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The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
HELPING A FRIEND.
A Statesman Who Was Willing to
 Give Up What He Had.

A Statesman Who Was Willing to
 Give Up What He Had.
 There are those who say unkind things of the late Dan Yoorhees," re- marked a pronineIt Republican from the State ofaIpdisaa. but whatever may be sai 9itical and not per sonal, foz lad one side to his nature tI sle world could ad- mire, and paf1 of it which knew did admire an love as well. It was on this account that when he died there were many who saed sincere and sor- rowful tears for lis loss. They did not know him as polncian and a United States Senator, bu as man and friend.
 T remembey an Instance s1owing his kindness. and also showing one of the reasons why ha was always poor. He had gone down the railroad some thir- ty or forty miles from his nome to de- fend case in court, which he had very little thought f gettiDg auy money for, though the ltgant had ? enty of prop erty. He won the case. and, much to his surprise. fis client gave him S10O, which was also pleasant o have, as he had loaned to various applicants what little money be had brought from home with him. He pOcketed he hundred, and, after paying his hotei bill, start ed to walk leisuI-fY to the train, due in half or three-Qu, rters of an hour. On his way he was Oyertaken by for mer friend, who hurried after him to ask his legal advice, free of course, Ill the matter of Staying off a mortgage on his $3,OO0dOllar farm, and saving 1t to his family. 4 hundred dollars would set it forward a year. and give him that much time to pull himself out, which he Was sure he could do Voer- hees talked ten minutes or moH to the man, giving him such advice as he thought Was tue best, and all at once he broke out into hearty laugh.
 Whats the natter asked the far mer, almost indignant at suh levity.
 "'Why,' still laughed Voohees, go- ing into the pocket where hs roll of bills was. here I'm talking all this time to you. when I've got the very thing you need. l had clean forgotten all about 1t. Here's what 7ou want a good deal more than legal advice and handing the farmer the $100 fee he hurried along to the railroid station, where he borrowed money enough to buy a ticket home"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
Why Are We Right-Handed ?

The question of right and left-hand- dnnss i< so frequently brought up that nv investigation of or light on the ubiect must be of general interest. hls tren observed that infants who rawl about CT all fourS make much lore use of tie right than the left. niess they are left-handed. A scient- it accounts for this by declaring that ;ghthandedness is caused by tEe To- atiOn of the organs of the body. The cart being on the left side causes very luch greater weight than i'll the right. Turing active fife the heart and arter- IS filed with blood make the in- :rea sed weight of that side an item of
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

In St. Louis the other day surgeons performed an operation upon a dime museum performer known as ''the hu- man ostrich" and removed from his stomach several pounds of nails, tacks knife-blades, stones, glass and screws. The man died, of course, but the Oper- ation was very successful.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

The Acworth (Ga.) Post claims to have seen "a strange looking figure, which resembled woman with long floating hair, flying through the air three or four hundred feet over the hotel" If this had been seen over a saloon it would have been much easier to diagnose the case.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Probably there is no other city in the world but Chicago where railroad bridge over river would be so imper- secdy guarded that a train could run into the open draw and fall into the river. Perhaps, too, that is the only river not sufficiently liquid to engulf the passengers in watery grave.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
a lieutenant or the Marine corps.

ItuItDa4I OI E-10 1''1 .11| VI t0'
 .Ie band is really a social organlza- on nominaIly under the control of the Navy Department. and used by the off cers and the Government generally to add to the pleasure of the semi-ofticial entertainments given at the capital. The position of leader would be considered a snap" by almost any musician, and the man who has just lost it was very foolish to cut off his official head for the alleged sake of art.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

While the opportunities for making wealth are not so great on the farm as in the city. there are other advanta- ges in rural life that completely offset that questionable privilege The work is healthy, independent and free from the harassiGg care that beSetS the toiler in the crowded. rushing tide of munich pal life. Back to the farm" should be the cry of hundreds of men.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

It is So difficult to reach corruption by ordinary means that the framers of the new constitution of Delaware deny trial by jury to persons accused of bribery. Under this constitution brib- CTS can be sent to the penitentiary by a commission of judges. This looks like an extreme measure. but there has been great provocation for il in Della ware
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Australia's rabbit plague bids fair to come to an end: owing to the large eX- pOrta ton of frozen rabbits for the Lon don market. From Victoria alone twelve thousand rabbits a day, or over four million a year, are shipped now.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

