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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-10-15

Ladies' Trimmed Hats and Bon
nets.
We have selected the best styles and shapes
the ladies a surprise by inspecting Our our
Trimmed Hat Department. Our line Of Chi
dTen's Hats, trimmed and untrimmed, is COM
plete, and you can find a Hat for every child
there.
Cloaks, Visites, and Walking
Jackets.
Our Limo of Cloaks for Ladies' and Children
Is complete, comprising all the styles manu-
featured in Berlin, Paris, and New York, and
our prices are positively the lowest In the city.
Tlushes and Velvets.
We can show you an assortment OF Pushes
and Nelyets both plain and fancy as well as
AsIachans, ut prices that will defy compete
ton.
Ribbons.
This Department is,Somplete in everything
and we are selling Ribbons at such prices that
1t is almost impossible to believe.
Fancy Wings and Birds.
ONE THOUSAND different styles are dis
played during our Opening Ia this Department,
and you can see Birds from all parts of the
globe, and at the lowest prices.
Infants Cloaks.
This Department is stocked with ClOaks for
Infants and children up 10 years old ali
styles and qualities We are selling an Infants
Walking Coat, embroidered collars and sleeves,
at S2,37; worth $3.50.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-10-15

$50 will buy you Kohinoor OF light in a SOL
itaire diamond over 1 carat IN size in stud or
ring II will also buy pair Of grand solitaire
earrings. Either arc worth more than $40.
eos for an 9 stone cresce=t lace pin that cost
formerly 500,
ss5 for a pair of carat diamond earrings.
Worth sl75.
$40 will be all you will have 10 pay for
pair OF ~ carat earrings. Cheap at s225.
,s135 is half the value OF % carat solitaire
diamond ring, perfect in every respect AMI
worth all Of sl25, yet we will se1l 1t for $685.
s135 is the price of the latest novelty In a
lace PIN handsome crescent Ia diamonds
having Cupid cut out Of genuine moonstone
sitting astride the cluster gold umbrella
diamond tipped, on the Cupid shoulder. See It.
m $40 up.
nobbIest patterns, IS and upwards.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
HE DIDN'T JUMP
How n Smart Detroit Business Nh Al
vertiScd His Groccry Store.

Sunday afternoon a man suddenly
appeared at q third-story window ia
an unfinished building on Grand KyCr
street and seemed 10 begin prepare
tons TO commi: suicide by leaplng 10
the pavement. \ crowd OF forty or
fifty people speedily gathered in a half
circle below. ami although all seemed
to be aware OF what was going on not
a voice WAS raised tn prevent the stran'
ger carrying ont his designs. He re-
moved his coat and looked down asi
estimating the distance. Then he re.
moved his vest and looked down again,
Some Of the crowd asked each other IN
low tones if his intention was to jainp,
and were answered that there was no
doubt of it. The man removed BIS
collar and tic after his vest. and then
spit on his hands and took his position
square in the window. No one below
moved q foot. There was half u min
ute of silence. during which every body
mentally calculated on the exact spot
he would strike, and something like
a shudder passed over the crowd. Then
the unknown spit on his hands once
more. raised them above his head, ana
calmly remarked:
MY friends, this is to inform you
That l shall occupy this building with q
large and well,selcctcd stock of staple
snd fancy groceries. / shall do Il
strictly cash business, and it will be my
aim to-
But the last one had turned the cor
ncr. Detroit Free Press.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

1t has been proven over and over
again that a little land well TILED is
more profitable than al extended area
Neglected and improperly cared for,
Boston Transcript.
Throughout the entire year tur.
KEYS are salablc in lesser quantities tor
he city hotels and restaurants chiefly,
and they average wcllthc year through.
Troy Times.
Keep all the suckers that start
from the roots Of trees removed. They
not only make the tree unsightly, but
will iniurc the growth. Remove them
early and oftan.-Albqay J0"rna'.
destroying 2 beetle is equal to
killing fifty grubs. When meadows
become infested, it is well 10 turn in
the hog, and let them root. They viii
destroy thousands OF Grubs.-M. /.
Telegram.
"A big weed near a tomato plant or
hill OF squash. or q big tu>sock OF crat
grass, will in a week take out of the
soil enough OF the plant food to make
4 peck of tomatoes or sluashcs. -
HcStern RUrai.
1t is the same with an animal :.
with a steam boiter-thc more complete
the combustion OF the food or fuel ii
gets. the more satisfactory will be the
result, because there is less waste
n, I. Farmer.
farming unqucstionabiy belongs
to the fine arts, and any person who
follows it with no enthusiasm and
with no desire to improve should quit
the business. 90 to town. and by .
long and painstaking coursc Of train
ins fit himself to carry a hod.-IHdi-
ana Farmer.
The facts regarding the wastes OF
farmers are indeed startling. The
products of the soil. in many parts,
are so abundant and low that they
seem hardly worth saving. But the
time is near. very near at hand, when
all these wastes will have to be stopped.
-SQn Francisco Chronicle.
Good judges claim that a hog OF
steer that will fatten we'll and increase
rapidly should be as nearly square in
front and behind as possible. While
the rule may not be a true index OF
quality, yet. in connection with other
indications, it may assist in arriving
at a knowledge of the value of the ami.
nal iudged.-N. ]. Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
WHOOPING-COUGH.
Favorable Results Obtained by the Use OF
AntiSeptic Medicines.

