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The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

The Volunteer Army has reached the point where the stability and success | of the new organization seem assured The partial details of its growth in this | time were given to the public in spe cial united rally of the forces of the Northwest, and the statement then made by Col. Fielding, the head of the Western contingent, must be gratifying to the hosts of friends of the plucky little band. When the new movement was started as an independent and strictly American body tbe headQuar- ters in Chicago consisted of a small room, one chair and one table, all do- mated. Now it is announced that negO- tiatiOns practically have been com pleted by which the Volunteers will ob- tain possession of a building on State street consisting of twenty-six living rooms and fitting equipment, and be- sides this two city lots, valued at $1O,- 900, have been presented to the army by Miss Julia Daly. This material pros- perity has complemented rapid and large numerical growth, for Col. Field ing reports that the army now includes nearly 2,000 members, scattered among 106 posts, of which forty-seven are in the Northwest In Illinois alone there are twenty-five organized posts and 135 commissioned officers. In New York the army has fine building on Union Square, from which 1t publishes it's weekly and monthly literature. The striking feature of this conspicuous suc+ cess is that 1t does not appear to have been achieved at the expense of the parent organization. A few of the leaders who were closely allied with Ballington Booth are known to have left the Salvation army with him, but in most of the cases the recruits have come from the outside. There seems no doubt there is room for both armies, and perhaps the rule of competition that is so effective in business may have similar results in these religious associations, and stimulate each to greater endeavor and bring to each a richer harvest than 1t would have en- jOyed alone.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

In contrast with the election in Mex leo, that in Chili was hotly contested and very exciting, and the results were for some time in doubt. The term there is five years, and the retiring president, Jorge Montt, whose term ends next December, was constitutionally ineligi- ble for second term. Nevertheless, there are charges that the influence of the administration was unfairly eX- erted. The candidates were Frederico Errazuriz, who was supported by the Moderate Liberals and Conservatives. and Vincente Reyes, the candidate of the Extreme Liberals. The latest re-
 ports give Errazuriz 145 electoral votes and Reyes 137, with three provinces to hear from, which are not expected to overcome the majority for ErrazuriZ.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
American Horses in England.

During the past year no less than 10,- 900 American horses have been sold in London alone. A large number are used for the omnibuSes and street cars. The cabmaster and smaller dealer pro- fess not to touch them, the former be- lieving, and possibly rightly, that the majority of foreign horses are some what soft, while, as a rule, he declares that at his price he can get plenty of well-bred English horses, and that they do his work very well. The fact is, however, that there are almost as many American horses drawing cabs as American subjects riding in them. After American and Canadian horses have changed hands under the ham, mer they are resold without anything being said about their nationality. They get into the country and add to the difficulties and perplexities of the breeder.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
OYersalfinu nf Rutter.

The habit of oversalting butter comes from neglect to properly work it. If all the milk were got out of the butter, a vTery little salt would suffice to keep if sweet It is the fermentation of caSein in the butter rather than of the fat it. self that makes butter rancid. The popular taste requires much less salt on butter than it used to do. One req son for this probably is that butter eaters have found out that the very salty taste means an attempt to cover up defects in the butter, just as highly salted and spiced meats are open to the suspicion that they have been made so after beginning to spoil. In England and Scotland there is large demand for perfectly fresh butter. It com mands a better price than the salted butter, for the addition of salt increases weight without much increasing the cost But this unsalted butter must be eaten within day or two of making OF it will spoil.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
Many grain farmers who keen c,

Many grain farmers who keep cows put them in the barnyard over night. where at this time of year and a little later the yards are apt to be filled with q huge stack of newly thrashed straw. Most farmers think the cows will not eat the straw. unless it is good for them. but as they generally notice about this time great shrinkage of milk, a good many of them have got in the habit of putting the two facts together and drawing their own conclusions. Cows are for change very fond of newly thrashed straw, and as it Is dry feed and not very nutritious, it cannot do other than decrease the milk yield. The part of the stack that the cows will go for is that under the carrier, and con- sisting very largely of chaff from the grain head This is more nutritious than the straw nearer the root, be- cause it contains some of the nutrition nearest the grain, and that is last to dry up and change to woody matter
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
Farm Notes,

