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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
PARIS EN-.
How and In What Proportion 1t Should
BE Applied to Trees.

How and In What Proportion It Should
be Applied to Trees.
A correspondent asks what proper
ton of Paris green and water to use in
applying for insects. That depends
upon the quality of the Paris green.
Some of the Paris green that is sold is
disappointing in its results because it
is not up to standard. II it is full
strength Paris green use an even table,
spoonful to two gallons Of water. 1t
must be remembered that this makes a
mixture and not a solution. Hence it
must be kept well st Tired. II may be
applied with a common sprinkler or
fountain pump il it is to be used on
trees. 1t is sometimes applied mixed
with flour, but the better plan is to
use the liquid, for it is more handy. OF
course it is hardly necessary to say to
anybody that care should be taken in
handling this poison, but in this care.
less world we will give the caution.
Used, as Paris green is generally used,
there is no danger coming from eating
the fruit or vegetable to which it is ap-
Piled. Prot. Forbes applied it exces-
sively in making certain experiments
to apple trees. From one Of the trees
last sprayed in September apples were
picked a week after the operation, en-
closed in a sack, and subjected to a
chemical analysis. II was found that
1t would take seventy-fve apples to
make a poisonous dose. It 10 concluded
that q week Of ordinary weather is suf-
ficient to make the eating Of fruit to
which Paris green has been applied
safe. But In such matters We advise
great esptiop,- Wesserw RuraA
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
MIXED RATIONS.
A Variety of Food Which Will Increase
the Laying Capacity of Hens.

A Variety of Food Which Will Increase
the Laying Capacity of Hens.
Some animals are naturally limited
to one or a few kinds of food. Cattle
do well enough month after month on
grass, and a tiger will thrive with
nothing but lean meat. But in the
case of the human, no matter how fond
Of a particular dish, he loses relish for
it when allowed nothing else for a
number of meals, and tho craving for
variety gives evidence of necessities of
the system, which are constantly va
ried with the changing circumstances
of health, employment and other %
ditions. The fondness for variety
shown by fowls is equally significant
of real need. Fish, flesh, herbs and
grain are devoured by them with equal
relish, for though they commonly
pounce upon insects with greater avid
ity than upon grain, this is because it
affords a rarity. and a flock kept for
awhile on animal food will show the
same greed for corn. Judicious vari-
ety-vegetable, grain, meats at all
seasons necessary to best results for
young and old fowls. They will not
starye on corn and water, nor will
they pay the best profit so kept. The
benefit derived from eating charcoal
is acknowledged, but pounded it is not
cnticing to them. Corn burnt on the
cob, and the refuse, consisting almost
entirely of the grains, reduced to char
coal and still retaining their perfect
shape, is greedily taken, with marked
improvement in health, and is shown
by brighter combs and increased aver
age of ggs.-W Thomas D. Bard, in ~
Y. Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
A WRITER'S
Plain Language and Composition Es
sentially Necessary to Success.

Plain Language and Composition Els
sentially Necessary to Success.
A writer's chance Of being widely
read depends greatly on his style, and
it seems to rs a piece of literary atfecta-
ton for any author to write in ford
Dr. obscure language, No man who
writes for posterity can afford to me-
glect the art of composition. DR..
Johnson's verbosity was a standing
joke among many of his contempora-
rics. Of him Macaulay said that he
wrote in a style in which no one ever
made love, quarreled, drove bargains
or even thought. When he wrote to his
friends he wrote good English, but
when he wrote for publication he "did
his sentences into Johnsonese.' He
has had his reward says a writer.
His Rambler lies unread on our book
shelves; his tall, as recorded by Bos-
well, will be perused by thousands of
delighted students. ''Carlylc's extra
ordinary style undoubtedly initiates
against his being more extensively
read. The feelings of the ordinary
reader after having read "Sartor Re-
~sartus" are similar to those expert.
enced by Jerrold OH a memorable oc.
casion. "On the author of Mrs.
Caudle's Curtain Lectures recovering
from a severe illness Browning's
'Sordello' was put into his hands. Line
after line, page afterpage, he read; but
no consecutive idea could be get from
the mystic production. Mrs. Jerrold
was out, and he had no one to whom
to appeal. The thought struck him that
he had lost his reason during his ILL.,
ness, and that he was SO imbecile that
ne did not know it. A pe%rspiration
burst from his brow, and he sat silent
and thoughtful. As soon as his wife
returned he thrust the mysterious vol
lme into her hands, crying out: "Read
his, my dear. After several attempts
@ make any sense out of the first page
so she gave back the book, saying:
Bother the gibberish! I don't under
stand a word Of it, Thank Heaven!
cried Jerrold, then | am not an
diot' .'-M The Year Round.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
LAYING A GHOST.
The Mischief Wrought by the Settling OF
tho COal-Bin.

