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The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
SHIPS AND WHALES.
Vessels and Cetaeeacs CoIlids Sometimes
 with Disastrous Effects.

Vessels and Cetaeears Collide Sometimes
 with Disastrous Effects.
 The steamship Petersburg, of the Russian volunteer fleet, had unique experlence near Minicoy, in the South Indian ocean. says Chambers Journal. 4 sharp shock was felt by all on board and she stopped as though gr:pped in a wise. The sea was found to be colored with the life blood of two huge whales, which lay floating in their last agony. One was cut through by the steamers sharp stem and the other killed by re- peated blows of the screw propeller.
 The German steamship Wacsland, bound from Antwerp to New York, ran into and killed sleeping whale. A small steamer, the Kelioe, col lided with whale near Sea- ham harbor and wounded it badly. The celebrated yacht Genesta narrow ly avoided collision with a dead ceta- cean during the jubilee race around our island. In 1889 Shields steam ship, the JaNes Turpic, nearly cut whale in two one starlight night. The schooner O. Fl. Marrett was almost wrecked by passing whales in the north Atlantic. Many of the school struck her repeatedly with such vio- lence that her whole hull shook and articles in the officers rooms were thrown to the floor.
 In 1890 small sailing vessel, the Ocean Spray, bound from Galveston to England, struck sleeping whale and received damage. On the morning of the 17th of July, a whale fifty feet long made it's appearance close alongside the steamship Port Adelaide, Capt. c. Nj. Hepworth, R. N. R., in 42 degrees south, 75 degrees east. He followed the vessel for four days, never more than seventy yards away, and general ly close astern, much to the edifcation of numerous passengers. He threw up the sponge in fl degrees south, 97 de- grees east, after travelling nine hun dred and eighty statute miles, cer- tainly without resting and apparently fasting.
 In November the ship Earnock, Capt. Parson, was under sail in % degrees south, 21 degrees west, when large whale lashed the sea into foam with his tail so near the ship that the chief officer, who happened to be below for ward, came quickly on deck to see what had happened. He actually felt the impact of the water against her bows.
 In June, 1891, while her majesty's ship Immortalite was stcaming from Arosa bay to Gibraltar at the rate of twelve knots an hour, she stopped short as though a submerged danger had been located. It was presently found that she had cut deeply into whale, and it became necessary to go astern in order to get rid of the incum- brence. Four months later the Anchor line steamship Ethiopia collided with 8 whale when about eight hundred miles from New York
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
THE WEIGHT OF A TON.
Attorney Thomas, Of Washington. En'
 lishtens the District.


 Tn the last district appropriation bill there appeared an item allowing 5G cents per ton fer the removal of gar b2ge in steel tanks, says the Washing ton Star. Shortly after the law went into operation a question arose as to what number of pounds constituted ton. The contractors claimed that 5000 pounds was the legal ton and made returns on that basis. The first auditor, however, was not disposed to pass the account until the commission CTS explained the definition of the word ''ton."
 Attorney Thomas was called upon to give his opinion of the matter and re- turned the papers with the following opinion:
 '"The act does not specify the num- Der of pounds which shall compose ton and hence we must go outside for a definition. Among other definitions of the word ton given by Webster is the following: The weight of twenty hundred gross or 2.240 pounds. In the United States the ton is commonly esti- mated ct 2,00O pounds; this is some times called the short ton.' The law in relation to the collection of duties on imports prescribes that whenever tho word ton is used in reference to weighing bulky articles in custom houses, it shall be construed to mean twenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being 112 pounds avoirdupois, but this section throws no light on the question, since but for the statute 2,000 pounds might have been consid- cred by custom-house officials as ton. Nor would there seem to be any prac- tice in the district amounting to usage, since by an ordinance of the late cor poration of Washington in regard to the sale of coal, 2,24O pounds is fixed as a ton, while section 1,190 of the dis trict revised statutes makes 2,000 pounds of hay or straw a ton. In the absence of a definition of the word ton in the act of March 8, 1893, TO special importance is to be attached to section 2,951 of the revised statutes, in regard to the collection of duties, making 2,240 pou nds ton, as showing what congress intended by the use of that word in the act of March 3, 1893 For these reasons my opinion is that 2,000 pounds is to be taken as ton in weighing garbage under the act O.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
BONNETS AND CIGARS.
Sure Relief for the Man Whose Wife Buy:
 Cigars for Him.

