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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19
QUEER MONEY.

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How the Brazilians Startle Their Unso.
phisticated Visitors.
The form of money used in Brazil is
a great perplexity to travellers, and it
seems to be absurd that so large a Ma
ton, engaged in such a great com
merce, should employ a standard of
value equal to the goth part of a cent.
All the commercial and financial tran
sactions of Brazil are reckoned by reis,
and 1000 refs are worth intrinsically
"a cents, but the value of the paper
money is SO deprecated that this sum
is now worth only about 81 cents. All
the accounts rendered by your butch
er, baker oy banker are in this form,
and the Lumber of figures and
ciphers involved in ordinary transac-
ton is apt to startle an unsophisti-
Gated visitor.
For example, if you 60 into a res
taurant and order a dinner lunch and
are presented a bill for 10. refs or
5000 refs you are pretty apt to make
some expression Of establishment, but
when you calculate that the 10000 refs
only represent about 81, the feeling of
excitement is somewhat overcome.
But imagine the book-keeper of a com
mercial house who does a business of
two or three million dollars a year.
There have been several attempts to
change the standard of value of Brazil
ian money in order to simplify book.
keeping and relieve the strain upon the
mathematical abilities of the people,
but nothing can induce them to leave
the old Portuguese system.
The currency now is almost entirely
paper, bank bills issued by the Govern.
ment and irredeemable. The notes of
this kind now outstanding amount to
1922, 600, 900. The total amount of gold
coin issued up to 1884 was s25 1000, 900;
silver, $1,000, 900; nickel, $4,000, 900:
and copper, $4,000 0 There is no
gold coip. in circulation, and very little
silver. All the foreign trade is con.
Quoted in pounds, shillings and pence.
About the only paper the banks use is
bills on London. The Parliament has
not restricted the issue of paper-moncy.
but a conservative policy has been fol-
lowed and Brazil has always been
punctuaI in the payment of its public
debt.-Ro Cor. Chicago Inter Ccean.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19
THE SAME MAN.
How a Runaway Confidential Clerk Enter.
tertained a Rural Detective.

How a Runaway Confidential Clerk Enter
tertained a Rural Detective.
Some time ago a confidential clerk in
the employof affirm in Indiana skipped
the gutter with several thousand dol
lars in ready cash. While il was de-
termined to hunt him down at all haz-
ards, the firm did not feel like wasting
a great deal of money in so doing. A
one-horse country detective was there
fore employed, and after awhile he
traced his nan to Detroit. The de-
tective didn't propose to share any Of
the glory with the Detroit officers, and
he slid around for a week before he
learned that his mar was in Windsor.
Then he went over there, still working
on the quiet, and a nice young nan at
one of the hotels informed him that the
defaulter had just gone to Toronto, but
would be back in q few days. The
pair became fast friends, and the nice
young man had his daily drinks and
cigars at the detectives expense. The
two came over to Detroit and attended
the theater and had good times, and it
was the opinion of the officer that he
never met such a nice young nan
Finally, a night or two ago, as they
landed from the boat on the other side,
the detective inquired:
you must be an agent of some
sortp"
ooh, no. was the reply, II am SIM
ply travelling for pleasure"
"Where do you live when at homer"
"1n Indiana
"Why, I'm from Indiana!"
Eyes, you told me s o the first day"
whereabouts in I%ndiana?'
"Vincennes."
Good gracious! but my home is only
three miles from Vincennes."
Eyes, l know
What did you do in Vincennes?'
"Clerked for Lath & Shingles"
what! Why, that is the very firm
that was robbed!'
Yes, l know was the placid reply.
"And your name is-what'' queried
the detective.
william Green!'
Great Scott! but you are the chap
who stole the money" howled the Off
Ger.
ayes, certainly! What are you going
to do about itP' calmly replied the nice
young man, rs he lighted another ff-
teen n er.-DetroH Free Press.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19
A Mysterious AfTliction.

A young man in Chicago, last sum.
mer, suddenly found that one side of
his face was ailing. An hour OF two
afterward his right eye refused to close,
and the paralysis of the whole facial
region was complete. He went to the
doctor and found that parsonage treat
ing three other young men for exactly
the same affection. The right eye re-
manned open four weeks. The sense of
taste was greatly weakened. The
main nerve, which had been shut off BY
a decrease in the orifice of the skull,
was finally loosed, and no chronic
effect beyond a slight optical weakness
followed in any of the four. II would
be interesting to know whether or not
tobacco had anght to do with these re-
markable eases. - Current.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19
FORMING ACQUAINTANCE.
How Two Strange Boys Learn to Take u
Interest In Each other.

