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The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
ACROSS THE yAoul couN7Ry..
The First White Man Who Ever Accom-
 plisiled the Trip.

pAioACA NfIe
 Charles T. Naylor. an American pros. pector who left the city of Chihuahua eight months ago for a trip across the Sierre Madre mountains and through the wild and dangerous coun try inhabited by the Yaqui Indians arrived at Hermosillo, Mexico, re. gently.
 His trip was made in the search o1 silver and gold. and was the most des. perate undertaking imaginable. Mr. Naylor's route from Chihuahu was by way of Tomochic, the town which was entirely depopulated in an attack made upon the inhabitants over yea1 ago by Mexican troops. who massacreC the men, women and children.
 Mir. Naylor stated that in the noun tains west of the fated town he came upon band of about two hundred Tomochic braves who had an almost impenetrable rendezvous upon which all attacks of Mexican soldiers had proved futile. Upon observing that Mr. Naylor was an American bent upon a peaceful mission, he was well received He spent two weeks with the Tomochics and then entered the Yaqui country. It was there that he met with difficulties. He was captured by band of Yaquis and held prisoner for several days pending decision of the chief as to what disposition should be made of him. After several solemn councils by the chief with the other prominent members of the tribe, NIT. Naylor was placed upon a horse and with two wounded Indians as guards was started across the coun- try toward the west He passed through a number of villages, and was never permitted to tarry longer than one night at a single place.
 At the western confines of the Yaqui country his guards left him and he made his way with great difficulty across the mountains to Hermosillo Mir. Naylor tells some maI vicious stories of the mineral richness of the Yaqui country and states that the number of the members of the Yaqui tribe has been greatly underestimated. He claims to have seen fully three thou sand armed braves. Some of the h. dian towns contain handsome chapels and buildings, all of Aztec architec- ture. Mir. Naylor is the first white man that is known to have crossed the Yaqui country. There have been nu- merOus attempts made, but the Ya- quis always interfered. This is the only tribe in Mexico which has never been conquered.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
ACTIVE VOLCANOES.


 Burning Mountains of South and Central AEerica 5'ilat Do Deadly NTor:z. 1 The volcano Of Abina. in Peru, which for a century and 6 IGff lad been con sidered extinct, suddenly aw0lSe from it's long sleep the other day and began pouring forth lava, smoke and ashes +, such quantities as to obscure tlie s,,n up to the date of the last report, says a Panama correspondent of the Phila- delphia Press.
 Together with this news comes an account of remarkably severe earth qualzes in Ecuador that shook the whole Pacific slope and extended far into the interior. A series of rapid, violent shocks continued one minute and some seconds. It created the greatest terror in Guayaquil, where at every convuls- on it appeared as though | the pile-built structures must go over. However. no damage to speak of oc- cured there, but several accounts Of disasters had arrived from the in terior. At Canar seven families and their homes are known to have been swallowed up by the earth. One cu- rious incident at Guayaquil was the bursting open of the doors of the peni- tentiary. Many convicts escaped be- fore the demoralized guards could pull themselves together to prevent it. Then the guards fired indiscriminately on the prisoners, those fleeing from crumbling walls as well as those es- caping. The city waterworl1s were so damaged that water famine was i'm minent. This series of shocks was felt over an area of eighty thousand square miles. At almost the same time Coto- paxi and Turgurahua burst forth in such a terrible activity as has not characterized them during the last two centuries. The South American volcanoes frequently ravage their inn mediate neighborhood, but it is be- lieved here is another instance that they are safety valves that render the continent habitable.
 Reports of unusual volcanic activity all along the line of the continental backbone have been coming in since the beginning of the year, and those more recently to hand indicate a steadily increasing disturbance. Alarm ing accounts arrived last week from Mexico of the condition of Colima, which, pouring forth vast volumes of lava and a regular bonn bardment of rocks and ashes, had sent the people of Jalisco fleeing in terror from their houses. Only few months ago dispatches from Chili and Peru told of fierce outbursts among the volcanoes of the southern Andes, and, later yet, of the seismic disturbance in the volcanic region of Cauca, in Colombia, by which an entire mountain ridge was swallowed up and deep de- pression left, while elsewhere in that same region two rivers were buried by the side of mountain tumbling into the valley.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
Temperature of Swiss Forests.

