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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13

CHEAP EDUCATION

.M.|' al -
Something About schools vii.
eious Names and Unheard Of ,sets~
Institutions for turning out en,;,.
BY the forcing process-short ti@a 'ss''
small cost-are becoming so uumer %aa
as to suggest, if they really accoma',as'
what they profess, creating a snn.s
beyond the probability of any dem pp,y
Colleges" with ~pretentious names a,
unheard of professors, about wl' na
little or nothing is known in =, lo "sa
mate way, are the order of tho sa.
Judging from the inquiries We h a
about them from different parts Of NV
country. Judging from these s,mt
inquiries, it appears that. while poth;ns
in a general way may be known ,h"'.
some Of these institutions, they coa'
trive to scatter considerable ,ntorn,'
ton where it will, presumably, do ths
most good.
Whatever an advertisement NAV !.
made to say. the old, but never thread
bare adage, to the effect that there is ~.
royal road to learning, has never heeD
successfully disputed. There are VOL,
established institutes, where mechan;o.,
engineering is taught; but they mals
no pretentions to having got bevona
the process of hard work, and are oa
fashioned enough to require reas, nabIs
lime for educating engineers.
There are no possible objections :,
institutions Of learning because they
are new; there are objections to ,hs
promises made by some of them, Il
makes no difference what is under con.
%sideration, whether technical or SOM
other kind of education, it takes time
for study, and hard work to accom-.
fish any thing. There is no way Of
materially diminishing n of these
factors without correspondingly in.
~creasing the other. And there is, at
the best, an early limit in the extent to
which this can be done. Those who
r led BY a Aattering prospectus to
believe that they are to get a good
deal Of knowledge by little study and
work will in the end find themselyes
in the condition of every n who ex.
poets to get something for nothing.
We can not undertake to give inior.
nation about these unknown instl,u.
tons. In one instance, prompad
partly by a desire to obligc and partly
by curiosity, we succeeded, the second
time trying, in finding one, the loca.
ton of which was given us by letter
The facilities were comprised in a sin.
gle room over q beer shop, and The
faculty, so far as we were able to
learn, was in the singular. In another
instance, we were even less successful.
The institute had been removed, and
the only further knowledge we could
obtain was that an unpaid bill for rent
was left behind. Since then We are
out of the business Of looking them up.
american Machinist.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
HOME. MADE W
How Partly Worn OF O%utgrown Gasnsn.
Can BE Made Over.

Can BE Made Over.
A great advantage realized in the
present methods of combining color
by home dressmakers is the ease with
which they obtain materials to make
W a partly-worn or an outgrown
garment. To exactly match goods is
very difficult, but n is almost always
able to get a fabric similar in tone, or
il may be a perfect contrast is best
liked, and contrasts are still fashiona,
bile.
The fancy for draping soft WOODEN
materials or silks over v~elvets give, an
opportunity of utilizing old skirts Of
velvet that would otherwise be cast
aside, and then very stylish and exceed
ingly inexpensive dresses can be made
with foundation Of the rich Arcadia
vclveteen, which in the best grades il
equal in appearance to Lyons velvet
wear very much longer, at much
smaller cost. and comes in all the new
art shades for day and evening veal"
Over the plain skirt and corsage Of
these handsome pile velvetecns arc Al.
ranged draperies of soft woolens, silks
surahs, gauzes, tissues and tulles. and
again complete suits are made Of the
velveteen in Loutrc, navy, garnet, pur'
pie and other dark shades and rich
eolors.
A simple but very stylish dress shows
skirt in rich brown velvetecn, made
perfectly plain. Over this is an oddly
arranged overskirt, in folds from waist
line, reaching edge of skirt on right
side, and cut rounding up over to the
hip on left side. This overssirt is in
one of the new checked fabrics, which
is edged with a graduated fold in plan
or solid colored goods q shade lighter
than the velveteen in the under-sklrt
The jacket is fitted perfectly, the main
body and jacket skirts Of checked ma.
terial are edged with plain band
sleeves and full vest with nigh standing
collar, also Of the plain or solid co.ores
goods. Philadelphia Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
TO NY CHILDREN.

