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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
A FIERCE
fhe Thrilling Contest Between q Man and
q Python.

The Thrilling Contest Between a Man and
Python.
A journal published in Singapore
gives an account of a fight between a
man and apython, which would indi-
cate that to Guy Livingstone type of
muscular heroes is not extinct among
Europeans in that settlement. One
day news was brought to the curator of
the museum that a great python, which
was on exhibition there, had escaped
from its box and was careering about
the building, no doubt thoroughly en-
joying the fright Of the attendants and
visitors. The brute was no less than
twenty-five feet long. At that mo-
ment the curator happened to have a
bottle of carb Ole acid in his hand. ut
was a most exciting tussle when they
came together, and for q few seconds
the shiyering native spectators could
not make cut which was the snake and
which was man" The guardian of
tho museums treasures had secured a
firm grip of the python's throat, but
on the other hand, the serpent had
coiled its crushing folds around his
legs. Had it been a question of strength
merely, the boa must have won the
day; the curator would soon have been
only fit to make q stuffed mummy in
his own museum. But after a struggle
Or two more he managed cleverly to
decant the bottle Of carbsaic acid down
IlIe reptiles throat, the grip on which
he had never relaxed. The boa had
evidently been unaccustomed to the
drink-nay, it obviously disagreed with
him. The coils loosened from the
curator's limbs, a convulsive SILVER
went through the entire twenty-five
feet of snake, and in few minutes the
great python was dead!-G Good Words.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
THE APHlDES.
The Wonderful Rapidly with Which
These Little Creatures Are Increased,

The Wonderful Rapidly with Which
These Little Creatures Are Increased.
The prevalence OF these little lice on
the foliage of plants is a source of great
annoyance to every lover of flowers.
In the greenhouse fumigating quickly
destroys them, but as this is not to be
resorted to in the living room, a weak
solution of tobacco-water may be used,
either by Swinging or sponging the
leaves and young shoots. CONNER
cial florists understand the necessity
of destroying them early, consequently
fumigation is resortel to at regular in
tervals of say every two weeks or less,
whether the ''green fly" be observed or
not.
The wonderful rapidity with which
these little creatures are increased
seems almost incredible. According to
Alphonse Karr, the observing French
naturalist, n of them will produce
nearly twenty young in the course of a
day; that Is TO say, a volume ten or
twelve times equal to its own body. A
single aphis which, at the beginning of
the warm weather would bring into the
world ninety aphidcs, which ninety,
twelve days after, would each produce
ninety more, would be, in the fifth gen.
Grafton, author of 1904, 900, 900 aphides
which, he adds, sis a tolera BILE
amount."-M 0. Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06

tie before be wouiu vouseu. w upou M.
games. Then he set out what he called
a ''baby drawing" You bought your
ticket and there was no delay in asccr-
tanning whether you had drawn a prize
or not. My friend and I went in to
bust that bad man up and wreck and
ruin him. We Clipped in twenty dol
lars apiece and the result was a cash
prize of twenty-five cents. Then we
put up forty dollars in partnership, and
the tickets all drew blanks. By this
time we had both got mad and we
went down for fifty dollars apiece and
yelled for blood. Our cash return was
fifty cents. Then 1 began to reflect.
Was it right for us to hop on that poor
man that way and financially ruin him?
No! The man from Detroit who lost
eighty thousand dollars in the panic
was anxious for me to 60 another hun.
dred, but l wouldn't. My natural sym.
pathies had been aroused, and l
wouldn't conspire to ruin no mans
prospects. went downstairs alone,
leaving my friend up there to carry out
his tiendish intentions. As l reached
the street q policeman came along and
queried:
'Leave any money up thereP"
"About ninety dollars I answered
Want to make a complaint"
"For whatp"
Against the place. It's q bunko.
shop!"
whats a bunko-shopv
He looked at me a long time, as il
trying to remember something. Then
he suddenly remembered it and said:
"You are the biggest fool I've me,
in forty years"
He was evidently jealous of my sue.
cess in busting the bank.-Deho it Free
Press,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
A PRISON.
The Horrld Tyranny of the Sultan Of {
Little African State.

