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The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Slow Barcelon. Slower Madrid.

Barcelona is a great trading port, about on level with Marseilles. It has grown very much within recent years. The BarcelOneSs consider themselves a model to all Spain ill the matter of in dustry and i'll common sense, yet i'll this town, which is really handsome place and rich, tho head telegraph office Is 1n the suburbs; there is only one branch office i'll town, and messages have to be sent from that by hand. The postotfice is we'll away from the port i'll by street. If you are there on business, you will find as likely as not that one clerk is in attendance out of an immense staff. He will probably be very polite, but he will put his hand to pen or a bundle of letters as if he feared they would burn, and Barcelona is model of smartness compared with Madrid.
 One wonders what would happen to the dawdling officials one sees at these places if they were transported by some malignant fairy to St. Martin s-le- Grand. Madness would probably be their fate if they made an effort to meet the call. But then they would not. The hurry and drive would simply revolt their sense of what was due to a gentle man.-Pall Mall Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
SeIf.ResDeCt.

If you respect yourself, young man, the world will respect you. We are thought of and esteemed by others in the light in which we estimate our selves. This does not mean that the young man should think unduly of his abilities or qualities. Far from 1t. In fact, self-respect itself demands a se- verity of self-judgment, and demands that we do not overweight ourselves in the judgment and before the eyes of others. Therefore. it Is for the young man to know first of all his place, and knowing it demand, by the very behav- for he shows Tn his every act toward others, which at all times must be re- spectful, open and honest, that be- cahse of this he will be respected. The ball that is flung stops when the strength that 'Hpe[ist !, aae been rSc1
 Ia ovnrrumil- inertia H"1 -elf-"e- -uart only casts us along as we expend the force of our inner selves In hurling for ward the right word at the right time.- Weekly Bouquet.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
BANKS PART IN FARM
How the Traders In Money Enabrv soI.
 Tillers to Work.

Tillers to Work.
 How does bank help the farmer?
 With the approach of the time fol blowing and planting, seeds and fer tilizer will be necessary. How can tht l farmer buy them if the last season wa: poor one? He has spent all of hi! earnings in running the household dur ing the long winter. He goes to the dealer in fertilizer in the nearest vii lage and asks, "What is the price oi fertilizer a ton?"
 Fifty dollars, the dealer replies.
 Well, I will need two tons, and that will amount to $100."
 ''Yes. Take it along now?''
 ''I haven't the ready cash just now, hut
 "Oh, that's all right. I know you Ire good for it. Take it along and give me your note payable in four months. By that time your crops will be yielding a profit. 7"
 The farmer gives his note; the dealer indorses it and gives it in payment to the wholesaler from whom he gets the fertilizer; the wholesaler sends it to the manufacturer of the fertilizer, who in turn takes it to his bank and borrows the money on it less the interest.
 The farmer gets his seed in the same way and at the time of the expiration of the notes is able to meet his obliga- tions
 Thus, instead of the farmer being compelled to wait until he can set thc cash to pay before he can buy the fer tiGzer and seed, he obtains them when he needs tLcu. The d-alel, instead Cf having to wait until the farmer gets the money before he can sell his goods, sells them in the proper season and receives what is to him practically cash. The wholesaler receives from the retailer what is as good as cash to him, and the manufacturer receives virtually cash from the wholesaler.
 How would all this be possible were it not that the bankers had collected the idle money of other people and were able to lend it out to good advantagei The farm would go implanted; the ground would go untitled; there would be no crops to yield profit.
 That's where the bank helps the farmer. New York Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

A Pontiac, Mich, man recently wrote to Admiral Cervera asking him to send his autograph. He also enclosed $1 and invited the Admiral to have a good cigar for his trouble. He received the following letter in reply: My Dear Sir: The Admiral, my father, directs me to tell you that he takes great pleasure in sending you his autograph, as he does. However much he would like to smoke good cigar with you (if he smoked), you will understand that he cannot take the dollar for that, and directs me to return the check. Yours, Angel Cervera."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Clever Man.

It is said of a contributor to some of the comic papers of the day that his wit shines more brightly in his speech than in his copy"
 What clever man that Tompkins is,' he said lately to an acquaintance referring to a well-dressed, ordinary. looking man who had just passed him with bow.
 "Cleverw echoed the other. "Why I never heard of his saying or doing anything"
 That's just it." returned the writer, gravely. Think of his being able to live without saying or doing anything I couldn'tr
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Tale of 800 Cobwebhed Bottles.

