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The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
JAMAlcA's MoNGoose TRIAL
To Free the Island from Rats-The
 Pest ExternIinated.

10 Free the Island from katS-Ihe Pest Exter minated.
 The introduction of the mOngoose into Jamaica marks one of the standard instances of unexpected results follow ing upon an attempt 10 artificialize the process ot natural selection, and takes
 rank a. a warning with the plague of l rabbits and missiles iU Australia. The mOngOose was introduced from India, in 1872, in order to abate the pest of rats. which infested the sugar canes, and after performing the salutary duty it increased and multiplied to such an extent that not only tle rats and mice but mOst of the living species of the isl- and were threatened with extinction
 Poultry suffered first. but the depreda- tiOns extended to young pigs, kids, lambs, newly dropped calves, puppies and kittens Game of all kinds was at tackled, both living and in the egg. The marauder ate even fish, and made such specially 09 snakes, ground lizards, frogs, turtles and land crabs that many kinds of these entirely disappeared. Finally the mongOOSe developed a ray. enous desire for bananas, pineapples. young corn. avocado pears, cocoas. vans ana the sugar canes which it had been called in to protect, winding up its tastes with an appetite for salt meat.
 The result was d wholesale disap- pearance of species. \ few birds. like the ground dove had the sense to shift their breeding places to the tops of the prlckIy cacti, where they were safe; but other animals, and the reptiles in par ucular. suffered ~o erely that many kinds were believed for years to be ex- tinct. As q consequence, there arose yet another plague. Insects, like the ticks and 'jiggers tor chigors), which used to be kept down by the snakes, in- creased so oyerpoweringly that men and cattle were grlevously infested. One could not walk without being coy cred with them.
 The victory over the island remained with the tick and the mongoose. until, within the past year or two q fresh stage Set In. The mongoose suddenly began To De less plentiful, and it was found that he had fallen victim to the tick. The results of the diminutiOn are shown in a gradual reappearance of other beds,s birds and reptiles Among the snakes there is q very marked in- crease. and even the ground lizard. SUD- posed to be quite extinct, has become common again. The balance of life has begun to reassert itself and naturalists will watch with curiosity for a com plete reinstatement f the previous fauna. The reaewed depredations of rats are hailed as an advent of saIvo. ton. and, odd as lt may sound. the in- crease in numbers of the crocodile is taken as happy omen. The Jamai- cans are not likely to take further ex- periments in this interesting domain of natural history, but will adhere in future to such present evils as tbev have. For them, at any rate if hos been no "imagiunry mongoose. -Acad. emy.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Roots for Variety.

As spring time approaches. which is also the farrowing time for sheep, cows and hogs. the advantage of having a good supply of roots to promote milk flow becomes apparent It is not true that roots are cheap nutrition, for their bulk and weight Is very largely wa ter But as an appetizer and to in crease milk flow they cannot be sur passed. Beets and mangel wurtzel are the best roots. the latter having the advantage of being good keepers, and can be used up to the time the grass is forward enough to furnish a good bite.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
How to Move Large Hogs.

Make a cage or box large enough to hold the hog, but without any bottom. To get the hog in, throw down an ear of corn, and while she is eating it let two men lift the cage and put it over her. One can do 1t by tipping It just right. Have a loose bottom tan old door will do very welD little wider and longer than the cage: place this from the ground to the wagon or sic gh. Carry or drag the cage along the ground and up the slanting floor, and the hog will walk right on the sleigh or wagon herself, and there will be no lifting excepting the cage. Throw the bottom on top of cage, put chain over and fasten to wagon. When un- loading. just reverse the opera tion.- Massa chuSetts Ploughman.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Eggs for Matching.


