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The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
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 A vast but fascinating problem con fronts Rassig op. hcrG !Enega ffqntior-- E problem which c2r1Ct be Gispoacd of ia one or even two generations. No power, however, knows better how to wait than Russia. Time i5 on her side. and as the necessary preliminary to all wise action is knowledge, the Russian general staff has been making tho full est use Of thc opportunities which treaties afforded to gain accurate in formation concerning the Chinese ter ritories and everything appertaining thereto.
 Not Q corner of the whole empire, save what comes within the sphere of influence of the French, but has been interested by Russian government cx- piorcrs and armed expeditions during the past thirty years.
 These explorers, include botanists end Geologists. of course but the mili- tary ye1pcrtend the skilled topographic! are tho Gnin1ating soul of these expo ditions.
 Occasional Gl;mpses into their pro. oeed;Dgs are allowed to thc world, but every. fact of military CT political sig niGcaace is carefully conserved in the archives of the Russian intelligence department.
 The minute information concerning ail the northern ard 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 1nent itself.
 ilencc it is that whenevcra question of boundaries arises Russia is prepared with elaborate maps Of the regions, to which Cuba hes not only nothing to oppose, but which she is not even able tc oTiticise.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
Slx,r Niles Of Locmsts.

The African Steamship company's steamer Ninrebah. which lately ar rived from West Africa at Liverpool, had 3 most unusual experience when stcaming between the attitudes of Cape Verde and St Louis, Senegal For sixty miles the vessel steamed through locusts, which were SO thicl1iy packed together on the top of the water that they completely covered the surface for miles around. Indeed, they appeared to be lying on the sea as far as the eye could reach. The locusts had no doubt been blown from the Morocco coast into the sea. They resembled gigantic grasshoppers, and olc which wes secured was five inches in lenGth. Of course. all of the locusts had been drowned.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
EeHuned to the Ranks.

Different ideas exist in England from those prevalent in Germany with regard to the attitude to be adopted by soldiers toward escaping prisoners Whereas Emperor William some time ago aroused much unpleasant com mcnt by promoting a corporal who had shot at and killed in a crowded street an escaping prisoner. at Wool rich a sergeant and a corporal have just been reduced to the ranks and sentenced to months imprisonment for having discharged their cGrbines, without injury to anybody, in a public thoroughfarc at deserter who had broken away from them.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
Grand Duchess serzc.

Grand Duchess Serge of Russia, who, with her husband and Grand Duke Paul, has been to Balmoral on . visit to Queen Victoria, is the hand lomcst of the daughte IS of the late Princess Alice of uessc. As young girl Princess Elizabeth of Hcssc at arated great attention, and shc was only twenty when she was married. 1t tho queens jubilee Grand Duchess Serge was irn2ensely admired, while the jewels she wore at several stato en lcrtainme1ts-thcy were magnificent turquoise and dianonds---cited uni Sersal envy. The grand duchess has no children, and it is an open secret that her married life has not been a happy one.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
CHIPS AND WHALES.
Vessels and ce:accsr5 Collide Sometimes
 with I,ls4s!r0us EEects-

