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The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
ELECTRIC CURRENTS

A 20,O0C-horse power electric plant is to be erected on the Catawba river, N. c. v.- ~.
 Cleveland will soon be the center of the greatest electrical suburban rail- way system in the world.
 A cable is being laid along the west coast of Africa and another from the Cape to Australia.
 A test made recently in BinghamtOn. N. Y., showed that the cost of heating street cars by electricity is double that of heating with coal.
 Eleven of the largest and most pow erful electric generators ever built will be built for an aluminium works at Niagara Falls.
 London has only 25,OOO telephone sub scribers. If it had as many for its pop ulation as San Francisco has it would have 100000.
 An Englishman has constructed an experimental electric line on which miniature carriages travel at the rate of 240 miles an hour. The design is to construct such lines to convey postal matter only.
 Recent experiments with view to connecting Brussels and London by telephone have been very successful. and it is probable that in a short time regular line will be established There is telephone already working between BudacPesth. Vienna and Der lin, and ill short time it is expected that Berlin will have telephOnie com munioation with Constantinople.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
AN AMERICAN PEER.
Lord FAfffax Disdained His Title and Lived and Died iR
 America.

A couple of months ago brief men, tion was made of the death of Dr. Fairfax. a prominent citizen of Nary land. Few knew through informa- tion gleaned from the doctor that he belonged to one of the most distin- guished families of England. No man ever bore his title with less ostenta- tion, for neither he nor his elder brother, from whom he inherited the peerage, would ever take measures to have it confirmed The settlement of the Fairfax family in the United States dates from the time of the sixth baron, although several mem bers had previously come to reside here.
 The late peer lived the life of gen. tleman farmer in the south. The only title by which he was known was that of doctor which he obtained as grad uats of the medical school of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. When he was a lad he left Virginia and moved to the heights of Georgetown, where he re- ceived his first education. He grad uated from Princeton, and later be- came q doctor of medicine and rejoined his mother at Washington. When the war of the rebellion began his family, as southern sympathizers, found mat terS so disagreeable for them that they moved to a point near Bellsville, in Maryland. Thenceforth Dr. Fairfax, who had married the daughter of Col. Kirby, of the United States army, re- sided on the lands and modest fortune which descended to him.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
PRONE TO HAVE APQPLExY.
Recent Evidences That olergynea Are Peculiarly Subject to This
 Fatal Disease.

The number of sudden deaths oe- curing lately among ministers is worthy of passing note. Why this should be so Is not easy to explain. Certainly none of the penalties per taining to dissipation and high living that directly invite physical decay applies in their case, says the Chicago Chronicle.
 It IS true, most of them have hard work and comparatively poor pay, with the attendant overstrain and tire of the life struggle, but there seems to be no good reason why their or derly lives should not in great meas ure counterbalance mental and bodily stress Notwithstanding all this the clergymen wear out comparatively early.
 For some reason not equally ex- plainable with other brain workers, there appears with them 8 marked proclivity toward apoplexy. Perhaps this is in part due to continuous and exacting mental drudgery along neces- sarily limited lines. But this was hardly the case with the Brooklyn pastor who added to his other quail ifcations that of a well-merited repu- tation for outside scientific research. Death in his case, as is common in some forms of apoplexy, came to him with startling suddenness While pre- pairing to make a call and standing in his doorway, he merely Straight eped up and then slowly sank to the floor" Evidently a blood vessel of large size in the substance of the. brain gave way and killed him as in- stantly as the bullet from rife The preliminary spasm thus explained it. self. There was no warning. In fact, as is often noted in similar instances. the man had previously said that he felt unusually we'll .
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
BABOO ENGLISH.
Title Given to Ornate Language of Partly Educated Natives
 of India. .$

