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The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
Falling Walls at Fires

MT. Charles T. Hill contributes to St. Nicholas an article on ''The Perils of Fireman's Life," in the course of which he says:
 There are S, veral kinds Of falling walls, and the fireman of experience knows them well, and what to expect from each. There is one kind that breaks first at the bottom and comes down almost straight, somewhat like a curtain. This makes big noise, but is not very much to be dreaded. Then there is another that bulges or "buc- kles" in the middle dt first, and makes a sort of curve as 1t descends. This Is a little more serious than the first. and has caused many fatalities Then .---. is one that breaks 2: the bottom and comes straight Out, reaching clear across the street, and remaining almost sold until 1T strikes; and, as all old time fireman once remarked: That's the kind you want to dodge"
 This kind of failing wall" has caus- ed more deaths in the department than any other danger the firemen have to contend with. It has killed horses as we'll as men, ard destroyed apparatus: and it Is so rapid in its descent. and covers so much space, that to escape il the men have to be quick indeed
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
A GASOLINE HOSTING ENGINE.
It Does the Work of the Steam EDgin'
 Better and With Less Cost.

It Does the Work of the Steam Engine
 Better and With Less Cost.
 The use of gas and gasoline engines in mines and for all power purposes IS very much on the increase. New uses for them are being found every day. They are being used quite ex- tensively for pumping, for hoist1ng' and other work in mining. MT. w. F. Patrick has an article ID recent number of the New York Engineering and Mining Journal giving experience with gasoline hoisting engine at the Southern Eureka Mines in Utah. MT. Patrick says:
 "We have had tue engine in use fo1 some time, and have found 1t highly satisfactory and in the highest degree economical. We are engaged ID slnK- ing. and of course only hoisting inter mitteutly. Our engine is rated at 70 H. P. and boists load of HOO lbs. from a depth of 275 it. in 45 seconds Our consumption of gasoline has aver aged only or gal. per hour. The amount of water consumed ID coollDg the cylinders IS very small, as large galvanized iron cooling tanks are pro- vided with the engine and only enough water is required to replenish what IS lost hv evaporation. In many of our western mining districts water for steam plant would cost as much, or more thau l-- L----
 The engiEs is provided -;th elec- trio and torch iguiteTs, both of which work very satisfactorily. One man can, by means Of the self-starter, easily start the engine alone; after starting it requires no attention, ex- cept to see that the oil cups are feed ing properly.
 By means of the operating levers Tear the shaft, one man can hoist, dump the buckets run out the waste, and in such work as ours. or at small mines, have. .time to do the tool sharp ening and timber framing.
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time fireman once remarked:
Eighteen Mics in Three Days.

A drug firm of Bazhon Kan, sta ton on the Kansas City & Northwest ern railroad, demands of the Kansas State Board of Railroad Commmis- sioners that an order be made reduir- ing that railroads give its customers hetter train facilities. The station is IS miles from Leayenworth, but |; takes three days for freight to be de lvered at BazhOn and two days are consumed by passengers in making the rouEd trip. The same slow time Is made to and from Kansas City. It is averred that the road Is to run tC freeze out the merchants and to favor the Missouri Pacific. The complains closes with the declaration that the superintendent of the road Hacks tht mental ability to make section haud.-Hansas City Star
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
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 prepal ations for the season's business.
 They are filling several orders for large irrigating plants and as this line of their bu.iness increases each season, it is safe 10 say the farmers throughout the State are ap- preciating the advantages of irrigation with water pumped by this cheap power.
 The Hercules Works are at present buil,i- ng an 80 II. r. engine for Geo. F. Fucker, COlusa, which will raise 6OOO gallons per minute from the river and distribute it over his land. his will be the largest gasoline pumping plant in existence
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

showed great liking for horseback eX- ercise. In her early teens she could ride much better than any woman in town, even the men finding difficulty in keeping up with her. After much urging her parents finally allowed her to appear in the Circus VidOli at Trieste, where her daring performance soon
 l.da her such q name that today she commands d higher salary than any other professional equestrienne in Eu- rope. Her chief feat, previous to the one described above, was to Jump ner mare over four fair-sized ponies stand ing side by side.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting i'll the courts our right to the
 exclusive of the word (" "CASTORIA," |" and
 KITCHENS CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher. ofHyannis. Massachusetts, was the originator of (" PITCHERS GAS TORIA." the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS. II. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is Lte kind JOH kG9S alocJs 6OHghi, and has the signature of CHAS. II. FLETCHER oil the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is President
 Ma1ch 8, IS97. SAMUEI. PITCHER, MD.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
STEAM AS A MOTIVE POWER.
The First Vessel So Propelled Was
 Inverted by a Spaniard.


