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The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Fall FatteuiuS of Hoes

In commencing to feed to hogs it will be best to start with gather a light ration, and gradually to increase untiI they are given all that they will eat ID clean. In this way danger of overfee1, ing will be avoided and better thrift be maintained. It will be an excer- tional case when it will not be best tO allow the pigs to have the run of a good pasture. While rather a better gain can be secured with the same feed If the hogs are confined in a close peh, yet there is always an increased rate of disease. Another advantage in let ting them run out while feeding to fat ten is that they secure better variety of food and this aids in maintaining she appetite. After they are once on full feed see that they have all that they can eat regularly. There is no ad- vantage in overlooking. In fact, giving more than is eaten up clean is detri- mental. But the best gain can cnly be secured by giving them all they will eat at each feeding. Keep fresh pure water where they can help thmselves, and, also, box with salt and ashes in it, where they can eat what they want. a; ss TIT
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

A man who bore an old and honor. able name in New Orleans held a re, sponsible position in the Union Nation al Bank there. He received a sufficient salary. His prospects were good and his affairs prosperous. He assisted in stealing over $6O0,O00 from the bank. He spent his share in extravagant Hv- ing. When the crash came he killed himself with poison he had long car ried. And now they are saying that he was generous and brave and that he died like gentleman. Let us have no such rotten Sentimentality. He lived and died a coward and a thief. To speak of him as a gentleman is to insult every honorable man who lives within his means and never dreams of think ing even poverty and adversity the smallest temptation to dishonor.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Glover Ninped bv Frost.

Glover is only half hardy, and it's latest growth in fall is very quickly nipped by freezing weather. Even a hoar frost suspends it's growth, and as soon as there is any danger of this, if there is any considerable growth of clover, 1t should be cut and made into hay. The late clover makes the very best hay, as though small in bulk, it is very nutritious. After the soil warns up and the nodules on clover roots be- gin to decompose air in the soil, the nu- tritive value of clover increases very rapidly. There Is little danger of we'll grown clover freezing out in winter, even if it's crown is exposed. The soil always freezes, no matter how much clover growth may be left.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
No Fear of the Law.

A peppery old gentleman went to his legal adviser one day greatly excited over an insult he had received from a political opponent. During a heated discussion his adversary had invited him to put his head under the pump, and he wanted to take legal revenge The lawyer promised to consider the matter, and asked his client to call next day. The old gentleman came prompt ly, eager to know what could be done.
 My dear Mir. A." was the law yers greeting, T have looked up the law in your case thoroughly, and de- spite the fact that MT. K told you to soak your head, I find that there is no statute that can compel you to do so.'
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

A promise of any kind Is too sacred and too subtle thing for little child to meddle with. It should be reserved for future years, when the mind can grasp its import and the character be firm enough to sustain responsibility. If meanwhile child be instructed into its meaning and impressed with its i'm portance, and if we in our dealings with him are strictly loyal to every promise of our own, he will gradually come to regard 1t as a sacred thing, to b. made with reverence and kept with fidelity.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Rutterhy Mimica.

In the South American forests the butterflies and the birds are equally brilliant in their colorS, but the butter flies being weaker, fall a prey to the birds. One very bright-hued species of butterfly, however, is not disturbed by the birds, on account of the disagreed ble odor which it emits. Singularly enough, some other groups of butter flies, which resemble the species just described in color, also escape perse- cution by the birds, although they emit no odor. It is evident that the similar ity of color deceives the birds, and thus serves as a shield for the butterflies. This sort of mimicry of color and form, which naturalists call protective re- semblance," is not very uncommon among insects.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Success and Failure.

The difference between success and failure in farming consists almost en- tirely in the different degrees of care bestowed upon the details of farm work. The man who gives ''extra care," is the man who finds the readiest market and top prices, while his care less neighbor either has his products wasted on his hands or sold at price below the cost of production. AS a rule, the careless hap-hazard farmer at. tempts to do more than he can well do and fails. The lesson Is a good one for us all to consider. I
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Keen Accounts.