Cigars for Him.
 When lovely woman stoops to folly and sets out to buy her husbands cigars for him one of two things is reasonably sure to happen, says the New York Press If the unfortunate head of the household is of choleric temperament he uScG language and pitches the offending weeds out of the window. This naturally gives pain tC their innocent purchaser, and is ex tremely likely to bring about family tears. If the victim of his wife's good intentions is suave and diplomat he says nothing, but adroitly substitutes , box of cigars of his own choosing foI the gift which was meant to add to the comforts of home, and generously pre- ,cnts the first box to the Italian boot black around the corner. This is un loubtedly tic better method of the TWO, but it has the serious disadvan- sagc of encouraging the misguided wife to repeat the experiment which apparently worked ) well. This is !pt to be trying to t..- patience even of patient husband. Besides it is very hard on the bootblac,i.
 Assuredly some method should be adopted to prevent occurrences so re- yrettablc. Since argument in such ;ases would in all human probability De utterly useless, We venture to sug- gest another remedy. When a mans wife iniicts on him the gift of box ot cigars let him accept them smilingly, remembering the bootblaclz around the corner. Then let Eirl rcciprocate by going out and purchasing his wife a bonnet approved solely by his own masculine judgment. The cure may seem trile expensive, but it will work. The woman does not exist who would not take the hint. For the bon net chosen by man without reference to his wife's taste3 is certain to be as acceptable as the cigars which the wife buys for her husband.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
EIade Love by Lightning.

The late Prof Morse made love by lightning, as it were. He met his first wife during an evening call at the house of her father and proposed mar riagc to her before he went away that night. After some happy years she died. leaving him with several children. He remained a widowcr until at the age of lfty-sevcn he attended the we'd dlng of his eldest son. One of the younger ones was what the Scotci. tendcrly call an innocent and it wa. the liindnes; of . relative of the brid; to this boy that attracted his father attention. He invited the lady to driv. with him the following day. nhen they returned from the expedition they were engaged to x, married.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
RUSSIAN EXPLORATIONS.
The Government Is U ell Supplied with
 Reliable Maps.

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 whit than Russia. Time is on 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 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 topographeT are tho animating soul of these expe- ditions.
 Occasional glimpses into their pro- ceedings are allowed to the world, but every fact of military or political sig niicance 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 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., 1895-06-13
4 Relic of Ola London.

One of the most interesting relics of old London is St. Johns gate, Clerk en- we'll, which. because it does not hap pen to lie in one of the main arteries of the big city, is not so well 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 literary interest at- tached to it, for in the room above the nrchwsy Dr. Johnson worked for Cave, the printer, for Q small weekly stipand; 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 memorial to the duke of Clarence, who was first sub-prior of the Order of St. John. The order as now revived em.
 braces the St. John Ambulance associ- stion and is busy n other good works.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
New Cse for Rubber.

Good results are obtained by using rubber in connection with an anchor rope in equalizing and relieving strain in dredging, and in measuring the depth and swiftness of currents. For merly a severe strain was caused by a sudden jerking in a pitching vessel. This is now overcome by what is called a rubber accumulator, which consists of seventy rubber discs or buffers on a middle rod, so arranged that by com pression they act as 0 spring. The buyers are cylindrical in shape, two and one-quarter inches in thickness, and separated from one another by metal discs one-eighth of an inch thick. and two inches larger in diameter than the rubbers which on expansion do not overlap the metal surfaces. In this device it is found that compres- sion can be had of five feet, which is sufficient to distribute tho strain along the entire length of the ship. The sp- plication is made by running the rope from a reel located aft to the middle of the foremast, and then passing it through the rubber accumulation to the end of the anchoring boom, which is 8 spar thirty feet long. From this the rope with two hundred-pound weight attached is dropped vertically into the
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
A ZONE RAILWAY SYSTEM.
RAsults In TripIIng the Passenger Busi.
 ness in Hungary.