 The application of steam as a moving power is claimed by various nations. but for the first extensive employment of it the world indisputably owes the English and the Americans As early as 1543 Spanish captain named Blas- co De GaTay showed in the harbor of Barcelona steamboat of his own in ventiOn. The preacher Mathesius, in his sermon to miners ill Nuremburg in 1902, prayS for the man who raises water from fire and air." showing the early application of steam power in Germany. An Italian engineer, q. Be anca, invented in 1929 a sort of steam windmill. In England among the first notices Of steam power is one contained in small volume published in 1647, entitled The Art of Gunnery," by Nat Nye, In which he proposes to charge piece of ordnance without gunpOw- der" by putting in water instead of powder, ramming down an adr-tight plug and shen the shot, and applying a fire to the breach "till it burst out sud- denly" But the first successful effort was that of the Marquis of Worcester. In his Century of Inventions" in 1855, he describes q steam apparatus by which he raised a column of water to the height of forty feet. This, under the name of fire water work" was actually at work at VauxhaH in 1856.
 The first patent for the application of steam power to various kinds of ma chimes was taken out ill 1898 by Capt. Savery. In 1899 he exhibited before the Royal Society working model of his invention His engines were the first used to any extent in industrial operations. In all the attempts at pumping engines IitheT.3 ma'a. :-c'-7 lu2 Saverys the steam acted directly upon the water to be moved, without any Intervening part. To Dr. Pap4n, |, celebrated Frenchman, is due the idea of the piston. It was first used by him In 1890. The next step in appliance was made In 1705, in the atmosphere engine" conjointly invented by New comen, Cawley and Slavery. This ma chine held its own for nearly seventy years, and was very largely applied to mines. The next essential improve ments on the steam engine were those of Watt, which began new era Ill the history of steam power. His first i'm provement was the separate condenser, patented in 1769. The principal i'm provements that have been made since Watts time have been either tn mat ters relating to the boiler, in details of construction consequent upon our in creased facilities, improved machinery and greater knowledge of the strength of materials, in the enlarged applica- ton of his principle of expansive work ing, or in the application of the steam engine to the propulsion of carriages and vessels.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
Italian Compliments to America.

One of the Italian delegates to the international postal congress has paid America the very pretsiest compliment in his power. Last Saturday evening, as Chevalier Delmati sat at dinner, mes sage by cable announced to him the birth of daughter in his Roman home. The little girl is to be christened Vir- einia, after the state where Washington was born and where he lies buried, and if little Miss Delmati had chosen to be a boy the name of our immortal first president would have been bestowed in baptism.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

4 little thing happened down at the home Df Schilling's Best tea the other day that ost the firm a clean :200.OO. and the most intert sting feature of the matter is that they could have gol out of paying it if they gant-d to - because it was voluntary thing and no one expected them to do it.
 It seems that, in the earlier part Of the missing word contest, A. Schiilng & Co promised Sl00G0 each 10 the two persons who sentin the largest number of Schilling's Best yellow tickets before June 1 th
 It seems fair that the consumers Of the ca should get those prizes. A grocer has a better opportunity for collecting tickets; md then, too; he mases profit on the tea. But two groce;s won the prizes. and A. S"hiiH"~ C GO r..I@ tho r,,c,,s.,-
 N.E comes ,.e. ....-.-- ..s-...r..st as..r.. . the C-rsu.lsrs B. -e- 3 uuI sau yer. ..e- e.mu.1 --ey -HHu t So they r--fE -n. sent in the two largest number Cf tickets.
 That Is handsome, to say the least,
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
Fishing Time.

