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The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26

John kdey, sheep man of the Esqui- dilla mountains, was in town this week
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26

Y P: FISHER, NEWSPAPER ADvER- IIS tasing Agent, 2l Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco, is our authorized &GeRt. This paper is kept on file in his Off1ce.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26
NOTICE TO IREOIT0RS.

In the Probate Coart Of the County of Apache, Territory of Arizona In the matt af The Estate ct WE Coleman,
 deceased Notice is hereby given by ne undersigned ex- ecutrix oftne estate " E Coleman deceased to the cred tors oi and ali persons having claims against tho said deceased. 10 exhibit them,with the necessa-v vor sers within four months af- ter the frs publication of lis notice, to the said executriz. at her residence. in St. Johns, County of Apache, Territory If Arizona.
 A#ELIA COLEMAN, Executrix of the Estate of ". E. Coleman, de- ceased.
 Dated at St 1ohns. Apache county. Arizona, March l, Is
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Protate Cou7.. of sue County of Apache, Territory of Arizona. In the Matte of tle Estate of Alejandro Peralta
 l.ceased.
 Notice is hereby give by the undersigned. executrix Of th ate of Alejandro Peralta deceased, to the realtors of, and all per sons having claims against. aid deceased, to ex- hibit them. with the necessary vouchers. within ten months after Inc first publication of this notice, to the sad eXccutrix. at her residence in St Johns County Of sp8che Territ " of Arizona. DOLORES PERALTA, Executrix of the Estate 0t Alejandro Peralta. deceased
 Dated at St Iofas Apache count:', Arizona, February 9 se5.
 AlFRF7 P.-z Attorney for Exaontrix
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26
First publication March 26 1sss.
No.feo c.r PusIication.

[Houestead Entry No. 635
 LAND OFFICE AT PREsCoTT, ARIZONA,
 February 24, 1S9S Notice is hereby given hat the folowinc- named sett CT a#s .cl uOti'e of his intention 10 make fnal urccii ssppurCof his claim, and that said pIO0i uII be made before the Clerk of the District glrt s St JOAus, Apache county, Arizona, on Aprrl la. ISs5. viZ Henry Butler, for the easi aEif ot southeast quarter, Section 34, and west half of southwest quarter of Sec. ton 35 Tow vHship North. Range 29 East. He name the following illnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land vi:
 St. Gcorge Crs0ghe, Of St. Johns, Arizona W. Winsor, Cf Spru-erviue Arizona. James F. Thompson, uf SPriuservi le Arizona; Amasa s. Russell, of St Jonus, Arizona.
 FREDEBICk TEITLE, JR., Register. First put jcation March c. lSJ8.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26
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DOnI IODActV opII AL1 S1Jhe 1Our Ille AWAy' To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag l netic full of life, nerTe and igor, take No-To-
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The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26

From 8 circular received from Sec tion Director Blythe, we learn that the publication of the weekly crop bulletin for Arizona will be resumed on the 18th of April. Director Blythe has secured aslsrge list ofcorrespondents, who have been furnished with the necessary pos. ssh cards. etc., for making the reports. The weekly report is very useful bull ietin, and is of growing value to the farming and stock interests of the ter Yitorv
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26
N GBg ICE
 or TAX SALE.
TERRrToKy OF ARIZONA,

IEKhIIohf OF ARBIE0NA)
 COUNT OF ArAcaz.
 Notice is hereby given that unless the taxes costs and percentage descrl ped in the delin- quent tax lisJ, which may be seen in my office, are paid, the real property upon which taxes are lien' will be sold at public auction, in front of the Court House. a- st. Johns. Apache county, Arizona. ou SATURDAY, APRIL g. 1898, between the hours Of 20 o.clock a. m. and 3 o'clock p. n-.. and =aeh sale is not completed on said second dag of AprI Iso8, said sale vii be adiourned from day so day lntil completed. Said sale vii he completed however, on or be- fore saturday, tue twenty-thi-d day of April 1898
 Dated this 5th day Of March, A. D. 1898
 |. SCHUSTER, Treasurer, and ex-O6icio Tax Collector. County Of Arachs Ts-r-.orv ot Aris0na.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
POST OFFICE.