For twenty years the Swiss govern ment has been making observations through it's forestry stations on the temperature of the air, of the trees and the soil in the forests. These observa- tions show that the temperature in the forests is always below the tempera- ture outside The temperature also varies according to the trees composing the forests A beech forest is always cooler than a forest of larch. As to the trunks of the trees, they are always cooler than the surrounding air. Regarding the temperature of the soil, it is found that in the forest the temperature is invariably below that of the air. Outside the forest the soil is always warmer than the air in sum- mer and colder in winter.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
Work of a Royal Inventor.

The signaling apparatus invented by Prince Louis of Battenberg, which is now on trial in the Royal Sovereign, has received notices of appreciation from various competent naval judges, says a London letter. The contriv- ance consists of a sort of collapsible spheroid, capable of being opened and shut like an umbrella, visible at sea for far greater distance than flags, by which Morse code signals can be made without difficulty. If Ad- miral Fairfax and the signaling depart ment report favorably it will probably be universally adopted, to the satisfac- ton of the clever inventor. who is said to have been helped by Capt. Percy Scott. now employed on signal books at the admiralty, -
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
Rrittanv.s Bie Electric Light.

An electric light of forty million candle power almost surpasses com prehension. Yet this great mass of light is to issue from a lighthouse tower on Penmarch point on the coast of Brittany. The beam will be seen twenty-five miles before it strikes the horizon, and after that 1t will be re- iected on the sky for distance of thirty-eight miles further. The largest light on the coast of the United States can only be seen twenty-eight miles in clear weather.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
Transparent Leather.

The manufacture of transparent leather. an article which has lately at traeted some attention, may be ac- eomplished, according to the Magazin Pittoresque, in the following manner: After the hair has been removed from the hide, the latter. tightly stretched upon a frame, is rubbed with a mix ture consisting of one thousand parts glycerine, two parts salicylic acid, two parts picric acid, and twenty-five parts borie acid. Before the hide is abso- lutely dry it is placed in room which the rays of the sun do not pene- trate, and is saturated with solution of bichromate of potash, and, on the hide becoming very dry, there is ap- piled to it's surface an alcoholic solu- ton of tortoise shell, by which 8 transparent aspect is obtained. The leather is of an exceedingly flexible character, and is used for the manu- facture of toilet articles, though it is claimed to be fairly adapted to the production of foot gear.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
CALIFORNIA IN 1893.
It Had Both Depression and Cause fol
 Congratulation.

It Had Both Depression and Cause for
 Congratulations.
 Says a San Francisco letter to the New York Tribune: The retrospect of the year in California does not show the usual gains in business and the customary progress in the material de- velopment of the state About the only increase in crops is found in hops, of which 4S, 900 bales were shipped this year, gain of 5000 bales over last year. There has also been a substan- tial increase in the gold yield, the out put for this year being SIS, GOO, 900, a gain of about S2, ,O00, ,00O. From all in dications gold mining will have a big boom the coming year, as hundreds of mines that have not been worked for ten years will be reopened and new properties developed. The wine men have had a good year, as there has re- gently been an unexpected demand for wine and brandy. The decrease in bank clearings probably serves as the best index to the financial depression on this coast. This decrease amounts to S106, ,000, 900. Real estate transac- tions in this city also fell from S21 ,OO0,- 900 to SIS, 700, ,OO0 The grain shipments were heavy, but the low price made the total returns smaller. The railroad freight movement surpassed the rec ords of all previous years, the increase over the previous year being 47, ,OOO, ,000 pounds, which would fill 21,794 cars The salmon and cod fishing industries were both prosperous.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
HE WARMED UP.
The Bank President Lost That Chilly
 Feeling Very Suddenly.


