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The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
[ NEW GAMBLING WRINKLE.
How Some Jolly Fellows Seek to Woo the
 God6ess of T-c-tIne.

How Some Jolly Fellows sesI. to Woo the
 Goddess Of Fortune.
 There is new form cf gambling much affected in clubs ard b&ITcoas nova days that even the beard Of trade will find it hard to put stop to, says the Washington Post. Everyone is familiar with the electric fans which in the past few years have proved such . boon in torrid weather. They are shaped like a propeller and have four, five CT six blades and are incased in wire cages with large apertures. By touching 9 lever at the back the machine can be started or stopped at will, and while in motion the velocity is something tre- mendous Some wide-awahe genius not long ago conceived the idea that the electric fan could be utilized as an excellent means of wooing the goddess of fortune and put the suggestion into operation in this wise: A six-bladed fan was stopped and each of its blades marked with a num- Der. Then six slips of paper were marked with similar numbers and six jolly fellows drew 9, slip apiece. The number on the slip corresponded to the number on one Of the blades and it was decided that the blade that was nearest the perpendicular wire at the bottom of the cage covering the fan when the latter stopped revolving should win the pot. The latter con sisted of six dollars, put up equally by the half-dozen players. Then the fun began. The lever would be turned on and as quickly off and the fan would revolve like lightning, slow down and stop in half minute. There was no kitty" to be fed as in poker, no per centage of split, as in faro, and no rake off for the house, as in other games It was a pure luck affair and the heaviest loser was not more than five dollars out at the end of an hours whirllng, while the excitement had been as in- tense as the most devoted gambler could desire. Next day each one of the six introduced the electric fan to his friends in it's new guise as spinning jenny and now the game has spread all over town. The interest in it is heightened 8 good deal by having a blank blade, which when it stops at the winning wire constitutes a jack pot and necessitates the players put ting up an extra stake, just as in poker So from a one dollar ante in brokers offices to whirling for coppers by district messengers the electric fan is being brought into requisition with general hilarity.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
JAIL LIFE IN NEW YORK.
How a Wealthy Prisoner Fares in the
 Ludlow Street Jail.

A man well known in Wall street who is at the head of a new insurance company not iong since spenG iifty-nine days in Ludlow street jail, . civil pris- oner at the instance Of q dry goods firm He was well supplied with spend ing money, says the New Horl. World and lackedn creature comforts during his retirement He described the na- ture of the prisoner who can pay his way as follows:
 You register as you do in hotel, and then you are a boarder, and you are allowed all tae privileges Of the place, and for a five or ten to the keeper of duty yoa can take an even ing promenade. Ton are supposed to retire to your room ct niae o'clock, but for a consideration you can stay up by fixing the keeper downstAi.a. You can play poker and other g.anes, ia which the keeper alyyegs takes hand.
 'sAfter the game is over downstairs you are allowed, for 1 co3.aic5cr tiol,.bo retire to the warden asl.I. room, have cold l,ca n, aAt if y0a ha2p9n to Joe an epielco you c}a rotire to tie kitchen, mako Welsh rarebi5 or any other dish you have Q nild to. Then when supper is oyer yol % to yoar room and if you dcsira to e5z1tiaae the game left off donastairs. for 9 consid- eration paid to tie keeper upstairs you can play p oker a2 night.
 "The s3vo keepers oa watch will al- ways supply yoa N-th ail tho liquor, cigars, etc., for Q consideration, as they have an arr2nger9ons wioh 6 saloon over tae way, wAlsa by s;gn3 is easily called. The pao- devil who is not Q boarder suffers Eo- ali the attention the boarde-s have. M3aey can bay any thing il Laliow, i1eLading liberty, and It is Uly opinion Chat there is only c1c man in the whole layout that couldn't be bought, end t,la, nan is 'Ja1z' Ne Cabe, wiio is a honest, fearless man, with a big, kind Irish heart. The others are al out for the stulf-and it reigns supreme in Ludlow."
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
Board of
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE.
Taxes for 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Du- plicate Assessment Roll of Apache coun- ty, Arizona Territory, for the year 1895 is now in my possession for the collec- ton of the taxes levied.
 Taxes will be delinquent on the third Monday of December, 1895, and unless paid on that day or prior thereto, five per cent. will be added to the amount thereof as penalty.
 Taxes may be paid at my office in St. Johns, Apache county, Arizona, at any time within office hours from this date until the 16th day of December, 1895.
 ALBERT F. POTTER.
 TAX COLLECTOR. St. Johns. Sept. 12th, 1895.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
n1ost plmcult Pieee ot nrusic.


