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The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
GREAT AMERICAN RESlGNER.
An Expert Bank! Accountant Who Takes
 Frequent Vacation Spells.


 Living in fashionable town within committing distance of New York is gentleman who invariably attracts at tention by his long hair. Strangers al ways conclude that he is nothing less than a great lawyer or bank president. When a reporter for the Commercial Advertiser asked his fellow-townSmcn about him he was told the following story: One day the gentleman, who is one of the best acc0untantsxin the metropolis, stepped up to the president of the bank by which he is employed and said he had decided to resign, and that the resignation must go into eff feet immediately. The president was 10th t. lose so valuable man and urged him to reconsider the matter. He talked with him for an hour. but to no purpose. The eInpioye, whose skill as mathematician was beyond any thing ever met with by the officials of the bank, has bound to leave the in. stitution, but absolutely refused to give any reason for doing So. The ac- countant left that day and the bank
 
 could without him. Ten days later the cashier was astonishCd on entering the bank to find the accountant hard at work at his old desk. The mathema- tician said good morning, just as he had done every day for years before he resigned, but offered no explanation. The president and cashier let their strange acting empioye keep at his work and ask no questions. Three months later the accountant went into the presidents office again and ten dered his resignation. It was accept ed and the man was absent for week or more. Then Ee suddenly returned. The same thing was repeated again and again. Now it is standing joke in that bank that the accountant has resigned. It is his way of taking a vacation. He never stays away more than two weeks.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
Transuarent Leatnor.

The manufacture of transparent leather, an article which has lately at- tracted some attention. may be ac- eomplished, according to the Aagazin Pittoresque, in the following manner: After the hair has been removed from the hide, the latter. tightly stretched upon frame, is rubbed with mix turc consisting of one thousand parts glycerine, two parts salicylic acid, two parts picric acid, and twenty-five parts boric acid. Before the hide is abso- lutely dry it is placed in a room which the rays of the sun do not pene trate, and is saturated with a solution of bichromate of potash, and, on the hide becoming very dry, there is ap- piled to it's surface an alcoholic solu- tion Of tortoise shell, by which a transparent aspect is obtained. The leather is of an exceedingly flexible character, and is used for the maEu- fecture of toilet articles though it is claimed to be fairly adapted to the production of foot gear.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
SIGNALING BY WATER "a
The Method Of Transmitting Sounds sue
 oes sfu:iy Tested in England.

A very interesting test of a new method Of signaling through water has been made in England, says the Pitts brrgh Dspatch. Tho system is the in. vention of Capt. Ncale, and is in tended fer the exchange ot messages and the carrying on of conversation between ships on the sea CT On rivers. whether moving or stationary, CT be- tween ships or lighthouses and har- bors. forts or piers on the shore. Com. inunicatiOn is effected without any connection whatever between the two objects. except the body of water on which tho ships float or the lighthouse stands the water being the sole medium through which the message is trans mitted.
 The system utilizes a we'll known law of acoustics. If a musical note in a given key be sounded an object ca pable of emitting sound in the same key will, unler certain conditions, synpathetically respond with sound similar to that which induced it, it being, of c00Tc, a primary condition that the two objects shall be nominally tuned to unison. Capt. Nealc's in vention is based on this principle, utilizing the high conductivity of water for the transmission of sound In the recent test the apparatus was mounted on two punts, moored about two-thirds of mile apart. and carry ing transnitter and receiver respec- lively. The transrlitter consists of a bell about sixteen inches in diameter attached to the lower end of fram ing, which is fixei in the side of the punt, at the upper end of which is a crank handle. This handle, worked from the punt, actuates a double-beat hammer, which strikes and sounds a bell submerged about six feet.
 The Morse code is employed quar- ter turn C. the handle being given for the dots of the code and a whole revo lution for the daShes. The receiving apparatus consists of pair of metallic drums, about ten inches in diameter. open at enc end and fixed mouth to mouth, upon a piece of board placed between them. These drums. suspend ed in the water, are connected up with small battery, and through it with tape-recOrding instrument. Messages were correctly transmitted and re- corded. The speed Of operating was somewhat slow, as the signaling had to be carried on by hand instead of electricity. which will shortly be util ized. The trial, however, was most successful and is said to have dem- onstrated the practical character of the invention and the correctness of the principles upon which it is based.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
CALIFORNIA IN l6S3.
It Had Both Depression and Cause f,
 COn@ratalati0n.