o sons OF mine, few are the years, at best,
That you ABIDE within the parent nest;
Soon, ali! too soon, as from some forest trcc
The winged seeds are blown, you part from
May our lot fall where no mis%fortune's
Hood,
OF passions heats, or sorrows raven brood,
Mar your young growth; may every grace
increase:
Your days with Joy be filled. and all your
nights with peace,
Could any thought or care of mine avail
To keep you safe. when life's fierce storms
assail.
Row gladly would l toll! all rest forego;
Vain wish-true manhood Is not nurtured so;
As stands the sapling 'gainst the north wind
So must you strive, till, gathering strength at
last.
You tower niofts in native worth arrayed,
And sec your loved ones rest meath your
protecting shade.
nu, should 1t not be granted you to know
The mountain heights where Fames bright
laurels grow,
Yet there are lowlicr SUBMITS. no less fair.
That you may reach and build you watch
towers there.
Aspire to something: use your gifts Alright;
Be not content with lives of mean delight.
Of all a fathers sorrows meath the sun,
Spare me that bitterest Rrief-a base, degen-
crate son.
hearts untriedl may I but live to see
Your little fleet safe launched on manhood's
sea:
Youths whelming surf, the trcacherous un-
der,ow
OF vice, safe passed, and the sharp reefs of
woe.
Then blow. ye winds of heaven! whate'cr be-
tide,
No further may the hand of man provide;
by unseen currents borne, and strange
winds blown,
To shores by all unknown We sail by faith
alone.
Yet Oft. IN midnights gloomy hours. | lie
And listen us the winds 20 wailing by,
Tossing tumuItuous. to and fro again.
Such seems our lives, all purposeless and
vain.
Is there no guiding hand? shall l ne'er see
Those who in death have bid farewell to me?
Nus all we cherish end in soulless dust?
All! no "a fathers heart tells mo In His to
trust.
Eugene B1rrp, in LINN Transcript.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
WEIL-DRESSED MEN.
How They Were "Made Up" in
Days Gone By.

When we look at the gentlemen OF
to-day, in their plain garb Of somber
hue, we can scarcely realize that once
men, as well as women, wore laces
and feathers, and silks and v~elvets.
and that they even surpassed their
wives and daughters in the gorgeous
ness OF their attire. The splendor and
richness of gcntlcmen's dress during
several periods almost exceeds belief.
The royal habit of the ninth century Of
an Anglo-SaNon was an embroidered
tunic, stockings adorned with needle
work, a mantle fastened on the Shout
der with a jewel. an embroidered belt
for the sword and shoes decked with
jewels. John of England on his
scarlet cloak a protusion of diamonds,
emeralds and sapphires; his girdle,
gloves and the baldric Of his sword
being similarly ornamentcd. Sir John
Arundel possessed iifty-two suits of
gold and silver tissue. The court
ly Buckingham had suits of
silk and velvet, decorated with
gems and lace, one of which was of
white uncut velvet, %profusely orna-
mcnted with diamonds. In his cars he
wore rings formed of ropes of pearls.
Sir Walter Raleigh is described as
wearing a white satin pinked vest. and
q brown doublet embroidered with
pearls; ruby and pearl ornaments
mingled with the feathers of his hat;
his gartcrs were fringed with white.
and his shoes were buff color with
white bows. On court days they were
covered with precious stones. The
Earl Of Surrey, as painted by Holbeins,
wears a scarlet habit; the front of his
shirt and his ruiies are embroidered in
black; his sleeves are pulled and
slashcd; his shoes are scarlet, and his
cap is adorned with jewels and
feathers. Lord Bolingbroko. with all
his superior talents, had a weakness
for dress. He wore a light blue velvet
coat, the cuffs of which were en-
broiiercd with silver; his stockings
were amber color, and his shoes Grim
% leather. fastened with diamond
buckles, his crayat was point lace, and
his rntlcs were of the same; his hat
vas laced with silver and edged with
feathers; and his hair, which hung in
ringlcts, was tied with red ribbons.
Sometimes the sex. who, the philoso-
phcr tells us. shave a cell more in
their brains than women" adopted
very groteslue styles. At n period
a leg was dressed in yellow and the
ether blue. John Of Gaunt was at.
tired in blue one side and white the
other. During Queen Elizabeth's
reign enormous breeches called
'trunk-hose" came into fashion. These
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
COFFEE.
Tho Disagreeable-Tasting Mixture That
IL Put on English Tables.

