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The Press., 1898-01-13
The gold production of the world and
of the United States in value and by CAL
endar years since 1887 has BEEN

The director Of the United States mint
has given out an estimate of $24O. 900 600
as the worlds production in 1897, and
$61 500, 900 as that of the United States.
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The sins of tyrants become the blood.
hounds of Justice.
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The Finest Furs seen in your
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Prices the Lowest.
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Jan. II, 1868.

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In India the flesh Of the elephant is
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The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
USING ABANDONED FARMS.
Deserted Fields in New England tc
 Be Repopu1ated from the Cities.

Deserted Fields in New England to
 Be Repopu1ated from the Cities.
 Within few years, through system atic endeavor by State authorities, quite a proportion of the sO-called abandoned farms" of this State and Massachusetts have passed into the hands of new owners, who have done something to reclaim them Many of them have been taken by those who have made a business of farming, and others have made their purchase prim- arily to secure a summer home. Both classes have made such repairs upon the buildings as their needs require, and have made such other improve ments as make the change gratifying. The supply has not, however, been ex- hausted, but the movement and the at tendant agitation has drawn attention to the subject to the end that a company of energetic and public-spirited men has been formed with the purpose of disposing of the remainder.
 The organization has been incOrpor- ated under Maine laws, with the active headquarters in New York. It's avOwed purpose is the purchase of the "aban- doned farms in Maine, New Hamp- shire Massachusetts and Connecticut, and resell the same on such terms as will attract purchasers in large cities. There is a two-fold result Sought-the reoccupancy of the farms and the relief of the cOngested centers of population. The promoters are satisfied that these properties can be obtained upon such favorable terms that by a little judi cious personal work through charitable organizations and otherwise, worthy purchasers can be found who will reap early benefit from the change, and in turn be a benefit to the communities which they shall join.
 It is estimated that more than 100000 acres of rich fallOw land, under culti- vatfOn twenty years ago, lie idle to-day in the New England States, and it is the intention of those who have aSSOci- ated themselves together for the pur- pose to secure by option and by out right purchase all or nearly all of this vast territory, and to populate it with material drawn from the crowded cit ies. Missionary work will be begun in the large cities, principally New York and Brooklyn, and the assistance of all organizations interested in bettering the conditions of society will be in voked.
 The plan has been examined by we'll known public-spirited men, who have given it their hearty approval. The president of the organization Is 4. w. LightbOurne, secretary of the New York Wool Exchange, who is very en- thusiastic over the undertaking and confident of its success, not especially from a financial standpoint, but as a philanthropic movement. The result of the official action in the States that have undertaken the work of reclaim ing these properties would seem to con- firm the conclusions of the promoters. The New England towns can we'll stand an infusion of young blood life.-Man- chester (N. H.) Union.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
GOVERNMENT JEWELS.
Precious Stones in Store in Treasul
 Vaults at Washington.

Precious Stones in Store in Treasury
 Vaults at Washington.
 At Washington, in the bond vault of the treasury, is a great store of dia- monds and other precious stones that belong to nobody. Most of them have been In the custody of the officials for about sixty years, but some of the gems have been there much longer, and their history rests mainly on hazy tradition.
 There is a bottle four or five inches long filled with diamonds, there are various other loose stones, and there are many set in gold ornaments. The value of the whole lot is variOuSly esti- mated, the computations ranging from $5O,OOO to $1OO,OOO.
 Most of these gems were sent as a present to President Van Buren by the Imaum of Muscat in 1889. This Asian potentate conceived the idea that he had received some service from this country, and this was his way of ac- knOWledging his obligation. President Van Buren could not accept them, fol there is a clause in the constitution forbidding any person connected with the government from accepting any present or decoration from any foreign power or ruler.
 But the OrientaPs present could not be returned; he would look upon that as an insult. So at last the jewels were turned over to the treasury to keep till something was done about them, and nothing ever has been done.
 In similar ways has the entire col lection accumulated; Kings and Princes are frequently not as familiar with the constitution of the United States as they should be, and government officers of various grades have sent here gifts they have received, and found it in convenient to return and impossible to keep.
 In the bond vault they must remain till Congress takes action on their situation.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
Prone to Jealousy.