C. P. ANDERSON. P. M. Ohice hours; Open from s A. N. until 7P. N. On Sundays from 12 to PM. Mail closes going east and Nsst at 230 P. N. Going south. at 1O:30 P. M.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26

Benigno Lopez, Esq, was over from Gonoho this week.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26
NotIce cor Esublication

(HCmestead Entry No. 1,070.)
 LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT. ARIZONA
 March IS, 1898. Notice is hereby given that the following named settle has filed notice of his intention to make final pr00fin support of his,claim, and that said proOf wlll be made before the Judge of Probate urt at St Johns, Arizona, on May To- 1898, viz: Elijah E. Dewitt for the northeast quarter ofn0rtGWeSt quarter. northwest quarter of northeast quarter, southwest quarter or north east quarter and northwest quarter of south east quarter Sec. Twp V range 28 F.. He names the following witnesses to prove his continu0us residence upon, and cultiVa- tion of said land. VIZ.
 D. Hdmbln OrSon Biyelow s. Howell and James C.GrCer all .i ~TTjn-erville Arizona
 FREDLHICB A. TRITLE, JR.
 Register. First nuhl cHti-r --arnh nE ISaS
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The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26
RepIY Frnta NTcKinleY.
JOHN hDD-sa$ PORTER,
 Secretary D he President

Wm. Stove DsvoI, fornerly professor r ofthe Experimental station at the Uni- yersity, and who was renoved by the Board of Regents soue time ago, has filed a suit against tbs board asking damages sufficient l. cover three months salary, lis claiR being that he should hsve been given three months' notice.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26

It Is said by the Southern Arizona papers that the war scare resulted in the company of National Guards at Yuma being disbanded. The excite ment produced an effect on Company h, here, exactly opposite. Several en- hstments and re-enlistments have re- gently been made. besides numerous Implications from other points in this county for enlistment. The interest in the company is on the increase drills are being held twice a week, one of which is Sunday afternoon, and the members are regular in attendance, and all will be ready when called upon 10 move.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-26

We have received number l, volume 1, of The Arizonian, published at Ssf ford, Arizona. It is 8 neatIy-printed. well-edIted paper, and is decided inn provement on the Trailer, the sheet 1t displaces. Whoever may be the presid- ing genius of the Arizonian, he is evil tlentny 8 newspaper man and knows something about English orthography, the laws of syntax, topography, etc. The people of Graham county are to be congratulated upon the change.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
The Warfare ON Rutty Roads.

The Warfare ON Rutty Roads.
Wagon tires should roll the road
not rut it.
No bicycle is fast enough to keep
up to date without being remodeled
every year.
The Legislature of New York duly
appropriated the $50, 900 which will
enable work to begin under the Good
Roads law.
= In Orange County, N. Y, the Board
of Supervisors have designated l4l
miles of roads within its boundaries
for improvement"
The road is as much an instru-
ment in the business Of farming as
any other used in taking from the soil
what is laid down in the market.
No comm unity, no matter how rich
and prosperous, can afford. to build
expensive roads, and then allow them
to be cut to pieces by narrow tires.
A Philadelphia councilman tells ua
that the cobble-stone pavement said
to have been recently laid in that city
| las only repairs, and not new paving.
AMaine lady, in telling the L. A. W.
Bulletin about the wretched condi'
ton of certain roads about Bar Har.
Dor, says they are "auted in q man
ner which leads to the belief that the
man in charge must be a sewing-ma
chine agent"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24

