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The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The reports of the Board of Health showing the number of deaths in Chi cagO and their causes, give some GU rious facts relating to suicide, which are made known with such astonishing frequency in the newspapers, although it is only such as are attended with peculiar circumstances that find their way into print. The average number of suicides is very uniform through the year, being about twenty-eight and a fraction each month, and while the number varies somewhat, one month with another, there does not seem to be one month, or set of months, when the number largely predominates that of the corresponding period of another year. In July, 1896, the number of sui cides was twenty-siX and in the same month of 1897 it was forty-two. In June, '96, thirty-nine persons took their lives, and in the same month of '97 thirty-three committed suicide. Two of the peculiar things shown by the re- ports are the very small number of na- tives of the city who seek violent deaths. Less than one-half of the sui cides in Chicago are of American birth. and it is rare indeed that one of them is a native-bOrn resident. For the first six months of 1896 no native of the municipality is reported among the sui cides, while fifty-SiX were Americans and 120 were foreign born. The Daily News says it is probable that many of these fOreign-born residents bring with them to this country the common ideas regarding suicide that obtain in their native land, for suicide is more ire Quent in some European countries than it is here; and the classes most likely to resort to it make up the large body of immigrants to America. AS 2 rule Americans are better educated, better housed, clothed and fed than the i'm migrants; they are not so easily de- pressed and they have better aSsocia- tions. The discOuragements that lead to self-destruction are less frequent among Americans thar with the foreign inhabitants, while there is a stronger spirit of determination among Ameri- cans than any other people in the world. Hence suicide is not generally regarded by them as a remedy that is worth the trial.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Prince Henri dOrleans and the Count of Turin have met on the field of honor. As the result the fiery Italian now has a scratch across his right hand, not quite skin deep, and the Prince has a gash in his undershirt and trifiing slit in his side, deep enough to draw blood but not deep enough to cause any per sonal inconvenience beyond a cessa- tion of the pastime. But honor has been satisfied. The seconds say so and they ought to know. Besides the prin- cina1s have shaken hands and sworn eternal friendship. The Count has gone back to Italy; the job lot or chal- Ienges sent to Henri has been recalled; the bloodshed is off; the whole thing is settled. Neither man was hurt; but the actual losses were heavier than usual. In the third encounter the Princes sword point struck a button on the Counts trousers and smashed 1t This will have to be replaced. The Count temporarily Is using a shingle nail to counterbalance his loss, but o' -,.,,.fsy, tlsls erffror De accepted as 1all | substitute. The gash in the Prince l undershirt must be sewed up and the expense will have to be borne by his friends. Princes, it must be remem' bered, always are long on honor and extremely short on cash.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

their age increases; while in people from hot countries, and in great smok- CTS, it is dirty yellow. The four prin- cipal colors in eyes are blue, gray, brown and hazel; but there are hun dreus of varieties in these four classes, Violet or black eyes are entirely un- known.
 An eye will only last a year, as the action of the tear, which is acid, af- fecUs the enamel, which is metallic, by roughening its surface. This in turn causes an irritation of the eyelids. In all ordinary cases the artificial organ cannot be detected from the natural organ; even when the globe has been entirely removed, the muscles, by their attachment to the tissues remaining in their orbits, usually impart movements to the artificial organ in the same direc- ion, though perhaps not quite to the tame extent as the real eye.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