A San Francisco paper says that Miss Alice Thompson of that city has had paid of gOld-rimmed spectacles fitted to her pet Maltese cat. All of which mere ly shows that the effete East has no monopoly of picturesque prevaricatiOn.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

That Boston bank clerk who stole $30,0O0 the other day and left for Can ada explains that he took the money because he wanted to buy bicycle" !" That yOungster evidently wanted all the latest bicycle improvements on his wheel
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
By the birth of the Duchess of York's

By the Dlrth or the Duchess of YOrk'S little girl, the number of Queen Vic toria' s descendants rises to eighty. sev- enty of whom are alive. She has had hhe chidren-four sons and five auShters-iorty-oue grandchildren. and thirty great at-graudchildren. Two of her children and eight grandchildren have died
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

A Georgetown (TeXas) correspondent reminds St. Louis paper that mine years ago hail destroyed the crops on June 20 and was replanted and made a yield" But nowadays Texas doesn't find it necessary to replant hail.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

some of those Western editors fool hardy. The AtchisOn Globe says: We intend to buy q linen suit and wear it in hot weather. Ii will look like the devil. but it will look as well as q shirt UafSt
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Sunshine of the heart is benefcent not only to the possessor, but to every one within reach of its influence. h. difference begets indifference. "WhO shuts love out in turn shall be shut ont from love
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

A woman in San BernardinO. Cal. has been declared insane because she says she would like to kiss every good looking young man she meets. If that test is accepted as an evidence of in- sanity California can easily lock up about 90 per cent. of her male popula- finn
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

The other day Lars Anderson mar ried S11.00O,OO0 in Boston. Jnfortu- lately :Le name of the young woman fin tie case seems 10 have been over loOl,eG by the newspaper correspond Gr4c
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

It seems almost incredible that New York yellow journal has been wrestling with the ''Is Marriage Fail ure:" question for two weeks without settling the matter.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
Teeth that May Takr Root

A Russiandentistbas atleugth solved the problem Of supplying us with false teeth which will grow ino the gums as firmly as natural ones. The teeth are made of gutta percha. porcelain ol metal, as the case may be. At the root of the tooth holes are made, and also in the jaw. The tooth is then placed in the cavity, ana in a short time q soft granula7ed grorL- finds it's way from the jaw into the ng1-s of the tooth This growth gradually hardens, and holds the tooth ii position. It does not matter in the least, accordmg to this enterprising Russian dentist, whether the cavity in which the tooth is placed is one from which q natural tooth has recently been drawn. or whether il has been healed for months or even yearS.-LondOn FigarO.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

The Buffalo Times remarks, slgnifi- cantly: Powdered borax will drive them away" We don't believe 1t; but, If so. that's much cheaper than the gold cure.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

4 woman in shirt waist and storo shirt makes Us think there has been o lire somewhere, and that she has gotto,, into something hurriedly
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Naval regulations have triumphed
 and the leader of the Marine band has been dismissed from the service for re- fusing to play the jinky tunes ordered
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

A cablegram says that the latest trOu- ble in India was caused by the Mullah of Pawindah. What was the Multi of Moosh doing?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

The man who consults thermometer nowadays is a foolish borrower of trou- nIa
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Way down in Maine four young men were fined s apiece for chewing gum in church. Wa'al, by gum!
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Life is a short day, but 1t is work ing day. Activity may lead to evil, but inactivity cannot be led to good.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

A man would rather look at a photo. graph Of himself than at rhe fines painting on earth
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

After a man has been sick as long as three weeks, his wife, who nurses him. looks as if she had been sick six years
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
Woma n and Ostriches.

