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The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Dancing seems to be all the go at the present time. Another ball was held in the Armory Hall last Tuesday even. ing
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

We notice several loads of lumber coming in town each week, but fail to see any buildings going up.
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last Wednesday and returned the same day.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Charles Jarvis left for Springerville last Monday, from there be will go into the mountains to hunt and fish.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

The Board of Supervisors adjourned last Saturday and all dispersed.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Henry L. Butler left for Springeryillt last Tuesday.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Father Platt is able to be upon the streets again. although somewhat weak he is gaming slowly.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

w. H. Gibbons left for Alahambra California last Saturday. where he vii visit friends and relatives.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Chester Paddock and Alexander Nicol jr. came in from Holbrook this week with frieght.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Mrs. Minnie Coleman wife of P. T. Coleman jr., has moved to St. Johns. for the winter.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Miss Alice Lesueur returned from SpringervilIe last Tuesday.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

J. T. Lesueur and his son Ray left for Springerville last Thursday.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

P FISHER, NEWSPAPER ADvER- \ 4. Using Agent. 21 Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco, is our authorized
 agent. This paper is kept on file in his ofnce.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Ben. Slade and Bud. Greer are here from Springeryille with the threshine machine.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Threshing has commenced at the Meadows seven miles below here.
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COUNTY OFFICIALS.
POST OFFICE.

JERRY GONZALES ?. NJ. office hours; Open from A. N, untI 7P.M. On Sundays from 12 to PM. Mail c-oses going east and Gsst at 2.30 P.M N. Going south. at A. M
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

The weather unsurpassed on any part of the globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

The District school of this place will commence Monday. Sept. 12th.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

Mir. Backstein is here again on his usual business.
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NOTICE.

To whom 1t may concern, I will not stand good or pay any debts, made by my wife (Mrs. c. Day) and forbid any one trading or buying any stock from her.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03
THE WORLD Is HIS.
A "ROugh Rider is Ovcrh card
 SOliIOquiZing
don cases
N. C. MURPHY,
 Governor.

, ~ AOOUS III HI it ttTt iS ON NrE8i cara
 SOliiOquiZing.
 An Arizona Volunteer who had been through the campaiga of Santiago, was overheard conversing with an old friend in New York, says an eastern paper, about as follows
 Il never saw anything like it. Talk about the prodical son and the f4tted calf! Why, they weren't init at all The Drodical son doesa't fgu4e. IcouId give him cards and spades and beat him at his own deal Whv. there's nothing too good for Iae. The .olks kiss me when go out and kiss me when l come in. can take my bicycle in the front way thing never dared do before. l can smoke in che oallor. It all goes. Nobody says a word. I. never amounted t. arvtlfur before. | was always in the way about the house. But now, say, I own the block. The girls all look at me as If ] were a Httle deity. Why, eytn my sister, whenever had any use for ne bef0re-sald vas stupid and never could do the right | thing at the right time-is doruc he loving embrace act every othermfnute. Why, 1 believe 1 could sprinkle he sitting room floor with ashes and she would never regIster a k1ck
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NY OFFICER Registration
 or Voters.

ST. JOHNS, ARIZONA, May 14, 1888. It Is ordered by the Board of Supervisors that re- egistration of the voters of Apache c sunt be made for the year 1898, ard the County t,. corder prepare Great Registers pub ish tie required notice of such r--re gistration in h St. Johns Herald. J.. H. GREER
 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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Condensed Time Table No. 46 Taking Effect Dec. 15, 1S97.l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22
SEOCK
THE BREEDS OF SWINE.

