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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEDGE NO. f96l-LADY'S HUNTING Cash
lax. gold watch. stem winder and setter. full
leweled Springfield. ILL.,. movement, expansion
balance and patent safety pinion, frosted and en-
graved cases: almost new and reliable timepece
first cost S67, price $42
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

D LEDGE NO. 9S7-DTAN5ND STUD, WHITE
i and absolutely perfect. neat skeleton mount
Ing; first cost s65 price 49,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEDGE NO. 906-LADY'S RING. CONSISTING
i of one genuine diamond a ruby and sap
phire, plain hoop mounting first cost $50, price
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEDGE NO. sO6-LADY's DIAMOND LACE
L Pin, nine stones, a shade off color, but al
most perfect, richly engraved mounting; first cost
$3.50. price S6l
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

i Pin. thirteen stones, all perfect and white,
fine knife edge mounting; first cost $780, price
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEDGE NO l654-LADY'S. HUETING-CASl
L 14-k gold watch, stem-winder and setter
full-jeweled Elgn movement, cut expansion bal
ance and patent safety Mon, deliberately en-
graved and hammered god cases. comparatively
new, shows no sign of wear and a splendid time,
piece; first cost S55. price $50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEOGE NO. l145-HUNTING CASE lar
i gold watch, stem nder and setter, 4-pla1
Elgin movement full jeweled. cut expansion bal
ance and patent safety Mon; handsome ham
mered gold cases. almost new; first cost 800, pric
x55
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEDGE NO. sI2-LADY's DIAMOND LACE
Pin. one stone. not very large but white and
perfect, gold and platinum mounting; first cost
SIS, price $3.50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEDGE NO. l56S-LADY'S HUNTING CAST
i gold watch, stem winder and setter A-plate
Springfield ILL.,, movement, full ieweled. expap
sion balance and patent pnion. full engrave,
she'll cases. in excellent condition, as good q
new: first cost $50, price $780,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

DLEDGE NO l575-LADY'S HUNTING CAST
L l4-k. gold watch, stem winder and settle,
Elgin jeweled movement, cut expansion balanc
and patent safety pinion, top and bottom richt
engraved cases, only used three months, but doe
not show, and would be taken for new; first COS
sos, price $40.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

pLEDGE NO. 1944-LADY'S HUNTING CAST
L lax gold watch, stem wnder and setter, full
jeweled Elgin movement, cut expansion balance
and patent pinion, engine turned cases; has beer
used about three months; a frst-class timepiece
first cost $55, price S3l.50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19

L AK. gold watch. stem-winder and setter,
q plate Springfield, H., fu l-jeweled movement:
expansion balance and patent pinion, rich top and
bottom engraved cases; almost new and good
tlmepiece; first cost S55, price 1913.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
The Result of a New Discovery.

Science has discovered a new method
of detecting living organisms in water by
developing them under what is called
the gelatine process. The results of this
test, as shown in Sir Francis Bottoms
late report on the London water, are de-
ttdedly interesting. For every cubic
centimeter Of water the New river and
West Middlesex companies supply their
customers with q couple of "organisms;"
the Kent company gives 18; the South
wark, q; Lambeth, 26; Chelsea, 81;
Grand Junction, 40; East London, 50.
Considering how many of these COM
panies derive their supply from the same
source, 1 should like to hear their ex-
PLANTATION of the extraordinary disparity
in the figures.-Cor. London Truth,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

Gilbert and Sullivan in their burlesque
of the "Mikado' have got theatre goers
and amusement lovers to laugh at the
oddities Of japanese customs and man
ners, but Japan itself is making progress
in fields which promise to put it in ad-
vance of the most civilized nations. 1t
has settled by law rLa vexed question of
free popular education. Hereafter all
children between the ages Of 6 and IA are
to be compelled to attend school from
three to six hours a day for thirty-two
weeks in the year, and all expenses, in
Guiding the use of school books, are to be
paid out of the public treasury. This in
a few years will place Japan in the front
rank with Germany in the universally
of a free common education, while it
will be far in advance Of the United
States and England
In the latter country such Of the poor
as can contribute to the support of the
schools, are forced to do SO, while in the
United States education is not compul-
sorry, and hence, some 16 per cent. Of our
population is illiterate. Then there is
Brazil which has taken another step for
ward in Fastening the day when slavery
is to disappear from that great South
American empire, Enforced slavery is
rapidly disappearing from all parts OF
the earth's surface. The number OF
slaves in Cuba is steadily diminishing;
the day is certainly coming when over
the whole earth it may be said that the
sun does not rise upon a master or set
upon a slave .-Demorest's Magazine.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