Vessels and Ce:acoSE5 Collide Sometimes
 with Els4s!rors EEects-
 The steamship Petersburg, of the Russian volunteer fleet. had a unique cxperlcncc near Minicoy, in the South Indian ocean. says Chambers Journal. 4 snGrp shock was felt by all on board ard she stopped as though gr:rpec in q wise. The sea was found to be coloretl with the Iifc-blood of tro huge whales. which Lay floating in their last agony. One was cut through by the steamer s sharp stem and the other killed by re peatod blows of the screw propeller.
 The German steamship Wacsland. bound from Antwerp to New York, ran into and killed 8 sleeping whale. \ small steamer, the Kelioe, col lidcd with whale near Sea ham harbor and wounded it badly. The celebrated yacht Gcnesta narrow ly avoided collision with q dead ceta- ccan during the jubilee race around our island. Tn 1889 . Shields steam snip, the JaSles Turpic, nearly cut 9 whale in two one starlight night. The schooner o. I. Marrctt was almost wrecked by passing whales in the north Atlantic. Many of the school struck her repeatedly with such vio- fence that her whole hail shook and articles i'll the officers rooms were thrown to the floor
 In 1890 small sailing vessel, the Ocean Spray, bound from Galveston to England, struck q sleeping whale and received damage. On the morning of the 17th of July, 9 whale fifty feet long made its appearance close alongside the steamship Port Adelaide, Capt. C. M. Hepworth, R. Y. R., in 42 degrees south, 75 degrees cast. He followed the vessel for four days, never more than seventy yards away, and general ly close astern. much to the ediEcation or numerous passengers. He threw up the sponge in il degrees south, 97 de- rrees east, after travelling nine hun drcd and eighty statute miles, cer- tainly without resting and apparently fasting.
 In November the ship Earnoci, Capt. Parson, was under sail in % degrees south, q degrees west, when a large whale lashed the sea into foam with his tail so near tho ship that the chief officer, who happened to be below for ward, came quickly on deck to sec what had happened. He actually felt the impact of the water against her bows.
 In June, 1891, while her majesty's ship immortalite was steaming from Arosa bay to Gibraltar at the rate of twelve knots un hour, she stopped ehort as though submerged danger lad 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 incunl- brancc. Four months laterthc Anchor line steamship Ethiopia collidcd with whale when about~cight hundred miles from New York.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
CUNNING O. cRocoDlles.
They Escape the Ees Spread for Them by
 Borrowing In tie EIutG.

They Escape the Net spread for Them D,
 Borrowing jn tiie Nut..
 The following is fair sample of how cnnninGly crocodiles. in common witt all other wild animals, can concea themselves in moments If danger, say. the Westminster Gazette. After . happy week spent in the jungle witl a friend of mine we halted for break fast. bcfocc making the last stage fol headquarters and homo, at a place called Pocnar!lyn-Anglicc, garden oi fiowcrS-and while at breakfas' were amused by watching q number of croc- odiles, about eight or ten, summing themselves or the surface of small lake, or tank. as it is there called, oi about an acre in extent. \ sudden thought struck me.
 Il say, Murray, what fun it would be to try and catch some of these beggars in net" Bravo said he. Let's try it presently. Appu, send the horse keeper to the village and tell him to bring up all the men he can find and some long fishing nets. We will give 9 good santosum' (present.
 The villagers scented some fun. and with the further stimulus Of g santo aun gcry soon turned up to the num- berof thirty. IL was now eleven O clock and Sccrching hot, the air quivering over the bare, sandy plain in which the pond was situated. It was breast deep, as we knew. including about one foot or eighteen inches of heavy mud. We tied two nets together so as to make one long enough to reach across the tank. about thirty yards, and this was heavily weighted along the bot tom and arranged to be drawn with long ropes from each shore.
 Immediately behind the net came a line, and men about a yard apart, with long, pointed poles with which to prod the mud along the bottom of the net, and so drive the malingering gentle men into proper position in front of the net. My friend and his servant (for all entered into the sportl fol lowed close up to the second line.
 At 1t we al now went, splashing, shouting. stamping and hauling. but q big but-nOt sign did we find of single one of the brutes that we had seen before Us when VIC came to the edge of the water. We dragged that water backward and forward more than once, but our only reward was deadly thirst that lasted us till late that night.
 They had burrowed deeper into the mud than we could reach them, for nothing-I doubt if even rat--could nave escaped unseen out of the water
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
A ccilc of O.d1oninn.

One Of the most interesting relies of old London is St. Johns gate, Clerk en- well, which. because 1t does not hap pon to lie in enc of the main arteries of the big city, is not so well known, even to Lon3oncrs, &s 1t saoald be. It is the only remaining portion of the important Priory of St. John, which dates from the fourteenth cen tury. Tho oltk gateway hasa literary interest at- tachod to it, for ia t,3e roon above the archvay Dr. Johnson rror;:el for Cave, the printer, fer a small weekly stipend; and tao Gentlcra2's LIar2ziac, which to this day bears . picture Of the arch, way on it's cover, was first printed here. The urchway had lattcrly bo. come much defacel and weather-worn, but it has recently been restored as Q memorial to the du,;e or Clarence, who was first sub-prior of the Order of St. John. Tho oTder a3 nov. rev;red em. braccs the St. John Ambulance cssoci. alton Gnd is busy lo other good works.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
COrISS aS FupI.