In the quarterly report of the Kan
sas Board of Agriculture devoted to
pork production, or the hog in Amer
lea, Secretary Coburn has given a terae
hist Try OF or comment on each of the
breeds having any prominence in the
Ualted States Some of his expressions
will not please everybody, especially
those who are inclined to believe that
the use o. the leggy and lardIess sorts,
as represented by certain Euglish
types, is essential to the Yankee hog
growers salvation.
His idea is that the best type Of gen
eral purpose hog that the world has
yet seen is the one evolved by the
American farmers, or, If not the Ameri.
can farmers will make it go, and
further, that the American hog rsisers,
whatever their shortcomings know in
fnitely more abcuS pork production
than any presunptuous outsiders can
tell them. He says:
the Poland China breed originated
in the Miami valley, in Butler and
Warren counties, Oaio, between 1888
and 1910, in the crossing Of vorious
fanilis S there known as Big China,
By6eld, B5otord, and Irlsn Grazier,
the offspring being q large and sorae-
what coarse black and white spotted
swine called by various names, for
which a National convention of swine.
breeders, in 1872, selected that of
Poland China. These were crossed
with imported Berkshires to give re-
fnement and propensity to early fat
tening, and incidentally they acquired
much of the Berkshires' conformation,
black color, and white markings. The
| progress made in that region and at
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22
TEXAS A LANDS

Richest soils and finest china.
Healthtul and delightful. Sum-.
cooler than in Iowa; gardens end
lures green all winter. Harvest 81,
crop every month in the year. N,
two growing cities Of over so, 600 esS
River and gulf transportation. On,
not consumed by winter feeding n
freight rates. No f0gs, cvcloDl
drouths or blizzards. Finee5 spp,
and tobacco lands on earth, and uns,
celled for fruit, truck, cottvn. co,,
hay, and live stock. Corn has vieId,
1875 bushels per acre on a $50 acre Rai
and cotton tour bales per acre. n
fertilizers or irrigation used. Fd
oysters and game abundant. Larpe,
small tracts, prairie or timber. IN
proved or unimproved, at low prjo
and on easy terms. Three railroad
coming. Prices will double in twe,
months. No finer investment. sts
your wants, and enclose stamp for IN
particulars to County Attorney, Box,
Bay City, Texas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22
LlV2 0 T

Keep no stale stock on your pas
lures, but let them be less in quantity
and of better quality, and you will sec
better results.
To begin to fatten lean hogs with
rich food from the start is q wasting
Full r6tions of corn or peas ought to be
lett for the finishing Of the process.
If at the end of six or sever weeks
the piggies are growing nicely anG
look well, we may think of weaving,
but it should not be determined by
their age, but how they are eating and
growing, and their ability to take care
of themselves.
The hog, in its natural wild tate, is
more vigorous and enduring than when
domesticated, and therefore less liable
to disease. But as raised and fec I'm
der u handling, close breeding emu
high feeding it is IA of the most sen
sieive animals on the farm.
Now if we feed our animals such
things az are low in the essential ele
ments, we shall have a manure essen
TALLY low in the desired elements Of
! plant food. The manure made from
animals fed on straw alone is barely
worth handling.-Western PloWman
Disease is not natural to the hog any
more than to the horse or COW; it does
not get sick easily, but viii succumt
to some diseases so rapidly that assist
ance often comes too late. They are
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22

when eaten by a COW a few hours be-
fore milking, will faint the milk. This
will show you how sensitive milk is to
odors, and that it will even absorb
them before it is dra wn from the COW.
So we must be careful where we place
milk, in order to keep it pure and
sweet. We must aIsO keep it in very
clean, nice pans or cans, and the cow
must be fed the sweetest and best Of
foods.
Butter is really a part of milk, and
like it will absorb strong odors of any
kind. This you al easily learn, if you
will. Go to q store where the butter
is kept in refrigerators or boxes that
are not clean, and smell and taste of it.
You will be surprised to find that but
ter tastes of so many different things.
You also can carry on a simple little
experiment at home. Take n of the
nice, sweet Jumps Of butter your
mother has made and cut it into two
parts. One part keep in q clean, sweet
room or box. Place the rest in a box
that has had some kerosene local OLD
spilled on the inside of it, and keep it
there over night. Now, every n will
be interested to know if there is any
difference in the favor Of the two
halves of that lump of butter. You
should be able to tell.
/ am very sure thas your various in
vestigations will know that both milk
and butter absorb strong odors, and so
themselves become of bad quality. thus
iii lring their value. So does this not
teach us shat it Is important to keep
all milk and butter In a sweet air and
tn very clean vessels if we ara to have
agreeable tasting food of this kind, and
wish to get the best prices for it7
After obtaining the cream from the
milk, by skimmiDg, it is necessary to
churn it to secure the butter, and, as
has already been said, this ia done by
a desaing process. The vessel the
cream is dashed about in is the churn,
of which there r many different
kinds. The best churns are usually of
the simplest make.
Several things combine to make the
operation of churning easy or difficult,
and to produce good or poor butter.
Among these may be mentioned-1gt,
The kind of churn; 81, the kind of
cream; 81, the temperature Of the
cream; 4ih, the temperature OF the
room; 5th, the washing of the butter;
6sh, the sailing and working OF the
butter. Let US briefly consider these
points.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22

