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The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

The announcement that the railroads throughout the country will continue during next year to grant half rates to clergymen has been received with un- feigned satisfaction by a majority of the members of the cloth. But not by all. A prominent and respected preach CT, commenting upon the matter, said to the Philadelphia Record: 'T had hOpe4 that the railroads were finally about to wipe out the semi-deadhead privilege extended to the clergy. It is a relic of the times when preaching meant poverty, and under the changed conditions it is not only unfair to the railways and the general travelling pub- lie, but 1t is destructive of the self-re- spect of its benefciaries. The railroads have been chafing under the clerical half-fare system for a long time, and for several years some of them have been trying to do away with it. Times have changed since the church WAS poor and preachers underpaid. and the railroad people are quite sensible of the fact 1"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

butcher would like to buy a beef or number of them from the farmers in his neighbOrhood. but he is restrained by fear. He cannot get enough to sup ply himself through the year. Indeed, the farmer generally only cares to mar ket his fa ttened stock in cold weather. So the Western shipper extorts from his customers an iFOnclad agreement to buy meat only as sent by him. Yet we think if farmers would buy or raise young stock and fatten it, they could make a market selling beef or mutton by the quarter, or dividing 1t still farrher for the accommodation of their customers. No law to restrain this right can be valid, as has been repeated iy decided by very high authorities American Cultiyator
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

In England, according to official re-
 ports, tobacco is adulterated with su-
 gar, alum, lime, four or meal, Fhubarb leaves, saltpetre, rulers earth, starch, malt-cOomings, chromate of lead, peat moss, molasses, burdock leaves, con- mon salt, endive leaves, lampblack, gum, red dye, scraps of newspapers, cinnamon stick, cabbage leaves and straw brown paper. The record of its Sophistication here is not officially cer- tified, but there is no reason to sur mise that our tObacconists allow those of perfdious Albion to exceed them in business ability. While we are medi- tating statutes to enforce the brewage of honest beer, it might not be amiss at the same time to bestow a passing glance on the tobacco question, as these and much doctored agents to large extent go together.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Fall Flowing Sod Grouns.

Wherever there Is heavy growth of
 coarse grass left on the land in fall 1t is
 much better to blow it in the fall If 1t Is
 intended to use 1t for cultivated crops next year. Most of this coarse grass, that has small nutrition, has very vigor- ouS roots and needs to be turned under as long as possible before the crop Is planted. The mulch of coarse grass on the surface will prevent the sod from freezing as deeply as it ought. In fact, when the ground is mostly covered with snow in winter the heavy mulched sod may scarcely be frozen at all But when turned over in the fall and the furrow is left rough as possible, 1t Is sure to be frozen again and again, leav- ing the surface soil in very fine tilth. If the sod be June grass or quack many of the roots will be killed by freezing dry in the upturned furrOw on or near the surface. Though there Is some waste of fertility by washing and blow ing of fall-plowed land, 1t is none the less good practice where hood crops that need an early mellow seed bed are to be sown or planted the following spring.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Two Potato Crops in One Season.

TWO FOtatO NrOpS m OuC season
 Last fall bought few bushels of an early red potato out of the cellar-Chi- cagO Market, Rochester Rose, or some thing else-and laid them in a place on the roof of a low shed to start their sprouts, thinking to forward the crop in this way. After a while planted most of them, but few still lay on the roof until July IA, when part of the garden patch having been dug for new potatoes, l planted forty hills to see what they would do right in the old hills. By this time they were sun- burned, black as coal almost, and their stubby sprouts, covered with tiny green leaves, were two inches long. The weather was dry and hot, the earth dry as ashes, and nothing was seen of them till light shower brought them up July 21. From this their growth was rapid, and there was a larger growth of vines than the first crop had. A frost cut them down Sept. p, but they were nearly ripe. The first crop did not ripen, but they would have grown little, if any, more. MT. Waldo F. Brown, who has green corn by the time mine is fairly up-not more than a foot high at the most-could raise two crops in this way with all ease, and so could any one who has a degree or two less latitude (42 degrees 30 min utes). The potatoes you lay out on the boards must be recut; then they will keep until it is time for the second planting. Two crops of potatoes Is bet ter than the crop of fall weeds we see so often where garden potatoes have been dug.-New York Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
The Artist Ziem's Queer Home