With every indication that coal is going up it is timely to suggest that a couple of girls in Paris used to keep themselves warm by burning orange peel and empty spools. Corl1s arc also recommended. There is story told of a well-tnown English curate who peek eted every cork he came across at a dinner table. When questioned as to this singular habit he blushed and said he gave them to the poor. \ sufficient number of corks would keep Q coalless man with q good fire all day. Fir cones are also advised, and mako a fine, cheery blaze; likewise corncobs.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
\ Snrh-EoseI Regiment.

Tn the Russia1 army there is one particular regiment of infantry of the 5uards formed by Emperor Paul, the men of which arc recruited, not so much with regarl to their height or the color oi their hair and complexions as to the shape of their noses. Elm peror Paul had typical kalInuk nose of the most eIeruciatingly up-tilted pattern. and since then, out of com olimcnt to him, all of the officers and men Of this particular regiment have noses of the same shape. the sight which they present ol parale being soInrwha startling.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
FOURTH.

The time of the commencement of said corporation shall be the date of this in- ,trutment and it shall terminate its ex- stence in Twenty-Five years from said late
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
NOTICE.

There will be a Sheep Rodeo on the 1st of August, the meeting Of the sheep owners will be held at the rlaoe known as the Jose Iduvi- in Park, in the White mountains. at the corral of Antonio JOso Or. tega. All the sheepmen are cordi- ally invited to attend.
 Ieaudro Ortegn,
 Juar Candclaria.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
Great Potato Eaters.

Contrary to the general belief that Ireland leads the world in it's fondness for ''praties, statistics show that the people of Germany and Belgium are the greatest potato caters; the con- sumption in these countries annually ;xceeds rc thorcaaad pounds per head
 population.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
Rans.-1t.de Eeau.r.

If you sec 9 woman i1 the street esrs occupied with rubbing the tips of her fingers up end down oa her face. don 1 imagine that she is crazy or attempt, ing to mesmerize anyone. Sine is not. She has been reading In tAe wo-1an'a corner Of come daily paper that to ou. wit ti-1e and remove v-rial;les Q y7oIna 2, ehorld accapy some Of hss loisure ma raging her iace ge-1v, Q rG5 t,!. Ari1kIe5 Cc4t.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
TERRITORY OFARIZONAJ

: IL N NIIUR UF AKILUNA,1 ,1
 COUNTY OF APACHE.
 Before me. Gustav Becker, Notary PuhliC in and for said County of Apache on this day personally appeared Benja- min Brown, William Lund, Samuel Love Thomas Alger and Jacob Hamblin, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing ins' rument ard acknowledged to me that they execlted the same for the rur- pose and consideration therein mention ed Given under my hand and seal of office this 20th day of April. 4. D 1895.
 GUSTAV BECKER.
 Notary Public
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-18
THIRD.

The amount of capital stock author zed is Twenty-Five Thousand ($25, ,OO0) Dollars and shall be divided into Sixteen hundred and Sixty-six and two-third l66625) shares of and for value uf Eff cen Q5) Dollars each, Sixteen (l6) per
 mt of said authorized capital is fully paid up and the balance is to be paid time and manner aa shall be called or by the board of directors of the cor )oration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
ACTIVE THIEVES on LONG ISLAND
OPERATIONS EXTENDING OVER A hA''''
AREA. AND ALL SORTS OF PLUM
DER TAKEN.

The home of James McLockan. prominent resi-
dent Of Babylon robbed early YESTERDAY mo- :.
ing Entrance was effected by breaking the cate" u
one of the windows in the parlor. All the silver
ware was token and the plated ware was tes'ea
and set aside. In addition to the silverware INC
burglars took two handsome overcoats ana
plush and silk coat belonging to MIS- Sicbo.N' ''n.
A,,hougb tho burglars must have been in the house
some time they disturbed no one .
Burglars entered the barn Of Joseph kess,e,' ~
Hobrook on Saturday night and stole III chiche" N
ana some harness They also broke INTO the Io'e
Island Railroad station in Ronkonkoma ana sco,r
few pennies all the money the agent d. NJ re''''
had left /, the drawer. - , -. s,oared
considerably recently through series OF anea
THE thieves did not inter houses, but D"rns aPpo s
70 he thei~ nrey They have stolen wagons, cncKens
harness nroduce and similar articles. The argesI,
haul thus far made occurred between mlahIsmt, ds
o'cock Saturday morning. Harness. rop saoa uare
blankets and a wagon valued at over sZoV. W..
tnLen from the barn Of j. Conkln Ravens, OF EAST
Woriches reward has been offered for the capt
ure of the thieves, and the farmers are on inc
watch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23