The recent cold weather has dem
onstrated the value of this section Of
the country for stock raising. In the
West and Southwest an immense num-
Der of cattle, sheep and horses have
persisted from cold and want Of food
and water. In the counties and par
ishes adjacent to Vicksburg all stock
that received even ordinary attention
is in good fix. Persons engaged in the
business and prepared for 1t have suffer
ed little or no loss, and when Spring
opens their stock will belmore valua-
bic than ever.
We trust that those growing poorer
every year, will be induced to try the
stock business. They certainly a do
no worse than to raise cotton.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Judge Kelley and the Comedian.

Congressman William d. Kelley and
Stuart Robson were recently introduced
to each other in Philadelphia. $50 you're
the father OF the house, are your re-
marked the actor aGAliringly as they
seated themselves at a table. II am very
glad to meet you, indeed. I was in the
Thirty-frst congress myself" "You
were in the Thirty-frst congress?" ex-
claimed Judge Kelley, as he regarded the
actor with q look of blended wonder and.
incredulity; and then continued: "Why,
1 am old enough to be your father, and
my service only began with the Thirty
seventh congress" Eyes, but you see you
began as a member" replied the come
dian, "while l was but a page. However,
that shan't stand between US. Once
more l iterate I I'm very glad to meet
you."-ChicagO Tribune,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Rigid Court Etiquette in Vienna.

Apropos of the retirement of the Aus
trian minister of public instruction,
Baron Conrad, a Vienna paper relates the
following episode, which shows how rig
idly court etiquette is observed in
Vienna; One evening, at a so-called "aris-
tocratic picnic" at the Hotel Imperial,
one of his daughters, who was dancing
with the Archduke Ludwig Victor,
pinned one of the cotillion orders on her
partners coat. Such a thing is strictly
forbidden by etiquette, and the duke
promptly tore off the order and threw it
on the floor.
The young baroness being ignorant of
this rule, went to her mother, weeping,
and left the hall; and next day Baron
Conrad had an audience with the en-
peror, begging to retire to private life on
account OF the insult to his family. But
the emperor smiled, and told him he
would make it all right" and the follow
ing day Ludwig Victor called on Baron
ess Conrad and apologized for his appar-
ent rudeness in the most chivalrous man
ner.-Exchange.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
To Re Warm and wen in winter,

"If you want to keep warm" said an
old physician, "you must get lots to eat.
There wouldn't be half the sickness there
isin the winter time if the people would
cat more good substantial food"
"What sort, for instance?" asked a re-
porter, who was listening.
"Why, plenty of meat, that's the ar
ticle that keeps your blood warm and
rich, and your flesh vessels fat. A man
who starts out these cold mornings with
a good big breakfast concealed about his
person is not going to suffer from the
weather. Yes, indeed, the colder it is;
the more you want to eat. You can't
eat enough to hurt you, in the winter
time; the more you eat the warmer, and
the happier you feel."-Cincinnati Times
Star.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
rELEpHoNEs EoR CHURCH PEW8.
Why h Deaf Can Not Hear by Telephone
interfering Sounds.

