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The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1886-08-27

"Nsy, mate" interrupted Dick, "once
did; I shall never forget it, when came
to put my last bullet in, it was too big
s'Good heavens! exclaimed, what
did you dos"
"Why, put the bullet in my mouth,
and kept chawing and chawing it, and
threatening the black devils all the while.
until at last it was small enough, and then
I rammed it down, and dropped on my
knee, and waited until they came within
twenty yards, and then picked off Cap
tain Jack, the biggest villain of them all. y
Here Dick being warmed. continued the
story: I'VE could not stop; we marched
all evening and all night. and when the
two poor creatures called for water, as they
did most of the night, as often as could
fill my boots I gave them to drink. l led
the horse and travelled seventy miles with
out halting for more than minute or two
Toward the last, they were as helpless as
worn-out sheep. ! tied them on. We had
the luck to fall in with party travelling
just whei. ULe old aovut giving
in, and then we must al have died for want
of water. Charley Anvis had eightee.
wounds; but, except losing two fingers
is none the worse. Poor Jenny, there, wi
never be fit for anything but a hutkeeper.
As for mel had some scratches nothin#
to hurt; and the old man Lost an ear.
went back afterward with the police, and
squared accounts with the blacks"
And 60 you see, stranger, the old woman
thinks / have saved her old mans life, al
though | would have done as much for any
one but believe there are some gentle
men in Sydney think ought to have beel
hanged for what did. Any how, since that
scrimmage, they have always called me
Two Handed Dick
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1886-08-27
SHEPHERD DOGS.

Darwin tells us, in his Researches into
Natural History" that in Banda Oriental.
South America, it is common thing to see
tiocks OF sheep guarded by one or two dogs.
at q distance of some miles from any bonse
or man. The method Of canine education
there practised, consists in separating the
puppy, while very young, from its mother.
and in accustoming it to its future comuau.
ions A eve is held three or four times n
day for the little thing to suck, and nest
Of wool is made for it in the sheen pen.
At no time is it allowed to associate with
other dogs or with the children Of the fami-
ly. From this education it has no wish to
leave the flock, and just as another dog will
defend its master--man, SO will this the
sheep. On the approach of stranger. the
dog Immediately advances barking, and the
sheep cluster in his rear as il around the
Oldest ram. These dogs can be readily
taught to bring home the flock at a csrtsi,.
hour in the evening. Their most trcunss
some fault when young is their desire to.
play with the sheep and in doing 50 they
lls.> thsir- -charras upulsrcifu,
meat, and as soon as they get it, skulk away
as if ashamed of themselves. AwaJ from
the flock they seem timid- with regard 90
other dogs, but when with their charge
neither domesticated nor Wild dogs dare
venture to attack them.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1886-08-27
THE PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN

American business men are fairly swarm
ing over Europe. They are 80 numerous
and Europeans are becoming so accustom.
ed to seeing them, that when q new en-
terprisc is brought upon the markets of the
Old World or new invention is talked
about, the first question is 50 Is ii Arneri-
can ?" The bitterest enemies Of the huge
Transatlantic Republic, cannotrefrain from
expressing &C cmiration of the energy of her
sons. Like the EngIishman who always
began to laugh as soon as he heard the open
ing paragraphs Of an American yarn "-on
the theory that it was sure to be funny-so
our European friends summon ready
stock Of wonder whenever the American
business man introduces them to any new
thing. Now he presents wondrous pump
which would draw the very entrails out OF
the earth, if allowed to operate long
enough; now a reaping machine 30 simple
that the rudest Hungarian peasant on the
seemingly endless plains by The Danube can
manage it; now an electric pen, a new mo-
tor. wood working machine. Each aud
oil receive prompt notice. If an American
proposes to build road, cut canal, bridge
stream, drain swamp, or light cit e
II inaf-.,t1-- =
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1886-08-27

eHILDREN.--Few parents realize how
much their children may be taught at
home by deyoting few minutes to their
direction every day. Let parent make
the experiment. with his son Of ten years old
for single week, and only during the week
not spent in school. Let him make COM
panion Of his child-converse with him IA
miliarly-put to him questions, answer in
quiries, communicate facts, the result of
his reading or observation, awake his curl
osity, explain difficulties, the meaning Of
things and the reason of things, and all this
in an easy, playful manner. without seem
ing to impose a task, and he will himself
be astonished at the progress which will be
made.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1886-08-27
POSSESSION.