.oom. The eyes in their first stage Ookea like gigantic oblong beads and
 h. blowpipe over which they are manipulated is supplied with wind pumped by engine-pOwer into large cylinder and stored under water-pres- sure, in place of the old-fashiOned bel ows worked by the feet. A single ope- ,ator is able to turn them out at the ate of fifty globes day.
 The next workroom is occupied by girls engaged in coloring eyes, all of whom work in little partitions and spaces boarded off, in order to exclude all light except that of their blow-plpes They place a stick of colored enamel on the summit of the globe, which, being gently heated in the flame and contiu- lously rotated, forms a spot of what ever color the eye is intended to be,
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Treasury reports for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, show large fall ing off in the number of immigrants as compared with the preceding year. In 1897 the total number of aliens land ing in this country was 230, ,S32, a de- crease of 112, ,435 in the number arriv- ing in 1896. Nearly every country on the globe that sent us any of their peo- pie in 1896 reduced the number in 1897. The only countries that show an in- crease are ROumania 6, Poland 3,473 and Spain 105. The largest decreases in numbers are noted in Austria Hun- gary, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia and Sweden. While the number of im- migrants from Quebec and Ontario in- creased somewhat the total from Brit iSh North America was less than last year. Turkey, China and Japan show slight gains in 1897. It is rather en- couraging to notice that owing to the more strict enforcement of American immigration laws the largest per cent. of decrease has been in countries that have been notorious for the number of undesirable people contributed to our population. Hungary, Italy, Rus sia-each shows very marked decline in the total number of emigrants. An other peculiar showing in the report is in regard to the sexes of the immi- grants. In 1896 the number of moles was 212, ,466 and in 1897 it was 135, ,1O7, decrease of 77,359; but in 1896 the number of females was 130,SO1, or 3S per cent. of the totals, and the present year 1t was 95,725, or fl per cent. of all.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
STAGES OF MANUFACTURE.

md this, gradually spreading out, flat ens and forms the iris, a spot of darker enamel being dropped into the center 90 represent the pupil. This Is after wards covered with thick layer of crystal to form the corner.
 To the onlooker the principal difficult y appears to be that of distinguishing he shades of color when they are red not, but when the eye coOls every color md mark Is as accurate as if made with brush or pencil. The eye is now detached from the blOw-pipe, cooled, md then sent into the cuttingrOom, rom which it emerges shaped in d lit- :le hollow oval with irregular edges, inc a broken birds egg.
 The cutting Is a very delicate and difficult operation, as a hairs breadth deviation in size will make a material difference in the fitting. The edges are next fired, and the eye is allowed to cool very gradually, this being the an- healing, or tempering, process, which .enders the enamel less liable to break, .uOuSu dI lulS SldSe IL OIIeu HleS lO pieces, and a new eye has to be made.
 The final process is the polishing, liter which the eye is dispatched to it's owner, or, if not made to order, Is placed in stock.
 For matching and fixing artificial eyes, considerable skill and experienced Judgment are necessary, for the eye n order to defy detection, must not only resemble the original in color and size, but also In every little pecullarity and expression.
 The sclerotic, or white, is never the same shade in the eyes of two indi- viduals. In children's eyes it is a pale blue; in old people gray, darkening as
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Lester was a brilliant young man, and had q future before him. 1 also pursued with some eagerness the phan- tom of hope. and we coniidcd in each other concerning the cut and fit of our coming laurel wreaths.
 Lester was engaged to {. girl with the air and direct frankness of child, ana eyes forty-seven fathoms deep. l had looked Into them and always felt like drawing back a step or two when did. Her eyelashcs looked to me like rushes on a river bank that was likely to cave in. She was devoted to Lester, and newell. whenever we met l had glrl served LID in every possible style and eyes for dessert. 1 envjed him his buoyant happiness, and encouraged him in his belief that the earth was made for her to inhabit.
 Thore was no nonsense, and very llt- tie romance about Lester. He was ln- tensely practical, and when he calleu on the girl he talked about ms DUST ness and the architecture and drain age of the house they were to Dullu. It seemed to me, for Safety's sake' he should have talked more of stars ana roses and affinity and those things u occurred to my mind that those eyes were o1t after matter of that sorL-
 The wedding day was set and rush
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
shruggin2 tae Shoulders.

