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The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
BROODING SNAKES.
How the Python Mother Hatches Out
 Her Young.


 Her Young.
 The python lays eggs and matches them by developing a high degree of heat, as has been proved in the case of the Indian and African species.
 The first careful investigations of this subject were made in 1S41 by the renowned naturalist, Achille Valen- ciennes, in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 4 python there laid fifty eggs within three hours, which at first were oval, but pointed toward the poles: the shells were soft and of gray color; they soon changed to a perfect egg shape and became white, and the shells hardened somewhat, although they re- mained pliable, like leather, and were lusterless and rather rough. Their length varied from two and a half to four and half inches.
 After laying the eggs the snake gathered them together in a heap un- der the cover she had in her box, wound the rear part of her body around the base of this heap, and then formed a cone-shaped spiral of the rest of her body around the whole, her head closing the top. Not single egg was visible.
 After fifty-six days the first young ones crawled out. They were about two inches long The temperature in the center of the heap of eggs was 105 degrees Fahrenheit, while that of the box was only 72.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Two other pythons tried to hatch their eggs in the London Geological garden-one in 1862 and the other in 1881. In these cases the difference be tween the temperature inside of the heap of eggs and the outside air was much less; but the eggs were spoiled and no young were matched.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
Yita,i.v og tr,o Horseav.

The vitality of the small horsefy after decapitation is as remarkable as that Of the snake that has undergone the same process. He does not use his wings, if the beheading has been done neatly, so as not to injure him other wise, but walks about, stopping now and then for 9 dry wash,' rubbing his legs together and cleaning his wings. f touched. he will side off If blown apon he will cling tightly to avoid be- ing carried away. This performance he will continue for quarter of an hour or so.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
MoNeoLs OF ko-ko NOR.
Bri=andage Is the General Profession Of
 Ambitious Young Men.


 Our road first lay through the dis trict inhabited by the agricultural tribes on the frontier. Then we en- tered the country occupied by the Mongols Of the Ko-ko Nor, says a writer in the National Review. The pasture there was the richest I have ever seen in any part of Thibet; but an idyllic pastoral life is by no means practiced by the inhabitants. Brig andage is the general profession. The young men spend their time either in making raids on travellers and on encampments of their tribes, by which means they mostly acquire their cher ished horses, or in practicing the art of warfare. I witnessed military tournament, at which some riders at full gaJlop fired one after another at a small given mark.
 These Mongols are tall and fierce look ing, though they proved amiable when friendly. The men shave their heads. Both men and women dress in gown of sheepskin, girded round the waist, high boots of felt and skin, bound be- low the knee with a leathern strap or cotton garter, and long white felt coats, which they wear over the sheep skin when it rains. Their summer hat is of white felt, in shape something like the top hat worn by the old Welch market women. The cap they wear in winter is of white astrakhan, shaped like sugar loaf, with red and green cotton brim.
 The women dress their hair in little plaits, more than a hundred. caught together at the ends with wide band of colored cloth, which is embroidered with gay silks and gold thread, and studded with coral and torquoise, silver coins and brass buttons, which they get from Lhassa. The tents are round; the inner sides of trellis-work, the top of wooden ribs, giving an um- brella shape, and the whole covered with white felt, with an aperture for a small door of wood, and hole in the roof to let out the smoke.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
LAND eARoNs OUT WEST.
Landlords Who Are Reckless, Free
 Handed and Good Livers.

Handed and Good EtverE.
 The divine injunction lin the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" has no relevancy to the citizens of the five civilized tribes. Here are a people who, like the lilies of the fields, ''toil not; neither do they spin," furnishing an example of class favoritism under the law peculiar and interesting to study, says Harper's. The landlords have no care but the gathering of rents and a general supervision of the home place. They are, as a class, free-handed, reckless, good livers and with strong tendency to dissipation. Most of them live up to their incomes and few acquire large bank accounts.
 Your typical landlords home is the rambling plantation great house of ante-bellum days, with wide gal leries, big chimneys and usually in a bad state of repair. An air of untidi- ness and neglect pervades the yard, tC which is added lack of taste inside when you enter. Still there is some thing about the s;lrrourdi2gS-tb CT shard, smoke house, negroes, pigs an. poultry-which denotes solid old-fash toned comfort and Arcadian content. Frequently you meet the lord of one ot these mansions-a squaw man-whose ia mily claim no Indian blood, yet he enjoys, by virtue of a former matri- monial alliance, all the landed rights of an Indian. It is really surprising the number of this class that are di- vorced from Indian wives or have be- come widowers and remarried in their own race. They constitute the largest landholders and are very jealous of their tribal rights when threatened by boomers" as they term the opponents of land monopoly and unequal privi- leges.
 And what of the Indian, the full blood, whom this great and munifcent government of ours has in its wisdom regarded as a ward and heir to a priDcely heritage as a recompense for Anglo-Saxon rapine? You will find him where the stiffness of the forest is as yet unbrolIen. He is there in his miserable little hut, recluse from the great mad world he so distrusts and fears, living a poor hand-to-mouth ex- istence, and rarely emerging to visit the haunts of his tormentors. A scanty patch of corn, a few poultry and mast fed hogs, with what game and fish fall prey to his skill, go to supply his meager larder and furnish employment for his squaw and himself. Once in great while there is a per capita pay nent, and a pittance falls to his share after the professional redmen of the tribe have made the disbursement to their satisfaction and paid their tat torney's fees" It is rare thing to find q full-blood in the Indian territory who is living comfortably on as much as a quarter section of land under cultiva- tion. There are some, but they are striking exceptions.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
HE WAS IN A HURRY.
Only Four Days to spend Abroad and All
 Europe to See

