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The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
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The jack rabbit that before the war lived almost entirely on the sandy planis of the west is working its wAy eastward. A few were seem, now aed then; 2s years ago fin western KsnsaA
 but now 1t has almost reached ths Mississippi river. Until the plains
 were settled. Nr. Jack Rabbit fed on
 the wild plants Of the region. bus with the breaking of the sod he eot his first taste of Corn. He coreludsd that corn was . more agreeable diet than cactus and sage brush, and Ae has been diligently working eastward. where corn is plentiful. The jack rabbit does not multiply ss rapidly e the cotton tail, but he can hold his own. The barbed wire fence must ba a great source of comfort to him. too. for he can readily get through it hirn- self, while dogs and men and hcrses are delayed by 1t long enough to allow him to make his escsps.-LittIs Chron- icla
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
hlcH aAvr HARVEST bAscr.
11vAl @tv~a AT 1Gsa. YAalE 6s Newport

TAA crOwning sTsns of the seAson ol 1eoo at Newport took place the other night-A harvest festival AAnoe"-and 1t fell to the lot of Ars. stuyvesaat Fish to give this function; Previous to the dance Mrs. Herman oelrichH, who wa asaociated with Mrs. Fish in the arrangements for the dance, gave c dinner to 114 guests at Rose CliH. As soon 6s ths dinnsx was over the guests entered the cax- riages and automobiles and the jour. Dey to Crosswsye was begun. At the gateway of Crossways. surmounting the two massive stone posts, were two huge mock pumpkins made into jack O lanterns," each one 12 feet in cir conference and inside were brilliant calcium lights. All the trees and shrubbery about the grounds were brilliantly illuminated by twiRklns lights.
 The peasAnts' dance took place f6 the drswing-room- All of the dancers were dreseed in the Dutch, French and Hungarian peasant costumes.
 Fun was added to the affair by the harvest offerings presented to Mira. FtsA by the gueste as they entered the villa. Mrs. Oelrichs had duck under her arm, Harry Lehr c sucking pig, Mrs. Belmont shanghai rooster MT. Dolsa . gander, Hrs. Ladenburg chicken, and other guestS had vsge- tAhlaN of all d~-nri0dio-. Az @ha a,A of the procession. and to cap the cli- max, appeared Herman oslrichs with 6 calf.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
KING OSCARS LITTLE JoKR.
osSsss Cordially A2eFEOa1 Visltors
 So sAa Palace aA 'FesSow hb A0naROAU.~

The friends of Mir. and Mrs. George P. Baldwin. of Chicago, have just heard of ( pleasant experience which they he'd in Stockholm recently and which exhibits the true courtesy of King os- Gar of Sweden. While sightseeing in Stockholm they visited the royal palace and were charmed vita its beauty and dignity. They had reached the floor on which King Oscars private suite is situated when they were stopped by an attendant, who told them they would have te watt, As the kinT was there, but was about to take drive, when the apartments would be open. As they waited in the corridor c royal carriage drew cp at the foot of the etsircsse. A moment later the king ap- peared in the uniform of an admiral. As hs passed Mrs. Baldwin made a graceful eoSrtssy. which he acknowl- edged with Q courteous bow. Turning Co an Aid-ds-eaznp, he said:
 "Pleass show that lady and her friends through the royal chambers. I see that they are Americans, fellow monsrehs," and with another bow snd smile the king departed. Mrs. Bald win is one of the beauties of Chicago. She Aas many friends in New York.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
To1AToEs GROW oN CRAVE.
xAs Dea1 cAilA was RoaA ef 1Aa..
 = s@A TAsy MysSssssasly

