resumes it's or iginal hue; CT, if the gem be rubbed sharply on a towel, or even on the coat sleeve, it's normal color can be de- tected. These tests are simple and efficacicus and are in daily use.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
GEORGE STiNsON & O.,
 Box 888, PORTLAND, RaAsNEo
FOR SALE.

Two hundred head of French Merino Bucks. Will sell for cash, or exchange for wethers at cash price. Will have the Bucks in the neighborhood of St. Johns the latter part of September or first of October, where parties desiring to pur- chase, can examine them. Call on or address
 HART & CAMPBELL,
 Winslow, Arizona.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
Ginseng in China.

Ginseng is an important article of ex- port to China, and the trade is largely in the hands of the resident Chinese themselves. They buy the root of wholesale dealers, who get it Of coun- try folk at about two dollars and fifty cents a pound. Chinamen seldom buy directly from the countrynen, because the latter being unacquainted with the Celestials are unwilling to send the root c. o. D. The Chinese make Q I1lys- tery of the trade, but they send abroad yearly many thousands of dollars worth of ginseng,
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
z DOLLARS
 TO PER DAY 2U Easily Made.

We want many men, women, boys, ana glrlSl 10 work for us few hours daily, right In and around their own homes The business is easy, pleasant, strictly honorable, and pays better than any other offered agents. You have a clear field and no competition. Experience and special ability un- necessary. No capital required. We equip you with everything that you need, treat you well. and help you to earn ten times ordinary wages. Women do as we'll as men, and boys and girls make good pay. Any one, anywhere, can do the work. All succeed who follow our plain and sim- ple directions. Earnest work will surely orlng you a great deal of money Everything IS new and in great demand. Write for our pamphieS circular. and receive full information. No harm done if you conclude not to go on with the
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15
CATTLE BRANDS.

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear, upperbit in right ear. Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under mouth. c on left jaw (cheek) bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock C on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY RUNlNG Post office: Show Low, Arizona. HsRange: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Lagun6 Ortega and Laguna Salada. : Horse brand C C left shoulders
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-15

R% T ED-The Morphine or .EA Whisky Habits, pain lessly and permanently in ten days to three weeks for 8. Proof of cure be- fore you pay cent will be forwarded Free. Write at once. B. WILSON, COMANCHE, TEXAS.
 Tobacco Habit Cured for $2. mh22 If
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25
BURGuEAKy At STATE LINE.

Last ednesday night freight car
was broken into az State Line and bar
rel OF pork. two sacks of -four and case
OF coffee stolen. Friday morning the
agent, II. f. Green, came down and
SWore out q search warrant to search
the premises Of Richard O'Brien, a
saloon keeper The search was con-
Quoted ny Constable Minton and NJ. J !.
Morris, detective sent up by the com
pany, and the property recovered. The
officers also found two quarters of beef
winch had heen stolen from Brown Bros
Warehouse. Richard O'Brien and Jas
Boyington, alias Dublin" were arrest
ed and brought before Justice Moon
charged with having committed the
robbery The examination was held
saturday afternoon. District Attorney
CONAN appearing for the state. After
hearing the evidence the justice bound
them over to the next term of the
circuit court to answer. to the charge Of
burgUlary, fixing the bail at six hun
dred dollars for each defendant. Mon
day morning the prisoners were brought
before county Judge Allen and the bail
was reduced to four hundred dollars
d. f. Riordan appearing for the de-
PENDANTS. They were unable to furnish
bail in even that amount and We're
taken to the Rhinela nder jail Monday
noon.
1t was probably just as well that they
did not secure bail as they would have
been re-arrested on the charge of break
ing into Brown Bros warehouse and
stealing meat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

The great prize fight between
Corbet and Mitchell was to have come
off to-day but there is some talk OF
putting it off until Saturday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

u. B. Bridge & Co. have gone out
of the meat business. They closed their
doors Saturday night. This leaves but
one meat market in town.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Capt Pabst, of the Pabst Brewing
Co., has just sent one thousand pounds
of pork to help out the destitute OF
Iron Mountain, Mich.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25
w ENTED.

