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The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

plenty fierce. Mkango mkall nditu
 Master must take care; better climb tree and look all around-not go into grass" But there Is no tree anywhere near. A boy hoists himself to the slen- der summit of the ant hill and reports that he sees the grass moving in the olrectlon Whither the lion had with oraWn-moving as though sta tlonary animal were shaking 1t with conVulsive throes (all of which is ex- platned more by gestures than by Words). The doctor, clambering up be- Side the boy, thinks be can des-Tv .as the grass stems bow and droCp Da-..-a some wrthing ObjecD the lions way
 ihg ta1 aii4 ye..U4s gray Aa t.it,il ITe hres, deScends from the ant hill to re load. 4 rush comes through the grass, deafening roar. some great yellow object in the air above him momentarily dark against the sky yellow eyes Qnsensibility).
 "'Click clock, click clock. click clock wonder what that funny sound Is am in a train? No. it is the engines of the steamer-or is it the pulse beating in my temples? They have been asleep, and in broad day light, with the blue sky above me and in the broillng sun! How foolish! But no-it must be something more. know there has something happened-let me think the lion, of course lion jumped at me, Then I must be wounded? Let's see" (raises himself painfully on his right arm) My God! a pool of my own blood my left arm has no feel ing chewed by the lion, hand almost detached. rest of arm a mass of blood, muscle, bone and khaki Oh, God! I'm going to die can't Hve-he has torn open my stom- ach +* that must be the pan- creas. I'm like a butchers shop." (Whimpers. A blubbering sound at tracts his attention) "Hullo! you here, Juma? Plucky chap; thought you'd have cut and run. Where's Saldi? Eh! Speak louder. I'm deaf +Oh. gone to gunboati quite right What? the lion?" (urns his head slight ly) there, still living; looks pretty sick too" CThe lion Is lying four yards away, partly on his side, one crippled forepaw turned back, the other out stretched and the great head resting on It, eying the men with solemn yellow eyes no longer fierce, the pupil shrunk to a pin-point With each conyulsive shudder of the lions body the blood pool round him widens slightly.) By .-.eus, r I've got to die. I'll die like a man, and he shall go first. Who cau --n? Ho mLgh- ra-ovor anl AurL -.a
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

mentary halD and asks inQuiringly:
 "ElephantsT "No," says the negro in
 g panting whisper, "Aon! There, there;
 DO, not there. You see that ant hill'
 Well, climb on to its side and you will
 see the hon lying il clear space just
 beyond. A male lion, truly; it's body Is
 nearly white and its mane is black"
 With Express rifle at full cock, the
 doctor advances gingerly through the
 interlaced grass. bent nearly double,
 keeping the muzzle of the gun directed
 straight before him and shields its sen
 sitive trigger from the intrusive grass
 stems. The ant hill is reached; he clam
 bers to its sloping side. Good God,
 the boys rigtt What g beauty And
 tors coming has aroused the lion, not
 ten yards gay; aroused him partially,
 for there ls a sudden movement, He
 raised the great head set in collar of
 yellow, brown, black mane; slowly the
 dim nictitating membrane passes over
 the yellow eyes, but as they are focus
 Ing to meet his own gaze the doctor fires, fires preclpttately (his position on the sloping ant hill is insecure), wounds the lion somewhere, somehow, but does not kill him. The beast gives a sharp explosive roar, seems to jump into the air with all four feet and then in three bounds has crashed off into the grass jungle. Silence. Well, I'm a muffw thinks the doctor. ''He wasn't ten yards away and didn't kill him dead! don't know quite where I hit him; In the chest, I think. But he can't be far away and I must finish him off He descends from the ant hill into the clear trampled space where the lion had been lying. At the spot where the beast had made its first bound into the dense grass hedge there is a great squirt of blood over the tangled green dark crimson liquid still drips from leaf blade to leaf blade. "Ah! thought so; he must be pretty badly hit"
 Two black faces, with starting eyes and anxious grins, now cautiously peer around the ant hill. The doctor, rais- ing his head, recognizes his boys and beckons them down. The three con verse in whispers. The situation is ex- the lion was wounded, the direction in which he bounded away The boys urge caution. "Lion
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
THE LITTLE OLD SHOE.