Tho DlSA Tastln8 mixture IhAt
IL Put on English Tables.
Neither OH English soil nor on En-
glish ocean steamers have l found it
possible to get a good cup of coffee
unless l purchased my own Java coffee
and stood over the cotfee-pot while it
was being brewed. And ever then |
had to watch most carefully to prevent
its being spoiled by the addition of
what Englishmen consider Il great
improver of foreign coffee-namcly, a
pinch of home Oh Belgium bitter and
black, hideous chicory.
livery well remember the difficulty l
had with the kind landlady of an En-
glish country inn in persuading her not
to fling a bit of chicory into the pot Of
coffee she VAS making for me out of
pure coffee l had brought with me
she, the kind old heart, constantly as
%severating that she would not charge
me a farthing for it, and that it would
nightly improve my beverage. Less
chicory (%succory, genus chicorium) is
now grown in England than formerly;
but al immense an cunt of it is i'm
ported there from Belgium. France
and Germany, in which countries this
perennial plant is largely used for food
for men and cattle.
There was q time when d Thousand
acres of il were under cultivation in a
single district between York and SIAM
ford, and those English farmers who
were given to its cultivation claimed
that it was not %exhausting to the soil,
but rather an improvcr of it, when
crops of wheat were allowed to follow.
An average yield of fresh roots is
about eight tons per acre. Late in the
autumn the roots are taken up, cleaned
and laid away. rhe common price Of
chicory roots in England is about f2
los. per ton. There is a heavy excise
duty upon chicory, and the English
growers of it claim that this duty is
levied in an obnoxious manner.
Roasted chicory is worth in England
about "a shlllings per hundred weight,
only about N third the price of 'cof.
fee. So it is a profitable coffee substi.
tute or mixture. Taxation in England
is IA shilllngs per hundred weight on
coffee. Us. Sd. on foreign chicory and
lbs. Id. on homegrown chicory. In
leading English agricultural journals l
have read pleas for an increase OF the
home cultivation of chicory on the
ground that it was an improver on
genuine coffee.
In all good English grocery stores
pure coffee can always be bought, as
well as coffee mixed with chicory.
The sale in England OF coffee adultcr-
ated with any mixture is visited with
heavy penalties unless the mixture is
duly labeled. l have seen in English
grocer shops the packages duly marked
''pure Coffee and coffee mixed
with a certain per cent. of chicory.
Most purchasers bought the mixture.
But worse than chicory is adulterated
chicory. And it is said that most of
the chicory in English shops is adul.
terated with beans, carrots, parsnips
and beets, and colored with pigments,
especially an earth known as Venetian
red.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13

An oak that was cut before Shake.
spcarc's day furnished a bit of timber
now in use as a bench in an English
farmers kitchen. The timber did duty
as a roof beam in a church for 364
years. 1t is still as sound as sound
can ba
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13

A scientific and statistical hair cN
pert says that bald-hcadch men s'
more plentiful in New York and Boston
than iu any ot.h.sy iA,aA
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-22
NUMBER p.

other fifteen-year-old girl would have done. She said: 'I can't, 1 can't, can'tr' and then sat down and burst into tears. Still came the dreadful chorus: Sometime! sometimep'
 "Why, Rose, it's dinner-time! Don't you hear the bellP" and some one touched her shoulder.
 Rose started, opened her eyes, and there stood her little brother, laughing and ringing the bell in her ears. "How funny you look when you're asleepr he said. Il almost thought you were going to cry before I shook you"
 They wondered, at dinner that even- ing, why Rose looked so solemn; and when dessert-time came, and her mother asked: "Rose, dear, did you forget again?" something very like tears filled her eyes as she answered; and she felt her face grow red and hot when grandma said: No one ever expects Rose to do as she says she will"
 But for a month, or for year-yes, longer, even yet-she remembers-and Rose is a grown-up woman now-those teI minutes of misery spentin sometime. So strong an impression did the dream make on her, that she has ever since followed the only plan by which one can conquer the little thief, Going-to- do-it. This is to attend to each thing as it comes, and not to wait for con- venient season.-L. B. Day, iB s. s. Ty111ee
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-22
SMART SlIAS.
He Demonstrates That There Is Some
 Method in His HymeneaI Madness.