 Eggs for matching should be very carefully gathered in the afternoon of each day and placed in a basket lined with soft paper. Keep the sitting eggs in the sitting room; the temperature of the room should be about fifty degrees. It is a good plan to mark the date of the month on each egg as it Is brought in. To have fertile eggs the hens must be given a good range, and be fed a va riety of food, such as wheat screenings, cracked corn, boiled vegetables, meat scraps and above all have a grass plot of q small patch of green rye to run over. Set the hens early. make the nest in a square box that can be pushed from the laying room into the sitting roOm By this arrangement the hens will not be disturbed. A little daily looking af- ter-to supply them with water and food is all that will be needed. 1 would not advise any one to buy an incubator un- less he Is going into the chicken busi- ness in earnest. You cannot make mOn- ey ill chickens taking it as a side issue. If you are after eggs and poultry for home consumption, and do not want much bother, leave the incubator alone. The American
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

Queen Victoria has been saved again from possibly an untimely death by an other Of those rare exhibitions of pres ence of mind which must be regarded as miraculous. Her coachman moved her carriage, when if he had permitted II to remain where it was horse might have come close to the spot and got it's Aoofs tangled UP with the spokes of the wheel, or some other similar disaster might have enSued. For a horse did Tall. 1t appears. and was striking its hoofs about in an effort to rise. and it was at this moment that the coachman thought he would move farther away rom the scene. If the horse had been close 10 the carriage and if the coach man had not thought to move away and 1T the Queen had remained passive while the process was going on, and If at thiS awful moment the horse had fallen and kicked out its heels. ii Is inn
 possible to fancy even what calamity might have happened. This coachman
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Feeding Corn Fodder.

Instead of getting a hay-cutter for cutting all the corn fodder, 1 would advise feeding it long, and letting the animals eat what they will. If 1t were fairly we'll cured, large part will be eaten, if not fed too freely. Then I would gather the stalks that are left and chop them fine enough to handle well, say three or four inches long, and put them in large box or half-hogs- head. Then pour boiling water over the mess, and sprinkle a quantity of meal and shorts over it, and cover it tightly, and let it remain over night. Feed In the morning, and, If the stalks are eaten with a relish, I would con tinue the practice as long as found 1t satisfactory. A trial lot can be cut with an aX and block. Of course, noth- ing has been added to the nutritive val ue of the stalks, but the hot water will soften them, and, perhaps. make them pala able, so that more will be eaten.- North East Farmer
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Horse Radish for Shrine Tse.

Horse radish needs to be dug early in spring to be of much value So soon as green growth begins the root be comes tough and stringy. What is still worse, is that if the roots are not dug in spring, the next seasons growth par takes of the woody character, and is of little value for market. Only by taking out the old growth every spring. and leaving few small roots deep in
 the soil to make a new growth for next
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
That the best attainments are not the

That the best attachments are not the result of chance was eXemplified in the discovery of the planet Neptune. the htiieth anniversary of which event was recently celebrated in France. Tele. scopes had long swept the sky without discovering thiS shy outer planet: but when astronomers noticed how Cranus hastened in one part of his orbit and moved with less rapidity in another. they knew there must be an attracting body That held him in check. Lever. rier, therefore, after minute caIcula- lions. wrote to the astronomer of the Berlin Observatory, requesting him 10 point his telescope to a particular spot in the sky on an evening indicated. and said: You will see a planet which have not seen, and which no human eye has ever seen, but which neyerthe less must be on the spot" No one would venture to call its discovery that night an act of chance
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Dragging Corn stubb1e Land.

So soon as frost is we'll out of the ground in spring, two horses with heavy drag should be run over the corn stubble of last year. It Is an excellent preparation for blowing, Tightening and il is turned under the furrow it at once begins to ferment. Land thus treated makes an excellent seed bed for grain. The work also is just what horses need to break them in for the heavier work of blowing which must follow.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
 OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
The Action of Frost Favors Plant Growth-How to Select Eggs for Matching - Better to Feed Corn Fodder in Full Length,
The Action of Frost.