1t Is only tiny shoe
 That she touches with tender care, 4 cunning little bit of thing That baby used to wear. And she gently raises 1t to her lips And lovingly holds it there. It Is worn and faded and old, But it brings up the happy past. She sadly signs as she thinks of the joys That were too sweet to last. In fancy she sees little child As it gambols upon the floor. An elfike creature with golden hair Is cooing baby song once more, And tear drops down on the tiny shoe That the beautiful dream child wore. "Ah. well," she signs to herself, '' Iris, alas. the will of the fatesi I used to be able to wear this shoe, But now 1 take number eights."
 -Pearson's 8 Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Tedious Work of Old Bookmakers

Tedious Work of Old Bookmakers.
 During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries monks frequently isolated themselves from the world and repro duced the Bible in illuminated manu- script. The work was necessarily slow and in no instance was 1t accomplished in less than thirty-flve years. Guido de Jars was a producer of these illumi- mated manuscripts and beautiful specimen of his work was sold along with the books of Sir. W. BurreI in 1790. This copy of the Bible had occu- pied half century in it's production. A note in the beginning of the manuscript In Jars handwriting indicates that he began his task in 1244 and did not con, clude 1t till 1294.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Iar1in1 Pork.

In larding with pork the fattest piece procurable should be bought (lean salt pork is not available for any use) and the strips always cut from that part be- tween the streak of lean and the rind This is the only portion firm enough for the purpose. The bits should then be laid in ice water to become crisp be- fore using. New York Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
CanribaI;stic Tendencies.

"Who is that young fellow?"
 That's Jim Bowling, better known as 'Cannibal.'
 "Why cannibal?"
 His father is a retired missionary and Jim lives on him. Plaindealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Remark. of tb. ruv;or.

You say that Bronson'S overworked and Is going away for a rest. Why, he hasn't been in his office twice dur ing the last six months"
 "YeS, but he's just succeeded in mar rying off the last of his five hOmely daughters. ."-Cleveland Leader.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
A BUNDLE OF NERVES"

This term is often applied tO people whose nerves are abDOrmally sensitive They should strengthen them with HOstetter's Stomach Eifters. After a course or that benign tonic, fiiaI- -vfff oeaqo 70 hc c0nsci0us that they have HervOHs systems, except through agreeable sensations. lt will enable them Co eaf, sleep gDH digeat we}i. the three media for Increasing tone and vlgor in the nerves, Iu common with the rest Of the system. The mental worry begotten by nervous dyspepsia will also dis appear.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
THE BEST HAND.
It Was Held by an Outsider, and it feat
 an "Acc Full"

AS "as deld Dy an Outsider, and It Feat
 an "Acc Full"
 Say" said the drug clerk to bis friend at tEe soda water fountain, "I ran against play last night that made me think that Twas the unluckiest man that ever drew card. ''
 "What was it?' asked the man at the fountain.
 Why, had all ace full beat by an- other full. I'll tell you how it hap pened. Ton know we have quie. lit- tie game over here on Dearborn street nearly every Saturday night. We'll, last night we got into a five handed game. There were Julius. a chattel mortgage man, in whose office we were playing; a real estate man, a clerk for bicycle firm, lawyer and myself. We'll, it was a small game-2 cent ante and a 50 cent limit Along about 12 o'clock I opened the pot on pair of aces. The lawyer raised me half a dollar, and Julius stood the raise. Of course had to stand 1t too. was the first to draw cards drew three cards. I thought I was pretty lucky when I picked up an ace and pair of tens, making me an ace full. The lawyer, who had raised me on three queens. drew down to his hand and caught q pair of sevens, which made him a queen full. Julius asked Fo~ ono card and made g shade fluIh.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