Tomato plants thst grew mystses- 6Nsly oa . grave in Holy Cross ceD- Stsry et Boston. MAAs-, have bean seolsn snd . reward has beeA offered for tAs apprehension of the thief by 1sv. D. N. Ssyags. fstheY of the child buried there fir. savage's little SaaskSeY, Grace, he'd been, ever since She wns able to eet, wonderfully fond of tsmAtoss. This was looked upca ss . result et prenatal influences, wAsah were also responsible for e birtAssarks tHe exact shape ck . to- fnsto, ea the bsek of her head
 Gst f0ndnesa for tomatoes seemed e grow witA hss wars, and it seemed s1 H sAS oealA sst then all day. ADout ( ye6r and . half ego the lit. Sh gtyl Aed. Barly tAis summer her fstAsr Wss sskouDds6 to ses several to@ste plants growing up among the 2swsss cad PaAats oa her Rravs. No ens Asd planted tAsA. % far ss could ee assertAiHsd, a0d no one could ex- thin hew thsy sAaAa to grow there.
 Bee c AzE or two ago Ar. Savage Discovered that some one had evident T oarrl0d away tAA tomato plants s0d . lAreS sh&rs et the flowers on tne grave.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
BLEEDs yRoM EVERY PORE.
GAs Lkfs OS . AisAiwAw GaSuaaS.

Loren ExnmenA. . farmer in rohaeon tpwnahip, NIch.. is slowly bleeding to death from every pore of his body. The uisesee is 6 ~ery rsrV one. snd among She DAaseal frSternity ie known e pnrpnrs hemoErAageA. Last Tuesday night black spots appeared on Mir. Elm mons' ankle. He went to . physician, who found them 10 be hemorrhages be- meath tiEe skin. Since that time Hke bemorrhages have taken place all over thc body and Ar. Emmona ts bleeding from the roof of the mouth, the nose, the ears and even the slightest scratch anywhere on the body, or little bruise, will produce blood. This di.ease gen erally presents itself in . weakened Psrsor. but Mr. Emmons hes always been possesssd of robust health, and the case ia very peculiar.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
CHURCH AND RELIGION.

Steel girders have been substituted for the rotting wooden beams in the roof of the old South meeting house in Boston.
 The bellG of Grsce church, in Broed- way, New York, are runG by the a. sistant organist of the church, Misa Bertha Thomas. She manfpulstes | keyboard like that of an organ.
 The Cathedral of St. John, in course of erection ct Momingside Heights, N. r., vii be the largeGt ecclesiastical edi- flee in the United States It will be s20 feet long and 2s6 feet across ot the widest point
 A recent number of London paper contains this advertisement: Wanted, 8 man of disht weight who fears the Lord and can drive pair of steady horses. He must, Lord willing, arise at seven o'clock in the morning, obey his master and mistress in all lawful commando, sing psalms and join the household prayer, look after the horses and occasionally wait on the table"
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

France makes nearly s6.ooo. .ooo pairs of gloves yearly, and Of thess Ii. .ooo, ,ooo pairs are exported.
 An ingenious mechanical device psstes paper labels on 1000 cans in ten houra Down a shoot rolls cease leas procession of c&as, and each can picks up label as it passes.
 Water. If subjected to great com peession and then dscomposed by means of An electric current into its clements, oxygen and hydrogen, ex- plodes with tremendous force in the Process.
 AnSexample of patient industry is the sorting of hogs bristles as it is carried on at Nentsin, China. Each one of the bristles has to be picked out, measured and placed in the bundle of hairs of corresponding length.
 The Council of the American Chem ieal Society has passed resolutions fa- voring the creation of bureau of chemistry. The laws of the various states controlling food adulteratisn are largely ineffective, because of the interference of interstate commerce laws, and can be made effective only through national legislation.
 More perfect combustion in furnaces is secured by MT Paul Sehlicht by novel means. He has discovered that on prop srly Introducing an air current into . chimney, it takes . course opposite to that of the hot gases. and it's oxygen reaches the center of the Are in heat ed condition favorable for completely uniting with the fuel.
 Advantage is taken of different bands of porosity in agstes to effect the col- oring, which is done in the ease of black onyx by immersing the stone in . mixture of honey and water where 1t remains several weeks at a high tenn perature. 1t is then boiled in sulphuric acid, which carbonates the sacchari- nous matter that has penetrated the stone. thus rendering certain bands an intense black. Various colorations may be produced by different chemical re- actions.
 The printing of books wish Braille type for the benefit of the blind has made immense progress in England within the last few years. The Gen. trs. Lending library, of Birmingham. has no less than 500 books printed with Braille type. This extensive library the works of such favOrite authors as Shakespeare, Browning. Sir Walter Scott, Tennyson and RuEkin The Plymouth public library has alao . similar collection of about 2sO vol umes, and numerous other libraries throughout the country possess similar collections for the entertainment OS those deprived of their aight.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
A "eENrLEMAN FARMER.
VVilIiaA k vasaerbut, IT,. Bxys as- sate sa which te xaAs1ga
 Q WAim.