MT. Crimsonbeak-You women ra mind me of an ostrich
 Mrs. Crimsonbeak-I don't under. stand you.
 Well, you know the ostrich buries it's head and believes it cannot be seen."
 "Yes; I've heard of that"
 Well, you women cover your head with bonnet and think you are out of sigh" Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

PTn. .uuRDAY
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

There are those who say unkind things of the late Dan Voorhees," re- marked a pronineIt Republican from
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Leonard Huxley Is making good prog ress with the biography of his father. The book is awaited with great inter-
The record-union., 1897-07-27
M'KINLEY'S VACATION.
Arrangements Completed for His
Trip to Lake Champlain.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Arrange-
ments have been COMPLETED for the trip
of the President and party from Wash
ington to Lake ChamDlain. The palace
car Haselmere has been assigned for
the use of the party. They will leave
Washington over the Pennsylvania.
road at noon Wednesday and arrive at
Jersey City at D. m.
There the car will be transferred to
the West Shore and again at Albany
to the Delaware and Hudson Road
over which it will arrive at the desti-
nation, Bluff Point, about 6:30 Thurs
day morning.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley will
be accompanied by Secretary and Mrs.
Alger and Secretary and Mrs. Porter.
It is the Presidents intention 10 remain
at Lake Champlain until August 23d,
when he will go to the G. A. r. encamp
ment at Buffalo.
From Buffalo he will go to Ohio,
where he has promised to attend the
reunion of his old regiment and also to
be present at the wedding of the daugh-
ter of the late President Hayes, Sep
tember I'd.
Unless there should be an urgent de-
mand for his presence in Washington.
the President will return to Buffalo and
there go aboard Senator Hanna's yacht
for a few days cruise on the lakes.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
MCKINLEY HAS MANY CALLERS.
CHARGE OF "FORLORN RRI-
GADE" ON WHITE HOUSE.
Last Attempt Of Ofce-Seekers to
Get a Word With the Presi-
dent Before He Leaves.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-There was
a great crowd at the White House to-
day, larger than has been seen since
the early days of the Administration
1t was the charge of the forlorn bri-
last attempt of the office-seekers to get
a word with the President before he
leaves Washington for weeks. Then
there We're a number of Senators and
Representatives who called to say
farewell to the President.
Prominent among these were Speaker
Reed, julius Palmer of ex-Oueen
Liliuokalani's suite. accompanied by
her chamberlain, Joseph Heleluli, who
left some papers with one of the Off
cials for delivery to the President
1t was said at the White House to-
day that the President will reappoint
all the persons whose nominations fail
ed of action at the last session of the
Senate
The papers presented by Mr. Hele-
luli We're memorials from the three
great patriotic societies of Hawaii and
while they were not made public, 1t. is
understood that the memorial they pre-
opposed to any policy that touched the
Queens sovereignty.
Later in the day Liliuokalani herself
had a short interview with the Presi-
dent. She arrived in town this morn
ing, and finding that the Presidents
regular public reception occurred this
afternoon, she entered a carriage with
Mr.. and Mrs. Heleluli and was driven
to the White House. Their cards were
sent up and they were requested to
wait in the East Room.
The President requested that the
Queen wait until he had shaken hands
with the public, and then he had a
short talk with her, saying that he re-
GREETED that Mrs. McKinley's health
alone prevented her from meeting Lii
iuokalani.
The latter is comfortably quartered
at the Ebbitt, and the length of her
stay has not been made known.
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J. j. O'BRIEN'S ESTATE.
Assignment of the Assets for the
Benefit of Creditors.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26-The
widow of the late j. J. O'Brien, and
James O'Brien, the surviving partner,
have assigned all the assets of the firm
of j. j. O'Brien & Co. to Charles r.
Havens for the benefit Of creditors.
This action is the result of a CONSUL
tation of local creditors, who deter
mined to take such steps as would pre-
serve the business, shield the firm from
possible embarrassment by Eastern
creditors and protect their own inter-
ests.
The exact figures have not as yet
been ascertained, but are estimated as
follows: Assets, San Francisco store,
100000; Los Angeles store, S115,000.
Total, S415, 900. Liabilities, 1925, 900, of
which less than half is due to East
ern creditors.
The principal local creditors are Muir
phv, Grant & Co., S100,000; Levi
Strauss & Co of California, $4,000.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
A PASTOR DENOUNCED.
Performed the Marriage Cere-
mony of Black to a White.

MILWAUKEE CWis), July 26.-The
negro question has caused secession in
the Trinity Evangelical Church here.
Some six months ago the pastor, Rev.
George w. Herbe, married David P.
Redd, colored horse doctor, to a white
woman, a member of the German con-
gregation.
Meetings We're held last week at which
the minister was denounced for his ac-
ton, and these eliminated to-day in the
secession of half of the congregation
from the church. The secessionists or
ganized a new church society. The cor
nerstone of it's doctrine is anti-miscege-
nation.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
SLOT MACHINES.
A Missouri Judge Holds That They
Are Not Gambling Devices.

