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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-09

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their occupation from their simplicity from the pers
which they are erposed ana rom tae small quantity ot prov
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tnen me ~ ,ss @srd ~, o. ~ OF TINS
~ 81 nation, Inc very sheier which they own in ii,
and which Is ratified to them by two successive treates
is 10 be denied TO them not | am conndeuI
by the act OF the wise
you represent: but by deputies OF deputies permit pur
sue not ny TO- a. van eso methods OF annoy
right to rst on lawful eTTands as ose as have tlm-
should refuse to citizens United states the
Of the psnest ana @ S These rghts ts conse
by tins Government but with great concern " w
Undr date OF November o. Secretary Bayard advises
minister rneiPs oi L,o Se1o y, ac MARION crimes ana
ilar M the Canadian cruiser Term In ~
Vu 1850 III 80 the secretary savs '"on""e
"roA 'a,o 80, ,,aso.s.r - 800. rho, 9, l.,
~ seems r ~ ty t1a' ~ Is NOT untl after
a s.s.d ss prize OF war s haued DOWN y ~ ., seg
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a. which ,r,m riue {, time Liable 10 ~, .is
tim Of customs laws and regulations But have vet 70
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-08-21
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Glory LOWERS.


, Beth Byought them In at breakfast time
81 AL shining with the dew
bright morning-glorles freshly blown.
Some red, some white, some blue,
And gave them to her grandmamma
/" You can't go out" said she,
:" So brought lot of glory
Into the house with me-
Then grapdmsmma her loving hand
Placed Oh the golden head
" You are the sweetest flower that grows
Ny little Beth. She said.
You bring me back the sunshine bright;
The dew of childhood's hour,
And. twining round my heart, you are
My morning glory flower"
But later, when dear little Beth
Came IN the house to tea,
- Her eyes ssese flied with tears. II can't"
She sand, your glory be
Tonight, dear graDdmamma, for when
Invent to get the flowers,
found that they were all asleep
Had been asleep for hours.
" know that flowers, like children,
At evening go to sleep,
Butt thought they always waited
TIL stars began to peep.
The morning-glories, though, get tired
And sleepy very soon,
They go to bed in broad daylight
Right in the afternooni
So dear grandmamma, I'll ask you
think you viii not mind
Some other flower to call me;
Some Underwater kind
Because your glory would wish
The whole day long to be,
would not like to go to sleep
81 Before you had your tea"
4 .~tlta Good Chesv.
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Increase Of the Earth's Mass.

Considerable interest attaches to the
results attained by various American
and foreign scientists in their attempts
to ascertain, by careful and prolonged
observations, the daily increase of the
earth's mass from the falling upon it
OF meteors and cosmical dust. Briefly.
these observations indicate that about
four hundred and fifty thousand mete-
ors fall upon the surface of the whole
earth every hour, the average weight
OF these bodies being about five grains
each, the total representing nearly five
thousand pounds per hour, or fraction
short of sixty tons every twenty-four
hours. 1t is remarked that such an
amount of material falling daily is Ger
tainly no small increase to the earth's
mass. and for this increase the earth's
attraction is considered responsible 70
the extent of twenty per cent; the bal
ance OF eighty per cent. 1T is alleged.
would be increased each hour by a
globe the size of the earth, even II il
had no attraction.-N Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-08-21
ACQUIRING LANGUAGES.


