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The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
MONTHS ON A CORAL ISLAND.
Adventures of the Crew of the NOrwe
 gian Bark Seladon.

Adventures of the Crew of the Norwe-
 gian Bark Seladon.
 Second Mate Oleson, of the NOrwe- gian bark Seladon, Capt. Jaeger, from New Castle, N. s. w., on July Is, 1896, for Honolulu, which was wrecked in the South Seas in August, 1896, has ar rived in London with a dozen of the survivors, and tells terrible story of their experience.
 The SeladOn struck the reefs off Star buck Island Aug. z. The crew was obliged to take to the boats, and the vessel filled so rapidly that there was no time to save clothing. They barely got few provisions, the ships com pass, and chart, and forgot the sextant.
 Eight men manned each of the two boats and made for Maiden Island, as there was no refuge at Starbuck Isl and. Failing to find Maiden Island, they tried to find Christmas Island. After eleven days the first mates boat was capsized and the mate drowned. The survivors entered the other boat, which was already disabled, and drift ed, dangerously overloaded. The heat of the sun peeled their faces and bod ies; their lips blackened and swelled from want of food and water. The only food they had, in addition to the small quantity of provisions which carried from the vessel, was a few small flying fish.
 Finally the captain and the carpenter became sick Still there was no glimpse of Christmas Island. Then they tried a course they thought perhaps would bring them to Samoa or the Fiji Isl ands. Finally Capt. Jaeger died. After twenty three days, when food and wa ter were exhausted, they caught little rain
 The party drifted without food for six days and finally, on Sept. 6, they were cast on q coral Island and thelr boat was smashed by a big wave. The island upon which they were thrown proved ro Do SoTa Island inhabited by ,vA people, and belonging u ~- --Lerl- can subject living in Samoa. They lived there for ten months on turtles, birds and bananas. The carpenter died soon after they landed.
 A few steamers passed the island, and they tried to attract their atten- tion by the waving of signals, but fail ed. Finally they put off in small boat and hailed a steamer which took them to Sava, and from that place they tray eled to Sydney.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
simple Method to Test Water.

To test the purity of water there has been found no better or simpler way than to fill clean bottle three -fourths full of the water to be tested and dis solve in 1t half teaspoonful of the purest sugar-loaf or granulated will answer; cork the bottle and place 1t in a warm position for two days. If in twenty-four or forty-eight hours the water becomes cloudy or milky, it is unfit for domestic use.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
What She Was Good For.

A dreadful story comes from the north of England by way of London Answers.
 An old Yorkshire collier, we'll known for his success in the coursing-feld, re- gently surprised his mates by marry ing an unprepossessing pauper wom- an. He had been reckoned a confirm ed hater of the other sex.
 "Why has ta gone and got spliced, lad, at thy ageT one of his friends asked him.
 "Oh, that's not much of tale," an- swered the old man, stolidly. 'I agree wi ye at Betsy wonder is no beauty if she had been I shouldn't have wed her. But that there dog O mine, he was simply pinin' for somebody to look after him while was away at t pit. couldn't bear to leave him in the house by hissen, so hit on the idea O marry in Betsy. She's not handsome, but she's mighty good company for the dO0p'
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
THE GLOVE TREE.
How the Buds Are Prepared For the Uses
 of Commerce..

uses of Commerce.
 The clove tree is native of, the Mo- lucca islands and belongs to the far spread family of myrtles. It is tall, very handsome evergreen, with ovate, oblong leaves and purplish flowers, ar ranged in corymbs on short jointed stalks The flowers are produced in great profusion, and when they appear, which is at the beginning of the rainy season, they are in the form of elongat- ed, greenish buds. These unexpanded buds are the cloves of commerce, which derive their name from the Spanish word clavo, "a nail, /" so called from the real or fancied resemblance of the bud to nail.
 Sometimes the clove fruit appears in commerce in a dried state, under the name of mother cloves" It has an odor and flavor similar to cloves, but is much weaker
 The flower buds are beaten from the tree and are dried by the smoke of wood fires and afterward by the sun If the buds remain on the trees, the calices gradually swell, the embryo seeds en. large and the pungent properties of the cloves are to a great degree dissipated.
 Cloves consist of two parts. round head, which is. i'll fact, the flower rolled up, inclosing number of small fila ments and the four points that sur. round the flower and form the flower cup of the unripe seed vessel When they are soaked for short time in hot water, the flowers -attc7 and readily unroll, so that all of the parts may be seen
 The entire clove tree is highly aro- matic. and the foot stalks of the leaves have nearly the same puhgent quality as the calyx of the flower -Philadel- phia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
LIGHTNING BUGS.
Taken Fer the Enemy's Fire. They Led to
 Pitched Battle.