Why the Deaf Can Not Hear by Telephone
interfering Sounds.
aone of our correspondents wants to
know why in churches the deaf can not
be made to hear by putting telephones IN
their pewsyp said a reporter to the super
intendent Of the Metropolitan Telephone
company.
aDeaf people can't hear by telephone
n better than in ordinary converse
ton" was the reply. "Every one OF our
deaf subscribers gets a clerk or some one
to do his talking for him. Where people
have average powers Of hearing they can
t a sermon through telephone as wen
by going to church. This is a regular
practice with invalids, but a man VINO
couldn't hear the preacher while sitting
in the church couldn't do any better with
a tel phone. If he heard indistlnctly
with the unaided ear, there would be an
interference between the sound waves
that came through the air and those
that came through the telephone"
isn't it possible to magnify the sounds
in transmission
eyes, it can be done, and inventors
have been at work on that, but the
trouble in practice is that the interfering
sounds are magnifed also. There are
thirty companies stretching all sorts OF
wires over this city; electric lights, fire
alarms, messenger calls, telegraph lines
etc. The telephone wires are a sort OF
catchall for these. The telephone lines
also interfere one with another. If you
magnify the results Of all this, the voice
becomes an indistinguishable yell in the
midst Of an appalling roar Of miscellane
Gus sounds"
"But couldn't it be done with q private
wire from pulpit to pew"
ayes, something might be accomplished
in that way, but it would be necessary tt
use a double sounder, one for each ear
as our operators do. These are connected
together by spring that goes over tn
top of the head. That is apt to interior
with an elaborate h~ead-dress, and if you
correspondent is a woman, it woul'
prove a fatal objection New Yorl
Tribune.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..

What is known as the Reagan bill
has for its object, solely, the abridg-
ment Of the monopoly power Of rail
road corporations, and the regulation
Of freight tariffs. When the bill was
up before Congress at its last session
it was weighted down with amend.
ments which operated to defer its pas.
sage.
Representative Reagan expresses
himself as disguised with the attempt
made last session to bring in what be
terms the "negro feature" as that had
nothing to do with cheap freights
lie says the people want cheaper rates
Of transp o%rtation, and this is what
his bill aims to secure for them
Judge Reagan's bill is Endorsed BY
quite a number Of the leading COM
mercial exchanges and other business
organizations, and by the Legislature
of several of the States. Hepromises to
do his best to have the bill passed BY
the present House Of Representatives.
He is opposed to the commission plan
emphaticaily. A majority Of the
House, It Il said, favor the passage Of
the bin.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
BoyhooA ID Wagner, DC Comnoser.

Geyer, Wagner's stepfather, wanted to
make young Wagner a painter; but the
boy was very awkward at drawing. He
says: Il had learned to play 'Ueb INNER
Treu und Redlichkeit' and the Jungfern-
krans' (Freischutz), which was then
quite new. The day before his death
Sept. 80, 1921 I had to play these to
Geyer in an adjoining room, and I heard
him family saying to my mother, DO
you think he might have a gift for
musicY" At the age of "A Wagner
secretly began to write a grand tragedy.
1t was made up of "Hamlet" and Lear,
forty-two men died, ana some of them
had to return as ghosts to keep the fifth
act going.-NeW York Sun.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
A Panic in a CHICAGO Theatre,

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-A disastrous
panic was very narrowly averted at
the Chicago 0pera-house this after
noon. The house was packed with an
audience consisting mainly Of ladies'
present at the first public reception of
the Chicago Opera-house Conserva-
tory. Miss Anna Morgan had Just
commenced a recitation, when sudden
ly a cloud of smoke rolled out over the
footlights. The audience was terror.
stricken and made frantic efforts to
quit the building, but the aisles were
so crowded that few got far from their
seats. One or two ladies tainted and
they nearly all screamed. Miss Nor
gan calmly continued her recitation
until Manager Kaiser, Of the conserva-
tory, appeared on the stage and quieted
the crowd by saying that a small blaze
caused by an overturned lamp and a
piece of paper was quite extinguished.
Though the theatre was still filled with
smoke the audience remained and the
performance went on. The building
is well known to be thoroughly fire.
proof, and Manager Henderson, the
doorkeeper and ushers, by reminding
those near the enterance of that fact,
did much toward quieting the au-
dience.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
KIND AND HOPEFUL WORDS
FOR THE SOUTH.

