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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-10-11

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The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
THE TONGUE AND SPEECH.
Imperfect Articulation Rarely lmpedes
 Man in His Work.

Imperfect Articulation Rarely lmpedes a
 Man in His Work.
 For making the and the tongue has to be partially applied to portion of the palate next tie teeth. Not only, however, must the contact be in- complete, but it's place is indefinite may be half an inch farther back. To make sh and zh the contact has to be made not with the tip, but with the upper surface of the tongue, ard must be an incomplete contact. Though for making the liquids the tip Of the tongue and the sides of the tongue are used. yet the requisite is not any ex- act adjustment of the tip, but an inn perfect contact with the palate, says Herbert Spencer, in the Contemporary Review. For the tn tip is used along with the edges of the tongue, but no perfect adjustment is required, either to the edrcs of the teeth or to the junction of the teeth with the palate, where the sound may equally well be made. Though for the t and q com plcte contact of tip and edges of the tongue with the palate is required. yet the place of contact is not definite, and tho tip takes no more important share in the action than the sides.
 Anyone who observes the movements of his tongue in speaking will find that there occur no cases in which the ad- justments must have an exactness corresponding to the extreme power of discrimination, which the tip possesses; for speech-this endowment is useless. Even wcro it useful, it coulst not be shown thatit has been developed by survival of the Attest, for though per- feet articulat;on.i is useful, yet iinper- feet articulation has rarely such an eff feet as to impede man in sthe main tenancc of his life. If he is afgood workman. a Germans interehanges of bs and p'stto not disadvantage him. ii Frenchran, who in place of the sound of tn, always makes the: sound z, succeeds as teacher of music or dancing, no' less than. if he-@ aclifeved the English pronunciation. Nay, even such on imperfectionof speech as that which arises from cleft palate does not prevent'a man from getting Oh if he is capable. True, it may go against him as candidate for parliament, or as an orator of the unemployed (mostly not worth employing). But. in the struggle for life he is not hindered by the effect to the extent of being less able than others to maintain himself and his offspring.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
CuTTER.Rlaaep. YACHTS.
River Colne tho Birthplace Of the Grace-
 fCl Eri. .ish Cutter. <


 Pearl and Louise were the first yachts with the distinctive cut ter-rig, writes Capt, 4. J. keacaly in Outing. The river COlrc was, i1 point of fact, the birthplace of the cutter ar.3 of the graceful cuttcr-stcrn.
 The marquis of An glccey 1nay be said to have been the parent of Brit ish yachting, and -his'descenlants' have been glorious patrons of the sport, The old narq0is cllristcncd his son, Lord Alfred Pagct, by clipping hirt head first into the sca while Q ol:ild ia long clothes, from the deck of the Pearl. Every y2chtman knows what Lor;b Alfred did for the sport ia Eng land, and how ccpitally the prince of Wales and he worked togcther in de- veloping it. LCrl Alfred had the full management of the princess yachts. Alexandria and Dagnar, both built for his royal highncss by John Harvey.
 Lord Alfred, too, was the first to recognize the advantage Of the auxil- iary yacht, and John Harvey designed for him tho Xantha, tho first of her kind ever built, and she yves followed, in 1874, by tue Sunbeam, Lord Bras sey's boat, made famous by Lady Bras sey's facilc pen, .a
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
The Scimitar Snake.

There is little reptile belonging in Madagascar known as the 'scimitar snalle--that is, the curling sword. Running along the back from head to tail is blacl1ish, horny substance, Ehich bends wi;h the -convolutions of Ghc snakes body as readily as would .wcll-tempered steel spring. and throughout it's entire length it bears an edge as hard as fint and sharp as 6 razor. They are mot poisonous, but when one of them sprin55 on a man, which he is very likely 10 do, he will Soon have leg off unless cracked on the pate. Somo snake specialists claim that the presence of this rept1e on the island is the.reason that, there are no large quadrupeds to be found there at present, the curling sword in back ages having taken. off legs faster than they could be created.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
I;otan;cal Oddities.