He Demonstrates That There Is Some
 Method in His HymeneaI Madness.
 Silas is country character, who means well. He tries to earn living, and ''tinkers around'' at odd jobs and chores and whatever he can get to do; but he works good deal as he talks, with painful drawl that is very sug- gestive of that state of natural restful- ness which his ilk call ''born tired :" Silas came to mend the fence the other day for one of his patrons in the subur- ban village where he belongs, with a peculiar air of festivity about him. He had on bright new necktie of Japanese silk, and his honest face was covered by an expansive grin all the time that he was receiving his orders.
 "You seem happy, Silas," said MT. Blank, with some curiosity, when he had finished about the fence.
 "Ya-as," drawled Silas. ''Ya-as, I've been a-gittin' married this morn- in'."
 Married? You? Why, Silas, man alive, what on earth have you gone and done that for? You can't support your self as it is!''
 "Wull," said Silas, 'I ken booty near support myself, n I think it's a durn pity if she can't help somen'-Boston Record
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-22
A NEW METAL.
The Discovery of Germanium, a Substance
 Found in Silver Ore.

The Discovery of Germanium, Substance
 Found in Silver Ore.
 In the reports of the German Chem ical Society there is an account of anew metallic element discovered by Clemens Winkler. It occurs in argyrodite, a silver ore from the Himmelsfurst mine, near Freyberg. Germanium, symbol Ge, has a great resemblance to anti mony, though it is distinguished by cer- tain well-marked reactions. If the sul- phide is heated in the absence of air, e. g., in a current of hydrogen, it forms a blackish crystalline sublimate, which at a higher temperature melts to brownish red drops. This sulphide dissolves in ammonium hydrosulphide, and is re- precipitated with white color by hy- drochloric acid, and is again redissolved by ammonia. If arsenic or antimony is present, the color is yellow. If heated in air, or treated with hot nitric acid, the white germanium oxide is formed, which is not volatile at red heat. The oxide dissolves in potassium hydroxide. If this solution is slightly acidified, it gives white precipitate on treatment with hydrogen sulphide. The oxide is easily reduced by hydrogen; the sulphide less easily. The metal is gray, volatile at full red heat, though less readily than antimony. The vapor deposits small crystals like those of iodine, which do not melt In current of chlorine the metal yields white chloride, which is more volatile than antimony chloride. The acid solution gives white precipi tate with hydrogen sulphide. Herr Winkler is determining its atomic weight, with view to determiRe its place in the periodic arrangement. Sctenttfic American.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-22
THE ASTONISHMENT.

Why a Desperate Slugger Felt Hard To-
 ward a Victorious Opponent.
 A very large man, desperate fellow who had often boasted that he could not be whipped, became involved in a quar- rel with a small man. We'll, after the fight was over, friend of the desperate man said:
 wy, Abe, he tore you all to pieces. :" 'Yas."
 ''Mopped up the township with you" :" ''That's whut."
 ''Bit off one of your ears."
 "That's whut he done"
 'Ruined your clothes.
 "Yas."
 "Pulled one of your eyes out"
 "B'reve he did''
 'Knocked out couple of teeth"
 Reckon you're right
 "He don't weigh hundred pounds, either.''
 Don't b'l've he does
 'I suppose you hate to be whipped" "Oh, no, Billy, I don't mind bein' whipped, ken stand to lose my years an teeth, but thar's one thing about the affair that makes me mad"
 'What's that, Abe?"
 "W'y the surprise of the thing. I reckon 1 hate stonishment wus than any man in the world. Wy. thought I could whale that feller with one hand, but never was more astonished in my life. Wy, the way that fool fellow fit shocked me-'stonished me, tell you. Oh, no, I don't mind the whuppin' but, Billy, why didn't he do it gradually so I wouldn't uv been so s'prised? I don't like that fellow. "-ArkansGoO TraveIer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-22
PITH AND POINT.

Few men have more than they want, but all men want more than they have.
 -Wallace's .'Ben Hur' has sold to the extent of eighty thousand copies. Many authors would like to have "Ben Him. ."-DetroI Free Press.
 When you see but little glass in a mans window you can make up your mind that too many glasses go into his stomach. Chicago Telegraph.
 A Texas gentleman has observed that when he goes out hunting, and has his gun with him, and wants to ride on the street car, he has never yet had oc- casion to signal street car driver twice.-TeraS Siiftings.
 "A Southern journal offers a prize for the best essay on poker. Here is the best essay on poker: Don't poke. P. S.-We don't want the prize. Give It to any orphan asylum. -Norrtstoa0n Herald.
 A good old Quaker lady, after lis tening to the extravagant yarn of a shop-keeper as long as her patience would allow, said to him: "Friend, what pity it is a sin to lie, when it seems so necessary to thy happiness. s." A Philadelphia housekeeper wants to know what becomes of all the clothes pins. We supposed that everybody knew that they dress themselves up in pantaloons and pass themselves off as dudes It takes a sharp eye to detect the difference between them and the real article. Boston Transcript.
 The story is told of a famous Bos- ton lawyer, that one day, after having a slight discussion with the judge, he de- iberately turned his back upon that parsonage and started to walk off. "Are you trying, sir, to show contempt for the court?' asked the judge, sternly. i"No, sir," was the reply. "I am trying to conceal it. "-N F. Independent. Modern reading or an old rhyme;
 Sing a song O sixpence,
 A pocket full of gold;
 All the little boys have gone
 A Ashooting, I am told;
 When the spring is opened
 No birds begin to sing,
 But every lady's hat is trimme>
 With many little wing.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-22
DOING HIS BEST.