RRsults In TripIIng the Passenger BGsi-
 ness in Hungary.
 A remarkable revolution in railway travelling was brought about in Hun gary some years ago by the introdhc- tion of cheap fares and the zone sys- tenn, says the London News. The fares were lowered from about 40 to 80 per cent, and the country divided into zones, having Duda-Pesth as their cen ter. The first zone is fifteen miles broad, the second to the twelfth arc each nine miles, the twelfth and thir- teenth fifteen miles, and the fourteenth includes ell the rest of the country. The fare for each zone is Tod. first class, Sd. second and 5d third; while the rates are reduced one-half for parties of workmen.
 What the new system has accom- plished Is shown by report just issued by the Hungarian government, dealing with the working of the state railways for the years 1891 and 1892. From 9,0OO, 900 passengers carried in 1888, the year previous to the introduction of the zone system, the number has risen to over 2S, 500, GOO, m increase of PIG per cent This result is almost entire ly due to the new system, the augment ation being six times greater than on the Austrian railways during the same period.
 The receipts have improved to the extent of 40 per cent. The third-class carriages were abolished last year on express trains running beyond the short distances. The growth of the traffic in the first zone by the ordinary trains has Teen as much as 627 per cent, mostly in the third-class. It is noteworthy. that the first and four teenth zones, UT the shortest and long est distances, give the largest results, both in the number oi pcrsons carried and in the receipts,
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
Hand.1IRda DeautH.

If you sec Q woman il the street cars occupied with rubbing the tips of her fingers up end down on her face, don't imagine that she is crazy or attempt, ing to mesmerize anyone. She is not She has been reading IT the wonlan's corner of some daily paper that to out wit time and rcEovc wrinkles woman should occupy some Of her leisure mas sag;nG her face gently, to rub the wrinkles out.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13
NAPOLEON'S HATS.
Existing Relics of tho Great French Elm.
 peror.


 peror.
 Careful inquiry has led to the discov- cry that there are TO fewer than nine of Napoleon IT. hats still ia existence. A writer in The Vie Contemporaine gives a list of them. One is in the pos session of Mime. Claitte, whose grand father, Cen. Giraud, picked it up at Marengo. At critical moment Bona partc started off at gallop, and the wind blowing of his hat he did nOt stop to pick it up.
 Another of the hats, says the London Daily News, is in Q little crypt beside Napoleon's tomb ct the Invalides. This was worn on the 7th, 6th and 9th of February, 1907, at Eylau. and it is the identical one represented in the colossal picture of the battle by Gros, to be seen in the Louvre. During the peace which succeeded the battle Groa was commissioned to paint the picture, and in order that the figure of the cm- peror might be faithfully depicted the hat was given to the painter.
 At the death of Gros in 1885 it was found under Q glass case upon a wooden stand, and it was sold by auc- tion among the painters effects for two thousand and forty-scven francs fifty centimes to Dr. Dclacroix, who presented it to Louis Philippe. The latter, after the famous second funeral of Napoleon, ordered it to be placed be- side the remains with the emperor's crosses and the sword he wore ct Aus terlitz. Of the remaining hats, one belongs to Prince Victor Napoleon and another to the museum at Gotha.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
WILL MAKE BETTER TIME.
Fast Mail Train to Run From Chicago to
st. Paul in Eleven Hours

Fast Mail Train to Run From Chicago to
st. Paul in Eleven Hours
CHICAGO, Feb 6-Owing to the de.
mand ior quicker mail service between
Chicago and ths Moth Pacific coast the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul,
which has the government contract for
carrying the fast mail between Chicago
and st. Paul, will shorten the time of Its
fast mail trun to ii hours between Chi
cago and st. Paul commencing next
Sunday. The train will leave Chicago
ut 3 q. IN. as heretofore and will make
the run from Chicago to Milwaukee Ii /
hr. 40 MIN, making no stops on the east
end OF the La Crosse division of tat
road except for fuel or water. At Port
age, Wis, coach will be attached to
the train TO carry passengers, and stops
will be made only at the pr. nc pal DO hts
Oh the west end Of the La Crosse. divi.
sion and Oh the river division between
La C.osse and st. Paul and Mime
apolis, but ali mail will be thrown from
the train at stations in Wiscon sin where
stops Of this train have heretofore beon
made.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
NEWS BRIEFLY HEPCETED.