Two hundred portable protective
shields for use in the invading army
of the United States in Cuba for raid
ing rifle pits, have been manufactured
in this city. The portable breast
works." as the affairs are dubbed by
the workmen engaged on them, con-
sist of two large wooden wheels at
either end OF a wooden axle about
seven feet long. To this axle is at
tached twenty-foot ladder, the lad
der being fastened about eighteen
inches from one of its ends. The
ladder is used as lever for the
shield, which is fastened to the short,
protruding end, while the longer por-
ton of the climbing apparatus is used
as the means Of pushing the affair
along.
With the steel plate in front o.
them, proof against all infantry bull
lets, it is believed that q small de-
tachment of soldiers will be enabled
to take rife pit filed with men. I
is to avoid the raking fire OF thu
sharp shooters that the shield is de
signed and is to be used. Once az
iacent to the pit or works the laalde
| is let go. The shield swings down i
a vertical position, between the wheel
/ and beneath the axle, while the LAD
i der is brought to perpendicular pc
sition. It may now be used for seal
ing purposes. Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
The Island City.

Venice is one of the most singular
and famous cities in Europe, and is
built upon cluster of islands in the
lagoon. This lagoon is banked of
from the Adriatic by long, narrow
sandbank which is divided into q
number of islands, six in number.
Inside of this sand bank and be-
tween it and the mainland, is the
lagoon, a sheet of shallow water. In
parts of this marshy, sea-covered
plain, islets have become consolidated
into ground, firm enough to be Guilt
waited. And in the midst of crowded
cluster of such islands, amounting to
between seventy and eighty in num-
Der, the city of Venice is built. The
chief of these islands is called Isolda
de Rialto, or Island Of the Deep
Stream. The islands, in many places
mere shoals, afford no adequate foun-
dation for buildings, and the city, for
the most part, is built upon an arti-
fetal foundation of piles and stones.
The. Grand Canal divides Venice into
two equal parts and is the main
thcroughfare for traffic and pleasure.
The city is subdivided by some one
hundred and forty-six small canals OF
water streets, and the gondola is used
for the carriage. Access can also be
had to various parts OF the city by
land. there being over three hundred
bridges across canals; the Rialto, the
most famous bridge. spans the Grand
canal. There are also narrow lanes II
among the houses. This beautiful
and wonderful city is replete with In
terest for the student and tourist.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
why We See Stars.

If O man falls so as to strike his
head violently on the ice or on the
pavement, or if he gets a blow over
his eve, he is said to ''see stars.
The cause of this curious phenomenon
is found in popularity of the optic
nerve.
The function of that nerve is to
convey the impression of light. 1t
recognizes nothing in the world but
light. It is susceptible to no other
impression, or, if acted upon by any
other agent, it communicates to the
brain the intelligence of the presence
of that agent by sending along its
fiber flashes of light only: Irritate
this nerve with a probe or other
instrument and it conveys no sensa-
ton of pain, but simply that OF lumin-
GUS sparks. The pain of the blow on
the eye or the fall on the head is
realized through the nerves OF general
sensation; but, insusceptible to pain
or other feeling, the optic nerve sends
to the brain its report of the shock
by flashes, sparks and "stars.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24

From all the camps come stories OF
roads cut to pieces by the constant
passage of heavy wagons loaded with
army supplies. For q while the re-
suits of this were bottomless mud and
serious hardships in consequence OF
delay in the arrival Of provisions AMI
equipments. Now the tales are OF
dust that fills the air and makes
miserable the lives Of the soldiers.
These are troubles for which, OF
course, a good deal Of the RESPONSE
bility falls on local authorities, to
whom, as to most of Americas rural
population, the art Of making good
roads is unknown, but even unassist-
ed dirt will stand heavy traffic moder-
ately we'll if the wagons used are pro-
vided with wide tires. The Govern
ment has now an excellent opportuni-
ty to illustrate the usefulness OF this
device. So far as known it has made
no effort to do so, and therefore the
soldiers must suffer and civilians mus,
90 uninstructed.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
Park is supposed to be the easiest LIT.