With taiips blooming everywhere And timid preaths of vernal air
 Meandering down tine dusty town Like children lost in Vanity Fair; When every long, unlovely row Of westward houses stands aglow,
 And leads the eyes toward sunset skies seyOzad the hills where green trees grow; When weary seems the street parade snd weary books and weary trade,
 Tn only wishing To go a-tsning, E.. ft-- ......f. .Hv V-- -l-.tl. I a,.rvss tis- tzs4-s - sia.-..- logY Ar.- ert epiHl- .-t on every NCr-'-
 Along ls. arnos aGd robins look For earlv worms 3ahlud the blow. Inc tilist Iv Dtrus nave cnnngeu Inelr dun For yellow coats to match the sun,
 And in the same array of flame The dandelion show $ begun. The flocls of young anemones Ars dancing round the budding trees.
 Rhc can help wishing to go a-fshing In days as full of joys as these: Henry Van Dyke in Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
A HERCULES HOSTING ENGINE.

A HERCULES hOlSIlNG ENGINE.
 ''The machinery is noiseless and safe. The gasoline tank is placed outside of below the level of the engine-bed, and the gasoline is, drawn up as needed by a small pump placed on one side of the engine. This arrangement pre- vents all possibility of explosion. In fact, 1 consider it safer and more economical than steam, and when the hoistiDg is done it can be shut down, and there is absolutely TO consump- tion of fuel, and no possible danger of explosion. ''
 The illustration given herewith shows type of engine very much in use in mines throughout California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Mexico, Utah, Montana, Nevada, etc. It is built by the Hercules Gas Engine Works of San Francisco, in all sizes from two to two hundred horse power. E.- engines bpilg l4 sza Aoas }, ho'sti0g -rv- h7iHg upon the same base as the engine, and geared direct The levers operating the hoist are positive jn action and are within easy control of the operator. About three thousand of these engines are in use in different parts of the country. and in every instance have demonstrated their superiority over any other power for the purpose used.
 They are also made to burn distillate oil, which reduces the fuel cost very materially, and where water and fuel are scarce, the saving in these items quite often enables the property to be worked where otherwise the expense attendent upon operating a steam en- zine would preclude it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
CN O." said Tom Moran, "adven- lures don't seem to come my
 A HAY My aYnpriPnnpS in that

CN TO-" said Tom Moran, "adven,
 lures don't seem to come my
 A way. My experiences in that line would hardly be worthy of men ton, but somehow Brother Bob has a genuine talent for tumbling into all manner of adventures. Brother Bob has had quite number of pretty close calls in the wild regions in which we have travelled, but he has plenty of grit and has always been able to pull through"
 Tom Moran is miner who was grad uated in the ComstOck school of mining years ago and who has since had much experience in Mexico, Australia, India and other gold-producing countries.
 'It is singular that you should have been able 10 travel through sO many strange countries without q few hair breadth escapes or some other evpari- ences worlay of being related {" said one of the old Comstock friends who were questioning Tom ln regard to his tray els = foreign lands. Did you never .,12 ,s,.--..s. 4 t.ger while IL I1d!2:"
 '"Tiger," said Tom, with a laugh. "WeI, yes, I've run against the tigers of nearly every country on the two sides of the globe"
 ''I am speaking now of the real, roar ing, ramping Bengal tiger-the striped beast of the jungle" said the Com stocker.
 'I saw quite a number of tigers while in India and went after the animals on regular hunts. I killed a few while was there, in order to get some good skins"
 Never got into close quarters with one?"
 "Well, not very; but Brother Bob had rather bad bout with a big hill tiger up in Nepaul"
 "Did Bob get away with the tiger?"
 "Yes, Brother Bob is true grit; the tiger was killed"
 "As you had no adventures of your own during your travels, Tom," said a OomstOcker, suppose you give us the story of Bob's tiger fight"
 "I am sorry Brother Bob is not here to tell you about his battle with Mad anne Stripes but as he is not with us
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
this evening, I will give you a Little Sl-otcsh oe thn Q ffnir. nS, I 60 III if

