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The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
Passing the DardaneIIes,

A fight between the English fleet and those of France and Russia for the con- trol of the sea of Marmora would be most striking and startling episode of 'the Eastern question" Turkeys naval power need not be reckoned, for 1t is almost nil. There are but few very old vessels that fly the Sultan's pen nant, and in organization the Turkish navy can hardly be placed" in making a list of the worlds strength at sea.
 That the passage of the Dardanelies by the English fleet would be difficult is the general impression here and abroad, and is supported by the testi- mony of American officers familiar with the approaches to Constanrlnople. Yet there is a wide difference between the difficult and the impossible. The Dardanelles were passed by an Eng fish fleet almost ninety years ago, and though the vessels were roughly ham, dled and were of course all sailing ships, they made way in against all the resistance the Turks could offer, and subsequently when their mission had been accomplished fought their way out True the straits are planted with torpedoes, but so was Mobile bay when Farragut led his fleet past the fortifica- tions and pounded the Confederate ironclad to surrender. Farragut lost one vessel by torpedoes, but the rest kept on. Farragut's signal at Mobile, Damn the torpedOes! Go ahead! was and perhaps is still the motto on the title page of the manual furnished the Russian naval cadets by their govern ment. Should there come a conflict for the command of the Dardanelles 1t would afford good test of the capacity of modern battleships as we'll as of commanders. If a difficult strait heavi- ly fortified cannot be forced by a fleet admitted to be made up of the most powerful ships afloat, of what avail is 1t to spend millions on floating fort resses that are terribly expensive to build and useless save when disparity of force is in their favor?-Boston Tran script.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
Ancestors.

Abraham Hayward, the famous Guar terly reviewer, once thought that be would like to have some ancestors, so he walked straight to a picture dealers. Selecting portrait of cavalier in half armor, with features not quite unlike his own, MT. Hayward made bid for it, but deeming the price asked too high, he went his way. A few days later Mir. Hayward went to dine with Lord Houghton, and was astonished to find the picture in the dining room. Seeing that it attracted his guests attention, Lord Houghton said: "Very good pie ture that Came into my hands in cu- rious way. Portrait of a Mines of the commonwealth period-an ancestor of mine" "Ah, indeed !'' said MT. Hay ward "He was very near being an an- cestor of mine."
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line of which will undoubtedly be run over the new bridge as soon as it is completed.
 The new bridge will be 1,24O feet in length, and 46 feet In width. Besides two sets of car tracks, there will be two carriages and two footways. The new bridge will be a steel arch free from cables. This method of construction Is more firm than the suspension, so that the new bridge will not sway in the wind as does the present structure. The accompanying picture, from a drawing in the Buffalo Express, shows the new bridge as 1t will appear from the Canadian side. The bridge will not be ready for travel before next fall, but it is expected that the old bridge will be kept in use until the new one is finished.
 A project Is on foot to unite the vari- ous trolley lines so that for one fare a visitor may ride up and down both lines of the river, across the bridge and back. The round trip over the new bridge in full view of both cataracts, along the Canadian bluff, over Queens town Heights to Queenstown, across another bridge to Lewiston and along the Gorge Road to Niagara Falls, is the scheme
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
A Fond Mothers Ruse.

There is mother on the north side who has a family of small children. One day she became very much interest ed in book, and it seemed as if she must read it, but the children bothered her very much. Finally she thought of 8 scheme whereby she could get rid of the children, so she took broom and put red cloth on it and hung it in the window. She then told the children they must play she had the smallpox, and that they must not dare come near her, for they would catch it. They kept away beautifully all the afternoon, and she finished the book. Some of the neighbors also saw the red flag and asked the children what was the matter, and they said smallpox, and the report was current on that side of town in 8 very short time Not only the children, but the neighbors, kept away until they learned of the scheme. me.-Indianapolis Journal.
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from Senators Burrows, Gear, Perkins, Teller, Pettigrew, Squire and Wilson. Gen. Coppinger entered the service as captain of the Fourteenth Infantry, after his education at West Point. He went to Rome in 1860 and was made a chevalier for gallant work in the de- fense of La Rocca gateway by the Pa pal army. He came back to the United States as soon as war was declared and did gallant duty at Appomattox. He was promoted and came out of the conflict as colonel. His recommends ton for generalship by President Cleve- land caused surprise, but the Senate confirmed the nomination by vote of A to IT. He was born in Ireland.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
Rights of Women.