Jealously is doubtless an instinctive outcome of ardent love. Love Is eX- elusive. friendship liberal and common, writes Paul Siegvolk in Home Journal
 The lover Is always prone to be jeal- ous, but the mere friend, if of sound mind, seldom or never. There are said to be found, indeed, women jealous of other women, to whom they are strong ly attached; and the same is reported occasionally as true of men! But these are exceptional freaks of nature. They are altogether psychological mystery, entangled sometimes with morbid phy- sical conditions that medical science must explain. 1 am dealing with those only who are normal and sound in mind and body-with no perversion of na- ture. Jealousy is bound up with and subject to some of natures memorable edicts, promulgated perhaps for the perpetuation of the purity of the race. It is, however, none the less egOtistic- that is, strictly selflsh-and perhaps ignoble in the eye of reason, spiritual affection. refined morality, and proud egoism, or real dignified selfhoOd. But as a dominating factor in the social universe, with all its very human quail ties-however low it may rank as virtue-the utility of it cannot be ques- toned. It will be always a flaming sword to guard the golden gate of the paradise of monOgamy. For, in the heart of woman, it is written: Jeal
 ousy and love are one and inseparable.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
The Child at the Play.

The 6-year-old son of a newspaper man occasionally goes to the matinee with his mother, but the trouble with him is that he becomes greatly excited and is apt to express his feelings in words, to the amusement of the audi ence, but somewhat to the annoyance of the actors. At recent play one of the actors was in the act of choking an- other whom he suspected of being guilty of crime. AS the actor went toward the supposed villain with his hands outstretched the boy became greatly ex- cited, and as the men clinched the boy stood up and called out, 'Say, let him alone, he didn't do it. There was a laugh from the audience and surprised look from the stage.
 At another time, in 8 play where 8 husband suspected his wife, and she was pleading to be taken home and given an opportunity to prove her in- nocence, the boy could not stand the woman's pleas and the husbands cold reception of her entreaties. and he called out, "Please, mister, take her back. "
 The boy has not been taken to the theater recently.-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
Abnormal Bump of Caution.

The Sub-editor of England is the news editor of this country, and there, as here, it is one of his functions to save his paper from libel suits, and difficult ties of a minor nature, by discreet and careful wording of the news.
 One chief, states a writer in the Nine teenth Century, was never tired of i'm pressing on his assistants the virtue of a frequent use, in any doubtful matter, of the word alleged" But to his amazement and chagrin he saw on look ing over the paper one day the follow ing heading describing a school func- ton:
 Alleged Sunday School Treat at Clap
 ham,"
 He remembered giving the paragraph for treatment to a new assistant, to whom he had, as usual, pointed out the advantage of the use of alleged" In order to avoid libel. When he entered the sub-editor's room that evening he found the culpr1t at work on another paragraph, in which he gave as follows a more extended application of the ex- cellent maxim of his chief:
 Alleged Mad-Dog Scare at Hamp-
 stead"
 "An alleged mad dog, said to be the property of an alleged butcher named Frost, of Atlantic avenue, is alleged to have broken his chain yesterday after noon and attacked the alleged daughter of Thomas Drewsbury, who claims to be a tailor in the same street. The girl is alleged to have been treated by Dr. Tupper, an alleged local practitioner, for the alleged severe bites on hands and legs. It is further alleged that the alleged butcher was last year sent to jail for week by magistrate of the Northwestern Police Court, for not keeping his alleged feroclous dog under control"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
Jests of Great Wits.

The recent cablegram Mark Twain sent to the effect that the report con cerning him Is all a lie and he has not paid his debts recalls the jests of other great wits. Artemus Ward used to put at the bottom of his programs: "N. B. MT. Ward will pay no bills of his own contracting" For that matter, neither would Whistler, the eccentric artist. A few years ago the creditors of the gen ius had a meeting and submitted to him proposition which was refused. Another meeting resulted in another proposition, and MT. Whistler likewise refused to consider that. "But. Mir. Whistler" at last spoke up one exas- perated man, i've are merely trying to get you out of your dilculties." My difficulties" Whistler replied. anpear- ing greatly astonished. "My difficulties did I understand you to say? Why gentlemen, these are not my difficulties. they are yoursv'
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
uow WAR AFFECTS RIGHTS.
Status of Property and Persons in Bel
 iEerent and Neutral Nations.