Concerning farm accounts, core Spondent of the Rural New Yorker says: 1 am convinced that there is not one farmer in ten in this township who keeps any kind of a record as to cost of producing his products and their selling price, together with other regu- lar, systematic farm accounts. If farm CTS could only be indHced to keep a record of their business as other men do, there would not be so many farm ing simply to give them steady job," and keep prices down for those who ara anxious to succeed in this vocation.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Storiuo Fodder


 For storing corn fodder, either shred ded or bulk, any sort of a shed that has a rainproof roof will do. All that is necessary is that it be kept dry. One of my neighbors stored his shredded fodder in a rail pen, twelve feet high on one side and fourteen on the other, covered with rough boards, and it kept in the best condition. He shredded the fodder for a little bunch of yearling calves, and they were allowed to eat it right from the pen, the fodder being pulled down for them as they ate it.. They were let into the little yard con- taining the pen twice day, two hours each time, and they wasted but very little of it-F. G., in COlman's Rural World. .x,az-.s1
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
This Year,s Corn Cron.

The Secretary of Agriculture esti- mates that this years corn crop will reach the enormous amount of 2,235,- prehensible. They mean that for every man, woman and child in the United States there will be gathered into barns this fall a fraction less than thirty-two bushels of the grain. This IS but one product of our soil, and as we have large surplus, corn will be exported by the ship load, and millions of needed dollars will thus be brought ilrto the country.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
The Unknown South.

The International Geographical Con- gress in London a year ago declared that the greatest piece of geographical exploration remaining to be undertaken is that of the Antarctic regions. Since then number of small expeditions to- ward the South Pole have been planned, but little has yet been accomplished, and Doctor Mill reminds English read CTS in Nature that, although fifty-f1ve years have elapsed since Captain Ross discovered the two giant volcanoes which he named Mounts Erebus and Terror, they have never again been seen, and no important additional facts have been learned about that mys- terious part of the globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Tree Rnnts in WG11s.

Before digging a we'll :s is well to look and see what kind of trees are growing near it. Locust trees will send their roots a distance of fifteen or twenty feet for water, and if well is within that distance they will surely get into 1t if the we'll is walled with stones. In a driven we'll af course the water can only get in at &he bottom, and this is a much better and cheaper way of putting down wells than the old-fashioned one of digging out the earth by hand.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
The Cholera Microbe.

Much unnecessary alarm might be spared at times when invasiOns of cholera are threatened if the simple facts about the microbe which causes cholera were more widely known. In a recent book on cholera in India these facts are succinctly stated in a form easily remembered: When it is out side the human body the cholera mi crobe, so far as known, only lives and reprOduces in water; it is too small to be removed from water by ordinary do- nestle filters; both boiling and drying quickly kill it; acids also kill it; it is not always equally virulent.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Irrioafi0n.

The successful irrigator pays first attention to leveling his land, for it is important to secure an even dis tribution. Surplus water should not be permitted to stand anywhere. If tLere are low places which are not properly drained, they will receive more than their share of water, which will settle in them, making the ground soggy, and, if there is any clay in the soil, will cause it to bake. They do not dry out in time to be cultivated when the higher portions are in the best conditions. A uniform condition of the soil over the whole field is a practical necessity. Thirty minutes after the water has ceased to flow over the surface, there should be stand ing no water in any part if you would have ideal irrigation. In no other way is this practicable, except to lev el the land to start upon.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Drying COrn

It is not an easy mattep to can green corn in a satisfactory maaner at home, but it may be dried easily, and in that form makes an exceedingly gratifying dish in the winter. Before cutting from the cob for drying pastially cook, enough to coagulate the starch; cut with sharp knife, taking care to spare the cob, and dry in the gun or by the stove as quickly as possible. When thoroughly dry store 1t iu tight paper bags, into which insects cannot get, hang it up in some dry 1lace, and it will keep for an indefinite time.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Hypnotism and seasickness,