Nv ~ h"c sSkihAu6 ~
The Coal-Bin.
In a Lewiston (Me.) house, the well.
known head of which not long age
died, such strange rumblings have
been heard that the story has gained
currency that the ghost of the dead
was walking the familiar hallo at mid,
night, Suddenly the stories were con-
tradicted. and it was said that the ex
PLANTATION had been found. We never
heard it until the other day, when some
one asked: Ibid you eve hear how
they laid that ghost in Blanks house
on Blank street, in this cityP'
1--WE never did, was the reply.
1.-The noises were actually horrible,
l know they were, because | was well
acquainted with one of the inmates OF
the house, and more than that. to
prove that there was no imagination
in the case, l passed'an evening there.
There is no question about the noises.
Under the influence of the stories
abroad, they made me rather squeam-
ish. At about eleven o'clock there was
a rumble that shook the house. 1t
was disagreeable, darned if it wasn't.
1t made your back grow cold, but |
didn't put any faith in the ghost
theory. One of the inmates of the
house was the hired girl, who was
superstitious. She was heard scream
ing violently in the middle of the
night. They went to her bedside, and
the blood was actually flowing from
her mouth so great had been her fear
of something. She was literally just
about frightened to death. Noises con
tinued at times day and night; a low,
distant rumbling was heard chiefly.
Probably all other sounds were magni-
fed. but the rumbling was the chief
disturbance. Then the story got
abroad that the dead mans ghost was
haunting his place of business, and had
been seen by a Waterman in the night.
Things got very bad in the house. 1t
was lucky it was finally settled. Now,
what do you suppose it was? I'll tell
YOU. They found a settling going on
in a coal bin. The coal would in a
strange sort of way roll down from the
pile. 1t made a loud noise in the eel
lar. They fixed the coal bin so the
coal couldn't rattle, and the ghost no
more walks the halls at night. 1t was
a case where two or three boards did
the business. '-Lewiston (Mc.) Jour.
nal.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
OLD AGE,
How Best to Check Its March Toward
Final Decay.

Final Decay.
When old age has really commenced,
its march toward final decay is best de.
layed by attention to those rules OF
conservation by which life is sustained
with the least friction and the least
waste.
The prime rules for this purpose are
10 subsist on light but nutritious
diet, with milk as the standard food,
but varied according to S
TO take food, in moderate quantity,
four times in the day, including a light
meal before going to bed.
10 clothe warmly but lightly. so tina,
the body may, in all seasons, maintain
its equal temperature.
To keep the body in fair exercise,
and the mind active and cheerful.
To maintain an interest in what Il
gong on in the world, and to take part
in reasonable labors and pleasures, as
though old age were not present
To take plenty of sleep during sleep.
ing hours. To spend nine hours iu
bed at the least, and TO take care dur.
ing cold weather that the temperature
OF the bedroom is maintained at sixty
degrees Fahrenheit.
To avoid passion, excitement, lux,
ury. -ScienstGc american.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
FACTS FOR