The Philadelphia Times says: The
industrial growth of the South during
the last few years has been marvellous,
and there is every indication that it is
u thoroughly healthy and permanent
growth. : =
This industrial growth in the South
is no sudde en- or accidental affair. 1t is
only the beginning of the wonderful
advancement the South is about to
make in adding to her own and the
nations wealth. Her surplus OF a full
hundred millions this year will fit her
for more than doubling that surplus
next year, and the next decade will
witness the South closely pressing the
North in every channel available for
her industry. = =
We hazard little in saying that the
next decade will present a more pros
porous industry in the South than in
the North, Il + + =
The new wealth of the South will be
largely diffused throughout the North
and Southern prosperity will mean the
common prosperity Of the whole
country.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
An Art Tale of Two Cities.

A good illustration of the difference in
the characteristics of the average New
Yorker and the average Bostonian is
aptly expressed by an artist who recently
exhibited paintings in both cities. "A
New York lady" he says, "comes in to
look at a picture, looks it over carefully,
asks the price, and, if the picture pleases
her, pays the price set upon it and has it
sent to her home. A Boston lady steps
in, focuses her eyeglasses upon it, looks
upon it critically, asking the price mean
while, and giving various hints as to the
correctness Of the picture, and as she
rises to 60 makes the remark, ooh, I
think it is just beautiful l am going
home to paint one exactly like it, You
can imagine how the artist feels"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
IVY. ~

Green leaves, green flowers, green berries
gothic fret
OF woven green, from year to century,
On ground, wall, wayside' mountain
crag, old tree, d.
In town or wilderness, the living net
OF ivy richly clothes bare poverty,
dds tn the stateliest house a beauty yet.
Pathos to ruined arch and parapet,
With cottage, church-tower, tomb, can
well agree.
No luck misfts thee, Ivy, great or mean,
Mirthful or solemn; right for Plutos
bower,
Bacchus' Jolly garland. Now, serene!
You welcome winter, choose for time
to flower
The misty month when most things
couch and cover;
You wear Hopes color. Hail, Prince
Evergreen!
William Allingham.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

South America is more than double
the size Of the United States. The EN-
pire Of Brazil seems ON the map quite as
large as Australia. 1t twenty-four times
the size of England. The Argentine Re-
public is nearly as large as Europe, tax
ing Russia out. Bolivia and Venezuela
are each twice the size of England. New
Granada and Peru each are as large as
England and Scotland, Ecuador some
thing less, Paraguay equal to Great
Britain, Uruguay and Chill about the
same, and the little-known regions Of
Patagonia and Terra del Fuego at least
double the dimensions of Great Britain.
British, French, and Dutch Guiana are
nearly as large as Great Britsin.-New
York Sun.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22


THE VTCKSBURG POSTMASTER.
We clip the following Vicksburg
special from the New Orleans Picay une
of Thursday:
Capt. J. D. Tinney, who has been
Postmaster Of this city for the last
three years, and whose term expired on
the 18th of October last, received a
telegram to-day from Postmaster
General Villas, instructing him 10 turn
the office over to Mr.. VIM. Groome,
who was appointed by President Cleve-
land some weeks ago. Mr.. Groome's
bond was promptly filed at the time Of
his appointment. The commission was
issued and forwarded to Vicksburg aud
never received by Mr.. Groome. Adu-
plicate was issued some days ago and
forwarded in a registered package that
failed to turn up. The department
was informed Of the fact, and to-day
telegraphed MI. Groome as stated. He
will take charge on tomorrow, the 14th
inst. Mr.. John V. r. Cramer will be
the chief clerk or Deputy Postmaster.
The information is correct, except
that at Capt. Tinney's request, Mr..
Groome deferred taking possession
until Monday. Capt. Tfnney made the
request for time to close the weeks
business and balance his accounts
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Private Detectives Used in Politics.

zone more thing and I'll finish this
yarn" said the ex-detective. II doubt if
any one outside of professional wire
pulling politicians knows to what an ey"
tent private detectives are used in poll
tics. And they must be expert men, toe,
for every effort is used to throw them of
the scent and once they are spotted they
cease to be useful and must be replaced.
Politicians of importance are shadowed
by the other side and it is astonishing
what shrcw guesses are made as to their
plans simply from a knowledge Of the
places they have visited, the people they
have received and the consultations
they've held. Many a would-be candi-
date has to withdraw from a contest by
reason of facts about him learned
through shadows, and this is true of men
in high places as well as low ones"--New
York World.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THERE is talk of hanging in etligy
young Grosvenor, of Memphis, who
50 cruelty Tilted a young lady Of Louis
vile, KY, on the eve Of his marriage
with her and married Miss Hill, a
wealthy Memphis belle. Guess he'd
rather be hanged in that way than "in
propria PERSONA" though there is nc
doubt that he richly merits the latter
course of treatment.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Kinr n1llan,s Coat OF Nall.