Amusing stories are told of Elem, who lived in house at the top of the rue Lepic on Montmartre. His house was his castle in the literal sense of the word. It was difficult to obtain ad- mission, for the painter had an upper window out of which he always look. ed when the bell rang, and interrogated his would-be visitors. He had basket which he let down by a cord to receive packages or messages, and he slept in a wonderful swinging-bed. His house was a veritable museum, illuminated Persian manuscripts being part of his collection. Some of these were worth thousands of francs, but it was impos Sible to persuade him to sell any of them. In place of a newel-post on his stairways stood the prov of a gilded gOndola, and, closely immured in his studio, he painted pictures of Venice. and bade defiance to all who came to disturb his peace.-Century
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
RHfaG FOr NTiIkiuO

TOf5 Farm and Home gives the fol lowng rules for milking:
 Frst-Work rapidly; slowness causes loss of cream.
 Second-AIilk thoroughly to the last drop, because the last milk is the best.
 Third-Afiik al the same time every day
 Fourth-1IiIk cross wise, that is to say, one fore teat on the right and a hind teat on tae left, and vice versa; the milk thus flows more copiously than by parallel milking.
 FfJh-MiIk with four fingers and not with index and numb, a fault too con- mon with mikes.
 Sixth-DO not employ any kind of milking machines
 Seyenth-TO milk young, restive COWS. raise one of the fore feet
 Eghth-Always keep the hands clean and also the cows udder, and all dairy utersils.
 Ninth-During milking avoid dis tracing or disturbing the COW.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Ascension Island, in the South Allan tic, is having troublous times. Its gov ernment is that of q British man-of- war, but officers wives are allowed to live on it. There are ten of them; they have quarreled about precedence, and now refuse to speak to each other. The captain of the last war vessel that stop ped there with supplies, including dresses, tried to make them adopt the rule of seniority of age, but it didn't work
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Referring to the Marie Barberi mur

Referring to the Marie Barberi mur- der trial in New York the Mail and Express says: Think of a hypothetic- al question containing 12,O00 words seven columns or more of the Mail and Express-filled with scientific terms, speculative propositions, technical distinctions, and abstruse theories of physiology and disease! Think of this question being read to witness in a murder trial with the idea that his an- swer to it will enlighten the jury as to the guilt or innocence of the defend ant-and then you have vague, hay notion of what was done in a case be- fore one of our local courts. Nothing
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Farmers Should Grow Best Seed.

Farmers Should Grow Best Seed.
 No garden or field seed is more easily grown than the beet. Select smooth specimens of moderate size out of the heap and plant them in early spring. All the work they need is to run the cul- tivator between the rows, which should be wide enough for that purpose. If this is done two or three times, the spreading branches will cover the spaces between the rows and will keep down most of the weeds. The seed is gathered by cutting off these branches and spreading on cloths or hung up in sheds either having tight floor or hay ing cloths spread under the hanging branches to catch the seed as it falls. When beet seed Is ripe it shells very easily. The seed is easily grown and therefore cheap, but every farmer can easily raise what he wants for bis own uSp
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

A process of hardening steel by means of an electric current traversing the red hot metal has been invented in France. Experiments made with tools thus hardened are said to have given surpris- ing results. A sharpened table-knife cut a one-eighth-inch iron wire as if it had been string. Iron bars were easily cut with a circular saw. Drills pierced caSt-Steel plates with twice the speed and ease of ordinary drills; and in all the experiments the tools showed no injury.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

