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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
Making Ginger Ale.
New York Sun ]

"The demand for ginger ale, said a
prominent manufacturer of that article.
increases very rapidly. When l started
i'll it years ago there were not more than
twenty in the business. The most of my
business now is the manufacturing the ex.
tract for others to put into potable form,
and these others have grown from thirty
to about 500. In the main, all the makers
use the same formula and method. They
mix the extract with pure sugar syrup,
dilute with water until an ordinary bottle
contains about fifteen drops of ginger,
and then put this into bottles with a car.
bonic acid machine.
Two qualities are made, one, the better,
for private use and tirst-class hotels and
saloons, and q second for the general bar.
room trade. The difference is almost en-
tirely in the quality Of the extract EN-.
ployed. With the first, we make a gin
ger ale which sells for 81 or 81. 20 per
case of t%wenty-four bottles; the second
runs from so to 70 cents a case. 1t may
surprise you to know that th~ree.fourths
of the so.called imported article is made
here. The bottles belonging to ~favorite
brands are carefully kept and sent to us
regularly TO be filled. We leave the labels
intact or paste on fac-similes, and put in
new corks and metal capsules or tags.
There is not n person in q thousand who
can tell the difference. In one first. class
hotel have been filing and reflling the
same old bottles now for seven years, and
l think 1t will keep on as long as | live.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
THE GIFT OF BEAUTY.
FounF ladies with shaPoly Hands Not
Popular at Glove Counters
70, p.,t uFnn \ Globe |


EounE ladies with shuPeIy Hands Not
Popular at Glove Counters
49, Paul Ollnn.) Globe.l
aMy hands were too small and pretty,
and 1 was discharged
The speaker was a pretty, modest girl
Of about 10, who had teen connected with
+. prominent and popular glove store on a
,treet not far from Nicollet avenue. She
lad only been there a short time when
he proprietor discharged her. II am
very sorry" he said, "but we would
lose many Of our lady customers If you
stay. Your hands are entirely too small. "
A reporter who had heard the girl bit.
er expression asked the glove dealer
about II, and received the following re-
ply:
and satisfactory girl in our store, and if
there was a single place vacant we would
have kept her. But there was not She
was a glove filter, and her hands were en-
Lirely too small and pretty. You seem
astonished. but | will explain. Nine out
Of ten ladies who com here for gloves
have hands neither as small nor as pretty
as that young girls. The re-
suit was they found it dis
tasteful to buy from her and
went elsewhere for gloves Nothing
pleases a lady more than to find, in buy
ing gloves, that her hands are smaller
and more shapely than those of the sales
woman, and my experience has taught me
that women will, other things being equal,
buy where they find that to be the ease.
That young lady has the hands of a
duchess, and put to shame half of the
fashionable young ladies who come in
here, Yes, | agree with you that it is q
decided shame, but we couldno help II.
The statements of this merchant Were
confirmed by the lady who changes her
gloves at least twice a month. She wears
q six.and-a a half Jouvin herself, but says:
"Now my hand is about medium, neither
large nor small, but l know how it is to
go into q store and have a six-and.a half
handed you by a dainty saleswoman who
can easily stretch a five.and- three quarters
over her hand. ! would not withdraw
my patronage on that account, but l know
Of ladies who would. 1t is too bad that a
girl should lose her place on that account,
yet | don't doubt the story you tell me-"
At some Of the millinery stores, how
ever, pretty girls are in demand and
stylish ones are paid extra prices. The
reason is obvious. A lady customer goes
in to look at a hat. The stylish shop
girl covers her pretty head with q desira-
bic article, and turns herself about to dis
play the effect Every thing looks well
on her, and the customer is enraptured
with the bonnet. She fondly imagines it
will look as stylish on her own Uranium,
and perhaps never learns that it does not
But sales are quickly made, and the
pretty lay figure reaps her rewards.
Handsome girls are also used to display
cloaks and shawls and other wraps,
which appear to best advantage or their
lunoesque forms, and salaries to CORE.
spond are paid them. These are cases in
which beauty is at q premium.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
The Surviving Generals.


