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The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

Owing to the jealousy of the Czar it is said that the Kaiser's desire to meet President Faure on the occasion of the latter's visit to St. Petersburg has been bafhId. No one but the Kaiser has the slightest idea why he desired the meet ing. but it is pity that the CZar has prevented it. It would have been in terestng to know what the cratic German monarch would have said and done under those circumstances. Of late he has done those things which lead some to think that he might have offered the olive branch to the repre- sentative of his peoples traditional en- emieS. but then. again, he might have insulted him. Perhaps it was not con- mercial jealousy, but common wisdom which actuated the Car after all.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
N!41&g1nAzZ!EY NAZ E51

spThe Christian" Hall Gaines new novel. is announced in volume form.
 F Hopkinson Smith has just finish pd q novel entitled "Caleb West, Mas ter Diver"
 Oliver Optic at his death left two complete manuscripts Wnlcn VIII snort- ly be published.
 Professor Arlo Bates hopes to finish tbis summer his novel, "The PuritanS," :" on which he has been engaged for sev- eral years.
 Chester Bailey Fernald will tell in a forthcoming work how, when wheeling in Japan. the children tried to feed his bike with carrots.
 It is rumored that Emile Zola will base one of the chapters of his new nov ei, "Paris," on which he is now work Ing hard at Medan, upon the Charity Bazar fire.
 The American Baptist Publication Society will publish a volume of short stories by E. W. Thomson, one of the editors of the Youths Companion. The title of the volume will be Between Earth and Sky"
 The history of the house of Black wood, which Mrs. Oliphant has been engaged on for long time, will appear in three, if not four, volumes, the first of which need not be expected until the autumn.
 Mrs. Craigie ('John Oliver Hobbes'') Is still very delicate and incapable of much bodily eXertiOn, and she cOnSe- quently leads the life almost of re- ciuse. She spends most of her time in Ter library, but occasionally writes in bed. She never goes to dinner parties 5r receptions, but retires early to rest.
 Harper x Bros. are to publish ''The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote" |" by Charles Dudley Warner; Eye Spy" series of studies in outdoor life, writ ten and illustrated by the late Will jam Hamilton Gibson; Tn Simpkins- ville," collection of short stories, by Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart; and 1.-The Story of Rhinegold," by Anna Alice Chapin.
 Robert Louis Stevenson now has two tangible tokens to mark his memory. One is the large marble slab over his grave on the Samoan hilltop and the other is a memorial fountain that his San Francisco admirers are erecting in his honor. In the meantime his own countrymen are working hard to collect enough money to raise the tardy bust of fame" in Edinburgh.
 The list of names of that great work, the Dictionary of Nation Biogra- phy," being now complete, the event is to be celebrated by dinner given in London by George Smith to the con- tributors. Volume II. (Scoffin-Sheares) contains the longest article which has yet appeared in the dictiOnary-that on Shakespeare. The editor of the diction- ary, Sidney Lee, is the author of the memoir.
 Mrs. Oliphant's death lends double interest to the fact that the PutnamS are to bring out her last book, "The Ways of Life," In this country. The volume Is made up of two stories, the 'Wonderful History of MT. Robert Dalyer' and 'Mr. Sanford" Both stories turn upon the pathos of an au- thor's or artists discovery that he has passed the meridian of his career. The book was reviewed with the highest praise by the London papers before Mrs. OIiphant'S death.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

The old adage that what is wealth for one man is poverty for another is shown by the story of a Parisian bank
 CT who died of grief when he lost all his fortune but $2O,O00, thinking him. self in beggary, while pauper broth CT who inherited the sum at the others death died of joy at finding himself possessed of such riches. BalZac would have founded novel on this incident
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Crimson Clover and Turnips.

At the last cultivation of the corn if the ground Is not wanted for grain crimson clover and tmnps may be sown. Sow one pound of turnips and fifteen pounds of clOYerseed to the acre; the seed should be fresh. The one-horse harrow should be run through the rows before sowing the seed. To bring turnips 400 pounds of dressed bones should be sown to the acre.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Passes and Pufs-

Complaints from stockholders have led the Western Railroad of France to publish some curious facts about free passes given to the press. Passes were issued in 1896, which, if paid for, would have added to the receipts of the com pany 330,000 francs; to counterbalance this the newspapers printed free ad- Vertisements for the railroad, which would have cost 1t 1884, ,OOO francs.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

Just as the tiny rivulet on the noun tain-side, which a pebble could divert from its course, may be the source of a mighty river, flowing down and ming ling with the great sea, which. in its turn, can wear away mountains, so some things in life and in character which we deem scarcely worth notice, may be the very springs which shall develop into mighty and irresistible forces
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Grain for Poultry tn Summer.