-Succulent food is the natural kind.
The greater the amount of succulency
the easier is digestion and the greater
the milk iow.-Troy Times.
The problem Of successful farming
consists in making the soil increasingly
fertile. Profit m of high fertility
and excellent tillage.-N Y. Telegram.
Too many fowls have to depend
upon the contents of the washtub for
drinking water. The dirty soap-suds
will be sure to cause disease. Give the
hens pure water. -Erchange.
"A horse can travel safer and bet
ter with his head hanging down or
free than it can when it is checked up.
By all means let your horse have its
head.-Montreat Witness.
is there any reason why a sheep
can not be made to work a light dog
power for running the churn? Here
is a good chance to make capital out
Of the surplus energy of the old am
Indianapolis Sentinel.
"A feverish thirst that can not be
quenched by water may be allayed
thus: Throw a slice of bread upon
burning Goals. and when it is aflame
throw it into a tumbler of water. This
remedy has been tested and proved ex-
cellent.- Chicago Herald.
"A standing antidote for poison by
poison-oak, ivy, etc, is to take a hand
full of quicklime, dissolve in water, let
it stand half an hour, then paint the
parts with it. Three or four applica-
tons, it is said, will cure the most ag-
gravated cases ~. Y. Herald.
Josiah Hooper, in New York Trib-
une, says: unfortunately the nicely
laid plans for changing the bearing
year will not always work. Expert
ments have proved that so 500 as the
apple tree receivers from this unnatural
departure from its course, it will re-
turn to its normal condition, and moth
ing will induce it to continue in bear
ing during off years"
Geese can be fattened cheaply, as
they will eagerly a variety of
food, bat to get them very fat they
should have grain. A goose should
not be too fat, as such are objectiona-
BILE, but they should be fat enough to
present an excellent market appear
ance. Young geese can not be fed
too literally. They will not become
extremely fat until matured. -Prairie
Farmer.
Agriculture, like all other Of the
arts and sciences, has seen wonderful
advances within the last century in the
line of tools. Improved machines and
mechanical devices of many kindshave
greatly reduced the farmers manual
labor and made an immense increase
in the power of producing with a given
amount of labor. The moving ma
chine has almost supplanted the scythe,
and the fail is fast becoming an inter-
esting relic. -B0stOn Budqet,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
~, TOO, KNOW A MAIDEN"

know a maiden fair to see,
Take care!
She can both false and friendly be
Beware! Beware!
She is fooling thee!'
J. too, know q maiden fair to see,
Sweet and gracious as maiden should be.
Purity and truth beam forth from her eyes,
Her heart is the home of the virtues we prize.
Her mind is a storehouse of sensible lore,
Old.fashioned. 1t may be, and something
more.
Such beautiful hands! they say it who know.
tbs precious home duties that make them so,
Like q good little fairy, she is busy all day,
At the wet OF content in her sweet, quiet
way.
Each thread Of the warp is . plain, homely
duty,
While silver-thread kindnesses add to its
beauty.
She Is not a coquette, her faithful heart
Would scorn to act such q frivolous part.
She willlove some day. she is but human,
This sweetest, most lovable little woman.
Aking among men, her chosen will be,
The noblest knight Of this century.
30 if you are he, do not be afraid.
To step forth and claim her, your dear little
maid.
Jennie Wayns, in Womaa's Magazine.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12

day she nailed b the branch a sou.,I
box. lined with flannel. with a vs-s
small round bole by way Of a doo,
When the wrens came to go to bad
they examined the box. and soon
seemed to understand all about it. fo7
they crowded In eagerly, jostling e.ch
other in their hurry to get into the fin.
new bedroom. The next night thsre
were more of them, and more and
more, till at last more than fortv
wrens would crowd into the box, which
did not seem big enough to hold mora
than half that number. Just think
Forty Kings and Queens, all In ons
palace! What a proud lady she must
have been!-Laura &. Richards, ID
Our Little Ones.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12

of an immense number OF agricultural
laborers-aa employment which in no
way interferes with their domestic
duties - the glowing brings a large
amount of comfort into the hands of the
peasantry Of the West, and alleviates a
lot which would under other cir
cumstances be hard and hopeless in
the extreme Chambers Journal.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.


