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The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
NOVEL CANE FOR BRYAN.
Carved hy ea Admirer. It Is a Marvel
 ef pnIa1eneaa aud s Beauty.

John Botts, of New York city, has made a unique and handsome cane, which will be presented to William J. Bryan. He cut the cane from an old hickory fagpols and carved it with a email penknife. The greater portion of the cane is coated with silver, and the colors employed in the design are red. white and blue. On the top of the straight handle iz cut an imitation of a watch, and the hands register IS min otes of l. Curling around this handle is carved and eRGmeled the representa- sion of 6 folded American flag. The red stripes are raised and stand in relief against the silver ones. 4 long stream CT falls from the top of the flag and coils itself many times around the stick at the bottom. On thiscoil is inscribed in rcd. white and blue letters the fol lowing expressions:
 "Our protector, William J. Bryan; friend of the workingmen of 1900; he does not like the trusts; he is the man for us"
 Running in . straight line from end " gnu anu III i1IOAEluCAb iCtASA III 1S tAS familiar name of the leader, Billy Bryan" A small photograph of Bryan is inlaid il the handle of the cane and a silver ferrule is capped upon the bot tom.
 No less interesting than the cane is the box in which it was inclosed when sent to the democratic nominee for president. The box was also made by young MT. Botts v@ h his penknife. It Is coated with silver and carved, as was the cane. On two opposite sides are in seribed, respectively: Sixteen to One" and "Anti-In1perialism." The other sides of the box Ere decorated with two cartoons cut uaen them. One of these pictures represents Mr. Bryan perched upon the top of tail ladder-the pres ,idenSial ladder-with Mckinley stand fng at the bottom gazing snxiously up wsfd. The other cartoon shows Mir. Bryan seated upon the democratic donl1sy entering the white house grounds, where he has been nominated to stay four years as president, and Nc Kiniey- and Hanna are pushing the mule Sesperately sfrcm behind, thus helping hin along.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
MONOPOLY IN CAMPHoR GUM.
Now in the Hands of . Strong Syndicate.

Within year the camphor trade of the world has become a monopoly. The trees which yield this fragrant and useful gum are to be found all over Asia and the East Indies, but the principal production from them is confined to the island of Formosa, which belongs to Japan. China was never able to furnish more than 2co,- GOO pounds a year, and Japan naw pro- duces about 3c0.ooo. But Formosa's annual output for several years past has been between 6,ooo.o00 and 7.coo.- 900 pounds. Little is to be had at present from any other source and there is no prospect of any change in the situation for long time to come, says the New York Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
PIGEON POST A SUCCESS.
Daily Experiments at the Paris Ex- position Prove Highly
 Satisfactory.

Experiments with the pigeon post are being actively conducted at the Paris exposition; in fact, the annex at Vincennes is. Kept in communities tion with the military engineering. section on the Quai d'Orsay by this means. 5,,t
 The pigeons are brought daily from Vincennes to the Quai d'Orsay in an automobile. Messages intended for the annex are sent by them in the afternoon. the birds being released be- tween three and four o'clock from the foot bridge across the Seine and just in front of the Palais of the Army and Navy.
 The results are said to be most sat- isfactory. messages arriving with great surety and rapidity.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
wh.elm.n Urx. Road Tax.

The Michigan division of the League of American Wheelmen is preparing bill for introduction in the legislature providing for a road poll tax. It will provide that every able-bodied man in the state between and inclusive of the ages of 21 and 60 shall pay this tax, and the receipts will be used to build and repair roads in the county in which it is collected, and where the petition CTS for such roads will agree to pay their whole road tax in cash instead of work. The plan has received satis- factory approval
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
SLIPS INTO DEEP WATER.
sDanish Cruiser Csistobai CoIoa
 BeaeheA on OaBan Coast Get. Be- | yond Hope Of Saving Her.