Philadelphia Times.
The only two great commanders
now living who faced each other in
making the thrilling and crimsoned
annals of the late civil war are Gen
eral VIM. T. Sherman and General Jo-
seph E. Johnston. Grant met Lee,
Joseph and Sidney Johnston, Beaure-
gard, Buckner, Bragg and Pemberton
in battle as chief commanders, and of
them Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard
and Buckner survive. Meade, who
met the terrible shock of battle at
Gettysburg, was borne to the city
of the silent within a short time
of the imposing Southern pageant that
committed the dust of Lee to the
mother dust, and Thomas and Hood,
who fought the last great battle of the
war at Nashville, both sleep the sleep
Of the dead. Sherman and Johnston
alone remain of the great command
ers who locked horns with each
other in the flame of battle. Their
campaign from Chattanooga to
Atlanta. and from Atlanta to the
sea, was the most brilliant of the war,
and they are the only two great CON-
manders who are left to sit down and
talk their battles over, as they often
do in the heartiest good-fellowship.
OF the many commanders of the
heroic Army of the Potomac none re-
main, with the single exception of Gen.
Mcclellan.
Scott, Mcdowell, Burnside, Hooker,
Meade and Grant, who in turn COM
manded that magnificent army, have
all gone to join the great majority, and
Longstreet is the only one of Lees
great lieutenants who fingers with the
living. Jackson Hill, Ewell and
Stuart, who were in every great con-
Aict of the army of Virginia, rest with
their great chieftain of Arlington.
Joseph E. Johnston and G. L. Beaure-
guard are the only surviving Con-
federate commanders who led great
armies to battle, and they are whitened
by the frosts Of time.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
Convention Of Irish National
LeaugeS,

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-Delegates repre-
senting the Irish National Leauges of
most every State Of the Union, are ex-
pected to assemble this morning at Nc
Coy's hotel, to consider the best meth
DDS of establishing the organization
with which they are affiliated on
a firm and enduring basis. The object
of bringing these men together is to
discuss the best and wisest methods of
lending aid to Mr.. Parnell and his COL
leagues in the old land. The
National League is the successor of
the Land League. The session of the
executive committee of the National
League commenced at 10 o'clock, with
all the members present except FLAIR
herty, of Boston. Senator Riddleber-
ger did not arrive this morning, as ex.
pected. The committee that went to
meet him at the Baltimore g. Ohio
depot were informed that the train on
which he is coming was ditched about
fifty miles from Chicago. He will not
arrive until about IL o'clock.
The national committee of the Irish
League, composed of one
member from each State, went into
session at 11:90 o'clock. The chief
purpose of the meeting of the com.
mittee was to determine when and
where the next National convention
will be held. Senator Riddleberser' Of
Virginia, who is to address the Assem-.
blp this evening, arrived unexpectedly
and was not met by the committee and
the escort appointed to receive him,
About noon he was discovered at the
Grand Pacific and taken in charge bv
Alexander Sullivan and Gen. Kerwin.
AT 245 the committee was still in
session. It has been learned
however, that the next convention
Will probably be held in Chicago, 4
message from Parnell was read. n
which he advised the conference to xa
the date of the convention to occur
after the elections.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
-I~ssaauena Politics.
DUNCANsBY, MISS, IssAQUENA, Co.,
August 10th, 1885.

D~UNCANsBY, MISS, IssAQUENA, Co.,
August 10th, 1885.
Editor Commercial Herald:
In order that the action Of the con-
vention held in this, the fifth and
largest, most populous, and wealthy
district in the county, may be fully
understood, please publish the follow
ing with reference to the senator from
this, the twenty-sixth district. Same
was adopted unanimously:
Whereas, The county of Issaquena
has for two terms of four years each
enjoyed the Office of senator from this,
the twenty-sixth district; and
Whereas, The county OF Sharkey
lays claims thereto on this account,
and has by her fusion delegated to her
Republican voters the office of repre-
sentative and will be without Dem
ocratic representation in the legisla-
ture; therefore be it
Resolved, That if the county of
Sharkey shall present a worthy,
capable candidate, it is the judgement
of this convention the office of senator
should be conceded to her.
Resolved further, That if the
county of Sharkey does not present a
candidate as aforesaid, W. S. Anderson
is the choice of this district for sena-
tor and our delegates to the senatorial
convention are hereby instructed to
vote for him SO long as there is a
chance of his nomination.
JACK
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
A Wonderful Field Piece.
TChicago Tribune.