In Dimple- land, in Dimple-land,
The grass is always greenl
There May and May 20 hand In hand.
With not q storm between.
It's all jonquils,
And daffodils.
And dandelions gay;
And trees that dress in pink and white,
And birds that sing oil day.
The lucky folk in Dimple-iand
Do naught from sun to sun,
Yet every thing that's fine and grand
Grows there for every one.
With little smiles,
And cunning wiles,
They buy whate'er they miss;
And naught is there TOO great or dear
To purchase with a kisA
Such fun they have in Dimpie-landl
1t is the drollest placei
Somebody shouts, or waves . hand,
Or makes q funny face;
Then all the folk
Join in the Joke,
And jump, and sing, land laugh,
So many merry games they knov,
! can not tell you half.
And when at last they just begin
To tire Of 10 much play,
The Queen of D~impleland comes In.
And takes them all away;
And shuts their eyes
With luliabies.
l think that you'll agree,
No other country ever had
So sweet a Queen as she.
Carrie ". Bronson, IN N. ?. Independent
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12
A Vulgar Brute.

A~dolphus-I say, Weginald, l saw
you talking to that dweadfai cad De
Smithe yesterday. Don't do it again,
chappie; the fellah is q low chap. ye
know.
Reginald-Bless me, l thought the
fellah was = decent soht, ye know.
Adolphus-Oh, desh no! Why, / saw
him down the stweet the othaw day
Carrying : intellectually . bundle.
Reginald Tho vulgah bwute!-
Rambler.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12

General Law Wallace says tbst
during ths your years be wa st Con-
stantinopls be saw the American nag
Ia port only twice, once Of . man-of-
war snd once On james Gegdop psa'
ustt's yacht
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12

An audience In Sayles Memorial
Hall at Brown University. the other
evening, found themselves 70 securely
locked in BY students thst half An hour
was spent IN efforts to break the chains
and got out.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03
An Open Letter to the Editors Of the
Kingsbnry County News.

DE SMET, Oak, June %, 1855.
Messrs. IIopp & Macdonald. Slrs: In
your issue of June %, 1885, in reference
to the arrest of VIM. Nixon, G. s. Wal
rath, and Patrick Hunt, who were in
dicted by the grand jury for grand
larceny, you allow your sympathies for
the accused or their friends to get the
better OF your judgment and to lead
you to give a false coloring to what you
state as facts, and to state an out and
out falsehood in the form Of an opinion
as to the prosecution being the sequel
TO All old row."
While all men of note do most heart
lily deRounce and detest that mental
and moral looseness that results from
accepting and entertaining opinions
from sympathy, choice, interest, or
prejudice. rather than from an investi-
cation OF facts, vet it is generally con-
ceded that men have legal II not q
moral right " bold such private cpin-
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03

The State railroad commissioners
have issued an order requiring all roads
in Minnesota to reduce their maximum
local rate for passengers to cents per
mile-the present rate being cents.
This action of the commissioners is
simply forms! notice to the COM
panies. All the railroads have accepted
the conditions and given notice that
the Scent rate would be ncde. The
order to this effect was made sOmo tile
ago, tickets at the new reduced rate to
be sold on and after June 8. There is
no disposition on the part Of the rail-
roads to evade compliance with the
commissioners rulings Winona Re-
publican.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03

THE bankers Vf Dakota held con-
vention at Huron last week, which was
well attended and interesting. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, r. c. Ander-
son, of st. Lawrence; vice president, L.
Judd, of Canton; secretary, Z. Steere.
of Pierre; treasurer, NJ. Ii. Beebe, OF
Ipswich; executive council, DR.. Diggs,
of Milbank; III. NJ. Mel 'onald, of
Pierre; l.. Il. Groves, of Huron; +. B.
Cannon, Of Glendale; Frank Drew, Of
IIighnore; J.. A. Trow, of Madison; F.
W. Rogers, of Ashton; G.. ". Fifleld, of
Lake Preston; f. r. Reiff, Of Marion.
A motion prevailed for the president to
appoint vice presidents for each county
and forward their names to the secre-
tary. The next meeting will be held
at Watertown.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03