Those who have given any particular attention to the study of botanical od- dities know that the Brazilian flower known as the running antelope" is so called because it's white petals lave a series of well-defncd ~dark-eolored lines and dots, in which tho ifnagina- tion can readily trace the form of an antelope. with the limbs Outstrctched and head thrown back, seemingly flee ing for it's life. In the '''GaIieaturc plant' ono species has the initiative form on the petals, and another has it outlined in the ribs and shading of the leaves, This last mentioned. curiosity bears a remark ably wcll-cxecutcd likeness of the duke of Wellington, and has on that account been named Arthur and His NoSc:'
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
ONE MANS DIPLOMACY.
It Stopped the I;aby's Crying and Earns :, ,.'-. Kim Everlasting Gratitude.

It Stopped the I;aby's Crying and Earned
 :. .'-e Him Everlasting Gratitude. :. It yTaS ia aa %L,' train and q baby was crying with Cl the strength of it's. two-yctsr-old lungs. The expression on the faces of the occupants of the car changed from indifference to,pity, then to annoyance, and finally to downright anger. Finally says the New York Recorder, a Eaa twoor three seats from the crying child leaned over and snapped his fingers quickly. es
 The effect was magical. The child stopped il tho middle of ayell, and gazcd open eyed and open nouthed at the man. He snapped his fingers sev- eral :timcs, then, accompanying them with grotcsqucly cheerful Grniles and q peculiar shake of his head which seemed to highly interest the cross chcrub and appeal to his sense of huinor, for a wavcring little smile crept around the corners of the ,droOp- ing mouth and the cries ceased for good The man leaned back in his seat. bestowirg occasional cheerful winks and smiles at the vanquished foe. ... -.at,.a
 He rcaped his reward. The old fell low next to him declared he had diplo, macy enough to make a prime, minis. ter, the men opposite pecpcd at. him in friendly recognition over thc tops of their papers, the woman near hin with nerves and 9 headache said;. Thank you" and the pretty girl in the cor her gave him q sweet smile. That man left. the c2r followed by a score ot blessings, and, the cross baby turned over and actually went to sleep.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
Mines Under the Sea.

We have all heard 2bout the British coal and iron mines, the galleries of which extend far out under the .Atian- tic ocean, but there are perhaps very few Americans who know that the most extensive untlcr-ocGan mining operations in the world arc carried on along the Pacific coast of this conti- nent. At Nana;mo, British Colum bia, there is coal mine the shaft of which extends several hundred feet below the ocean bed at that point. All the ga:.cr:es of the mine. aygregat:ng something ,;ke twelve mics ill length, are entirely under the ocean. .----
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
STAR GROWERS.
Times When They ci from the Heavens
 like Hail.

ALtnSS VI nCH Si AFpkI iiiC
 like Hail.
 The first of the notably third of century netcoric displays which went into the records occurred on Nove:r Der l2, l.9J, and was witnessed by Ilam- boltlt. the scientist traveller, in South America. IIIll1boidt gave vivid de scr:ptlon of it. which i5 in books on popular astronomy. Boupland, an other scientific writer who also Ob- served the display. sail that from the beginning of the phenomenon there was rota space in the Armament equal in c:-tcrt to three 'lianCtcrs Of tho moon t.lGc vas not flied ct every no r1cnt with Lolidcs and falling stars
 The net of thcsc third Cf q century star showers occurred ou tho night of November l3, 1858, and 1t lasted seven or eight hours. During most of this time the i;lctcors flying through the air were as thick aJ snowiidisc1 in g nod crate srow5tcrrl. This was seen all oyer North America. h the southern states mary of the slaves were so frightened by tho spectacle, thinking the end of the world mad come, that some of them Gic.l with terror. But the fright vya5 shared in to Q large ex- tent by whites also, and all over the country. .2
 Thirty.tbrcc years later, or in 1866, Europe saw almost as remarkable a star shower. at the same time in No7 verbcr. which lasted six or seven T. {. turned toward the sun at that ti1ne we missed most of it. The Ecxt year, though, the shower came when it was night here; and as the atmosphere was clear it HaS obecrvod over the greater part of tho United ;5tatcG. >>--
 As this third Of Q century law of. pcriodicity' established we may eXt pcet another of those notable displays in 1899 or 199o at the same time in No- yenlber.:!< .. -.-:.. ~..> .-r s<. n,-
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
Antiquity of the Peach.