It was our wedding day,
\ month ago, dear heart hear you say.
= uonthA or years, ages, since have passed.
know pot-I have ceased to question Time.
only Know that once there pealed chime
If joyous bells. and then held you fast,
md sll stood back, and none my right denied,
md forth we walked the world was free and wide
eefore as. Since that day
count my life; the Past Is washed away.
1t was no dream that VOW:
1t was a voice that woke me from a DREAM
A happy dream, think; but am waking now,
Ind drink the splendor of q sun supreme
That turns the mist of former tears to gold.
Within these arms hold
The 6se4fug promise, chased so long in vain:
All, weary bird thou wilt not fly again.
Thy wings clipped, thou canst no more depart
Thy nest is buded in my heart
was the crescent: thou
The silver phantom of the perfect sphere
Held in its bosom: In one glory now
Our lives united shine, and many year
Not the sweet noon of bridal only-we
One lustre ever at the S,li1, shall be:
One pure and rounded light, one planet whole.
One life developed, one completed soul
For in thee, and thon in me,
Unite our cloven halves of destiny.
GOD knew His chosen time.
He bade me slowly ripen to my prime.
And from my bough withheld the promised fruit
Till storm and sun gave vigor to the root.
Secure O Love secure
Thy blessing is: ] have thee day and night,
Thou art become my blood. my life, my light,
Gods mercy thou, and therefore shalt endure.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1886-08-27

Two-HANDED DICKS FIGHT AND RIDE.
stWhen first met Dick, he was second
stockman to Mr. Roland, and took q
shepherds place there; it was my second
place in this country, for you see left the
old country in . bad year for the weaving
trade, and was out Of the first batch of
free emigrants that came out-the rest
were chiefly Irish. I found shepherding
suit me very well, and my Missis was hut
keeper Well. Dick and | got very thick.
| used to write his letters for him, and
read in an evening, and so on. Well,
though undertook shepherds place, I
soon found I could handle an az pretty
well ThIoNiag the ahRttls gixas tAa re
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-04

foreign countries. Sundays are set
apart as holidays for the employees, but
il is issued every other morning in the
H.eek. The annual subscription is
Sc. 80; single copies, 3 cents. 1t is a
four-page paper of twenty-three by sew
entcen inches, with a two-page supple
ment on Mondays.
These five are called the leading
dailics. and there are o some seventy
other daily papers distributed all over
the country. They are all published in
the morning except two or three,
which are circulated in the after
noon. Among them there are
about a dozen of illustrated pa
pers. They are written in an easy STYLE
and contain usually a couple of Illus
trations. They invariably contain parts
of stories. which stop at a point where
people are interested to know the sequel.
1t is oftentimes stated at the termina-
ton of the article that. lowing to the
want of space, the most interesting part
of the story is carriedto the next ISSUE
Before one story is completed. another
is begun, and this impcls people to con-
tinue their subscription. These publica-
tons find their way among the lower
class of people. because of their easy
style OF writing, their illustrations and
their low prices. A single copy of this
sort Of paper sells at | II cents, and
the monthly subscription is from % to
80 cents, with postage extra. Their cir
culation is larger than the other class of
da;lies, and is from 2o,ooo 10 10000 per
day. Yokohama Cor. y. T.. CONNER
rial AdrcrtiSe,.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-04
A DEAD BLUFF.

