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The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
Lunenroou wat

There was diversion at the Un- cleaned Spoon lunchroom the other afternoon. A man who had been lotifed ot his appointment to a war department position in the Philip pines. on account of his knowledge of Spanish. had been celebrating his forthcoming exile for several hours. Then he dropped into the Uncleaned Spoon lunchroom for a bite. Calling a Teutonic waiter. he said:
 Dish me up plate O pork and beans"
 The Teutonic waiter knew the just appointed-to-the-Philippines custom CT. and he saw his chance.
 "Yoost you vait awhile" said he, ''und you ged your Fill-o'-beans."
 Then the Teutonic waiter sank to. he floor in fit of uncomfortable Laughter. So great was the excite nent that ensued that three men at the lunchroom tables were observed to remove their hats while they ate. -WashinP-c- Test.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
4 New Form of Color Blindness.

-Dr. J. H. Bickerton calls attention in 3 recent number of the British Medical Journal to a curious case of color blind ness. The individual cited was the off, cer of a steamer. and owing to bis in- ability to distinguish between white and green lights narrowly e.caped run ming down another vessel. He had pre- yiously been subjected to the Holmgren test. which consists of matching col ored wools. and after the narrow es- cape noted he was again subjected to the test. and on both occasions passed successfully. The author then goes on to state that this form of defective vision is not so uncommon. and he con- siders it imperative that some other test be devised. 80 as to exclude unfit persons from the merchant marine EerVicp
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
MYSTERIOUS CAVE.
One in the Sierritas Which Remains .Um \ plored.

c. T. Np-l who has charge of the Sierrltas lead group, says that there is a remarkable cave "n the west side of the Sirrrita mountain Npel and q fellow prospectnr enter ed the cave and ,x,1nred it for the distance of q mile, when they came tn a drop off. the depth nf which is unknown. Some of the old miners uf this sectiun have sliperstitious ideas regarding this cave. One story which is vnuched for by sev- eral miners is, that prospector once entered the cave and never returned. What became O. him nD one knows, but many claim that the noises emanating from the cave are made by hlm drilling and blast ing in search of the precious met alS. Mir Neel says that he has frequently heard these noises and more than once he has been asked by peopIe passing the cave who was working in there. Here is a chance for some adventurous and unsuperstillous people to Explore the new wonder.-Ariz0na Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
How Tney Named Her.

Apropos of the woman whose name of Amazing Grace was mentioned in this column Sunday Deacon Flint. Of the moonshine country. tells the fol- lowing: "Jim Stahlons and lis wife. Arimitta Measles, what was. came to my house for me to chisten thar young kid. Says to Jim: Name this baby.' Jim, he lowed as how he an Arimitts has had some trouble bout getting of . name for this gal baby. He said as how he wanted to git a ScripturaI name, but thar want none in the book from Genesis to the end of Revolutions what suited Arimitta. So we sot down to sarch the hymnbook. We come to 'Amazin' Grace and hit sounded DOW erful putty. but parson.' says Jim. thar is neighbor Lige Gailey-he has a gal named Grace!' So thar we. was. By and by we remembered that thar want any Ann gal in the settlement. So we cum 10 the konclusion to call the baby Amazin' Ann. And as such she was baptized in Mud creek by me."-Atlan- ta Constitution.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
IN AN OLD eaRo-R


 Come down to that old garden Of every Howe. Ee kLeW. When oCt cf gates Of childhood Tn airs Of rnCT.irg Blew. And arching heaven was painted IE eseEy Grop Of dew. And you may have the lily
 With all her virgin snCws. And you may have the beauty That bus. eS on the rose. But will have the heart's-eass. The dearest flower that blows, Who will shall have the balkans And store of hydromel. The purple of the monk's-hood With poison in his spell: Who will shall have sweet-Wflian And the canterbury-ben I love the breath of rosemary, The perfume of the stock. The proud pi1mes of the neur-ds-ls The silken hollyhock: love the flaming poppy
 And the sleepy four-o'elcck. But they say that when great angels Fell piunging from Heavens fr0wns A spirit locking after Lost a blossom from her cro~r- know 1t was tEe heart s-ease Came softly floating down Oh. bright the horeysuckle.
 Ard sweet his t.ppling crew, The bird-wings of the coiumbine, The larkspur blue as bsue-. But will take the heart's-eass Ard all the rest take you, -Harr.et Prescott Spo1ord. In woman's Home Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