 Feeling Very Suddenly.
 A well-known contractor walked into bank in this city the other day to cash a check for forty dollars, says the Washington Post. The paying teller looked at the check few minutes, then counted out four hundred dollars, and handed it to the contractor, who, although he noticed the error, said not word, but rolled up the bills and wadded them down into his pocket. This happened in the morning, and about two o'clock the same afternoon, before the officials of the bank had an opportunity to discover the error, the contractor walked into the office of the president of the bank.
 ''Is this bank responsible for the errors of it's clerks?" he asked the pres ident.
 If it can be proved that any of our clerks have erred" replied the presi- dent, in very chilly manner, i've will make the correction"
 "Well, nobody saw this error made but myself" continued the contractor, ''and my word ought to be sufficient proof, I think"
 ''I am sorry, sir," said the bank pres ident, ''but we shall have to have ad- ditional proof. We require this in order to protect ourselves: that is all"
 ''Very well, sir," replied the con tractor, rising to leave. ''I am sorry cannot furnish what you demand. The error I referred to was the payment of four hundred dollars for check that called for only forty dollars; but, as no one saw me receive the extra three hundred and sixty dollars, I suppose you will not want to correct the mis- take. Good day, sir"
 ''Hold on! Come backr' shouted the bank president, who by this time was very'wide-awake to the abyss to which he had been led.
 The matter was soon adjusted satis- factorily, and now when any person reports an error at that bank the first question asked is: '.In whose favor?"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
DiaposIng of His Ashes.

An eccentric Washingtonian, who died some time ago, possessed of a deal of this worlds goods, has left on file in his will at the registrars office a peculiar contribution on the subject of cremation, says the Washington Post.
 After consigning his soul to his Maker, as the time-honored custom of making wills prescribes, he starts off with a request that none of his kith or kin shall make any marked changes in their manner of dress. He then com mands that his body shall be burned.
 The ashes his friends may dispose of as they choose. They may be used to fertilize his daughters flower-bed, or they may be sprinhled under his favor ite orange tree in his grove in Florida. These remarkable instructions also ap- ply to the dust of his first wife, for he directs those who mourn for him when his breath has left the body to search ''the closets upstairs" where they will find the ashes of Mary Ann. These are to be cremated with him. Before pro- ceeding to dispose of his property, he also requests that his second wife, at her decease, give her body to be burned, but that she dispose of the ashes according to her own sweet will.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-24
Theranent,o rn,no of perfnmes.

It is now established that flowers and the perfumes distilled from them have salutary influence and eonsti- tute a therapeutic. agency of high value, and that residence in a perfumed atmosphere forms a protection from pulmonary affections and arrests phthisis. In the town of La Grasse, France. where the making of perfumes is largely carried on, phtaisis is un- known.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23
Perique Makes a Stiff Smoke.

L GA AA0O At4o 9Oo . 0bA~A AOA1S&Os
The tobacco merchant was show
ing US a "yard of perique tobacco.
"No man can smoke periQue
raight,' said he, "and those who
know it best use about One.,lght
perique and the RESI- Other tObaccO.
| we'll remember The first that I
ever saw smoked. Nv friendS pat
mp the trick IN ne anI vhsn
came to my -elf had rhr pipe with
me bur I didn't know VII rr l hid
been. Later ! had four ponnds Of
it sent me from New o lie ,ns az
heavy rs roped molassps filled
a pipe with it and cOverel Il with
dry ashes and laid it asay for
friend Of mine who never bOnght =
pipeful of tobacco in his life, and
who always was smoking in my
store. he came in, and bow his
eyes glistened at sight OF the fall
pipe! He lit it and sat down. IN
five minutes it fell from his hand,
his head went hack. aud he had
passed away. h slept OVER two
henrs and | got afraid. We couldn't
awake him and it was fully four
hours before he came to himself.
He never smoked my pipe again"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23