Baboo English is the descriptive title given to the extremely ornate language in which many two-thirds educated natives of India express themselves. The magazines and news papers of India are full of it. One pc riodical says of certain lawyers plea: 'His childlike simplicity fas- cinated all, and was proof against the demoralizing influences of his honor able profession" The late c. w. Stevens gives an example of baboo English in his book, ''In India" It is a feeble effort to express admiration for the speech of President Madam Mohan Malavayya at native con- gregs.
 His speech is as mellifuous as his name. He has sweet voice and is one of the most enthusiastically well comed of men on the congress plat form. Neither tall nor short, not stout but thin, not dark, dressed in pure white, with white robe which goes round his shoulders and ends down below the knees, Mir. Madam Mohan stands like Eiffel's tower when he ad- dresses his fellow congressman.
 He stands slanting forward, admira- ply preserving his center of gravity. His speeches are full of pellucid and sparkling statements and his rolling and interminable sentences travel out of his mouth in quick succession, pro ducing a thrilling impression on the audience. There is music in his voice; there is magic in his eye; and he Is one of the sweet charmers of the con- gress company. .-.-v..y.sss
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
Female EIectioneerine Dodge.

The Primrose Danes of England re- sorted to an artful dodge on behalf of the conservatives at the recent elec- ton. They flooded many constituent cies with circulars that under the four years of Salisbury's administra- tion there had been 33,S36 more mar riages than during the previous four years under the liberal party. It is believed that the circulars had no in- considerable effect on the campaign.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
Some Reasons for Spraying.

A correspondent of the Formers Re- view recently wrote that he had no faith in spraying; that if the birds were protected there would be no need of spraying. The attention of the cor respondent should be called to the fact that the prime reason for spraying is to prevent fungus attacks, such as those producing the apple leaf scab. Birds can have no effect in checking troubles of that kind. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture was first tried in Bordeaux, France, to keep the boys from stealing the grapes. The owner of the.vineyard found that it also saved his grapes from mildew. Now, birds have no effect on mildew. So it is evil dent that the preservation of the Bfrds does not remove the reasons for spray ing.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
LOSSES OF A YEAR.
Many Vessels Went Down DD ting
 the Last Twelve Months.
How the Merchant Marine of Dtder- ent Nations Has Suffered from the Various Cas-
 uaItfes.

The losses at sea sustained by the merchant marine of the world in the past year are set forth in a report pre- pared by the British government, copies of which have been received here Great Britain, with over 12,OOO,0OO tons afoat, has the lowest percentage of losses. Startling figures are presented as to the number of steamers and sail ing craft reported missing" and re garded now by the underwriters and insurance people as lost. No less than 24 steamers sailed out of various ports last year and have never been heard from, and 79 sailing vessels cleared and
 never reached their destination, both classes representing total tonnage of 72,773.
 In addition 96 ships, of which s5 were sailing craft, had to be abandoned at sea.
 As a result of all the losses. the gross reduction in the mercantile marine of the world is shown to be 1,141 vessels Of so, ,725 tons, excluding vessels of less than I0O tons. This represents the ton maze of vessels which have been lost at sea as well as others which have met a peaceful end by being broken up" or condemned. The latter usually az gregate about one-ffth of the total The average of loss exceeds the average of the preceding seven years by 25 ves- sels of 1O6, roc tons.
 Great Britain's rate of loss is 2-23 per cent, the next one on the list being Germany, with 2.33 per cent. Germany and the United States are now making a ''neck-and-neck" race as regards the total number of vessels owned, the lat ter having 2,44S,677 tons and the for mer 2,113,9s1 tons. Austris-Hungary is third in point of rate of loss, with SIS per cent, and then comes Russia, with 3.62 per cent, and the United States. with ALA per cent. The other nations are in the following order: Italy, 4-34 per cent; France, AS; Holland, 4.62; Spain, 5.01; Norway, 5.55, and Sweden 566
 The figures for Norway and Sweden are regarded as too high, especially as the rate for sailing ships IS 7.5S and s-65 per cent, respectively. This is partly explained by the great number of ships broken up or condemned, but there can be no doubt that the larger rate is also due to the violent end of many ships by wrecks. The figures seem to give sup port to the view that the British gov ernment should insist upon more sea worthy conditions for ships flying the Norwegian flag when leaving British ports.
 Of the total number of vessels lost m the year-1,141, of O,725 tons-S22. of 463,241 tons, were steamers, while SIS vessels of 357,4s4 tons, were sailing craft. Wrecks account for the loss Of 524 vessels, of 356,5O3 tons, SS7 sailing ships and 137 steamers meeting their end while buffeting against some inhOs- pitable shore. They thus equal nearly one-haf of the total. Ninety vessels, of 73,204 tons, were lost in collision, 4S being steamers and 42 sailing vessels, but the average size of the former was double that of the latter. Ninety-siX vessels, of 62,752 tons, including s5 sail ing ships, had to be abandoned at sea Baltimore Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
No Panic in EnUland.