William s. Wyse o. New York claims
his wife hypnotlzed h M out or 80, 600,
which he sues to recover.
Ralph O. Ruby, American wee and
deputy consul at Blast, Ireland, is
dead
The French line steamship La Gas
cogne, which sailed from Havre lor
New York is two days overdue.
Dennis N Driscoll, well known a few
years ago as champion pedestrian of
New England, died at Lynn, MasA.
aged 81 years. ~'.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
BONDS OF No VALUE
Famous Lyon County Ua.(
Case Decided by the Su-
preme Court.
A BIG DEBT IS WIPED OUT,
Principal and Interest AC-
Crued Now Amounts to
$36O,OOO.

Sioux CITY, Ia, Feb. 6. The famous
Lyon county bond case was decided By
the United States supreme court affirm
ing the decision of the lower court. The
decision is in favor of the county G"a
disposes Of a case long in litigation, W .p-
ing ont q debt of about $500, 900, princi-
pal and interest, represented by bonds.
The case is said to Lave grown out OF
steals in the early history of the county.
When the county was organized the o.
gan,zers wanted to get some swamp
lands. II was the custom to give thesa
lands to company for educat. .onal pur-
poses. Lyon county had no swamp'
and tho plan was to get some of the
land declared swamp land anyhow.
Accordingly the county board author
ICED the
Expenditure of Immense Amounts
for lawyers a I'd in other ways to estab-
]ish that there wer1 swamp lands III the
county. In this way bonds were issued
from time to time and the debt became
immense. In 1885 refunding bond
were issued to take these up to tine
amount of S203,0C0, and it is on the g
refund.ng bonds that the fight has be- II
made. The case went through tie
state and then the federal courts. III
the state court it was held tlat the
bonds We're invalid. This was IN an Old
case founded on an injunction which
,ir Ne tn
stra IL the payment OF intere on the
bonds. Alter the case wa, settled one
OF the owners Of bonds sued on then
and got into the fede al cont. This is
the c..ss settled Ly the latest decision.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Granted Demands.

WHKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. G.-The
striking runners and drivers of the Le-
high Valley Coal company to the mum.
Der of 900 have returned to work. Tho
company granted nearly all the de-
mands of the strikers.
please bother us! Bother us! 10th
or us" is the earnest request which ap-
pears on the title page Of the catalogue
and price list Of Gn cnternrisinG firm of
retail groccrs III q southern city. 'Ti6
bright idea. They can well afford to bo
pestered with inquiries as to quality,
price, etc. The C..Iy thing that the y fear
is to be Let alone. Merchants Review.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
LlNTON'S IMMIGRATION BILL.
Requires Notice of Int.rtion to Remove to
This Country.

Requires Notice of Intention to Remove tn
This Country.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ga prominen
feature Of an immigration and natura.-
ization bill introduced by Representative
Linton rep, NJ ch. is that requiring
aliens expect ng to emlgrate to the
United States to. at least three months
prior to embarkation, apply to the
United States diplomatic or consular
representative resident nearest the.r
place OF residence, for certificate OF
immigration. The representative of thu
government is to require proof that The
applicants are not excluded by amy Law
of this country from emigrating thereto
before csrt.ficate ID issued, -
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
For Dakota and Nebras,a Sufferers.

CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-At the regular
meeting of the Chicago Live Stock Ex
change IN the Exchange building at the
stock yards, the SUM Of $1,000 was
turned over to the board OF directors t.
be used at their discretion for the bene.
fit OF the sufferers of South Dakota anG
Nebraska. President Thompson ap-
pointed committee of three-Messrs.
Mallory. Montgomery and Dow-to
formulate mortgage bill to be pr,
sented to the Legislature.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Must Use Standard Policies.