A French physician reported at a meeting of the Society of Hypnology in Paris a few weeks ago that he had cured three persons of a strong ten dency to sea-sickness, by means of hypnotic suggestion. His method was to throw them into hypnotic sleep and then cause them to believe that they were being tossed on the ocean with out suffering from seasickness. After a short course of this treatment, he averred, his patients actually made long and rough voyages without sea- sickness.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

Gentle in the method, strong in the do ing-courteous and mild and suave in manner, but flexible in the deed, if right and just. This is not bad motto for such of us as have duties and re- sponsibilities-when we must, perhaps, coerce others into doing their duty, and make ourselves taskmasters to the un- willing, and whips and spurs to the dil- afor.u
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

A Philadelphia boy smoked cigar cites, on a wager, against time. It took him only half an hour to absorb poison enough to kill him. He died in a few hours. Death followed as surely as if a deadly weapon had been used. It is none the less suicide when a fatal re- suit follows a longer use of cigarettes. Such suicides are not rare. Insane asylums and graves bear witness to the insidious and destructive power of this hahit
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

the world in abolishing resort to arms for the settlement of disputes between nation and nation. In this opinion of an authority so eminent, spoken with in the hearing of the. civilized world. there is substantial encouragement for those who hope for the abolition of
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

The movements of commerce, if close ly followed, teach impressively that widely separated peoples and places gre neighbors, after all. A few years ago, seeds from an orange grove on the Indian River, Florida, were planted in Italy. Fruit from trees springing from these seeds was lately sold in Chicago. The boxes in which the oranges were shipped were made in Bangor, Maine.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

If popular belief is well founded the nihilists are going to unnecessary trou- ble in attempting to blow up the Car It is generally understood that his wife attends to that matter whenever things are not ordered to suit her.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

If the Czar of Russia and the Prince of Wales were to have been blown into small and unattractive pieces by a band of dynamiters, why should there have been no movement on the par. of persons with explosives concealed in their garments to get private inter- view with the Sultan of Turkey?
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
DistinCuishinR Shades,

By scientific experiment Professor Cattell of Columbia College has de termined that the average persons eyes are able to distinguish about twen- ty-fye different shades between black and white. He employed no less than two hundred shades in his experiment, but the great majority of these were too near alike to be distinguished by the eye. These were not shades of differ ent colOrs, but simply gray surfaces passing gradually from white to black.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Not a RabY's Rattle

Mayor Murphy, of Temple, Ariz., was awakened by rattle one night last week, and not knowing of any recent arrival who would be shaking one in the small hours, he got up to investi- gate and had to kill a rattlesnake which was on the front piazza before going back to sleep.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

4 cabIegram announces that Spain is new in a mood to sell Cuba for a fair consideration. But it is doubtful wheth- CT Spain could deliver the goods after Eard
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

The intellectual worker should have at least two seasons of complete rest every year The freshness of his work will soon show the advantage of follow ing such a course.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

A Chicago blind man has eloped with a blind woman. If anything on earth can make them open their eyes mar :-iage will do it.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

Belle-'I think Charley is just too mean for anything" Marie-"What is lie matter?" Belle-"You remember that lovely pen-wiper 1 gave him? Well, saw it the other day, and it's all full of ink-stainS.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

The curd is made by aid of rennet in the usual way, then cut up and placed to drain in a perforated box lined with a linen cloth. When the whey has drained of, salt. parsley, tarragon and
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

A certain discreet deafness saves one from many insults, from much blame, from not little conniyance in dishonorable conversation.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

It is announced that Nat Goodwin's company next year will carry two car loads of special scenery and a divorce lawyer.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

"Everything is easy after you once learn to ride wheel" ''Yes; you're so badly smashed up in the effort that you can stand anything then. ."-Philadel- phia North American.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
A Good Thing.