Should a woman be minister? Yes, if she can preach helpful sermon and can put up with the wear and tear of a minister's life. Should woman be a physician? Yes, if she has the skill nec- essary to diagnose case and the con- stitution to stand the life. Should a wo- man be a lawyer? Yes. if she has pre- pared herself and can plead case suc- cessfully and can live the life of law yer. Should woman be man? No, never. God has made some differences be- tween the man and woman physically, and we should heed them. Should wo- man vote? Yes. Not because she is a woman. The right to vote is not inborn. It is the gift of our government. Wom- en pay taxes. and for that reason they should vote, and not because they are women.-Rev. H. o. Peoples, Baptist, Rochester.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
ODD BILLIARD FACTS.
Making Table In Day-The Balls Sea-
 soned In Incubators.

soned In Incubators.
 A billiard table can be built in 24 hours if carte blanche is given to the manufacturer, but he prefers to have time to get the right effects from one month to six. The wood needs to be sea- soned for period of nearly seven years. Rich, deep Spanish mahogany is used, pollard oak, ebony and satin wood.
 Tables are not always covered in green. Blue is sometimes used and a pure olive green. The late Prince Leo- pold was the first to make use of the latter color, and olive green is known today in the billiard world as Prince Leopold's color.
 The balls must be well seasoned be- fore they are used for play. Manufac- turers have incubators in which to store them that they may undergo the drying process. Some incubators will hold fully 5000 balls. When they are first made, they are green Solid ivory is the only satisfactory material of which to make them; artificial balls" (those made of composition) are much heavier and do not wear we'll. English makers, to give the red balls perfect color, steep them in decoction that is some times described as the "guardsman' s bath." This is extracted from the old coats of Tommy Atkins, and for bill Hard balls it is the finest scarlet dye known. n.-New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
The Grunt of the Pig.

The continual grunting of the pig is of interest as revealing something of the conditions of life of his wild an- cestors. A herd of swine scattered in the long grass or among the brackens of a European forest would soon lose sight of one another. But the grunts of each would still advertise his presence to his neighbors, and so the individual members of the herd would not lose touch with the main body. Then there are grunts and grunts. If one of my readers will initiate the ingenious MT. Garner and take photograph to the nearest pigsty he might get material to make up a book on the language and grammar of the hog. However thick the jungle, the wild pig could, by talk ing note of the pitch and emphasis Of the grunts to right and left of him, tell pretty much what his hidden colleagues were thinking about.-North American Review
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
Is History So Horrlble9

Heinrich von Treitschke, royal histo- rian of Prussia and professor of history in Berlin university, is an enemy of the new woman, and despite the toleration of his superior officials in the ministry of education will not allow her to attend his lectures. Two weeks ago, in the mid de of his morning lecture, he spied a girl in the crowded auditorium. He at once dropped his manuscript, rose from his seat and walked from the platform to the young woman's seat. He induced her to rise by offering her bis arm, and escorted her from the room. Subse- Quently he remarked: "I do not intend to have these women folks at my lec- lures. will station the big janitor at the door if they persist and have him throw them out.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
Not Worth It.