A curious discovery has been made at Heathtield Park, near Eastbourne, the seat of MT. Alexander, a London banker. On demolishing an old wall in the cellar the workmen found 300 bottles of wine behind it, packed there seventy-one years ago by former owner of the estate, who intended making the wine present to his son on the latter attaining his majority. Deaths in the family prevented the de sign being carried out, and the exist ence of the store passed out of knowl- edge.--Glasgow Mall.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
A minister's widow tells this:

A ministers widow tells this:
 My husband, she said, "had brown eyes that turned deeply. darkly black when he was angry, and which danced with most miraculous merriment when he was amused. Naturally, in the course of a long life with him, I came to know the varying expression of those eyes pretty we'll. I used to watch his eyes when he was preaching to know how things were going with him and, incidentally, with the congregation. l remember once in the midst of a most earnest discourse to have seen him stop suddenly for the space of a minute, not more. his eyes growing strangely black, then brightening again with that ire sistible twinkle, though the rest of his features remained quite grave through out. As 1 said, it was only for a mo- ment; then he resumed his sermon as before.
 What was the matter?' I asked when church was out and we were on our way home.
 Why, came so near laughing out in church that there was no fun in it, he said. of course the choir is hidden from the congregation behind its pro- tecting screen in the rear of the church, but it chances to be exactly in my line of vision as 1 stand on the rostrum. When stopped in my sermon today, it was because happened to glance choir ward and saw our new soprano and new tenor having quiet game rt cards be- hind the screen They must have felt my gaze upon them, for when they looked up and caught my eye those cards disappeared so suddenly and mys- teriously thought. that in spite of ey- erything 1 should burst out laughing. Philadelphia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Interfering with Nature.

l Many years ago when a certain we'll known citizen was young man in his honeymoon he was the hero of most ridiculous incident His bride took a dislike to his curly hair. It was SC dreadfully kinky and snarly that ii worried her. When 1t was combed ii curled up tight, when 1t was brushed 1t curled up tighter. She worried and fussed over 1t for long time, but ii continued to twist up.
 One day they received an invitation to attend a gathering at the home of some neighbors.
 "I don't see how you can go with those ridiculous curls," said the young wife.
 Might leave my head at home in a bandboX," said the husband.
 Stop" said the wife. "I have a scheme"
 On the day of the party she produced q solution of sugar and water and care fully soaked his head. Then she comb ed his hair and was delighted to find that fl hung quite straight.
 "There," she said now you look ever so much less like a Hottentot."
 So they went to the party, and as it was a summer day the men took chairs and sat out on the lawn under a big tree.
 All was going nicely, when suddenly the young wife heard cry of distress from her husband. She looked across the lawn and saw that he was on his feet wildly jumping about and clawing at his ears Yes, he was swearing, too swearing dreadfully.
 Of course, the wife ran to him, and when she got near enough she saw what was the trouble. His head was plentifully besprinkled with flying creatures-f1ies and gnats and bees and lowering just above his sugar-and- watery locks were half dozen wasps.
 He fought the attacking party off finally, anl then under pretense of bath Ing his bites he washed out the sacchar- Inc mixture. Thereafter his curls were not tempered with.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
When Molten Lead Won't Burn.

When tho Prince of Wales was study ing under Sir Lyon Playfair in Edir burgh, that gentleman, after taking tine precaution to make him wash his hands with ammonia to get rid of any grease that might be on them, said:
 "Now, sir, if you have faith in sci ence you will plunge yeur right hand in to that C tlron of boiling lead and h dle it out into the cold water which i standing by
 Are you serious?'' asked the pupil
 Perfectly, was the reply.
 ''f you tell me to do 1t. will said the prince
 ''I do tell you, rejoined Playfair and the prince immediately ladIed out the 5uui-- liquid with perfect inipu LIAUy - LAOIIuUiI 1JUs,ILtietIU.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
BRITISH MARKETS INVADED.
Cobden's Prophecy in Regard to Amer
 ican Made Goods Has Come True.

Cobden's Prophecy in Regard to Amer | ican Made Goods Has Come True. The insular prejudices and the com placent selfsutficiency of the average Briton have long hindered him from un- derstanding or admitting the possibility or other nations ultimately occupying neios or Industrial activity that he has Tor generations been accustomed to LOOK upon as entirely his own.
 The earlier prophets of the impending danger were treated with even more than the ordinary amount of intoler- ance proyerbially accorded in their own country to those who do not prophecy smooth things. Here and there, how eFer' voice was heard crying in the wilderness. Golden, more than fifty years ago, pointed out that it was to the industry, the economy and the peaceful policy of America, and not to the growth of Russia. that politicians ana statesmen of whatever creed ought 10 direct their anxious attention, for 1t was by these and not by the efforts of DarDarlan force that the power and greatness of England were in danger of being superseded" Lytton, in his Com ing Race" speaks of that American and notably industrial progress ''in which Europe enviously seeks her model and tremblingly fOresees her doom." For years past the lights in the window" have shown that British industrial proweSS was not so safe as it was SUD- posed tO be. and that the threat of American competition on q colossal scale was not 8 mere phantom. But that possibility has never been brought so near to our IuDe- consciousness IS it is at the present time.
 Great Britain Is now importing Amer ican pig iron, American steel rails, American wire, American agricultural machinery, American machine tools and many other American products. The aggregate value of these impOrta- tiOns must be very considerable. l know of one case where a single firm imported last year, in six months only, American machinery, including ma chine tools, to the value of nearly E150,- 900. That this competition has come to stay appears to be generally admitted The conditions and prospects of Ameri- can competition appear, indeed, for the moment, to oyershadow every other in- dustrial problem, except that of labor, with which it has closer affinity than is usually supposed, and to call for the most serious cOnsideration.-Eng Ing News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