A daily oil massage, lasting fifteeT minutes, will eventually hide the bones of the throat. Alcohol massage will re duce superabundant flesh.
 Tne Southern COW pea is winning ia vor in the Northern States, and Prof Cocnell, of Texas station thinks the Canada field pea will as surely win ia vor in the South. Plant in fall oI spring, with oats Hairy vetch and 1 oats also make a good mixture
 It bas been demonstrated by the most careful experiments that bees do not pu ,cture grapes to get at their juices, but attack them only after the birds have done the puncturing. Plant the vineyard and the apiary together; have the stands sheltered by the vines, with. out any injury to either.
 We often deny animals the very things which our natures crave, for gett.ng that they are similarly consti- tuted. Ashes, charcoal and salt SUD- ply mineral elements essential to healtb and far better than a resort to condition powders and other medicines. They will cleanse and purify the sys- tenn in the safest way.
 A few dollars expended in trees and shrTbbery for Ornamenting the farm will not return an immediate profit, but at some future time, when it may be desirable to sell the farm, the addi- tionaI value will then be quite large. Paint and whitewash are also excellent agents for increasing tbe value of tue farm at small cost.
 The most valuable man who labors and who can always get work is the experienced farm hand, not the one who must be told what to do, but who knows what is required and puts his labor to the best advantage. Capable and experienced men on the farm are not numerous, and 1t is not advisable to allow a good one to go if he can be kept without loss during the winter.
 1t Is never a good practice to grow two root crops in succession on the same land. It can only be done by very hea~y manuring to supply the fertility that the preceding crop has taken away. Gardeners who grow roots gen. orally manage to grow them in alter na&on with crops that do not draw so heavily on the land. The onion crop eau be grown on the same land in suc- ceseion, but the onion is not properly a rCnE
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

One of the largest retail dry goods houses in New York city is considering the advisability of starting a school of It's own for its cash girls, somewhat after the system that is in operation in several of the large Chicago stores. Tn Chicago it was found that the cash girls employed in the big stores were glad of an opportunity to get an education and earn living at the same time. Most of them are helping support family, and they could not afford to give up their small salary and go to school Business does not begin in earnest in these department stores much before 10 o'clock. Some of the girls attend the school from half-past eight until ten in the morning, and second divis- ion receive instruction early in the afternoon. These schools have been found to make the cash girls more dili- gent in their work and give them ambi- IiOn to improve themselves.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
Dairy Dots.


 How do you develop the heifer you desire to keep for the pail?
 One ounce of salt to the pound is a good rule, but salt to please your GUS toners.
 Feed your cows twice per day at reg ula" intervals, and have pure water and salt always accessible
 TEirty-two States in the Union now have laws prohibiting the sale of oleO- ma. garine, when colored in imitation of butter.
 A cows stomach is not a complete stra ner that will separate all good fro.1 bad, and all kinds of food and drink cannot be given with impunity. If winter dairying pays best with you, breed most of your cows in De cember and January, and they will be fresh in September and October follow ing.
 Do not leave the butter exposed to the air after it is made. Print or pack it at once, and put it in a cool place un- til 1t goes to the market or to the GUS toner. Deliver every week.
 When salt is kept where the COWS can help themselves, there is no danger of the:r eating too much. It is only when 1t is kept from them for some time that the"e is any risk of their doing so.
 Never let the sun shine on milk. Nev- CT put it away without aerating it. Neither let it stand open in the air af- ter it has been aerated. Nothing is so susceptible to evil germs in the air as milk.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
Rising Tide;

Many of the anecdotes told of Father Taylor, the celebrated preacher of tn. Boston Seamen's Bethel, show that he Was ready with smile whenever oc- cas;On for one arose.
 One evening prayer meeting had lasted long beyond the usual hour for closing, and Father Taylor's talk was increasing in fervor and energy, when some restless young men arose and shuf1ed hastily out of the room.
 'That's right, brethren" said Father Taylor, shaking his head as If his an ticipations were suddenly realized, "the tide Is rising; the driftwood Is begin hing to float"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
Blown from a Train.

