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The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

The vast crop of corn is perpleXing the Nebraska farmers, because 1t is difficult to take care of so much of even q good thing. But with the cribbing and the shipping it is keeping all hands employed now, and when the returns come in there will be compensa- tion in the feasting and frolic which properly follow an abundant harvest The corn crop is great boon, because 1t gives employment to a vast army of willing hands in harvesting and ship ping. The year just closed was a good one for Nebraska. but the coming-o -oRe promises even better results.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
A token of worldwide esteem sh

A token of worldwide esteem should be presented to the man who 1t Is al- legged has invented device for open ing soft boiled eggs in such way that the contents can be transferred to a cup without the previous burning of the fingers and the dropping of the shell with its contents. A soft boiled egg is always too hot to handle with out breaking several scriptural man. dates and it always insists on escap- ing from the fingers at the critical mo- ment when its fall means a liberal ap- plication of egg on the outside of the shell. The only way known to open one of these eggs successfully up to the present has been to have some one else do it, and if any man has an in- vention that will obviate the difficult ties he deserves a large reward
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

Punctuaily at ; o'clock l donned my sprucest attire, and with smart How CT in my burtouhQe- dog that Was-slipped yer the fence. Miss Rachel Wa5 there, looking as fresh as a spring cabbage with the dew on it, which I consider very pretty simiie, and she b2de ne welcome with one of her beaming smiles There, too, was the unlucky parrot in ts case, and stand Ing just outside the sum mer house. l had noticed that 1t had been set out to sun itself as usual 5n 8l fine days, and as far as 1 could see nothing bad trans pired to make ne think they had any cause to suspect my imposition.
 purposeiy sat with ny back 10 it, and avoided taking notice of 1t in any way whateyer.
 Tea wen off ail igh,; my old friend was very cheery. and Miss Rachel showed me great attention. I could hear Polly rubbin. her peak up and down the wires Of ae cage, and swing ing backwards ard forwards in the metal ring.
 tl4a meal C8p5. Travers went indoors to get his supply of necessaries for the evening, and, turning to me, Miss Trayers commented:
 "By-the-by Capt Manly, how is your parro,3 ! have not sen it out in the garden lately'
 l felt m heart beating bit faster, but with every semblance of outward calm sai
 No; the fact is. it's not been at all well; in fact, it is dead"
 "Deadw sine exclaimed. Well, never. What lid it die ofP'
 "I really don't know" I eplied. 'Tt died quite suddenly about aweek ago."
 T hope our Polly isn't going to follow suit" she continued. "Sh has been very dull and quiet the las few days, but seems bit more lively this even ing. I don't think she ha. spoken a word all the week"
 'Thank goodnessr' I inwsrdly ejacu- lated.
 Things were beginning tt look a bit awkward, and I east about for some thing to change the course of conver- sation. | am not a qui& thinker, however, and before could collect my wits Miss TraVers c0ntinuel:
 Dear, dear. to think you poor Pol ly's dead! Well. [ am sorrI I should be sorry to lose you, Polly, dear," she said, addressing the parrot. "But, real ly, Capt. ManIey," looking ne straight
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

The experience of James Mckay. q pious stonecutter. with the New York police is another conspicuous illuStra- ton showing how the most exemplary motives are sometimes subject to gross misconsruction. MT. Mckay was tte innocent pOSSeSSor of slip of paDer containing the words morning" end evening with rows of figures unHer each. By some unhappy chance pn- Eceman saw the paper, and straight way hustled Mckay off to the station. where he was charged with indulging in the prescribed game of po,,cy. In technical language Mckay was cred tied with having purchased q gig !" which is violent infraction of The law. Mckay protested in vain. and finally when confronted with the eyi- dence of his guilt made the obvious ex- plantion that the numbers on the slip of paper referred to hymus t!.at were to be played respectively at the morn ing and evening services of a certain church, and that he, Mckay, was the
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

A model for an electric vessel for which q really marvellous speed is promised by the inventor has been con structed at Providence, R. I. It Is a distinct novelty in very many respects, and, if as successful as it's promoters confidently expect, will scarcely fail 10 play some havoc with modern ship building methods. Its promoters are planning to build a vessel 200 feet long. which is to have fourteen propellers, six placed forward to draw it through the water, and eight astern as pushers the arrangement, of course, being seven on each side. A speed of forty knots an hour is designed for passenger traffic in Narragansett Bay, ostensibly. ,butits realpurpoSe is practical demon Stration of system which the projec- tors hope to see applied to naval yes sels in the near future.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
CLOTH FROM CAPITAL.
4 New Use for the Humble but Pretty
 Water Plant.