Man to Learn French.
When young man has taken his
degree of bachelor of arts, it is custom
airy to say of him that he has s'com-
pleted his education. As rule, and
at the moment, the phrase expresses
very well his own opinion of himself.
But in so far as education consists in
the acquisition of knowledge. he will
find himself soon undeceived. 1t was
so with me. In my undergraduate life
l thought rather favorably of my at
tainments. 1t was only after gradua-
ton that began to be conscious how
little l knew. Commencement occurred
in my year on Wednesday, the 10th of
September, and, on the Monday follow
ing l entered upon Office as teacher
in the Hartford grammar school AN
institution in which, for time out of
mind, it has been customary to break
in recent Yale graduates for service as
tutors at Yale. As it was my purpose,
simultaneously with this occupation,
to prosecute my reading in physics and
the higher mathematics, became at
once aware that, with q knowledge of
no other modern language but my own
could not make step of satisfactory
progress. 1t seemed to me that / had
new education before me, in which /
must begin at the beginning. took
up first the French language, and,
without teacher, BY dint OF hard study
and resolute perseverance, / fixed in my
memory all the pronouns, connectives
and irregular verbs contained in the
tables OF Levizac (the gremmar then in
vogue). after which l learned to read
rapidly. l would not venture to claim
that my method is the best. It il not
Mr.. Sauveur's, believe, but any one
who will try it. as did, will find it
edectusl.-F 4. r. Bernard, ~ tie
Forum
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Yale alumni now have tweuty-
one associations in as many American
cities - ~
The coIored people of the Distfic,
OF Columbia have eighty churches and
missions.
-Kindergartens and manual training
are to be added to the public school
system in Philadelphia.
I Fourteen female school teachers IA
Aurora County, ID. T., were married
last year, and their places were imme.
diately filed without the necessity OF
advertising. s s4
There are at the present time
$4,000 school libraries in the United
States, containing Al. 000, 900 books. OF
100000 more than all the public
libraries of Europe combined. Y.
Times.
The first Bible Society in the United
States was formed in Philadelphia in
1902. When, in 1916, the American
Bible Society was organized there were
between fifty and sixty Bible societies
in the Union.-Boston Budget.
Is The faculty of Cornell University
has decided to admit persons over eigh-
teen years of age to the agricultural
department without entrance examina-
ton, without tuition fees, without re-
strictions as to work required or exam
nations at the close of the term. Buff
fato Express.
"A parish clerk once gave out that
"Mr. A. and Mr.. b. would preach every
Sunday to all eternity" He meant
alternately. Another mistake was that
''there would be no service next We'd
nesday, 'kas master had gone fishing
for another clergyman" Officiate was
the word intended.-Hicago Living
Church.
"A guild for the cultivation of ami
ability has been formed among the
Roman Catholics. of Switzerland, the
members pledging themselves to always
look amiable, to avoid giving trouble
to others, to speak kindly even when
refusing help, and to be always polite.
Something similar is needed in this
country Christian at Work.
"A female candidate for superin.
tendent of the public schools in one of
the counties of Kansas in an address
to the voters said the other day: 81
beg you will try me, not by the test of
of chivalric sentiment of gallantry,
which is all well enough in its place,
but by the true standard of merit and
fitness alone" She evidently believes
in woman's right to hoe her own row.
IN. Y. Tribune.
"A queer thing occurred at Christ
Church one day lately. A little child
three or four years old was taken to
church for the first time by its grand
mother. The old lady gave the little
darling a quarter to drop in the plate
when it was passed around, but the
child had an eye to business, and in
stead of depositing the money when
the contribution box got within reach
it grabbed a handful of change. The
grandmother was Mortified and ordered
the child to put the money back, but it
would not obey Then a rough-and-
tumble scramble ensued and the little
hand had to be forced open, and the
screams filed the church.
Post.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

