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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-27

Moon AND Sun PowER.-Not taking into
account atmospheric absorption, Sir William
Thomson ns computed that We receive from
the full moon light equal To that which
would reach us from tweuty-seven thousand
million million candles spread over
the moons ezrthward hemisphere,
painted black. II allowance Is
made for the loss Of moonlight
in passing through our atmosphere. the num-
Der Of candles must be much greaier-prob-
ably reaching forty thousand million million.
TIE same eminent physicist has further cal
culated that, II the moons side were painted
black, and covered with normally burning
candies standing closely packed In square
order, the light would appear TO Us to be
about the same In quantity as that which we
now receive AS compared with the sun, be
has been led TO the conclusion that we can
not be very FAR wrong in estimating the light
Of the full moon as about a seventy-thous-
andth Of the sunlight anywhere on earth.
PLANT ADAPTATIoS-Some remarkable H.
lustrations of the power Of plants 10 adapt
themselves 10 diverse conditions have been
furnished by the observations Of Senior
Ladislao NeIto, Of Rio Janeiro. One plant
StryehHOs triptiaeTaa-was found growing in
an open space as bush about six feet high,
while another specimen OF the same species
was seen in the shade Of the same woods
only q few yards away rs a'yine sixty
feet in length Other plants were allowed TO
become vines Of considerable length in the
dense Brazilian forests, aud at once began
10 change their appearance to that Of shrubs
Oh being given free exposure to the sun
light.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-27

liver and bowels has an unbounded popularity.
For sale by druggists and dealers, 10 whom an
ply for Hostetter's Almanac for 1885.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-06
The New Cook.

Cooks are all sorts. This cook
was very droll one. His name was
Jocko, and he was a monkey.
He was IN the storeroom watching
Mrs. Lee make her cake. He saw
her sift the flour and beat her eggs.
He saw her add the sugar and spice.
Then she tasted the dough. Finally
she poured it into the pan. The
dinner bell rang.
.Come, Jocko," said Mrs. Lee, but
Jocko did not want to go. He likes
to stay in the storeroom.
But Mrs. Lee knew better than to
leave him there. She knew he
would certainly get into mischief, for,
oh, such a rogue IS Jocko!
So she made him him go out, and
then to make all secure she locked
the door.
But when she went there sat Jocko
on the -four barrel. He had squeez-
ed in through a broken pane. Mrs.
Lee had forgotten all about that
broken pane. But Jocko hadn't.
He, too, was making cake. He
had broken twenty eggs into the
-four barrell He had added all the
sugar he could find. He was beat
ing mp his dough with his paw! Ey-
cry now and then he tasted it
Wasn't this q droll cook And
poor Mrs. Lee, what time she had
cleaning out her -four barrel! Did
she scold Jockof What was the use
of scolding Jockoi
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-06
MARRY me, DARLINT, TONIGHT.

Me darlint, it's akin they are
That goes to the wars to be kilt,
An come back wild an iligant shkar,
An a sabre hung on to hilt.
They offers promotion to those
Who die in definse of the right.
L III be off in the mornin suppose
Ye marry me, darlint, tonight?
There's nothin' so raises man,
In the eyes of the wurrld as to fall
Feminist the ould flag, in the van,.
Pierced through wild bit of ban.
An whin am kilt ye can wear =
Some iiigant Grape on yir bonnet.
Jist think how the women will shtare
Wild hwy whiniver We don it!
Oh, fwat proud wildly yen be
Whin they bring me carpse home, mo
to mintion
The fact we can live don't We see y
ALI the rest of our lives on me pinsion
w. w. Fink IN The Century Bric-a-B rdC
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-06
A STORY OF A TREE-FR0G.