The work of the mailing division of the Baltimore postotfice during Novem- Der came very near being absolutely perfect, the percentage being 9999S. This record is the highest ever attained by the postoffice there, and it is said to be better than that of any other office in the country. Postmaster Warfeld says: "We could have no better evidence of the success of the merit system now in use in this office than this record"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
'SzHuv
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Baudelaire initiated poem by Long ! fellow in the Calumet de PaiX," and avowed 1t; Gabriel d'Annuncio trans lated the Calumet de Paix" in ''Sangue delle Vergins' literally and a7owed nothing.
 Seven volumes are to be added to the Edinburgh Edition of Stevenson'S s works to make it complete. This will bring the edition up to twenty volumes, four more than are in the Thistle Edi- lion. though not necessarily containing more matter.
 Alfred Austin, who, in the intreduc- ton to his 'Englands Darling" states that "the greatest of Englishmen has never been celebrated by an English poet" has had his attention drawn by a cruel critic to a poem called Alfred" !" written by a former poet laureate, Pye.
 4 London firm announces "RecOllec-: tions of Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac" by a writer who says, "I was a private soldier in the war to suppress the rebellion. write of the life of private soldier. 1 gloss over nothing"
 There is bill before Congress amend ing the postal laws so that "all manu- scripts intended for publication, mail ed to or by publishers or editors,' shall be carried at third-class rates, or cent for each two ounces. The plan is regarded with a certain degree of ter TOT by editors, whom it would engulf under Niagara of manuscripts.
 The Marquis of Lorne has published, in the Isle of Wight County Press, a poetic effusion on the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg. Here is a sam pie stanza:
 So proud of him, we say farewell With all on Maine and Rhine,
 In love remembering he fell
 Within our army's line.
 'Tt was hard to out-bathos the laure- ate's poem on the loss sustained by the death of the prince" Mir. Laubouchere writes, "but the Marquis of Lorne has succeeded in this most difficult task"
 B. T. Cook, who succeeds Sir John Robinson as editor of the Daily News, was Mir. Stead's lieutenant on the old Pail Mall Gazette, and became editor on MT. Stead's withdrawal. When the Pail Mall was sold to MT. Astor, MT. Cook seeded, and helped Sir George Newnes to found the Westminster Ga zette, which he has edited from the out set. Alfred Spender is to succeed MT. Cook as editor of the Westminster Ga zette. MT. Spender has been assistant editor of the Westminster Gazette from its start.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Tn the course of lecture on English style in Baltimore the other day Joseph Jacobs, the English critic, said: "The short sentence now reigns supreme. The complex and involved sentence has been abandoned by the representatives of good Style for sentence so short and simple as to be understood by child of '. The use of conjunctionS other than and is being abandoned, and this makes style less polished and more con- versational-harder to write but easier tO road !"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

It is painful to record it, but there IS no getting away from the fact. Nearly five hundred clergymen in this coun- try have been placed on a blacklist by the half-rate privileges the companies have been granting them. It is a satis- faction to know that they will not have another opportunity to fleece the rail- roads and bring disgrace on their sacred calling
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

The pneumatic tube system for car rying small parcels and mail packages is to be laid down in Boston. The sys- tenn has been in use in European cities for the last fifty years, but the majority of the tubes are only three inches in diameter. The Boston system will have eight-inch tubes.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
A Home supply of Vinegar.

During the past twenty years the writer has made no cider, yet our cider vinegar kegs are always holding out like the widows cruse of oil. How is 1t done? We buy some sweet cider iron a neighbof and add it gradually to the twenty gallon kegs that have had pure vinegar in them so long that they have had several sets of iron hoops As they have stood on the eel lar bottom, full or partly full of strong vinegar for twenty years, we conclude that vinegar preserves wood, as the stay as- are still SGuGd. It is always pos sible 10 get pure sweer cider in the fall hence the vinegar keg or barrel once started Is good for aught we know, for a hundred years Exchange.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
sngsr from R.ets.