William K Vanderbilt, IT., is to buiid a place to rival Biltmore, the estate ok hls uncle. Instead of going to the south to do 90, however, the young million aire has bought the land for that pur- pose in the Tuxedo district.
 It was said that the purchase made by MT. Vsnderbilt's agents was the largest ever made in this district, and the tracts which they had bought for him amounted to many thousands of acres. The place is near the Hayemeyer estate.
 The land which has been bought for AT. Vanderbilt n for the most part wooded. There are some farms in the tract and one or two streams. The idea of the young millionaire is to hsvs an immense model farm, where there will be blooded stock and all the things in which the gentleman farmer" takes c deliRht
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
BUILT HIS OWN SEpULCHER.
3Akss PseuarationA for Ills 1ntsR~9aG

h . grave built under his own d.
 reetions the body of John Stivitch,
 An eccentric Austrian. was laid to
 rest ct Jackson. Cal. Long before
 death summoned Slivitch the latter
 designed his own grave, or, more
 properly speaking, tomb. He spent
 many days cheerfully drawing up the
 plans, and with childish delight su- Perintended the construction of the narrow mausoleum. When it was completed he laid himself down to die with a sigh of content, says . San Francisco exchange.
 The grave is of ordinary length and width and seven feet deep. Ita walls are of concrete and concrete foot thick lines the bottom. Twelve inches from the bottom were placed four iron bars, upon which rested the coffin. After the coffin had been lowered iron bars were placed in like manner and the same distance from the top. and over them was placed 6 heavy zinc cover, fitting perfectly tight. Over this will now be placed a layer of concrete of the same thick ness as on the walls, and on top will be the marble bearing the name. place of birth, age and date of death.
 This manner of burial had been a hobby with Stivitch for long time, and when he made his will he set aside $500 to cover the expense, the same being on deposit in . bank of Amsdor county, to be turned over to Inc contractor on completion of the work and it's approval by a nephew, Andrew Perovich, who is named as in the will. Stivitch was 73 years old, . miner;' had lived here many years and had many friends. ae leaves an estate of several thou Isnd dollars, but no nearer relatives han the nephew named.
 The old man had no special disease, 1 ,ut had been failing for months. When told that the work on his pe- ,uliar grave had progressed &s far as possible he remarked to Dr. Gall, his physician:
 Doctor. if you let me die tonight
 will give you s1Oo." But it was not Q be. He lived eight days longer. turing which time many citizens wis ted the cemetery to inspect the rest ng place for all that was mortal of he odd old Austrian.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
6ks you AFFORD to be Without your County Paper?
FOOTBALL THIS YEAR
Radical Changes Made In Several
 sf Rules Governing Game.
E6orf MaAs tos Malrs Gaas MOSs se1sattas, e steD UAsDeFtsmanIfks Ceadeef saa Eiin1aats Delay
 Tssftos ss xAfsEsor Feaas.

