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The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
Transferring Pictures,

Prints or Autographs may be trans ferred to glass by very simple pro- cess. The glass is cleaned with alco- hol and a polisher, then coated with fine dammar varnish, laid on very evenly. It is then put away in place where there Is no dust, where 1t Is to remain until it is so sticky that when touched with the finger, the glass, if a small plate, may be lifted by the ad- hesiOn. The picture to be transferred must be soaked in rainwater until 1t is completely saturated, then placed be- tween sheets of blotting-paper, and gently pressed. This removes all su- perfiuouS water. Now put the pictures face down, upon the sticky side of the glass. The utmost care Is necessary in placing it, as once 1t touches it cannot be moved without danger of tearing out pieces of the print. When 1t Is adjust ed, begin at one corner and press the picture closely upon the adhesive sur face, watching it continually to see that no air-bubbleS appear between the pie ture and the vanished surface. When this Is finished, put the picture away again, let 1t remain until quite dry, then lay wet towel over the back of the picture until the paper is thorough " soaked. Now begin at one corner, and with the fingers, frequently dipped in water so that they will remain wet, rub off the white paper. Continue this until :.ll the white portion is removed. This will leave only the color of the picture upon the glass. At the finish give the back a rather heavy coat of transparent varnish. Let it dry thor oughly, and add very thin second coat. When this Is perfectly dry, frame the picture with a very thin glass over the vanished side. Hang in the window as a transparency. A few attempts may be necessary before expert handling is acquired, but per severance will bring success, and with care and little ingenuity very many beautiful pictures may be prepared at the most trifllng expense.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
A Botanical Freak,

One of the curiosities of nature is known as a plant atol. There are but two or three of these known to scien- lists. This atOl Is made up of a circle of growing plants. They are found floating Op the top of ponds or lakes. They form a hoop-shaped figure and are closely matted together at the roots, which make a sort of cup or basin, to which more or less vegetable matter falls or floats There is a sufficient amount of nutriment in this to keep the plant growing. AS 1t increases, the roots become longer and larger, and in time the plant may anchor itself in the soil at the bottom of the pond. These rings, after many years of accumula- ton and growth, make what appear to be small islands. It is the opinion of certain scientists that islands may have been formed in this manner. The roots catch all floating vegetable or animal matter. Leaves collect and form mold, and after a while birds may drop plant or tree seeds on the little pod that floats on the top of the water. These take root and further assist in the growth of the lit tie island. It may take centuries for the plant to come to any size, but with nature thousand years are but as yes. terday.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
Marking Linen.

The marking of linen is quite busl- ness in these days of sumptuous trOus- seaus. In stores which make q special ty of fine napery orders are taken for the working of letters when the linen is selected. so that it can be sent home in boxes ready for use. One fiancee will choose two unpretentious initials placed side by side and worked in plain raised satin stitch. Another chooses larger letters, to be intricately interlac- ed and elaborately worked with both solid and open laced stitches. Huge or namental monograms are also conspic- uous in napery and bed linen, as we'll as on tea cloths. Three letters are a good rule in case of house linen, one for the respective initials of the Chris tian name of the bride and groom and the third for the family name.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
Stories of 1.Sinsep.