 One reason why the egg supply falls off soon after warm weather begins is because the hens are exhausted from the labor of producing one egg day for several weeks. and they cannot con- tinue to do it on their diet of insects and grass. The hens that are laying will not be fattened if given a little wheat each day, especially if 1t is har rowed in loose soil so that the fow-s have to scratch for it. The wheat will also improve the quality of the eggs, which, as al know, are most palatable ill winter, when grain is a much larger part of their feed than it IS any other time of year. Grain may fatten fowls in winter, when they get little eXer- else, but they run off fat as fast as they make 1t in summer.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

It is announced that the Sultan of Morocco exhibited unusual activity in hunting down perpetrators of outrages against American residents in Tangier just as soon as two American men-Of- war anchored in that port. Probably he didn't suspect before that part of the white squadron was Morocco hound
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

The New York Journal has a new department which it calls 1.-The Merry testers" This innovation will be re- ceiyed gratefully by the public. The other kind of testers have monopolized New York journalism long enough.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

The Providence Journal says that a prominent resident of that place 're- ceived a severe scalp wound on the head" the other day. He'll probably get along all right. A scalp wound on the head always is less dangerous than a scalp wound anywhere else.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

The ice box as a means of keeping store men quiet while thieves loot their places has become quite a common thing. but it was left for a Staten Isl and butcher to use it to lock up thief who had attempted to rob him. It is poor ice box which will not work both
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

A Kansas City burglar who broke in- to saloon drank so much of the whisky that he couldn't leave the place and was captured. The court will have to discharge him, however, If it is illegal to punish a man twice for the same offenSe
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

Since June II of this year it has been an offense for the women of Massa- chusetts to wear for purpose of dress or ornament or to sell or have in their possession the bodies or feathers of any of the birds which are commonly used for the adornment of women's hats. Like many other laws passed this year
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Making Cheap Corn Paw

It does not pay to raise corn at 8 cents bushel f you have to market it as corn; but turn Scent corn into 3h- cent beef or Scent porl, and it yields a good per cent on the iuvestment aftar all
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
A Blood!eas Battle.

In 151S battle was fought near Mi Ian, in Italy, and so perfect was the armor or both armies that although the conflict raged from 3 a. m. to D. m., no one on either side was either killed or woundeI, though one man broke his collarbcne by falling off his horse
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

Be sincere with yourself, whatever the temptation. Say nothing to others what you do not think, and play no tricks with your own mind. Of all the evil spirits abroad in the world insin- cerity is the most dangerous.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
BroiIers for Profit.

To start il big, a commencement can be made with S1,UOO-but you may need 5000 more. Our advice has al ways been start small and grow up with the business. Have you $500, and an income besides? Use S1OO to build small breeding house; S100 for incu- bators and other necessary fixtures; $1OO for working capital. and your out side income for your living Save all the returns from the business that year, and enlarge the next. The profits and experience from 300 brOilers dur ing the first year will it you for raising 1000 the second year. In q few years you will have established a sufficiently large farm to enable you to devote your time during the winters; but hold on to some other summer employment. If you have 5000. invest $500, as afore- said, and $100 in good laying fowls, and another S1O0 in suitable buildings, and each year your farm will substan. tially grow.--Farm Poultry.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

The Sharon (Pa) Tribune gleefully says: We had roasting-ears for dih- ner Wednesday," And yet they say Journalism has not substantial re- wards
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

Three things are ditticult-to Keep q secret, to bear an injury patiently ana to spend leisure well.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
The Largest Farm.