There Is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu tianal disease, and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu factured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. Ii teasposnful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure Send for circulars and testimonials. Address,
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, 0 Sold by Druggists. 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

OOAUnO NOIIIEOA ..~s,s, ... .-,- vanced years are realized by compara. lively few women.
 Their hard lives, their liability to Sc. rious troubles on account of their pecu. liar organism and their profound igno- rance concerning themselves, all com- bine to shorten the period of usefulness and fill their later years with suffering.
 Mrs. Plnkham has done much to make women strong. She has given advice to many that has shown them how to guard against disease and retain vigor- ous health in old age. From every cor ner of the earth there is constantly com. ing the most convincing statements from women, showing the efficacy of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound in overcoming female ills. Here is letter from Mrs. J. c. Orms, of 22O Horner St., Johnstown, Pa, which is earnest and straight to the point:
 DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I feel it my duty to tell all suffering women that I think your remedies are wonderful. had trouble with my head, dizzy spells ~~>~N> cold, was very nervous, could not sleep well, had kidney trouble, pain in ovaries and congestion of the womb. Since taking your remedies am better every way My head trouble is all gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am cured of womb trouble. I can eat and sleep we'll and am gaining in flesh. I consider your medicine the best to be tH6 f0- female trollhlas"
 The present Mrs. F5alzham's exper1- ence in treating fema'e ills is unparaI- lelled, for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during single year.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Russian Liars.

Russian diplomats hold that it is no disgrace or dishonor to lie in the most unblushing manner in order to promote the interests of their country and of their sovereign. When the late czar asked once of Count Ignateiff how he came to be nicknamed "The Father of Lies" while ambassador at Constantino- pie, he with low bow responded. "In the service of your majesty"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Consideration.

Clerk-1 have been in your employ now going on five years, and am get ting the same salary I started with.
 Proprietor-I know it, but every time that I've made up my mind to cut you down or discharge you something has reminded me of your wife and little ones at home, and so just couldn't do it. There, my man, you see have @ heart as we'll as head.-Ghicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Sport as A Developer of Character.

epOFb hS DcNcAOpeT Ot
 Every now and then there crops out in this republic the notion that if our more cultured citizens were our rulers that we should be much better off. We very much doubt it. If our more man ly citizens could rule us, then no doubt we should be better off. But there is a freakineSs and finicalneSs, an inability to give and take. a general -ubhiug and creaking of machinery among men ue- veloped only on the one side of the mind, which always everywhere makes them objectionable as rulers. Boxing is just as likely to make a man meek as books, but if you have bully to deal with neither the boxing nor the books will avail anything, and he becomes al- most more objectionable as an editor than as prizefghter. Of course sport will fail, just as every other agency will fail, with certain men. On the other hand, for the great majority of men, we'll conducted sport will teach them fortitude. gentleneSs, meekness and fair play as no other agency yet in- vented by man can do.-Outing.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

A Washington special to the Kansas City Times says that President Me Kinley has given the following instruc- tions to the peace commissioners re- garding the Philippines: First, reten- tion of the island of Luzon; second, equal trade facilities with Spain in the remainder of the islands; third, none of the islands to be disposed of to any foreign power; the severing of exist ing relations between church and state in the entire Philippine group. While these are the demands on Spain, the United States commissioners are au- thorized to accept only Manila, Manila bay and sufficient surrounding terri tory on the island of Luzon.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
REGULATING ON SHIPS.
Flow Underwriters Gamble on Overdue
 Vessels Posted at Lloyds.