this evening, I will give you a Little sketch of the affair as 1 saw it.
 Brother Bob and I were up on the Nepaul frontier, headed for the lower slopes of the Hlmalayas.
 'In place of the ducks, cranes, coots and pelicans of the lagOons along the lowland course of the KooSee We now began to see quail, cartridges, pea fowl florican and other upland birds. In places hidden in patches of dense jungle and overgrown with vines and creeperS were dilapidated temples indicating that the whole country had at some time been inhabited, though in the pres ent age only few scattered villages are to be found. Outside of the villages there are here and there huts inhabited by the 'gwalla,' or cowherd caste, and these huts of the men of the cattle sta. tiOnS are often in the heart of almost impenetrable stretches of jungle.
 While in this beautiful region oul guns kept us well supplied with all kinds of game, and we first and las! killed many wolves, jackals, leopards and about a dozen tigers, great ard small. The British and wealthy na tiveS almost always use elephants in hunting tigers, sometimes having fifty or more of the huge beasts in line; but as we were not in a position to com. mand a supply of elephants, we did our work on foot, hiring a score or more of coolies, with tom toms, irecracke1s and horns to beat through small patches of jungle At first we mounted ourselves on 'mychaus, bamboo platforms, at the point where we expected the game to soDt-a- ,4. fter we Lad learned 49laa- tnfuz gf rLe nature and ways OF thz but took our chances on the ground.
 "The gwallaS of the region were al ways ready to bring us news of tiger having killed one of their cattle, anG when We got news of 'kilP We were soon out after the killer. Often the gWallas would be able to point out the patch of jungle to which the tiger had retired after making the kill and feast ing his fill.
 Tt was here in this foothill region that Brother Bob had his adventure with big hill tiger. A 'shekarry.' a native expert hunter, who keeps him. self well posted in regard to the move. ments of game and manages hunts for both British and rich natives. one day came to our camp and proposed to give Us some sport. He said that as neither the English nor the native princes were hunting at that season business WAS ] very slack with him. He offered for q very reasonable price to bring out his people and beat through a piece of jun. ] gle which he knew to be alive with all kinds of game. AS part of the bargain l Brother Bob and l were to kill as many wild hogs, deer and the like as We could knock over, the shekarry saying hit ] people ere all very hungry for meat.
 'The particular piece of jungle SC | lected by the old game expert to bt beaten through lay between the fork. of two large streams with high anC steep banks. 4 more favorably situ ated jungle for sport could not hav' been found. AS B0h and would sta
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

The craving for drink is disease, marvel us cure for which has been discovered called "Anti- Jag" which makeS the insbriafe 'Cse all ,as for strong drink without knowing why. as l. can be given secretly In tea, coff-e. soup and the ike
 If"ADti-Jag Is not kept by your dIugyisi send one dollar to the kenOva Chemcsl Co. e6 Rr- ad- way, New 1ork, and l. will he seut pO>tpail in plain wrapper, with full directions how 10 give secretly. Information matIed free.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
IIOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hal'S CItarrh Cure
 F. J. CHENEY x CU., Props, Toledo. O.
 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the asG 1p years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able tO carry out any obligation made by fIieir firm.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
SOUND REASONS FOR APPRoyaL.

There are several c0gent reasons why the tdlcal profess 'On It commend and the public
 refer H' stetter's OmGch Bitters above ih,. 'rClna catbarte>. It does not drench and veaken the towels, bat assists rather than torces nature to act; if is botanic ami saf.; it's 'etlOn IS never preceded by an internal earth axe like that pr duced " drastic pur atlve. For fOr'y five ye.rs past it has been hOusehOl me y for liver, stou aoh and iidney trouble.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
Cbe,s Approved by the Clergy.