A new field piece is shortly to be intro
duced into the English army. The guns
are 124-pounder breech.loaders, and are
said to surpass anything yet produced in
accuracy, range, and q~uickness of loading
and firing. The range is up to about
5000 yards, but the charge Of powder is
very large-viz four pounds The
naturally heavy recoil is obviated by the
carriages being fitted with brakes. The
~projectiles are fitted in the base with a
copper driving ring. by which rotation is
given to the shot, thus securing both
accuracy of direction and greater length
of range. The shells are made of cast
steel, the bursting charge is one pound
twelve ounces, and the destruction which
would result on firing at earthworks or at
troops ell masse, it is said would be
immense.
Another great advantage of the new
gun is that they are so constructed
they only require to be sponged out at the
close of the days practice. The expert
ments with them have been so successful
that it is said the whole of the Royal
Horse Artillery will be armed with them.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
The Great Generals of the War.

The only two great commanders now
living who faced each other in making
the thrilling and crimsoned annals of the
late civil wal are Gen. William 7. SHEER
man and Gen. Joseph E Johnston. Grant
met Lee, Joseph and Sidney Johnston.
Beauregard, Buckner, Bragg and Pember-
ton in battle, as chief commanders, and of
them Joseph Z. Johnston, B~eauregard
and Buckner survive.
Meade, who met the terrible shock of
the battle at Gettysburg, was borne to the
City of the Silent within q short time of
the imposing southern pageant that com
mitted the dust of Lee to the mother dust:
and Thomas and Hood, who fought the
last great battle of the war at Nashville.
both sleep the dreamless sleep of the
dead.
Sherman and Johnston alone remain Of
the great commanders, who locked horns
with each other in the flame of battle
Their campaign from Chattanooga to At.
lanta and from Atlanta to the sea, was the
most brilliant of the war, and they are the
only two great commanders who are left
to sit down and talk their battles over, as
they often do in the heartiest good fellow
ship.
Of the many commanders of the heroic
army of the Potomac, none remain, with
the single exception of General Mcclellan.
Scott, Mcdowell, Burnside, Hooker,
Meade and Grant, who in turn com.
manded that magnificent army, have all
gone to join the great majority, and Long
street is the only one of Lees great lieu.
tenants who linger with the living. Jack
son, Hill, Ewell and Stuart, who were in
every great conflict of the army of Vir-
ginia, rest with their great chieftain of
Arlington.
Joseph E. Johnston and G. T. Beaure.
gard are the only surviving Confederate
commanders VIII. led great armies to bat.
tie, and they are whitened by the frosts
OF time. Johnston has been in congress,
and is now at the head of the National
Railroad bureau, while Beauregard is bar
tering his fame in the market. place where
lottery swindlers rob the multitude.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
whore Cholera Thrives.
New YORK Herald.l

Whatever theory may be held as to the
origin of cholera, it can hardly be denied
that, historically. its inroads have always
been in alluvial districts and river valleys.
The coincidence, therefore, between the
geographical area of the Spanish inunda
tons and the Spanish cholera epidemic
affords very practical lessons. 1t appar-
emily illustrates, in a most striking way,
the main physical conditions under which
the plague can flash up into epidemic
violence and also indicates the regions
and localities which will be most exposed
TO 1t on its future travels, while it points
with fresh force the moral of universal
sanitation as the only security against the
dread scourge.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
tChicago Journal