The plan Of storing apples in eartr,
or ''clamping" thann, is practiced IL
some paris OF TIE country, hut it is not
to be Recommended, as the fruit &C
quires a sEigztly uusty ard bitter taste.
IT stored in rand II IS difficult TO get
the grit Qua of the eyes and a6alk cavi-
ties. The best material IS the sitting
from burnt clay, which is free from
germs Of any kind. SINE Use mosP,
but this eIso gives q mugty taste to tie
fruit stored in it or on it. So does
straw, and. worse still, hay, Eve1,
boards convey an undesirable favor 90
fruit stored upon them, but this may
be- lessened by interpreting sheets Of
paper between the fruit and the shelves.
Massachusetts Plowman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK !

10 CO operative dairying the intro.
duction of the Chr csc factory and the
creamery ia taking away from the wo
men of the house a great deal Of work
that hitherto has been little short Of
downright 6rudgery, nothing else il
fact; every effort should be made, that
possibly can be made, TO encourage the
erection OF factories Id creanocles 81!
over the country, so that the %omeE
of the farm may be still further re.
lieveQ Cf iha9 hard aud laborlous wor6
that would fall 70 their loJ.-D3puty
Minister of Agriculture, q. .. James,
Oat., In Farm and Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22
NEW BOOKS.

The Seaboard Air Line has issued
this soas9n thu g. handsome illustrated
b 1okiets. Winter Excursions !" IS 2uth.
eru- P mss end ''SCortaman's Guide. {"
Fheee are now ready for distribution
ans wilt b9 sent frne Of coat to n AZ
dress Their "Wintsr Excursions
gives full information in regard TO
Rates and Routes 10 the Dest Winter
Resorts in tire c~uuEry. The Sports
mans Guide" is one Of the handsoneat
and E2osS complete 3coks OF rs Kind
ever seen by us. Igs make up is artls
tic from " to cover ard 1t c0nCaiDa,
nos onls Information in regard 81 hunt
ing grounds, guides, dogs Hotel rares.
&c. bus q digest Of tt Game La s If
the States cover d by it and some as
tual experiences Of Hunters along the
line Of the SeAboard Air Line The
{ Southern Pines" booklet is elso very
artisticalIy goGten up. and the informa.
ton contained covers every point.
Any or all of thesa will be mailed upon
application to Mr. T. J Anderson.
General Passenger Agent, Portsmouth,
Virginia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22