Shrugging the shoulders in cold weather is probably the survival of an old instinct, which prompts them to put the skin Of the back on he stretch, and so erect the hairy covering of that part. The hair is now reduced to a mere downy covering, but he old in stinct still remains in common with oth- CTS; the rule apparently being that all instincts which are harmless to their possessors are constant. in spite of any change of structure All animals with long hair or feathers erect heir coats in cold weather, for the warmth of such a covering depends on Its thickness and the amount of air 1t contains rather than on Its bulk.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

of engagements kept me too busy u see much of Lester until three or lour days before the time. was to act as best man, and one afternoon l ran down to his rooms 10 see him about the arrangements. 1 overlook him on the street and we walked down togeth- CT. He carried in his hand a bunch or letters he had just received by mail.
 Lester opened his door and turned on the light
 Tumble those things out of the rock er," b. said and excuse my glanclng over this mail"
 He quickly drew out of the Dunch the square wAste envelope I knew he was most anxicee 10 find. They used to Write to each ether every day. It was so long from each night to the next, at which time they W ere together.
 l Iii 8 cigar, sat down, and waited. l heard the tearing ol he envelope. and the rustic Of it's com ants IS he unfold ed it. Then there was such long si- fence that 1 looked ID. Lester was staring at the letter il his hand with face white as chalk and a look upon it like that of an animal when it dies.
 1 stargel lD.
 "What - I began.
 Lester tossed me lie letter.
 It was from the girl.
 l made out Of the scrawling, slOping characters that she had married an- other man that afternoon. There were a few vague excuses and regrets that only acCCntuated tie horror of the bare fact
 l tried to say something.
 "Old man, I sad; "er-you must you Enow-bear up-she's-you know I-"
 Lester didn't hear me He straight ened up and held his hand high above his head.
 False he cried. "oh, God! false! Infinite and all powerful Ruler of the universe. is love but another name for lies, and faith but a mockeryw
 Lester" I said, listen to me. It's hard, ] know, but
 "Eyes with heavens own light in them, he went on, with his arm still raised; 'Iips that seemed he dwelling place of trutll-heart rom which thought angels might have learned loy- ahy and love-soul that seemed winter than the robes of saiuls!-hOnor is but a rag and constancy a devils lie."
 Somebody knocked at he door and I spraug toward t. Lester opened a drawer to his table and fumbled in it.
 A man mad brought a package for Lester T. was the girls presents re- turned While I was closing the door Lester got his pistol and put the ball straisht for his heart [ llnelt in the smoke and raised his head. A brief gleanl of his old q-izZicaL philosophical humor came into his eye.
 Fran " he aid. with q faint smile, "did you hear me get off my stage talk? You were right-right- about that-a1ter ali.'-Uetroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
No success vLthout Work.

When Charles Dickens said that all that he had accomplished had been achieved by dligeut patient, persever- ing application, he only stated what has been the experience 0I every success full man. Nothing is more important to young men than that they should early learn and fully comprehend this great truth.
 It is step by step, by toilsome effort added to toilsome effort. that all great achievements are made IS has been we'll remarked, there Is no royal road to anyta.ng else of great value in this life. Work steady. long-eaa tinued and regular aDg'ieaHca-ts rhe only price for which auyth.n worth the having can be bought. There is no great sue cess of any kind without great labor.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
Scented Shop Windows.

In Paris a novel apparatus has been fixed in front of the windows of few shops, pioneering the way for an intro. duction of the invention.
 It consists of small pipe laid along from this through numerous holes is the exterior of the shop window, and emitted gentle current of warm aIr slightly scented, which is very agree able to the shop-window gazers, while 1t keeps the windows clear and bright, thus more effectively displaying the contents.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
LEAKING ARTIFICIAL EYES.
,.ue1 Now the Base of All the
 Good Ones.