When Servia first began to fermenC
dark rumors were heard that King Milan
was constantly in dread of assassination,
and that he had taken to wearing a coat
ofmail next his royal skin. Whether
the king fears assassination or not IL
seems to be perfectly true that he wears
armor, for some interesting particulars
thereto regarding have been obtained
from the Vienna firm which manufaet-
ured it. The coat of mail is hardly what
a Norman warrior would have under
stood by the phrase, Next the body 1t IS
of the softest silk. Over this is a thick,
lightly compressed layer of elder down.
upon which again is a layer of wadding;
the outer surface is of the toughest leath-
er. This armor reaches from the neck to
the knees, and covers the arms as far as
the elbows. The cost of King Mllan,s
dagger and bullet proof case was &9O,
which seems to be remarkably cheap IL
is no doubt very comfortable wear IN
winter, but it would be an announcement
attire for a summer campaign
Galignani's Messenger.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
A Coincidence at the inaugural,

Speaking of John Sherman's position as
ex-ofiicio vice president, it a curious CO.
incidence that at the last Inauguration he
was the second to take President Cleve-
lands hand. President Arthur shook it
first, just as he turned about and after
finishing his inaugural, and the next man
to step up wa Sherman, of Ohio. Had
there been a vice president, he would
naturally have come behind Arthur. But
there was none, and senator Sherman
happened to be the man to take his
place.-"Carpn in Cleveland Lender
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Opinion of a Cigar Expert.

Robinson-You are a good judge Of a
cigar, aren't you, Dumley?
Dumley-What don't know about o
cigar amt worth knowing.
Robinson-Try this and tell me what
you think of it. 1 bought a few of them
for genuine Cab Barge lie AYES.
Dumley (smoking) - Delicious puff,
Robinson. Delightful puff flavor.
R~obinson-Cab Bage lie AYES, Spanish
for cabbage leaves. They cost four for
10 cents,-New York Sun.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
A Remark oble Blind Journalist.

William Il. Cramer, editor of the Mil.
waukee, Wis, is one of the most remark
able journalists of the northwest. He
has been deaf since boyhood and is
totally blind, yet he is one of the hardest
workers and most thoroughly posted
men in the profession. He has been in
harness nearly fifty years, and his Office
hours are as regular as when he was
young, He knows the city thoroughly,
and Ear without difficulty go alone TO
any point or house he may desire to visit.
Exchange.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Now Source of Lead poisoninr.

The latest danger to sewing women is
reported by DIR. Arthur V. Meigs, who
tells Of a case Of marked lead poisoning
in a tailor, which he attributes to the use
of sewing silk treated with sugar of lead
to give it weight, and especially to the
habit of biting off such thread. 1t is
probable that many sewing women suffer
from the results of this habit, although
the poisoning is not often produced in
such intensity as to lead them to consult
a physician chicago Herald.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE gold bugs of the East, are hope
full of defeating silver coinage because
they think the Committee on coin
age is constituted fayorably for them.
1t will make little difference what the
Committee may do, the House is still
strongly against the suspension Of
coinage.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

CHAIRMAN BLAND, of the Coinage
Committee, says: "There is only one
thing to do with silver: Either cease
coming it altogether and declare it a
base metal, or give it unlimited coin
age like gold"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

ATTEMPTS to keep up appearances
account for the disappearance of many
bank presidents, cashiers and confiden-
tial clerks, and the increase of the
American penal colony in Canada.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

AS Soon as our citizens fully realize
and appreciate their present municipal
government, we win have something
more to say of it.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

POPULAR airs for brass bands Sere.
nading Western and Southern Con-
gressmen, are "SilYer Threads Among
the Gold" and "Roll on Silver Moon"