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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-08-07
Help Yourself.

Fight YOUR own battle. Hoe your
own row. Ask no favors Of anyone,
and you'll succeed a thcusapd times
better than anyone who is always be-
seeching some ones influence and
patronage. No man will ever help
you as you can help yourself, because
no one will be so heartily interested
in your affairs. The first step will be
such a long one, perhaps, but cary
ing your own way up the mountain,
YOU make each one lead to another
and stand firm while you chop still
another out. Men who have made
fortunes are not those who have had
five thousand dollars given them to
start with, but boys who have started
fair with well earned dollar or two
Men who acquire fame have never
been thrust into popularity by putts
begged or paid for or giveh in friend
ly spirit. They have outstreched
their own hands and touched the
public heart. Men win love by
their own wooing, and never knew
a man to fail so slgnally as one who
induced his attectionate grandmoth-
er to speak n good word for him,
Whether you work for fame, for love,
for money, or for anything else, work
with your hands and heart and brain.
Say ~ will,' and some day you will
conquer. Never let any man have it
to say, 81 have dragged you up
Too many friends hurt man more
than none at all.-EX.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-08-07

Six European steamships arrived
at New York on Sunday, bringing an
aggregate of $500 emigrants. Super.
intendent Jackson is making special
efforts to prevent the landing of per-
sons that are likely to become pub
lie burdens. OF late there has been
an unusual number of paupers, most
of them from Greece and Turkey,with
q few from Arabia.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-08-07

The old bridge of Ayr, commem-
grated by Burns, is about to be de-
molished, accordidg to report. it is
$50 years old and its origon is traced
to the benevolence ofa single lady.
1t is surprising that the auld brig
should be considered unsafe, though
a new bridge not far a&'hS aecomno-
dates tfhvefeifi,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-08-07

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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-08-07

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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
Carriage. at the National Capital.

see more varieties of carriages here
than in any city Of the globe, perhaps.
The patent pavements of the town allow
carry -alls, chariots, herdics, hansoms, bi.
cycles, gigs, tandem teams and what not.
The great old rolling carriage called the
landau is not as often seen as formerly.
Considerable private equipage is in Wash.
ington With all this show there Is fair
democratic conservatism among the new
strangers. heard rather q pretty story
not long ago Of major-general Of the
British army who came here on visit
from India, and a prominent man, who
was not in politics, to whom the stranger
brought letter, put him in his fine car.
rage and took him everywhere The Eng.
lishman said one day: Il see that some OF
these carriages have drivers in livery suits
while yours has mott
mo, sir" said the man; Il never put my
driver in livery, because have little sup
erstition in it. lam a speculator, and
have my ups and downs, and 1t occurred
to me that some day or other / might b<
poor, and that my son might have to driv,
one Of these carriages; and think woult
not like to see him in that kind Of liver,
uniform
The Englishman, ii Is said, took his &C
quaintance warmly by the hand and SAID
that he had been looking in America, evel
since he landed in San Francisco, for ar
American, but up to that time he had
seen nothing but Englishmen in the coun
try.-"Gath' in Cincinnati Enquirer.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
A Likeness of the First Napoleou.

Some twenty-five years ago western
visitor was driving with friend through
one of the resident streets Of Baltimore.
1t was late in the afternoon, and the only
person visible was an apparently middle
aged gentleman walking slowly along
with bowed head and hands clasped be-
hind his back. The form and attitude
seemed strangely familiar, and when the
face was turned to glance at the passing
carriage the familiarity was explained
THAT" said the friend, "is Bonaparte.'
The remark was needless, for the visitor
would have known him at once had they
met in London or Jerusalem. The like
ness to the first Napoleon in face and fig
ure was SO startling that If the little
cooked hat, gray overcoat and high boots
had been added it would have been a VERT
able resurrection Of the most famous per.
sonage in modern history. This was the
father of the present American Bona
parties, son Of Jerome Bonaparte younger
brother of Napoleon) and Miss Patterson;
and 1t is said that when, during a visit to
Paris, he entered a box at the Theatre
Franchise, the whole audience recognized
the marvellous resemblance and rose and
saluted him.-St. Louis Republican.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
The Flower Trade of London.

The flower trade of London is estimated
at value of $4,000 day, and is showing
rapid increase with every season. The
great metropolis not only draws its varied
supplies of flowers and plants from its own
southwestern counties with their mild and
equable climate, but reaches out to France
and Italy for its collections of the choicest
and most costly specimens. There is q
regular flower train between Nice and
Cannes TO London in the early spring, bu.
the immense cost of this transportation
has led to the formation Of great estab
lishments in the united kingdom for the
supply OF this lucrative demand.
The largest one of the kind is situated
on an estate at Carmarthen, in south
Wales, belonging to Capt. Mansfield, Of the
royal navy. There are great many sep
arate buildings for the cultivation of diff
ferent plants. Thus there are no less than
200, 900 lilies of the valley in the hothouses,
with roses, camellias, carnations, pansies,
jasmines and heliotropes in like proper
tions. There are eighteen large forcing
houses that, with the appendices, form
2O0,CO) feet of glass, with six miles Of
pipes.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
A Deck-Hand Went Overheard.