Europe to See.
 Speaking of being in hurry" said a traveller to a New York Sun man, reminds me of man I once saw in the tower of London, one of a little party that was being piloted through by beefeater. He kept all the time just ahead of the pilot and seemed anxious to go faster and get through Everybody else wanted to see every thing, but this man would have liked to skip some of these thugs; still he couldn't say anything, for the pilot made good time right along until he came to the figure of a big man on a big horse, both in heavy armor and the man holding great spear, most i'm pressive figure, representing I forget now who, but somebody famous in history, and the beefeater talked a little longer than usual. Here the man who was in a hurry broke in Yes, yes,' he said, that's all right, but we can't stand here all day looking at that, you know, and he moved ahead little and waited, all ready to go on. We all hoped that the beefeater would pay no attention to him; we need have had no fear on that score, for he paid abso- lutely no attention whatever to him. An hour or two later we stood at the gate and bade the beefeater good-by. The impatient man and I walked away together. He wasn't the worst man in the world by any means. He was from Boston. He said he was a busy man and had very little time to spare; he was going back in the steamer he came over in, and, as he had only four days to do Europe in, he really felt as though he ought not to spend half day in the tower"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
TREACHEROUs SNOW.
Dangers to Which the Chamois Hunter
 Subjects Himself.


 One of the perils which the chamois hunter must face is that which turks in the snow. Mir. Buxton, in his Short Stalks, tells the story of Herr S-'s adventure, which graphically illus trates this danger. He was following with one companion, Tn the depth of winter, the trail of wounded cha mois. The track led them across a steep couloir filled with deep, loose snow, into which they plunged up to their middles.
 When half way across this the mass parted just above them, and moved downwards with ever-accelerating speed, sometimes covering them deep with a surging mass, and then again tossing them into the air.
 At last S. felt himself suddenly and violently arrested by some pro- truding substance, which afterwards proved to be broken stump of a tree. After time he recovered conscious ness, and succeeded in shaking him. self free.
 The first thought was for his friend, of whom nothing was to be seen. But as he gazed over the waste of snow he saw at distance a twig, which had been pressed downwards, recover itself and spring up.
 Thinking it might be the sign of some life he made his way to the spot, and close by it found boot protrud- ing from the surface. Scraping the snow away as best he could with his naked hands he at length uncovered the body so far as the face.
 The man was apparently dead, and his face was almost black; but present. ly he came to, and was little the worse, while S. himself, in turn, fainted from the injuries he had received, and was laid up for six weeks before he re- covered
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
IN A HURRICANE.
Story of Queer Thing That Happened
 in the East.

Story of Queer Thing That Happened
 i'll the East.
 A story comes by nal from the far east and tells one more of the wonder ful things which happen to those who have their homes on the great waters. Ehe story concerns the big four nasted iron ship Lucipara. She halls rom Glasgow, and recently made a voyage from Sharpness to Sydney, \. $. ". While sailing along between the Cape Of Good Hope and Australia, the ship ran into hurricane, or was oya rtaizen by one. about midnight. suddenly the sea, which had been dan gcrously high, became calm, and to those on the ship it seemed as if the surface of the ocean had been sub iected to an enormous pressure, by which the waves were stilled. Without warning the men were almost blinded by . sheet of flame, which enveloped the ship from stem to stern, and reached half way up the masts.
 This wave of flame surged back and forth, fore and aft, for few seconds, and was then sEulfed out as suddenly as it had appeared, leaving capsain and crew grOping about in intense darkness! The blinding glare was ex- trenely painful to the eyes, but caused no damage either to the men or to the ship. Capt. Witt said it was his first experience of the kind, and he hoped it would be the last.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
THE STORMY PETREL.
Queer Expectations O. Gid Sailors About
 the Bird.