Park is supposed to be the easiest III,
Ele spin in London. The Grand
Trunk Road is infinitely superior to
Battersea Park. The material with
which it is made is called bunker; and
if YOU care to turn that word into con-
crete you have an idea of what It IS
like. 1t is exceedingly hard, and as
smooth as q prepared pavement.
There is no dust. When I first got
on this road and enjoyed the luxury
of easy travelling, I said, "This is
magnificent; but in little time l sup
pose it will become gritty and un-
even." I went fifty miles. one hum
bred miles, two hundred miles, five,
six, seven hundred miles, and it was
always the same, with not even a
small stone to give jog. Nearly the
whole of the way is lined with q double
row of majestic trees. The concrete
road runs like q long white ribbon
down the centre, and along each side
are loose-soil tracks, over which the
native bullock carts creak slow two
miles an hour.
With two friends I rode across In
dia during the hottest time OF th'
year. in April and May, and was nevel
seriously Inconvenience by the heat
for, at pace of fifteen miles an hour
one could always create draught.
Chambers's Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
What Mexico Grows.

Last year the output Of rubber from
Mexico was one million pounds.
Hundreds of thousands of rubber
trees are planted, and in few years
most of our supply of rubber will come
from that country.
Notwithstanding that Mexico IS
tropical, corn is king there, as well
as in our Western States. The value
of the Mexican corn crop for 1896 was
over $4,000, 900. This is ten times
the value of the coffee raised IN
Mexico.
The wheat in Mexico amounts IN
value to nearly $50, 900, 900 a year;
the rice crop is worth Sc, 600, 0OO;
$40. 900, 900 worth of beans are grown
each year, for beans form staple
article of diet among the peasants.
Potatoes are grown in Mexico to the
sum of 81, 900, 900, but the Chill crop
exceeds it three times. Sugar is
grown to the value of $12, 900, 0OOi
pulaue, $4,000 900; cotton, So, 0O0,.
600, and nearly the same amount OF
coffee. Five million dollars is what
the tobacco crop for last year yielded
Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24

a folding tripod, which has its place in
the kit. His fed glasses are slung
by strap, too. but the telescope used
in long distance signaling goes in the
wagon.
Tbs camera, dark room and chemi-
calls can be packed into q bundle no
larger than an ordinary haversack, and
as the signal mans extra clothes and
blankets are strapped to his saddle,
nothing need be left behind when he
goes scouting. Though the pursuits
of the signal man are in themselves
peaceful, he is armored with revol
yer and sabre.
A man once enlisted in the "blacks'
ceases for all time to be private. He
is sergeant then, and if excellence in
his work warrants it he Is made ser
geant of the first class. He is eligible
to the honor of shoulder straps should
he still be under thirty years OF age.
New York Sun. -
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
Functions of the Highways.

The antiquity of good roads, as well
As their functions and usefulness, was
set forth by G.. E. Johnson, of the
louisville Courier Journal, in the
paper read before the Kentucky Com
mercial Convention. He said, In
part:
"Since the day when Appius Clau-
dious C@cus built the Appian Way
from Rome to Capia; since the day
when the children of Israel crossed
the Red Sea on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
dry turnpike, and the Egyptians were
swallowed up in the mud road into
which this turnpike was suddenly
transformed-since- these historic
events all the world has known that
good roads are essential to prosperity.
sIn the human body are thousands
of tiny arteries through which the
blood is conveyed to and from the
seat of life-the heart. Clog up these
arteries, let the rainy weather OF dis
ease make them impossible, and the
heart, controlling the whole system
ceases to properly perform its func
lions. Fail to repair these tiny turn
pixies with the proper. medicine, ant
the heart stops work altogether
Roads are the tiny arteries that bring
prosperity to the town or city. Clol
them up with mud, let them ge
rough and rutty, impossible durinl
certain periods of the year, and pros
perity leaves that town or city, disin
tegration sets in, and in short tim
census reports show that more peopl
have died or left the place than hav
been born OF moved into it.
sMuch has been done in Kentuck
in the matter of good roads in th
past, but still the greater part of th
State is wallowing in mud for sewers
months in the year, and pulling owe
hills and ruts the remainder of th
time. We have not got 80 far
State aid yet, but now is good tin
to begin agitation by way OF prepar
ton for the next meeting OF the Gel
eral Assembly, when a good measul
. can be introduced.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
The present United States infantry