ions as best suits the cast Of their
minds; but when men assume the role
of teachers and invade private and
public rights by uttering and publish
ing either with or without design, care
lessly formed or foundationless opin-
ions, which ii true brands the subject
Of such opinions as kDave or a GRIM
inal, the law as well as public senti-
ment steps in and prevents or redresses
the wrong.
When you go so far as to publish and
circulate such base opinion, founded
upon nothing better than prejudice OF
floating rumors Of irresponsible or in
terested and designing parties, you GER
tainly commit an offense that no
thoughtful person, with decent re-
gard for truth and justice as applied to
individuals or the public would wit
tingly be guilty Of.
Furthermore, your opinion as ex-
pressed not only imputes criminal mo-
tlves and action to me as an individual
and an officer, but also brands the
grand jury as par!iceps criminis, or at
least as set of dupes who, having
heard the sworn testimony of two dis
interested witnesses. were less capable
Of forming an opinion than yourselves,
who have heard no legal evidence what
ever, and yet, from motives best known
to yourselves, seek to prejudice the
public mind against the writer and the
findings of the grand jurors, and in
favor Of those accused of crime.
For the reason that will not stoop
to forestall the public mind with facts
that can be easily proven, I decline the
opportunity, and will only say that
what I suppose you mean by ian old
row" relates to the assault and battery
made by Nixon upon the writer last
fall, TO which the said Nixon plead
guilty, and while he acknowledged it to
be an unprovoked and malicious attack
on his part the records show that upon
my intercession the fine was made as
light as possible, and l see no reason
why this should be regarded either as
an indulgence for the perpetration OF
other and Infamous crimes which fol-
lowed later. or as an estoppel to the
prosecution of subsequent crimes COM
mitted by the same party either with OF
without accomplices.
In conclusion let me say that the man
who sets in motion the machinery Of a
criminal prosecution where there has
been no crime committed, tor purposes
of spite and revenge, is dangerous
person, devoid Of honesty and man
hood, and those who wantonly or mali.
ciously insinuate such thing of an
other, and especially the public prose
cutor. with no better foundation for
such insinuation than "street rumor''
or unsworn hearsay evidence, are but
little better in the first instance, and
equally bad in the latter.
III. LEwELLEN.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03

member of the Supreme Court, posi-
ton he held until his election to the
Senate, the first time Logan was de-
feated. He was made president of the
Senate, and for a time acted rs vice
president of the United States. After
retiring from the Senate he married a
North Carolina Lady, and has been liv-
ing quietly at his home in Bloomington
ever since. Mr. Davis is a millionaire.
His death will cause deep regret
throughout the country. He was type
of the statesman only too little known.
His honesty never was brought into
question:
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03
Engiish Hospitals Baiit by Charity.


In England hospitals are built and main
tanned in all her cities by pure charity, and
any body taken sick or meeting with an ac-
cident in the streets ean be admitted at
once and hcalsi by 6rstclass physicians
and surgeons entirely free Of charge, ami In
the case OF very poor people this Is great
blessing, for they arc attended to and nursed
In Kramer very much superior to what
they would meet with In their own homes
A certain sunday In every year Is cot
apart for special collection In all the
churches, chspels, etc, and certain Satur-
day In cvery year for collection In the
different factories, workshops, stores, Offices
and all othsr places where ulanuAl labor Is
employed. The money thus collected II ali
put into ono fund and then divided among
the different hospitals, in6rinartss, etc.
You will therefore SEQ that BY this system
ths workingman contributes his Quota
equally with his wealthisr brother, thereby
giving him feeling Of Independence In &C
oepting the bsnstts q the institutiSh, for
there are many workingrasn 70 whom ths
idea OF receiving charity In any fOrm ID en-
tsrsly repugnHnk Detroit Free Psvs& a
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03
IT is now demonstrated that Yank-

IT is now demonstrated that Yank-
tons new artesian well spouts water at
the surface Of the ground at the rate of
200 gallons per minute, or about
$4,000 barrels in every twenty-four
hours. Its pressure per square inch
should now be accurately determined
so we may be able TO give information
concerning its force as mechanical
power. 1t is important to know to
what extent Yankton's artesian force
can be relied upon for driving machin-
ery.-PrsS and Ddkotdion.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-03

IT is believed that only one Republi-
can in Huron-Senator Cain--has as
yet received any copy of Senator Ed
gerton's address from those who sent it
out i'm pamphlet form. We also notice
that quite number of Republican ex-
changes now begin to quote extracts
from it, which do not seem to have had
the means Of doing SO until they got
the speech in the Huronite. One party
excuses the matter on the ground that
the pamphlet edition was well nigh ex-
hausted in North DakOta.-Huronite.