Two good live hustlers. to act as
agents for the Fidelity Mutual Aid
Association. Good salary or commits
sion. Apply at one to this Office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25
C;ty Officers

nall ap i,..ors-AI. RICHMOND, MART
NV. J REILLY.
lreas9so,,-N. A. BRADFORD.
As0esoo' N A, COLMAN, JAS. ODER
Justice g1pR A. +. HOWARD, d.
oSosstaa5DIes-Ben M1SroN' A. WRIGHT
LEVI SEXTON
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Superintendent Higgins reports
.b.+ tba school at Arb8r Vitae IS the
1.roest one in tie county outside OF
4,,;r .itv and that the people lnteno
h,ilding new scho"l house mere
~ finer spring, and having two oe-
Dartments.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

The January thaW has taken
severe cold. Monday night and Tues
day morning we had Il touch OF genu-
inc Artic weather, the coolest OF the
season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

The relief committee at Hurley
has supplies enough on hand now to
carry the sufferers through the wl''er
and the headquarters in Milwaukee
have been cl Osed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

The town has been flooded the
past week with agents for OUTSIDE
tailors taking orders for clothes. Three
came in Tuesday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Cash Smith, who has been looking
after the logging Operations of the
Rib River Lumber Co., of which he is a
member, returned to Amigo Tuesday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Rose Zoldoski, who is serving life
term in Waupun for murder and whose
trial created such a sensation several
months ago, has petitioned the governor
for pardon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25
CONGREGATIONAL Church.

,,,s Of the church every Sunday at
& s@ fsgs % az N. and 7 20 p. m. Prayer meet
wednesday evenings at I;So s ssry iay
sha l pnnnDIn's Christian Endeavor held one
lrnss oi ftop services Sunday afternoons p
Nf Oe'o'' ii, e. Todd, Pastor,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

John Bibby, formerly Of this place
but who is now travelling for, M. M.
Meanwhile, the La Crosse Whiskey deal
er, transacted business in town Saturday
and Monday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Chicago Herald (Dem.): A man IN
Ontario, Canada, is slowly laughing
himself to DEATH He probably com
pared the Wilson bill with the Chicago
tariff blank
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25
,tx Officers.

Z
sberl.i Il. -CI1'rrk-T. l LoUGHLlN:
county CL ~ nn.eds-J'. j. DECKERT.
Irt4so feI ,7,rri-W. D. NEVILLE.
ClelA to11,ID1ney-N. A. CoLMAN.
Dist ,,5 HJ jipdge-E G. ALLEN
survey r, :,f PsschooIs-ALEx: HIGGINS
supt' Vi ''' I,s OBEKljOLTZER.
coroner Bnard-L. }. COOK, Eagle
county r,D,yk RODGERS, Mlnocqua;
riFtr: .- FIN co. CLERK. Minocoua.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Superintendent higgins, who has
been teaching the Arbor Vitae school
for few days until the school board
could secure teacher, returned home
rNuAsGaV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

The unscrupulous politicians who
have sought to create the false impress
sion that there was an afllllation De
tween the Republican party aud the
A are called upon to explain the
ranorted existence of combination Oh
;,,a,ential Democrats in Chicago to pre-
vent the appointment OF Catholics TO
federal offices.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Morris Jones, cashier Of the Nation
al Union Bank Of Oshkosh, transacted
business in town for d few days the
latter part of last week and the fore
part of this.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Geo. Webb has sold his house and
that he intends to return with his
family to Michigan where he formerly
resided
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Henry Meisner has the contract for
furnishing the County with what pine
wood they may need ateigthy-five cents
a cord. while Mr.. Adams secured the
contract to furnish the hard wood, green
birch and maple, at $1.65 per cord.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

Barney Finan received telegram
Saturday informing him that his
mother was not expected to live. lie
drove to I,hinelander and took the
limited north.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25

The Minocqua Times must have
been hard up for copy last week They
run nearly Il half Il column Of county
board proceedings twice in the same
issue.