 The principle on which the frost acts rupturing of the soil particles by ex- panSiOn. The action of the frost causes to expand the soil particles and the water with which the earth may be charged. The result is that the soil particles are broken and separated in somewhat the same manner as bottle or jug in which water has frozen Is broken. The further result is that in proportion as fineneSs of soil Is more favorable to seed and plant growth. so the more completely the soil is divided by repeated freeZings and thawings dur ing the time between crops, the better for the coming crop.
 It Is noted in this connection that one need not. as ill spring tillage. wait until the soil is quite dry before spading, for it is an advantage rather than other wise 10 work it so wet that 1t leaves the spade in unbroken clOds; the more in terStices in the mass after it Is thrown over the better. The difference in the ioAION IIS SPA HIS NAhN' oHlLAA~A O~@' soil that has been fall-WOrked as out lined and that which has remained un- touched until spring, is most marked. Beds that were thus thrown up roughly in the fall come out in the following 2 spring g. mass of earth as fine as an ash heap. To overlook the gain that comes from killing the larvae of various de- structive insects by turning up the soil before winter would be q mistake. It is known by many actual tests that they die in large numbers by winter freezing. American Gardening.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

There are several species of fish, rep tiles and Insects which never sleep. Among fish 1t Is now positively known that pike. salmon and goldfish never sleep at all. Also that there are sev- eral others of the fish family that never sleep more than few minutes during month. There are dozens of species of flies which never indulge in slumber, and from three to five species of serpents which the naturalists have never yet been able to catch mapping
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

It has been figured out that it costs the British government $672 to kill a kafIir. We are almost certain that the British government would make money by letting the killing job out by private contract. The heads could be furnish ed to show the deeds were done. It has allowed the Turks to kill off 200,- GOO Armenians without costing it more than protest, and protests arc very low at the present market rates.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

''The principal value of an educa- tion," wrote q little negro boy recently, In reply to the question, lis so you can read the signbOards at the crossroads, 10 tell you which road to gO." What educator could give an answer more condensed and comprehensive?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

There are forty State colleges in the United States, some States having more than one, and the number of stu dents in 1896 was 32,OO0. Minnesota educates the largest number. 3,014, at State expense, Michigan being next with 2,575, then California with 2,4OO, followed by Wisconsin with 1900, Ne braska with l, ,5O6, Iowa with 300, and Illinois with HOO.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

The Boston Transcript says that the seven wonders of America are Niagara Falls. Yosemite Valley. Mammoth Cave, Muir Glacier, Natural Bridge, Yellow stone Park, and Grand Canyon" The eighth wonder is why Chicago was left out Of that list.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

4 pleasant opportunity for an enter i,,.ising AugIomaniac IS offered in cheerful advertise ement which recently appeared in London newspaper: "Bargain-Lady leaving England per manently must sell family grave; hold five; marble slab"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

When Mrs. Philpot was drawn as juror in Chicago the other day she salh she would rather not serve. Is the Ecw woman 10 he depended upon when she is already evading the duties D; q good fffizpns
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Literally Trua

Shelf you were to find that I had lost all my fortune-every penny of it. would you hesitate to carry out our en- gagement?
 He-I would hesitate at nothing.-In- dianapOliS Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

A Mississippi physician says that the permangauate of potash IS sure cure for srake bite. If that doctor ever goes to Kentucky he viii probably be iv;.ciPd
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

< physical culture lecturer says that ''ir woman would eat more onions she would have fewer calls from the doe fer" Well. the doctor would be justi-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
SlanUY.

''Is the sail the only thing that guides ship?" asked the green passenger. No" said the mate. There are rud. ders. s."-Indianapolis Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Up to Date.

Why, Frankie, what are you read Ing Ill that book about bringing up chill dren?"
 Pm just looking to see whether I'm being properly brought ."-Fliegende Rlaeffpr
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

Nearly every man believes that fate has grudge against him.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
VentiIafion for Hotbeds.