mon Prayer so, far as religion went,
and had the Catechism and the ApOs-
ties Creed by heart, as well as the
morning and evening services, and was
well M in the Collects In short, she
had been confirmed but I solemnly
believe that she often smiled, in sly
sort Of way. when III the response
she said: I'VE are miserable sinners. "
She wasn't miserable little bit, but
was, for the most part, the happiest
sort of a girl
Being neither a blonde nor a bru-
nette, but just pleasant medium as
to complexion, think she averaged
pretty fairly in all things at about that
standard, and she probably had some
thing like that estimate Of herself,
for the very reason that she was so
well balanced.
People. generally, who were ac-
cuaintcd with her, liked Hulda, and
was very fond of her. l could afford
that because was old enough to be
her grandfather, at the time of which
| write-and am yet, as to that. Her
father and had been schoolmates,
comrades ir-arms and lifetime friends
Indeed, our fathers and grandfathers
had been, before us
For three generations, and well
along in the fourth, our people-mine
and Hulda s-had lived in the same re-
spectacle town in Kentucky, or al
least on adjoining farms 50 close to the
town That we were considered as town
people, and we had been christened in
the same little church and at the same
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23

Wisdom cannot be altogether a mat
ter of experience, else why should one
married man understand feminine hui
man nature 50 much better than an
other? Here. for instance. is dialogue
overheard b. reporter for the New
York Press:
i haven't seen your wife out lately,
Mr.. Goodheart"
"No, she keeps at home these days.
is she ailing?'
NO. The fact OF the matter is, a
week ago took home two Of the hand
soonest bonnets could fnd in town,
and told her she might have her choice
between them. She has been busy
day aad night ever since trying TO
make uD her mind. and was as undecid-
ed a, ever when came away this
morning.
You ought to help her ont Of her di-
lemma."
How can To-
"Whv. take one Of them and carry it
back to the store. That will be the one
sLe'l want"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23
MASTER ON BOARD.
A Russian Admiral Who Was Running
His Own Shin.


His Own Ship.
II all the stories of kings and EN-
perors are 10 be believed, the infer
ence must be that they respect no one
so much as tho man who has the
courage Of his own opinions. Admiral
Greig joined the Russian navy when a
boy, and rose to the command Of the
Black Sea feet, which the car re-
viewed from time to time.
One fine day his majesty expressed a
wish TO enjoy cruise in the flagship
The admiral accordingly set sail, and
all went well until a sudden tempest
broke, to the great discomfort of the
imperial party.
The emperor ertreated the admiral
to put back, but the wind was con
trary and the admiral could attempt
nothing of the sort. The emperor then
succumbcd utterly 20 seaSicknesS, and
peremptorily ordered a return.
Il acknowledge that his majesty is
ruler Of all the Russias, said the ad
miral, but am master on board. You
may tell his majesty that his commands
cannot be obeyed.'
The ship was actually driven within
sight of the Asiatic coast, but only
when the storm abated could his auto
cratic majesty's orders be obeyed.
On finding himself safe on land, IL
car begged the adnirars pardon for
his impatience, and presented him with
the usual gold snuff-box, set with dia
monds and suitably inscribed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23
DOn'ts For Farmers.

Don't try to please your ife.
DON'T appreciate one thing she
does.
Don't help care for the children.
That is what you got her f,r.
Don't ever plan your work so as
to be able to take her TO any enter.
tainment.
Don't be surprised TO read that
the majority of insane women are
farmers wives.
Don't get the bucket of wafer
from the cistrrn when a>ked. Any
one can pump VINO hal: tr es.
Don't fail to invite company to
dinner on Sunday without letting
her know so she can have a day
for rest.
Don; fail to ask your wife if she
wants you 10 do all the hsnssvork
when she ask you to put some
wood in the stove.
D0L't wonder that our food bas
a peculiar flavor, for 1t Is seasoned
with blasted hope, sighs of disap-
poiutment, etc.
DoL't neglect asking what she
has done with al the egg and but
ter money, for it will more than
supply the table, help pay ,be hired
man, yet the children books aud
clothes, etc.-Stockman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23
A Sure Sign.