4 New Use for the Humble but Pretty Water Plant.
 Very few, probably, are aware that the fur, or vegetable down, of the cat l tail Is marketable article, superior to feathers or cotton for many purposes. It Is not quite so valuable or useful as eiderdown, but 1t approaches it very closely, and is cheaper than any of the three. AS matter of fact, q great many people are to-day using articles covered with cat-ta1l products who have no idea where the material comes from.
 It Is a vast extent of country, con- paratively speaking, from which the cat-tail is gathered. It comes from the swamps along the numerous creeks that put in from the Delaware Bay, from Morris River to Cape May. The average amount gathered In the season is ton day. The work of gathering and transporting 1t, and then weaving 1t into the many forms which it must take before becoming salable, consti- tutes considerable industry.
 One of the most elaborate uses to which this material Is put is that of covering sofas. Very many of the sup posed plush-covered divans are really covered with a fabric of cat-tall. It wears better than the plush, and Is in- fnitely cheaper.
 The same argument that applies to the sofa Is applicable to the pillow. Very often, however, such pillows go by another name.
 Sofa pillows, also, are made of cat tail, because a pillow avowedly GOV cred with cat-tail would probably be regarded with contempt. Call 1t Alas kan plush, however, or Shetland wool that has been treated by new process, and 1t will sell readily enough, and give good satisfaction, too.
 The family album which graces the center table In the parlor of so many farm houses is also in many instances adorned with cat-tail covers, although the housewife cannot be convinced they are not plush. She has doubtless paid almost as much as If they were what she supposes, and naturally she scoffs at any person who hints that she has been victimized.
 It Is becoming prevalent custom to use cat-tail fur on the back of hand mirrors and brushes, which have here tofore been backed with plush. Some say that the substitute is really proving better than the original. The head rest, too, seen on the easy chair, Is often of cnt=taft=nnt ttvfs none the feesa co fortable for that
 Another article for which the cat-tail is used is the bed quilt. The eiderdown quilt is an Old-time article of luxury. The cat-tail quilt Is every whit as con- fortable, and costs about one-Quarter as much. In New Jersey, at least, the housewife fully appreciates the value of the cat-tail quilt, however much her less well-informed sisters may scoff al the idea.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
..o-e tt is in that cage: it's

dead at all; there IL ID Ill tHa' ns vo,,rs that's dead-I shot 1t. l didn't moan to. Can you forgive me for all +be lies I told yOu?"
 All right! All rightr' said the solemn voice of the parrot behind me.
 Tt was Polly that made that remark just now, not l. Believe me, she speaks the truth, if don't. Rachel, do real ly love you."
 I ventured to look up. Tears were standing in her eyes, and the expres- sion on her face made me hope that did not look quite such big booby in her eyes as I felt did in my own.
 Moving nearer, I clasped her hand. and, as 1t was not withdrawn, put one arm gently round her ample waist
 'eNow, we sha'n't be long" said the gray parrot.-Tit-Bits.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

Prof. G. Stanley Hall, of Clark Uni versity, has been collecting facts con corning the fears of children. The fears of children, he says, are generally ere ated by parents. Prof Hall found that 1,701 children had 6.456 fears. the lead ing ones being the fear of lightning and thunder, reptiles, strangers, the dark, death, domestic animals, disease. wild animals, water, ghosts. insects. rats and mice, robbers, high winds. etc. A few of these fears are rational. In New Jersey no children were found to be afraid of high winds, but in the West that fear naturally leads all oth- CTS. At Trenton, however. siXty-twO children were found who dreaded the end of the world, fear created entire ly by adult teaching The table shows what education can do in this respect. No child was found to be afraid of the devil. Two hundred years ago and less that fear would have led all the rest. Few were found who were afraid of ghosts. fear which would have stood high on the list not long ago. At Cam bridge, Mass. only 15J out of 800 bows were afraid of thunder storms and only 230 out of 800 girls. The fear of rob bers and of wild animals iS survival. though robbers have not disappeared as completely as the wild animals. For ty-six New Jersey children were afraid of being buried alive a monstrous thing to inculcate in the child mind. Fear will always be one of the strong est influences in human life but at least it is possible by teaching what real danger consists of to eradicate grOundleSS fears
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
Arrived on Minerals