Ventilation for HOtbeds.
 Lack of ventilation and keeping tue hotbed too warm is much more ortep the cause of plants dying off than is frost. Except in the very coiues' weather, sash should be raised a DOT ton of the day to give the plants air. This will make them hardy and fit to grow when set in the open air. By confining the plants too closely they are made tall and spindling, thus de stroying their value for future growth and productiYeneSs-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

vas not benighted. but he ought to be knighted or have some other honor thrust upon him.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

Snow Tha1yiug Euder Snow Banks.
 It shows good drainage, either nat ural or by underdrains. when the snow banks thaw from below. It means that there is ar outlet for water through the subsOil, and that, a. the water goes down, the warm air below which II diSplaceS rises 10 tue surface.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

year, can the horse rad!sh bed be kept in condition to produce every year a valuable crop.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

Tn fhis Crct:n affair Skouzes has made q great name for himself.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

Ill temper S much more apparent than the req asons for tt.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-03
DIR. HARCOURT RESIGNS.
"The Devil I'm Phf1ndelphfn" Dis
pleascs His Congre-
umfyou.

PHILADELPHIA, May 2.-Rev. Rich
ard Harcourt. ID. d.. pastor OF the Park
Avenue NJ. r. church, has become 6issat-
isfed with hts relations at the church.
and at meeting Of the quarterly confer
ence he announced his intention OF asking
the presiding elder for change OF pas
toral relations at the end OF the year.
His request viii be made because OF OBJ
Jections entered to series Of sermons he
announced. He is now In the second year
of his pastorate at the church.
DIR. Harcourt was formerly In the serv-
ice Of the Protestant Episcopal church.
and has been in the ministry for twenty
five years He formerly was in charge
OF the largest Methodist church In San
Francisco. and later was pastor for i've
years OF Grace church In Baltimore. AZ
the Park Avenue church. he was the sue
cessor OF the venerable DIR. Chapman. and
at the recent conference In Bethlehem
his service had apparently been 30 salts
factory that he was again appointed 70
the pastorate. Since then all the trouble
has arisen.
The proposed sermons were to have been
delivered under the general head OF the
Devil in Philadelphia"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-03
1T WAS TOO GOOD A THING.


store PpeDeety.
NEW YORK. May &--A Washington
special 10 the TribuDo 4nnys: Assistant
Secretary Of War Joseph B. Doe. Of James
vile, Wis, was practics1lr dismissed by
Secretary Lamont. The Tribune says:
There was consideraAae comment con-
Kinley in p accepting Doss rssienstion - be-
fore the selection of his uGccessor. Does
resignation was accepted II once. and his
desk was vacant until IT, 4eikIejohn of
TO hint from Col Lamo9k who had prac-
tically made vacancy Asthe office sew
eral months before. A. o6rly as ne was
aD aDf insestgaon 70 na e of m nss1 esaanes Ssssa
Mr.. Doe. but soon discov2ed that Secre-
tary Lamont had antieipat&A him, and the
only result Of his incnirt was the dis
Janesviiie. % M who was brouS u 20 Washing- VA ing.
ton by Doe and served - Ms private Sec
retary for two years or uobfe.
Doe began to issue order g the I division
of supplies and other braQehes OF the de-
partment that caused considerable disap--
poln,msns among fa l,e, the cles and 60 make
use which had not before been purchased
from the public fund. BA continued to
do so during the frequent 6heences of Sec
November, when that sort of business be-
came so active as to attract general at
tention. and within a feW weeks the gos-
sip reached the ears OF he head OF the
department. Secretary Eamonf at once
made an investigation. Ue called before
him the clerks in the su91Iy division, the
storekeeper and other o6[elAis OF the de-
them which caused him u require from
and Whitton to make RESTITUTION TO the
department of nearly $1.o0 fu cash. and
property which. In Mr.. Lajnonkss opinion,
belonged to the goverume44," -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-03
NEARLY As BAD AS LARIssA.
Greek Retreat From Epirus Was
Almost a Rout.