,,oue1 Now the Base of All the
 Good Ones.
 It seems incredible that the demand or artificial eyes should be as great as is. and that large firms II America. Germany, France and England find it lifficult to execute the orders received rom all parts of the globe.
 There are eight distinct processes in he making of artificial eyes: Making he enamel, forming the globe, burning n the eye-colOring, cutting the globe, Ihaping to pattern, firing edges, anneal- ng, polishing.
 The basis of all kinds of enamel is a perfectly transparent and feasible ;lass. The enamel is melted in crr1- ible, and colored. Then the globes" Ire made by men in an intensely hot
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Our English friends have somewhat eccentric taste in American poets. Walt Whitman is their first choice and Joaquin Miller comes next. A negro poet. Paul L. Dunbar, formerly an ele- vator boy in this country, is said to have become literary lion In London. Both Whitman and Miller must be credited with better poems than have come from the present English laureate, and the new negro bard will not amount to much If he falls to show more fire and felicity than Austin has done at any period of his career.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The case of the man who died in New York City thinking he had hydrophobia is not so isolated as some may think. There Is no doubt that many of the so- called cases of that disease are merely the development of extreme instances of nervousness and fright. As the phy- siclans attending him said, the man thought he had hydrophobia, and that was as bad as though he really had it. The real hydrophobia is rarer than is SunnOSpd
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Dwellers along the Hudson have a queer complaint against the big steam CTS on that river. The boats are pro- Vided with immense search-lightS, which they flash along the shores, with painfully dazzling effect when the beams strike the windows of a dwell ing. A suit against the steamers Is threatened by the superintendent of a hospital located on the river.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

a violent attack upon his countrymen
 for not taking a livelier interest in the performances at Bayreuth. He says that the English and Americans are far better supporters of Wagnerism than the Germans themselves. and he adds a sting to this by saying that the French have always been our most zealous adherents." This is the un- thinking fanaticism of a late proselyte.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

affairs has led to the introduction in New York of a combination vehicle for funerals, in which the coffin is placed at the top, with seats under meath for friends who wish to go to the graveyard. There Is a special par titioned apartment for the relatives of the dead
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The son of Composer Wagner, who
 until lately has not been considered as particularly enthusiastic in the cult of his fathers works, has suddenly be- come more so than the most fanatic of the partisans, and in European dis patches he is reported as having made
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

In Stockholm a policeman's lot is that of dignitary. He must pass an eX- tensive examination, after which he wears a handsome uniform and occu- pies quarters provided with fine furni- ture, hot and cold baths and a piano, with free singing lessons. The Swe- dish police system of telephones and electric bells is hardly eQualed any where else in the world
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The Louisville Times reports that "a frog in Graves County has got into an ordinary jug and cannot get out" Prob ably a closer examination will prove that that jug contains a snake instead of a frog
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Public sentiment on the subject of ir- rigatiOn is plant of slow growth. But headway Is being made, and ultimately, beyond doubt, by private or Govern ment energy, or both, an enormous sec ton of now arid lands will be made to support in comfort thousands of fami-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

A too-much married man at Zanes- vile. Ohio. claims to have committed bigamy by mistake, but the Chicago opera tor perpetrates no such blunders. What he accomplIshes in this line he does by calculation and IS an artist.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Every day or two the Chicago police force Is called upon to investigate the truth of bottled messages picked up on the lake shore and telling of shipwreck and disaster or suicide. Of all forms of asinine joking ever devised by imbe- ciles this Is the worst.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

A worried New-Yorl1er writes to a Gotham paper to inquire how deep one can look into a Boston's girls eyes if she wears glasses. The New York pa per 'gives 1t up" without even trying the experiment. What Is the matter with Gotham's newspaper enterprise?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
For Dead and Mourner

City life tends to make the funerals of its people less and less elaborate. Business keeps friends from attending the last ceremonies, till each year finds fewer and fewer of the deceased's s companions accompanying the body to its last resting-place. This state of
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Despite all the lowing and scraping and finger kissing between the Czar and Emperor William, their standing armies do not cease for a moment bur nishing their bayonets and keeping their swords at a cutting edge.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

And now an archaeologist says the slot machine was in vogue POO years before the Christian era. We didn't know just when the thing was invent ed, but we knew 1t was too old to be hpafaO
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The injustice of double standard of morals" Is being widely discussed. If some people would adopt a "single standard" even they and the world would be the gathers.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
Cos.Llncs Of .he snrsewald.