Interest In Each other.
When two strange boys come to-
gether they proceed to get acquainted
something after this fashion:
whats yer nameP'
Tommy Crupper, What's yournP'
''Dickey Tabbits. Wot's yer dads
name?"
"Ole Dan Crupper, an the dogs
names Sniff. Is yer dog yallerP"
Nope; he's spotted an wears + col
lar. Got a knife to trade?"
Yep; but l lost it. When I find it
I'll swap you. Watchy read :in?"
Third Reader. Lus trade hats
Il dassent; my pap don't low me.
My feet's the biggest"
well, l chawed terbacker onest."
That's nothin' l saw three dogs
fghtin' at one time
II was in swimmin' six times in one
day Already"
81 had two teeth pulled las week.
That's nothin'. | cut my fingers
most every day, an our hired gal most
burnt her head off las night
That's no great sight. A robber
broke into our house n time, an my
pap's got a brother in jail
"Well, that amt much. My mas
got a sister with a glass eye, an our
baby's got four teeth an a lump on its
head what makes it cry all the time.
Can your father play the tiddle9'
May be l amt got a brother who
can turn a handspring an walk on stills.
Why don't you bragg
Who's a-braggin'? wouldn't be a
blowhard."
Don't you call me that, or III"
"You will, will your"
"Yes, l willN'
mo, you WON'T"
Il will!'
you won'tr'
"Will-will-will"
"Won't-won't-won't!"
''Touch me, if you dare"
Don't you pucker your mouth at
me, or I'll smash yer nose"
IF I was a girl I'd wear a dress"
wait till l ketch you some time, an
I'll lick you till you can't walk
"Put a chip on your shoulder an III
knock it off"
mo, you won't!"
Eyes, / will!'
you won't, either"
II will if you dare me to-"
''Well, l dare you, an anybody't
won't take a darrell steal sheep. There
it is, smarty, an now let's see what''ll
you'll do "
The next instant both boys are rolling
in the dust, pulling hair and trying to
chew each others ears. From this time
on they consider themselves well ac-
quainted and take a friendly interest in
each other. -"Lige Brown, IN Chicago
Ledger.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19
WAR VESSELS.
Huge 1rOn-Clads Not Always D%esirable-
The Reorganization of Our Navy.

Huge lrOn-Clads Not Always D%esirable-
The Reorganization of Our Navy.
Some Of u most experienced naval
officers believe that the immense war
vessels of the present day will prove
inefficient in action, because they are
cumbersome and in some instances un-
manageable. There has been as great
n change in the armament and the
means of handling vessels as in the
construction. The two main points
that are to be kept in view in construct
ing a war vessel are speed and Ease in
maneuvering. Closely connected with
these requisites is the ability to secure
a fore and aft fire, so that the guns
may be used with effect both in APP
preaching and running away from an
enemy. The shape Of the war vessels
has changed as the motive power
changed. In the old days Of the gal.
ley, when the vessels were propelled by
cars. the bow was made sharp for run
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19

There is a pool in Utah only a foot
deep, and situated at a very higE alti-
tude, that refuses to freeze even in the
seyerest winters. There is another that
m~ysteriously replenishes itself with
half-grown trout. One stream, though
clear as crystal to the eyes and taste
less, stains all the vegetation it flows
over a deep brown. A warm spring
near Salt Lake City is the strongest
sulphur water in the world. A hot
spring a few miles of, with waters so
not that you can hardly put your hand
into them, and a. bright as diamonds,
Is one Of the most remarkable comb.
nations of chemicals ever analyzed.-
Denrer Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19
AN APPLE SEED.

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\ am poor in this worlds goods no said:
II have scarce enough for mine;
And what can leave, when l am dead,
Upon life's page to shine?
shave struggled from early morn till night,
My precious ones to rear;
q tried to be honest, pure and right
To live in Cody fear.
can plant but a simple apple seed,
That may grow to a goodly tree,
Which. some time, cen in a stranger s need,
May prove its ministry"
Ant he covered the seed with tender care;
And the little STRIPPING grew,
Caressed by the sun and the kindly air,
And nurtured by the dew.
And by and by, in the after hours,
When May-days come and go,
The angels scattered it DER with flowers
AS white as drifting snow.
And underneath it there calne to rest
A wanderer tired and lone.
He had Travelled east, and travelled west,
And reaped as he had sown.
The pure, sweet blossoms touched his knee,
And fell upon his hair.
He had played beneath an apple tree
When he was young and fair.
He pressed them to his lips and prayed.
AS he thought of mother true;
And there, on his knees, resolve he made
To enter life anew.
And he blessed and Frightened the world
again,
With eloquence and power.
And lifted the hearts of his tellow-meu
From that glad, earnest hour.
The poor man planted, and had his NEED
In this gifted heart ami brain;
And but for the simple apple seed
A life had been in vain.
The smallest deed may have creates.
weight.
Who plants for God plants well:
And who in the kingdom be called great,
Eternity shall tell.
Mrs. 5. K. Bolton, in ". Y. Independent.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19
THE ~MOTHER.IN.LAW,
A Chapter In Favor of This Much-Abused
Parsonage.