One of the most striking features of the present situation is the steadiness and freedom from panic shown, not cnly as is natural, in military circles, but in the British public at large. This has been equally noticeable upon pre- vious occasions when partial and pre- liminary reverses had occurred in the initial stages of campaign. Military students, of course, are aware that to meet with uncheckered success in a contest with brave and wen-armed enemy is piece of good fortune too good to be relied upon, for, in spite of the skill of commanders and the valor of troops, isolated checks and reverses are as probable in a military campaign as in the conduct of complicated busi- ness transactions. Especially must this be the case where troops are dependent upon long line of communication in the presence of forces numerically their superior, and where relatively small bodies of men are operating over field of vast extent and are necessarily oc- casionally isolated from each other
 Leveson, in North American Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A great building to house all the so- cieties composing the Scientific alli- ance of New York is proposed.
 The two great material conquests which mark4he nineteenth century are the building of the Pacific railroads and the digging of the Suez canal.
 A medical paper directs attention to the curious fact that scarlet fever has never been observed in epidemic form in the tropical or subtropical regions of Asia or Africa.
 In Janesville, Wis, is a pearl button factory which turns out thousands of the finest quality of buttons. Tons of Mississippi clam shells are used in pro- ducing the buttons.
 It appears from British consular ra. ports that Morocco offers consider able field for the engineer. There are at present no roads, railways, tele- graphs, canals nor harbors
 India has perhaps a greater variety of plants than any other country in the world, having 15,OOO native species, while the flora of the entire continent of Europe only embraces about 1000.
 American bottles are preferred to all others for the export trade, and espe. cially in warm climates where Ameri- can and English goods come into close competition. American glass is said to stand tropical climates better than the English, the reason being that it is better annealed.
 The South Kensington museum is constantly adding to the collection of scientific instruments and models of old-fashioned machines. We learn from Industries and Iron that they have now made a large number of additions of modern machinery and tools, such as a coal gas purifying house, a Belleville boiler, a launch engine, water-tube boilers using liquid fuel, a transform- CT, steam turbine, etc. Many of the ma- chine models are shown in motion.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19

being set, slip a paper around it and place a clod or stone on the Tapped edges of the slit near the plant and otherwise secure it against winds. This will flare the edges, cast water to the center, lets air under to prevent mold and yet is dark and retains moisture. The grub prefers the ground on which to travel and will not attempt to crawl onto the paper. The papers, if proper ly cared for, will last for number of years and can be safely taken away from the Flant in week or ten days Dr. NJ. ". Strealy, in Orange Judd Farmer
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
"GoD IS CALLING ME"

The Last Words of Dwight L. Moody. Earth receding-Heaven is opening God is calling meP' Twas a whisper on the threshold Of eternity. How 1t echoes down the vale ct Deepest mystery! As when Stephen, saint and martyr, Near his latest breath, Cried: ''I see the heavens opened, And the Lord of Death On the right hand of the FatherF Heaven still witnesseth! Take thy crown, O man of tireleSs Wrestling for the righti Starred with souls undying, garnersd For the King of Might. ''Well done!' met thee on the portal Of the Land of Light! From the city's slums and alleys. From the hilltops fair, From the wrecks of deepest ocean, Thine await thee there! Who shall lift thy fallen mantles
 Who thy Bible bear: When the hour of wondrous waiting Comes, that comes to all, When for us, OCT earth receding." Drops the funeral pail. Fatheri from Thy opening Heaven, Grant that blessed calli Mrs. Cyrus Hamlin. in CongregatSonaAst
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
oF THk sTReETs.