Judge Walton, who presides over q court at Washington, is a man of grim humor. One time, in the lobby, mem Der of the bar was seeking to convey the impression to group, of whom Judge Walton was the center, that his income from his profession was very large.
 q have to earn good deal" the law yer said; ''it sems a large story to tell, Judge, but my personal expenses are $6,000 a year. It costs me that to live"
 "That is too much, Brother S-," said the Judge; T wouldn't pay it-it isn't worth itp'
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man of the village impersonates the supreme spirit or deity at the annual festivals. All the other leading tribes men represent a god, according to their position. Every man is extremely anx- ious to act the part of a god, but he can only do so by marrying the eldest daughter of a man who holds the of flee which he desires to fill Those girls, are, therefore, most desirable whose fathers hold the highest religious offices.
 A very curious fashion obtains among this remarkable tribe. Soon after child is born its head is tightly wrapped in bandageS, which compress 1t toward the top. These baadages are kept on until the bones of the skull are permanently shaped and the head be- comes of the form of sugar loaf. The more pointed and elongated the top of the head, the more beautiful and fash ionable is the proud owner regarded. This strange distortion does not seem to affect them, either mentally or phys ically
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
IMPURE FOODS.
Some of the Many Things We Eat That
 Are Adulterated.

Some of the Many Things We Eat That
 Are Adulterated.
 A recent report of the dairy food com missioner of Pennsylvania names so many food products which are adulter- ated as to raise query as to what is not adulterated. Among the many i'm pure things sold are allspice, which of ten is mainly composed of ground and roasted cocoanut shells; baking powder {; beef, wine and iron prepared as tonic {; butter, buckwheat flour, candy, catchup, cider, cheese, cinnamon, cloves-the latter made almost entirely from ground cocoanut shells, the odor and taste of cloves being scarcely perceptible; coffee consisting chiefly of coffee screenings or damaged coffee. but sold at high price as a pure article; fresh "Java" made from wheat and barley hulls, roasted with sugar and containing no coffee; codfish not codfsh at all-mere- ly cheap dried fish; cream of tartar adulterated with flour; faxseed adul- terated with starch; fruit "butters," such as apple butter, peach butter, etc.. |, very seldom pure, being adulterated with starch waste and salicylic acid; i; the same is true or grated pineapples; i; ginger adulterated with ash, rice hulls, rice flour and cayenne pepper; lard {; maple sirup, made from commercial glucose thinned with about 20 per cent of water; mixed spices; orange juice, lemon oil, lemon phosphate, molasses, mustard, olive oil, pepper, vinegar. va nilla extract, all kinds of preserves, ex- tract of strawberries and tea.
 To add to the deception few apple seeds are scattered through the so called fruit jams, or timothy or other seeds are added to the mixture to represent raspberry, strawberry, etc. The produc tion of artificial colors is particularly common in confections. Indigo, tuner ic, annotto, haywood and cochineal are used in great quantities, and are proba ply not harmful; arsenic, copper and leads are very deleterious, but are not now used as much as in former times, before sanitary officials made such per sistent attacks on them. Milk and milk products are often colored. Annotto is very commonly used by dairymen to give a rich yellow color. In itself an notto is probably harmless, but it pro- duces deceptive results. New York Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
WHEREIN KwAkuTLs EXCEL.
Their Heads Are Very Respectable
 Coneshaped Affairs.

Their Heads Are Very Respectable
 Coneshaped Affairs.
 The Kwakiutls are among the most interesting of the aboriginal races on this continent. They live at Fort Ru- pert, on the extreme northern point of Vancouver Island. The Kwakiutls are distinct branch, and allied to no oth- CT Indians in the country. Their lan- guage is a very peculiar one, and very difficult to understand. They live by fishing, and their camp is many miles away from the more settled districts of the island. White men very rarely visit their settlement.
 They are very conservative, and pre- serve all their old traditions and re- ligious beliefs, which they have pos sessed for perhaps thousands of years. No missionary has ever been able to make the slightest impression upon them, and now they leave them severe ly alone. Money is unknown among them, and blankets are used as cur rency. When the seal spearers are paid in coin by the captains of schooners, they immediately travel to the near est supply station and exchange the money for blankets.
 Marriages among them are arranged on the purchase system. A wife is worth so many blankets, according to the position of her father. The head
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21