Vessels Posted at Lloyds.
 When ship is overdue, an opportu- nifty IS sometimes afforded for a gamble at Lloyds- It can be readily understood that underwriters who are interested in the "overdues" are only too willing to get rid of the risk by paying premium on the insured rate to those who are willing, on their terms to relieve them of their responsibilities The premium varies with the chances of the vessel turning up; the smaller the chances the higher the premium and vice versa.
 The rates paying on "overdues" serve as accurate barometers of the probabili ties or otherwise of the ship ever being heard of again. These underwriters who speculate on "overdues" are generally known by the significant name of 'tdoc- tors" The insurance on an "overdue" may pass through many channels before the ship Is, on the one hand, posted at Lloyds as missing" or, on the other hand, she arrives in safety.
 4 ship is never posted until the committee is thoroughly satisfied that her case is hopeless, and until the own CT is of the same. opinion. Before "post- ing" notice is put up for week in- viting any information concerning the vessel. If this elicits no news, the com mittee at its next meeting votes the ship as missing, ," and a notice is posted ac- cordingly. The loss is then settled and paid for. Y may be incidentally re- marked that posting at Lloyds con stitutes Q legal death certificate for any one on board the missing ships.-Good Words
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Lost Time.

'Time is precious, remarked the minister.
 ''It is indeed" replied the man of business, "and I've wasted lots of it. D
 By indulging in foolish pleasures, l suppose?" said the good man.
 "No," replied the other "I lost it by being punctual in keeping my ap- pointments with others. '' = Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYING MA
 CHIMES.

Inventors are plenty wno can make a ma chine that will rase and float in air, but the one improvement which none has succeeded in making is an apparatus that will guide the ma chine through the many treacherous currents Of air. In this respect humanity is fortunate in having Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which acts as safe guide by curing treaeherous stomach, liver and blood diseases, giving good appetite a strong constitution and nerves like steel.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

The people are demanding more from the Lord than they used to. A few years ago, % cents was willingly paid for a dish of ice cream at a church so- cial. Now the people demand that the price be 10 cents, and cake thrown in.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

The mushrooms life is measured by hours, but it flourishes long enough for an insect to hang it's egg on the edge of the umbrella and for the egg to be- come an insect ready to colonize the next "silver button" that pushes up.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

Many of the vegetables ill daily use on our dinner tables were known Co very remote times It is known, for in- stance, that asparagus was grown 200 years B. C., while lettuce was culti- vated so far hack as $50 B O.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Frsnchmen Fond of Bread.

European nations vary very gr,atly in their consumption of bread. The greatest four eater in the world i3 the Frenchman, who consumes nearly two pounds day, or 705 pounds a year This enormous quantity, compared with the seeming niggardly 55 pounds a year eaten by the Scandinavian, marks the influence of climatic conditions on food.-St Louis Post Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
His System.

Shipper Clark (to his employer, leav- ing the ofice)-Oh, MT. System, haven't you forgotten your umbrella? It's rain ing
 Mir. System-Can't help it. have made a resolution to have one here and one at home, to provide for all emer- gencies. Now, if take this one, they'll both be at home. London fun.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
The United States mint in PhiIadel

The United States mint in Philadel- phia has completed the largest two months record in the history of the in stitution for the summer season. The coinage during the months of July and August represented a valuation of $7, ,O0O, ,OO0-$5, 900, 900 of which was in gold and the remainder was in the sub sidiary and minor coin. In August alone nearly 12,OOO,OOO pieces were coined.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

The old log cabin in Front Royal, Va, in which George Washington lived while surveying between 1748 and 1752 is still standing in fair condition and Is used as a springhouSe.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
Erade MiIitarr Service.

A Moscow paper declares that there are thirteen times as many Hebrews as young men of other races who man. age Q avoid military service In Russia.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

fort. This island, indeed. were Para. disc without them; even with them, the inhabitants seem to experience little trouble. The worst of these are the scorpions, centipedeS, tarantulas, wasps, mosquitOs, some species of ants, ticks, chigoes and fleas. The heat of a tropical climate like that of Porto Rico, which, though rarely exceeding 90 de grees, Is continuous, Is conducive to the breeding of insect pests of all sorts.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

No household is complete without bottle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. 1t is a pure and wholesome stimulant receommened by all physicians. Don't neglect this necessity.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

Russian peasants eat sunf1ower seeds in large quantities. You can hardly find man who has not some sunfower seeds in his pocket.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

An injury to the tongue is repaired by nature with more rapidity than is the case with any other part of the sys- tem.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

Dave Evans of Nanaimo was suffo- cated by gases originating from a fire which he had used to thaw the nuggets loose in a shaft in one of the new creeks of the Klondyke district.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

The Grand Council of the Catholic Ladies' Aid Society will meet next year at Delmar.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

A thing of comfort is seldom a joy to the woman of fashion.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

ETC Permanently Cur-I. No fits or nervous AAAS ness after first days use Of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, Send for FREE &2. co trial bottle ana treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE Ltd. s80 Arch St. Philadelphia. Pa.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

Snake charmers ought to make excel lent bartenders.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

The Apaches have three different kinds of violins, each having but one string and played with a small bow.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15

I shall recommend FIsU-s Cue .os c., sumption far and wide.-Mrs. Mulhgan Fiumstead, Kent, England, Nov. $, IS95.