One sultry night, in Indiana, ! sat
busily writing upstairs close to an
open window. My lamp, placed
upon my desk, attracted countless
numbers of the insect world that
come out to see their friends only
after dark /; there was constant
buzz around the lamp, and many a
scorched victim, falling on its back,
yainly kicked its little legs in air.
Suddenly a clear low whistle
sounded from the window--a whistle
somewhat like the sound made when
boy blows into the orifice of a
trunk-key. Startled for moment,
turned my chair and beheld on the
window-sill little tree-frog grayely
looking at me. His skin-of an ex-
quisite pale apple green color shone
in the Iamp-light. Fearful that ]
might frighten him away, / sat
motionless in the chair, watching
him intently. Presently he gave
another little whistle, as clear and
sharp as a bird-note. He was
evidently making up his mind that /
was to be trusted "a confidence not
misplaced), and soon he gave an
easy spring and was on the desk be-
fore me. hardly dared to breathe,
lest he should be alarmed. He look
ed at me carefully for a few minutes;
and then, hopping under the lamp,
began q slaughter of the insect
creation, such as i had never before
witnessed. He captured in a flash
any careless fly or moth that came
near him, declining to touch the
dead ones that had cremated tlpem.
selves.
After half all hours enjoyment of
this kind, my apple. green friend
hoped rather lazily across the desk,
repeated the whistle with which he
had eDtered,--as if to say good
highland went out into the dark.
j proceeded with my work and soon
forgot my visitor. But Judge my
surprise when on the next night he
again appeared, again signaIed his
coming with his musical cry, and
again took up bis position under my
lamp.
For nearly three weeks did my
small friend visit my room nightly.
and be and became great ffiends.
House flies were his special dclicacy.
StealthiIy crawling up the painted
waIl, clinging to the smooth surface
with the little disks, OF smokers, on
his feet, he would draw close up to
bis body first one leg and then the
other, and when within proper dis
lance, he would dart forward and,
snatching the fiy, would swing head
downward, his hind feet firmly glued
to the wall. Then, attaching his
i forefeet, he would move on in quest
of another.
He never missed his aim. and he
would quietlyandcalm zigzagnpand
4 down the side wall after every liz he
! saw there. He became quite accus-
toned to me, and would hop on my
hand, and sit there looking at me
with a grave composure ludicrous to
behold. IT. Lancey, in St. Nicholds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-06
POETRY.
=
ASK PAPA.

Oh, woman, gentler OF the sexes,
Your conduct manly mortal vexes,
And wofully his heart perplexes-
This you know;
For should he kneel in supplication.
Asking your hearts capitulation.
You look about in CONSERVATION,
Murm ring No."
Yet this for months you've been expect
ing,
Daily this same scene rejecting,
Without the least thought of rejecting
Should he ask
But now that he is in your power,
You trife with him half an hour.
And on him frightened glances shower
Through mask.
And when at last, midst gentle Gliding.
You smile through blushes-yain the hid.
ing,
And ponder, as if still deciding
Rogue you are;
He knows the answer you re concealing
To him your eyes are all-revealing,
And you ii answer, double dealing,
$ Ask papa"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-06

She had just returned from Vas
sar, and papa was stroking her hair
50 fondly. IT hope, my dear,n said
the old man, "that you haven't ac-
quired any Of the vulgar slang pbras-
es which so many OF the Vassar
young ladies' are said to use.n q You
bet / haven't, papa she said bright
~; when anybody catches me talk.
ing slang he is especially invited to
slug me in the seventh rib "That
Is light, nay daughter; never in.
dulge in slang. 1t gives a young
lady dead AWAY. Z. San.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-06

"Sis," said a bright Austin youth
to his sister, who was putting the
finishing touches on her toilet, you
ought to marry a burglar "What
do yon mean by such nonsense ~ " I
mean that you and burglar would
get along very well together-you
have got the false locks and he has
got the false keys
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-06

efforts to capture Khartoum aud
take Gordon prisoner, even il he
does not deal more murderously with
him before the rescuing party can
arrive.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

WHEN Charles Sumner brought
down the wrath of all the Radicals in
the country upon his devoted head
by proposing that the names Of Fed
eral "victories" in the late war should
be obliterated from the army fags,he
was moved by {. prophetic impulse:
He felt that so long as the Republic
held as sacred the emblems Of inter-
necine strife and perpetuated in an
official manner the triumph of the
maj GRITTY in war over the minority of
its own citizens, there could be no
feeling of kinship that would per-
meate the hearts Of the whole people.
The Union will never be fully restor-
ed SO long as one class of its sons are
honored at the expense of the other,
and the words "patriot" and "rebel"
are officially used to designate tho
respective parties to the great war.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