Walter Camp and the other members of the collegiate football rules ccm- naittee have been busy for some time re- vfsing the football rules in anticipation of the coming season. The committes has completed its work and the revised rules ere now h the hands of the printer.
 Radical changes hAVa been made Ia several of the rules. The tendency has been 10 make the game more scientific, stop thsportsmAnlike conduct and to take sway the opportunities inferior teams have had to gain time over their supeTiors. The committee has changed the rule by which q team lost the ball for oHsids play. Hereafter the of- fendsrs wi4l be peAal!zed ten yards and ths bell will remain in possession of the sds hsving 1t bstore tH4 foul was made.
 An Important change is due to ths outooms Of last years Haryard-Yals game, when Yale reSnrrectsd the old 2o-yard rule in order to hold the ball when near HarvArds goal Rather than give up the bau Yale dropped back " yeros Ano ksPt the ball The rule RA1 besa changed to read: "A team cannot take ads&AtaGs of thk rule < second time unlsss the hau has sx- changed Psessasf6e after the team us- ing the S9-ys<d rals hsd Afss taken sd- Santaes of the ruie.o
 .Priheetoh's Ebo+ensS4s LAst yeaP tn ths' Yale e-PrincstoH game of the aae Ans coaching rvAas led tO the imposing Of tsa-ysEd penalty Sox coaching froA tAs nids kHsA Any unfair set eonEAsssd by playsr or any sympA- <Aisss Asy alss bs punished by tsar yard penalty.
 With the sxesptioa ef NAeSa four shanges the rules ez fsee win pesvall 61xans ths secains season.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
LAUGHTER FOR ONE DOLLAR.
UAAaHs sale hy . HatAes oe Hss r~~,s 1sas-oiA asri e a waHaa
 9t RoeAaat09.

John 4. CsaAon. of Rochester, N. T., the other day sold his tour-yeAr-old esRghtsr for q, gnd to show that the traDsAetioA was perfectly regular he szeeuts4 . deed to Mrs Eva Simpson. che wonsn Co wAom be sold the child, seditwSsreeorSediHth iH the county clerks sfhes. CanAca hss hsA trouble In sup porting hs family, and was arrested sor fsilars to provide fer then. Judge AuN sasPeaded seHtsAee, and Cannon Was tAsh fsArressed fer malicious rnis- eAisf end was fined efs, which he paid. Ne left ,tAs sourtsoom saying that he wOuid Hnf wsy out of lis difficulty. sns few m36vtes afterward the deed waS GGnsd. the Golfer wss paid over to Aiu s1d he ga~o sp his child. The deed ~as c unique instsunenA Some taw- ysrs who cav the deed aid it was ills- gal while otheTs slatua it was . perfect iy legal form cf adoption.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
ssar.t lnt.et Fe., c..t..a.s.

Chiness porcelain was common ia Europe for 800 years before Ger man potter succeeded in finding out the process of making 1t. The Chinese pottery is scattered all over the world. and everywhere valued; but nowhere wac the distribution more curious than in western Canada. Early in the century . Chinese junk was cast away on the Pacific coast of America just south of Vancouver island, and its car go of wiilow-psttern plates fell into the hands of the Hudson Boy com pany's officers. Still in the remotest trading posts of the fur traders few fine specimens rsmsin.--CincinnsH In- ouireR.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
BARGE OFFICE RoMNNcE.
Sa1itsts tAs WOsk ss Sweet
 Master Cspi4. C

There seem to be manifold opporsu-
 niNes among the immigrants coming
 10 America on shipboard for falling
 In love, particularly on the slower
 steamers, when people are thrown to-
 gsther for period of from IF to Is daya.
 writes John Gilmer Speed. in Ainslee's.
 In this case, 8 worthy young Russian
 was cheated out of . very pretty bride
 by . likely Italian fellow-trsveler of
 the maiden. Strangely eTPugh, che
 knew not one word of Italian nor he
 word of Russian; yet the brides
 eountryman was jpted and the panto-
 mime lovers were married, and set
 forth gravely and confidently to learn each other and the great new world
 they he'd entered at one and the same time. Another case was equally lu- dicrous. A Swedish maiden of some what nckle mind fell in love with a fellow voyager, without apprising him of the fact that she was betrothed to another man whom she was to meet at the barge office and marry. It was her intention to hurry ashore with her new lover and outwit the former by a prior ceremony; but the red tape of the ofice prevented that, and the first lover came to welcome his bride. She then as promptly fell in love with No. T.; but when No. ? pleaded and threat ened. she could not decide which one che loved the better, so she was de- tainsd while the two men haunted the barge ofice glaring at each other. When the detention had elapsed, the bride, still not knowing her mind, waa sent unceremoniousIy back on the same steamer that brought her over, both fitted lovers abandoning the field in despair. But on arriving on her native soil once more, the maiden dared not face her people; so back she came, hay ing just money enough to pay her pass- age, and sent for Lover No l, decIa ring Shat she loved him the better. He re- piled that he was very much obliged; but as he had already married hand ,omer girl in the intervel, be was com pei;ed to decline to come for her. The maiden then sent word to No to like effect, but he declared that he had had enough of the fiekle feminine, and thus in defeat the maiden was trans ported back again to face the leers and iesrs of her native hamlet.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
LOST IN A GREAT CAVE.
SS<e RO@2a in n Bottle PusDoPtGaa e 1s Arom Hopeless Wan.
 a0ROR.