All chance of saving any of the Span sh armored cruisers sunk of Santiago, Cuba, hss gone. Word hes reached the aavy department that the CristobaI Colon, which was pushed on the beach y she cruiser New York after the bat .ie with Cervera's command. has slid nto deep water.
 The department long ago gave up he idea of saving the Colon. Private ,ersons have been writing to the sec 'ctary of the navy for permission to aise Che vessel, bat as they could not meet the departments requirements, IT imposed impossible conditions, fa- 'orable action On their requests has not been taken.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17

 Come dssa. tc that clA garden Of every ho-ler we kaeps Whea cut of gates Of es1ohos9 Tn airs os morning sssT. And arsAtAg heaven ~&s painted h evs-s d-Oe of esW. And yea rse. have tfse tly with zp sSf virgin enswa, Xad yo- Asky Lave ths boGuty 1k. kszsss on tfs Tcss. Bat 1 vii Aavs the hsaYt's-easa. Tas esersst aowes shat blewsl whe viii shAII have the baIsans And store of hydromeL The pl1a.s of the nenk's-boed Witk poison in his spell: Who gin shEE. have D.. .set-wtlltaR And the canterbury-beu I love the breath of rosemary. arfurne of the stock, ..s. -; piuP.s3 of the deur-de-Iis Tb6 sHksn hS1yhoek; Iowa tts ea11lag poppy And .hs sleepy feHr-o'caoek But thsv sey that when great angels Eo.s rsS-staS from Heavens frown. 4 sFi. looking aftaR
 s- c blSs: m fr0m Der crown- 1'kn0.s it vas the he4rt's-esse Came ssftly aoatIxs down. Oh, beight the honeysuckIs. And swUst his tippllng crew, The blrd-wines of the eeiumbinA, The nrkspur blue Gs blue But viii tAla the haart's-eASe And ah the rest take you! Harriet Prescott Spo6ord. i1 woman'a Home Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
SIMPLE HAY RACK
It CaA Be Built at Small Expense aad Is Easily Stored Away whea
 Not In Uae.

The hayrack illustrated herewith is for use on common high farm wagon. Side sills are two pieces two by four inches by l4 feet; for low wagon two by six inchesis better. To these attach four strips lh by inches on bottom edge by means of half-inch bolts run hing through the semicircular arms 2h by inches Two pieces of one by four are laid on both ends of arms and bolted on so that the hind wheels can operate between and up through them To make an arch (a or b) over hind wheels, three pieces of wood or iron
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
THE GuERrN FARCE.
An American Describes c LsaLcsOasf Incident of the Exrtseaaest
 in Paxik.;

A. J. Barton, New York commission
 merchant, who comes, direct fire n PariS,. in conversation with soIue friends gave an amusing description of the siege e Castle Guerin. ''The ludierouk feature of the affair to American eyes" he said, 'is the extreme courtesy exhibited by both sides. I was lucky enough to have letter to an official of some proLzi- hence, and he had lieutenant of police detailed to accompany me to tbs Rpe Chabrol, where Guerin's house is loeat- ed. In that way 1 was enabled to pass the lines of guards, which zS = sts- tioned at all the adjacent corneYr. and took my stand directly opposite the premises. While was staring at the closed shutters, middle-aged man, wearing shiny silk hat, approached between two policemen. One of the lat ter knocked at the front door with The 1ilt of his short swordrnd then spranR back and struck an attitude on the curb. In a moment little lattieed window in one of the panels was flung open and mans head appeared. The policeman bowed inpressively and pointed to bis companion with the shiny hat, who advanced, saluted and presentd large envelope which he held in his hand. learI.ed afterward that it was personal letter which the authorities had permitted to be deliy- cred. The ceremony concluded with more bows and salutes on both sides, and the latticed window was closed. I roared with laughter. I simply couldn't help it-the whole thing was so incred- ibly absurd. The idea ofa man locking himself in his house in the hesrt of great city and defying arrest is emil nently Gallic. In our eosntry a big, double-fsted policeman would smash down the door with couple of kicks and Guerin and bis friends would be inside patrol wag6n before they could count 40. ] explained this 10 my escort and he was clearly shocked. On the way back we passed man seated be- fore cafe in the Boulevard Haussmann. He was maudlin drunk, and every few seconds he would bawl: Mort aux Juifs!' at the top of his voice. Another chap about ten feet away was doing exactly the same thing, and they alter mated like pair of automatons. No7 body disturbed them. When I left Paris carried away confused impres- sion that I had been among a lot ot lunatics."-N. O. Times-DemocPat.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
TAKING PHOTOS OF SOUND.
4 Numb0R of Successful ExpARGments Have Recently Been Made
 by GSienttsAs.