A Chapter In Favor of This Much-Abused
Parsonage.
The typical American mothcr-in-law
is the ideal mother-in-law. She is affec-
tionate, kind and reasonably indulgent
to her so~n-in-law, as she is devoted to
her children, hoping to rear and train
them in the way they should 20, and
in sickness being very often at once
physician, nurse and administering an.
gel. There are few deserving sons-in.
law in this country who have not an
angelic mother-in-law, and to the credit
OF most Americans be it said that the
mother-in-law is generally the recipient
OF a filial affection only second to that
rendered to ones own mother. Every
mar almost looks upon his mother as
being worthy of the highest seat in
heaven, and blessed is he (and there
are many such men) who can in their
heart feel that his mother-in.law is en-
titled to a seat by her side.
"Worthy and dutiful sons-in-law
make loving and sweet-tempercd
mothers-in-law." This rule holds good
in nine cases out of ten, and certainly
that fact makes it a pretty good one.
1t would be well for every young man
who is about to take upon himself the
important and happy relation Of SON
in.law to write the above rule on the
tablet of his memory, and redouble the
joys and tighten the sorrows of life by
SO conducting himself as to be at once
and for all time deserving of the love
and confidence Of the mother of the
wife OF his bosom. Neecs.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19

More than two hundred trees
have been labeled in the Public Garden
and in the Common says the Boston
ddGcrtiSer, land, although it is said
that Philadelphia pays fifteen hundred
dollars to give this lesson to her chill
dren. we may at least feel sure that
Boston's modest appropriation of two
hundred and fifty dollars has been well
spent and makes a fair beginning"
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19

Mr., George Muller, the head of the
Orphan Homes at Bristol, England, an
nouoces that during the last year he
has received more that 1901, 900 ''in an
swer to prayer not a single donation
having been solicited.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19

1t costs something to be English.
A pair Of English shoes, hideous ia ap.
pearance and rough in finish, often
represents. duties included, an expen.
diture Of twenty dollars or more.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-19

IL a man gets up when the day
breaks, can he be said to have the whole
dav before HMM Y. Ledger.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-22
WHY HANDEL Is LIKED IN ENGLAND.


Unitarian in our sports, we English
demand effective rather than beautiful
athletics; equally gluttonous and fastid
ious as to the raw matter of the senti-
ment, we are Indifferent and insensible
to the preparation and service Of art.
Now Handers music is direct, simple,
grand, unaffected; and certain sacrifices
and gradations of force are inevitable in
its aesthetic scheme, to the end that it
may legitimately achieve variety and eff
feet. But with its operation we have never
been contented, and in our mad wish to
make every moment sublime, we have
piled on force till every light is equally
white. and all the strong points are at
war with each other. For we like to
blink the degrading fact that artistic i'm.
agination deals with o concrete limited
stuff and it is therefore separate spe-
cial faculty in each art. The sophistry
which implicitly confounds imagination
with sentiment is disastrously common.
have heard an art critic openly assert
that an imagination could be con-
ceived which should deal neither in
words nor color, neither melody nor
clay, and yet might afterwards be ex-
pressed in any of them without the in
tervention of any special faculty between
the abstract thought and the technical
execution. Surely art and artists exist
and affect us on the presumption that
every man feels sentiment simply in
virtue of being man, but when he con-
ceives an image of it in the material of
any art, he then becomes an artist, and
is guilty of an act of imagination or ar
tistic creation.-Magasine Of Art.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-22
well as to himself, and no man has been
more cruelty prosecuted and lied about"
THE IsTHMIAN TROUBLES.