J nv = " . ~
Little African State.
1t may not be generally known, says
the Tangier correspondent, that into
these prisons criminals and suspects
and debtors are alike thrown, without
trial, and with no idea as to how long
they may have to lie there. In fact,
these dungeons are used as a means of
extortion, and largely SO by natives
who have obtained the protection" of
n of the foreign embassies, and who
then abuse the power Of the protect
Or to make raids upon tho property
and persons OF the victims of their re-
venge or cupidity. As the Government
does not feed the prisoners-or only to
q nominal extent-and al it pays none
OF its officials, except those of the Gus.
tom house, and has an unpaid army,
some idea may be formed of the extor-
ton and suffering daily enacted in this
unhappy country. The condition Of
the Tangier prison, though far better
than those of the interior, is simply a
disgrace to civilization and to our COM
mon humanity; for here, almost within
a cannon shot Of Europe, there exists a
state of things as bad as during the
worst period Of the middle ages. Here
is n instance Of what goes on within
five minutes walk Of the legations of
all the civilized powers, and within
sight of the British fortresses of Glib.
raltar:
A poor woman has been for two
years in solitary confinement in Tan.
gier prison, and until lately she was in
irons, being what is called a estate
prisoner" She was once a wealthy
Moorish lady, but as her husband was
rich he was squeezed" and died I'M.
der the process, without disgorging his
wealth. About two years ago a large
robbery took place at the house of a
foreigner, who afterward made claim
against the Sultan for five thoussSl
pounds, The money was paid. Some
body must be found to repay the Sui
tan with the usual heavy interest. The
son Of the poor woman above described
was accused of being concerned in the
robbery, though 1t is not clear that he
knew anything about il. He was seized,
thrown into prison and logged almost
daily with a view Of extracting a large
sum of money. But he died without
paying, as did his father before him.
Then the mother, against whom there
is not q breath Of suspicion, was seized,
ironcd and thrown into the don, where
she still lies, supporting life on two
small loaves doled out to her daily.
Her case has been personally inyesti-
gated by the two gentlemen who fed
the prisoners, and they are eye-wit.
nesses to her condition. Cai nothing
be done to procure the freedom OF this
miserable woman? II not, IL is quite
time that the press took the matter up.
Then possibly even the doors Of q
Morocco prison may be unbarred.-
London NeUs.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
A Healthy Mans Corpuseles.

DR.. FIeischI has devised a new
thermometer, or instrument for deter
mining the globular richness of the
blood, founded on the colorimetric
method, the novelty of which consists
in using as test slips of colored glass
instead of Il mixture of blood and
water, The numerous experiments OF
Otto show that the average number of
%corpuscles in healthy men is 1908
millions of c~orpusclcs in one cubic
millimeter, containing 1857 grammes
of h@moglobin in 100 ccntimeters OF
blood, while II women the correspond
ing numbers are 1886 millions and
1927 grammes.--N. y. Post.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
THE ZUlUS.
A Great Jesuit Missionary Tells an Inter-
esting Story of Arrlca's Government.