the rattle and the roar and the bang
 Tn the street. 2 Othe 5uubiean the rumble and the clang-
 And the feet The feet with iron shoes that go trampIng rp and down Never ceasing. never stiu in the never sleeping town, o the late ana early pounding in the shop! Do the arms that wield the hammers never stop
 Never, never cease to fall
 On the bars,
 Hard and soft and great and snailI
 And the cars o the rumbling cars that go In and out and to and fro, With their putting and their pumping and their fretting. And their smashing and collapstng and up settingl O the troubles of the engines with the long
 Trains they draw! o the ringing of the anviIs and the song
 or the saw, o the never ending rattle and the never What a story they keep telling-keep re- beating OCT and o'er- What story of strong armsi What tale of busy hands! What a romance reaching out To the farthest foreign landsi What a story of glad hearts and of faces that are bright What story of the thanks that go up to God al nfghti
 Hear the anvil where the red
 Rod is laid,
 Singing: Bread, bread, bread
 For the maid For the maid and for the boy, and for the wifei' Singing: Joy. joy. joyF' Shouting: Life. life. lifel" And the song the saw Is singing Is another song Of hope, Ano song of joy Is ringing Through the creaking of the rope!
 And the feet. With their never ceasing chatter,
 Tn the street; They are going, soon or late, Unto rest somewhere beyond Leading m 10 those that wait Wait with anxious eyes and fond Where the shouting children play around the doors, Where the growing babies creep upon the o the feet go on and on and the rattle never stops, And a flood of sound is poured from thou s~nd Lusy shops, And through all the roar and banging
 ! czu hear Rising 0 CT the busy changing,
 5weet and clear, A song of thanks to Heaven for the work there ss 70 do, For the hands there are to do it and the joy its leading to- -s. k. Riser. in Chicago Times Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
Coinn Five for a Cent,

The smallest coin now current in Eu- rope, and at one time having the least value, is the Greek lepton. The lepton is, according to the decimal monetary system, current in all countries belong ing to the Latin union. Some idea of this valueless little disc may be gath cred from the fact that the lepton is the one-hundredth part of drachma. The Greek drachma usually passes for the same value that franc piece does, that is, it is about equal to about 20 cents of our money.-Boston Globe.
 Pure Politics.
 ''We have called to beseech your aid in a movement for the purifcation of politics." said the spokeswoman of the delegation of high browed, lean waisted ladies and gentlemen.
 "Well, my friends" said the practical statesman, q don't know but politics is in need of a good deal of purifcation right now"
 "Ah! We thought you would see"
 "Yes. It is getting so mixed up with reform and economy and one thing and another here lately that there is hardly any of the good, old-fashioned, pure pol itics at all any more. Cincinnati En- Qurer. ... s : -..-a {. --s. ,-t
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
MARVELLOUS MEMORIES.

$. $. Prentiss could repeat many of Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies.
 Lord Macauley could have restored Paradise Lost" had something oc- cured to destroy every copy oft.
 John G. Carlisle can dictate a speech of 10000 words, read it over once and repeat it word for word month later.
 Mir. Beveridge spoke from Roscoe Conkling's desk, and there is nothing in common between the two except trick of memory.
 Lamar could repeat speech of 1O,- 900 words without a halt Sumner was even more gifted in this respect, and so is Carl Schurz.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
Rutcbered English.

The Japanese make heroic efforts at English. While butchering it horribly, they do remarkably well, considering everything. On the few English signs of leading firms on Tokio's chief street are seen: "Druccist," for druggist; "Foreign Cords" ''Caned Goods, Whole sale and Detail 2 ''The Shop of the Ar ticles of the Emery" 'sThe Carriage and All of Harness" and "A Harness Maker" s.Manufaktealary," "Apothe- kaly," etc.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
FRon London to Paris. There are five routes from London
rree. Aaraneine i'm kehra.ka.