The largest farm ln this country, anu probably in the world, isysituateu ln @ eno southwestern part of Louisiana |. a. e tends 100 miles east-and west. IL was purchased in 1883 by syhdcaee ~, v, Northern capitalist, by whom u Is sun operated. At the time of it's purchase its 100000 acres was vast pasture for cattle belonging to few dealers Ill that country. Now it is divided lnto pasture stations or ranches exlsthlg every six miles. The fencing IS sald to have cost about S50,00O. The land is best adapted to rice, sugar, corn ana cotton. A tract, say half q mile wide is taken, and an engine is placed oh each side. The engines are portaDle and operate a cable attached to TOUT blows. By this arrangement thlrty acres are gone over iu q day with the labor of only three men. There is not a single draught horse OH the entire place, if We except those used by the herders of cattle If which there are 16,0O0 head on the place. The Southern Pacific Railroad ms for thtrty-six miles through. the farm. The company has three steam0oatz operating on the waters of the eSta of which 300 miles are navigable. Ii has also an ice house, bank, shipyard and rice mills.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

If you wish to know how many friends you have, get into office; ii you wish 10 know how few you have, get into debt
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04

rick in case of a sudden shower. With a force of two wagons and six men, a large rick can be run up in day. It is still better to haul the grain d. rectly into the barn or barrack.-Tne American.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Tratire seed Cnrn.


 Many experiments have been made in testing seed corn with the view of learning which portion of the grain on the ear is most suitable. The Ohio station conducted experiments extend ing over nine years, using butt, middle and tip of the ear grains on separate plots, and the result was that the yield per acre was the same of we'll filled ears. The average for the nine years on the piece where nothing but butt seed had been used was 58.9 bush els per acre; for the middle seed, 59.3 bushels, ana for the tip seed, 5S.7 bush els. The experiment shows that good seed, perfect in every respect, will give the desired result without regard to the portion Of the ear from which 1t is taken.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Success in Farming.


 To be q thoroughly all-around. sue cessful farmer, a man must be some thing of a chemist to understand the soil he has to deal with and the ele- ments he must supply. He must be something of a botanist to understand the needs of the crops, and the weeds he must contend against. He must be considerable of a carpenter, mechanic and blacksmith, in order to keep his farm buildings and tools in good condi- ton. He must be something of a vet erinarian, so as to be able to relieve the sufferings of the animals under his care. He should have a knowledge of the birds, who are both his friends and enemies. It is necessary that he should keep his eyes open to the events of the day, in order that he may intelligently protect himself whenever his interests are threatened. e must be able to plan his work we'll and be possessed of eX- ecutiye ability, so that those who work under him may have their efforts di- rected to the best advantage. He should be good business man, so as to be able to prepare and sell his products adyantageously. Last, but not least, he should be possessed of a good wife, who can supplement all his efforts. These are only few of the qualifica- tiOns necessary for a successful farm CT, and yet there are men who think any 'clodhOpper'' can be farmer. Let them try it, and they will find that in farming, as in all business, there is bottom, as we'll as top, to the ladder. Still, there is hardly any business which can be carried on with so little special training as can farming Massachusetts PloWman.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Late Cultivation of Potatoes.

AS the method of cultivation changes to a very light scratching of the sur face, so as to destroy small weeds and keep a mulch on the surface to prevent evaporation, farmers have learned that they can cultivate potatoes much later than used to be thought possible. The old plan of laying by the potato and corn crop before harvesting is now rarely folloWed and never by the best farmers. It belonged to the time when a blow making deep furTows between the rows and setting potatoes in hill was thought to be the last cultivation needed. Better crops are now grown by level cultivation, which If it is made shallow may be continued almost until potatoes are grown and without injur- ing the crop.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-04
Forage Cropa for Feeding Green.

Forage SropS Aot CGuADR Green.
 Corn is the best crop to sow for feed ing green. Early pea ground or land from which q first crop of clover has been cut, Is the best for fodder corn. The ground should be lowed-harrow irg or cultivating the ground is not enough. PlOw the land deeply; har- row 1t both ways to get 1t mellow; fur TOW out and SOW four hundred pounds of phosphate and one busbeI of corn to the acre. Cover the corn with the har- row, and then drag the ground to make it smooth. It Is too late to sow millet or Hungarian grass, unless the ground is made very fine and heavily dressed with fine. well-rotted manure. At least twelve two-horse carloads should be spread to the acre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-07
VEST PORTAL TREMBLE S.
Italians who Built tho Giant wall Want
Wages That Haven't Been Paid.