The Interesting Story Which a Travelling
Man Related to His Seat-Mate.
yes said the artist who sold goods
by samples, to his agreeable scat-matc,
1--WE sometimes work the railroads for
fun-sometimes to get even with them.
Either way. we always come out ahead
and never get left"
II should be interested to know how
you get even. as you call it, with a rail.
road that incurs your displeasure.'
well, for instance: down in Ohio
here, a spell ago, three of us had Gus
toners ut Il little one-horse station.
When our biz was done we wanted to
light out for the next town. For the
first passenger we'd have to wait seven
hours, while a freight was going through
in forty minutes. 1t was against the
rule to allow passengers on that train,
but the agent said we could telegraph
the superintendent for an order. Back
came the answer"
mo. Collect for message both ways"
1--WE paid the seventy cents and swOre
vengeance. The conductor of the freight
was Il white man and said then he'd take
us anyhow and chance it, but We didn't
want him or any other man to lose a
JOB on our account. suppose the SUI
%perintcndent was off his feed that day
but we waited for the express. all the
same. and lost a days time"
THAT was rather rough" said the
commercial artists seat-mate, with I'M
mistakable interest. ''but how did you
get even?'
eth, next day five of us rode through
to Cincinnati over that road without
paying a cent. We We're playing a little
game of draw in the smoker, and every
time the conductor came through and
called fer tickets n of the boys BANKED
him for bo,hering us after he'd had our
tickets once. II was a dead bluff. and
W. beat that road ont of nearly thirty
dollars in fares"
land then telcgraphed the fact TO the
superintendent to let him know how
you had worked it''
Say! If you know this story better
than ! DO, you tell III Suppose some of
the boys must have given it away to you
on the road?'
NO"
Then how IN the thunder did you
know l sent that dispatch to str up the
Internal no-good superintendent
"Becausc ! happen to be the nan
who received i!'-Duke's T~yurel,,s
Maqasine.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-04
FULL OF FUN.

Some one says it is the hill which
produces the echo. And here we have
lived all these years thinking it was the
boiler -BnQhamton Republican.
Richard had no soone declared
that he was himself again than Rich.
mond came along and knocked him out.
1t would have been money in Dicks
pocket if he had remained somebody
else.-Puch.
-Irate guest: ''What do you call
that?' Hotel proprietor: Butter, sir.'
Irate guest: "Whv, I'd assoon eat axle.
grease as that butter Proprietor:
John. run out to the stable and gettha
gentleman some axle-grease.'
-"Gracious.' exclaimed a rural lady
with a surprised look at Bartholdi's big
statue, land is that the Goddess of Lib.
erty? Why, | had no idea she was so
much bigger than the rest of us won,
~ orr5Aovn HcraM.
"A lady livingnear tn%lontown, Ala.
recently gaped her jaw out of place and
it took three physicians to get 1t all
right again. Since then her husband
has refused to recognize any of the said
physicians on the street.
-Rilcy-"shpakin of religun. me
wife, Mary Ann, is an infidel.' Raj.
ferty--'shurc an that's too bad. Why
don't yez git a divorce9' Riley-'On
plat grounds, RAFFERTY," Raacrty--'On
the grounds OF mtidelity, nv coorsc.'
-RamJler.
-''What is celcrity?:" inquiries a sub.
scriber of a paper. The experienced
editor promptly responds: Celebrity j:
the quality a man exhibits when he gets
out of a chair on which his wife had by
mistake left her needle-cushion.
Whats the matter with the train.
conductors asked a passenger. ''Do
you expect to stop at every crossing?:'
''If you don't like the way this train is
rum" growled the conductor, you can
get off and walk .Oh, I'm in no
hurry said the passenger -Ha,per's
Ba!ar.
Mrs. Winks--O dear. don't see
why | can't keep good girls when | get
them. l do my best to pet them up.
Mr.. Winks-Has the new one lcft?'
Eyes; left this morning. ''Well, GET
a new one and RI try" ''How thought.
full you'll guess I'll do the work my
self. - Omaha World.
Lost the Bet.
"Ive a trunk you can not lift.'' said he.
"lia! ha"'s said the baggageman
Lead on!' he cried. cor stand aside,
I'll bet you n quarter I cam"
He followed fast till they stopped at last
Now lift that trunk" said he:
But he lost his bet, for 1t stands there yet
The trunk of a poplar tree!
detroit Free Press.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-04
THE BALLAD OF THE HAT.