 A number of the most celebrated of French pianists were recently asked to state the piece which they found it most difficult to execute. The answers are naturally most varied. There is a general agreement that difficulties of style are much less easy to overcome than those of technique. From the standpoint of mechanical difficulty, NJ. Marmontel thinks Beethoven's Sonata 0p. 3 the most redoubtable piece. M. Diemer and M. Plante accord the palm to Balackireff's LIslamev, and M. PfeiffeS finds himself embarrassed be- tween the claims of Liszt's ''Rhapsodies and Studies, 3 Tausig's ''Transcriptions" and Allzan's "Variations. M. Dela- brode discreetly and enigrnatically re- plies that the most difficult piece for him is invariably the piece which he happens to be playing at any moment To NJ. de Beriot the modest scale-de- manding as it does the most perfect equality throughout the supreme difficulty, and one must work at it, he declares, until ones last breath.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
Prenarinc for Good rlnno.

Already French architects are send- ing in plans for the great exhibition of 1900. No fewer than one hundred and twelve competing designs are on view in the Palais d'Industrie. The condi- tions laid down by the French govern ment allowed designers either to re- move the Eiffel tower and the Ma chinery gallery from the Champs de Mars or not. They were also left to produce schemes involving the removal of other buildings standing on the ground. Knowing the enorlrous e1- pense which breach of contract with the Eiffel Tower company would in volve, most of the competitors have made their plans on the basis of retain ing the tower. Some of the proposals include the construction Of g;Taatic figures of elephants, tho bodies of which are intended to forIa bail and concert rooms and restaurants, waile the public are to be carried up the platform by means Of tubular balloons, sliding on wires.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
sMoKEJAcKs AND CAPS.
An Increasing Number Coming Into View
 Upon the City's HOusetops.

An Increasing Number Coming Into View
 Upon the City's Rousetops.
 ''It seems to me-" said New York citizen recently, ''that there IS very striking increase in the number of chimneypots and smokejacEs and smokecaps visible in the city. The chimneypots are mostly of the con- ventional form, like slightly tapering cone with the top cut of; the smoke jacks and caps are of various heights and styles. l suppose the object of all these things is to improve the draught of the chimney. I don't know why we should have more of them now than we nsed to, whether it is on account of some difference in the construction of our chinneys, which makes them nee essary; whether we are not satisfied with a draught that would have satis- fled us years ago, and want the chim- ney to draw better as we want and ex- pect to have everything betternowa- days; or whether the construction in these days of many higher buildings has made such changes in the air cur rents and atmospheric conditions gen. erally as materially to affect the draught of many chinneys; but know there are moro chimney pots.
 ''TIis last idea about the breaking up of the air currents and that sort of thing seemed at first to account in some measure for the greater number of the newer chimneypots; but when 1 come to think of it I remember that in Lon don riding along viaduct on trains go- ing ia or out of the city, looked down on l should say hundreds of thousands oi chimneypots in districts where hun dreds of acres were covered with small houses of unvarying uniformity in height. There wasn't any defection of currents here, but I doubt if there was g chimney without it's chimneypot, thick -stubble of chimneypots, and a mast fasoinatihg sight 1t was, too, and fascinating thought to think of the myri- ads Of people that dwelt beneath them.
 Our chinneypots have not yet by any means attained that striking eff feet They are still greatly scattered; but, with the smokejaclhs and the smokecaps, they are now sufficiently numerous to add to the city feature of picturesqueness."
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
Contract for Oiling Court
 House Roof.

Bids will be received and opened at the same time and place as the above Sewer contract. for the oiling of the roof of the County Court House and annex Oil to be furnished by the county. Two coats of the oil to be laid Bidders will be required to furnish everything neces- sary to perform the work (excepting the oil)
 The same restrictions and instructions govern the letting of this contract as in the Sewer contract.
 By Order of,
 Board of Supervisors.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
Iowa Lalzen Dl.anaearinr.