At the Norfolk (Neb) sugar factory, $50 tons of beets daily are now being mad into granulated sugar. That sin gle factory expects to turn out 10000 900 pounds Of sugar this season, paying to farmers in and around that locality about s30O,O00 for beets, to say nOth- ing or the immense amount paid for labor, limestone, fuel, coke, lubricating oils, etc. The crop is excellent and farmers enthusiastic, as some of them are receiving $50 to $125 per acre for the crop while the tOwnspeople are prosperous and happy with money cir culating freely Land here Is renting from SS to $10 per acre for beet culture. Much the same state Of affairs exist at Grand Island, Neb. Large numbers of farmers all over Nebraska and neigh boring States are visiting these sugar factories, and intense interest is being aroused in the effort to vastly develop the industry in rhis country.-Agricul- turift
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Every man has his hobby. He may not always know it himself, but some where in his mental makeup, there is a corner which hides a secret which he thinks is exclusively his own, which would make the world wiser and better if he could reveal 1t in all its force. But he is mostly so situated that this must forever remain his secret, and it is often well for the world that it is SO.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Too InnniSifive

The young woman with the auburn hair who had come after the marriage license looked at the probate clerk in indignant surprise
 Want to know my age?' she sar- castically repeated. My age? Why, say, young feller, you must think you're a Ii Hung Changarang, don't youY
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

President Cleveland has a daughter Ruth, Mark Hanna has a daughter Ruth and William Jennings Bryan, Mir. Hanna's chief opponent in the election, has daughter Ruth. The paragraph CTS ought to be able to glean something from this.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Turin is going to hold an Italian exhi- bitIon in 1S9S It will include the work of Italians abroad and of the Catholic missions. There will also be an interna- tional exhibition of electric appliances and of machinery. Among the special features will be athletic games and review of comic art.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Georgia, it should be nOted," says the Charleston (S. O. News and COu- rier, 'has, besides its fiourlshing State college, a normal college, college for women on the same basis as the Win throp College in South Carolina, great school of technology at Atlanta, and four agricultural colleges-one for each section of the State"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

An exchange, in speaking of the plain ness of MT. Cleveland's new home at Princeton, says: "A house with a charming mistress and three fine little girls doesn't need any gingerbread !" As if little girls didn't like gingerbread as we'll as little boysI
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Does and Eemtnine Afrection.

DOE ana eEELl0luE AucCC1On.
 Edward ". Box writes of Dogs and
 Femin ne Affection in the Ladies' Home Journal and points out the dangers Of caressLng a dog. however we'll cared for it may be The most emineDt physicians" he asserts, ''have conclusively shown that the practice of allowing the tody Of a dog to came into close contact with the human body is fraughJ with the greatest physical evils. The cleanest dog in the world is not without this objection. It cannot be. A dogs nose should never be al- lowed to touch any part of the human skin. The most casual observance of a dogs habits will show the reasons for this. In fact, from whatever stapd- point one chooses to look at the mat ter-from that of cleanliness, health or bodily d8nger-the practice of betting dogs with close embraces of any sort is q pOsitive wrong. Women cannot ie too careful about this, either as the practice affects them or. if they are mother their children We can be fond O. our dOgs-many of them de serve human aaectlon-but we should bestow this fOndness with a little care full regard for common sense. One point, Of all others, cannot be too care fully regarded; the face should never be brought into close contact with q dog. 4 sense of cleanliness alone should forbid this, even if positive danger did not turk in ne practice"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
x,, ra++enino of Stock.

The competition of Western dressed beef and of Western mutton, poultry and other meats shipped in refrigerator ears has made it very hard for Eastern farmers to keep up the old practice of buying or raising for fattening some kind of stock every winter. The city
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Probsr Colts to Raise.