1T has been so long since some OF
our subscribers have been in to settle
that we are convinced that they are out
on strike.-EsteLine p r. Bell.
The man who thought he could
grow wise by eating sage cheese was
own brother to the one who believed
he could live on the milk of human
kindness. Boston Budget.
I've run a piece of wood under
my finger nall said an old married
man to his wife. "Ah,' she sneered,
"you must have been scratching your
head. IN Y World.
-Maud-"How becoming your bon.
net is, dearr' Mabel--"Do you really
think sop Maud-''It's lovely! Why,
it looks almost as well as it did year
ago. What an ingenious girl you arer'
(And now they never speak.-Chicago
Rambler.
"A fve-year-old Trojan, who had
fallen and cut his lip so that it was
necessary for the doctor to stitch the
wound, after bearing the pain bravely,
turned to his mother, who was making
much ado over the operation. and said:
'Never mind. mamma. my mustache
will cover it. "-T+oy Times.
-Guibollard made some notable con-
quests about the end of the reign OF
Louis Philippe, and the other day in
overhauling an old box he came across
some tresses Of brown and blonde hair.
at is astonisi;ngr" signs the old
wretch as he contemplates then, with
emotion. "Not one of them has turned
gray YETI
They were at the wedding break
fast, when the groom said to the little
girl: "You have new brother now,
you know" "Yeth," responded the
little one. ma seth it wath Lottie' s
lasth chance, so she'd better take it. !"
The rest of the little ones talk was
drowned in clatter of knives and
forks.-N. Y. Herald.
"A Prairie avenue girl sat pensively
at the window gazing upon the blue sky
and tumbling waves of the emerald
lake. "What are you doing, my daugh-
reading the market reports. Building
castles, papa" she sighed, "castles in
the air. swell, don't do it, my child;
you can't mortgage buildings like that
for cent. Chicago Tribune.
You attend Sunday-school, do
voup" inquired Rev. Mr.. Smith of
Nellie. Then you must know great
deal about the Bible. Now tell us
something nice that's in the Bible here,
can your" "Yeth thir; Sis hath some
dried leaves in it, pieth of Aunt
James weddin' dreth, a pieth of my
dreth when l was baby, thome hair,
and Sis fellows picture Toledo Blade.
-Hattie-"Are you out with Sadie
Brown, Carrier" Carrie--'sYes; we
don't speak now" H.-ssWhat is the
mattere" G. "She is too set in her
ways for me-" H.-"In what respectp"
C.-"well, she won't do her hair up In
the Mikado twist, and she objects to
three girls walking together Ia
three little maids from school, saying
that it is all foolishness and affectation.
Who could get along with such girl
rs thate"-C Kicado Journal.
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MEXICAN COFFEE.
Methods Of Cultivation Adopted by the
Hidalgo Planters.


Don ndefonso Sanchez has many
broad acres and millions of coffee trees,
but he tells us that eight acres is
enough for coffee grove, all that enc
person can properly attend to, and that
it will yield good income. Plenty of
the best land may be bought in this
section for ten dollars per acre-a
strong, clayey loan, with heavy top
deposit of vegetable mold--very rich,
easily cleared and retaining its fertility
long time. Plants from six months
10 q year old are set out in rows eight
or ten feet wide and about six feet
apart in the row. If one is in haste to
obtain other returns while his principal
crop is growing, he may plant corn or
tobacco between the bushes: but it will
be found far better sin the long run"
to merely keep the weeds down be-
tween the coffee and bananas, and tc
enrich rather than exhaust the soil.
Twenty-Five pounds of coffee per an
mum to single tree is considered a
good yield. The gathered berries are
dried in the sun, on straw mats or
floors of stone or plaster. They are
then separated and hulled by being
put through two mills, and the ancient
process of pounding them in mortar
is still in vogue. The Vera Cruz coffee
trade is largely in the hands of New
Orleans spectators, who pay on the
spot from eight to twelve dollars per
one hundred pounds Saws the emil
nent author, Fred Ober: al have con-
sidered well all the various enterprises,
industrial and agricultural, possible in
Mexico, and have come to the conclu-
sion that if one must come out here
and labor-if he feels a decided 'eall'
to till the soil-old Mother Earth will
be about as generous to him in coffee
culture as In any thing else. What
ever one embarks in, he must wait some
years to see his money come back. If
he chooses the raising of cattle, he
must wait for them to grow for at least
five years. and meanwhile run the risk
of their dying or being stolen; and be-
sides, these can only increase in GER
tain slow proportion. With corn, wheat
or barley, you must have hundreds OF
acres, must prepare the land carefully,
and hoe andweed itseveral times every
season; then, after the crop is cut and
stacked, there is your land again, bar
rem and exposed as before, and you
must go through the same process over
and over. With coffee you plant your
land once, and that sufiices for several
ars.-Merico Cor. Boston Transcript.
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was far too happy among ms ,; lu''n ~
friends to ever pay much atsen'ioh, W
the once familiar call OF "leo.tie.
Celeste N. a. Winsloao, ss N. l. A''oe-
pendent.
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A NATURAL WEAKNESS.