"Bird gravel" is a commodity in de.
mand by all who have birds. About
$500 tons are used annually in New
York city. obtained from sand deposits
on Long Island. near Bay Ridge and near
Cold Spring. The sand is screened for
four purposes-plaster, molding, bird
gravel and roofing. A gentleman, re.
quested by his wife to bring home some
bird gravel, amused himself by pounding
into small bits some stones he picked up.
But these little bits were not smoothed by
the attrition of the waves like those
gathered on the shore, and the sharp
edges cut the intestines Of the birds and
killed them.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
An Ethical b
Texas siftings.l

A swallow few down and plucked a
small piece Of wool from the back of a
sheep. The sheep was very indignant,
and denounced the swallow in scathing
terms.
why do you make such a fussH"
asked the swallow. "You never say any.
thing when the shepherd takes all the
wool you have IN your backH"
That's a different thing entirely, " re.
piled the sheep; IF you knew how to
take my wool without hurting me, as the
shepherd does, l would not object so
much.
This fable is merely intended to explain
why millions can be stolen with impunity,
while the thief of pair Of a boots or a loaf
bread is punished with such severity.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
Creeping Up the Mountain Sides.

that hill land in California, we'll up the
mountain sides and covered with chap
paral, would be covered with vineyards
and orchards, most people would have
put no faith in such a"nticipationa But
to-day one sees the vineyards and orchards
creeping up the mountain sides from l, 900
to $500 feet high, and some at even
greater attitudes. Dwelling houses are
perched upon elevations where a few
years ago no one would have taken the
land as a gift under an agreement to cul-
tivate it These new vineyards and orch
ards are the last to be overtaken by any
of the pests found at lower elevations.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
Former Names Of Lakes and Rivers.
TChirapo Hera1d

Names Of lakes and rivers as they ap-
pear in the writing of the early French
explorers: Lake Erie, Erike, Erige or
Erie, from the nation of Fries; also Lake
Of Cont Lake Huron was Karegnondi
and Lake of Orleans. Lake Michigan
was called Lake of Puans, Lake of the
Illinois, Mischigonong and Lake of the
Dauphin. Lake Superior was Lake of
Condo. Illinois river was the Seignelay.
The Ohio was called Ouabouskigon, Oyo,
Ouye and Belle REVERE. The Mississippi
was the river Colbert, River st. Louis.
Meshasipi and Mechasabe. Missouri
river was called Pekitanoni, REVERE des
Osages and Massourites
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

The gold engagement bracelet is becom,
ing as popular as the engagement ring.
Only diamonds, rubies and pearls are
used on these bracelets. The old super.
stition about the pearl, that it brings bad
luck as a wedding gift, seems to have
gone over entirely, and 10Y it is said that
emeralds and sapphires are the "unfortu-
nate" stones to give for bridal presents,
although they are highly fashionable as
gifts any day later or to anybody else
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.

Make new friends but keep the old,
Those are silver, these are gold;
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test
Time and change-ars surely best!
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship mover knows decay,
For mid old friends, tried and true
Once more we u youth renew,
But old friends, alas! may die,
New friends must their place supply,
Cherish friendship in your breast,
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old,
Those are silver, these are gold.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
The First Bale at Shreveport.

Special to Commercial Herald.
SHREVEPORT, Aug. 13-The first
bale of new cotton was received to-
day, 1t was classed middling and raised
by r. R. Harwell, of Caddo parish and
sold by Ards s. Parker to E. E. Nc
Donald, for eleven cents. The first
bale last year was received Aug. Goth
and the year before On Aug. 9TH.
United States District Attorney A.
H. Leonard arrived here tonight from
Chicago.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
GladstOne's Long Lead PonOil.

IOHOubV AHIUo,I
MI. Gladstone is the owner of probably
the longest pencil ever made. A manu-
facturer at Keuwick has sent to him a
walking-stick thirty-nine inches long,
made Of cedar. and forming a large pen.
Gil with a Borrowdale lead nearly half
an inch square running through it. 1t
has a solid silver band which bears an in
scription in verse.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
Buzzards Protected.
Exchanged

The buzzard which was belled in Jones
county, Georgia, before the war is still
fling around the state. 1t was identified
the other day at Dawson. Buzzards live
to an immense age, and in most of the
southern states it is misdemeanor to kill
them. They are further preserved v the
superstition among the negroes that it is
had luck 10 hurt them.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
The Mexican "Cop.''