report the agricultural statistics Of
the Uuited States; and, in addition,
all important information or statis>,
tics relating to industrial education
and agricultural college-; to labor
and wages in this and other coun-
tries; to markets and prices;to modes
and cost of transporting agricultural
products and live stock to their final
market, to the demand, supply, and
prices in foreign markets; to the To-
cation, humber, and products Of
manufacturing establishments Of
whatever sort, their sources of raw
material methods, markets,a nd prices,
to such commercial or other condi-
tons as may affect the market value
OF farm products or the interests Of
the industrial classes of the United
States. And the Secretary is hereby
authorized to establish:such divisions
in this Bureau, and to make such
monthly or other reports, rs be shall
deem most effective for the prompt
dissemination of such reliuble infor.
nation respecting crops and domestic
and foreign arkets as will be OF
service to the farmers or other in
dustrialists OF the United Slater.
SEC. 4 That the Secretary OF Ag.
rjculiure shall hereafter receive the
same salary as is paid to the Secre-
taiy Of each Of the Executive De-
partments; the salary Of the Assist
ant Secretary of Agriculture shall be
the same as that paid to the Assist
ami Secretary of tho Department Of
Interior; and the salary Of Chief Of
Bureau shall be the same as that
paid to the Committee Of Indian
Affairs. .. ....... ID. j.,
SEQ. s. That all laws and parts OF
laws relating to the Department Of
Agriculture now in existence, as far
AZ the same is applicable and not in
conflict with this act, and only 80
far, are continued in full force and
effect.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
Those Trade Dollars.


The Director Of the mint, Mr..
Burchard, estimates the number OF
Trade Dollars" now in the hands Of
the American people at btween five
and six millions. II Congress will
but adopt the simple e1pedient OF
dec airing them D LIARS, receivable
for all dues that STANDARD dollar"
will pay, and at the same time direct
all U. s Collectors and post masters
to forward them to the Treasury for
re- coinage when they come into their
possession the whole question as to
the disposition to be made of them
will be solved in the most practical
and simple manner possible. They
contain more silver than tho "stand.
ard" dollars, and the people are
ready to recognize them as dollars
as soon as the Government acknowl'
edges it's offspring. .
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

A number Of the Western railroads
are in a very bad condition: They
are not only faili1g to earn dividends
but are inciriing heavy floating
debts to meet ordinary operating
expenses. These failures are attrib.
uted by the roads to the shortness
of the grain crops and heavy in.
crease in water transportation by
barges, but the truth is, in many in
stances that these roads, were built
to meet what was expected to DO a
continuous flow Of emigration to the
far West and this traffic has not only
greatly decreased but the prospect
is clouded by the palpable fact tina,
the tendency of emigration in the
immediate future is to be to the
Gulf States, and that the tide that
has 80 rapidly peopled Texas and
Arkansas is soon to be turned to-
wards Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
The Senatorial Fight in Ohio.


Mr.. Payne, who is SO stoutly con-
testing the succession in the United
States Senate with the present in
cumbent, Hon. Geo. H. Pepdleton, is
by far the most popular Democrat
with the people of Ohio, and has
never been before them for Office
without leading his ticket immensely
ON one occasion he led it over fifty
thousand votes. He is man of seven
ty-three years of age but in the full
vigor Of mental and physical life, and
has an irreproachable record both pri-
vate and public. The impression that
his vast fortune is the result of his
connection with the Standard Oil
Company, is a great error; he has al
ways been wealthy and his wife was
very rich woman, and he enjoyed
the reputation of being one of the
heavies, capitalists in Ohio before the
Standard Oil Company was even or
ganized. 45.r.r . r...
He is gentleman of great ability,
and Ohio can congratulate herself
upon the fact that the Senatorial
prize is almost certain to fall to either
Payne, Pendleton or Thurman.
Thurman is not himself a candi-
date but is in good faith supporting
Mr.. Pendleton-yet ii Pendleton's
defeat seems assured on the eve of
the caucus, it is thought that his
strength will be- thrown to Thurman,
and may assure his election. The
s'true inwardness" of the stalwart
opposition of most of the Thurman
men to Mr.. Payne, consists in the
fact that they have high hopes Of So
curing the nomination of an Ohio
man foE the Presidency, and if Payne
is beaten for Senator they feel sure
that he will be shelved so far as the
National Democratic Convention is
concerned. On the other hand, they
are compelled to admit that his chan
ces before the people in Ohio in No
vember next would be better than
those of any other Democrat, and that
if elected Senator to succeed Mr..
Pendleton he will be the only Ohio
man thought oil in connection with
the Presidency. AS will be observed
by our readers, there are "wheels
within wheels" in the politics of the
Buckeye State.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