She wanted to know all the customs and
habits of catamounts cougaR. Of rae
coons and rabbits, and all of their traits
and conditions.
She thought that no knowledge was trite or
frrevelant from q wee, tiny humming
bird up to an elephant. and she swan
around in her own proper element
while learning their habits and mis-
sions.
And it was a known truth that no possum
or beaver could in the least fashion
lands from the Nile to the Neva, and
knew all their fish and their vermin
She knew all the habits and traits of the
condor, she was fond of the boa and
the long anaconda. of the cobra and
copper-head she was much fonder and
all snakes that kept coiling and squlrm-
ing. .c.I
She secured the earth from the Poles to the
Equator, for the ape and the monkey
and the tough alligator. and the croco-
die, shark and all things of that natur'
she sought with peculiar devotion.
And whenever this kind of live stock grew
monotonous, she sought the rh noceroG
and tough hippopotamus, and she waded
right In and SURELY she fought 'em
worse than they had any previous no.
ton.
But In spite of her knowledge and physical
bravery 1t was whispered by men who
were given tn knaverv, that she was
still bound by feminine slavery that
holds all her sex in its power.
For whenever a mouse came anywhere near
her, she screamed so loud that her
neighbors could hear her. and her poor
W little beau he loved her dearer when
she'd screech on a chair for an hour.
Lynn linton.
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"A gardener near Baltimore Is said
to have sold his gooseberry crop from
thirteen acres in full bearing for seven
Thousand dollars. This is more than
fivs hundred dollars an acre.
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When it comes to telling stories
the Californians are hard to beat. A
rural paper published in the Golden
State tells of q hollow tree that was
cut down recently in which were found
more than one hundred live trout
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-10
Babes In the Woods.

Rosa, the 3-year old baby daughter
Of Mrs. Alb bic Hall, living about three
miles from Bushkill Centre, North
ampton County, Pa, took her little
kitten and wandered away on Satur-
day The country Whereabouts is
tbickly wooded, and the little tot got
lost.
The mother on discovering that her
baby was missing was almost dis
tracted, and quickly alarmed the
neighbors, who at once instituted a
search, which was kept up all Satur-
day night, the woods being secured in
all directions. The baby and her little
kitten were found by r r. Strauss in
a thick underbrush, where they had
been through the terrible storm of
Saturday afternoon and night, several
miles from the house.
Mr. Strauss says he was hunting for
the lost child, and heard a faiut cry
made by the kitten. Following the
sound he soon reached the place where
baby Rosa and baby kitten were lying
completely drenched and almost dead
from the terrible cold and hunger.
The mother, who was with the
searchers, soon reached the place anC
carried the child to the nearest farm
house, where she was properly cared
for, and was soop playing around as i
nothing had happened. When founc
the kitten was lying on the child
breast
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-----As - 70 sss--- - -
Trouble In Lacrosse, Wisconsin

An effort having been made 10 close
the saloons in Lacrosse, on Sundays, the
saloon keepers have determined that
the law preventing all worldly employ
ment shall be enforced. and the Mayor
swort in numter Of sp ,o.al "a ,ers to
arrest UttenGers. EAe telephone and
telegraph offices were ordered to close
fron& Saturday midnight until Sunday
midnight, cutting off the dispatches to
the press.
Tue officers Of the law made their
first raid on the Chronicle office, where
the night torcs were engaged In getting
out q Sunday paper. The printers
were arrested, and during the day q
large number Of bus drivers, laborers at
the gas works, street Car men, &c were
alsok arrested. The authorities even
threatened to arrest choir singors In the
churches, who receive pay for THAR
singing, and the city was Kept in a
state OF excitement all day, Atty arrt SIS
having been made befl re night. II il
understood that the design 10 TO bring
the laws In to disrepute. The cases were
called in court On Monday, and ad
journsd. They will be bitterly COP.
tested on both aidee, and carried to thu
Supreme Court.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-10
THIRD EDITION.
Indus ~ Lodge Enssrtainmsna.