A Lewiston (Me) cOnfectioner has ap- piled for patent on a process by which pasteboard boxes may be so treated that ice cream packed in them will remain solidly frozen for twenty-four hours.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

The discovery of an Indiana snake 'as large as the pipe of a No. s cook stove" probably is due to a scarcity of No. l whisky in that section.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
ODD-LOOKlNG THINGS

Are the Street Cars Now in Use Down
 in Mexico.
 The street cars in use in Mexico are oddly shaped contrlvances. Mules are
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
China has furnished us the latest in- stance of Ii we'll stuck to.

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is happier who can suit his temper to his circumstances.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

Men and women are not as good as engaged people think they are, nor as bad as married people consider them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
DIR. HATHAWAY g. CO.,
MURDER OR SUICIDE.

Tragedy in a Salem Dressmaker's Room.
SALEM, Mass, April 9.-Miss
Josephine Manning, a dress
maker, and James Flynn, who had
been keeping com pany with her,
were found dead in a boarding
house here this morning. Probab-
~ murder and suicide will de-
velop.
What the police believe to be
murder and suicide was disclosed
when those who responded to an
alarm OF fire given for slight
blaze in the apartment occupied
by Miss Manning, burst into the
room. The fire was in folding
bed and on the bed lay the dead
body of Miss Manning, while
across the foot Charles Flynn was
writhing in pain from a bullet
wound and died before physician
could reach the place.
Lodgers In the house heard re-
ports of a pistol about 4 o'clock
this morning but did not investi-
gate. This evidence is thought by
the police to confirm their theory
that Flynn shot the woman then
killed himself. Three shots were
fired. Two penetrated the woman's
head while the third pierced his
own brain.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
Spain is Greatly Troubled.

NEW YORK, April "a dispatch
to the Herald from Madrid says
Affairs look so serious again that
American tourists are hurrying
away on the Sud express, which
leaves for Paris tomorrow and on
which all places are been taken
The passage OF the belligerency
resolutions has caused excited talk.
A guard has been maintained at
the American legation, but it has
not been increased. A feeling Is
prevalent that crisis is at hand
and trouble may break out at any
moment. The captain general Of
Ferroi reports that the fleet which
was being organized there Is all
ready to go to sea. The ships com.
posing it are the ironclsds, Pelayo,
infanta, Maria, Teresa, Viscsya
and Oquendof, the torpedo de-
stroyer, Destructor, and various
torpedo boats. They will, for the
present, be supplied with the nee
essary war material and will prob
ABLY start for the river Arosa on
Friday week, to go through course
of instructions until the govern
ment decides on their ultimate
destination. The last three named
ironclads are really second-class
cruisers.
The arch bishop OF Madrid has
sent a very patriotic letter to Senior
Canovas, the premier, Offering the
support Of the Catholic Working
mans society. The Correspondent
ella prints picture OF Uncle Sam
looking for a new star in the
American shield, while a puny
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
Clearing House Concerns.

ST. LOUIS, April 9.-General
passenger agents OF the lines in
the emigrant clearing house of the
Western Passenger association,
held a conference at the Southern
hotel, with the representatives Of
the Southern Pacific regarding the
proposed membership OF that road
in the clearing house. The South
ern Pacific has not made anything
by its fight against the clearing
house, and the other roads have
likewise suffered a loss Of revenue
by the trouble. Chairman Cald-
well and the members Of the clear
ing house committee were present
at the meeting. While no decision
was reached, 1t is thought the
Southern Pacific officials will de-
eide to become members OF the
clearing house.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
Buckeye Miners Convention.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 9.-The
United Mine Workers OF Ohio met
today. President Ratchford said :
"This year, with its low wages,
dull trade, disappointments and
reverses, has proven to be the most
critical and trying in our existence
as an organized body. The achieve.
ments however, of the state and
national organizations have been
beneficial. The truck store has
been divorced from the mine ;
cash payment is warranted In
Ohio; the diamond screen has been
abolished, and local strikes have
been less numerous. Four hundred
men are out at Salineville and
two hundred and fifty at Palmyra,
who demand the removal OF Il
inch screens"
He urged the convention to aid
in the work of securing the pro-
posed eight hour work day in all
lines OF trade.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
VICTORY FOR THE CUBANs.
Gomez Marching to the siguanez Valley
Prisoners Sentenced to Death.