of rail communication. Tn any, case. from the nearest base of sunp i are brought the division or regimentni wagons. which are. filled on. requisi- tion and receipts are given for the supplies received.
 A weeks supply or even ten days food should be at hand wi the army. From the regimental depo's the com pany gets it's food for each day. and it is transferred to the company's kitchen Here are great kettles of cs't fee steaming over the fire. wi h bacon or other meat cooking in the pans. rhus the food which started as the contents Of one of the boxes in the mountain of supplies on the shore inal;y comes to the plate of the sol. Her to give him strength
 Sometimes a flying column takes no commissary train with it. cuts itself off from it's base of supplies and moves swiftly through the courtry :aking few days rations. This can not be done unless the country Is thoroughly known and can be depend ed on for food. a
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
SAFEGUARDS.

Congress will one day wake up to the fact that the arid empire in the West needs but moderate at tentiou from the goyernment-less than the rivers and harburs get to be transformed from desert wastes into prosperous small farms and to contain q dense population -an upbuilding of rural humes on the public domain to form, as Sec- retary of Agriculture, Wilson, says
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
Irrigation
 Matters.
THE SOUTH LENDS A HAND.
Co-operates with the West to Secure Irrigation Surveys and
 Stream Measurements.

The gauging of streams inthe South Atlantic and other soul hrrn states, by the government, may not seem matter of very great importance or interest to the peo ple of the arid feginn of tie West nevertheless it is likely tO be a niieans of helping them materially. For years the West .las had to make It's fight for irrigation sur veys alone, with but l;.tie assist ance from Senators or Congress- men east of the humid line :; it was a matter in which they hau little interest, tho some of them might recognize the justice of such appr" prialions. But during recent years the peuple of the South. where manufacturing enterprises have been springing up like mushrooms in the night, have come to the re alization of tlie importance and ne ctssity of the work of the Geolog- ical Survey, especially in it's meas urehients and gaugIltg of streams available for power to be used in manufacturing plants.
 And so now, when the question arose the other day of allowing an increased appropriation to the Ge oluglcal Survey for irrigation sur veymg and investigation in the senii.Hrid and arid West and for stream gauging in all the states. thUse who always take occasion tU oppose such appropriations, sud- denly found lined up against them southern Senators who expressed their deterininatiOm tu cUoperate
 
 with western representations in be- half of this needed government work. The vigorous words of Sen. ut6r Butler of North Carolina in the United States Sei.ate in favor of this appropriation show what the manufacturing sections of the South highly af'prrciate the value of this work and that henceforth they will sympatheticalfy join hands with the arid region to pro cure necessary national Legislation along these lines.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
Hintr ror thc KItchen.

Cases of poisoning have arisen through careless disregard for the cleanliness of the cooking utensils or of their perfect condition Directly } copper saucepan shows signs of be- ing at all worn it should be retinned. and in any case nothing of an acid nature should be allowed to remain in it while cooling. The same with regard to zine and lead vessels. which are unsafe for cooking purposes. Those of tin. steel. iron or nickel are the safest 10 employ Remember. too. that it is better to use a wooden spoon than one of metal when stir ring milk or soups. and that before u'ing baking tins you should grease them inside thoroughly either with butter or lard. In order to prevent them from burning it is as well to take the precaution of sprinkling the shelves of the oven with salt.-Wash- ington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
RED-HEADED GIRLS.
Fortunately the Much Deridsd Colo. Is Found in All Counties oe
 the World.