Taken Fer the Enemy's Fire. They Led to
 a Pitched Battle.
 G H. Bell. prominent merchant of Liberty Neb.. told an interesting story of how swarm of lightning bugs caus- ed shd and shell engagement between two armies during the late war
 ''l WAS a member of the Twenty fifth Ohio rgiment, said Mir Bell, "and Mir c W Harris, whom 1 met on my visit hem, was with the Fifty fifth Ten 1essee just discovered that we fought each otAer one night i'll May. 1864, at New Hope Church. Ga Lightning bugs in Georgia are more plentiful than Wa termelois in August by several millions Q the square mile. and on more than me occasion they gave us trouble.
 "Abolt o'clock III the morning as the two armies lay Ill their respective works, 400 yards apart, nest of bugs hove ill sight. as we afterward learned The armies were too close for pickets Suddenly there was a flash of light Each side thought the other had opened fire in some mysterious way. and we be- gan to shoot We blazed away at one another for an hour or more and Bed lam reigned with shot and shell The timber between the lines was all killed as if belted with an ax Fortunately no lives were lost
 1t was only the other day that l learned the extent of the damage caused by that swarm of lightning bugs l asked Harris how tong hIs side was fir ing. and he sad until tbeir ann uniti0n gave out We were in the same fix, and # + hadn Le-I for our poverty in this respect that engagement would have been terribly fatal St Louis Repu5
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
ON AN ACTRESS.

Aye. sae played Tar iy. though i5 had been played
 A fu~fr17 times, and some of more rerowr H"vp O'Hved it Nvorse. DuJ s.ie Os5sIlC4iUu t1S town. DowUred with ethereal lOveliness, she swayed All hearts to love- while music lent soft aid. She moved she spoke, and, when she would, drew down
 Laughter uEquenchable, the players crown. Symbol that all Ter frolic rule obeyed. Aye, she played rarely, but myself, who knew What grief had gripPed her in it's chill embrace, Could hear dumb weeping in her words, and through Her every pose the anguished soul could trace And pierce the frippery of art unto The palior shining in her perfect face.
 -LondCn World.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Lord Kelvin holds that the internal
 neat of the earth has nothing to do with the climates. The earth, he says, might
 De or the temperature of white hot iron 2,OOO feet below the surface, or at the freezing point fifty feet below, without at all affecting climate.
 To lessen, if not to abolish altogether, the noise of a train when crossing & bridge, German engineer has devised a scheme which has proved surprising Iy successful. He puts a decking of blanks between the cross girders, and on the blanks double layer of felt is placed. In this way, any noise is pre- vented.
 In the French navy it has been found that the electric search light employed on men of war injuriOusly affects the cEcs of seamen vlo have tq work about the light, and dark-blue spe0 ,.so.o-,----- supplied to them for protection. Brown eyes are less affected than gray or blue ones, the reason suggested being that the former are more heavily charged with pigment.
 In Russia a horse that is addicted to the habit of running away has thin cord with a running moose around his neck at the neck-stay, and the end is tied to the dashboard. When a horse bolts, he always takes the bit in his teeth, and the skill of the driver is use less; but the moment the pressure of the cord comes on the windpipe the horse is conquered.
 A single tree, according to a computa- tion in Knowledge, is able, through its leaves, to purify the air from the car bonic acid arising from the respiration of a considerable number of men, per haps dozen or even a score. The vol ume of carbOnic acid eXhaled by hu- man being in the course of twentyfOur hours is put at about 100 gallons; but by Boussingault's estimate, q single square yard of leaf-surface, counting both the upper and the under sides of the leaves, can, under favorable circum- ! stances, decompose at least gallon of carbonic acid in a day. One hundred square yards of leaf-surface then would suffice to keep the air pure for one man, but the leaves of tree of moderate size present a surface of many hundred square yards.
 Engines used in electric lighting are required to run with great regularity. An interesting device for detecting, with extreme accuracy, any change of speed in such an engine is employed in an Elizabethport factory. Two metal plates are pierced with corresponding slits and placed one in front of the Oth CT so that, when the slits are in line, the spokes of the fy-wheel of the engine can be seen passing them. One of the plates is caused to Oscillate. by means of m elecUo-magner, at such rate that the two sits are in lin, every time q spoke is passing 1T there are six spokes in tue wheel, anu the wheel turns 400 times in a minute, the nova i ble slit must oscillate 2,400 times in . minute. If the speed of the engine Is perfectly regular, spoke will always | be seen directly in line with the slits; | if the speed varies the spoke will ap- pear ahead or behind its proper place, | as the rate of the wheels | revoIutiOn is increased or diminished. |
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
sN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and PITCHERS CASToRIA," as our Trade Mark. [, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis Massachusetts, vas the originator of PITCHERS CASTORIA," he same that has borne and does now bear the ac-simile signature of CHAS H. FLETCHER on very wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS ASTORIA" which has been used in the homes f the mothers of America for over thirty years. sook Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is le kind yOH haOe always 6ougAt, and has the ignature of CHAs. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use 1y name except The Centaur Company of which has, H. Fletcher is President. ~
 dfareh 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Athletics in Japanese Schools.