It Had Both Depression and Cause fov
 COn%ratalati0n.
 Says San Francisco letter to the New York Tribune: The retrospect of the year in California does not show tho usual gains il business and the customary progress in the material de- velopmcnt Of tho state. About the only increase in crops is found in hops, of which 48.000 bales were shipped this year, Q gain of 0.0O0 bales over last year. There has also been a substan- tial increase in tha gold yield, the out put for this year being $13,0C0, GOO, gain of about 5000, ,000. From all in- dications gold mining will have big boom the coming year, as hundreds Of mines that have not been worked for ten years will be reopcned and new properties developed. The wine men have had good year, cs there has re- gently been an unexpected demand for wine ana brandy. The decrease in bank clearings probably serves as the best index to the financial depression. 1n this coast. This decrease amounts to S103, GGJ, ,001. Real estate transac- tions in this city also fell from S21. .000,- 500 to 313, ,7Go, 900. The grain shipments were heavy, but the low price made tho total returns smaller. The railroad freight movement surpassed the rec ords Of all previous years, the increasd over the previous year being 47,O0O, GOO pounds, which would fill 21,T94 cars The salmon and cod fishing industrie9 were both prosperous.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
AcRccs THE YAQUI COUNTRY.
The First White Map Who Ever Accom-
 piishod t:e TriD.


 Charles T. Ncylor, Ga American pros pector who left the city of Chihuahua eight months go for trip across the Sicrre GIedrc ncrntains and through tl,c wild and dangerous coun- try inhabited by the Yaqui Indians arrived at EermosillO, Mexico. re- gently.
 His trip was made in the search ot silver and gold. and was the most des porato undertaking imaginable. Mir. Naylor's route from Chihua hua was by way of ToEloch;c. the town which was entirely dcpopulated in an attack made upon tic inhabitants over 8 yea1 ago by Mexican troops. who massacret the men, women and children.
 Nr. Naylor stated that in the noun. tains west of thc fated town he came upon . band Of about two hundred Tomochic braves who had an almost irnpenetrablc rendezvous upon which all attacks of Mexican soldiers had proved futile. Upon observing that MT. Nayiol, was aa American bent upon g. peaceful mission, he was well received. He spent two weeks with the TOmochics and then entered the ICQui 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, Mr. Naylor was placed upon horse and with two wounded Indians as guards was started across the coun- try toward the west. He passed through number of villages, and was never permitted to tarry longer than one night at single place.
 At t.sc western confines of the Yaqui country his guards left him and he made his way with great difficulty across the mountains to uermosillo Mir. Naylor tells some meI 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 hare crossed the Yaqui country. There have been nu- meroes attempts made, but the Ya- qliS always intcrfercd. This is the only tribe in Mexico which has never been cOnquercd.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
CurinT9 EPIatinnskirnz.

Thompson Chandler, a Lyons Farms (N. J.) farn:tr, is the proud father ot two "boys," the oldest being sixty years of age and the youngest eight. His eldest son has Q son forty years old, who in turn is the father Of q Eoy six teen years old. The latter is twice the age of his grand-urcle. While Farmer Chandler's eight-ycar-Old son is going to school ct Lyons Farms, his sixty year-old boy is prosperous business man of Vincland. '. J.. and the latter's lorty-year- old son is bank directuy
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
New Use for Pnbhar.

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 q severe strain was caused by sudden jerking in a pitching vessel. This is now overcome by what is called 0 rubber accumulator, which consists of seventy rubber discs or buffers on middle rod, so arranged that by con- pression they act as a spring. The bugers 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 tho metal surfaces. In this device it is found that q cOmpres- sion can be had of five feet, which is sufficient to distribute tho strain along the entire length of the ship. The ap- plication is made by running the rope frcm reel located afVto the middle of the foremast, and then passing it through the rubber accumulator to the end of the anchoring boom, which is spar thirty feet long. From this the rope with two hundred-pound weight attached is dropped vertically into the
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-04
The Grin n EurOna.