in many cases, not observed to be sick,
until they creep around, hide them.
selves refuse food and finally die, very
often without the owner knowing
what allied them.
If u progressive milk and beef pro-
ducers have learned Oy dear experience
that they cannot afford to waste their
corn fodder, how much less can they
afford to treat with Indifference even
the threshed out straw, which contains
IS pounds more Of digestible food ma
tarial per ton than does the former9
Another important point in succes
full fattening, and the sole END of hog
breeding ia TO obtain a large quantity
Of meat, of a good quality, in as short
a space Of time as possible. a cheap
and quick fatsening depends upon the
health and age Of hogs, as we'll as the
season and condition Of the food.
To those vino buy feed 1 would recon-
mend, says a writer, the purchase OF a
certain amount OF Gil cake meal. OF
course you cannot give a full ration OF
it, bus for the amount you can feed, /
regard it By all means the cheapest
and best grain you can buy, when you
take into consideration its feeding and
manurial value
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22
NATIONAL RXECUTTVE COMMITTEES.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
". 4. Gardner. Chairman. Andrews
Settlement. Pa; a. b. Welch, Sec'y,
Victor, n z; John Brylnig, juno
tion, w. Va. j. g. Wilb0rn, Oic
Point, 8. c.; @. A. Barlow, Sah Luis
o 1ispo, Cal
NORTH oARCLIEA FARMERS STATE A1x1-
ANCE.
President-Johu Graham, Warren
Vicc-President-D. G. Bryan. Jones.
Secsetery-Tr surer-J.T B Hoover,
aIlIsboru, n. ..
State Business Ageut-T. B Parker,
8nls0oro, N. O..
Leceurer-Dr, v. N. soawell, Villa
now, n. !.
Assistant Locknrcr-W. H. Davis.
Wiiliamaboro. n. Q.
Chaplain W. s. Mercer, Moyock,
n. G.
Door-keeper-Geo. z. Lane, Green's
boro, Y. G.
assistant contemporaries. E. Lyor,
D 1rnaTn. n. Z.
8~ogsea0t,at Arms-D. ". Watson,
MavwO0d. \. =.
Trustee Business Agency Tund~W.
4. [zE@Aara, I8c&paIak, r. q
Steward-A. J, Moge, Farnaville
n Q.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE woBTE
CARoLEaA FARMERS STATE AEIIARCg.
J.. W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh.
N. 9.
John Graham, Warrenton, N. 9.
W b. Flaming, Ridgeway, N. G.
Q. Q. Mcclellan, G1dwin.. N. G.
DIR. J. E. Person, PIkeviIle. n. @.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, N. Q.
STATE ALL1AECH JUDICIARY uoNHTTYrw
DR.. ]. .. Person, Pikeville. N, O,
W. s. Barnes, Raleigh, N. @.
7. 1vey, Cary, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22
THR NATIONAL FARMERS ALI
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President-W. A. Gardner, Andrews
Settleme Mt Va.
Vice President-P, r.. RahiIley, Lake
City, Mimi.
Secretary Treasurer-W, P. Broker,
Cogan Station, Pa.
LECTURERS.
J, P. Sossamon, Charlotte, n. Q.
J. Z HREiev, So. Paul, MINI.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-26
LOCATION FOR BEES.
An Orchard with LOw-Sprcading
Trees Is Claimed To lie the Ideal
Place for an hpinry.

I have decided that the ideal place
for an apiary is in an orchard, where
there are low-spreading trees. If the
queens wings are clipped, there will
be comparatively little climbing after
swarms Some prefer shade-boards;
but after having tried both, for the
comfort of the apiarist and that OF
the bees, | decidedly prefer the shade
of low-sprcading trees. Grapevines
do tolerably well, but they do not pro-
tect the apiarist; and at the time OF
the year when the shade is most need
ed, they are sending out shoots and
branches that interfere with the hand
ling of the hive: and grapeyines do
require an excessive amount Of trim
ming just Mt the time bees need the
most attention. The colonies at our
out-yard are placed in groups of three
on the north side of the low-spreading
bass woods. 1t is great comfort as
well as pleasure 10 work among
these bees compared with what it is
in the home yard of the grapevines.
Vernon Burt has his apiary in an apple
orchard, and the grass Is neatly keps
down by sheep that arc allowed TO
run among the hives at will. The
lawn-mower does not begin to com
pare with them. Colman's Rural
World
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-26

ana blow guns, and are experts in
their use. They use poison on the tips
of their spears and arrows which is
deadly. and lead n nomadic life, seldom
remaining long in one place. They are
never at loss for food. and do not
give a thought to the morrow, nature
having been so lavish to those people
that a vigorous shake of the tree that
shelters them over night will furnish
them with square meal in the
morning. Their only clothing Is
bark loin cloth. They are pagans, and
believe and practice all sorts of sor-
Gerry and witch hcraft. They are pnrc
Papuans, and practice polygnmy, are
cunning, treacherous, but also
courageous. They are rapidly dimin-
ishing. and viii soop become extinct.
The half-castes, or, as they are
called in this country, Mezitos, while
small in numbers are more influential
and important than any of the mixed
races, particularly the Spanish Mest-
zos, who are generally merchants and
are often quite wealthy. They are also
employed in the government service
as clerks and private secretaries, are
petty Office holders and much more eff
ficient than the imported Spaniard.
Both the men and women are ,musu-
ally good looking. They will play an
important pert in the future destinies
OF these islands. no matter in whose
hands they may ultimately remain.
There are many Mestizos Of Chinese
descent, and these follow the trades
of their Chinese fathers, whatever that.
may be. Many of them, especially
children Of wealthy parents, are sent
to China when young and receive nm
education at the best Chinese institu-
tions. They dress and otherwise
adopt all the habits peculiar to their
fathers land, and look and act like full
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-26
SPARROW AS A MIMIC.
He Initiated the Rolls of the Canary,
Sang Like N Goldilnch and
Walked Like Lark.