meagre charity and harsh treatment
which is so generally dealt out to the
poor unfortunates by those who have
never known what it is to be without
the smallest luxury WHICH their delicate
and over indulged nppetites may Grave.
In the last act "Mercy Merrick" the
"New Magdalin" rscounts the history
Of her life from the time she is left
homeless orphan upon the streets OF
London, at the tender age Of ten, psver
having known . God or a Saviour, on
through her early girlhood her downfall,
and through the fiery ordeal Of tempta.
ton through which she struggled in her
attempt to reach higher place ins.he
ladder Of life until this place having
been at last attained she must give it up
and begin over again, or, az many an
other has done, end her troubles in the
welcoming embrace of the sertbing
Thames; and all this in order that q
wrong may be rightcd which she has
unwit,ingly done to another whom she
thought dead. At the end OF this recital
very few dry eyes were in the house,
Ladies wept, and adowu the fnrrowed
cheek Of many strong man of the world
there coursed the tear OF sympathy. The
last echoes OF tho actress musical voice
had died away and there was still per.
feet silence-oppres sive as Of the calm
before tho storm. Suddenly the spell
WAS broken and the house was filled
from pit to dome with one Of tue most
wild and terrific bursts Of genuine and
merited applause I have ever heard;
again and again, rising and falling, I'D
vanoing and receding, as the tides of the
ocean, the tumult was continued and not
one loft the house dissatisfied as far as ]
could gather from the expressions OF
opinion I heard, all of which tended to
the effect that Clara Morris had sur
passed herself and made bit which
would long be remembered by the
theatre goers Of the Island City. Well,
must CLOSE now for fear OF wearying
You and your readers.
.. Yours &c.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

A heavy reduction of wages is be-
ing enforced by most of tho manu-
featuring establishments in the iron
regions Of the Middle and Eastern
States. No important strikes are
taking place owing to the indifference
upon the subject manifested by en-
ployers, many of whom are running
even at the reduced rate of wages at
a loss, and would welcome such a
pretext for "shutting down" as q
strike would afford.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
The U. s. Treasury Department
paid out $7,794,727, in interest due
January LIST, on registered bonds.

THE will of P. T. Barnum, the
great Snowman, covers seven hundred
pages of closely written legal cap
paper, and in it he bequeaths ten
millions of dollars to twenty-seven
heirs. Unless those seven hundred
pages merely comprise schedule of
real estate and personal property, the
will is of dangerous length and will
tempt litigation, for any ingenious
lawyer can find plenty of battle
ground in a document of one tenth of
its dimensions.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
Our Texas correspondence