\ Russian woman at Odessa, who had developed melancholia and an appetite for odds and ends that would have been too much for an Australian emu. has been operated upon at the German Evangelical hospital in the Euxine port, and there were taken out of her stom- ach, before she was discharged cured. three-inch key. a siX-inch silver tea spoon. a plated teaspoon an eight-inch plated fork, two nails. measuring six inches together; two hairpins. twelve pieces of glass. a fOur-inch iron hook. steel pen, nine needles. q piece of black lead and a four and half inch crochet needle, besides a boot button and other trifies. This mania had been preceded by an appetite for petroleum and dilute carbolic acid. and still this human pantechnicOn survived. As sba is only 32 there is plenty of time for further developments of her capacity for metals and minerals.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

Judge Ewing, of Chicago, the other day, in sentencing burglar who stood convicted on five counts, imposed a penalty of twenty years imprisonment on each of them, and directed that as soon as the prisoner had completed one term he should begin another. The burglar, whose crimes were peculiarly desperate and atrocious, will doubt less agree that there is q great deal of vitality in Chicago justice, after all.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

organist who played them This in- stance of 6 policeman's inan.ty seems to reach khe limit of possible error. The name of the policeman is Harmon. and it should be placed in conSnic- uous position in every New York po- lice station as reminder of the ec- centricities of human asiainity.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
His .tISm.'

Mrs. O'Rooney," said the Rev. Father McMurphy, why do never see Patrick at church now?"
 Mrs. O'RoOney shook her head sadly. ''Is it anarchism?''
 'Warse than thot, yer riverence." ''IS it atheism?''
 ''WarSe, yer riverence." What is it, then?"
 "Rheumatism." "-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
Poor Man.

MT. Hanover Squeer-I see our friend Morris Parke, poor fellow. is obliged to get along with a secondhand type. writer
 MT. Bleecker Street-Indeed, what kind?
 Mir. Hanover Squeer-Widow.- .-Bos. ton Traveller.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

The women do not possess full suf- fragein Kansas, but they secured more public offices in the last election than did the women of Utah or Colorado twenty county superintendencies of public instruction, and all the offices, from Mayor to Chief of Police, in two
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
Mule Indispensable in War.

A Persian regiment on the march is a strange spectacle. Every three sol diers have donkey, for there is neith- CT baggage train nor commissariat On this donkey Is placed the worldly wealth of It's proprietors and their mus kets. Occasionally the yelled wife of a soldier bestrides the beast.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

An Eastern contemporary prints a story that q dude who was run over by street car recently in New York kae been provided by t1., surgeons with Q ceIluloid sku;! In H1.;. We don't believe there is anything in it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

An English scientist announces that common whitewash destroys the ty- phoid fever germ, which is easily dis tinguished by its grayish color" The proper course of action is plain-if you see anything that is grayish in color running about the house catch it and give it a coat of whiteWash.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

4 Buffalo crank thinks he can go over Niagara Falls and come out alive. Better let him do it right away. Other wise he will murder somebody with q gun that isn't loaded some of these days
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

If Nevada only follows up the ad vantage she has gained we see no req son why that State ehoail nOr cap ture the fiy-by-night d!v0rca industry alSa
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

In Oklahoma the other day a divorce was granted in two minutes, but the dispatches do not state how long it is 10 run
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

According to all the evidence, the Chicago negro who has been sentenced 10 100 years imprisonment for bur glary deserves to live out his full term.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

When a man and woman marry, the contest begins to discover who is to nave the supremacy. That point dispos- ed of, there is peace.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

IL Isn't always natural for a woman 10 look out for number o1le. A widow never does it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