BOSS dv the SfctfOn WIZ flrnigln' Whiniver the kyars got offen the thrack An muddled up things t th' divil aDf
 back, Finnigin writ 1t To Flannigan. AfLner the WricA UuZ stli on again, That is. this FinDigin Reported to Flanmgan Whin Finnigin furst writ to FYannigan, He writed tin pages-did Finnigin. An he tould jist how the smash occurred: Full minny a tajus, blunderin' wurrd Did Finnigin write to Flannigan Afther the cars had gone on agin. That wuz how Finnigin Reported to Flannigan. Now Flannigan knowed more than k in
 nigin- He'd more idjucation-had Flannigan; An it wore'm clane an completely out To tell what Finpigin writ about In his writin' to Muster Flannigaa, So he writed back to Finnigt Don't do Sich g sin agin; Make 'em brief. Finnigin!' Whin Finnigin got this from Flannigan He blushed rosy rid-did Finnigin; An he said: ''I'll gamble whole months
 pa-ay That 1t will be minny an minny a da-ay Befoore Suprintindint, that's Flannigan, Gits whack at this very same sin agin- From Finnigin to Flannigan Reports won't be long agin."
  Wan da-ay on the siction av Finnigin, On the road sup'rintinded by Flannigan, A rail give way on bit ay a curve An soms kyars went off as they made
 the swerve. "There's nobody hurted," sez Finnigin, "But reports must be made to Flanni.
 gan." An he winked at McGorrigan, As married Finnigin: He wuz shantyin' thin, wuz Finnigin, As minny a railroader's been agin, An the shmoky ol' lamp wuz burnin'
 bright In Finnigin's shanty all that night Bilin' down his report, was Finnigin! An he writed this here; "Muster Elan.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

Between Carthage and Stislingville, in Jefferson county, N. r., there is a stretch of country where the sand drifts like SHOW, making great banks and blinding the eyes of those who look up wind. It is desolate, barren region, where the soil is only as deep as the roots of the grass
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
,vo,rr,s sCHooI FOR BOYS,

Accredited at the State and Stanford ' ni- versities. A first-class home school. Care ful supervision. and thorough training m every respect. Seventh year be 2ins August I0rh. IRA G. HoITT, PD. D.. Principal
 Rurllpgsme, San Mateo Co., Cai.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Catch Fish With Wheels.

A curious plan for catching fish is used on the Columbia river. A number of wheels are set up in the middle of the stream, which, as they turn round, catch up the fish and cast them into troughs by the river banks. The salmon are then timed and sent all over the world AS much as five tons' weight of fish day has thus been taken. n.-Kansas City Star,
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

 lawyer raised ne another half dollar. Julius called the raise and raised back We raised each ether till we got abOEt S7 in the pot. Just then the jani- tor of the building appeared on the scene. He had been out attending a wedding and happened in at this rather unreasonable hour. He was pretty we'll loaded with some kind of Scandinavian wine. He was good and ugly It was great surprise to him to see a game of cards going on in the building over which he had control, and he knew that if the facts ever came to the ears of the owner of the building there would be janitor looking for a job.
 Now, what do you suppose that fel- low did? Why, he just walked over to that table, kicked it over and sent the cards and chips flying in all directions. Then he told us to get out, and to do it quickly; that he would call the police and have us pinched.
 ''We got out and hunted up a small room in hotel to continue the game When we got settled down again. I made kick for the pot on the last hand. 1 told the boys that had an ace full and that there wasn't another full could beat it. Eat old Julius spoke up and said: "Oh, yes, there was. Vat do you t'ink of janitor full?" Chicago Tribune
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

He T don't know why it is, but HeYef eau do anything as a woman wants it done She She don't know why it is? Why, it's because you're a man.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

 s CHILDREN TEETHINC.' MRS WISSLOW1S SOOTHING 'sYRUP should always be ' used Tor children teethng It soothes the child ems the gums allays all pain wind coc and the best remedy for diarrhea Twenty five cents a k bottle. It is the best of all 2 A A A A A a A a "a A "a A A sA A Sk A AsAA A
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Dividend Notice.

THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOW SOCIETY,
 526 California Street. For the half year ending June 30, 1897, vii dend has cen declared at the rate of four and twenty -hundredths (4 20-lO0J percent per annum on Term Deposits and three and ffty -huudredths C. 5O-lO1l per cent per anuum On Ordinary be pOSlts, free Of taxes. payable on and ter Thus day, July }. 1Sg7 GEO. TOURNY, Secretary.
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pividend Notice.

SAN FRANCISCO SAVIEGs TSION.
 H52 NaIIf1rutl Street. corner Webb For Lhe hH }ce- ending With %. fll--efl r- June, 1897, dividend has been declared al the rate per annum of four and twO-tenths (4.2j per cent on Term Deposits, and three and five. tenths (3.5) per cent on Ordinary Deposits, free of taxes, pa! able on and after Thursday, July l, 1S91. LOWELL WHITE, Cashier.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
HOW'S THIS?