La grippe, which was so prevalent in Europe as well as in this country two and three years ago, appears tC have made it's appearance again across the water with all it's former virulence. 4 large number of cases are reported in London. In the LID per Rhine and Main regions it is reported as approaching the dimen. sions of 6 plague, md q fifth of the whole population of Hesse Darn stadt is said to be down with it Parliamentary work at Vienna is at a standstill because all the officers ot both houses are suffering. It is noted in Berlin, where it is ficrcaly raging. tEat this time the epidemic is coupled with failure of the heart and attack, the strongest constitutions It has not made it's appearance extensively in this country as yet, and it is devoutly to be hoped that it will not. During it's for mer visitation here it proved by far the most fatal of any of the epidemics in our recent history.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06

Henry G. Morley, tho famous moon
Hhincr, nearly two years ago turned
against his fellows in Murray county,
Ga, and was slain by them. Among
those prominent i'll informing upon the
mrderers of tho moonshiner was Row.
j. ). Hooker. His neighbors, discover
ing that he was un informer, visited his
house one night, took him and his son
out and gave them 90 lashcs each, with
warning to leave the county forever.
Hooker took his family to Atlanta.
There his wife, who was hard work.
ing woman, took boardcrs. Among the
boarders was fair widow with whom
the preacher elopod aftor few days and
wandered back TO tho ncighborhood
whence lie came. There he was arrested,
charged With violating the state liquor
law, for which he was convicted and
sentenced to ~ months on the chain
gang. This sentence he began to serve
out a few days since New York World.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
COMMUNICATED.

MIR. EDITOR - Please allow me a
small space III your columns to express
few fncts pertaining TO our city. at
meeting Of the City Council held
Tuesday night MIR. JohuJ. King. Goun-
Gilman from the Fourth Wari, offered
resolution repeating the ordinance in
reference to porches and bay windows.
At the same tlmo he stated that II the
Council had no right to give permits.
sion to c'tizeps to build them, that to
repeal the ordinance forbiddiug the
build n of the same and let the builder
take tue FISK, MS he knew that the or.
diuaIce was working injury tn the
city, as he knew of number Of people
who would build if such an act was
passed, but would not under the pres
ent ordinance.
Now sir, the resolution is g good one
as L know to my own knowledpe that
1t has worked to the disadvantage Of
the oity in II number of cases and uas
caused people To build ut Park View
and Cottage Place. depriving the city
OF the revenue that it would have re-
oeived, but will not get but little
benefit for ten years. Besides this it
is Keeping the vacant lots III the city
proper from being built up and is
depreciatlng their value. Repeal the
ordinance aud let the builders take the
chances OF some future Council making
them remove the same. BY doing this
you Will benefit the city il more ways
than one. or course the restrictions
on narrowfstreets should remain, but
with vide streets there ia no need of
such law. The majority of the
people are opposed to such an ordi-
nance and let 1t be repealed ut once.
ONE WHO WOULD BUILD,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
DIRECTING A PARADE.
Novel Uso Made OF Electricity at the
knights Meet In boston.

But tho most interesting use of cleo
tricity reported by the Knights was TINT
which was made in Boston ut tho time
of tho parade of the communicates 1t
revealed that by tho use of electricity
great bodies Of men can DO commanded
from Il central station almost as easily
Us the chess player controls his pieces
and puwns. 1t was II new departure in
tho way of directing paradcs in which
many thousand men participate.
Upon "A platform, with telephone
Mt his command and switchboard con-
Meeting with dozen or moro circuits,
sat the general director Of tho parade
All along the proposed line of the parade
there We're placed at convenient inter
walls skillful men, with telephone also
ut their command. Thoy sat upon Gle
waited platforms.
Each ono was able to take in mt Il
glance "a considerable section Of tho
parade All of them saw tho whole
parade, and they were eyes for the gen
eral director. 1t was Us though he, from
his central station, saw that whole
parade Therefore when break oc-
CURED anywhere in the limo the observer
director, and it many times happened
that this director was aware of such
break before the commander of tho COM
mandery knew it.
The director was therefore ublo i'll
stantly to communicate with tho com
mander, telling him to wait until his
limo had been reformed. Thus the whole
parade, containing perhaps 90, 600 men,
moved with the speed, tho good order
and tho ease Of battalion i'll drill
room, probably the first time that such
thing has been accomplished, except
ing, perhaps, by tho veterans of tho war,
upon Pennsylvania avenue, in 1865.
The method is sure to be adopted
everywhere, hereafter for the direction
of great bodies Of men moving III
parade. Holland in Philadelphia Press.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
Tho Boy WA Rieht.