GALVESTON. Jan. LIST 1888.
DEAR EXAMINER:
Once more l am on our southern sea
coast. 1 arrived here on December 14th
and have never enjoyed more pleasant
winter up to yesterday. The weather
has been great deal more like June
than December, and the mosquitoes ter
rible. Galveston is one of the most
beautiful cities I have ever had the
pleasure OF visiting As level as psr>
lor floor, there is sameness, want Of
contrast, about it that is not pleasant to
the eye, but this is the only thing about
the place which does not inspire the
Southern heart with feeling of pride
for this our beautiful Island city. All
the streets in the residence portion OF
the city are lined upon either side with
rows Of beautiful oleanders, which, add
ing their beauty and their perfume alike
to the natural beauty Of the place make
a pleasing contrast to the narrow and
dirty streets Of most cities. There Is no
dust here. All sand The fremont
Hotel is, l presume, one OF the finest
buildings Of its kind IN the State, and
then the Beach Hotel on the Beach as q
hotel for Northern visitors seeking a
winter resort is not to be surpassed
anywhere, and in summer it enjoys all
the advantages requisite 10 make it a
beautiful summer resort; being situated
within almost q stones throw of the
Gulf, its patrons can enjoy some of the
finest surf bathing to be had snywhere
in American waters. Tho Cathedral
here is a very fine building rs are also
the Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyte,
rian Churches. The fremont Opera
House is the finest this side of New Or.
leans and has been packed for the last
week. Lytton S,thern, Clara Morris
and the Union Square Lights, O'London
Combination have filled the house with
delighted audience since Christmas Eve.
Lytton Sothern in Comedy is indeed
almost an exact counterpart of his illus>
trious father: The Lights O'London is
the finest Spectacular Drama ever placed
upon the Texas boards, and Clara Morris
we'll, every one knows Clara Morris
will always draw. Her acting is of on
excellent standard and in the past she
has made herself name and fame to
which nothing that l can say will add.
Still, although she has ever been great
in her favorite roles and although have
admired her in them, was completely
captured by her MERCY Merrick' in
the New Magdalin" grandly conceived
by great mind and grandly portrayed
BY q great artistic, the character az per-
sonated by Clara Morris is more than
grand-it vsrgea upon the sublime. The
development of the character from the
first scene to the last where the great
sacrifice Of pride, ambition and worldly
desire is made that the right may pre-
vail, is one that appeals directly to the
b carts of all those who have lived in
large cities and have Witnessed the
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

President Arthur says that the
way he avoids lameness and fatigue
from the effects Of the Handwriting
ordeals at the White House, is "by
getting the first grip" He says that
every man who calls OH him feels
that he is charged with the especial
duty of crushing his fingers and
kLuckles if he cal, and that he avoids
it by "getting the first grip" and
thereby escapes the distressing IA
tigue and lameness of which Grant
used to complain.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

THE celebrated collection Of paint
ings of Indians and their homes and
costumes, some seven hundred in
number, painted by the artist Catlin
thirty or forty years ago, have been
presented to the National Museum at
Washington and will hereafter CON
stitute a leading attraction in that
vast stsYe house of wonders.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

IT will be in order for q certain
class of politicians and scribblers to
howl for adjournment as soon as the
Legislature organizes. If it is a
working body of men, and meets for
work, there is solid work enough in
sight to occupy it for the next four
months.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
For Rent, 1854.
I have for rent for 1884.

I have for rent for 1884.
/. House, one room, brick chimney,
garden near compress. ......
2. House two rooms, stack chimney
brick and l acre garden, near compress.
8. One dwelling house, rooms, out.
houses, garden. fruit trees and handy to
business part of town .r..
4. Two store houses, good stands.
5. One basement room, handy foi
shop, grocery or notion stand.
@. One firm, mile from town, 81
-cres, 45 acres III cultivation, goo,
houses, stables, water, &c.
Terms easy, possession given January
LIST. RoBr. Il. Houston.
Dec. 20-1m.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

THE mouthings of O'Donovan
Rosa and others who here in Ameri-
ca, at safe distance, roar and howl
about lreland's wrongs and threaten
all sorts of dynamite deviltry, is doing
irreparable damage to their fellow
countrymen in "the old country"
But for the ridiculous posturings and
brags, and threats of these people we
believe that O'Donnel would have
been reprieved and feeling of sym
patty have been aroused throughout
the British Empire for the SONS of
Erin. England may be courted but
she can never be bullied, and the
programme of the so4called "Irish
Americans" is rninous to the cause
of tie advocates of ''home rule" mas
much as it arousss English pride and
hardens the hearts of her people.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10

Col. Rathbone, who killed his wife
in Hanover Germany, and attempted
to take his own life, was the conn
panion Of President Lincoln at
Fords theatre on the night Of bis
assassination by Boothe, and was
himself stabbed through the arm by
the crazy actor. tsa M
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
For sale.

The farm known MS the "John Crump
Homestead" consisting of about $50
ACRES, COMMODIOUS RESIDENCE
AND OUT HOUSES, in good repair
and 8 settlements advantng!ously located
thereon. May be divided to suit pur-
chasess.
Terms; % per cent cash, balance in
easy payments. Address,
. P. A. KNOWLES, Aberdeen. Miss.
Or, L.G. KNOWLES, 1877 Canal st N. Y.