the Bird.
 One of the best known of the sea birds is the stormy petrel. It is oftenest seen during storms flying above the waves in search of the she'll fish and other small animals that are brought to the surface by the tempest, says St. Nicholas. The sailors call petrels "EIother Carey's chickens" and do not view them with much favor, owing to their being constant compan- ions of storms. Jack thinks that rough weather may be expected when he sees petrels about and is not quite sure that they do not in some way cause the tempest. When the bird is on the lookout for it's prey it seems to walk on the water. Hence the sea men of olden time, in allusion to the Apostle Peters walking on the water, called the bird petrel, from the Latin Petrellus, Little Peter"
 So far from the sailor being super stitious as to the capture of another kind of petrel, the cape pigeon, which the size of tame pigeon, 1 have known "Jack" to take a hand occa- sionally in capturing them as a bit of recreation during dog-watch.
 In southern attitudes the cape pi- geons follow ship in thousands. A common bottle cork is tied to the end of piece of thread and trailed astern so that the cork touches the water. This gives the required tautness to the thread.
 As the birds fly in clouds from side to side astern some of them constantly strike the thread with their wings and the resistance is enough to turn them over it, when the thread is wrapped around the wing and the bird is hauled on board. In this manner I have seen hundreds caught in a day.
 On one occasion clipper ship carry ing passengers to India captured pigeons by hundreds and the surgeon by some mischance succeeded in en- tangling stormy petrel.
 Now, the doctor was an enthusiastic naturalist and what to.the sailors is known as a '1and-lubber"- is. he was on his first voyage. The doctor at once took the specimen to his cabin and made preparations to skin and preserve it. In hot haste a deputation of seamen, headed by the old gray haired sail-maker, came aft with re- quest that the petrel be set at liberty, saying that otherwise the ship and all on board would surely suffer.
 The doctor, somewhat surprised, in- tended to set the bird free, but his en- thusiasm as a naturalist prevailed over the superstitious warning and when the sailors had disappeared the bird was added to his collection. The fact soon became known forward among the men and the doctor was re- garded with black looks by the crew for the remainder of the voyage.
 In the course of time the good ship anchored in the Hugil river and that day at dinner the doctor suddenly died
 There was a gathering of the sailors around the windlass that dog-watch and the doctors sudden death was at tributed by the superstitious sailors to his slaughter of the stormy petrel.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
Locatlone of the CapitaI.

The capital of the United States has been located at different times atthe following different places: At Philadel- phia from September 5, 1774, until De- cember, 1776:at Baltimore, from Dccem- Der, 20. TIC. to March, 177T; at Philadel- phia from March I, 1777, to September, 1777; at Lancaster, Pa., from September 27, TIT, to September 30, 1777; at York, Pa, from September 30, 1777, to July, IT'S; at Philadelphia, from July 2, ITS, to Jcne 30, 17SS: at Princeton, N. J., from June 50, 17S3, to November 20, 17S9; at Annapolis. Md, from No- vember, 17S3, to November, 17S4. at Trenton, N. J., from November, 17S4, to January, 17S5: at New York, from January, 17S5, to 1790, when the seat of government was changed to Phila- 1elphia, where it remained until 1900, since which time it has been at Wasn- jngton.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
Dogs in Rallrond Cars.

Belgium leads the way in the im- portance which it accords to dogs. Ac- cording to a decision just issued by the government, which controls all the railroads of the kingdom, dog is just as much entitled to a seat in railroad compartment as its owner, providing the latter has purchased 8 ticket for the animal, and when a compartment made to hold ten persons contains eight human beings and two dogs, the compartment is henceforth to be re- garded as full. It is to be hoped, how ever, that on busy days the deg passen- ger will be willing to stand to oblige a lady, though to judge from the favor which canine pets appear to enjoy in Belgium it seems more likely mat la dies will be requested to give up their seats to dogs.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
POUNDED THE DOG 70 DEATH.
IEcw sIorI.ey Made Good Use of q Billy
 like q Pelicezslan's Club.