One evening at the theater
maid before me sat,
Whose gentle brow was shaded
BY an e~lephantine hat.
A plume upon it nodded,
The flaring brfm was wide,
And bristling bits of various birds
Stuck out on every side.
It lowered above the footiights.
Aggressively and loud;
The actors were invisible;
The play was in a cloud.
J could not see the stage at all,
And scarcely heard thes star,
Whose voice came round that awful hat,
An echo from alar.
Between the acts she turned her head;
Her face was fair to see,
And Innocent OF al. otense,
She dropped a smile to me.
KNEW her then. o cruel Fate!
NV heart went pit-a-pat;
] would have loved that maiden, but
| could not love her hat.
And now two lives are blightei,
Forever stale and fat;
For over both there grimly falls
The shadow Of the hat.
Lite.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-04
A WOOD ~PRESERvER.
The Many Uses to Which Coal Tar CanH
Put on the Farm.

ho SSNN v" ~
Put Of the Farm.
The true value of coal tar on the farm
has not generally come to be recognized
As a prescrvcr Of wood it is the besta and
the cheapest of any thing we have. This
product may be obtained from gas works
at a very slight cost, and when properly
applied goes a great way in its use. Any
wood surface TO Gc exposed a part Of the
time to moisture, will be made to lat
very pcrceptibly longer when given =
covering Of tar. Those who have tried
dipping soft.wood posts. such as willow
and poplar, certify that the wood 3
made to last in the ground equal to the
best seasoned oak. Well curbing, the
lower boards of fences or buildings
barn floors, in fact any thing exposedo
moisture, will be well preserved if given
a covering of hot tar. As a disinfectan,
it isconsidercd very valuable, and shou'a
be applied to the walls and roosts o.
poultry houses, and to the solIca
portions of pig pens. The best con-
dition in which to apply it. as a rule y
while hot. 1t is in this way the cheap
est and forms a much better prescrva'
tive. yet it can be applied as . PANTY
thinning with turpentine when III
melted condition. This will be ioNna
more expensive. as t%urpentlne c0,'
about sixty cents . gallon. The o'"'
nary way of tarring posts is to dip 'Ien'
the process is convenient. andthe resa'
most ctIectual. A long. trough'iA'
vat, pro-, lded with n shect-iron bottom
and the whole set over a brick III"
place. makes n very convenient ~
rangemcnt.f Two men, each proYoo,
with a hook made of heavy wire sl'n1
Mt each end of the vat, and are aDlc "
perform the dipping with \ great u'a'
of speed. The timber should DC wen
seasoned 50 that all the openings !"
sulting from cracking, may 0cc0"'
filled with the hot liquor and ren'e,%
impervious 10 water. If boarded ro"'
be covered with tar. water VIII u"
from them with greatest ireea0AI
Cast-iron implements may be rcnoc'I /
rust proof by dipping in hot '"' ~"
the covering will be equal to the ''
Japan finish.-H. IaNL Fafmc"
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-04
JOURNALISM IN JAPAN.
Early Publications Which Were
Very Poor But Popular.
The First Wooden-Block Newspapers
Japan's First Daily Started in 1871
Description of the Five Leading.Dai-
%lies-Thcir small Circulation,