Whooping-cough is a highly con
tagious fever. affecting the entire sys-
TEN. but especially manifesting itself
in an inflammation of tho bronchial
tubes, and q spasmodic cough occur.
ring in frequent paroSysms. The
whoop is due to the rapid coughing.
This renders it impossible to draw in
the breath until the coughing ends.
when the breath enters strongly
through the CLOTHS, still partially con
tracted by the spasm.
1t rarely ends in less than six weeks.
generally its run is longer, sometime:
many months. As a rule the physi.
clan merely aims to palliatc the symp.
IONS. guard against complications
and abridge somewhat the attack.
Says Flint: ut mist be admitted that
there are no known means by which
the affection may be arrested
A writer in the Lancet thinks that
the prevalent treatment has been di.
rected too much to the symptoms, IN
stead of to the cause. Hence the med
icines prescribed have simply had an
anti-spasmodic and sedatiyo ctfect-re-
lieving the cough, but not reaching the
disease itself. During a severe cpl
demic Of wlioopihg-cough he noticed
ON several occasions a marked a~llcvia-
ton OF the symptoms. and then at 9TH
er times a marked a%ggrava,ion. This
led him to suspect some powerful at
mosphcric influences at work. On
consulting his charts he found that the
former condition correspondent to a
high per centagc Of ozone in the air.
and the latter to a ycry low per-
ccntagc.
Ozone being 4 natural antiseptio
preventive OF putrefaction), he nj
once commenced to treat his patient.
with antiscptic medicines, taken inter.
nally. The result was very favorable.
The method was confirmed by further
experience. proving satisfactory in al
most every case. Iouih's Companion.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

A popular remedy for gapes in chick
ems. in England. and one recorded to
be most successful. is by means OF
what is known as the powder cure. /,
10 not stated that gunpowdcr Is the
medicine. but the presumption is tina,
it is 50. This being the case. tho
powder must be finely pulyerizcd. TO
10 this safely it must be ground down
IN a copper mortar and with a copper
pesile TO prevent possible explosion.
This any druggist can do. The mode
Of operation i, To place some Of the
prepared powder in a bellows, and
when the chicks. young phcasants OF
other fowls, are in the coop. it is
blown therein. SO that the air become.
,hargcd with it. and the birds breathe
{. They begin to sDcczs and cough.
md in this way are able to get rid o.
The worms Ii is much less dangerous
han fumigation.-Farm, IicM ant
1seckmaa
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
Il OLDEST NAME.
how a Yankee Checkmated \ ChuckIing
Scot and q Smiling Englishman.