Hi! Hi! All right! Now we sha'n't be longw said the gray parrot.
 l regret to say that the IT, represSible young man that L,-ino,c +l,a 1aiIv rnillr .S tho
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29


IJ is peculiar feature OF American
human nature that a man VIII GET Wild
.y excited over p'esiaenliai e'ee'loA
and talk about nothing else lot months
before election day. ana 0el ms I'S'
cent ON the result. while at d city eiec-
zion. which is or more importance 10
him and comes good deal closer TO
his pocketocok. it is hard job TO get
him to- The polls over the election
that affects him remotely he exhibits
/ a mcst absorbing Interest," and win stand
Ground O. bulletin board all night long
To- see the returns. but over Jhe election
that affects him most nearly 1t is nard
work .o get him to- east his ballot.
Au of which is apropos OF yesterday
/ election. The vote was light and hard
to- get ouL Ward-workers and hack
horses almost ran their legs of to get
'the voters to- the polls and it was hard
work with small reward.
OF course. it was O yillainously cold.
nasty day. buJ the stale of the weather
Vas not @ valid excuse. Had IL been
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29

fence that once tried would never be
dispensed with, and which would be
worth all that it might cost-should it
prove not self-supporting.
The objection made to the bill intro
duced in the United States Senate is that
# is not constitutional But this objec-
ton will hardly hold water. The law
provides that the United States shall
carry the mails and it does not specify
how they shall De carried or whether
they shall be carried by the old
stage coach, the railroad train, or the
telegraph. So, there is evidently no
valid objection to the postal telegraph
on the ground of unconsttutionality.
1t is not proposed to abolish pri-
yate ownership OF telegraph lines.
These may operate as usual and the
railroads would. of course, control and
operate their own wires.
The idea is not az all chimerical and
is worth careful study and inyesuga-
ton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29

They We're talking of the cold weather
and one of them made the remark that
he dreaded the winter.
$50 do 90 said nervous looking man
I'm the corner; 81 feel like crawling into
% loft and pulling the ladder in after me
every time 7 think of it,
Are you sensitive TO the cold%' inquired
sympathetic listener.
ooh. it isn't the cold dread particular
ly."
Perhaps YOU suffer from chiiblains?'
Never had them I'm my life
Then it is just the eXieeHcies OF the
climate YOU dread
'ENgencies nothing. dread the winter
because an day and every day after the
cold weather sets IN yo uare likely TO
meet mt the most Unexpected Yoment-''
"a bHzard-yes. that's so. interrupted
one of the crowd.
NO: q BLIZZARD would be a ferciful in-
fiction compared TO him. mean the man
who meets you with an idiotic smile on
his face and who holds YOU by one button
while he asks: Is IL cold enough foI
your Detroit Free Press.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29

The Black Death that in the four
tserrh century swept through Asia and
Fl~ore counting it's victims by the
millions is said TO- be identical with the
,rbonie ravar which is now devastat-
.-.rr5t, and maxim, ifs yav towards
rrro,a n is +he Same pestfence that
..-s,- ~, ,aoe of the nlaaus again
,fs,,s5 rrr.ns i'm the seventeenth CEN
..,.- ,r5 re,,-r, memorable i'm his
,,r,- and literature as rba urarue of
on5o7 Terrible rs ms ravaess were
.- t,s late- psrfod It's devastation was
small compared with the mortality
three centuries previous. Since the
latter of the two great visitations the
u'ars has made it's appearance in the
Orient and iu parts of western Europ2.
b1t with ever decreasing area i'm The
latter. vre wave of pestilence has
gradually receded until fear of it has
almost died out. Now that it is again
advancing against it's old time route
from southern China. through India,
towards Europe by the commercial
and pHermaee lines of traffic and ira
wei there is "a revival of anxiety.
There is very small, probability Of
this scouree visiting the United States,
sin less of It's making any progress
into the interior if it should chance to
reach am American port The regular
sanitary regulations at the ports of
entry are considered sufficient but to
+ make assurance douby sure" the ma
rine hospital service has issued iusUuc-
tous for rigid scrutiny and complete
protection against the introduction of
. the plague by person or commerce
f Similar precautions are being taken by
European governments, so that the
chances of the epidemic spreading
through Europe are slight. The facts
of Importance make precautions against
the spread of the plague less dimcult
. than i'm the case Of some other epidem-
les. Actual touch is required for com
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29
A SPLENDID RECORD.