as II replaced the timid and tentative Articles
of Confederation. The one opinion as 10 what
might have happened Is just as good as the other
Meanwhile there is nothing In the series OF IN
cidents from the Declaration OF independence 10
the Constitution which shows that Lincoln was
guilty of perverslon Of history In asserting that
no State except Texas ever had an existence out
side OF the Union. 1t Is no sophism' out MS
torical fact. that Americans asserted 'heir UNION
before they asserted the Statehood OF any coionS
and that from the moment they hrs' asserted
their union they never ceased TO assert IL until
they formulated it in written organic iaw' ma,
they asserted with emphasis the separate III
tegr1ty Of the various States is also true There
would have been no Civil War If they had not
assorted both union and separateness with prac-
tically the same vigor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
AN INDIAN MIRACLE.
TIE RESURRECTION OF IsLETAs PATRON SAINT.

THE RESURRECTION OF IsLETAS PATRON SAINT.
Albuouerque Letter to The Denver Republican.
The strangest and most supernatural occurrence
that has been brought to public attention In this
excitement just 1t Iseta. Mariana ArmiJo
and the Hon C. De BaGa of 6 this Sy Pfn
the alleged miracle for themselves and can offer
no reasonable theory in explanation OF it, The cir
About two months ago the old men Of the tribe
he'd an al.-nght session In their underground
council chamber. and. in accordance with instruc-
tons. the Oldest chief made formal call next day
on Father Deuche. the Catholic priest who has
He told the man Of God that according to the the
tradition of the Isletas. II about time for
padre Padilla to again rise from his grave as he
had done the end of every circle Of twenty
Ouivera and buried the altar Of the lsleta
The clergyman was at first inclined to scout he
idea as the records of that historic edihce throw
no light on the SSt Wa wa dh nsy onnee the
spot on one side of the altar where he claimed
the remains were entombed. Although there was
time. the old chief informed the priest tina, the
phenomenon would certainly occur during the next
Father Pada. from whom the town Of Padilla
takes its name is sort OF patron saint with the
recte1 to him. He Is supposed to have given M his
life In their cause In the sacking OF Gran Quivera
was erected the body was sacredly removed there
The priest became sufficiently impressed With the
Santa Fe and 1t went to Rome. He was In.
structed to make a thorough investigation; and
keep close watch. Shortly afterward Archbishop
Chapee visited the Is.eta church and heard the
whole story from first sources.
Now for the marvellous part OF the story. which
has just taken place. All at once there were indi-
cations of the hoor cracking over the place deslg
mated by the old chief. IL the earth were being
pushed W from below. "a IL reported to have oc-
CURED. The displacement OF earth became larger
every day until finally the coffin came to the
face from "A depth of twelve feet. the void being
filled BY the displaced earth falling in.
The coffin Is rude. trough-like structure hewn
OF cottonwood logs. and. strange to say. IL In
a good state Of preservation IL was difficult TO
remove the clumsy hlnd-wrought nails The In
terror revealed the skeleton OF man. whose teeth
indicate that he had not reached advanced years.
\ cow, such as II worn by monks was in its
place at the mead of the coffin. and silk stole. the
prestly insignia OF Office surrounded the body por
ton of the skeleton. Both the cow and stole are
in good condition and have rotted In the least.
The stole shows great antiquity. both In design.
make and ornamentation.
The priest removed OF the teeth which he
preserves the colin and its contents were in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
WAR AND THE CONSTITUTION.