Schooltcacher, examining the class,
lights on tho youngest, and is SO struck
with his intelligent aspect that he ques
tions him forthwith. Nov, my little
man, what do five and two Ipalie?' The
little one remained silent. We'll, sup
pose, now, were to give you five rab
bits today and two more tomorrow, how
many rabbits would you possoss?"
Eight u replied the Juvenile prompt
ly.
Eight! Why? How do you make
that out?"
Cause Two got one at homo al
ready" 1t was quite true, aud tho
teacher had to try again. London Tel
ograph.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
The Port ttoyaI Dry-noclt.

The Port Royal dry dock, recently
put into use. is the largest Government
dry-dock in the United States. It.,
depth from the surface to the floor
thirty eight feet and width Mt subgrade
sixty feet and at the surface 1875 leet.
It's length ID 300 feet. Tho capacity OF
the pumps with which the water is
drawn from the docks is 10000 gallons
per minute. Under favorable cond-
tons the dock can he drai.ed in fifty
live minutes. The Port Royal dook is
ut present the only dock trat will &C
commodete the largest vessels of the
new navy. 1t is expected that the bat.
tleshlp Indiana will be received into
this dock shortly for r"nairs.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
HE FOUGHT AN EAGLE.
Account of u Desperate Struggle Botwce,
MIR. Raut and n BnIdhead.

During tho summer there have beer
seen by tho inhabitants living near sci
van Beach two worry large bald eagles.
Ono day laat week rs Sherman Raut
was crossing field near the creek III,
suddenly came upon the pair Of eagle
Dot moro than 100 feet away. He was
carrying i'll his hand II small packing,
and raised it, expecting to 500 them fly
away, but what was his surprise when
one of them came toward him. No;
having any weapon with him, Raut ran
for tho nearest fence and was mono too
soon in securing board with which 60
defend himself
a desperate battle followed, in which
it seemed for time that the eagle
would como off victorious. Raut finally
succeeded i'll giving tho eagle severe
blow on the wing which crippled him,
and with several moro blows of the
board the eaglo was stunned Raut was
considerably fatigued by the struggle,
and after resting few minutes Carried
tho eagle homo and put it in large
dry goods box. 1t was not dead, but
disabled, and he took good caro- Of il
and tried very hard to keep it alive, but
1t was too badly injured and died nftor
few days. The eagle measured from
tip to tip seven feet, and its talons were
fully two inches long and sharp as noo.
dies
Raut says it has been his experience
to be attacked by Il mad bull. but of the
two he would rather defend himself
from the horned beast than the ugly
Gag lie. Utica Herald.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Only are vouch. ate | t. nsrvcs We * aulun-
strung, but When 1t is braced up and soo thcd
by ilos,cttor stomach Bite 3. perfect
tranquility relgns nj sht and day through
out the norNon system. Nervousness is
usual ' manitestaI on OF chronic DIV ,uep-
sia. disorder to the relief o wAlch the nit
tors Is peculiarly adapted. In the gener 81
riGor Degotten OF complete digestiD IN nmd
asaimil ton, two fdnctous IL led bv IN 4
auxiliary Oi health. the nerves OF cour. "a
share. Nervous people III juld it stsn IL
lily. not - uncertain intervals. The billions
and const pitci. and those troubled with
malaria. rheumatism and kidney trouble
also derive uuspeakRblc benefit from IL.
! he agei ami iniirm IN that it ten Ia
greatly to lessen their phys cal troubles.nui
persons slow y recovering siren 9Th ait6r an
wen 1T II resDrt.d 10. 1t is. moreover. u
capital appetizer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
CONVENTIONAL THE WOODS.
Chairman Sta With His Feet In Different
Counties.