Very much has been done in the way
 of obtaining photographic records of i sound, but perhaps the most impor- tant memoir on the practical side of this question is an article by Benja- min F. Sharpe, says a scientific ex- change. When an unmixed tone is re- ceived ia He.mholtz reSonator, in the wall of which is inserted . very thin glass plate, the natural pitch of which is not too different from the tone, the plate vibrates to the tone with an amplitude having an ult$natt relation to the energy of the tone. Measure ment of this amplitude becomes easy if the vibrating plate is made to bear tiny mirror, which mirror forms one element of a system of mirrors consti- tuting Michelson's E refractometer.
 So delicate is this means of indication that shifting of the mirror half wave length of light will cause such shifting 10 one side of the interference bands that each dark band will take the position previously occupied by the next dark band. With telescope and micrometer each band may with prep CT adjustment be subdivided into 100 parts. giving 8 means of recording a shift equal 10 as little as one two-hun- dredth of wave length. Ttneed scarce ly be said that the rapid shifts thus produced by tone can only be ob- served by some such device as com pounding the motion with another at right angles. when comparison with a tuning fork and the making of photo graphic records becomes possible but for details. and for some two dozen of the records thus obtained. we must refer our readers to Nature. The rec ords show fork tones, tones of mu- sical instruments, noises and vocal anundS
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
SAYS HE MAY BEAT HIS WIFE.
Missouri Haa Proposes to Carry the Case to the Higher
 Courts.

To what extent, and for what Of- lenses of omission and commission. may a man, beat his wife? This is a question that the higher courts of Missouri must pass upon. Edward SFenser, a prominent farmer near Trcr ton. Mo. has just been conivcted of wtirring his wife, although he quoted Scripture in the courtroom to justify his actions.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
Proft. of Ner rork po.k..

Up to 1895 the dock department had spent the sum of s6, sos, ,2s2.5o in acquir- ing and improving private property, from which the rentals received amounted to $462, ,226.S4, or 2 1-10 per cent. per annum on the total outlay. As the average rate of interest on the bonds issued to pay for these improve ments has been about 3H per cent. per annum, these rentals represent 6 profit over such interest charge of more than s25O, 1000 per annum, or sufficient to re- deem the principal of the bonds in less than 20 years.-N. r. Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
THOUGHT SHE WAS IN HEAVEN
Lattls Girl spends Five Days in . Tsanos and Sees Queer
 Visions.


 pended animation occurred in Milford, Conn. Sophie, the ll-year-old daugh- ter of Mark Fowler, of Broad street, lay in an unconscious s:ate from Sunday evening to Friday forenoon. taking no nourShmSnt whatever.
 On Monday morning, when the fam fly assembled at breakfast. Sophie did not appear. and one Of the younger children was sent to call her. In a moment the little one cane running to the head of the stairs. Mamma" she called, "SOphie's dead" The mother rushed to the room of the child. They found Sophie lying in an unconscious state upon her bed. Dr. A. L. Futile was called, as upon his arrival he used every known method of rest toring So- phie, but without success. He said, however, that she was not dead, but in . comatose condition.
 On Friday morning the condition of the girl was seen to be changing. She was breathing and showing signs of life. Along toward noon she opened her eyes. Eourishment was brought and soon she was able to talk. She re- lated wonderful tales of strange visions that had come to her during the trance. Her ears had been filled with strains of music and her eyes dazzied by the beau tiful sights she saw. "Oh, mamma" said the little girl, as she was telling what che had seen, "I must have been in Heaven"
 Dr. Futile was at the bedside by the time Sophie had thoroughly awakened, and he examined her to find that she was in a normal condition. Her heart beat was full and regular, and, while she showed slight exhaustion, that was alL She improved rapidly. and soon was up and around the house as bright and chipper as ever.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17

with similar reportsof preceding years the relative showing for the various years is a fair one.
 A study of the exportation of cotton supplied by these figures shows that the exports of raw cotton during the cotton year ending with August, 1900. are greater in value than in any pre- ceding cotton year since 1892, and the average price per pound greater than on any occasion since 1893, except in the year 1s96.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
THE ROADS BOTTOM.

make draft lighter and travel more rapid and at the same time maintain . uniform evenness and smoothness of the roadFs surface, which at once marks them as public benefactors. Note in the accompanying illustratiop the narrow tires hunting the bottom of the earth" forming ruts that will make travel rough and disagreeable come into general use on country roads and no heavy farm wagon without them should be driven upon any thor oughfare when the groundis saturated with water, or after heavy Tains.-- Farmers Voice.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
WIDE TIRES NEEDED.
TAsv Make Travel More Pleasant an q Do Not Destroy the Surfaces
 of Reads,

We frequently have pointed out in these columns the injury to public roads resulting from the use upon them of narrow-tired vehicfes, particu- larly heavy farm wagons of great bur- den. It has been proven that wide tires
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17

eressed loads, the saving in transporte- ton. the dispensing with the comms- sion man, and the delivering of the produce to the grocer or consumers doors have resulted in saving to the in- divldual farmer sums ranging from ten to twenty dollars on each load.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17
a....,,rr Innovation.