There is no longer doubt as to the gradual disappearance of the smaller lakes in northwestern Iowa. It is only of late that the phenomenon has at tracted general attention, and but re- gently have people become interested in the preservation of these natural bodies of water. Whether anything can be done to check thc process effect ing their extinction Is a problem worthy of serions consideration.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
usasul Waterfall.

The street ears of Sacramento City, in California, are now run by electricity generated by the falls of the American river at Folsom. twenty-four miles away. The river has been dammed, creating 9 reservoir three niles long, witha flow ofeiChty-ive thousand e1bic feet minute. After turning the turbine wheels at the dam tae water i5 not al- lowed to escape further s--vice, bat is uscd for irrigation. Sacramento City expects soon to be warned end lighted bv the river
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
An Ancsent Tusk.

Another relic of the prehistoric ele- plant has been found on the noyth side of Penns cove, .on Whidby island, in the Pacific. It is a ty,sll from which 8 set of billiard balls, six or mere inches in diameter, could be carved. AIr. Love joy dug out a section two and half feet in length. Upon exposure to the air 1t soon lost it's boay appearance and crunbled away. The strata of AEliiGby island have long been known to be rich in fossil remains, especially J in those of the nlassodon, or prehist9rie elephant numerous traces of which have been uncovered by the crulnbling of banks along the shores.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-24
Wood Contract.

Bids will be received and 'opened at the same time and place, as the above Sewer and Roof oiling contr;c s, for fur nishing wood to the County, in tie fol- lowing kInds and quantities:
 25 cords (chopped) cedar.
 cords (chopped) pinyon.
 The cedar wood to be placed in the county wood house, nicely corded. The pinyon to be placed in the yard in the rear of the DistIict Attorneys office, piled and corded, both woods to be sound and free from small limbs. The cedar wood 10 be first cut in 1t lengths and corded at Court House yard for re- ceival.
 The same restrictions and instructions governing the letting of this contract as in the above Sewer contract.
 By Order of,
 Board of Supervisors. w. H. Gibbons, member of the Board of Supervisors and w. H. Burbage, Dis trict Attorney, have been appointed hy the Board of Supervisors, as commis- sioners to receive, open al d accept or .ject, any or all of the above bids on either or all of the contracts.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-24
TRICKS THAT ARE VAIN.
An othsr Chiuess scapegos. Co.'s to
the Rerf

Captain Scott and a posse Of pc.
lice made raid on tho Tong Hing
Society building last night aud cap.
tured an old Chinsman named All
Chez with one half pound tin full Of
opium aud two half full tins. be-
sides FIVE pounds Of inses. When
the police with their iuformer en-
tered the room All Ches jumped up
ard struck the infofmer. After
reaching the station, however, the
man feigned blindness aud hal to be
helped down below. In the Distric.
Court this morning All Chez plead
ed guilty to having opium in posses
sion and asked that the Court i'm.
pose as lsnient q sentence a. posi-
bic, as he was poor and would have
to 90 to jail He Was ined 500.
The Chinaman, it has been learn
ed, ia only an agent for other China
men, who pick on him as go-be.ween
on account OF his old age and appar-
ent poverty. The rich give the
opium to this old fellow to sell for
them, and allow. him To go 10 jail
rather than pay his due, as bliud.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-24
Pure Milk:

The business u the rount'y il
settling into its former groove, On,
gentlemanly driver has returned
from his vacation, the COWS IN the
pasture switch flies instead u bul
let's with their tails and the cream is
richer in consequence. We believe
we have satisfied every one OF our
customers who have taken milk from
us and Wa are in position to sup
ply q great many more The people
who from choice or necessity visited
Waialae during the past two weeks
have had au opportunity to see jus,
what sort Of diet our stock feeds
upon, and no longer wonder al the
richness Of the milk from our dairy.
Our facilities for delivery are the
best. With the exception Of a day
or two early in the late unpleasant.
ness our drivers hsv. always been
on tine at our customers residences
We take this opportunity t. thank
those who have been pat tent with u
and to solicit continuance OF their
patronage. We will be pleased to
fiji all orders telephoned to us and
guarantee all milk to be pure and
free from adulteratiun.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-24
TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY.
Japanese Going to Have q Great
Day at Independence Park