! The peach is an improved variety of the almond. The. almond has thin shell around, the stone, which: splits open and exposes the stone when ma ture. This outer skin has simply be- come feshy in the peach, so that is all that.giyes it it's specific character It seems now clear from investigation in the: historyfof ancient Babylon that in their gardens, now nearly four thou sand years ago, the peach was cultivat- ed then as it is now. It must have been many years before this that the peach was improved from the almond, and this fact goes to show the great antiquity of the fruit.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
The Moons of Mars.

The most interesting of all moons are the two that attend Mars, each about sixty miles. in diameter. That planet is just ene-lIalf the size of the earth; it's surface is divided into conti- ncnts and seas, having as much land as water; it has an atmosphere, clouds frequently coneealing it's face, and it's seasons are about the same as here, though the winters are colder Be- cause one of the moons travels around it three times as fast as Mars itself turns, it appears to rise in the west and set in the east. while the other, really circling in the Same direction at . speed comparatively slow, rises ID the east and sets M the. west. Thus both smoons are seen in the heavens at the same time, going opposite ways.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
Climbing Fishes,

Although one naturally supposes to and generally does find the genus pisces inhabiting the water solely, there arc curious exceptions to the rule. An in- stance may be cited in the species known as the climbing perch," which not only travels long distances over dry land which separates one stream from another, but is likely to climb Q tree whenever the opportunity affords. The curious creature has peculiar ar rangement-. of~the upper part of the head, which is provided with water cells, the fish using this store of water to keep his gills moist on a travelling expedition pr a climbing tour.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
TIE UBIQUITOUS SMITHS.
, How the Name Spread in ProfusIOn Over
 the Eatirc Country.

4. se --
 z; How the Nernc Spread il PrOfusIOn Over the Eatirc Country.
 2. q There is hardly a state in the union that has not a post office with the name of Smith in it somewhere, says the Bos- k ton, Advertiser; and there are tiftce,. hundred postmasters and post office employees named Smith. Illinois has, for fnstance,.a Smfthneld, Smithdals, Shhithboro, Smithshire, Sfnithson and a Smithville, Then there are Smiths creeks, Smiths. lords, Smiths ferrys, Smiths mills, Smiths groves, Smiths galleys, Smiths. cross roads. ; Smiths lakes. Smith slandings, Smiths ! ,Ecsrners Smith riFerS,' Smiths flats, s-Smith's ranches. Smithburgs, Smiths s-basins, Smithtowns, Smiths branches, Smiths roads, Smiths forks, Smiths .. points. and down tn South Carolina, smiff's sTurno,it 4an post olices, too, Hrorh M&inete eaKS0rnia, and the Lord song assews aia&; nAny Smith places ith@esafethat are pot post. offices.
 sG h Michigan tlietesis a Smith in St, Clair county and one in Saginaw; a Smith Corners in Sanilac and Occana counties; then there are Smiths crock, two. Smit tcCossinGs, 'Smith's siding andh SfndthSiIfe, four of them post offices. Two Smiths in Michigan are postmastcrs, and among business men there are about one hundred in Detroit in business, twentyt4iveiin Grand Rap ids, twenty-two in the two Saginaws, to only seven in the two Bay Citys. Lansing has four. Kalamazoo eight, Ypsilanti six, Adrian seven, andon down to Adair small town of sixty or sew enty-fve people; wiferc there is one.
 These arc the figures of two years ago, and of course they have increased, because the Smiths are prolific and pro- gressive. We arc entirely safe in say ing there are upward of fifteen thou sand Smiths in the state of Michigan alone. In other states they arc propor- tionately numerous In the national capital, city of two hundred and fifty thousand people, there arc over twelve hundred Smiths. Smith ratio of one to two hundrssiand fifty, not counting the r children, and tho children are features of the Smith family.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
Tho I5ooks Of .Confacius.

The Chinese scriptures or sacred books were compiled and partly com posed by Confucius himself= They are divided into five books-viz.: l. The Viking. which treats wholly of cos mogony. 3. Shu-King, the acts and wise maxims of Yaoa, Shun and other Chinese kings and philosophers, who are now held in great vcneration. 5. Shi-hing, which contains 31I sacred poems. 4. Ec-Iiing, or ,'Thc Book of Rites, which is repository of max ins and directions for everyday life of aIl sorts and conditions of people. 5. 5Chun-Tsien, which is history of the time of Confucius,, These books, taken coll actively, are usually referred to in 1istssof Bibles of the World as The Five Kings" The word king" in this connection simply means book"
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
NEW WORKS POST OFFICE.