SCOT anu 70 smiling IhS'ts""'""'
..Curious, isn't it. that We should all
meet in this way, all three going to diff
'erent places and all three belonging to
different countries?'
1t was curious. undoubtedly. The
three hungry guests who Were doing
iull justice to the good cheer OF the
Black Lion were a Londoncr on his
summer holiday. a scotchman from the
mouth of the Clyde and an American
.ourist from New England, taking a
nasty run 20 Europe and back. They
had encountered one another in front
If the SING little wayside inn, at a
point where several roads met, and had
greed to dine together in honor Of the
coincidence.
The dinner lasted a good while. for
all three had walked far that morning.
But nothing can last for ever, except a
lawsuit or a serial which is paid by the
sheet, and at length our heroes showed
signs of having had enough.
Well" said the American, casting
> glance through the open window at
he wcstering sun. Il don't know how
sou feel, gentlemen. but il seems to me
hat it, just about time to be starting
again"
And before we 20" suggested the
Engl,shman, lets toss up for WIG
shall pay for the dinner"
".Awcel,' remarked the canny Scot,
I'm thinkin' the best way wsd be :ol
each man to pay his ain share
no; III tell you how Wen do it."
%interrosed the Yankee. I'VE haven't
told each other our names yet, sc
whichever Of Us has got the oldest
name shall 90 free, and the other two
shall halve the score between en-"
Done cried his two companions:
with one voice; and the Englishmar
thrusting his hand into his pocket, pro.
duccd. with q confident smile, a card
inscribed .Richard Eve
My names as old as humanity
itself, anyhow" said he.
''Ay; but before Eve there was
Adam, We KEN observed the gentle,
man from Clydesdale, with a dry
chuckle, as he displayed the name OF
adam McTaggart.' Can We beat,
that, freend?:" added he, turning tc
the New Highlander.
Seems to me l cam" replied the
unmoved Yankee. ''for my name is the
oldest in the world"
And so 1t was; for the card that he
threw upon the table-at which the
two others gazed with q stare Of blank
bewilderment that gradually broad
cned into a hearty laugh-bore the
name of MIR. B. Ginning."-Ddrid
Ker, IN Harpsr'S Magazine.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
EASY TO LEARN.
Tho Art " Ventriloquism to Be sc,,,.
Without Much Di6,cu,tv ~

without Much Difficulty.
Men will never cease to wonder n.y..
1entriloquism, though the acceunlsL
ment has often been explained, and; |
mastered without great difficulty. n
former times the people stood in s,s
Of the ventriloquists. Comte, q tauon,
French prestidigitateur, was exceedi,n
ly fond Of mystifying country pcoo1e
and once caused a pig, which a pea,.
ant woman was trying to sall. to tan.
The pig was accused of sorccrv, md
led by the ears before the jldce. terri.
flying the man who led him ny calm,
him IN idiot all the way.
At Tours, I0n.ta caused the pao,l,
to break in the front 81 closed sSan
from which cries ior help seemed IA
proceed. At Neyera he made adoBkc
accuse the peasant who rode him nj
cruelty, aud the peasant. believing The
donkey bewitched, leaped Of the api.
mails back and took to fight. At Fri.
bourr, Comte wa accused Of witch.
craft. and taken to 4 furnace by an ov.
cited crowd 70 he burned alive. But he
caused a dreadful voice TO issue from
the doors OF the furnaca Itself, and ,tf
frightened people ran away.
Although people nowadays are in no
fear of witchcraft, some c!evcr venrl
oquism is ~practiced. An Englishuat
counterfeits 50 skillfully the noise mad,
by doors cracking and windows rat
Ting in q draught, that people draw
up their collars and button their coat
TO a themselves from taking cold.
Most of our vcntriioquism, however i
done with puppets and manikirS
which n man apparently causes &
speak in different voices.
La Nature. a French scientific icr
nal, explains the art OF ventriloqusu
in a recent article. 1t IS based on 2
well-known acoustic phenomenon. The
difficulty which the a experiences IL
locating the precise point from which
a sound comes. w have only to leaG
the mind to suppose that Ssound come,
from a certain point to make it ssemtc
the ear to do SC. The chief difficult,
in the art is the keeping OF a perfectly
straight face. and speaking without
moving the muscles. The deception j.
assisted by the vcntriloquist's moyia.
his lips and face in 4 very apparel.
manner when he asks his questions ia
his own proper voice, and then restor
ing his face TO a perfectly motion,es,
state. or one in which the lips seem Il
move only in a slight smile.
Ventriloqulsts fill their lungs yer,
full of air, and expel it slowly an
gradually in speaking. Facility in in
itating various sounds is obtained b.
practice. Saint Giles, \ Partisan gro
Ger, who became celebrated as a ven
triloquist a century ago. and who's,
fame has come down to the presc1
time. mastered his art in eight days .
steady practice Youths Companies
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
PUMPKIN FOR STOCK.
Why the Seeds Should BE Removed II
the Best Results Are Desired.