TIL. history of the two parties which rose as
the two opposing principles inherent In Federal
ism we're thought upon gives Mr. Scott the oppor-
tunity for his liveest writing. He shows that
as the controversy went on over slavery and the
rights of the States. It was discovered that even
the Constitution was not supreme, that the Gov
eminent of the United States was not consti-
tutional but a compromise government when
compromise failed once for all to have any
efficiency. war came as an inevitable result. But
the reverence for the Constitution had become so
great that everybody pretended to be keeping IL
with all his might. 1t was his opponents VINO
were violating it. Shareholders accused the anti
slave men, and the latter returned the charge.
After the South had set up Constitution OF us
own the Northern statesmen found occasion lor
renewing the old dispute among themselves IL
would not do to say frankly that even the organic
law of the Nation could not be literally obeyed in
time of war because II was not at all certain how
the plain people would take such DOWNRIGHT
confession Mr. Scott finds that the Constitution
was violated at every turn by both the President
and Congress He revives the memory of the bit
ter controversy in which the President inquired
on ono side and members of both houses on this
other. Remembering how fiery tempers were in
those days, one feels surprise now that Lincoln
did become more nearly IL uiSto'ci IMAM ''U
was. or that Congressr en- were az successful as
they were in restricting themselves to mere dis
cusson.
The whole affair gigantic experiment
No federal union had ever gone through CIVIL
war and survived. The American Union was 10
perform this feat but according to Mr.. Scott, 1t
was not to do so under the shadow OF the Con-
stituton. That instrument was duly reVerehced
In speech and writing. but utterly ignored In prac
tice He holds that this was particularly true IN
the matter of reconstruction or. at all events
those efforts at reconstruction that preceded the
close of the war Men were not agreed on the
simplest preliminary facts-for example. whether
the rebel States were legally In the Union or out
of II His sketches OF the men who debated IN
Congress the absorbing questions OF those days
are sometimes satirlcal and his quotations seem
70 be selected for the purpose or showing how
impossible it was for men 70 agree but ne mas
certainly cleared his field for what he mas In
mind to produce-a history Of reconstruction from
the point OF view of a partisan OF state Sow
treignty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23

really swallowed the ingredients which constt"'eu
his remarkable feast. -, ,,..r,o ro
After the Rough on Rats and coal, vetrlo re-
o,iested Mr. Conner to mix a fatal dose OF perman-
sanatc of potash in a glass OF water. This he sWai,
lowed with evident relish. following II up VIII "a
do"c of blue vitrol over which he actually smacked
his lips Then he ate sawdust stew p9urng d
quantity of sawdust into pie plate ne Ieq IL ~
this rcd hot mess with spoon. and calico LOT d
glass OF beer. Before drinking the peer W. IN
it for several minutes. to give 1t proper avor paris
He next turned his attention to a dose OF rariS
green which Mr. Conner declared contained nVss
parts Of verdgrs and four parts OF arsenic
that m with n cake of indigo. and began muhcihlns
ar n clay flower pot which he swallowed WITHOUT os.
effort For dessert he had big chung Oh Puie an
ordinary dose. The captain was also prepares ~
swallow granite paving stone, bottIe Oh p rl,'h
ink several dinner plates and tailow canuls' put
didn't want to spoil his dinner II is understood 'ha'
he will he at the Dime Museum next week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
A STATE RIGHTS PLEA.

Among all these considerations the only ono
capable Of being restored 10 place In the life
OF the Nation is the doctrine OF state rights
SO far as Mr. Scotts book is serious. II seems to
be devoted to the purpose OF reviving this doc
trne. After preliminary chapter describing the
farewell of the Southern Senators on the eve Of
secession the author turns back 10 the history Of
the principle OF sovereignty as developed In
America first In the colonies and afterward In the
United States. He shows that the Americans Of
the colonial and Revolutionary periods were emf
nently philosophical in their politics. Neverthe-
less he does not appear 10 think that they had
considered where they would lodge the SOW
ereignty II they took II away from the King
His colonists are New-Englanders. New-York-
ers. Jerseymen. Virginians. Carolin!ans and
Georgians. and IL they came together at any
time could only do as thus politically sepa-
rated. Politically Mr.. Scott can see only their
eeparateness coonists
The case does not appear thus to man who
has cndeavored to review all the modern consti-