The policeman in the City of Mexico is
usually a strong, tlne-looking young man,
wearing q military uniform and openly
displaying a six.shooter. His beat is in
the middle Of the street, where he can see
and be seen. and, instead of yielding the
right Of way to vehicles, makes them turn
out for him.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
Ancient and Modern.

Comparing modern gigantic animals
9TH the fossil remains of the great crea-
ores which lived In earlier geological
Dges. Mr.. K. a. Proctor concludes that it
may well be doubted whether at any time
IN the past history Of the earth the average
size Of The ten largest creatures by sea and
land exceeded the average size Of the ten
largest species now existing.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
In the Days of the Slave Trade.

The export Of slaves from the Mozam.
bique coast from 1907 to 1S47 amounted
10 5000, 900 souls. In the palmy days of
the foreign slave trade the bishop Of the
diocese, seated on a marble throne, bap-
tised and blessed the gangs of slaves as
they passed, shaekled, to the shore for
embarkation.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
MaxweIps Defense.

St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
"But what about the st. Louis
mysteryP Can't you give any details ?"
"'All 1 can give you is an outline,
and that is more than any one else has
got out Of me. They brought in here
tonight Gen. Clunie' a lawyer Of this
city, who offered to get out habeas
corpus papers for me tomorrow, and
who was eager to go on to st. Louis
as my counsel. He may be square,
but it wouldn't do to trust a stranger
with my secrets. No, 1 prefer
to wait until l get to St.
Louis before engaging counsel.
Here is the gist of the st. Louis
mystery which has puzzled the country
for four months. Preller and l were
old friends. We came to Boston
together on the steamer Cephalonia.
We were constant companions, and
made arrangements to meet at St.
Louis at the Southern Hotel, and there
to carry out a scheme which PrelIer
had devised for getting insurance on
his life. We met according to agree
ment. We were in room IA in the
hotel for about all the time we spent
there, but, mind you, Preller
was at the hotel only three
days. He remained in seclusion for
the remainder of the mystery at the
Southern hotel, and he left St. Louis
alive and well on the same day that
l started West. That wasn't Preller's
body found in the trunk at the hotel.
When the case comes up for trial 1
shall have proof of where the body
found in the trunk was procured, who
it was bought of, at what hour it was
brought to the hotel, and all the details
or the plot. 1 can tell you that
the corps was brought to the
hotel in a trunk in broad
daylight and was carried up to room
IA. Everything was arranged to give
color to the theory Of sudden murder
and hasty flight. Nothing was omitted
which l thought would add to this mis-
conception. My design was to get clear
out of the country before the body
was discovered, and once in
Australia / thought it would
be easy to bury my identity
in the East Indies until things had
been forgotten. 1 will show you how
entirely l trusted Preller and how COM
pletely 1 was his assistant in this
scheme, when l tell you that l don't
know to-day how large an insurance
he carried on his life. l knew it was
for a big sum and gave me
help in the enterprise solely be-
cause he was an old friend and
associate. Where he is, or what ar
rangements 1 have for communicating
with him, of course It's out of the
question for me to tell, but you can
rest assured of the accuracy of these
facts l have given you, and they will
all be proven on trial"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
Slow Formation of Coal.

A scientist says it takes a prodigious
amount Of vegetable matter to form q
layer of coal; that it Is estimated that the
present growth of the world would make
a layer only one-eighth Of an inch thick,
and that it would take 1000, 900 years to
form a coal bed 100 feet thick.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

State elections will be held this year as
follows: Connecticut, Nov. A; Iowa.
Nov. 3; Minnesota. Nov. 8; New York
and New Jersey, Nov. 3; Ohio, Oct II;
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, Nov. 8;
Virginia, Nov. 2,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

dent Cleveland isa business man; he
knows what he means and he means
what he says. He is simply a revela-
ton to me-"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

Miss Cleveland: Manners are made in
the market where they are sold, and their
buying and selling are mostly uncon-
scious.