Thirty Million Foreign Letters Came Int
 Our Country Last Year.
 The, most interesting details which can be told of the New York post oficc relate to the amount of business trans yscted in each division, for only in tllic manner can true idea of the inp0r- tance of this office be obtained, says uarper's YprngR People. have already giTen stho-grand totals, but these are made up of many interesting items. For instance, the international money orders received and certified to Europe in 1891 numbered nearly million. and aggregated nearly sixteen and q half millions of dollars. The European coun- tEy with which the New York post office had the largest transactions throughit money soxsacr- department was Great Britain, the items amounting to nearly iIalf million. .+T'hc Bahamas were at the foot of the list with only fifty-eight items. The total number of items in the registry department was S,273,G ,G50. Nearly three hundred million items of mail matter were handled by carriers; and thesale ef,postagc stamps, stamped envelopes, etc, amounted to SG.3OS,- 012.96.
 Nearly sO, ,0oO, 900 letters were for, warded to and nearly 24,OOO, 900 received from foreign ,eonntries-.the New York post office easily handling over three fourths of our foreign mail. We should lose faith in the intelligence of the human race on learning that in this one office 602, ,39S misdirected and insufi- . ciently addressed letters were received. did we not learn at the same time that 5O5, ,074 of these letters were corrected :, ,gnd forwarded by other members of the human race. The items of mall matter handled averaged for each day 9GO, 7Oz, and the snumber of pouches, $ID, 12G: Sthe aggregate fersthe year being 4ss,- 973,550 letters, and S,7T0, ,45Q. pouches.
 The postmaster reccivfs n salary of ts,oO0 a year-a very -stnan suni when the business of the office is considered, But, thea hs d9esnit have te receive faces: postmarks soft; and distribute every letter. fiimself fn fact, he doesn't even Hrive ! lnaiiewagoh. For he spent sl,252;eS49 92~ in 1891 flor clerk hire; and an express company does the carting ? under contract, ,e
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
NAPoLEoN'S DREAM.
How the Emperor Proposed to Invade h. .r- EngIoid

How the Emperor Proposed to Invade
 .@ England,
 Napoleon frequently spoke of the ip- vasion of England; that he never in- tended to attempt it without su. Periority of fleet to protect the flotilla This superiority would have been at tained for few days by leading ours put to the West Indies and suddenly re- turning. 1.-the French fleet arrived in the channel three or four days before aosrs it would be sufficient, The lotilla imttfe6iatelyS push oIt1, accom-. panied by the fleet, and the landing might take place 5oR tany part of the 3,coast, as he would march direct toALon- don, He preferred, says the Centcry, .. the coast of Krnt,7but that must have Sdepended onS wind and weather: He would have placed himself at the d;s- posal of naval officers and pilots to land the troops wherever they thought they could do 90 with the greatest so- caurity aud fn @lc least:time. He had one million mcn, and each of the tiotilla had boats to land them. Artillery and cavalry would soon have followed and the whole could have. reached London in three days. He armed the flotiiia merely to lead us to suppose Shat he in- tended it to fight its way across the 2. channel. It was enly to deceive us. ,. It was observed that we expected to ..Sbe treated with great severity in case of his succeeding, and he was asked what he would have done had he arrived in London, He. said t Twas d difficult question: to answer, for people with spirit and energy like the English were not to be subdped even by talsing the capital. He would certainly L;.vc sep .arated Ireland from Great Britain, an: the occupying Of tae capital woul1 have been death blow to our fu-7>- credit ana-conEneEec. He asked Ele k say-@ frankly whether we were Eet alarmed at his preparations for inFad ing England.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-25
Japancs Lacqrer.
A frst-class piece of Japanese lac

A frst-class piece of Japanese lac euer-worl. can scarcely be scratched with q needle. !5r-ttaires almost the lifetime of . EGtiE, .:r,ist to bring it to rerIccCion. I.urd:r,,i; of coats of thin lacquer arc lai4 on at consider able inrery2 Of time. and the value soua:sts not $ the choieeRess of the nateriai, out ia the amount of labor spent, -'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-02