The present United States infantry
tactics are, as has been said, formed
after European patterns, and it appears
that the French tactics have been fol-
lowed in the main. The French. on
the other hand, remodeled their in
fantry tactics toward the close OF the
sos, Immediately following the Russo
Franco alliance, after the Russian style,
and the latter, in turn, is patterned IN
it's material points after the German
infantry tactics.
The exception in favor of the United
States tactics is the maintenance OF the
company formation as unit instead OF
that of the battalion.
The scouts of the skirmish line have
been taken from the French tactics,
where they are called "ecleaireurs. ="
But it would seem as if. in decisive &C.
tions at least, the days of the scout IN
modern warfare are past. A loose
chain of scouts cannot maintain any
effective fire at great distance unless
the enemy offers an unusually favor
able aim, which can hardly be sup
posed In the mOuoTu SCACHCO "a "A
| Such chain of scouts may, on the
contrary, hinder the support which
follows at $50 yards distance from do
ing effective work without endangerine
its own scouts.
Infantry tactics, as they now rule II
the United States army, are obviously
compiled for the offensive and not fol-
the defensive. They are eminently
the gospel OF a lighting general.
The American tactics, however, diffel
from the Russo French in avoiding thu
latter's close order and in bringing tt
the front larger firing line.
The attack with fixed bayonets, also
|, is likely to be scarce in modern war
, fare because the effect of the improved
, small arms of the present day is 80 de
, structive that the volley Of compac
firing line will in most cases dislodg
the enemy. Hence the better rifle an.
the cooler and better riheman will oil
/ most invariably decide the attack.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
just Catching Fish.

One day this week Boston party
on O fishing trip to Moosehead came
across one of the old-school fishermen.
He was up off the mouth Of Tomhegan
stream and was fishing out Of lum-
Germans bateau. It developed later
that he was the cook for crew ofriver
drivers. On the bank near at hand
stood the cookee, or his helper. The
cook had thrown about peck OF table
refuse into the lake in or der to 'tole''
the fish, and over that hole he was
was having great luck. His pole was
of the jibboom variety, and when a
fish bit he would derrick it over his
head into the bushes where the cookee
was stationed.
The Boston men from their canoes
watched the operations with all the
disgust of the true sportsmen.
s'Got enough for supper YETI.
shouted the fisherman over his shout
der as he sent another great trout
flaming into the bushes.
"No; better catch six or eigh
more" shrilled back the cookee.
"Say, how many fish do you two
fellows usually eat for supper?'
shouted Boston man, who didn't un
derstand the situation.
"When you've cooked for twenty
two river drivers as long as I have,
yelled the cook, derricking anothe
fish, "you'll know more about empt.
nail kegs"
Hardly was this enigmatic utter
ance out when there came tug at nj
line that was nothing short OF tire
mendous. He twitched. The fisl
didn't come. He braced, set his jaws
and pried. His line only sawed tn
kissing water.
"Play him! Play him!" screame
the excited sportsmen from the city
"Play your grandmother" believe
back the cook. 81 amt here to play
I'm here to fish," And as he spok
| he boosted over his head fifteer
pound laker. Any man in the Bosto
crowd would have given $40 to hay
> played him an hour at the end OF a
eight-ounce rod. Twas too much IL
their nerves. They came away
Lewiston (Me.) Evening Journal. r
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24

Sea birds frequently spend weeks
at sea, and are believed 70 quench
their thirst partly from the falling
rains, and partly from the fat and OF.
which they devour ravenously when
opportunity puts it in their way.
They have been observed fiocking
toward a storm cloud bout to burst
from all parts of the compass, and
drinking in the water as it descends
from the skies.