WEST PORTAL, y. j., Sept. 6.-The supposed
great enterprise begun here six months ago /,
exercising the gossips morc=than ever. SThe
folks who described themselves as the contrac-
tors. but who people here believed were the pro-
motors, have not been here FOR moro than a
week. When they went away they sa!d that
they were going to New York to get the money
to pay their Italian laborcrs on Sept. |.
Nearly 1900 laborers have been brought here
from New York by Stefano Callotta, a padrone.
Wages Of $50 O day were promisea to them
for unskilled labor. Masons were 10 get 81 .jO.
Callotta until a week ago fed them on credit
at an average expense to himself Of so cents q
day each, he says. He estimates that be has
sunk Slu.o0O so far. The men have received
no wages. They have become uneasy, and an
outbreak is feared. Work is practically sus-
pended on the noble stone wall which was al.
most, the only outward indication of the iron
foundry and wire. working plant which f. l.
WORK here. said was to make West e Portal AZ
Incorporated city within six months.
Many persons hcrcabouts have supplied the
italian colony with food. Old cows wcre
slaughtered to keep up with the demand for
cars. The farmers have not been paid for these
tu:rgs. A brewer OF Ea,ton, Pa, built a bot.
Ting house on the grounds and has sold $1,000
worth OF beer 70 the Italians on credit, A baker
!ias trusted SLei. g: SeCn worth ot b,rat. 4
lumber merchant from Hampton junction is
here trying to col ect a bill for the timber used
In constructing the sheds of the Italians. The
promoters tried To get timber in Phillipsburg,
y. j., but the lumDermen there would not sell
1t except for cash.
A suN reporter met +. L. Richardson last
night on a New York. New Haven, and Hartford
train. Mr.. Richardson said:
- understand that the work at West Portal
is practically suspended. | repeat that ! am
not one OF the promoters. / have merely acted
as an administrative agent. | have Just come
from Boston. where l have been trying to I'd.
Just things. We will come out all right. The
folks who had charge OF the buildine=opcrs-
tons were a little precipitate: that's ali.
There'n he plenty OF money in time"
Capt. Russell OF the Connecticut Granite
Company, l56 Fifth avenue. denies that Eng.
neer w. Losce had authority to use the name
OF the granite Company in obtaining tranepor-
tation for Callotta laborers from this city 10
West Portal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-07
"IHPEICH THE JUDO Esq
Aitgeid's New suggestion ms to OyercomIug
Government b, InJuncLions.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6.-John y. Altge!d de-
livered a harangue on the doctrines OF social.
ism to about 1000 people at q picnic park on the
Della ware River this afternoon. The address
was rather tame for Altgeld. He discussed
Government ownership OF corporate property
and devoted almost all his entire address 10 .
tons and the tribunals Of justice were abused
and denounced. He said:
Let us save our institutions. Governments
by injunction must be crushed out. II the GOV.
ernment takes some OF the great corporations
then there will not be SO many corporation men
appointed TO the bench. But the Constitution
has pointed out a way 10 end these usurpations
without having the Government take the corpor.
tons, and that way iSby Impeachment. Every
one OF these Judges. whether OF high or low IL.
gree, who has been tramping on the Constitution
and us1rpiug power not gwen him, is suhycc; 10
Impeachment,
or thcIl ana conslgn them 10 that intamy
which Is now cmhaiming the memory OF LET.
lries. But this cannot be done 80 long a. Con.
Ercss Is made up largely Of men who are moro
corporation, convenienccS. II Will be ucccs.
sar,, 10 send men 10 Congress who will he true
TO the people. This may not happen at the next
election. nor yet at the next, but IL Will come
and mus come soon.
PROVIDENCE has ordained that nothing shall
70 on forever. Our fathers said that every
lane bad a turn. We have been travelling o. =
,hno 'Aal mas run in the same, direction for
.nlrtN ears ana we are npproaphinE a iUru.,A
turn IN the road is already in sight. ANA /; no
american people are but trIc 10 their uuh!er
instincts, They. Will soon be restored To their in
heTitahco, while justice and liberty. equal rights
ana eIua! privileges, will cover our land w.lhs
nsio o slorN ana give our people IA new century
OF prosperity and happiness"
auditors,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-07
Good sport on the wheel at p~hliadorps,a