Weston Democrat
Mr.. vs.. ID. Hoh who is known as "the
farmer at the Hospital, is making quite
q record with his cows. The State keeps
on am average of forty COWS at the Asy-
um at Weston. and for the year ending
September 80 1896 produced 2S.S29 gallons
of milk. and for three months ending De-
cember 81. 1896, 1880 gallons. or am aver
age of %4 gallons per COW day. This Is
record of which the State may he ploud.
The COWS are Jerseys and HOlstejls In
1>G tho record shows 1856 gallons: in
1884, 2G,O52. ir 1895, 2A27U and in 1896, 3S.-
>2g gallons
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29
TROUBLE ON LOSS CREEK.
Drunken Men From Timber Camps Cause
Bloodsned at BAH


Rloodsned at a Ban,
Special to the Register.
Huntington, W. Va. January Is
There were exciting scenes near the
mouth of Loss creek on Sandy river
last night. A big dance was in pro-
gress at the home of John Carol and
AN went merry until a number Of drunk
EN- men who worked in lumber camps
near Breeder arrived and raised dis
turbance. IN effort was made to eject
them from tae Carroll residence, and
it was this movement which caused
much blood TO flow. Weapons OF var
ious kinds were used and for time
matters assumed serious aspect.
VIII Mccain. one of the mtruders, was
shot once in the left hip and two of his
pals received painful, though not
dangerous wounds about the body
which we're inflicted with a knife. Mr.
Carroll was hit once upon the head
with a chair and he also bears an injury
about the neck. where he was struck
with a sharp pointed weapon.
Warrants viii be issued for several
of the parties interested, but it is said
that Lumber of them have crossed
the Sandy river into kentucky.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29
4 MINE EXPLOSION

st Foster, Near Ottumwa. Ia, Results in
Eleven Men Being Severely Burned
Ottumwa, Iowa. January 2S.-By an
explosion in a coal mine at Foster, Ill
ten miles south, eleven men have
been severely burned. one of them IA
tally. The mine officials claim that
the explosion was the result of natural
phenomena, that air of extreme low
temperature met the warm gaseous an
of the mine when the shaft was sudden
~ opened and formed gas, which lgnlteu
opened and formed gas, which lgnited
from the lamps of the miners, who
were Just leaving work temporarily.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29
A PLUCKY WOMAN
Walks From Chattanooga, Tenn,
to Marietta, Carrying a Crippled
Child, Only to Find Expected
Friends Removed.

Special to the Register.
Marietta. Ohio. January est is
rough shedding indeed, when an unpro-
tected woman is compelled to walk
from Chattanooga, Tenn, TO Marietta
i'm midVinter and carry crippled child
in her arms besides. but that is exactly
what Mrs. Mary Goodman has just ac-
complished. Her husband dlcd IN
Chattanooga several months ago and
She was LETT destitute of money and
friends
Taking her child i'm her arms she started
for this city near which. two years ago.
resided her brother. William Moore. She
arrived here with 20 narrowing story oil
priyauous undergone. only TO learn that
her brother had removed some time ago.
Efforts are beinc made to locate him. and
the p.ucky woman is meanwhile being
cared for by the authorities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-29
WELCOME LODGE ENTERTAINs.

One of the delightful entertainments
for which Welcome Lodge, A. o. L. w,
is earning an enyiable reputation. was
given last evening, in the Temple, cor
ner Market and Twelfth streets Dur
ing the early evening some good vocal
and instrumental numbers We're rem
dered and admirable addresses We're
made by w. O. McCluskey S. A. KEEP
ner and Rabbi p. A. Bonnheim a
feature not down on the programme
was the presentation to Mr.. VIII Glenn
ans of handsome chair, rs a recOsui-
ton of his frequent service TO the
lodge. without price, with his silver
toned tenor voice. The presentation
address was made by Mr.. w. o. Nc
Cmsky. \ splendid supper was spread
in the dining hall After it was dis
posed of a short season was spent at
cards and other games in the lodge
room.