MADISON, Wis. Feb. 6-The insuranc
commission has ruled that town insuc.
ance companies, of which there are liC
in the state, must write all insurance o..
the regular standard policy, as requ RED
by law. Only half dozen now DO 1t
The attorney general sustains the rul-
ing. The town companies are holding
state meeting here and it is expected
that the new deal will make then!
wlncp
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
sc. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Feb. 5, 1885
HOGS-Steady. Three loads of light
end medium weight stuff on the marxes
selling a. SS.75.
CATrLE-Market strong. Fair demand
for good butcher stuff.
Prime steers. $3.259375; good steers,
ta.75G3.25; pr me cows. $2.4OQ63. UO; good
COWS, S2.00@2.3j common to tair cows,
tl.OO9l.75 light veal calves, sS5Oi94 ~;
heav. calves. ~. 2.0O9l.75
SHEEP-Slow and weak.
Receipts: dogs $50; cattle. so; calves,
none; sheep, none
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
CORONER'S INQUEST.
It Ill BE Held Oh the Body Of One of the
EIbe Passengers.

LOwEsToFT, Feb. 5.-A mail ba~
marked No. l." be.onging to tue
steamship E.be, was found off SoutE-
void.
An inquest upon the remains Of Fred
crick Ernest of Magdeburg. Prussia, the
drowned passenger OF the Elbe, whose
body was landed here by the fishiny
smack Verena, has opened here. The
coroner swore in a special jury and an
nounced his intention of traverslng all
the facts in the case. The inquest was
then adjourned until Feb. 26. The coz.
oner is communicating with all the
parties interested in the disaster.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Formed n Christian Union,

BAY CITY, Mich. Feb 6.-The Catho-
lio priests and Protestant ninist rs of
the city have adopted articles of associa-
ton of the Christian Union of the Bay
Cities of Michigan" Fraternal meet
ilgs VIII be held and a mutual spirit of
unity, charity and liberation cultivated.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 1895.
CLOSING PRICES
WHEAT-Fabruary, 49stc; May, 52xe:
July. 5 ss@53Ac.
CORN-February, 4o1; May, 4aHQ%SQ
July, 43c.
OAIS-February, 2dNc; May. 1850;
June 2sHc.
PORk-February, S9.65; May, &o90
LARD-Februsry, s6.42s; May, sd57A
SHORT kiHS-Fsbruary, S&aIh; NAN
&l7h
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Bank to Quit business.

BEAVER CREEK, Mimi, Feb. 8.-Ths
Beaver Creek Bank is closing up busi-
ness. The capital, or large part Of it,
has been tied up in real estate, and tho
past two years have been hard Strug.
gle, but with good blckers it will pull
through and will pay all Indebtedness.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Made Sure Work of IL.

SPENCER, WIS. Feb. GA nortt
bound freight train ran over man near
Mannville. He shot himself when the
engine was within three rods Of him,
and fell upon the track. He is unknuwn,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwa ukee Grain.

MILwAUKEE, Feb 8, 1896
FLOUR-Dull.
WHEAT-No. spring, SOC; No
Nor nern, 6-4c; May, 53s6c.
CORN--No. 3, 43c
OATS-No. white, 31c; No. white,
80Ac.
BARLEY-No. 2, 54c; sample, 53H@
55hc.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Chicago Union stock Yards.

CHICAGO, Feb. 5. 1895.
HOGS-Best heavy and mixed are &c
highei: others steady. Sales ranged at
Is 90 for lighl; 50. 75@420 for mixed;
S.15G43 ~ for heavy PACKING and shipping
lots; 80 15@3.N % for rough.
CATTLE-Market steady.
SHEEP-Market quiet, but steady.
Receipts: Hogs, 10000; cattle, $500,
sheep, "a 0O0
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Welded In Phiiadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 6.--Maior N. A.
Hig-ey. president of the Merchants Ma
tional bank Of Cedar Rapids, Ia. was
married i'll this CITY to Mrs. j. r. NIch-
OILS of New York.