ADMIRAL JoUETT ON THE RECENT MOVE
MENTs OF THE COLOMBIAN REBELS.
Under date Of July 1, Admiral Jouett
has sent to the Navy Department, from
Savanilla, q report of the condition of
affairs in the United States of Colombia.
He makes mention of o recent battle be-
tween the government forces and the
revolutionists, in which 1000 men were
said to have been killed. The admiral
says: 1.-The government troops, number
ing about 1000, have advanced from Car
tagena to Calomar, on the banks of the
Magdalena river, where they are strongly
intrenched. Calomar is sixty-six miles
above Barranquilla In addition TO this
land force the government has now an
efficient steamer called the Cauca, which
is armed as vessel of war and is ready
to patrol the coast or to perform any
naval service which may he required of
her. The revolutionary forces number
only about $500 men, but the revolu-
tionists hold number of large river
steamers, and are therefore able to move
about freely on the Magdalena river,
while the government forces, having but
two small steamers, are Obliged TO move
by land, and are therefore much i'm
peded.
"On June 10 Gen. Camargo, o very
prominent Colombian politician and
leader, arrived ut this port in an English
steamer, and upon landing Immediately
assumed command of the revolutionary
army. The arrival of Gen. Camargo,
who is O violent liberal, effectually de-
feated the efforts to secure peace by
treaty, although there is no doubt but
that these efforts would have been sue
cessful if he had remained away while
longer.
"Gen. Camargo attacked force of
about $500 men with his whole army,
and although he claims to have won the
battle admits that he suffered severe
loss, which includes seven of his best
generals. II is reported that each side
lost about 500 men.
"Tbe revolutionists clearly intend Ia
confne their operations to the Magda'
lena river and the interior. This, to-
gether with the fact that the government
has now steam vessel Of war on the At
lantic coast, insures the isthmus and
vessels on the high seas against any
chance of disturbance by the revolu
| tionists.
"All reports from the isthmus O
Panama indicate that political matters re
main settled, and that peace and goot
order prevail there. There is, however
an alarming epidemic of yellow feve
prevailing at Aspinwall and all over tn
isthmus.'
Admiral Jouett says the crews of al
the vessels of the squadron that have re
manned are much debilitated by thei
long stay in the tropics, and the un
advoidable confinement on board shil
and deprivation of recreation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-22
yINHE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE TO
L THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK, SPLENDID SCENERY.
STEEL RAILS. MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.

yTNHE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE TO
L THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK; SPLENDID SCENERY,
IN EFFECT JUNE 81, 1856.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON from station,
corner OF 9th and SITS, az follows:
For Pittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited
Express Of Palace Sleeping Cars at $50 a. III. daily;
Fast Line $3.50 a. NJ daily to Cincinnati and st.
Louis, with S'eeping Cars from Harrisburg to Gin
cinnati, and Hotel Car to st. Louis; daily, except
saturday, TO Chicago, with Sleeping Car Altoona
to Chicago. Chicago aud Cincinnati Express, at
7:l0 p IN daily with Sleeping Cars Washington
to Chicago and Harrisburg to Louisville; connect
ing ut Harrisburg with Western Express with
through Sleepers for Cleveland and st. Louis.
Pacific Express, 10 p. III. daily for Pittsburg and
the West, with through Sleeper Harrisburg to
Chicago.
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo. Nj
agara, 10 p m. daily, except Saturday with Palace
Cars Washington to Rochester.
For Willamsport, Lock Haven, and Elmira, at
$3.50 H. M. daily, except Sunday.
For New York and the East, 7:l5, $3.50, and IL a.
M, 2, 4, 10 p. M, and 1915 night On Sunday,
$3.50 M, and 2, 4, 10 p. m, and 1918 night.
Limited Express Of Pullman Parlor Cars, 9:iO =.
m. daily, except sunday
| For Boston without change, y. m. every day.
| For Brooklyn, n. Y, all through trains connect
at Jersey city with boats Of Brooklyn Annex, AZ
fOring direct transfer to Fulton street, avoiding
| double ferriage across New York City.
| For Philadelphia, 7:l5, $3.50, and IL a. m, 2, 4,
| O. TO- y. M, and 1918 night. On Sunday, $3.50 n
/ m, ., 4, @, 10, p, M, and 1918 night. Limited
| Express, 9:4Oa IN. daily, except Sunday.
For Baltimore, 6:j5, 7;l5, $3.50, $40, $3.50, II q
M, 1905, ., 1, 4:25 $40, o, 7:lO, 10 p M, and
l2:l5 night ON Sunday, $3.50, $50, IL a. m, 2, 4,
! G, 7:lO, 10 r. m, and 1915 night.
For Pope's Creek Line, 7:l5 a. m and i:40 y. m.
daily, except sunday.
For Annapolis, 6:55 q. NJ, 1905, and I:2S y. M.
daily, except Sunday. On Sunday, p. m.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
WAY, AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHING
TON RAILROAD.
For Alexandria, 6, 7, 9:25. ll;Ol, and ll:3S a
M, 2:O5, t;26, 4:45, G;25, sos, aud 1887 p. IN
on Sunday. at 0, 9:95, ll;Ol a. m,, sos p m,
For Richmond and the South, and ll:0l u m,
daily, and 4:45 p m. daily, except sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, sos
&, 10, 1910 ~, sos, 1928 $40, 105, and ll;Si
p. M, and 1910 midnight except Monday Oh
Sunday at 8 and 1910 a. M, 7:O5 and ll:35 p. m.
and 1910 night.
Tickets aud information at the ONCE, nOrthcas
corner Of 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
and at the station, WHERE orders be left for tn
checking of baggage TO destination from hoteli
aud Residences
CHAS. L. PUGH, General Manager
J. X. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-22