MT. Valentine Prinsep, the we'll known English artist, is a very jolly BritOn indeed, and is fond of telling amusing stories about himself and his profession. Even his name proves a source of mirth, and he likes to relate the blunders its oddity has occasioned. Once, when going to dine at a fashion able mansion, he was accosted by the butler:
 "What name, sir?''
 ''Prinsep."
 Great was the big artists amusement when he was then announced loudly and pompously as Prince Heppi
 Mir. Prinsep's fayorite anecdote is one often told, but always good. of which he claims to be the original narrator. Moreover, it is true one An old coun- try couple, so he relates, had strayed into the Manchester Art gallery, cata- logue i'll hand, and were wandering from room to room looking at the pie lures, which were numbered anew, one, two, three and so on in each division, instead of continuously throughout the whole exhibition. The two old people stopped ill awe and admiration before Maddox Browns. heroic picture. the Death of King Lear. "
 "Wha's this un, Jinny?" asked Che old man.
 "A'll see, large. All see, eff yell give me minute.
 The old lady hastily turned to the catalogue division of another room, and read off the number corresponding to that of the picture before them. Ii chanced to be that of Landseer's famous picture of a collie fallen over @ cliff, and just reached by the anxious shep- herd, who calls the result of his exami- nation of the poor beasts injuries to his comrades on the rocks above. She read off the title of the picture to her husband:
 There's Life In the Old Dog Yet" |"
 Looking compassionately on the pic tured form of the aged and forsaken king, large failed to perceive anything wrong in the name.
 "So there is, gal, so there isl'' he ex- claimed, ill burst of pity; adding, with dropped voice and shake of the head at Lear, but not much, not much r'-Youth's Companion
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
1l@a zggns ess

D. L. Godkiu. editor of the Nation contributes to the Atlantic an article on "Our Nominating System," in which he shows that the weakest place in our whole political machinery Is the way in which nominations are made. MT. Godkin suggests certain remedies for the irresponsible methods which now so often deprive party nominations of all representative value.
 The rising of the Greeks against the Turks in Crete gives special timeliness to the "reminiscences of the Greek rev olution in 1921, which r. B. SanbOrn has prepared for the Scribner's, under the title "Odysseus and Trelawny-A Sequel to Byron's Grecian Career" '" Odysseus was one of the most pictur- esque heroes of that romantic age, and during part of the revolution Trelawny and he lived in a cave on Mount Par nassus.
 It Is said that if Du Maurier had not used the title "The Martians," that would have been the name of H. C.. Wells new story. "The War of the Worlds" Is the title MT. Wells has chosen for his daring piece of imagina- tive writing. The plot is founded on the idea that Mars, growing cold through the ages, has developed the faculties of its inhabitants far in ad- vance of ours. So, when they migrate to the earth and arrive in England, there are some interesting develop ments.
 Frank Podmore, who is we'll known among students of spirit-lore by his ''Phantasms of the Living" has just concluded the writing of a work which is likely to cause some stir in the dove cotes of spiritualism. This book Is en- titled Studies in Psychical Research" !" and is, in effect, rather surprising ex- posture of many of the best-reputed me diums, together with a careful exami- nation of some of the ghost stories which have hitherto been accepted by the followers of psychical research as incontrovertible.
 It may be noted, in connection with the new edition of Charles Levers works, that ''The Confessions of Harry LorreQuer," the initial volume, has two endings. For one of them was lost in the post, and before 1t was recovered Lever had written another for the de- spairing publishers, who, exactly sixty years ago, were issuing 1t in the Dub- lin University Magazine. Both endings are printed in the new volume It may be remarked that the last complete set of original issues of Levers novels was sold in London a few years back for f16O; but more than double this price has been obtained in America.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
Tcllicr bent opcr him.

Ans-the Girondins, as they were called -worsted in Paris by the Jacobins and the mob, had lately tried to raise the provinces against the capital, and to this end had drawn together at Caen, near the border of Brittany. They had been defeated, however, and the Jacobins. in this month of August, were prepar- ing to take fearful vengeance at once on them and the Royalists. The reign of terror had begun. Even to such a boor as this, sitting over his black bread, the revolution had come home, and in common with many thousand others ho wondered what he could make of it.
 The girl did not answer, even by the look of contempt to which he had be- come accustomed and for which he hat ed her, and he repeated: Five crownsl Ah, it is money. that isl Mon Dieu!" Then, with a sudden exclamation, he sprang up. What is that?" he cried.
 He had been sitting with his back to the barn, but he turned now so as to face it. Something had startled him-a rustling i'll the straw behind him. What is that?" he said, his hand on the table, his face lowering and watch ful.
 The girl had risen also, and as the last word passed his lips sprang by him, with a low cry, and aimed fran
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woIseley's Close Call.