The geographical distribution oi red-headed girls is. fortunately. wide. They can be found in every inhabited quarter of the world, says the St, Louis Republic. ess
 The so-ealled dark races are fire. quently gloriied by glowing locks. The Spaniards are swarthy as a race, but the purest-blooded Castilians ire. quently show traces of their Wis igothio blood by blue eyes and red hair. The Infanta Eulalie, who visit ed this country in 1893, is red-headed.
 Red-haired Italians are fairly nu- merous in Italy. They are most nu- merous in the northern provinces. where there is the greatest infusion of German blood.
 And there is no girl in the world prettier than a red-haired Italian or Spaniard. except it be a red-haired American.
 In Ireland red-haired girl is made miserable by being called a "Dane." !" This epithet is a legacy of thousand years or more-from' the time when the Danes did override the coasts of Britain.
 In similar manner the Norsemen, who invaded Sicily centuries ago and intermarried with the inhabitants. left descendants with gleaming brain thatches. RG
 The Turks are light-haired. blue eyed race. and their children are everywhere scattered about Asia and northern Africa.
 ;, And where there aren't any red haired girls by nature-as among the Moors and Arabs-the glowing locks are commorest of all. The women all dye their jetty tresses to mos. lovely red with henns.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
4 HOME MARKET.


 Do the people of the East covet the Philippines because the believe they wlll afford market for the ljrnducr "f their factories at.d mills If so. have they ever .calcul ,tei what market for. their wT-. would be created if the vast arahle arra of arid America Were peoples @ith the dtitse population which il would support if ils lands were irrigated with the water whic n ,w g" to WAS
 Los Angeles Times
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
FIFTY THOUSAND FOR
" IRRIGATION.

Congress- again showed its inter est in and frirndliless fnr irriga- tiun in the West by raising last years appropriation of $35,0U to $5O,0OO for continuing the irriga- ton investigation of lhe Drpart- nlent of Agriculture during the coming year. This work is prov ing of great value to the arid rt- gion.-Guy E. Mitchell, 6 Glover Building, Washington. D. C.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
sure safeguards of the Republic.
CONQUER THE DESERT.

= t ;. There is no aadse vital question to the Westsfhan irrigation iievpl Whatsthe West is today she has become in \ large lneasttrp thru irrigation and wha, she will develop into in the future will be largely dne t" the same cause The union of land with the waste watefs which now flow uselessly 10 the sea during floods seasons will mean the inoarnation of an inland empire and tie snp-huilding of u raj lomes to. conquer and occtpv the desert. 2 tgG1
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
4 NAVAJO SUPERSTITION.

N, Navajo Indian will ever make a camp fire of wood iron, Il tree Chat has been struck by light ming or that might have been. If sucil a fire IS made by an irrever- ent white man. the Indians will re- tire to Il distance, where they cail- not feel tire heat or smell the smoke, and they win go to sleep in their blankets, freless and supper
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
Real Estate ana srlssion.r,es.

Speaking of shooting Filipinos for missionary purposes,"' said the cynical comm ercial traveller. 'it reminds me of what native Hawaiian once said to me: The missionary came here and tcId us to look up to the sky where God was. So we looked up, and while we were looking they stole our land out from under our feet. When the Kanaka looked down again the land wac syor1e ."
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
rrsns-AtIantIc Telephone Talk.

The talk of a trans-At;antic tele- phone has taken on so much serious ness that the managers of the Paris ex- hibition were recently asked whether arrangements could be made for Pres fdent Mckinley to open the fair by tele- phone. It was answered that the French government would be able tC attend to that without help.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

yryASTED--sRvERALB BRIGHT AND HonEsT
 w persons to represent us as Mana gers in this and clos-by counties. Sal arv $9O0 year andexpenses. Straight, hotia-fi fihe. no more, no less salary. Posi- ton permanent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly ofice work conducted at home. R. ference. Enclose self-ad.lrrssed stamped enyel- ope. THE .IoxINIoN Companv, Dept, 5 , Chicago
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