the use of No-To-B Bac, and to his great surprise and delight, it cured him.
 Hon. 0. W. Ashcom, who had been smoking for sixty years, tried No-To- Bac and it cured him.
 Col. Samuel Stoutener, who would eat up tobacco like a COW eats hay, tried this wonderful remedy, and even Samuel, after all his years of slavery, lost the desire.
 J. c. Cooler. Lessing Evans, Frank Dell, Geo. B. May, c. O. Skillington, Hanson Robinett, Frank Hershberger, John Shinn and others have since tried No-To-Bac, and in every case they re. port. not only cure of the tobacco habit, but a wonderful improvement in their general physical and mental condition, all of which goes to show that the use of tobacco had been in- furious to them in more ways than one.
 All of the above gentlemen are so we'll please with the results that we dc. not hesitate to join them in recom- mending it to suffering humanity. as we have thoroughly investigated and are. satisfied that No-To-Bac does the work we'll and is boon to mankind.
 The cost is trifling, and three boxes are guaranteed to cure any case, or money refunded. One box in every instance stated above effected a cure, with one or two exceptions. No-To. Bac has wonderful sale upon it's merits alone, and can be secured at almost any drug store in this country or Canada. It is made by the Sterling Remedy Co.,, Chicago. Monteral or New York. Our readers are warned against purchasing limitations, as there are several on the market. Be sure you get No-To-Bao. Then you're all right.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
s1OO REWARD s1oO.

learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cue in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a eonstitu- tiOnal disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The propri- etO's have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testi monials
 Address, J.CHENEY & Co, Toledo. O. E%SOld by Druggists, 75c.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
BLAINE'S SON-IN-LAW.
COppinger, After Much Opposition, Is
 at Last a Brigadier General.

John J. Coppinger, who was the cause of the break in the friendship between Gen. Harrison and James G. Blaine, has finally won the point upon which the two statesmen split. He is now a general. This honor was asked by Mrs. Blaine, she being interested be- cause Coppinger had married her daughter. Gen. Harrison, as President, refused to make the appointment, as the promotion would jump him over the heads of older men in the service, who deserved the rank equally as much. Mrs. Blaine was piQued, and within few days the candidacy of MT. Blaine for the Presidency was an- nOunced.
 His nomination was sent to the Sem ate not long ago, and the body confirm ed him a brigadier after long discus sion. The opposition came this time
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
WHAT'S A BUMP:

Tn our peculiar vernacular, we say a being. What one might call bump an- other one would call thump. Thus we have bump from thump and thump from a bump. In like manner, a bruise may cause bump, and bump may cause both. Well, what's the difference, so long as we suffer from either bump or bruise, we want to get rid of it. That's true, and the surest, quickest way to cure bruise is at once to use St. Jacobs Oil. Then the question will b. not what it is, but what 1t
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
CONSUMPTION CURED.
 An Elixir of Life.
T. A. slocum Offers to Send Two Bottles Free of His Remedy to Cure Con-
 sumption and all Lung

II. As SIocum OHers tO oeno TWO Bottles
 Free of His Remedy to Cure Con-
 sumption and all Lung
 Troubles.
 Nothing could be fairer, more philan- thrOpic or carry more joy in its wake than the offer of T. A. SlocuHl, NJ. C., of 18S Pearl Street, New York Perfectly confi- dent that he has an absolute remedy for the cure of consumption and all pulmonary complaints, he offers through this paper to send two bottles free to any reader who is suffering from lung trouble or consump- tion, also loss of flesh and all conditions of wasting. He invites those desirOus of ob- taining this remedy to send their express and pOst-Offiee address, and to receive in return the two bottles free, which will arrest the approach of death. Already this rem edy, by its timely use, has permanently cuIed thousands of cases which were given up, and death was looked upon as an early visitor.
 Knowing his remedy ss he does, and being so PrOOf-pnSitive of its beneficent re- suits, Dr. Slocum considers it his religious donate his infaliible remedy where it will assault the enemy in it's citadel, and, by its inherent potency, stay the current of dlsso- lution, bringing joy to homes over which the shadow of the grave has been gradually growing more strongly defined, causing fond hearts to grieve. The cheapnesS of the remedy-offered freely-apart from it's iR- herent strength, is enough to commend it, and more so is the perfect confidence of the great chemist making the offer, who holds out life to those already becoming ema- ciated, and says. Be cured"
 The invitation is certainly worthy of the consideration of the afflicted, who, for years, have been taking nauseous nostrums without effect: who have ostracised them selves from home and friends to live in more salubriOus climes, where the atmos- and who have fought against death with ali the weapons and strength iE their hands. There will be no mistake in sending for these free bottles-the mistake will be in passing the invitation by.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN,