Japanese Going to Have a Great
Day at Independence Park
The Japanese residents are max.
ing great preparations for . grand
celebration to occur on the receipt
OF news Of peace between China and
japan. Japanese merchants are
giving S25 each toward fund to
dsfray the expenses OF the celebra-
ton, and even the common laborer
is donating with lavish hand. The
com nittees expect to raise 5000 for
the celebration. A meeting OF Jsps-
ness will be held at the Consulate.
General on Sunday next.
The celebration will take place at
Independence Pork, which will he
appropriately decorated and illumin-
ated Two hundred Japanese iu
uniform will assemble at sone pub.
lie place in town aud march out TO
the park, headed by the band. IL
the men cannot procure rifies they
will carry bamboo sticks.
In a yard in the Japanese colony
on Maunakea street the Japanese
are constructing q Japanese man Of.
war to he named the ShinoGi Khan.
II will be twenty feet loua and will
be carried on wheels. OWNS to the
telephone wires on the streets the
cruiser will probably not have any
mas's. The Shiaodi Khan will be
in the procession.
In front Of the Consulate op Nuu.
anu street an arch il to bs built
thirty feet high aud forty feet
across to sran the street. In the
center will ba placed a picture Of q
large American eagle. The arch will
be appropriately decorated 10y art
lists. Inc Jsps expect to make ii a
gala csy.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-24
National Cane Shredder
PATENTED UNDER THE LAWS Of THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Mr. John Scott Manager of the o Sugar gives the follow
wonderful record Of the working the NATIONAL CANE SHRED
DER which erected by their works the the
harvested:
During past o Sugar Company. any
former records by closing the 1875 hours grinding 3001
This fully 10
1.-THE three roller mill being 20 in by 81 mill 30
by GO in The frat mill doing this efficient
with whole thorough
the National Shredder recently
the Company.
"And
all kinds OF
the average being rs to 70 percent according quality
al find the shredded
whole
"lhe shredder has been working
given entire satisfaction having shredded that about
and large bling
"1he shredder and require little attention
PLANE and specifications Of these sLddr
WIN. a. IRWIN " co. La
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-24
Beyond Comparison

Are the good qualities possessed by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Above all it
puriies the blood, thus strengthen
ing the nerves; it regulates the d.
gestiye orgaus, invigorates the kid
neys and liver, tones and builds up
the entire system, cures Scrofula,
Dyspepsia, Catarrb and Rheumatism.
Get Hoods aud the only Hoods.
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills,
biliousness, jsundice, indigestion,
sick beSdache. 25c.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-16
Base Hall at Yakima city.

The North Yakima band boys and the
Yakima City base ball club crossed bats
on the diamond of the latter Sunday
afternoon, and while neither side played
very brilliant ball the Old Town nine
showed the best record up to the ninth
innings when the musical chaps did
some excellent execution that had the
element of luck combined with it and
forged ahead. The game was interesting,
If not lustrous and the bleac hers showed
their enjoyment in their peculiar way.
The umpire was w. S. Trimble, and
Willie Fulkerson officiated as scorer.
The players and their runs were as fol-
lows:
North Naturalization 3; Merwin,
2; Morrison, 3; Grover, 4; Jungst, 2;
Liggett, 2; Crane, 2; Hardness, =; Case,
l; Kremer, 2; total %.
Yakima City-Carpenter, 2; Cook, 0;
Clay, /; Cooper, 3; Jordan, 2; Froggett,
l; Splawn, O.; Rogers, O.; Gervais, 2;
Parker, 3; total IA.
Mr.. Charles Lake did the agreeable
after the game by entertaining the play
ers with light lunch, and while greatly
disappointed at the score took it in good
part and asserts his confidence that
another game will show change of
totals.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-16