Athletics hold an important position in the schools of Japan. Once a year there is a gathering Of all the students in district t1 eDsa=e in athletic con tests. At vno VI these festivals o,UUU boys and girls from all the schools within a distance of twenty-five miles were entered to take part. A circular race track, roomy enough for any army. allowed four different kinds of games to be performed at the same time.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
ets. and thought 1t a good opportunity

cts, and thought 1t good opportunity for a joke. Having helped the stran- ger on with his coat, therefore, he pull ed out the flask and said:
 'Will you take drinkT
 The old man did not recognize the bottle, and drawing himself up, re- marked rather severely:
 "No, sir; never drink"
 ''It won't hurt you," insisted the wag; tits the best"
 Young man," said the old gentle man, speaking loud enough for all in the carriage to hear, If you persist in drinking whisky you will be ruined man at 40. It is the curse of the land. When 1 was a boy my mother died, and the last thing she did was to call me to her bedside, and say, John, promise me that you will never touch a drop of liquor'"
 "Oh. we'll, in that case" said the joker, 'I must drink it myself, where upon sUitiEs the action to the words, he pulled out the cork and took good drink. 1 moment later he dropped the bottle with an exclamation which cer- toinly didn't sound like a blessing, and yelled, Ugh! ugh. My mouths all raw"
 Then 1t was that the old gentleman discovered his loss, and to the amuse- ment of the other passengers said:
 "Ah, young man, you will be careful before you take another mans property again l am Doctor -, and tha bot tle contained some Qulnine ana iron
 line ,suns mau got our at the next
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Not So Emmy.

In a Pullman car on an English rail- way recently, says an exchange, wag- gish young man, noticing an elderly gentleman trying to put on light dust eat. went to his assistance. While -ous engaged, the young man observed {; good-Sized whisky flask protruding from one of the old gentleman's pock-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
NEVER CONTENT.

Some people are never content with any thing. They will not find exactly what they want even in heaven, if they know some one is there ahead of them. For in- stance, some are great sufferers from neu- ralgia. Friends have told them what is best and certain to cure them. Not content with what is said, they suffer on. Pain Tavages and deyastates the system. and leaves it barren waste. St. Jacobs Oil has cured thousands. Just try it.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
CENTERED.