Tho Republican senatorial convention
OF Adair and Madison counties, Ia. has
developed remarkable and peculiar as
poets. When tho time came for selecting
the place for holding the convention,
both counties wanted it. As neither
would waive its claim, u compromise
was effected, and the convention was
held in dense forest between the two
counties. The chairman sat on the di-
viding line with one foot in Adair and
one foot in Madison. Each county is en-
titled TO IL delegates, and they sat in
their respective counties OH either side
of tho dividing limo, and in this position
the convention deliberated for five DAYS.
The delegates We're chosen on account
OF their staying qualities. and they are
proving their reputation as such, for
800 ballots have been taken without n
choice, and it is impossible to determine
when the deadlock will end.
The convention temporarily adjourn
cd to meet Sept. "a, when tho struggle
will be- renewed.
Thousands of people have visited the
senatorial camp, and daily paper has
been printed on the ground. New York
World
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06

We know at last how John Bull an
neSed Trinidad i'll January. Lieutenant
Ryan Of the Barracuda, landing on the
little island i'll high surf, clanbered
with his party mp the steep rocks, raised
inc British flag on spar, appointed the
gunner of the Barracouta as governor
and the surgeon as medical officer of the
domain, and having gravely read u
proclamation of annexation buried it in
u bottle at tho foot OF the flagstaff.
his performance was supposed to
establish claim Oh the island AZ o
sequel TO Halley's visit in 1900. 1t an
pears that tho spot was generally barron
and without sign Of animal life,
although fresh water was found on the
eastern slope and some vegetation near
the waters edge What puzzles tho
British, however. is why Brazil should
want the island, when England could
make use Of it.-New York Sun.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
All Aboard For JupIter,

How densely ignorant tho Russian
peasants are is shown by tho fact that
lately swindler was arrested in the
government Of Saratov for selling
among the peasantry large number Of
tickets to the planet Jupiter. Many of
tho dupes had disposed of everything
they possessed in order to buy such n
ticket, These would DO emigrants wero
promised estates and life OF ease and
luxury, Of course, and had even been
told not to take along tho pictures Of
saints, since on Jupiter they would be
likely 10 make their personal acquaint-
ancc
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06

At Osteel, a little village of East
Friesland, "A monument will be erected
this fall to David Fabricius and his son
Johannes, the astronomers who nearly
800 years ago discovered tho spots on
tho sun and tho rotation of the sun on
its axis. The father, who was the viii
lagc pastor, was murdered by peasant
whom no had denounced from the pull
pit for stealing geese. The monument,
by o. Rassau of Dresden, is a seated
female figure representing astronomy.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
sim.ting. Court. Judge a. y. WAITS.
HrrsidIng.

The bond of the City Treasurer was
ordered to be examined.
Georgia Thomas qualified as admin.
istratriX OF John Harper; bond. S5OU.
Il. L. Vincent qualified as guardian
of Lncy L. Vincent, over II years OF
ago; bond, $500.
The will of Luke Boyle was proved
by the onths of X. Il. Gri fin and II. ii.
Iuewood, subscribing witnesses. Uauna
Boyle qualified as executrix: bond,
s., 200, with no surety.
The will of Laura G. Armistead, in
hor own handwriting, was proved by
the oaths OF j. II. Toomer. w. ii.
Stewart and Jos. l.. Bilisoly. John T.
Griffin and l.. Il. Watts qualified n.
executors. without security, IN n bond
of 500, 900. Appraisers. w. b. Car.
ney. j. ". Bidgood, w. V. Ii. vii
Hams. w. II. Stewart and G.. nattou.
The will of Mary Lassiter wa.
proved by the oaths of William Nj,
Reed and Andrew Halstead.