Farmers, who have taken the Judi
cious ]precaution to raise them, will
make use of the pumpkin as a food for
heir stock. The sweet pumpkin is
chiefly raised in the West, save by an
occasional Eastern farmer. who dings
pertinaciouSly to the cgstoms he fol-
lowed in his New England home by
raising the yankee pumpkin in
stead. The former is doubtless the
most profitable, as the ~saccharine con-
stituent adds to its nutritive qualities.
1t is an excellent esculent both for the
table and as feed for stock. We have
known OF their being boiled and mixed
with potatoes, and fed TO fat.ening
hogs with profit. When this is done.
the potatoes should merely be covered
with water, the pumpkins cut into not
too large pieces. and the kettle cove,
must tit closely.
In very many instances. too littlC
caution is observed in reference to re.
moving the seeds before feeding the
irnit. Pumpkin seeds are an active
and powerful Gur tic, exciting the kid
neys TO action. and abnormally increas-
ng the discharge OF urine. This i,
eliminated from the blood, and VIXEN
the discharge is excessive under the
influence of diuretics. the blood is
robbed ofconSti;uent, which. ifallowcd
to remain, would be beneficial for in
creasing fat and flesh. aud in develop
ing the entire system. In feeding the
seeds OF pumpkins to stock. less profit
results than if they are removed. 1t
requires but little extra trouble TO re.
move them, for which the farmer will
be well repaii.-Dr. j. b. Hoag, III
PrariC Farmer.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
ABOUT UMBRELLAS.
Observations During a Visit to a
Brooklyn Factory.
The Woods Used in Their Manufacture
sift and Alpaca Manufacturing aud
stretching It-A Good Fifteen
Minutes Wors.

Minutes Wors.
There are several umbrella factories
in Brooklyn. Twas taken over Il OF
thc-e factories the other day. and was
0 made to See that there are many
more different things used in making
an umbrella than | had at first sup
posed, There are, first. the stick,
made Of wood: ribs, slrctchcrs and
springs OF steel. the runner. runner
notch. the feruic, cap. bands and tips
81 brass or nickel: then there are the
covering, the runner guard. which is
on silk or leather, the inside cap, the
"ftentimcs fancy handle. which may
n OF ivory, bone. horn, walrus tusk.
OF ever mother Of pearl or some kind
Of metal. and If you look sharply YOU
will frd a riyet put in deity here and
there.
For the sticks 4 great variet, OF wood
is used; although all the wood must be
hard, firm, tough and capable OF re-
ceiying both polish ard staining. The
cheaper sticks are sawed u OF plank,
chiefly Of maple and iron wood They
are then turned Chat IS, made
rouad>, polished and stained. The
natural sticks" rot very long ago,
were all imported from England, out
that has been changed, and we now
send England q part OF our own sup
ply, which consists principally of haw-
thorn and hucklcbcrry, from
New York and New jersey,
and Of OAK, ash, hickory and
Wild cherry. 70 look at these
sli2ks. often crooked and gnarlcd, with
4 Piece OF the root left on. one would
think they would make very shabby
stick, for umbrellas, but they are sent
to . factory, where they are steamed
and Strengthened. and then toa carver.
who Gut. the hnariel root end Into the
image Of q dog or horses head, or any
u the thousand and one designs which
may BE- seen. many Of which are cx.
ecclin-ly uo,y. OF the imported mat
ur,l'' sticks. the p~riucipaI are olive.
clar.. jgrza, ,Dakpwond niren,o.
cinnamon, PARTRIDGE and hamboo. par.
Iaa- !. +. 81. vol here ia ryn'ain tbo.
. ..natH~il stick i, one that has been
a voung tree. having rrovn 10 he Inst
lara enough for an umbrella stick
When f, j., pulled m. root and All, or
at l,a-, q mart Of the root, When Won
buy all umbrella tina. has the stick bent
into 8 deep curve a. the bottom for the
handle, yol MAJ feel quite sure that
il i, of partridge wood, which does not
gr"r large enough 10 furnish q knob
Tor " handle, but when steamed admits
oi brin@ bent
The runner. fcrulc. cap. band. etc.
form what is called umbrella furniture,
and Tor thcs. articles there is q special
mauufactory. Another factory still
cuts and groove, wire OF steel into the
ribs and ,tretcher.. Formerly ribs were
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
DECEPTION.