On one occasion Lord Wolseley's life was saved by Prince Victor of Hohen- lohe, known as Count Gleichen. It was in the Crimea, when young Wolseley, badly wounded. was passed by the sur geon as dead. Undisturbed by the sur geon's remarks, Prince Victor tried to extract jagged piece of stone which was sticking i'll the wound, and the prince succeeded iu restoring Wolseley, for, after a little brandy had been poured down his throat and more as- severations from the surgeon that he was dead, he sat up and exclaimed, "No more dead than you are, you foolr- Liverpool Mercury.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
PLAYIN' POssUM.

"Playin' possunl" comes from the fact that the possum will feign sleep or death when pushed into sudden danger of being captured. But pains and aches never pla, that kin of a game. They never try 10 fool anybody, and go to work to wake up people. leaving 10 nance tO feign Sle, D. On the other hand. there is remedy known as St. Jacobs Oil that will lulI d pain or an ache so that it won't wake up again in the cure that follows its use Pains and aches are great or less in lnten- sIty just in degree as We treat them. Prompt treatment with the best remedy St. Jacobs Oll-prevents their increase and by curing prevents their return. Every thing is galned by taking pains and aches Tn time for prompt and permanent cure and there Is nothing better than the use of St. acObs Oil
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
CHEAP IRRIGATION.

The Hercules Gas Engine Works of San Francisco, Cal, the largest builders of gas gasoline and oil engines on the Coast, are making extensive preparations for the seasons business.
 They are filling several orders for large irrigating plants and as this line of their business increases each season, 1t Is safe to say the farmers throughout the State are ap- water pumped by this cheap power.
 The Hercules Works are at present build ing an 80 H. P. engine for Geo. F. Packer, Colusa, which will raise 60O0 gallons per minute from the river and distribute it over his land. This will be the largest gasoline pumping plant in existence.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29

From statistics recently published il appears that the dowries now given by French parents on the marriage of their children are becoming more slender French parents are beginning to adopt the system of giving children away in marriage freely. without haggling over financial considerations.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
A Woman Talks
 on Wonan's s Ills.
The Sex Shuns Publicity on Their Own Weaknesses from Sense
 of False NOdesty.
Rom fhe Times. los Angeles. Cal.

of False Modesty.
 From fbe Times los Angeles. Cal.
 Women suffer from certain diseases peculiar to their sex, and usually have great delicacy in speaking of such ills. Just ..why. we cannot say. There would seem to be no more reason for silence in such matters than there is about the ordinary every day ills. De-. casionally, however,a a woman of strong sense is found, and is an exception to the rule. Such one is Mrs. Rosie s. Thompson. of S19 East First Street, Los Angeles, Cal. This is what she says:
 For five or six years I was seriously ill with female complaint. could not go about. 1 suffered intense pain. and at times was hardly able to raise myself up in bed. I was then living in San Bernardino and I consulted a physician who thought he could cure mp. For seven months I was under his care taking his prescriptions, but he did me no good at all, and grew worse instead of better. Finally tried arother physician and I was under his care for several months but he did me no more good than the first one. l tried all sorts of remedies without any benficlal effects.
 Finally saw an advertisement of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. and resolved to try them. began taking the pills. The effect was wonderful. Almost immediately l began to improve. I have taken these pills now for six or seven months and l am entirely cured. had pre- vlously tried every sort of remedy that 1 could think of, besides consulting many doctors, and nothing helped me until l took these pills. They are the best remedy i ever used, and the only one l would recommend. I am now as we'll as l ever was in my life and have had no return of my complaint.
 Il make this statement voluntarily and in the hope that it may lead others now suffering as suffered to try these pills.
 'This statement is given solely with a view to helping others and directing their attention to the greatest medical discovery of the age-Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
 (Signedl Mrs. Rosie D. Thompson, "
 319 East First Street.
 Subscribed and sworn to before rle this 11th day of August, 1896.
 J. c. Oliver, Notary Public, in and for Los Angeles County, State of California.
 Dr. Williams Pink Pills rroontain. in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis. St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner- vous headache, the after effect of la grippe. palpitatiOn of the ss..heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either ill male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents box, or six boxes for $2. 50-tthey are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Will liams' Medicine Company, Schenec- tadY N V
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
Tha StriuoS.