SPRINGFIELD (Mo), July 90
Judge McAfee in his charge to the
Grand Jury to-day held slot machines
are not gambling devices and intimated
that any such Indictments brought
about by the Ministers Alliance which
is pushing a crusade against the ma
chimes would be quashed.
Judge McAfee also scored the City
Council for creating a current expense
bond instead of paying as they go. He
thought, he said, that it was a case
worthy of Indictment
The jury was also charged to inves-
tigate alleged illegitimate expenditure
of the County Court funds.
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Information to That Effect Has Been
Received From Sitka.
The Name Of the Vessel and Where She
Hailed From Not Given.
A Passenger on the Steamship ORR
zaba Commits Suicide by Hang
ing Himself in His Berth
While the Vessel Was on Her
Way From Guaymas to En-
senada.

PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.), July 26
A letter which came down on the
steamer Topeka and was received here
to-day by British Vice-Consul Clocker.
brings vague information of a ship
wreck at some place in northern wat
ers.
No particulars or even the name of
the steamer were given, and much
speculation is INDUCED in here as to
the latter
All steamers running north from the
sound can be traced up to a week ago,
and as the Glitter was written in
Sitka six days ago, the wrecked craft
cannot belong to the Sound and Alaska
fleet.
The ship referred to has evidently
hailed from San Francisco. The writer
of the Sitka letter is known to be a
responsible and truthful man.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM.
Harry Edwards Dies at San Diego
From a Dose of Laudanum,

SAN DIEGO, July 6.-The body of
Harry Edwards, aged 80 years, who
came here from Los Angeles about ten
days ago as representative of the
Los Angeles Directory Company, was
found this morning in his room in the
Bon Ton block. Death occurred Sun
day afternoon, and was probably due
to an overdose of laudanum. several
bottles labeled laudanum being found
in his room, three being empty.
He was a sufferer from stomach
troubles and took the drug for relief
He formerly had charge of eating
houses at Mojave and Saugus. He
leaves a young widow
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HANGED HIMSELF.
Edward Reed Commits Suicide ON
the Steamship Orizaba.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-The
steamer Orizaba which arrived to-day
from Guaymas and way ports, reports
that while on the voyage from Quay
mas to Ensenada, a passenger named
Edward Reed committed suicide by
hanging himself in his berth. Upon
her arrival at Ensenada, Captain Won
Helms reported the occurrence to the
authorities and the body was taken
ashore for burial.
An effort was made to detain Reeds
cabin mate, named Greevy, but Captain
Won Helms insisted upon his being re-
leased, and after several hours dalay
succeeded in convincing the authorities
that Greevy had nothing whatever to
do with the affair."
The record-union., 1897-07-27
ALFoNso's NARROW ESCAPE.
Spain's Youthful King Comes Near
Meeting With Death.

MADRID, July 26.-While the Queen
Regent Christiana and King Alfonso
were walking in the woods at ST. Sc
bastian to-day a heavy load of shot,
discharged by a youth who was out
bird shooting, and who had not noticed
their presence, passed close to their
heads.
A dispatch from Arensa Sanlander
province says a dynamite cartridge was
exploded there this morning in front Of
the residence of the Alcalde. Consid-
erable damage was done. The police
have made several arrests. 1t is be-
lieved the outrage was politically in
spired.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
WATER FOR Los ANGELES.
Efforts of the City Council to Sc.
cure a Plant.

Los ANGELES, July 26.-City En-
gineer Dockweiler to-day submitted to-
the City Council the result of his in
vestigations regarding the value of the
plant for the city water supply. now
owned by the Los Angeles Water Com
pany and Crystal Springs Land and
Water Company.
The engineer estimates the cost of
duplicating the plant at S1,434 900;
value of the present plant, 81 100, ,653.
The company asks for the plant So
100000.
A resolution passed by the Council
authorized the Water Committee of the
Council to offer the company 81 100, 600,
to be paid before June l, 1898
The record-union., 1897-07-27
An Alpine Climber Meets Death.