Stains of Property and Persons in Bel
 IiCerent and Neutral Nations.
 The effect of a state of war upon the rights of persons, whether native or alien. and upon contracts, property and trade Is a matter of great interest. The leading authorities upon this subject are Henry Wheaton, Theodore D. Woosley and Francis Wharton, and from the works of these masters. of in- ternational law the following informal ton is extracted:
 During a state of war neither bellig- erent has the right to sue in the courts of the other to enforce a contract or collect debt. The citizens of the par ties, of course, come under the same prohibitions. Contracts made with an enemy during a state of war cannot be enforced in the courts of either na- ton after war Is concluded.
 The general rule as to treaties is that they are abrogated by war. But cer- tain treaties are exempted from this rule. Privateerng treaties are an ex- ample of such exemption.
 An enemy's property after war is de clared may be seized wherever found, except when 1t is located in the terri tory of neutrals. It Is not customary, however, in more modern times to seize the property of noncombatants who are subjects of the enemy, tempo rary domiciled. To contiscate stocks, bonds or the real estate of a nOncOm- blatant would be sure to call forth re- prisals and would thus react upon the this direction.
 Generally a certain period is fixed within which citizens of a belligerent leave the territory of it's opponent after war has been declared, and in case they leave the country within this spe- cified time their property is safe from confiscation during their passage to their own or some other country.
 Strictly speaking, belligerents have the right just as soon as war Is declar- ed to seize each others ships and car goes In their respective ports as ''drOits of admiralty" but here again modern practices have established the custom of giving notice of the time in which shipping must be removed. This time was fixed at forty days at the time Of the Crimean war. The ship of one belligerent, if 1t sails before war Is de clared for one of the ports of the other Is belligerent, Is safe from seizure. IT, however, a ship sails to neutral port she is liable to seizure. During hoStlIl- ties all inhabitants, native and alien, are compelled to discontinue all inter course with the inhabitants of the country at war with the one in which they live.
 The property of the citizens of either belligerent who live in the country of the other belligerent Is looked upon as a part of the property of their adopted land, and, being regarded as such, IS liable to the reprisals authorized by their native country. Such property as this class of persons may have in the trade of their adopted country may be seized by their native country until such time as they declare their ma tional character" In this case a decla- ration of intention Is not enough, since mere declarations might be made with the intention of escaping all liabilities to either party to the conflict.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

patent specifications To the latter, however, he had not confided a certain small mechanical detail-the very one which had cost him so much labor to work out successfully-his idea being that his son should endeavor to over come the difficulty himself till the pat ent was entered, when he was to learn the secret of the mechanism.
 The very day before the specifications were completed the father dropped dead of heart disease through excitement, and when, later, his son came to exam inc the drawings he found the detail he wished to know had not been included In spite of endless labor and consulta- tiOn with brother engineers the difficult ty, trifling as it seemed, was never over come, and by this little hitch in the ap- paratus it is estimated that he lost very nearly e750, ,00O.
 Some years ago popular favOrite lost the Derby, to the great surprise of it's owner and all who had followed it's previous doings. It was neck and neck race till within 50 yards of the post, when the favorite shot out and looked like romping home. Suddenly it checked its pace for the fraction of a moment and was beaten. Very few knew the cause, curious though it was. A puff of wind caught the jockeys cap and in- stinctively be raised his hand to catch it. In doing so he struck his eye with the end of his whip and jerked back ward. The action threw the horse out of its stride, and, although the whole incident was momentary, it resulted in a lost Derby and thousands of pOnnds besides.
 A screw loose in an engine may re suit i'll great loss to railway or steam ship company. Should lawyer neglect little of evidence ill an otherwise carefully elaborated case, it may go against him. In fact, half the bad luck in life is directly attributable to the ef- fects of hitches, trifing though they may appear.-Pearson's Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

mined in West Virginia, it sold for near Iy S1,OOO,000 more money. Alabama stands number five in the order of pro- duction. Then come Iowa, Maryland and Indiana. Coal is mined in twenty nine States and Territories, and the national product last year was 19S.256,- 7SS tons, valued at $19S, ,094, TOT, or near ly S1 ton at the mines. Of this g, 122,- 40S tons was anthracite, produced in Pennsylvania alone. The average cost of mining anthracite was $1.G5 a ton, and the average cost of bituminous was S1 cents. Out in Oregon they pay S3.11 a ton for mining coal, in Nebraska $3 .G4 and in California $225. The increase in the tonnage sent out last year was a little moro than 3 per cent, while the anthracite product decreased nearly 2250,000 tons.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