A Great Jesuit Missionary Tells an Inter-
esting Story Of Africa's Government.
"The customs of the Zulus arc
strange" said Father Charles Croonen.
berghs, S. j., of the Zambesi (South
African) Mission. Even though the
South African Zulus may be classified
at times either as Hamites or Semites,
certain it is that they are Adamites and
not pre-Adamites. Their domestic Gus.
toms, their warlike and religious festiv-
tiles and their habits in general are
those of the patriarchai age, and, like
all other African tribes as a rule, they
are in a state of degradation and not
of progress. However, no deformity is
to be found in their race, nor in any
South African race, which could in any
way justify opinions separating them
from our one common Adamic origin.
They belong to the Kafir race, which
extends in territory from Eastern South
Africa to the Northwestern Congo re-
gions. Their traditional history dates
not beyond this century, and they
possess no literature. The Zulus proper
are the superiors of the race-Kafirs
are the servants, Zulus the masters.
They speak the South African Bantu,
or men or 'pronominal prefix Ian
guage. In 1880 they came in contact
with the Europeans, and in 1925 they
were circumscribed between the
Drakenbergs, OF Bushmen Mount
ain, and the East Ocean, north
and south of the Tugela river. In
1S43 they were 100, 900 in round nun.
bers, and in 1879, during the Zulu war,
and after annexation of tribes, 400, 900
strong. Classify all adult men az war
riors their army would amount to 49,
900 men. Their favorite weapon is the
assegair, an iron lance with wooden
shaft, used in various dextrous move
ments in connection with a rawhide
shield, but they have also battle-axes,
the use of which they are not in any.
wise ignorant Of. They fight on foot,
thoir tactics being usually a wild rush,
which has often resulted disastrously
to their opponents, which England can
not easily forget. The Zulus proper
and the Umzila, OF Abagasas and the
Matabelas cover the east coast of
South Africa from the Tugela to the
Zambesi, from latitude 30 degrees to Is
degrees south and longitude 20 degrees
east to Al. The English in 70 fought
only the Southern zulus OF Tugeia; the
Northern zulus are part of the Fam.
best Mission Of the Jesuit Fathers. The
English protcctoratc was lately extend.
ed to the Bamangwarbo nations south
and west Of the Matabela Zulus. The
Matabela King, Lohcngula, will not
long resist before he, too, pays al
legiance to England's Queen, and most
likely also the Umzila portion Of the
tribe. You can" SAID Father Croonen.
berghs, in conclusion, pretty safely
count on South Africa in the near fut-
uro having as many as four masters
the Portuguese in the East coast, tho
Beers in the Transgaal and Orange
fall State, the Germans on the North
wcst coast and Great Britain In tho
South and far intsrior." - Chicago Her
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
A JEALOUS OFFICER.
Why He Envied . Detroit Man WHO Wal
Helping an Acquaintance to Draw Two
Thousand Dollars.

Why He Envied . Detroit Man Who Wa
Helping an Acquaintance to Draw Tive
Thousand Dollars.
l was in Chicago, you know, and
was picking my teeth on the walk in
front of the fremont House after a
good breakfast, when a well-dressed,
good-looking man comes up to me and
says:
Why, how do you do, Mr.. Pepsinp
How are all the folks in Detroit"
shook hands with him and assured
him that everybody was well and
hearty and gaining on it. :
mo place like old Detroit" he
says, heaving a sigh which bulged out
his vest like a balloon. II just wish l
was back there again"
"Ihen you used to live there?" I
asked.
Was born there, sir. Panic of
1872 swept us overheard. We lost
eighty thousand dollars in six months.
How are Aldermen Gics, Wostcott,
Jacob and the other boys getting onP'
l told him they were just rolling in
fat and wealth, and he seemed much
gratilied at the information.
"Say!" he suddenly put IN. "may
be you want to see the climax to a
very funny incident bought q ticket
in a lottery running here in Chicago,
and paid two dollars for IL. I sold 1t to
my wife for a dollar. She sold it to a
friend for s~eventy-fvc cents. The
friend turns around and sells it to me
for half a dollar. Last night l got no.
tice that the ticket had drawn two
thousand dollars"
"Now
"Sure as shooting! I'm just on my
way to the Office on Clark street to get
the money. f you haven't anything
pressing on hand walk over.'
| went with him. II there is any
thing on earth I do despise It is . man
who can't stand by and encourage an
other man to draw two thousand dol
lars IN q lottery. Tho fortunate fellow
was very talkative, and he grew conf.
dental enough to ask me whether he
had better buy his wife q seal.skin
sacquc or a pair Of diamond earrings.
| advocated the diamonds. Seal-skin
wears out and grows shabby, but dia-
monds are always 0. k. with a pawn
broker.
We finally reached the place. / twas
up two or three fights Of STAIR, with
two Or three turns To the right and left.
The man In tho oiice looked shabby
- lsaseeme, bat ] (ida't w tbat y
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
MRS. SlMPKiNs.