"I do not suppose that once in q hun dred times We ever learn the real case of railroad accident" said a man who is always we'll posted on such matters, "when any one of the principals con- cerned is killed. In individual cases, where a man is lost from a train, and his body is found later beside the track, suicide is the first thing suggested; but you can never tell. A peculiar accident happen to a friend of mine He was travelling Eastward with some friends. He left them for a few moments to go to the smoking car. As he crossed from one ear to the Other-that was before the time of the veStibule trains-a strong wind was blowing struck him and blew him to the ground. He was wearing a large circular coat, which acted as a balloon inflated with wind, and it was responsible for his be ing blown off the train, as we'll as for the fact that he landed on his feet Un- hurt He walked some distance to the nearest station and telegraphed ahead to his friends that he was all right, and would come to by the next train. If he had been killed every one would have said suicide for the possibility of man being blown from a train would seem to be an absurd idea. a."-New York Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
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| Herbert Spencer and James Bryce are among those suspected by English re- viewers of having written the reply to Max Nordau entitled Regeneration"
 John Boyd Thacher's folio volume, ''The Continent of America; Its Discov- cry and Baptism" which has just been published by William Evarts Benja- min, is limited to 275 signed copies.
 The Macmillans announce a transla- ton from the Russian of A. F. Tvers- kov entitled Sketches from the United States of North America" A high Ger man authority has called Tverskov the Russian Bryce.
 President Paul Krugers library has hitherto consisted of two volumeS-the Bible and "Pilgrim's Progress" Now he Is said to have become so fond of Mark Twain's humor that he has order ed set of the American writer's works. Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer al- ways were careful of the company they kept.
 Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, the member of the Chicago Academy of Sciences who accompanied Peary in his north polar expedition as meteorologist, has issued volume entitled ''The Search for the North Pole," in which he sums up pallformer expeditions and announces his intention of organizing a new one himself at an early day.
 Kipling's Letters of MarQue," de scr1ptive of the old cities of Rajputana, written when he was reporter for the Pioneer, were issued in pamphlet form in India, but could not hitherto be pub ished in England on account of some copyright trouble. This has now been removed, and the essays will soon be brought out in London.
 Surviving friends of Gambetta are exceedingly wroth with Henri Roche fort, who is publishing his own remin- iscences in a Paris journal. Whether Gambetta died of pistol wounds, and whether these wounds were inflicted by woman after an all-night orgy, are questions which Rochefort professes to decide in the affirmative by new person al evidence, but he has been promptly met with categorical denial and scien, tific refutation.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
, rngliSbwomon wos ho-,,eo5

An Englishwoman was mortified to see her cook going out. on a recent Sun day, arrayed in a bonnet that bore a surprising resemblance to the latest confection she had received from her milliner. She determined to dismiss the girl as soon as she brought the bonnet back; but investigation developed the fact that her own head covering was still safe in its box. Then the convic- tion came over her that her cook was actually copying her fashions, and, as their figures were not dissimilar, the awful possibilities of the situation un- folded before her minds eye like pan orama of horrors. When the cook came back, she was packed off instanter, bag and baggage. But the cook went to
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
A Good Whitewash.

Skim milk and water lime mixed to the consistency of cream. The milk must be sweet in order that the cal cium of the lime may have the right chemical effect upon the casein of the milk. For coloring we generally use venetian red, or, if stone color is de- sired, black is mixed with the red
 It may be applied at any time of the year, as 1t sets immediately. We have seen great many buildings painted
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
Peculiar Spiders.

The most peculiar spiders in the world, as we'll as the largest ones, in- habit the island of Sumatra. Some have square bodies poised on long red legs, and others have crooked green and yellow legs which support heart shaped bodies. One of the very odd est of the lot has a body that looks like that of young turtle, the "shell'' having round knobs and pear-shaped projections all over 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

law about 1t, and was awarded the usual amount of wages in lieu of warn ing. The judge held that a mistress had a right to object to a servants ap- parel if she chose, but she was not jus tified in dismissing her without notice. much alike.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

with this mixture, and where two coats are given it makes a permanent job of 1t. To some this may appear too cheap to be good It is cheap, especially for farmers, and after comparing 1t with oil-painted buildings, as to cost and durability, it is much the better. Bear in mind, we are talking about out buildings, which usually have rough surfaces. Farming.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
Meanest Man on Earth

Dobson-Bungster is the meanest man 1 ever saw.
 Hobson-What has given you that opinion?
 DObson-I invited him to take dinner with me at the hotel yesterday, and he said he couldn't do it because he paid for his board by the week and got no rebate for meals that he didn't eat.- Cleveland Leader.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

Paris policemen have been supplied with electric dark lanterns, by means of which they can see one hundred and fifty feet away. They are employ ed so successfully in raids in the BOis de Boulogne on the homeless persons who sleep there at night, that Saint Cloud, Sevres and Vile d'Avray are overrun with vagrants.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

Nebraska comes forward with ''girl horse thief" But horses nowadays are so cheap that the theft of one is only petit larceny. If that enterprising young woman wants to achieve notori- ety she should aspire higher and steal n hicycle
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
A School of Horticu1tnre.