What a fuss they do make over In Europe, exclaims the Chicago Times Herald, when a man marries woman because he loves her.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-11-17

kyoa don't fake the HERALD, you cont eyre ss for 1t. If you take the HERALD sad pay for 1t, you won't eve us.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1900-03-05
i AUTERBACHLED
HART TO HIS RUIN.
Put Old President $ Stock
In the Hands Of Wall
Street Clique to Be
Juggled for $12,-
100000 Loss.

heated discussion. At the end he had
the most pronounced Judgment.
"Oid Henry Hart always reminded me
NJ that director. Hart wus the Third
Avenue and the Third Avenue was Hart.
How much he was Influenced by
others ] hal no means Of knowing. No
one can accuse the directors OF having
knowledge % wrong-dolnE. You will
find that nearly all the directors have
been hard hit by the collapse. They
held their stock to the end. and Ger.
family had they known anything vas
wrong they would have let go before II
was too late.
II an In favor Of a full investigation
and believe there will he one. know
the other directors favor the same
thing. they want 1, open and thsy
have confidence in Receiver Grant and
kno that he will go to the bottom.
The truth should be told for the pro-
lection OF everybody. Nj. Grant was
made receiver at the suggestion u the
board w. met. considered all the
names and ne was tie unanimous
choice.
AS ! look over the matter. cannot
too severly condemn the vagabonds Of
Wall street for their action. whsr
they got held OF US. the end was soon In
sight. They kicked oar stock sboW
the cutters OF the Stock Exchange ss,6
held our throats until they were
through with us.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1900-03-05
RECORDER G0FF's CHARGE

Afier they had taken the osth. Rs'
cordcr Gor addressed them. He said
I'm hrief. tina. th-r are only forty cases
IN the Tombs. and that the Grand Jury
VIII have plenty Of time to 60 into out
side matters
Although the Recorder did no, maine
the Third Avenue road In his charge his
meaning was perfectly plain to every
body In the COURTROOM and his allusion
TO many public rumors and state
ments concerning certain business inter
ests was thoroughly understood.
The Distriet-Attorney," he said. has
not called my attention to any particular
case which II Is necessary to Investigate.
but It 10 proper at this time that !
should invite your attention TO the
many public rumors and statements con-
cernins certain business Interests in this
city.
Il call your attention to a mattS OF
public Interest. To-day New York - the
secona greatest city Ia the world, both
A. 20 population and commercial wealth.
II 10 the commercial centre OF this great
country
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1900-03-05
Have Such Cures Ever
Ben Known Before ?

~ ssW Win esli 90 0sssss W.
y!s'r. satls! q bic residenes. ~ East tssA
e., q q HE 1isee Of h,GInss, W. Ease
IA e.. b viiI tell you ~ a. cop>ls e
eiseensat eufe1 him amer n ether reuo.
~ niIed. ne viil tell zoe Asv. for ssvsa
sssas q tine. he sispt b 3 chair. b.
ssese he cesleat lie In ~ aAd breathe.
" ~ !:!l r. slso about e awful ecusS
y beean TIE cSSsiasd trsSinSSt his cousS
sas dsaoseassl and that b sever nisses
hiahfs sssad. natural sleep u bed.
JAMES nAnAy. IN q. ssh ~.
ilminstos. De-. suffered q severely frco
Dsesehiai D.saaes and AsahGa that ME
2eeoed uaea4soble. A seea - hs lay
~ ~ bssen 70 esu0A and sas0
- aroee. Wsnt downsssirS aS1 ssf uprirSi
% . chair until morning. he took 4 tvo
months course Of the Copeland Home Treof.
mens and was completely cured.
Nss. LOUISA DneN0El. - Dsaul
st.. Astoria. l.. l.; Q rsekjns cough tor sighs
ysaU vtthoue ss,lsf 0e1e LIE 8 burden -
hss. she 10 nov sasoae. veil woman.
PASasCk coU01lLAS. 40 u. sAsA
o.. Nsv Yeeh City. thought he had Con-
su0oeion. New re0ares himself 3 pSO
nao leoense The cough snl spittiAS %
CuA0lns ?. sC0A0UpBR, ayssiA
cosa., suasesd frca Asthma tor ysasu.
Rs0as1e hie ee0plsts recovery 10 ~ ~
Of miracle.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1900-03-05
SUGAR TRUST CUT
DIVIDEND IN HALF,
After. Long Suspense
Stockholders Lose and
Refineries Shutdown.