The very first cay we were in Wash
ington l says to my husband: John
you must take me up to the President
deception to-day"
"What, my DEAR" says he, for he is
always very affectionate, Ego to the
White House on saet a day as this
with the wind blowing a regular liz
ardP Why, you'll take a cold. and 60
into the consummation!'
Well, to make a short matter long,
we hired one of those Herdic cabs, and
set out for the Executive Mention.
We drove up past the Capitol, and
saw some men on the steps. l guess they
were some of those capitalists that our
Congressman says are leagued with a
venial press to destroy the rights of the
people.
The White House was pretty enough
but looked kind Of bare. l think II lit.
tie bright co'oring on the outside would
improve its appearance.
Sir" says l to a man at the door,
who must have been q portiere, for he
took my sachel to carry for me, II
want to see the President" "Your
carte de visits, please" says he.
There it is" | replied, pointing to the
Herlic. He explained that he wanted
a calling card, and We learned that the
public deception didn't begin for two
hours.
Some gentlemen were standing on
the steps, and the nan told us n of
them was Secretary Lamar of the De-
partment Of the Inferior.
We waited for the President to come.
In the meantime, and a very mean time
it was, | almost took a suggestive chill.
At last the people began to move into
a door at the left. .Now remember,
my dear" says John, ''you are about
to meet a man who yields more power
than the King of the Trojans, or the
Grand Khan of Tartarus."
We took our place in the line of peo-
pie, and moved into the east room, and
there we saw President Cleveland. He
smiled pleasantly and seemed to enjoy
himself very much.
l can't describe the munificence of
chat room, or the pretty bric-a-bat, and
articles of virtue we saw there.
1t began to get very mountainous
standing in line, but at last John came
to the President, and shook his hand,
and passed II.
The people didn't seem to take much
interest in Mr.. Cleveland, but passed
on after shaking hands, which didn't
seem very polite. He was very glad to
see me. Happy to see you, Mr.. Pres
ident,' says |. please give my love
to Miss Cleveland" He smiled again
and stretched out his hand to the per-
son behind me, who must have been an
old friend, from the Presidents man
ner, so l went on without inquiring for
Mrs. Hoyt as | intended. hope he
didn't think it rude.
l wasn't much scared, though John
told me / looked as pale as a spectrum,
When | told the mar at the door ]
would call again in &he evening he said
T had better wait till "Wednesday oftor-
noon, as the President would have a
little cursory swearee for his friends in
the evening. l do hope he isn't profane;
he don't look it.
| think Mr.. Cleveland is a charming
man, and shall call again on Wednes-
1ay.-7Ne Rambler.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
n NOBLE MAN,
MISS.

What constitutes the noble man
And ntly measures life's brief spsnP
The breath Of fame2
A titled manner
Some creed believed?
Some deed achieved2
The idle pomp of kingly power2
The empty trappings Of an hour?
Letthose who prize the crowds behest
stand slaves to folly's train confessed,
Enjoy aday
or sordid sway.
OF glory won
On Marathon,
Or Burmah's gold with ease attained.
Or widened realms ignobly gained.
But grander far than power or pelf
The soul's dominion over self,
Aheart aglow
For others woe,
The high.born thought,
The grandly wrought
Resolve attuned to exalted md;
These noble manhood e'er attend,
Who thus fulfls his Makers trust,
In simple love of virtue, must
His name enshrined
By all his kind,
Enwreathed upon
The escutcheon
OF true renown, complete his days
Mid earth and Heavens conspiring praise
~. H. kister. in Current.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
on.art American Birds.

A New York artist called at the
studio Of Gus Snohberly, who is ono Of
the worst amateur painters in the city.
what the mischief is 1t that you are
painting there. Gusp" asked the artist.
"Why. that's q bunch Of grapes"
"Why, yes, so it Is. now that / look
at 1t closely. They arc very fine, but
they are not quite as well painted as
those Of Apelles, which were SO nat
ural that the birds came and pecked at
them"
II amt so sure Of that. Perhaps the
reason why the birds don't interrupt
while ! am painting these grapes is be-
cause the American birds are smarter
than those Of ancient Greeee." replied
Gus,-7ssas SJsings.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
4 suMFLoWEk.
lts Importance In Gstheficism' Posfry'
Religion and Commerce.