Smart Girl-Mr. Nicefellow, this is my little sister, Miss Ella. What do you wish, pet? Why are you regarding the gentleman so jntently?
 Little Sister, was looking for the strings, that's all.
 Strings? What stringsY
 "Why, mamma said you had two strings to your beau."-Foster.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
HiS Idea of n E0ol.

Choliie-What is you idea of fool?
 Dollie-A man who neglects to kiss a girl who has asked him to tuck her sleeves in her coat.-YonkerS States man.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29

There are now orders ahead i'll the shops of Paris and London for all the golden hair that can be purchased in the next five years
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
The Last Stage.

"Is Miss Oddly out of the matrimon- ial market yet"
 "No, but she's on the remnant coun- ter."-Detroit Free Press.
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AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.

The man who is charitable to himself will listen to the mute appeal for assistance made by his stomach, or his liver, in the shape of divers dispeptic qualms and uneasy senEa- tiOns in the regions of the gland that secretes his bile HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, my dear sir, or madam-as the case may be-is what you require Hasten to use If you are troubled with heartburn, wind in the stOm- ach, or note that your skin or the whites of your eyes are taking a sallow hue.
 "The father of waters is just like all the rest of you fathers" HOw's that ?" Spreads himself aS If he owned the earth.n
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
What His Good Intentions Co.

What His Good Intentions Cost.
 There was just one vacant seat in the Wabash avenue cable-car when a wOm- an carrying large basket and leading small boy by the hand came in and took the seat. She placed the basket carefully in her lap and let the boy stand leaning against her-an arrange ment that suited everybody except the boy.
 'T 'ant to sit there" he bawled, try ing to push his mother aside.
 Look out, Johnny! you'll break them eggs," remonstrated the woman.
 Don't care if dop' sobbed Master Johnny.
 'I'll make you carew answered his mother, sharply. Five dozen eggs, an every last one of lem fresh!'
 His answer was kick aimed at the basket. A man sitting opposite here interposed.
 "Come, my little man, and sit on my knee"
 "Ain't a-goin' to sit on your knee"
 
 again.
 T just wish I had you home. Wouldn't lay it on!' said his mother. ''Td trounce you right here if l knew what to do with this ere basket"
 ''Ill hold the basket, ma'am," said the man opposite.
 He reached over and took it. Every body hoped to see Johnny get his deserts, and a hush of expectancy fell on that car. But what that scheming woman did was to pick up the boy, cuddle him in her arms, and give him comfortable seat in her lap. And the little wretch smiled at the general discontinue, while the man opposite let the basket of eggs jounce as they would, and glared with murderous ferocity at Johnny and his mother.- Chciago Tribune.
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'I am as lonesome as Canton, Ohio, |" said man at the depot this morning, after seeing his hest girl off on train.
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Not Coufa1ious.

Teacher-Give an example of the use of the word contagious.
 Pupil-Street cars are not contagious They are hard to catch.-Boston Tran script.
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Lash's Kidney and Liver BitteIs is the best family medicine, is purely vegetable and con tains no ingre dients that are in any way in- furious.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
STATE OF OHIO, ClTY OF ToLEDo,, .