It is presumed there are places from which residents do not want to go to spend the sum- mer.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

We will forfeit Sl 900 if any of our pub lished testimonials are proven to be not genuine. TIE PIso Co.,, Warren, Pa.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of CatarFh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F.J.CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J.. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able 10 carry out any obligation made by their firm. WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists.
 Toledo, O.. WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
 Druggists, Toledo, O.. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaC es of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Halls family Pills are the best.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
MEDICAL.

DIR. RECORDS astorative Pills, the great nerve tonic and specific for exhausted vitality: phys ical debility, wasted forces. etc; approved by the medical celebrities of the world Agent j.
 G. STEELE. 635 Market st.. Palace Hotel s. F.
 Price box of 50 $l 25: of 100 g; of 200 s 5O of 4OO s6; preparatory pills, g. Send for circular. DUPTURE and PILES cured; no pay IG until cured; send for book. DRs MANSFIELD 6 PoRTERFIELD. SSS Market St.. San Francisco.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

WINE PRESSES FOi: SALE Below Cost. Different Sizes. Also Stem mers and Seeders.
 Address, O. N. 0WENS,l
 2l5 Bay St., San Francisco, Cal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24

UOne aR1n, ln0lgln. -S ". Gillian in Atlanta Constitu.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-24
Fipnigin to Flannigan.

l Superlntlndlnt wuz FIannlgan; Boss aY the sictiOn WIZ Firnigin: Whiniver the kyars got offen the thrsck An muddled up things t th' divil a1'
 back,
 Finnigin writ t to Elannigan.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12
The Committee Reports Favoraby on
 Mccord's Confirmation.

2 WASHINGTON, June S.-(Special. J. Unless the enemies of MeCord sneceed in making stand in the senate he win be confirmed probably to-day. The report of the senate committee ou territories, though not submitted. is favorable, but not unanimous. minority report may be submitted, but that has not been determined. What strength, if any, could be mustered by the opposition is not known, but if any of importance is developed, Akers will be desinated as acting governor until opposition is withdravh.
 Akers' commission as secretary was mailed to him to-day. opinformation coming direct from the White House 1t is stated that the president is ex- asperated at the obstructious thrown in the way of McCord'sconfrnation by members of the present territorial ad- ministration. If McCord is not con frmed before the receipt by Akers Of his commission Governor Frank in will be removed by executive order and Akers, as acting governor, vii bc di- rected to immediately remove all of Governor Franklin's appointess.
 Mccord's friends believe he will be confirmed to-day, and he himself is sanguine. An unexpected delfy, how ever, will not depress him, for lacked ny the president he is certain of ulti- mate suecass
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12
Jack Evans.
From the Tucson star.l


 Jack Evans, who was convicted and sentenced to ten.years Imprisonment in the territorial prison, at the last term of court in Cochise county for holding up faro game in Bisbee, was being taken to Yuma Wednesday night by the sheriff. Just west of Pantano he was allowed to go into the toilet, and while the train was in full motion he slid out of the window, with both hands and feet cuffed. As soon as he was missed the train was stopped and the officer went in seach of his prisoner. This was one of the cases defended by Judge Barnes, and after conviction and before sentence the judge urged upon the court to be lenient with the pris- oner for the reason that his client was a faro fiend and the only way he could beat faro game was to hold it up, which Jack Evans proceeded to do. That was all.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12
HOUSE MEMORIAL No. 4.
To the Senate and House of Representa- lives Of the United States in Con-
 aress Assembled:

We, your Memorialists, the Nine teenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, respectfully rep resent that the National Irrigation Congress, held in Phenix, Arizona, on the 18th of December, A. D. 1896, unanimously adopted the following:
 Whereas, The Pima and Maricopa Indians tribes numbering in the aggregate ten thousand souls, have been deprived of the waters us ed by them in irrigation before the advent of the whiteracein America, through the approl orfation of such waters by settlers on the hea Hwaters of the Gila river; and
 Whereas. Through the loss of such waters the lands ol ice cultivated by these tribes have become barren and worthless and the mem bers of such tribes have become a charge on the Government, and forced by the loss of their fields into lives of degradation and penury and
 Whereas, Such tribes have from the ear Hest days been the friends and allies of the white race; and
 Whereas, The people of the United States have pledged themselves by solemn treaty to protect such tribes in their property and pro perty rights; and
 Whereas, The Government of the United State has and now is engaged ia the expendi ture of hundreds of thousands of dollars for the construction of works of irrigation for the rec lamation of lands belonging to other Indian tribes therefore, be it
 Resolved. That this Congress do approve the proposed construction, under the plans of the U. s. Geological Survey. of the Buttes reservoir, in PinaI county, Arizona, recently reported. to again reclaim the lands of these tribes, believing that by so doing can the Government alone hoaorably redeem the | and thus preserve from further want and degradation two of the surviving Indian tribes of the Ar1er ican continent that have always been the constant friends of the white race.
 Resolved, That we approve the proposed just and philanthropic. but as economical and good policy. as in comparatively short time the expense of maintaining such In dians as Government charges will far exceed the cost of the irrigation works required to make them a self-supporting and self-re- | spectir.g community.
 Now, therefore, your Memorialists, the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly 
 of the Territory of Arizona, desire to go on record as earnestly endorsing the above recommendations of the Sixth National Irrigation Congress for the following reasons:
 l. The reservoir site referred to having been withdrawn from entry by Government authorities, cannot now
 be utilized by any private corporation, and the Government therefore occupies { the indefensible position of doing noth- ing itself or allowing any one else to
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12
Republican Good Times.
From the Silver Enight.l

From the Silver Knight.l
 Car Reed is too grand and mighty to communicate in person how he intends to govern the country. He does not al- ways, however, keep the world in igno- rance as tc his mighty designs. Speak ing through his chief ambassador, MT: Dingley, and using him as herald to mankind, he declares his purpose to inaugurate season of luxurious pros perity. Mir. Dingley is made to say that tariff bill will be passed which will not only pay the expenses of the government, but will also produce suf- ficient revenue to retire the greenbacks and Sherman notes now amounting to about four hundred and ninety-six millions, so as to prevent their use to draw gold out of the treasury. He thinks this is simpler method than it would be to pay the obligations of tn e government out of the coin in the treas ury without regard to whether such coin be gold or silver. Besides, the omniscient wisdom of the Czar has dis covered that the distress in the county is entirely due to an overabundance of money that farmers, traders, laborers, and everybody engaged in any kind of business are embarrassed on account of an over supply of ready cash. The Car, in his wisdom, not only adopts the sublime theory of the stuffed pro phet of Buffalo, that 8 contracting volume of money teaches economy. but he has also discovered that the less money, the more business and pros perity consequently he has resolved to take what money the people have through the taxing power and put it into the treasury, to the end that un- bounded prosperity may sweep over the land.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12
Chacon Escapes.

SoLoMoNvILLE, Arizona, June 10.- Augustine Chacon, convicted here last fall for the murder of Pablo Sicido at Morenci, this county in December, 1895, and who, after appealing to the Supreme Court, was sentenced to hang dune 18th, and whom Governor Frank lin refused to respite yesterday, escaped from jail here last night. Some one on the outside provided him with saw, with which he cut through the jail wall into the Sheriff's office.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12
The Sonora Railway.

SAN. FRANCISCO, June 7.-yice-Presi- dent c. F. Cfockef of the Southern Pa cific company returned from the East to-day. lie announced that the Sonora Railway in Mexico will be turned over to the Southern Pacific ty the Santa Fe about the beginning of July.
 The exchange of the line of Mexican road for the line between Mojave and the Needles was to have been made on June l, but complications arose which made it necessary to opostpone the event for few weeks. The two companies are now waiting the permission of the Mexican government to make the trade, and when that permission is secured, the property will be turned over.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12

Albert Behan, deputy collector of customs at Lochiel, was in town Thurs day on U. S. court business. Mir. Behan on Tuesday seized about ninety head of Colin Cameron's cattle that had been brought across the line without reporting at the custom house. Three vaqueros were arrested at the time. Mr. Cameron gave the proper bond and the cattle were released.-I Nogales vidette.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12

TIE big strike recently made by Mr. c. D. Henry, near the Ripsey mine, is creating no little excitement in this neighborhood Messrs. A. F. Barker and J. D. Thomas, prominent business men of Florence, who went out Wednes- day to look over the ground, report that the half has not been told regard ing the wonderful discovery.