To each mans life there comes time su-
 prelne--
 One day, ore night, one morning, oroneinoon, One freighted hour, one moment opportune' One rift through which sublime fulfllments
 gleam, One space when fate goes tiding with the
 stream,
 One once, in balance 'twixt too late, too
 soon,
 And ready fer the passing instant's boon To tip in favor the uncertain beam. An, happy he wEO, knowing l. to wait. Knows also how to watch and work and stand On lifes broad deck alert, and at tEe prov To seize tke passing moment, big with fate, From oppOrtInity's extended hand, When the great clock of destiny strikes now ]
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
--|I'N - III TI'. - III-s Halls Family Pills are the best.

The Pacific Coast Jockey Club is to be congratulated on the success it has achieved on the merits of the races they have given sport and square deal to all contestants Country visitors to the should not forget to pass pleasant afternoon at the Ingle- side Race Course.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Tmnnrtant if Trne.

"Yes," said the poet, 'the greater a man becomes, the more pleasure he de- riyes from visits to the scenes or ms childhood"
 "Humphw retorted the cynic' "do you know why? He just wants to hear the old folks around there say they always knew he had something more than com mon stuff in him."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

"Dear me-" exclaimed Maud, who had been reading fashion paper. Last years engagement ring has gone wholly out of style"
 "WAat has taken its place." inquired Mamie.
 "I don't know. But l hope it's bi- cycle. ."-WashingtOn Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
His Pertinent Onestinn

He had taken his punishment like q little man and for some time afterward mad been buried ill thought.
 Mamma, he said finally.
 "Well, Willie?"
 "Do you really spank me because you love me so much?"
 "That's the reason I punish you, Willie"
 "And don't you love papa at all?'- Chicago Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
rur PrRSvIr opusppYvr-

When the DeclsTat 5a of Independence as- serted mans right to Fnis, It enunciated an i'm mortal truth The bilious sufferer is on the road tO happiness when he begins to take Hos fetter'S StClIach BltteIs, the most eficacious regulator Cf fhe liver iI existence. Equally re- liable is it in chills and fever constipation dys- pepsia, rheumatism, kidney trouble and nerv- ousness. Use it regularly, and not at odd in- teryalS.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications. as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an indamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets iHhamed you have a rumblng sound or imperfect hearing, and Wi--a it Is i--e-' ,i-7tf'irs is li4e re suit, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor. nal condition, hearing EiiI be destroyed
 
 se wuI give one Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 r. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Q. ...lI I.-- nrr. r.-scA-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Tho Tioer's Great Strength.

The tigers etrength exceeds that of the lion. Five men can easily held down a lion. but nine are required to subdue a tiger.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Mystery Of Rainfall,

At Greytown, on the eastern coast of Nicarauga, the annual rainfall is 297 inches, while on the Pacific coast the average precipitation is but sixty-five inohaC
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Vesuvius' Lava.

It is computed that all the houses in T,ondon and New York could be built of the lava thrown out by VesuVius since the first recorded eruption in 4. D. 19.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
The Biz Yukon River.

On the Yukon, at distance of from TOO to 800 miles from the sea, there are many points where the river is twenty miles wide.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
High Liver.

De L-I should think the man in the moon would have the gout.
 Van X-Why?
 DeL-Because he lives so high.-De- troit Free Press
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

"King sol0men's Treasure" only Aphrodis- lacal Tonic known. (See DictOuary) S5uJ box g weeks treatment. MASON CHEMICAL CO., ?. o. Box 787 Philadelphia Pa.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

One in the Family. And now, children, what Is cen turiOn? Well, Willie" Please, ma'am, my brother is one." "Your brother is one% ''Yes, ma'am, he made a century last Sunday Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con- sumption far and wide.-Mrs. Mulligan, Plumstead. Kent. England, Nov. 8, 1895.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
IT'S NOT EXTENSIVE.