may b deemed advantageous. Speak.
inS for myself. say With - much foFes
a. IL possible that I would oppose any
such declaration Of dividends"
The market opened that day with
SUGAR common q, 10. After the Have.
meyer statement was flashed over shg
ticker Sugar fell to III Ia. and II CLOSED
at 10 ~. q net loss OF IS for the daS,
SALES amounted 10 1850 shares. tn
next day. a. the realisation Of the Have.
never statement sank into the minds ol
the public. the sales reached the huee
total OF ~. 100 shares on q wasting mas.
kel. Declining to ii2 ia. and showing .
No, loss Of s Ia points.
Since then Sugar has been droppiAu
steadily, and on Saturday fell to the
lowest nkure In iis history. . ia.
II stsadied before the days dealin0S
were over and closed at 100 Ia To-day
1t opened at par and was pushed up until
4 reached 1861 - Then the announce
msnt Of the cut In the dividend was
made and the slump noted above O.
CURED.
Previous to the meeting Of the Sugar
directors to-day orders were given to
shut down the Brooklyn an Jersey
CITY reAneries. i.soo men belMo thrown
out Of work. The shutdown. u US
said for the Company. was des 70 svss.
production. while wall street OPERATOR
declared It Was for economical reasons
and to support the dividend cut. Others
declared that Presiden, McKinley's sur
reader 10 the trusts In the matter OF
the Porto Rlean ,ariR has considerable
bearing - II. Nov that ths Sugar
Barons are sure Of he peste R'csn
tariff. n vas said. thsy ~ About TO
raise the prise Of theis. pso1Ussisa. This
can bsss Be Asae by rs1uela6 the out.
put,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1900-03-05
GOFF CHARGES GRAND JURY
ON THIRD AVE. WRECKERS.
CONTINUED from First PaseJ


those whose interests they manage with
the h.ghes, degree OF honor and intes'
rity, They are In the positions OF trus-
tees, and a. Trustees should dsal with
The Interests In iheas hands With Inc
highest dssrss OF honesty.
Tn business affairs . high stsndesa
OF honesty and morality should be estao-
llshcd and maintained.
II cannot call your attention to any
specific case a; the present time. be-
cause We have no legal evidence: but II
II proper that l should call your atten-
ton to certain statements that have sp-
peared In our great metropolitan news
papers. alleging a gross breach OF trust
and an almost criminal neglect Of inter
ests which II was their duty to suhservs
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1900-03-05

The dividend on the common stock OF
the American Sugar Refining Company
was cut In half at the quarterly meeting
II the directors to-day. Instead Of the
usual per cent. a dividend Of / l.? per
cert for tho quarter Was declared. On
the preferred stock - PEI cent. was
declared.
The meeting was q surprise to the
;iianciG world. a. II had been scheduled
to take place or wednesday. The ses.
sion lasted less than three minutes and
was the bfie!est msstins Of the directors
ever held.
wall street had been guessing since
Jan. 10 AZ to the probable courre Of the
directors In the dividend matter. and
when the announcement Of the cut wss
made The attack On Sugar shares vas
renewed and the stock Hammered from
los to n.
Large selling orders we're thrown on
the marhet and the stock In large block.
changed Al decreasing prices. There
Was slight check In the slump and tn.
price w~s sent up to o.
"" Jan ~ Mf. Havemeyer made MS
noteworthy speech conserving the divi.
dend 81 the Jersey City meeting Of the
Company. In which he said:
y an sure that when the duty Of de.
'erminins the amount Of dividend IL i'm.
posed upon them uhc d.rec,ors) they
viii take into careful consideration the
TACT that a reduction Of profits has re.
suited from the policy which has been
pursued.
u DO not believe you would desire
them TO de,lars any dividsal watch
would weaken .he fiasscisl strength Of
ne Company % would render II hess
liable In the future than II has always
been Ia the past 10 look ahead without
'sariaG :hs result Of any policy which |