It is a singular fact that, while all other games of chance or skill have at one time or another been denounced by the clergy of every faith, chess alone has received their appreciation, and among the best players of every land have been clergymen, priests and biSh-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

After the baby comes, the wife con tinues to listen patiently to her hus bands complaints of not feeling well out she keeps one eye on the baby while doing if
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

1 thought every rib in poor Bob's bodv was being crushed. AS feared to use my rife l threw 1t down and drew my revolver. My yells, as I rushed on the tiger, caused her to cease tearing at Bob and fix her eyes upon me. But she still retained her position across Bob,s breast while showing her teeth and snarling at me.
 Il thought it probable that she was SD badly wounded as not to be able to rise upon her legs and so decided to take her at close quarters and make sure of her With my pistol in my right hand and in my left long-bladed knife, sharp as a razor, 1 crept forwa;4. advanced crouched almost upon my knees, as the tigers position across poor Bob was such that I feared to fire with a down. ward range.
 'I had got up within ten feet of the tiger when she suddenly left Bob and leaped at me. The charge of the beast was a surprise, but by a backward move I avoided her leap and as she passed fired my pistol into her neck, at the same moment plunging the knife into her side up to the hilt She fell and did not move from where she land ed, the pistol shot having broken her neck.
 Seeing the tiger was in its death struggles l turned my attention to Brother Bob, who was still stretched unconscious upon the ground The beaters were fast approaching through the jungle with great uproar and humping of tom toms, wild hogs ln droves, both black and gray, were ! ruShir- ly. spotted deer wore cbaUginy .fSt ..ua ..' whole uaIa or.aa rs.--- I "l,m game or all kinds, some droves of wild pigs almost running over me.
 ''I was just stOoping over Bob when huge male tiger bounded out of the jungle and halted within ten feet of where l stood. I had my pistol upon him in an instant, and as his head was so held that a bullet would not glance from his skull took good aim and gave him a shot between the eyes that brought him down as dead as though he had been sheep or an OK. Seeing that the shot had killed the tiger I ran down to the river, filled my hat with water and went to work to try to re- store Bob's senses. He had been badly stunned and was breathing heavily. but I saw he had no bad wounds and soon had the satisfaction to see him open his eyes. when it was not long before his ! wits returned and he was able to sit up. The paw of the tiger had struck him on the side of the head and knocked him senseless, but had only slightly wound ed his scalp. The weight of the tiger on his chest had almost stepped his breath and he felt some internal soreness. We found that his life had been saved by a lucky chance. In a game bag he had slung to his side were some quail and a pea fowl or two, and it was these the tiger had seized upon and crunched in her blind rage, not Bob's ribs.
 Bob was much astonished and be- wildered when he saw two dead tigers stretched out alongside of him. l told him that he had gone into sort Of de
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

WINE PRESSES FOR SALE Below Cost. Different Sizes. Also Stem mers and Seeders.
 Address, O. N. OWENS,
 215 Bay St., San Francisco, Cal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
MISS LEPINA, EQUEsTRIENNE.
Italian Girl Who Charms the World
 with Dashing HOrsemanshiD.

Novel readers may remember that in one of Charles Levers rollicking stories the hero a dashing Irish dragoOn, is made to leap his horse over a small cart in Portuguese street. At cir GUS in Berlin recently Miss Pepina, a young Italian girl, performed the as tonishing feat of jumping her fayorite mare across an open victoria in which four men were seated. This young woman was born in Trieste, Austria, of wealthy parents, and from childhood
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nos.;0 iu Chicago.

"Isn't 1t unfortunate about MrS' Hummer"
 "Why, what happened to her" "Oh. she's applied for divorce. Tier husband turned out dreadfully.' "You don't tell me! What did he do: "Why, he was elected an alderman. .AIercy on us! And he used to be srch A nice man, too.'-Cleveland oadQr
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21
TO MOTHERS OF LARGE FAMILIES

Tn this workaday world few women are so placed that physical exertion is not constantly demanded of them in their daily life.
 Mrs. Pinkham makes special appeal 10 mothers of large families whose work is never done. and many of whom suffer
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

-- -l.- 9 tAt.L-4 4- ,t.A~ 4- t~tNCil iHlCEithilEs acting directly upon the blood amt mucous surfa es of thesystem. Price 15c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
 Halls family Pills are ihe bsst.
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We have noticed that married women who are kept occupied don't excite as much sympathy as the idle ones. for the reason that tbey don't have tim. to pine, and do jus s4ce to t.
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We don't know or course if we will get a crown when we die, but we do know that 1t will be most awfully un- Incoming
The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-21

Jack - Where's Bill now? Jill Out West What doing?' Rai ing palms" Do ng that? Raising palms-making the tenderfeet hrow up their hands"