Los Angeles Times
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

England Synod declared the rising democratic
according to divine Appointment" Reverence
for rank cherished as an inseparab!e ele-
ment Of piety. DR.. Eggleston has presented a
brief but vivid and foroidding picture Of the
theological ideas and practices Of the age show
ing how the rigidity char Tacterzing New-England
in this regard was softened in the South, ex-
planning it partly by the physical difficulties
oJstructing religious observances, as in the
Chesapeake region where the population was
scattered and separated by the watercourses
and estuaries. II came to pass. thus. that the
Virginia mind was "cooly secular and unspecu-
lative-an intellect trained TO affairs and above
all, to politics and social intercourse" DR.. Egg
gleston observes that the difference between
the outcome of Colonial Virginia and that Of
Colonial New-England might almost be antici-
pated by observing the wide difference between
the early Virginia Sunday and the Puritan Sab
bath"
He refuses TO consider the common schools
as peculiarly al American institution. but de-
rives them from England, where they marked
the persistence Of an ancient tradition that
even the upheaval Of the Reformation could not
destroy The Massachusetts, School law of 1917
was the greatest serv. e done by the Puritan
government TO the future. Its object was to
thwart the ould deluder Satan by keeping the
Scriptures accessible in the original tongues
that "the true Sence and meaning might not
be "elouded by false CLOSES Of saint seeming
decelvArs"; but from its inefficient provisions
has been slowly evolved the school system that
now obtains in the United States
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

rule that most things putrefed bring forth in
sects Of various names" II was we'll known
that bees were produced by the decomposition Of
dead cattle. Many birds came from wood rot
ting under water; the "barnacle goose" how
ever, developed from barRacles. Migratory birds
were long believed 10 be hidden in the winter in
caves and hollow trees: swallows wintered in
the mud at the bottoms Of rivers. 1t is hard 10
conceive the persistence Of such beliefs that the
most cursory investigation would have dis
proved.
On the other hand there is less to be wondered
at in the firm faith in devils. when we remember
how slowly the race has been freed from the
bonds Of superstition. And when it is recalled
that such = en- as Coke and Sir Matthew Hale
and Lord aeon and Sir Thomas Browne were
helpless 70 rid themselves of them. II is easy 10
see how the eommoner sort should not think OF
questioning. This superstition was as DR.. Eg-
gleston happily phrases H. part Of the fixed in
tel!ect OF the age" Terrible results OF il were
seen in the witch panic OF Salem. and lesser
manifestations OF the same in other parts Of the
country. The panic passed, and its passing
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
sOME ENGLISH KnlfEN.

From Augustus Hare's "reminiscences
Talking OF the Baroness BUrdett-Coutts. LORD
Houshton said Miss Coutts likes me because
l never proposed 70 her Almost all the youns
men or good family did those who did their
duty by their family always did Mrs. Browne
CMiss Coutts's eOmpanion) used to see it com
ing. and took herself out OF the way for ten
minutes. put she only went into the next room.
ana lett the door open, and then the proposal
TOOK place. and Immediately IL was done Mss
Coutts eoughed. and Mrs. Browne came N
again
The Duchess OF Cleveland. when Lady caro-
Iine Fa0let. was very proud OF her little foot:
she wore an anklet. and would often SIT upon
a table and let IL fall down over her foot %
show IL. IL VAS inscribed la legerste 90
Camille et la vttesse d'Atalante.' One day LAY
Isabella 81. John, who was equally proud OF nes
Httle loot, said, i wish YOU would let me Try
can get your anlIlet over my foot Lady caro-
lne. And she put II on. and to Lady Caroline
great discontinue, kicked IL or. 20 shoW DO"
easily her foot would 60 through Il"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