journalism in Japan is Of a very re-
cent date, yet it has worked a vast
amount of influence upon the intellect
ual development as well as the social
of the country. and is already
firmly rooted here. As in the United
States and Europe, it is one of the
necessities of life.
In o'd,n times There was printed and
sold 4 kind of Illustrated journal, con-
tanning terrible accounts of tightings,
highway robberics, and similar subjects
more or less coarse and unrctincd. if not
inclined toward cruelty and inhumani-
ty. 1t also contained exaggerated ac-
counts OF distractions wrought by
typhoons, earthquakes, foundations.
CONGREGATIONS. and the like. In those
day there was no type, and the letters
and pictures had alike to be cut from
wood. 1t was. as might be expected, q
very poor production from the literary
as well as from the artistic point of
view. yet it was freely sold by hawkers.
who went round the streets boisterously
pTDclaiming its contents. That these
rough publications were ono. Of 4 great
popularity i3 proved BY the fact that
even at this very day illustrations Of
court ceremonies, military parades,
thcatr cal performances, etc. are still
made and largely disposed of by book
sellers and s%tationerS. These latter
publications. however. show a great in
provcmcnt over the older ones in taste,
coIoring and printing.
In the year lSG3-that is about ten
years after Commodore Perry knocked
at the gate of Japan, and successfully
persuaded her to contribute her share
of honor to the international society
the first attempt was made to start Jour
ma, which may properly be so called.
There wcr" simultaneously projected in
the city of Y~cddo-now called Tokyo
two periodicals which contained trans
lations from the Dutch newspapers and
the English publications which camc
from China. Type.printing had no.
been introduced yet, and thesa were
publish, ID as before from wooden blocks.
When the revolution broke outin 1865
the people naturally became eager for
the news OF the day. and this ~ncc2ssi-
,ated the issue of seycra. Official On
zettrs, through which the conditions OF
affairs could be conveyed TO the excited
public, These gazettcs we're published
monthly. and contained dcta Is Of i'm.
portant events of the time. These were
printed on types, and it is quite anus
ing TO look over some Of them in which
the letters are often placed UPSIDE down
or cro.,wisc. Follow g the. q y num-
Der of periodicals were started in lcddo
and Yokohama. by private citizens, il
rapid succession. OF these official "a.
zctte.. as well rs private periodicals. no,
one survives to-day.
On June ~. 1871, the first "iaily' in
Japan was launched in Yokohoma un-
der the title of the Yokohama aud Tokyo
Mai0ichi sim buM (Thc Yokohama aud
Tokyo ~JourRai), and it is still ono ofthe
leading papers in the country. 1t is
o simply called the MainicM Shtm-
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-04
FACTS FOR FARMERS

White fowls when dressed for mo,
ket do not show ~pin-feathor marie
do the black breeds. This is 2 %noin.tA
their favor which is worth consiaorin~
N. Y. Times.
-Well-draincd and deeply titled Ian,
stores warmth to such an extent ,y ~
prolong the season of growth and ohr;
ate risks of frost that otherwise ,oiol,
reduce profits of cultivation matcri,Ir
IN Y. Times.
The ingredients Of comMerci,, f.,
t~ilizers, upon which both their AM
cultural and commercial value dcna,,
are nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. Sulphur;c acd and lime az,
always present in superphosphate in fl.
shape of plaster.
In trimming a hedge s]metbip,
else should be considered as well as,E,
matter OF cutting off the extra rrowtb
Some kind of shape should be eiyen #
There is nothing so attractive Or orn,.
mental as Il shapelv. well-kept bclco
and it adds value to the farm.-C[r,
laad Leader.
A writer in the Coaptrr GeaNGmm
says that he has fed for three season,
his entire herd in milk on Green ryc
and the improvement in quality d
milk. cream and butter is marked
Green rye makes butter gilt-clLed He
uses no coloring for butter.
Fowls are so provided that they can
grind any kind of food eaten, Grinln,
the food for them is therefore not nee,.
sary, unless for the purpose of feeding
a mixture or variety that can not |.
given them in any other shape. 1bpy
should always have plenty OF gravel 70,
grinding purposes. - Western 2nraL
A stone in the highway embe1A
fast to receive the impact OF . ,houaa
wheels will in the course OF 4 ,incs
week do enough damage, perhaps, 10
pay a hundred-fold the cost of remOv.
ing it-yet in any county road district
the stone will stay until all its angle:
are rounded or its substance worn away
BY attrition.--Son Francisco Clr5aio,.
The beet draws its nourishmeri
from an area of twelve square feet 70,
each plant. This has been proved By
exploring to the ends Of the roots care
fully, 1t being found that these extend
downward and outward in all directions
for several feet. 1t is evident flat
where size of root is desired the planr
must be given plenty of room. -Prata
Farmer.
Frozen poultry is often sent 10
market. Such fowls should be dry
pick ed. The method is to pack a layer
OF poultry in a case and allow it to
freeze before putting in the next layo,
and 30 continue until the case is full ,
Then nail on the lid and keep the cav
where the poultry will not thaw Unit
market is reached. as alternate %ireezin.
and thawing is injurious, The differ
cnt kinds and sizes should be separated
N. Y. Tribune.