phe mon hly snterts inment Of Indus.
try Lodge, No Q, A. o. q. W., took
Mace In the lodge room, Ninth and
Market streets, last night. The room
Was we'll filled with the members and
their friends. At O'Clock the meeting
was called to order by John W. Diefen.
dorf, who presided during the evening.
Father Upchurch, the founder Of the
order, being present, was introduced
and reoe'ved with considerable ~.
plaufe. Past Grand Mastor Reynolds
then delivered an appropriate Address
Of welcome, after which Father Up
church arose and briefly gave history
OF the order from Its Organization down
to the present time.
He spoke Of the difficulties through
which the order fought It's way when q
was yonng. He aud the half doz n
associates with him labored and strus-
eled on for long time before they get
glance OF daylight. He said he wss
led to organize the order on account Of
the ss,fshDess that existed In many
societies. He fslt the necessity Of keep
ing labor aud capital in harmony with
each other, and hence the organ ization
of the A. o. q. W., which includes in
Its members hip the rich and the poor,
the professional man and the laborer.
With this aim he had founded the order
and Incorporated it in the principle Of
insurance.
On October q, 1868, the constitution
Was adopted. and on that evening thir-
teen members were obligated. A divi
aion he said occurred in the order on
account OF the consii ution containing
the words "free white" and the diff
aost laA
iRtion was effected. In February,
1N, the Supreme Lodge was instituted
d Cincinnati, since which time the
growth Of the order has been phenome.
nal From this humble beginning at
Meadville, Pa, eighteen years ago,
when seven men stood shoulder to
shoulder, the membership has increased
to 5000, and they are 10 be found in
nearly every State In the Union and
sbhroughout Canada.
By this society misery and war I
have been driven from 80, 900 free ides,
and $4,000 900 have been distributed
among the families Of deceased mem.
bers. All this was d ue to the fact that
the order pays 81 900 st death to . de-
ceased members family. Father Up
church then went on TO explain the
workings Of the order In various parts
o? the country. His remarks were lis.
tened to with the deepest interest, and
at the close Miss Mamie Todd sang
"R bin, III DO True" A quartette,
Gathering Roses" was well received,
and recitations by Master Diefendorf
and Master Tatem were OF very cred
liable nature. Miss Georgia Depnison,
who sang twice, was the musical fea.
tire Of the evening. Grand Master j..
j. Gallagher, Grand Secretary Culbert
and other mt bers Of tbs order made
brief remarks. At the termination Of
invitsd 70 retnala and psrtake of cakes
and ice cream, furnished by Farrs &
Lswis.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-10
FOURTH EDITION
"A hwintiIer,a Oaane.

Last Saturday two well-dressed mon
called ct Il. Nav sons fur store, No.
1918 Chestaut street, Philadelphia, and
after examining several articles 70.
lectsd o SEES sealakin sacque which they
ordered 10 be sent q o. ID. by Adams
express 10, No. 10 Esst Seventh street,
this CITY. Tho saoque was duly for.
warded, but a. no one could be found at
that place who knew any thing about It,
IL was returned, but before the Arm re-
oeived IL one OF the men again called at
Mawson's store, and said he wanted o
duplicate Of the saoque, ut the same
time Offering . check for $225, drawn by
q ID. Carson q Co OF Wilmington, on
the Union National Bank. The firm
declined TO take the check, but
sent sAleemsn with the man with In
structions to come to this city and get
the check eashed.
Upon passing sixteer th and walnu.
streets tho stranger stopped In doc
RS ofiice and returned Ia . few min
utes with the check endorsed "H. X.
Tt ndale." He then again offered 1t 10
this salesman fer the sacque, and - he
still refused 10 take 1t walked OF. ap.
paren.ly indignant, and has not been
seen since.
Oae day last week O stranger walked
into Wholesale dry goods house In
Philadelphia and stated that he wanted
to purobsse about 81, 500 worth Of goods
for store, which was TO be started OF
No. 10 Eat Seventh street, this city
He had large package bearing several
seals, which be said contained the
money to pay for hig purchases, and as
he wanted to attend to some other busi-
ness before selecting the goods, be asked
the Arm, as special favor, to place the
package In their freptoof until he re-
turned.
After talking o short time no started
20 so out, buG suddenly returned and
asked f0r loan CT 500, which was re
fused and he left the store. As lie did
not ieturn the package was taken the
next day 10 the Central Station where
1t was opened BY the police md found
to contain pieces Of Newspaper 80 ar
ranged rs to resemble q burdle of
botee
Tho next day man, giving his pane
40 Thornton, called on the same firm
aud purchased bill Of goods, for which
he paid half cash. He ordered them to
be sent TO No. 10 East Seventh street,
this city, and the firm, having some
suspiciOns after their former experience,
sent q clerk TO this city 70 make In.
quir!oe. He found that Mr.. Thornton
was eli right, and that he intends to
open D gentleman's furnishing store at
the above place IN few day 8, an d that
the patty who called first W as no dou bt
n swindler.