II took Jus: 4 day to discover
That all my precautions were nj"
llsVed hcr-ah. how | did love her
Aud. J must confess. love her sun.
As We walked where the moon 1t the wooIy
Whfe hack Of each Incoming waoc,
she seemed to rec.prDCate fully
The tcutCr affection ! gave.
We parttSi. Last week she was harriet;
The sctI!ng vas private ana "nies.'
~ leaving. the couple were BARRED
Win slippers and handfuls Of roe.
And now she i back In the city,
Installed in the oS!es home,
WIN a husband who thinks it q pity
An hour from MS precious TO roam.
Ard |, well. count myself lucky.
And need no cOnsnliHg. for She
Fhg dear little darling, the "iucky -
Was good enough tp-narry M.
-pg.t,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

Even rats fiuctuate in price. The
proprietor Of a pit in Milwaukee tells
the Wisconsin that in his place upward
Of eleven hundred are killed during .
season. and that at times he Is com.
PEELED to pay as much as eighteen ccnts
each for them.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

"A shell Of a large mollufk was
found in the bottom OF a well near Al
bany, Ga, a few days ago. The fossi'
shell. says the Nens. discovered atsuea
a depth below the surface, is another
link in the chain Of indisputable e'i'
dcnce that this section Of the AMER
can continent was at one time the BED
Of the ocean.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

"A playwright's life was saved DIR.
ing the Belfast riots because he had the
manuscript OF . play in hi, breast
pocket. 1t was such a dull play that
the ball did not get past the first act
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

---Brother-"What do you think OF
my marrying pretty Miss Pcachy''
Sister -..Absurdr' Brother "icf
that's just what she said. 1yd-t<@
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-01
An Epidemic of Murder.

There seems to be an epidemic of MUIR
derous crimes now sweeping through the
country, and there is not day that from
one to half-dozen murders are not
chronicled. There are startling number of
domestic tragedies, involving murders of
every variety. Husbands have killed their
wives in fits Of insane jealousy, and wives
their husbands; young men their sweet
hearts, and men have committed suicide
after having killed their wives or sweet
hearts. All these things have occurred
within the past few days, and the papers
are red with the sickening and bloody de-
tails. 1t is difficult to say what remedy
can be prescribed that will meet the case.
This much should be done, and that is to
mete out speedy and etfectual punishment
to all who commit these crimes
Indianapolis Journal.
If it is an epidemic, treat it on scientific
principles; that is, find out the cause and
remove it; trace the disease to the cess
pool whence it springs, and clean out the
cess-pool. The murderer is the product
of the saloon. His arm is nerved with
drink. His brain is maddened by the
same fiery compound. Stop the drink
and the epidemic can be stamped out
Sixteenth Amendment.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-01
Why a PrOhibitionjst.

am Prohibitionist. I am such be.
cause see the homes and hearts Of our
country menaced by the most tyrannical
foe that ever threatened the liberty and
perpetuity of a nation. AS minister Of
the gospel of peace, am constrained to
stand aloof from mere partisan politics; but
when an impudent moral wrong, not con-
tent with Staying thousands of souls yearly,
demands, and has largely obtained the
sanction of law to its iniquities, the testi-
mony of Christian ministers is certainly
called for by both speech and ballot. /
hold it to be the most awful thing conceiv-
able for the Government to contenance the
drink tariff, by licensing it, and taking a
revenue from it, thus becoming IA partner
i'll the business OF dealing wet damnation
around the land" And if the State thus
assumes the role of Tetzel-peddling out
indulgences to the public PRISONERS, it is
time for Luther to leave his cloister and
nail his prohibition theses on the ward
room door.-Rer. Dr.. Gordon, Boston.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-01
Roman Candles.

Very careful adjustment is needed in
the making of Roman candles, as the
great thing is to have the different col
ored balls turn out with exactly the
same force, SO as to play in the same
sphere. The fiery balls of color are
little humps of composition filled into
the c2se, and separated from each other
by layer of dark fire, little charge
of gunpowder which blows them into
the air, and, if the charges were all
alike, every ball would be thrown out
a little further than it's predecessor,
because the deeper in the case an ex-
plosion takes place the more violent it
is, the resistance being greater. To OBJ
viate this the charge of4b owder is made
to increase as the tube fills up, hence
the largest charge is under the first
ball. The workman who fills Roman
candle has before him series OF little
scoops of different sizes for measuring
the powder, and uses them in success
sion, to- smallest being used for the
first ball put in, and the largest for the
mouth of the tub. Arsenic of copper
and sal ammoniac makes beautiful
blue; chlorate OF baryta, when fired,
produces dazzling green: sal am
moniac, when combined with coloring
substances, gives depth and intensity !:
chlorate OF potash generates the gas
which gives fire works their velocity.
Red is composed of strontia, the nj
trate, sulphur, and potash.