One man with a brace of pistols and the inclination to use them put to flight five bandits who stopped a train in New Mexico the other week. Here Is new support for the theory that a little ordinary courage displayed by passengers, train crews and express messengers will furnish all needed pro- tection against the ruffians who so often succeed in duplicating on land the achievements of the old sea rovers. There is not the faintest excuse for the docIlity almost invariably shown when trains and stages are attacked.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

One result of the financial depression -one of the good things that often come out of evil-has been the back-to- the-land movement among urban peo- pie. The illusions that drew thousands from the farms to the cities have been shattered by the hard conditions en- tailed by the panic. The vital, ever present, unacceptable necessities of life are bread and butter, and these the city can give only at second hand. Whatever storms may strew the indus trial sea with wreck, food, shelter and clothing are assured to the man on the farm, while the idle workman of the city must walk the streets in vain search for work.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

On the shores of North Lubec, little town in eastern Maine, there has been established an enterprise that seems to suggest limltless possibilities. It is a "plant" for extracting from sea-water, by a secret process, the single grain of gold which every ton contains. Since the undertaking is novel, all the appli- ances are necessarily crude; but even now the yield of gold is said to be re- munerative. As a business proposition it seems, at first thought, an absurdity to treat" a ton of water for the sake of a grain of gold. ManifeStly, how ever, the enterprise would be subject to the same general conditions that de- termine, say, the adviSability of min- ing Iow-grade ores. And the marine miner, if we may so speak, has the ad- vantage of an eXhaustless "claim;" for the total mass of sea-water is estimat- ed at nearly One-and-a-half million million-millions tons. The new expert ment is not only interesting in itself; 1t is significant, as a probable prelude to other efforts to recover the riches held in this mighty reservoir. No one but the scientist can comprehend the wealth of the waterS-and even he hes itates to attempt to measure it. But he is able to name, in addition to gold. more than twenty valuable compO- nents of the ocean salts. These, besides the chlorides and sulphides of sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium, which are the principal cOmponents, include arsenic, lithium, rubidium, cae- sium, silicon, bOric acid, brOmine, io- dine, f1uorine as acid, and the oxides of nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminium, zinc, silver, lead, copper, barium and strontium as basic compounds. Should circumstances ever seem to call for the utilization of these treasures, science will find the way. It is likely, indeed, that long before the need of them arises, commercial enterprise will have been attracted to this new field of eX- ploitatiOn which is capable of adding so largely to the wealth of the world. There have been pessimiSts who argued that in the distant future in creasing population might exhaust natural resources. They did not real ize that man has but just begun to get acquainted with his dwelling place The sea, as well as the land. may some day satisfy all the needs that are known to the present age, and meet new demands of which We do not even dream
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

digestion was often weakened and much d.strCss was caused ny the inges- tiOn of too much fluid with the food particularly at he beginning of a meal Another factor in causing dyspepsia was the habit Of eating food in silence or without that mirgh a--d good Ielio"' ship SC necessary to insure a nervous condition favorable So the normal ac- tion of the digestive organs. These ILL tie details might seem trite and unilh' portant. but it was the duty of the care full physician to instruct his patients ID regard 70 them The long-contlnued and free use of digestive agents served to male the digestive organs lazy and tive.-Medical Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
The Grave of Eve.

At Jiddah in Arabia, the Mohamme- dans locate the grave of Eve. A small temple, utterly out of proportion to the Moslem conception of the first woman (they claim she was 200 feet talp is erected above the ashes. The structure is in Lad repair, and if it rained often in Arabia, Mother Eve would have a rather damp resting place. AS it is, a big palm tree has forced its way through the room. The spot is the mecca of a seven-year pilgrimage.
 On June 8, which is alleged to be the anniversary of the death of Abel, the doors of the temple remain open ali night. On that night the spirit of Eve mourns for the loss of her murdered son. In fear and trembling the pill grims listen to awful sounds of la mentation emanating from the tomb.
 There are usually in the throng one or two scoffers, who claim to recognize the voices of the priests in the dOleful walls, but their opinions do not carry weight with the majority.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

Spain has now a population of about 19,OOO,OOO people, and of these, accord ing to a recent report of the Spanish Government, nearly S,OOO,OO0 profess no occupation. Grandees and beggars alike disclaim the plebeian virtue of daily toll. There are nearly 100000 registered beggars, half of them fe- males, in this poor little land, and one third of the entire population is entire ly unlettered. The ancient social canker" of contempt for work and workers has eaten the life from Spain.