How Luke VarDum Served His County
 by ShOeing Colonel Warmers Horse.
 It may seem at first sight as if the boy mentioned in this incident, which is given by Edward Everett Hale in his Boys Heroes, did nothing either heroic or remarkable; but it is a good illus tration of the value of doing one's best:
 There was boy whom we will name Luke Varnum. He was fifteen years old, and he was lame of his left foot. So, when every other boy in Number Five, and every man, old and young, shouldered his firelock and marched of to join General Stark and go and fight the Hessians at Bennington, Luke was left at home. He limped out and held the stirrup for Lieutenant Chittenden to mount, and then he had to stay at home with the babies and the women. The men had been gone an hour and half when three men galloped up on horseback. And Luke went down to the rails to see who they were. '1s there nobody here?" said one of them.
 "Yes," said Luke, II am here"
 "I see that" said the first man, lduguIH0 " Hat l ACdu lS, lo buChO nobody here can set shoeP"
 II think can," said Luke. "I often tend fire for Jonas. can blow bel lows, and I can hold a horses foot Any way. will start up the fire.
 So Luke went into the forge and took down the tinder-box and struck a light. He built the fire, and hunted up half dozen nails which Jonas had left unintentionally, and he had even made two more when a fourth horse man came slowly down on walk. ''What luck" said he, ito find forge with the fire lightedr'
 "We found one," said Marvin, ''with boy who knew how to light it.
 And the other speaker threw himseh off the horse meanwhile. And Luke pared the hoof of the dainty creature, and measured the shoe, which was too big for her. He heated it white, and bent it closer, to the proper size. '1t is a poor fit," he said, ''but it will do."
 .It will do very well," said her rider But she is very tender-footed, and do not dare trust her five miles unshod."
 And for pride's sake, the first two nails Luke drove were those he had made himself. And when the shoe was fast, he said: Tell Jonas that l het up the forge-and put on the shoe" ,"
 ''We will tell him." said the Colonel, laughing, and he rode on.
 But one of the other hOrsemen tar ried minute, and said: Boy, no ten men who left you to-day have served your country as you have. It is Colonel Warner"
 When I read in the big books of his tory how Colonel Warner led up his regiment just in time to save the day at Bennington, I am apt to think of Luke Varnum. When 1 read that that day decided the battle at Saratoga, de- termined that America should be inde- pendent, 1 think of Luke Varnum. When I go to see monuments erected in memory of Colonel Warner and General Stark, and even poor old Bur goyne, I think of Luke Varnum and others like him. And then sometimes Iwonder whether every man and boy ot us who bravely and truly does the very best thing he knows how to do does not have the future of the world rest ing on him.-COpgregGt gGtiOndttSt.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-22
WOODEN SHOES.
The Dutch Settlement in New York Where
 They Are Manufactured.


 They Are Manufa ctured.
 In the town of Clymer, N. Y, there is large settlement of Hollanders, the older members of which brought from their fatherland the simple manners and industrious habits which have al- ways been characteristic of that phlegmatic race. Nearly without ex- ceptiOn they are engaged in general farming and dairying, and to supple ment their farm labors they make the wooden shoes or clogs which are so closely allied to the typical Dutchman. In no other place in the Union is this industry carried on so generally or to the same extent. During the coldest days and the long evenings of the win ter the Hollanders ply their knives and slaves almost without cessation. The business is really a monopoly, and of late it has proved rather profitable, the demand for the shoes for decorative purposes enhancing their value and largely increasing the demand. Bass wood and cucumber are the woods used, and each shoe is bored and cut from single block, and they become so well seasoned that well-made pair is well-nigh indestructible by ordinary use. The Hollanders, in their settle ment, preserve the language of their native land to large degree, though the younger generation adopt the GUS toms and language of this country Boston TranScrtpt.