PRISONERS sentenced 10 Deatl'
HAVANA, April 9.-Intelligence
reaches this city of fight that oc-
Cured among the hills around San
Bias, near Cienfuegos, province of
Santa Clara, between the column
commanded by Col. Vasquez and a
body of insurgents. The latter &C.
cupied an elevated position, which
gave them a decided advantage
over the Spaniards who were taken
by surprise. The troops claim
that the rebels used explosive bull
lets. However this may be, it is
known that the Spaniards were de-
feated after hot fight, losing
many killed and wounded. Among
the latter were Col. NasqueZ and
Lieut.. Buron. At one time during
the engagement the insurgents
charged upon the troops with
machetes, inflicting heavy losses,
The official account Of the fight
says that the insurgents lost q
killed and 3 wounded, while the
Spanish loss was 16 wounded. The
report says that the insurgents
were defeated, but, like many other
of the reports issued by the gov
eminent, it is utterly unreliable.
The insurgents, as stated above,
completely surprised the troops
and utterly routed them.
The newspapers here report that
Gomez, with four thousand men, is
going to the Siguanez Valley.
A court martial, held at Matan-
zas, has sentenced four prisoners
of war to death. They are Timoteo
Mesa, Jose Gonzalez, Ramon Con
zales and Salustiano Fresneda.
Twenty-four prisoners were de-
ported to the Isle of Pines. Ten Of
them were convicted Of political
offenses, while the others were or.
binary criminals.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09

Observation-Disclosures better
feeling prevailed In the flour mar
ket last week and the sales exceed
ed the production by a small
amount. There was an improved
tone.
Superior-Duluth flour buyers
took hold more freely last week,
domestic sales being the best in
three weeks. Export sales were
very light.
Milwaukee-Mille do not look
for good business till stocks of flour
are worked off to a greater degree
but then they anticipate material
improvement.
st. Louis-Mills mostly ran half
time last week. Country mills in
Missouri feel the effects of the stag
nation and were running short
time and Kansas mills complain
of troubles of the same nature.
Valley Of the Ohio-Most of the
mills report dull business.
Michigap-The blizzard and Eas-
ter season together combined to in
terrupt business.
Tennessee Business continues
dull.
Buffalo-Though business was
slow the outlook was considered
some better.
Philadelphia-A wholly feature
less market ruled.
Boston - Buyers maintained a
waiting attitude.
Misunderstanding interesting
or encouraging could be said of
flour.
Chicago-Both domestic and for
eign demand was sluggish.
New York-Both buyers and SELL
ers were reserved.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
New Receiver Needed.

NEW YORK, April 9.-President
W. E. Bull, of the Minneapolis and
st. Louis railroad, says no impor-
lance is attached to the reported
application at Minneapolis for a
receiver of the company. The APP
plication is based on small judg-
ment obtained against one Of the
branch lines of the company and
was barred by the foreclosure of
property.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
Dutch Soldiers Killed.

BATAVIA, Island OF Java, April
9.-The garrisons which were be-
ieaguered by Chinese insurgents
have been relieved. Forty Dutch
soldiers were killed or wounded in
the fighting,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-09
soldier is trying to pull him away
from tho talesnona

A rumor is current that Marshal
Campos is to be sent back to Cuba,
but no confirmation of the story
can be obtained in official circles
and Marshal Campos declines to be
interviewed on the subject. His
position just now is a very delicate
one. Contrary to general belief
he came back from Cuba poor
man.