ef1'- .-tAf7 -'A 't-N 2 iJs -E>C"dIus
 COnsulGencral de Kay writes a pa- per entitled An Inland Venice" for the Century. Ii is a description of life in the Serbian Swamp, Vendland. MT. de Kay says: school out" it the village schOoi of Burg is pretty sight. The subs t8uJaI brick building overlooks the ever-mwmWiug highway, and the boys and girls. Instead Of stringing up dus- ty road, tumble into punts and pole away for dear life the boys much like other hoys. but the girls reduced fac similes of their mothers and elder sis ters, clad iu bright but short raiment, and visible afar off through their strange mob-caps with wings. As one move down stream from Burg by Leipo 10 Lubbeuau these wings grow smaller and collapse. while the skirts grow Iuu-cr and more resemble the or dinarv dress of women. 1t a dance the Spreewaller knows ins antly, by the DeculiaIGes oi Ler costume, from what valIa-e a woman or girl has come. At Leipe .le muititudinous skirts of alarmiag glrfh are no more, the gown reaclcs the ankles, and the cap fits close tc the head instead of resting on framcwork as iu Burg Thus the dress in Leipe is perhaps more craceful, but it is more commonplace, no longer testifes to that pride of the peasant father OF husband which IS shown by the number of yards in ne skirts of his womanfolk and the variety of their caps, by the richness of tbeir dress as well a their ieWe.Iy.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Why should the fact that man reads the papers disqualify him from jury service? Is ignorance desired in the jury box when a mans life hangs in the balance?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The Duluth Eg 's-Tribune wants to know "what is more melancholy than a restaurant waitress in a shirt waist, singing as she carves pie" Two or them
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The St. Louis Republic tells of a Ten nessee girl who "swam across the river on a wager" Wouldn't it have been easier to swim across on a horse
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

-..-... ssr-r,41 ,i-t1rfeans cannot get t-. rrfr- .- hs els off his hands Tn ear other raH wye ldVise him to choose larre -r-- .ar a change of weap-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
Density of Deep Water

So dense is the water in the deepest parts of the ocean that an ironclad, if it were to sink, would never reach the bottom.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Bliss Carman, the poet, says he "nev- CT reads what newspaper men wrlte' This makes the matter just even.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

A recent experiment in St. Louis mas demonstrated that hypnOtism can cure an old woman or turning somersaults.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The Boston Herald anxiously ln- ouires: "Where is the sea serpent' Have you looked in the whisky jug!
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Why worry about the ability to get a bite in the Klondike regions! me mOs- nuitoes will attend to that.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

The wise have decided that the "rs" have it in Klondike.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Jay Gould's matrimonial troubles sem to be entirely post morten. Ihe average man isn't so lucky.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-26
OCEAN GROVES ANTI-BEER ACT
Proceedings 10 Test ConstifutiopalKsy
of the Camp Meeting Act.

Especial to 'The Jersey City News.'l i.-
TRENTON, July &C. lS97.-On Saturday
certiorari proceedings were instituted in
the Supreme Court for the purpose of at
tacking the constitutionality of the act
of the recent Legislature which makes it
misdemeanor. punishable by fine and
imprisonment, for any person to sell
spirituous liquors from a wagon within
two miles of an Incorporated camp meet
ing association.
Aaron E. Johnston Of Freehold insti-
tuted proceedings as counsel for Thomas
Proctor and John Bakey, formerly of
Neptune township. Bakey and Proctor
were arrested by an Asbury Park police
man for selling from wagon five bottles
of beer to William A. Rogers of Union
avenue on April 20 last The matter was
brought before the Grand Jury of Mon
mouth county and the two men were in
dicted under the act mentioned
The certiorari seeks to have the indict-
sments set aside, on the ground that the
law is unconstitutional. 1t is set forth
first in the affidavit that there is no other
law under which the indictments could
have been found, and next that the law is
local and special in character, and en-
braces provisions of a private nature.
The affidavits say that there are not more
than three associations in the State to
which the law could possibly apply.