lto Importance In HsthetlotSnn, POetby'
Religion and Commerce.
The aesthetic movement contributed
largely to the culture Of the suniiower.
We were informed by o scotsman re-
Gently that the sale Of sunfOwer seeds
for ordinary garden purposes has
greatly increased both in this country
and in England during the past few
years.
The common tall sunfower (Helian.
thus annuus) is said to have derived its
liant of sunflower from its resemblance
to the radiant beams Of the SUM-, and
not, as is popularity supposed and eel
ebrated by poets, from its flowers turn
ing to face the sun-a delusion fostered
by Darwin, Moore and Thomson, the
latter of whom tells us that, unlike
most of the fowery race
"The lofty followers of the sun.
Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow
Dropping ali night and. when he warm re-
l., turns,
Points her enamor'd bosom to its ray"
In his book on plant lore, etc., Mr..
Folkard informs us that ''the helianthus
has also been falsely identified with the
sunflower of classical story-the flower
into which poor Clytie was transformed
when, broken-hearted at the desertion
of her lover, Phebus, she became
rooted to the ground, and became, &C.
cording to Ovid, metamorphosed into
a flower resembling a violet. Held
firmly by the root, she still turns to the
sun she loves and changed herself; she
keeps her love unchanged Now tho
helianthus, or modern sunilower, could
not have been the blossom mentioned
by Ovid, inasmuch as it is not q Euro
pean plant, and was not known in his
day. In its native country of Peru the
h~elianthus is said to have been much
r%everenced on account of the resem-
blancc borne by its radiant blossoms to
the sun, which luminary was wor-
shipped by the Peruvians. In their
temple of the SUI the officiating priest
esses were crowned with sunhowers Of
pure gold, and they wore them in their
bosoms and carried them in their
hands. The early Spanish invaders of
Peru found in these temples of the sun
numerous representations of the sum
flower in virgin gold, the workman
ship of which was so exquisite that it
far outvalued the precious metal Of
which they were formed"
The sunflower is turned to many
economic uses. 1t furnishes the finest
honey and wax. When the seed is
crushed as linseed is, it will produce
the finest oils in larger quantities in
proportion to any other seed for the
table as well as the painter, particularly
in mixing green and blue paints. The
cake is superior to linseed for fattening
cattle; the oil makes the finest soap,
very softening to the hands and face,
superior to any other for shaving.
Sheep, pigs, pigeons, rabbits, poultry
OF all sorts, ETC., will fatten rapidly
upon it. and prefer its seed to any
other, pheasants in particular, causing
them to have a much more glossy
plumagc and become plumpcr in body.
When shelled the seed makes, when
ground, the finest flour for bread, par
ticularly tea-cakes. -Harper's Rtskly.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06

Canada is rapidly becoming a net
work Of telephone lines. A book has
been issued giving the names of seven
teen cities and one hundred and fifty
towns and villages connected by tele-
phone. These places range from Wind.
sor on the west to the eastern counties
beyond Montreal. The charges for
speaking range from twenty-five to
fifty cents. An answer, If sent the
same day. is free Of charge Detroit
Free Pres,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06
Nossuth's Easy Circumstances.

In contradiction to reports that the
Hungarian patriot Kossuth was desti-
tute of means to provide the neccssaries
of life, a correspondent Of the Rappel
furnishes an interesting account of his
present circumstances. K0ssuth's
numerous friends will be pleased to
learn that his political lectures dcliv.
cred in England many wears ago were
sufficiently profitable to provide a fair
income. Subsequently, however, his
capital was somewhat diminished by
the failure of a bank, and Kossuth con-
sequcntly published a volume Of me-
moirs, of which the profits were con.
siderable. He lives now in Italy with
one of his two sons, both Of whom are
in good position as engineers. They
received their education and profess
sional training in Franco and England,
and distinguished themselves ia the
construction Of the Mont Gents tunnel,
"A sudden sneeze cost John Grady
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-06

A sudden sneezo cost John Grady
tlic end of his nose the other night
wiilla q Brooklyn IN, ~ barber wss
shaying him