 LUCAS COUNTY.
 FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHE NEY x Co.,, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.,
 1SS6
 SEAL A. w. q .EASON, t)~ Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucuUus surfaces of the system. Send for testimo- nials, free
 F.J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, o Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Piso's Cure for C. nsumptiOn has been a family medicine with us since 1S65.-J. E. Madison, 2409 42d Ave. Chicago, Ills.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29

When your skin looks yellow, and you rise in the morning with bad taste in your mouth take Lash's Kidney and Liver BitteTs.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29

DUPTURE and PILES cured; no pay h until cured; send for book. DRs. M MANsFIELD & PORTERFIELD, S3S Market St., San Francesca.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
TEA GARDEN DRIPs.

Lashs Kidney and Liver Bittels iI remedy especially designed for the treatment of al kidney, liver, stomach and bowel troubles.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29

Try it. and you will find 1t better and Sweete syrup than you ever tasted before.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
TEA GARDEN DRIPs.
M EDICAL.

Sweetest and richest favored table syrup ever made. Try it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29
TENNESSEE HORSE TRADERS.
Their Devious Ways of Making Poor
 HOraes Sell We'll.

Horses Sell Well,
 The first Monday of every month is horse-swapping day in Tennessee There are thousands of men who gain their livelihood by their wits in this business. The tricks of the Tennessee horse traders are legion, and unless a man Is accustomed to horses it is folly for him to depend upon his own knOwl- edge in dealing with the tricksters in the horse markets of the State.
 When Tennessee horse trader wants to make true-pulling horse balk, so he can purchase him at a low price, he mixes cantharides and corrosive subli- mate, and bribes the stable boy to bathe the horses shoulder with the mix ture. One of the greatest frauds is to make a good horse appear lame. The professional trader takes single hair from the tail, puts 1t through the eye of a needle, lifts the front leg, and presses the skin between the outer and middle tendons. Then he shoves the needle through, cuts off the hair at each end and lets the foot down. The horse goes lame within twenty minutes When he desires to make horse stand by his food and not eat it, he greases the front teeth and the roof of the mouth with beef tallow, and the horse will not eat until Its mouth is washed out.
 A horse is made to appear badly foundered by the fastening of fine wire tightly around it's fetlock, between the foot and heel The wire is never left on over nine hours. or the horse would become permanently lame. Many men buy nice-looking animals, but by the time they get the horses home find these to be badly afflicted with the heaves. The trader has sim- ply to force half a pound of small shot into a horses stomach to disguise the heaves. A small quantity of melted butter poured into the ear of horse will make the owner think the horse has the glanders.
 When horse goes dead lame in one shoulder the defect is always disguised by a similar lameness in the other shoulder. This is done by taking off the shoe and inserting bean between it and the foot.
 4 lame horse is nerved to appear at its best by a small incision about half way from the knee to the joint on the outside of the leg. At the back part of the shinbone Is small white tendon which is cut off and the external wound is closed with stitch. The horse will then walk on the hardest pavement and not limp. White horses are beauti- fled with black spots often by the ap- plication of powdered lime and lltharge boiled together. When a professional trainer finds man who wants hand some horse he often produces a star in its forehead by spreading warm pitch on a piece of coarse towel of just the size of the star and applying 1t to the part shaved. The pitch is left on for three days, and then Is washed away with elixir of vitrOil until the wound is we'll. The hair that grows out is white.
 An old horse is made to appear young by filing down the teeth and removing the dark markings with hot iron. The depressions over its eyes are removed by puncturing the skin over the cavi- ties and filling them with air from the mouth, forced in through tube.-New York Sun.
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.. F. N. U. No. TT New Sp'ies No. 20
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TYpFWpjTFRS Remington $iO; Smith $50; Yost 'h -"h LnvI so; Caligraph $9O, Seud for sample work, scott S Ramon, 3;}3 Monty St. s F.
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TYPEWRITER & MimeOgcaph Supplies for all United Typewriter & Supplies Co. eos Mark't St.S.F.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-29

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.