The business nan suspected that
one Of his cerkS was dong more
gambling than was good for him,
and he sent al old employee TO
investigate. He made his report
very soon.
WELL" asked the employer,
"S bar did YOU learnT
THAT lie bets sOme.p
ga great desl?"
"Oh, no; only a little.'
"How dn yOu know"
"Wrll. asked him about "A g rme
of poker ne sat il the III { before
and he said, Yes, was mere, Ini
| won $685.
81 should sav that Indicated he
was very deep III IT," -xcl 'in,ed
the or'ified employer.
"Qnite the contrars," d scutel
the investigator. ''li be hsd ser"
at it very long, be never solld
have said, Il won $S5,' bat | win
s25.' That's the only genuine sign
o a veteran at the busipesS "-De-
trOit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23

"How we'll you look in your new
wrap, dear" remarked Ethel; did you
know that they were selling them out
at cost yesterday"
NO" replied Louise, pleasantly;
chow charming you are in your new
hat. declare, it is quite as becoming
as it was last year"
Thanks. Eustace likes TO see me
in purple-it just suits ne, he says"
How odd, he tells ne that he hates
it-says it is such snowy. vulgar
color"
why, there goes Eustace now, with
that horrid Miss Rocks. Isuppose she
snapped him up on his way to my
house
"Yes-or mine. Shocking, the way
some girls Try to attract man
Isn't it? She might know that
Eustace does not care for her money.
Yes; I could tell her a thing or
two
And could tell her much more
Don't get excited, dear; it ruins
your complexion.
oh Have you seen the Easter mum
Der of the LollipOp?'
NO"
"Eustace sent me a copy. He has 8
perfectly lovely sonnet in it. TO Her
Bonnet, which, he confesses, was
written for me. Come over and see it. y
Thanks. shall be interested in it
because"
1T is very nice of you TO say so.'
"YeS, dear" she glanced significant
" at her corsage bouquet, because
am sure that it was with the money he
got for that sonnet that he bought me
these lovely roses
After that, conversation Jagged a
1itfla
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23
Resurrection of Christ.

The resurrection Of Christ IS dem
onstration Of a future state after this
life. and a pledge Of blessed i'm
mortality in another world. For our
Lord By His resurrection from the dead
has conquered death and abolished it,
and brought life and immortality to
light. The belief of future state
after this life should put Us upon the
most earnest and vigorous endeavors
to secure this happy condition to our
selves; If by any means, as the apos-
tie expresseth it, we may attain the
resurrection of the dead 1t should
raise US above the world and the lusts
of it, above all the terrors and tempta-
tions OF it."-John TillotsOn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23
EDITORIAL PHILOSOPHY.

WHEN a friend turns out not to be a
trumn. then is the time to discard
Boston Transcript.
GENERALLY a man can get into
fashionable society with golden
wedge.-New York Journal.
GENERALLY the more aimless n boy is
the better he likes 10 run around with
a shotgun. --Binghamton Republican.
THERE is nothing like bad luck to set
a man about making mental inver-
tory of his friends Milwaukee Jour
nal.
A MAN denies himself pleasures when
he is young that he may have money
70 pay out to the doctors when he is
old.-Atchison Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-23

mansion with white .piilared porti-
Goes appertaining thereto, out in the
Old Dominion, that would one day be-
come his as the only heir of Judge
Pendleton, of Fauquier county. The
reverend John preached with much
eloquence and earnestness, but he also
wrote poetry and played the piano
the two last predictions being more
and stronger evidence of the "misera-
bic sinner" in him.
1t was, perhaps, the poetry side OF
him that made him expose on his pull
pit at the Pomona Methodist church,
where he was preaching on this Sun
day. pretty Easter hat Of the preced-
ing years style, and solicit claimant
for it, after telling how he had caught
it the year before while fording Rim
con creek on that Easter Sunday aft
ernoon as he rode toward Riverside TO
preach that evening In the Methodist
church Of the neY city,
And Judith Dean, George Deans
maiden sister, who lives with him and