in his name on the custom house books Of the
town Of Douglas.
With his entrance into the naval service OF
the colonies the notable part of his career began
He at once gave evidence Of his skill as a sea-
man and his courage and dexterity as a fighter.
and soon performed acts Of daTing-or. as the
British thought. Of impertinence-which have
made the name Of the Ranger hardly I=ss famous
than that OF the Bonhomme Richard II is Of
course. the glorious fight Of the latter with the
Scraps that forms the central point OF his
biography, as it does of the romance of naval
warfare. The story of it can never grow old
and the reading Of il must always put one I'm
great spirits Mrs. Ritchie says it did Thack-
cray. The battle was supreme exhibition OF
all the lighting qualities that have made both
England and America great upon the sea. Mr.
Brady's account of the whole episode from the
htting out OF the squadron to the end of the
wonderful duel, is elaborate and satisfactory
1t is marred however, at times by a little plati-
tudinous writing For example, it NAV be that
just before the fight began the thoughts of
Joness sailors went back to home' to sunny
fields and vine clad cottages IN France" or 10
frontier huts in verdant clearings in America;
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
PAUL JONES.
BRADYs LIFE OF THE COMMODORE.

COMMODORE PAIL JONES. BY Cyrus Town, n,
Commanders series) Octave pp XIX. 4So- d.
Appleton Co.
This addition to the well known series devoted
70 Great Commanders gives an admirable
narrative OF the extraordinary career of Paul
Jones II Mr.. Brady leans TO either side ii is to
that OF admiration for his hero. In fact. his
admiration is somewhat excessive. Jones was a
man OF mixed traits. but his splendid heroism Is
what chiefly appeals to his latest biographer
who candidy admits that in writing of him he
has followed the impulses Of affection. rather
than those of depreciation" 1t would perhaps
be ungracious in an American to emphasize the
defects in the conqueror Of the Scraps.
Mr.. Brady has evidently made a careful study
o. he material relating to the great Commodore
and has presented the essential facts with clear
statements. saying; Whenever it hes been pos
sible. without cloggng the narrative or letting
81 assume the form of mere collection OF let
ters. Paul the sailor. like Paul the Apostle. hath
been permitted 70 speak for himself" In the
opening chapter he tells briefly the well known
events of Jones's life up to his entrance into
the American Navy. He points out the fact
that his service chief mate OF a SLAYER was
not in view OF the opinions OF that time. at all
to his discredit and that his renunciaton Of and
disgust with. the business showed that in his
ideas on the slave trade he was "in advance
of his time" or the charge that he later prac-
tised smuggling in the Isle of Man. Mr.. Brady
says:
He speciheally and vehemently denied the
allegation and IL is certain that the first entry
OF Goods shipped from England 70 the Isle OF
Man. after II was annexed TO the Crown. stands
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA N THE SEW
ENTEENTH CENTURY.

THE TRANSIT OF CIVILIZATION FROM ENG
LAND TO AMERICA IN THE SEVEN
TEENTH CENTURY BY Edward Eggeston.
octave. np TX. 9iA ID. Appeton & Co
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

brought shame and repentance. but those who
had been active in IL only pressed 70 a logical
outcome the views OF 'NuIlibists" like Addison
VINO oelieveo in general. that there is and has
been such thing as witcheraft," their onlv dif
ference being in giving credit. which he refused
70 co, TO particular instances OF it."
"hiie the Colonies were in their birth throes
Harvey had discovered the circulation OF the
blood; but Ike the Coperniean astronomy. IL was
.ohs IN reaching America Harvard College was
men, as now leader in thought and hospitable
70 new opinions; but in 1900 the eirenIation OF
the blood was the subject Of argument in a mas
.ers .a thesis. and was sun question in 1853; in
IooO there is only possible preference for the
CopeThiean theory 70 be read between the lines
:. -, Certain Harvard mathematicians' writings
The condition lof medicine may wei rnsl.s ,ha
modern shuddet First eomers TO the wilder
Ness' orlnglng w9th them men who had learned
something OF rsic in Europe. were better on
AOi ssleians han the later generations. who
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

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