The farmer who attempts to breed spec alone stands no more chance to make q financial strike than a boy in a pin lottery without any ticket. But at the same time, he should not lose sight of the fact that he who buys for road purposes calls for not only a good-sized horse, but one even-gaited, and quite speedy. I believe there is more money in raising the right kind of colts, and preparing them for the market than any other kind of stock on ne farm. The first thing to be considered by the farm CT is what strain and what cross will come nearest to filling the bill of public demand. Like produces like" is an old adage, and quite true.-NationaI Stockman.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Farm Comforts.

If the farmer VIII take philosophi- cal view of the situation. he will find himselfina much better condition to SC, cure for himself and his family the ne cessities and comforts of life than any other industrial classes to say nothing about the degree Of happiness within his rea eaCh.-L.ewisto1 Jour nal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Being confidentially informed that the Atchison Globe paragraphs are written by woman, We withdraw all the mean things we have heretofore thought about the author of them.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Not COwards.

Anyway" said the man who likes to make kind speeches, "our ball play CTS are no towards
 "No?" said the other man.
 ''No, sir. It is almost impossible to get them to run. n."-Indianapolis Jour. nal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

''Three short years ago held an ele- gant position in an apothecary shop. To-day I am policeman. Verify, yea, verify, have I been driven from piller to poSt."-New York Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Harem DisnerSed

Nasr-ed-din's harem has been dis 3ersed. The late Shah's widows have been forbidden to marry civil or mili- tary officers, but they may marry mer- chants or mOllohs if they choose.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06
Gerrnirntinr Nuts.

The success of germiuating nuts in the spring depends upon the condition of ripeness and the method of keeping them during the winter Nuts should not be allowed to become too dry before burying in sanL When gathered too early the kernels shriyel up and have but HtJie germiuating power, hence they should not be gathered until the kernel Is full and plump. If there is any danger Of mice getting into the boxes where they are buried during the winter. wire netting should be nailed over them.-Exchange
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

The editor of the Springfield CMass.) Republican exclaims in burst of conf dence, We are a very wicked lot," but fails to gratify public curiosity by re- lating just what he has been up to.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Medical men are agreed that blushing Is a disease, but they also agree in say ing that it is not so epidemic in certain quarters as it ought to be.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

The battle ship Texas has cost $4,- 125,0OO and a great deal of swearing. She comes pretty high, but shows dis position to go lower.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

but the fact that the affair involved 4 question of life or death saved this ex, ample of spectacular pettifogging from being funny"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Five-sixths of the men at Oxford and Cambridge universities are teetotalers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-16
WHEN GROVER SHOOTS DUCKS.
SpeculatOr Who Takes the Presi.
dents Hunting Trips as Tips.

It's odd what queer reasons men dealing
in stocks Will give for their buying and
selling" remarked a prominent and we'll
known member of change to New Orleans
Tlmes-Demoerat reporter. ITO give you an
illustrations A friend of mine who operates
very heavily at times in stocks some time
ago sustained loss of a very considerable
1t was during the Venezuelan imbroglio. or
at least during the period when the question
was being discussed by evry man who read
the daily papers, and the air was full of dire
rumOrs.
Just when it seemed about time for some
thing to drop President Cleveland went duck
hunting, and was reported as being very
hard at work making big bags of game
Suddenly his hunt came to an end and the
day following his arrival at the national cap
ital there followed his message in rela-
ton to the Venezuelan question Well. the
consequence of this message was the coun-
try began to talk war, stocks went down
like flash. and in less than twentv-fOur
hours my friend had lost $4,000 by the de-
probation.
1T was a good while after this happened
that / met my operator going down town in
one of the cars. He said to me: Il see
Cleveland has gone duck hunting Just watch
me- l did watch him. Before dark he had
little later came Cleveland's Cuban message.
spouting mild hammered threats. Again
stock went down. but my friend by his put
ting or two and two together, managed to
clear $4,000, and the men who bought his
stocks bit the dust.
Now, whenever Cleveland is reported to
have gone duck hunting, my friend just fixes
up his line of defense, and if he owns stocks
he quietly gets rid of them"