To train sparrow is the task q
certain bird lover set herself one year.
During the month of April she took
baby sparrow Fl ON its nest and dnursed
and fed it very carefully until II could
feed alone. When week or two older
it was placed in cage with lark,
goldfinch and two canaries. After
few months had elapsed the sparrow
initiated his companions perfectly, so
that one might easily mistake him for
one of them. lie mimicked the rolls of
the canary, sang with the delicacy and
artiflce of the goldfinch, and, more
amusing than all, he walked like the
lark.
In all this perhaps there was nothing
so very astonishing, added the narra-
tor of the tale, for many birds have
TIE power of initiating the song OF
other birds, but the little sparrow went
step farther, and tried TO train his
voice TO cricket's note.
In The spring some crickets were
caught and kept in little cage. For
a long time the cage hung next to the
canary birds cage, but not one of the
birds was preteutious enough TO try to
initiate the crickets, which were after
ward moved next to the sparrow's cage.
Great was the astonishment OF the
household when two days later the
sparrow's little voice piped out in imita-
ton Of the crickets'. Even after the
crickets died the sparrow continued TO
initiate them, varying his tones with
the different little songs of the other
birds.
So sparrows are not wholly uninter-
esting little birds after all. Carlotta
Patti had a sparrow which was great
pet and companion. He recognized his
mistress whenever she entered the
room and would chirp welcome; he
would never cat but when she fed him
from her lips. Like Carlotta, the spar
row was lame. II was on this account,
indeed, that she chose him for her pet.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-26
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Don't cultivate the corn too late.
You will cut the roots
We would advise feeding calves from
tin or galvanized pals
If the calf will not drink-and sot1e
will not-starve 1t to it.
Cut the grass when the bloom is on
and you will preserve the aroma.
When the rains cease be sure to cul-
tivate and make the surface fine.
The preservation Of good aroma in
hay makes it all the more palatabe to
the animal.
Clover hay is hundred per cent,
better than timothy for all purposes
In feeding stock.
1t looks now as II wheat would be a
good price for the next crop. Don't
sell early If you can help it.
A tread power, run by big dog or
calf, will do the churning on most
farms, and save lots of labor.
The only way to buy binder twine j,
to club together and demand reduc.
tion in price. TIE sellers Of binder
twine are getting rich eff the farmers
Western Plowman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-26

ships, worthy of mentlon. 1t was q al
armor-piercing shot, and struck and
entered the upper gun deck line, de-
fecting slightly upward, scattering
deck next the ships side, which slight
ly wounded five or six of Ensign IT.
wins gun crew. 1t went through the
engine room hatch, and then glanc-
siX-inch guns struck the circular shield
of heavy steel in front Of it. Follow
ing around the concaye surface Of the
shield, the shot came back across the
deck toward the side from which it en-
tered, struck and bent n ladder on one
of the big ventilators and fell upon the
deck. One Of the guns crew, leaning
against the ventilator, was thrown
senscless on the deck, and was carried
below, but shortly surprised the sur
geons by getting up and walking back
to his gun, doing his duty to the end Of
the fight.
"It was n grand sight all the night
after the fight TO sec the burning ships
which lit up the sky with their flames,
with occasionally an explosion, as the
magazines ignited. saw sample of
the horrors OF war on Monday after
noon, when in rowboat we went
around the charred skeleton Of the
Reina Cristina. Rounding the stern
something unusual showed on the pro-
jecting sponsor of forward gun,
which on near inspection proved to
be corpse of Spaniard, nude, save
for belt about his waist, both legs
shot off at the knee and other horrible
wounds. Owing TO the body being on
the sponsor outside the hull it had not
been burned, and was one of the most
grewsome sights ever saw, and
could not but be thankful that there
were no such sights seen on our ship,
but which had been averted only by
the hard of divine Providence. which
watched over us that Sunday morn.
inp"