Perhaps, but rheumatism need not add to the calam1ties to which we are more or less subject, when there Is such an efficient means of coun- tersctng the dire complaint as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. When the liver, bowels or stomach are out of order, or the kidneys or nerves troublesome, ,the Bitters is also efficient remedy. It prevents and remedies all malarial disorders.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
The Secret Out,

It appears that Mark Twain Samuel l.. Clemens) is the author of 'The Per sonal Recollections of Joan of Arc appearing in Harper's Monthly. So says volume 6 of the National Cyclopedia of American Biography" just pub lished.-Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
A Sore

two inches across formed and in walking to favor it sprained my ankle. The sore became worse; I could not put my boot on and thought I should have to give up at every step. I could not get any relief and had to stop work. I read of cure of a similar case by Hoods Sarsaparilla and concluded to try it. Before I had taken all of two bottles the sore had healed and the swelling had gone down. My
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
SURE CURE FOR PILES.

Sure cure for blind, bleeding and itohing Piless one box has cured the worst cases of ten years standing. No one need suffer ten minutes after using k1rk's German Pile Ointment. It sbsorbs tumors, allays the itching, acts as 6 poultice, gives relief Dr. Kinks German Pile Ointment IS prepared only for Plies aud itching Of the private parts, and nothing else. Every box is
 Sold by druggists end sent by mail on receipt ot price, 1.00 per box. J.J. Mack 6 Co.,, Whole sale Agents, San Francisco.
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SCrOfuIa

Infests the blood of humanity. Ii appears in varied forms, but is forced to yield to Hoods Sarsaparilla, which purifes and vitalizes the blood and cures all such diseases. Read this: :
 "In September, 1894, made misstep and injured my ankle. Very soon afterwards,
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
NEVER TOO LATE. Premature Old Age Made
 Impossible. It's Easy if You only Take the
 Right Road.
(From The Press, Everett, Pal

A number of our great and most inyeterate tobacco smokers and che " CTS have quit the use of the filthy weed. The re- form was start ed by Aaron G or b CT, who " a s @ con frmed slave for many years to the use of to- hacco. He tried
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
NEW BRIDGE AT NIAGARA.
A Fine Steel Arch to Be Erected by
 Next Fall.

Visitors to Niagara Falls next sum- mer will be able to watch the construc- ton of a fine new bridge that is to be erected on the site now occupied by the new suspension structure that spans the gorge and rocks and sways with every strong wind. While the present bridge is safe enough for pedestrians and carriages, it is not regarded as strong enough to bear trolley cars,
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After physicians had given me up. was saved by Piso's Cure.-RALPH ERIEG, Will Transport, Pa., Nov. 9, 1S9S
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FITs.-An Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve RestOrer. No Fits after the first days use Mar yelous cures. Treatise and $200 trial bottle free 70 Fit cases Send to Dr. Kline, 9Sl Arch St., Pha, Pa
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21

COnsoling refection-Lot's wife had just looked back. "At any rate" painted Lot daShing tear from his eye and hurrying On ''it has cured her of being too freshi"
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He has heard-''That new baby of Young ''SO I've heard. We live next door to it."
The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21

F. M. Peter leading costumer, theatrical, mas querade costumes, wigs and play-books. Country masquerade balls specially. 729 Market St., s. F.
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Hope for Massachusetts spinsters.

The male births in Massachusetts during the past year exceeding the fe- male births by nearly 2,000.
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Try Germes for Breakfast.