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. G.-The races at Willow Grove
this afternoon resulted In some Of the best sport seen
here this year. The finishes were generally ex
citing. The Judges. In order to show how deter.
mined they were TO have no loafng, stopped
the final of the one.mile handicap, profes.
sional. at tho end OF the nrst lap. The race
was run later. with only those starting whom tho
judges decldtd ma ie the best efforts In the previous
attempt. IN the turnover the Judges ordered Church
on the track. and the crowd showed their disapuroyai
by hooung, h1trr . lapse OF sbout twenty minutes IL
was announced that Church hal not started In thil
mile handicap.
The star e> ent OF tho afternoon was the Ave mil,
nan1icIp. professional. IL was for q special prize OF
ol0, To DO given 70 the man leading at the end OF each
mile except the last, Frank starGIlck won In a most
exciting hnish. The World quad /" team. paced by
q -" trip" attempted to ride q mile in better thnn
1910. but owing parity TO q blundcr .ne best they
were able TO do was l:I4 30, Summary;
one,H 10 Sovice-FinA neat won by Is. N Gallagher.
oue'Nlle Handicap, Prof-ssionaI-kIuM heat won
by y. II. HenLel. 80 yards; Edwin Y. Miller, 90 wards.
SECOND; Is-Ties Turvilie, oO yards, third. Time, .
Hall; Mile taniicsp: Amatsur-Flnal heat won BY
! Pc Eern,imont' 50 yards, third. Time. / minute
Nile Tandem Handicap. Professional Won by
{. Church and h p, hsCurdy; ". L DicEerson and
third. Time, = minutes r 40 seconds.
one,Tihri Mile Handicap, Professional - Final
neS. won Dy :. \, Col{sn. 80 yards Edwin p. Miller.
~ va as second! ]. b. Anderson. 40 yards, third
Time, ~ seconds. ~
One, Mile Handicap. Amateur-Flnsl heat won Inv
o.; !: Ghaiiant, 70 yards v. l., Austin. 10 yards, sec.
~ % seconds. "'uu'eS
Five. Mile Handicap. Proressiousl-Firs, m,,o ~
nile oy EckhRrt, fourth mile Uy Carroll n. Jtck mir
IN, dhd race by J. Frank StarUuck. scratch; c. H.
yards, third, S sSdds "a w wis : ses Mm u = = AlrhsIt, 100
Iline. IL minutes l2 2'o seconds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-07

wefers. New York A. o. j. n. Rush. Chicago A. A,
| second; Jerome Buck. Knickerbocker A. Q, third J.
m. May urS, Chicago A. A., fourth. Time. 81 seconds.
tIO.Yhrd Run. Hnndichp-won by Charles A. sui
New Jersey 4. g. yards. second; A J. MenIss. New
York city, 80 yards, third. Tim 40 10 seconds.
TwO-llie Bicycle Race. Han iicap-FlnRl heat won
by Harry HosfUrd, New Jersey A. O., scratch; VII.
liam Frank, Trandt wh.elmen, 100 yards. second;
W, Torren 9. New YORK city, W yards, third. Time,
one Mile Run, Handicap-won by p. II. Christian
sen. New jersey A. c., ls ynrdAi 7. J. Quinan. ScrAn.
ton Y. NJ. G. A., 40 yards. second; 7. @. Mcgirr. New
York A. C., scratch, third. Time. = minutes 50 sec
ondS.
IIO.y Yard Medley RAce. s~ersteh-Finai heat won by
James Fitzpatrick, New Jersey A.. c.; G. NJ. Cohen.
kniCk' rbocker A, e.. second, Charles II. Herche,
KnickerUocker A. c.. third. Time, 1 minute IL So
seconds.
onc.Mils Walk. Handicap-won by wnfred B. Fet.
terman. New York A. G.. scratch.IameS Fraser, New
Jersey A. c., 10 seconds, seiond Vdward Wear. Tren.
ton. n. j., 90 seconds. third. Time. 2 minutes l 10
seconds.
$50 Yard Rur. nandicap-won by C. T. Myers. New
10 yards. socond; ". Il. Smiley, Hatl m Rowing Club,
80 yards, third. Time, ! minute 81 2b seconds.
Pile Vault for Height. Scratch-won by u. J Pet
III, Elmira A c., with 10 feet 10 inches; J. L. Hurl.
inches; Daniel Reuss. Knickerbocker A. c., third,
with 10 feet.
Throwing the 58.Pound Weight for Height. Scratch
Won 10y Jam = S. Mitchell, PAstlme A. c., with IL feet
BS inches. SURPRISING hi, record of II feet Ata inches;
John Herty. Now West Side A. G.. second. with IL feet
z inches; Charles Chadwick, New York A. G., third.
with ~ feet Is inches.
Throwing the rs. Pound Hammer from sevon Foot
Circle, Scratch-won by Robert Edgren, knicker-
booker A. c.. with liz feet ~ inches; Charles Chad.
inches James s. Mitchell. Pastimo A. O., third. with
1872 feet lob inches.