PARIS, July ga special dispatch
from GrenOble says the body of young
Sorrel, the daring Alpine climber, whose
venturesome feats have attracted at
tentiOn this summer, and who started
on the 18th to make the ascent of
Mount Taillefer, has been found at the
bottom of deep crevasse, with his
neck broken.
Sorrel was only 10 years of age. Evil
IDENTIFY he had lost his way in the fog.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
The Pope Favors Arbitration

LONDON, July 26.-The Rome cor
respondent fthe Pail Mall Gazette
says that in spite Of the intense heat
the Pope is in his usual state of health
Indeed. he is feeling much better than
he felt last winter. He is again directing
special attention TO the question of in
ternational arbitration, which he con-
siders a matter appertainIng peculiarly
to the Papacy
The record-union., 1897-07-27
To Frame a Currency Bill.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 26.-Hugh H.
Hanna, Chairman of the Executive
Committee created by the Monetary
Convention held in this city last Janu-
ary announces that he will call the
committee together either at Chicago
o. Saratoga within a week, and it will
at once take up the matter of appoint
ing a commission to frame a currency
bill for presentation to Congress at the
beginning of the regular session.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
Crop Prospects in Great Britain.

LONDON, July 26.-The Agricultural
Gazette" recently sent out a circular
asking information on the subject of
the crop prospects. The circular elected
73S replies, the substance of which
shows that the wheat crop for the
United Kingdom is much below the av-
erage: barley is up to the average; oats
and potatoes are slightly below it, and
hay in most districts is considerably
q hnvp
The record-union., 1897-07-27
EXAMINATION OF FIGEL.
Various Discrepancies Found in
the Accounts of the Accused.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-The only
witness examined this morning in the
Figel case was Charles F. Hunt, ac-
countant of the London, Paris and
American Bank of this city, who pro-
duced a list of checks and drafts pre-
sented to that institution by Hoffman
Rothschild & Co, within the past few
months.
While the prosecution directed its in
quiry chiefly to the embezzlement of
81 500 in January last, all the accounts
of the firm with the bank were gone
into, and various discrepancies discov-
cred which will be gone into in detail
later
The record-union., 1897-07-27
MAD RUSH FOR THE
new Ell DORADO.
The CIondyke Fever is on the In
crease at Juneau.
Nearly Every Able Bodied Man Preparing to
Go to the Gold Fields.

Reports From Dyea Say There Is
Already as Much Freight Piled
Up at the Head of the Inlet as
the Indians Can Pack Over the
Divide in the Next Eighteen
to Those Contemplating Going
to the Clondyke Regions.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, July 26-To-day's
statement of the condition of the Treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
S239, 9,273,S43; gold reserve, $143, 1876. .217.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
The River Steamer Grady Arrives.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 - The
stern wheel river steamer H. c. Grady.
recently purchased by a syndicate Of
Oakland merchants, arrived this morn
ing from Astoria, Or, after a rough
voyage of five days and nine hours,
and Captain Denny was overwhelmed
with congratulations upon the success
full accomplishment of so perilous a
VOYAGE
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Gets a Five-Years' Sentence.

LOS ANGELES, July 26.-Colonel
Tupper. who tried to smuggle a re-
volver into the cell occupied by kid"
Thompson, the train robber. in the
County Jail here, was sentenced to five
years Imprisonment at Folsom to-day.
The record-union., 1897-07-27

Tupper was the ring leader of the sec
ond desperate attempt to liberate
Thompson While in jail here. He in
tended both times to shoot his way to
freedom
The record-union., 1897-07-27

A Cruel CUT have seen better
days" began the mendicant. 80 have
r." said the approached, hastily But
1 don't think this rain will last long. ,"
North American.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
Bequest to a University

OSHKOSH Wis.), July 26-The will
of Robert Mcmillan, the lumber king.
bequeaths $25, 900 to Lawrence Uni
VerSity at Appleton
The record-union., 1897-07-27
Gold for Shipment Abroad.

NEW YORK, July 26.-The 100000
in gold to be shipped abroad on the
9th instant by Kidder, Peabody & Co,
of Boston was taken. to-day from the
SUBJ Treasury.
The record-union., 1897-07-27
Destructive Fire in Ontario.

WHARTON (Ont), July 26.-Ten of the
largest stores of this town We're burned
to-day The loss will be heavy.