Died, at her home in this city on Mon
day morning, May IL, OF heart failure
superinduced by stomach complaint,
Mrs. Susanna E. Steinweg, wife Of w. l..
Steinweg. cashier of the First National
bank, in the 45th year OF her age.
Mrs. Steinweg had lived in North Yak
ina about eight years, having removed
with her husband, to whom she was
this city in 1887. She was a woman
greatly esteemed by large and ever in
creasing circle of friends and companions,
among whom she was an ACKNOWLEDGED
leader in everything pertaining to church
and society work. She was the founder
OF the Woman's club, one OF the most
exclusive organizations in this city, which
has for its object the social and mental
advancement of its thirty-one members !;
she was prime mover in the formation
and president of the Ladies Library asso-
citation, now fast developing into great
public convenience; and, more than all,
she has been the means of bringing to
the knowledge of the world much of Yak
ims's progressiveness as q section, in that
her money and her tenacity and belief in
ultimate success developed the srtesian
well fields of the Mckee. For years the
estimsble lady persevered in the endeavor
to irrigate her large area OF Mckee land by
the use OF artesian water, remaining con-
slant in her work when others gave up in
despair-and last year she reaped her
reward Before her death several mag
nifcient wells were distributing water
over the Mckee desert lands.
Hon. A. w. Engle, of Seattle. Mrs.
Steinweg's brother, and Miss l.. L. Stem
veg, Mr.. Steinwegs sister, arrived last
night to attend the funeral ceremonies.
The elder son, Engle Steinweg, came
home from Pullman, where he had been
attending school, on Tuesday, and will
remain indetintely-as will Miss Stein
veg.
Two sons, Engle and George, aged II
and Is respectively, with her husband
are left in sorrow by her death. To these
the entire community tender sincere SYM
pathy. Mrs. Steinweg had been public
benefactor, and the hearts of all are heavy
in her death.
Rev. Rufus Chase arrived from Olym-
pia last night, and will conduct the
funeral ceremonies at 2 o'clock this after
noon, at st. Mchaels Episcopal church.
Handsome floral decorations came from
many friends in Seattle, including the
Womsns guild OF that city. The
pupils OF George Steinwegs class
in the city public schools sent q
handsome cross offering to the
the church, and the teachers in the
schools sent a beautiful pillow OF narcis-
suses and roses. Mrs. Horsley, Miss
Thompson, and Messrs. Dudley and
Vance have been requested to sing dur
ing the ceremonies the old hymns
which were favorites with the departed
lady. The pail bearers are: II. B.
Scudder, Edward Whitson, w. A. Cox,
George S. Rankin, A. B. Weed and Henry
Teal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-16

day but it will terminate at Msson's
opera house at . 80 when the following
exercises will be carried out.
Called to order by Frank Jordan, pres:-
dent Of the day.
Reading Of National and Department
orders.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Salyor.
Song by Choral society.
Address OF Welcome by the Mayor.
Song by Choral society.
Address by Adjutant, ]. M. Newman.
Song by Miss Nettie Wheeler.
March by number of little girls, rep
resenting the States.
Song America.
Benediction. Rev. Mr.. NJ. Drew.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-16
Land office Notes.

In the contest case OF the Northern Pa
cific vs.. d. A. Wilson, the Commissioners
holds Wilson's entry for cancellation
The land involved is the sw14 sw14, sec.
II, tip. Is, r. 1Se.
The commissioner has rejected the
claim of the company in the case of the
Northern Pacific vs.. L. S. Brown, to the
ne1z ne14 sec. Is, tip. IA, r. lie.
The petition of George G. Mitchell for a
resuryey of the eastern boundary line OF
the reservation has been disallowed by
error had been made in survey, to his
disadvantage.
The local officers have decided the case
of w. +. Thornton, guardian VS.. G.. S.
Hale in favor of the latter. The land in
question is valuable claim in the neigh
borhood of Zillah.
A contest of considerable importance is
the case of l.. H. Jensen Va the N. p. r.
r. involving land in twps. 10 and 20,
r. lie, which will come up for hearing
July %. The land is in the Cascades
and the contest is for the purpose of de-
termining its character-whether min
eral or non mineral.
For failure to make final proof, desert
land entries as follows have been can
celled by the commissioner: John Glenn
an, sw14 se14 sec. 80, tip. 20, r. 23 e; L.
l.. Knox, ne14 nw1, sec. rs, tip. IL, r. 81
e; S. A. WoDlf, lots l, 2, sec. 10, tip. 10, r.
q e; g. L. Finley, lot 4, sec. 6, tip. 9, r.
27e.