It's the quality that's high in TEA GARDEN DRIPs, TOBoGGAN MAPLE SYRUP and PELICAN LOUISIANA MoLAssEs. For sald by frst-class grocers in cans only. Money refunded if goods are not satisfactory. Don't accept an imitation See that tke manufacturers name is litho- graphed on every can.
 THE PACIFIC COAST SYRUP co.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

The annual taxes of the world ags gate the enormous sum "f S4.350.O MO
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Mammoth Dooka

Hamburg's new colossal docks meas ure 130 meters In length and thirty-six in breadth.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
Not tIrreverentIY.

In Holland men frequently wear thei hats in church.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

Try schIllins's Best tea and baking powder
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

P. \. U.-L. A. No. IS.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
IgIRPi51k|Kk B Illl|g5

The Tartars take a man by the ear to invite him to eat or drink with them.
 The oldest national flag in the world Is that of Denmark, which has been in use since the year 1219.
 The consumption of soap in India only reaches the modest amount of one ounce per head annually.
 Remember that clear water Is not necessarily pure water any more than cold air is always pure air.
 The Shah of Persia has ordered that Jews hereafter shall have religious lib- erty. Mohammedan persecution of
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22
In the sixteenth century the average length of doctors life was thirty-six

years five months. in the seventeenth century it was forty-five years and eight months, and in the nineteenth century 6fty-eight years and seven months.
 4 journal in Madrid tries to Increase
The St. Johns herald., 1898-01-22

A naval writer says that neither Casablanca nor his father perlshed on a burning ship. They were drowned while swimming for the boats.
 Tall persons are said to live longer than short ones, and those Jorn in the spring to have sounder constitutions than those born at otber times.
 It Is said that some shepherds can foreteH the weather from the condition cf the wool on tlse backs of their sheep. An Increase h curliDess indicates bet ter weather
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09
Drugs and SundrieS.

Very hard to pay full price for Pat
ent Medicines and Toilet Goods when
you can get them here Monday fol
prices like these-for first day of An
niversary week:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09

New TaffetaS "A grand line of Plain
and Changeable Taf-
fetas-undoubted1y the best ever shown In the
Twin Cities. All the new Gladys, National,
Matelot, Marine, Turquoise and Navy Blues,
Cerise, Bengal, Dyea, Persian, Otero, Pink,
Rubies, Beatrix, Lilac, Ophelia, Dahlia, Leg
end and Derby shades at prices 10c to 25C a
yard below any other store In the State.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09

for New China Silks, In every
new shade-a very heavy, clean
and strong cloth, we'll worth
SOC. Monday and all the week
for 2oc.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09
Black and Colored Velvet
New Petticoat and Lining Silks

special display Monday of New Stripes,
Checks and Plaids in best-wearing Taffetas
made for rnderskirts, for Innings of dresses,
coats and capes, at Is per cent less than any
other stores prices.
SOC, 60c, 75C. S5C and CSC.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09

For the choice of Is different styles
of new, gorgeous Satin-barred Plaids
-Bayadere and Ribbon Stripes
the very cheapest of which is worth
$3.50 per yard. Anniversary Sale
price only $1Oo. .
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09
Wall Paper.

You can buy Wall Paper cheaper
now than you can next spring. Why
not have some work done this fall and
get the benefit of 1t during the win
ter?
Anniversary week prices:
sc per roll for White Back Paper,
good styles aud good quality, worth
today 10c.
Ioc per roll for Par1or Papers with
g or 18-inch border, handsome COM
bination, worth 15c.
I5C and I2HC per roll Is what we
ask for a fine assortment of EN-
bossed Papers, worth zoe.
Bring measurements of your room.
Out-of-town buyers send SC for post
age on large line of samples.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09
Millinery.

Anniversary week we will sell
800 Trimmed Hats, new and hobby,
at special low prices. Toques, wings,
quilts. Street Hats, correct in style
and moderate in price.
S1.0O for the Oregon and York
town Sailors. Fine assortment of
children's ready trimmed School Hats.
New invo:ce of choice ornaments.
New two-tone dress shapes, exclusive
styles. Our display is worthy your
inspection. We are prepared for a
big week. Come in and judge whether
or not our stock deserves it.