A very commendable step in the right direction has been taken by the Uni versity of Missouri, in the establish ment of "A School of Horticulture. !" An appropriate and deserved tribute" to the great and growing horticultural interests of the State of Missouri! Something of this kind has long been needed
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

The Street Railway Journal says that the longest car ride for a nickel is given in Brooklyn. Since the trolley was introduced into that town a person often pays a nickel for a ride which begins on time and ends in eternity.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

Miss Della McGrew, of Providence, died the other day and S25,000 in green backs was found in her hustle. It isn't every girl who has such financial back inc as that
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
In Constant Danger

Jasper-I wonder why Jones whistles so much.
 Jumpuppe-Probab.y to keep up hts courage A man who whistles as bad. ly as he does is in constant danger of death.-Truth.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

The Sultan of Turkey has given Clara Barton the order of the Chefakat. We don't know what that is, but we hope Clara will not permit it to run at large until she examines it closely and proves that it is entirely proper.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

A New York man asserts that he can talk for forty-eight consecutive hours on the financial question. That depends; he can't do it in this town.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

The Boston Herald says that "the sea serpent this year, as usual, is hic ct ubique." He seems to be mostly sshiof,
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

If Ii Hung Chang should happen to come in contact with the business end of an American yellow jacket, he would be very glad to Hose" it.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

You think your are in tough luck, bur how would you like to be dog, with hair and deas on your back?
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10

An advertiser announces something new in woman's stockings. What in the world can 1t be2
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-24
Interesting to Rooters.

NEW YORK, Feb. 54.-The annual
schedule meeting Of the National
baseball league, which began here
today, promises to be a very lively
one, as apart from the question OF
schedule, there are several impor-
tant matters to be adjusted. The
minor leagues have a number OF
grievances against the national
magnates and they want some
satisfactory plan adopted which
will prevent the drifting OF players
from their clubs into those OF the
league. There will be no radical
change made in the playing rules
this season. According to Ed. Han
lon, who is onIthe rules committee,
some revision may be considered
in regard to the pitchers box, but
its dimensions will not be altered
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-24
Judge Reed Died.

New YORK, Feb "a. = Judge
Henry Reed, of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, of Philadelphia, is
dead, at the New York hospital.
He had been i'll for many months,
and last summer he came to this
city to be treated by DR.. Frank
HI. Bosworth, for catarrhal trouble.
Saturday he was removed, in a
semi-unconscious condition, to the
New York hospital, and an hour
later the operation was performed.
1t was found that Judge Reed was
suffering from two tumors, one
over the nose and the other beh ind
the right ear. After the operation
he sank rapidly and expired last
night in great agony. Judge Reed
was born 40 years ago in Phila del
phia. His father was Henry Reed,
the professor of bellies lettres in
the University Of Pennsylvania,
who was lost on board the Collins
line steamship Arctic, when she
sank off the banks of Newfound-
land A years ago, after a collision
with a French schooner. His
grandfather was Gen. Reed, who
served in Washington's army.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-24
Beeville Boomlet.

BEEvILLE, Texas, Feb. "a
Especial. l-Messrs. Hicks and Hall,
from Illinois, friends Of Mr.. L. j.
Skaggs, were here last week with
six or seven of their friends, look
ing over the country, with view
to making some investment in
Texas soil. They are both quite
wealthy gentlemen. Before taking
the train Friday morning they
closed a deal investing in the
Toward ranch, which is about
seven miles from this city. The
price paid was $4,000, all cash,
They left behind Mr.. G. /. Swan
one of their party, who will al
once have this fine body of land
subdivided and placed on the mar.
ket,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-24
Messages From Spirit Land

Mr.. Jules Wallace, the spiritual
let doctor, lectured last night in
Odd Fellows hall to very largs
audience, which he highly enter
tained for two hours, with a lee
ture on spiritualism and after
ward by some practical tests OF
his powers in delivering messages
from their spirit friends to many
ladies and gentlemen present. His
powers astonished and delighted
all his hearers.