Trees Advancing in Nebraska
 Prof. c. E. Bessey announces in a etter to Science that he has obtained vidence that trees, including such pecies as oak, hickory, willow, cot onwood, elm and box elder, are rap dly advancing in eastern Nebraska. he area covered by them are gradu- Fly creeping up the courses of the treams and spreading out laterally. n some cases, the tree soil" along ivers has, within 25 years, increased n width from 100 feet to half mile, nd even a mile.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
FIGHTING THE CUTWoRM.
An Extremely Simple COntrivanee for Protecting Plants Against the
 Pests Attacks.

Fold old newspapers and cut into sheets, say, nine by twelve inches. Paint with cheap, quick-drying black paint or waterproof varnish. Sticky paper covered with rosin and sweet oil will answer for one season. Cut the sheets from edge to center. The plant
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-19
THROUGH LOVE TO LAUGHTER.

Lead your child through love to laughter Sorrow soon enough comes after: Soon enough will real ills find 1t, Let not false gloom blur or blind 1t; Life has much of glee and gladness, Smothering smiles in babes Is madness, Rather let them laugh and love 1t, With Gods smiling skies above it; Joyous juniors love to caper, Ills for them are thin as paper, While the gladness and the glory Fill life to it's upper story;
 Smiles for them are finely filling, Though some tears each may be epilling Let them laugh, the years are flying T To where each shall know more crying, Burdened with the cares and trials, Sufferings and self-denials,
 Which grow greater, stronger, bolder, As their human slaves grow older. Let the child laugh long and longer, Let its love of glee grow stronger, Better 1t should turn from troubles, Laugh at iridescent bubbles Than eclipse it's sunny gladness In the atmospheres of sadness, All too ready to bereave us, And with ghosts of gloom to leave us' Let your juvenile be jolly,
 Lead him far from melancholy, Harmless joys jar roof and rafter' Lead vour child through love to laugnIer' I. EDGAR JONES.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-12
wooDMEN DRILL FOR A PRIZE
(By Associated Press.)

ST. Paul, June 12-Pleasant weather
gave the Modern Woodmen a good day
for the competitive drills at Camp
Northcott today. Over fifty teams have
entered the contest, which will continue
daily until completed.
The first business today was the cleo
ton of officers. Head Counsel w. A.
Northcott of Illinois, Head Clerk Halves
of Illinois and Head Advisor Daniel B.
Heard of Iowa were reelected. r. r.
Smith of Brookfield, Mo-, was elected
head banker. Physicians were elected
for each state. and the following were
nominated for directors, five vacancies
having to be filled: Benjamin Smith of
Mankato, Mimi; ]. N. Reece of Spring.
field, ILL.,; F.. E. Murphy of Leavenworth,
KAN; G. w. Reilly of Danville. ILL.,; c.
G. Saunders Of Council Bluffs. Iowa. and
7. e. Hopkins of Rockford, Ill. Smith,
Reece and Murphy are at present direc-
tors, up for reelection.
After the election of Head Counsel
Northcott who has served five terms
successfully, that officer announced that
he would not again be candidate for
the position, but would retire at the end
of this new term.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-12
NO MORE HAz|NG OF ANY KIND
At THE WEST POINT ACADEMY

cauet or candidate to eat or drink anv
article OF food or to take into his mouth
any articles whatever. or to do for hin,
anytning incompatible with the position
Oh cadet and gentleman, or any cadet
whose DUTY 1t Is to enfore camp. bar
racks or mess regulations, who shall
Kermit any new cadet or candidate r.
eat or drink any article of food ar ~
take into his mouth any article what
ever In violation Of said resula t;on.
snail be summarily dismissed, from IN
military academy.
Hazing also includes any other
treatment of a harassing, tyranical
abusive. shameful, insulting or humil,at'
Ing character
Dismissal Is the penalty for violation
OF these regulations. The practice Of
aueilins or personal combat Is also pro-
nioited. and the principals and other
persons involved or any cadet abusing or
condemning another for declining to ac.
cept challenge will be dismissed.
Col. Mills has furnished the war Dc.
rartment with an Official COPY Of the
order setting forth the punishment ad,
ministered to the cadets other thar
those dismissed and suspended who
We're found guilty of participation in tho
dissraceful proceedings of April last.