While Will Ruseell, . con of Chief o4 Police Frank RuSsell, of Bedford, Ind :. and two other young men, named Orin Sc!sco end EestGP Stevenson, were exploring c cave on the farm of asnau named Kern, 1H miles south west of Bedford, the other day, they dtsco~ere0 c mysterious note, which, If true, reveals the awful death of an unknown man.
 After going quite | distance back 4n the cave, which is said to be about three miles in extent, . bottle was dis covered at the top of . high predpics in an indentation in the rocks, and was held in place by mud which had been daubed around it. The bottle contained . note. whicA read aa fol- lowa:
 Have been lo4a here since Sunday, De- essnhsr 70. le0A IL is now lo:2s p. n.. Decem- ber & An hungry and last oil all gous
 JAKE OLDEN. Lincoln, Neh."
 Oas the back of the note was writ len, Tell my friends I died happy.
 JAKE"
 The bottle wAS cf c quart slss and lad contained coal oil. e tAs note wac saturated with it.
 The young men made . 1AorouEA search fer anything that might lead tO Aa explanation of the mystery, but they were unable te go beyond the precipies upon which the bottle was found. The depth ef the declivity seemed to be about 50 feet, and wa- ter could be plainly heard falling in the depths below.
 On May lS, 1894, James Corbin and Martin Hsnsford undertook to ex- plocs this cave and were lost through their light going out. and it was only after many hours of hard labor and Perssvsrancs that they regained the entrance
 Whether the note wae written by some one who WAS really lost or as . joke is mystery, but it is certainly possible that one couId enter this great cave and become lost. A search will be msde again during the com ing week, when an attempt will be mads to descend the precipiee where ths bottle wAs found.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
FAMILY LIVES IN 4 rRER.
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 0ReaRa.

SoAA AaHssh, of Halsdon. \. J.. cad his family live up . tree. 4 mors unique habitation csnaet be imagined. In the branches of 6 big oak he has built his hone. It is psrched among the leaves and over the top of the queer abode towers the top of the tree, forming it's chief roof.
 Rausch, says & letter to the St. Louis Republic, Is a German Aborer who has worked around Haledon fer five years. He has seldom earned more than 8 dollar day. He grew tired of paying rent and, with the Germans love of owning a home of his own. he tried to buy some property from the real estate dealer of the place, William BuSchman. The latter owns nearly all the land in that vicinity, and is anxious to have the property improved. He told Rausch he would give him a nice iot for little money if he would build . house. True the lot was far away from the road, but 1t was dry and we'll situated. It was covered with fne trees, and an especially majestic oak grew in the center.
 Alter paying for the Lot Rausch found he hadn't money enough to start the house he had promised to build. His wife and three small children ate up his meager earnings Buschman told him he would have to give ap the lot if he didn't begin the house.
 Rauseh thereupon secured number of big boxes. He had conceived the idea of making the branches of the tree serve for uprights and timbers.
 The nails in the boxes were sufficient. On the strong lower branches he crossed and rserossed the boards. It made very uneven floor. but the branches were strong and the boards would not slip. The house is circular. but very irregular.
 Above all there is . smaller structure that Rausch calls his-garrst. When the wind blows the whole structure shakes and swings like . hammock. yet the whole family live there.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-10
vsoa. aesqsiao Mi..isn,.

Some of the proceedings Of the scumenicai conference, recently held in New York. were marked by humor. A member of one of the audiences rose in his place at the end of speech, and asked for the attention of those pres ent. The presiding officer thought that missionary wss about to speak. and asked:
 From what outpost do you comsf"
 T am from Jersey City," replied the man from the audienee-perhsps from inability to hear the exact words of the question.-N. r. Tribune.