LONDON, May 2.-The Times corre-
spondent at Patras. giving further details
OF the fighting at Pentepigadia. notes the
neglect OF the officers 10 provide for the
timely arrival of reinforcements. a mat
ter so difficult in that wild section OF the
country, and proceeds:
.sW-hen the Turks opened the attack I
realized their fierce onslaught might expei
the mere handful of Greeks, but did not
realize that this one blow would throw
the entire Greek army in Epirus into a
hopeless panic and cause the loss OF all
the positions gained since the opening OF
the campaign.
aSix thousand Turks scaled the noun
tain In the face of firing which was rapid
and continuous. They lost heavily in spite
OF the fact that two Greek guns were In
expiicably removed from action shortly
after the firing began The Evzones
fought brayely. but were compelled 10 re-
tire The rest of the Greek positions nave
been abandoned. There has been appa-
ren;ly no stand anywhere. and the whole
army is crumbling without firing shot.
I'VE entered Kumuzades. which 5000
men. with six guns. had deserted. accom-
their property. and then we descended the
rough pass. where for hours We met no
one. The retreating. panic-stricken troops
were far ahead. About midnight we over
took rhe routed army on the road: crowd
ed and in utter confusion, packed with
mass OF humanity, fumbling on through
the darkness without hurry and silently.
FOR II was a strange panic that mad seized
the men a suIien, unexcifed. stubborn de-
termination not to fight but to press on
coward Arta in a sluggish, Irresistible
wave. The officers, Ike the regiments.
walked with gloomy and shamefaced ex-
pressions quite unable 10 get their men
-Af Kanopouio. Col. Botzari and his
s,as yainly tried TO check the rout and
make a stand, but the mass. continually
growing kept rolling along Presently
there mingled with the troops the scared
,rl,a fsstants of the villages on the line Of
rs.r@af Fearing Turkish vengeance for as
is+5ng the Greeks. they were fleeing 10 Aria
,,,s,h their families and enattels. their cat
.Ie sheen and goats believing, bleating
,rampIiug and killing each other, while
,ha glare OF the burning homes behind re-
-,n,.Sed them Of all they had lost"
ATHENS. May A dispatch from Col.
Names explaining the retreat OF the
creek forces in EpirSis. says that the mo-
rale Of the army was somewhat affected
~ the news OF the retreat from Lsrissa.
Tv,a entire loss Of the Greeks al Eptrus IS
estimated at 20
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-03

Notorious Character Shot After Com
mitting . Murder.

KANSAS CITY. Nay 2--Bll Adler. one
of the most notorious Characters OF the
city, tonight committed his second murder
within two years. and was shot himself
and perhaps fatally wounded. Adler
mixed with the negro keepers of crap
game at Sixth street and Broadway, and
when the smoke cleared away II was
found that Adler had shot and killed VIII
lam johnson. negro. and had been shot
himself by James Gordon. colored.
In 1894. during the street masquerade
which concluded the fall carnival. Adler
killed Postoffice Inspector Jesse Mcclure
He knocked Mcclure down with a blow of
the fist and the inspectors skull Was
cracked on the curbstone. To the jury
which convicted hin of manslaughter.
Adler explained that he struck Mcclure
'.just for luck" Owing TO his Influence as
a ward heeler. Adler escaped with ten
months Imprisonment In the county taiL
and during his term was privileged
frusty at the jail.
On another occasion. by blow Of his
fist, Adler shattered the jaw OF Martin
Reider, a policeman. who had offended
him.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-03

LONDON. May 2-The Athens corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail will say to-
morrow.
A band Of e.ooo irregulars Is about to
start for the front. their standard bearer,
a ls-year-oid girl. Helen Constantindis.
dressed in the same uniform as the men.
graph at Athens has had an interview
with Helen Constan;indis. She is an ex-
celient shot. Her brother viii accompany
her.
She declares that she will fight In the
front ranks and has no fear Of death.
Her departure tonight was witnessed by
thousands of enthusiastic Athenians. who
hail her as the Greek Joan of Arc.