IEcy sIoni,ey Made Good Use of Billy
 like q Peliceolan's Club.
 s:Fhe most novel fight I ever vii neescl," remarked . traveller to writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer. was between Q bulldog and mon1ey. down in Cuba. \ friend of mine had bulldog that had licked every canine on the island, and he was very proud of him. A gentleman from South America said that he had a monkey that could whip the bulldog and the owner of the latter laughed at the idea. After some talk Q wager of five hundred dollars was made and the only advan- tage that the monkey was to have was that he was to be allowed the privilege of using q baton, about the length of r9o2;cc1nan's club, but not so heavy. Tie fight was in a public place, and in Q pit that was surrounded by an iron rating. There was big crowd out to see the fight Of course everybody thought the dog would chew up the monkey. After few minutes, how 2ver, the audience was surprised at he sagacity displayed by the monkey. Ihe bulldog would make a rush t the monkey, and the latter would iump aside and allow the. bulldog oo hit his head against the iron ratings. This was kept up for twenty minutes or more, and then the dog be- gan to get tired. The monkey began to fight. He would let the dog make a rush and then jump on the dogs back and strike him several times with the baton. This was kept up for an hour CT more, and finally the dog fell on the floor completely exhausted, and the monkey actually pounded him to death. The monkey would strike the dog sev- eral blows and then place his ear to the canine to see if he still breathed. Finally the owner of the dog agreed to give up the fight, but the owner of the monkey told him that he was too late, as the monkey would not quit until he had killed the dog. This was one of the peculiarities of the monkey. They always kill their victims. The owner of the dog said he did not want his dog killed, and insisted on taking the monkey off. While they were talk ing the monkey belted the dog several times with his baton, placed his ear on the dog, and with sudden jump leaped on the shoulder of his owner and commenced to use monkey lan- guage. The dog was examined and found to be dead. The people ap- plauded the victory of the monkey, and it looked as if the monkey under stood it."
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
THE PARASOL ANT.
How the Industrious Insect Acquired It's
 Queer Name.

Queer Name.
 The fact that the ''parasol ant" of
 the West Indies has grown to be such
 a pest that the government of Trinidad
 has had to adopt appropriate legisla-
 tion against its ravages draws atten-
 tiOn to the remarkable habits of the
 little creature. It has been definitely determined that they do not cut the circular bite out of the leaves that they bear away so like a parasol over their heads, for the purpose of eating them, or for nest lining, as has been suggested. These bits of leaves are simply wanted as the soil on which to cultivate certain sort of fungus that they feed upon; and the ants are as expert in it's culture as any market gardener of Paris in the growing of his beloved mushrooms A nest of these tiny agriculturists has thus been described by the director of public works of Trinidad, who has had them on his study table: Each forager dropped his portion of leaf in the nest, and it was taken up by a small worker and carried to a clear space to be cleaned. It was then taken in hand by the large workers, which. after licking it with their tongues, re- duced it to a small, black ball of pulp These balls were built on the edge of the already formed fungus bed, and slightly smoothed down. The new surface was then planted with portions of the fungus brought from other parts of the nest. Each piece is put in separa toly, and the ants know exactly how far apart the plants should be. It sometimes looks as if the bits of fun gus had been put in too scantily in places, yet in about forty hours If the humidity has been properly regulated) it is all evenly covered with a mantle as of very fine snow.'' When it is re- membered that most persons who have tried the cultivation of edible fungi have failed, because of the difficulties arising from the handling of the spores and the maintenance of the needed humidity, it almost seems that we must concede to these tiny creatures a greater degree of agricultural skill than is possessed by the average farmer.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
The Prayers of Indians.

Prayers are an important part of say age custom. The Society islanders prayed before almost every act of their lives. In Guinea a daily prayer is: 70 God, help us; we do not know whether we shall live tomorrow: we are in Thy hand" A Bushman says: 70 Calm, give us food; both hands full" Another tribe: ''Giye me to- day rice and yams, gold and aggry beads, slaves, riches and health: make me active and strong" But a savage in his prayers thinks neither Of moral ity nor of future state Among the Cherokees, Aztecs, Mayas and Peru vians, ''the rite Of baptism was of immemoriai antiquity"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
He wanted an Experienoed noctor.

An East Indian missionary tells an odd tale about one of his converts. One day Chodja, while mending the roof of his house, fell to the ground and broke a rib. A friend went hur- riedly for a doctor. Have you ever fallen from a roof and broken a rib?'' was the first question Chodja asked the doctor. No, indeed, was the laugh ing reply. Then go away at once" cried Chodja; T want doctor who has fallen from a roof and knows what it isl''
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
Passenger Traffic Manager. 4, I: < s; F. R. l

Passenger TraIIc Manager, A, T. & s. F. R. R.
 Or HENRY F. GARRISON,
 Immigration Agent, A., T. &S ERR
 623 Rialto Building, Chicago, III. This railway passes through twelve states and territories, and having no lands of it's own sell has no object in advancing the interests of any speci al locality, or in giving any other than ab- sOlut ely reliable information. 1t realizes that the prosperity of the farmers of the great south- west means prosperity to itself also, and is thus naturally willing to aid the immigrant as much as possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-03
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