To THOSE interested in the
future of Hawaii there is much
material for study and thought in
the article from the Chinese Mail,
published today. The writer OF
those lines is clearly guided by the
card. His comment assures us that
China is going to emerge from her
old shell very soon. Now China
cannot be the mate of Japan, she
will be the rival of that new power.
And these two nations will becorle
to much immersed in their own re-
lations that they will be able to
devote but little attention to such
things is the colonization of distant
lands or the requirement of reno tie
territory. When the little war
cloud first appeared over Corea, tne
oracles said there would be three
gigantic struggles in that part of
the globe. The first has ended
The next will be within China,
then a new China will face and
challenge Japan.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-02
AN EXPENSIVE CURL.
Interior Office,
April 30. 1895.
6l6-3t


The Origin of n story Attributed to Twen-
ty Handsome Women.
Lady Harriet D'Orsay was really, 40
cording to Mr.. Sala. i'll his "reminiscences
published recently, the heroine of q
story which has been told in at least 20
forms of 20 different ladies of fashion.
She was presiding at stall at vente
de charlie, or bazaar, held in aid of
the fund Of some asylum or another,
when there came up the Duke OF Or
leans, son and heir of King Louis Phi
lippe. The duke, after some polite small
talk, began to extol the beauty of her
hair, and indeed her Henrietta Maria
couture had never looked glossier or soft.
er than it did this day.
"Oh," said his royal highDess, "if /
could only possess one of those enchant-
ing ringlets'
"How much would monseigneur give
for one," asked Lady Harriet gravely,
rs, 600 francs?'
Give thousand francsI' repeated the
duke "A mere bagatello!
"Six thousand francs?"
Anything SO charming lady chose
| to ask.
II will not be extortionate, pursued
Lady Harriet. 1--WE will say 5000. "
| And then she very composedly pro
duced dainty little pair of scissors
shipped off the adorable Henrietta
Maria ringlet, wrapped it in silver pa
per and handed it with dignity to thu
duke. His royal highness looked yer,
straight down his nose, and returning
Lady Harriet's salute stalked some
what gloomily away. But his priv.
purse duly forwarded the money mex
day.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-02
THE RECALL.

The actual recall comes like al
indistinct and far away rumble o
thunder after a sharp play of light.
ming. The sensation Of the episode
WAS exhausted weeks before the
climax came. The serious is
beautifully blended with the absurd
in the whole affair. Mr.. Gresham
himself estimates the difference
arising as a matter almost purely
personal. He boils the ofense
down to the fact that Mr.. Thurs
ton made public a private letter Ill
which the state secretary and MS
great and good chief were charged
bv an individual in Honolulu with
acts for which they had been freely
arraigned by public men and infiu-
entail newspapers III the United
States.
But it is probably little use II
enter into a discussion of the
actual merits of the case at this
particular time. Statements vii
doubtless be available at a period
when they will be most effective.
1t is a happy thing that the Gov
ernnent here does not make the
mistake of losing its temper. Their
is too much at stake to risk the con
sequences Of in any way ventin!
justified anger over the errati
course of Mr.. Gresham. He vii
not enjoy unalloyed satisfactio
from his exercise of power. H
has probably been walking tn
floor with something gnawing a
his vitals while his imperious man
date has been perversely strayin
to Hong Kong and every othe
port except the one to which it wa
directed. And all through tn
fault OF servants of his own Gov
eminent. Another bushel Of dis
satisfaction lies in the fact thu
lawyers and diplomats and men
bers OF Congress will say at one
that his case against Mr.. Thursto
is weak, if not trivial. For NJ
Thurston, as we all know, has bee
aggressive at Washington, if an!
thing. He has not been afraid
Mr.. Gresham. If he ever reach>
the line it was months ago.
There can be no doubt O
the policy of this Govern
ment. The Republic
more than pledged to labor for II
CLOSER political union" of Hawa
and the United States. 1t cann'
do any act or take any step to in
peril the prospects of achieving 81
desired end. Saying You're al
other" or resorting to what mai
ner to petty retaliation upon NJ
Gresham would be simpl, FOOLS
The Republic has only to CO..
tinue a dignity and effort of d
meanor that will convince all II
people here and the people abrof
that it is honest and steadfast in i
purposes and intents.
Mr.. Gresham has exercised oil
of the prorogatives Of his plac
And Hawaii is proud of the ia
that it can replace the envoy o
jectioaable to Mr.. Gresham wi
Just as good a man for the countr