How TASTES DrFFER.-The Prince of
Wales eats clans direct from the shell,
which he holds in his hand. The great
Napoleon was passionately found of
shrimps. Henry Ward Beecher chews
roast lamb and eschews roast beef.
Charles Dickens, when lecturing in
Brooklyn, drank bottle of brandy and
two bottles of champagne during the
course of single evening. A somewhat
extended observation of the habits of
actors. male and female, running the
gamut from the distinguished tragedian
to the humblest ballet girl, leads me to
the conclusion that Little Neck clans,
soft-shell crabs, kingfish, birds in season,
with sherry, sauterne, and champagne,
are the ne plus ultra, but if they can't do
better they will cheerfully subside on
Welsh rarebits and beer.--The Cook.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-22
THE WIRE CONDUIT ROUTE.
PROPOSED SYSTEMATIC TUNNr1tso or
STREETS AND srpEwALK.

STREETS AND SIDEWALK.
Mai. w. H. Clark, manager Of the Bal
timore and Ohio Telegraph Company, has
applied for permission to lay an under
ground system of conduits from the
northeast corner of Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, diagonally across
Fourteenth street to the manhole on the
northwest corner of Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, thence south
across Pennsylvania avenue on the west
side of Fourteenth street TO the corner of
Fourteenth and b streets, along b, in
either sidewalk or street, to Seventeenth.
The system is then to be carried on
poles west along Virginia avenue to
Twenty. eighth street, thence north TO X,
thence west to Water street to the Aque-
duct bridge, with branch pole lines as
follows: From Virginia avenue along e
street TO national observatory, from
Water and High street to telegraph Office
on High street. With an underground
branch as follows: From the northwest
corner of Seventeenth and b streets
north, on the west side of Seventeenth
along the sidewalk to the new corner of
Seventeenth and G streets, thence in
sidewalk Of north side of G TO signal
Office; also an additional conduit from the
northeast corner of New Jersey avenue
and @ street east, along the north side
walk of O street to North Capitol street,
thence south along the sidewalk on the
east side of North Capitol street to the
Baltimore and Ohio cable pole at the
northeast corner of North Capitol and b
streets; from the northeast corner Four
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
south on Fourteenth street to the north
east corner of Fourteenth street and Ohio
avenue, along Ohio avenue eastward to the
intersection Of street, along @ to small
square in Ninth street, thence to the
government reservation on Pennsylvania
avenue, between Seventh and Eighth
streets, along the reservation to Seventh
street, thence to south side in sidewalk
of Louisiana avenue to Four-and-a-ha
street, to Indiana avenue, to Third street,
thence to the northeast corner Of b and
First streets, thence to New Jersey ave-
nue. to the Baltimore and Ohio depot. A
conduit will also be laid from the south
east corner of Louisiana avenue to the
rear of st. Marc Hotel, thence along @
street, south side, to the rear of 619
| Pennsylvania avenue.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-22
SEEMS TO CALL FOR A LITTLE LIGHT.

SEEMS TO CALL FOR LITTLE LIGHT.
All supplies of cables of insulated
wires for government use are still pur-
ch ased in England and admitted to the
United States duty free. This seems
very strange, as many tests and trials
have proven the fact that better cables
are being made in the United States. 1t
is evident it would be good time to
have some light shed on the manner of
letting these contracts. Why are not
American manufacturers given chance
to bid2 And why are the specifications
so worded as to particularly benefit the
English manufacturers Is there ro-
bust colored gentleman in the cord-woodS
We believe the present an opportune
time to investigate this matter.-EIectrt'
cal ReDielo.