Ibelieve never felt so sorry for any one
in my life as for poor colored man, when
| was steamboating Coming up portion
of the river freight is light, and there is
some difficulty i'm righting the boat. We
had quantity Of pig-iron on board, and
had 1t wheeled from side to side as re.
quired. One Of the deck-hands was called
"GunboatH on account Of the peculiar hat
he wore, and he was always willing to
work. The mate being absent, was in
charge and called on Gunboat to wheel a
truck loaded with the pig-iron, which was
standing by the side. The poor fellow got
between the shafts; the iron gave lurch,
and over he went, jumped up on box
and shouted to the wheelman, "Man over.
board" but just then the mate came up
and said scornfully, "Go on, it's only a
niger" We could see him struggling in
the distance and sink, and an old galley
cook, looking through grating below, re.
marked: $40 God, it's only a niggah, but
it wouldn't cost dis boat much to back jes
little. r-E. J. Gross in Globe-Democrat
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
Portraits of the English Queen.

Queen Victoria has had many portraits
painted-good, bad, and Indifferent The
latest addition to her royal category is o
full-length study of her majesty by Herr
Won Angel, The picture is interesting al
a study of her majesty. 1t represents the
queen standing in front Of the throne
She is richly dressed in black satin, hei
now favorite custom, trimmed with
ermine. She wears a diamond crown
Her face is depicted in profile. The en-.
semble of the picture is the painters in
variable decorative style, and the techni
que OF ii is in his usual high but con
yentional manner.-Chicago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
MYSTERIES OF MODERN MAGIC.
The Secret Of the Marvellous Talking
Head"-The Riddle . simple One.

Head"-The Riddle . simple One.
In modern times magicians have made
much Use of mirrors. The celebrated
sphinx" trick, or Talking Head" which
caused such profound sensation when IL
was first brought out q few years ago,
owed its astonishing effect entirely to
the aid of mirrors. Not even the marvel
GUS automatic chess player of Maezel is at
all to be compared to the sphinx which
may Justly be regarded as the most re-
markable illusion ever invented for the
bewilderment Of mankind. But while
the possibility of hiding the person Of q
dwarf within the box upon which the
chess player was seated might have &C.
CURED to any one as a solution OF the mys-
terry, IL was difficult for the spectator to
imagine how an agency other than super
natural could he connected with head
which lay in dish on plain four-legged
table in the middle of the stage, and talked
and smoked a pipe with as much sang
froid as II il had belonged to a reasonable
human being.
As has been said, the table was placed
in the stage. in full view. The head lay in
dish on the table: IL was evidently indie
pendent Of human agency, for the audi
ence could see under the table, and there
was nothing there. Beneath the table were
visible the curtains at the back of the
stage, which was hung all around with
dark cloth reaching to the floor. 1t is not
surprising that this marvellous talking
head should have excited the astonish-
ment of Europe, or that it should leave
puzzled the most eminent scientific men to
g.
and, yet, as il is the case with all really eff
fective tricks, the riddle of the sphinx was
an exceedingly simple one.
A man was actually under the table,
with his head through hole in the top,
but his body was concealed by mirrors so
adroitly disposed that they reflected the
curtains at the sides of the stage, thus pro-
ducing an optical illusion by which the
spectator was led to believe that he was
looking under the table and seeing the
hanging at the back The deception is so
perfect that it is almost impossible, even
with person who is acquainted with the
nature of the illusion TO realize that IL is
such.
An effect somewhat similar is produced
by a large plain mirror inclined away
from the audience at an angle of IS de-
grees. In the middle of the glass is hole
through which the performer passes his
head, which seems to float in the air, the
body of the man being concealed behind
the mirror.
Another famous trick is the ~box" trick.
A large box is raised from the floor in the
middle of the stage. so that the spectators
can see around under it. The performer
gets into the box and closes il. When il Ia
opened again he has disappeared, or a
skeleton is found in its place. The man is
concealed by mirrors swinging on hinges,
which reflect the sides of the box, so that
the audience think it is empty.-Ex.
change
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
Tn. Had scbooiboy i'm China.

We might in this country learn some
thing from the Chinese in this respect. In
China bad, vicious boy, whom the
teacher cannot control by appeals to his
better nature, is expelled from school and
Is forever sfterward deprived Of the priv
ileges OF the public schools. They base
this treatment OF such case upon the
idea that a bad ignorant man is not so
dangerous to the community as an edu-
Gated bad man, and there is good deal Of
wisdom in the position. The knowledge
OF the certain result of his depravity Is a
far greater check upon such boy than
cords Of rulers and birches. The result Is
that no nation in the world has such ord.
erly schools as the Chinese.-Chicago
News.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
Alexander stephens and His Pistol.

Col John A. Stephens says that Alex
ander II. Stephens never carried a pistol
but once in his life, and that was when he
was boy. Long years ago, when wagon
trains were more common in Georgia, Mr..
Stephens started to Augusta with some
wagons, He was a small boy then and
carried pistol. When the crowd stopped
to camp, "Aleck" put his pistol under his
head to have it handy in case robbers
should appear. The next morning his
breeches were gone, and, as the youthful
Stephens awoke in the dawn and missed
his pantaloons, he was 30 disguised with
the service his pistol had failed to do that
he swore he would never carry another
weapon. II developed that some man Ia
the camp had taken the breeches to tease
the boy, and they were soon restored to the
owner.-Chicago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
How w. ID. Howells Writes Novels.


/ never have more than one novel ON
hand at a time, though l may now and
and then write sketch OF travels by way
Of a change. have, OF course, general
idea of what am going to write before
begin novel. but do not analyze plan
and think it up in chapters before hand.
All / have at the beginning is the general
idea. invent chapters and incidents as
/ 90 along. Thus, each morning consists
of new inventions, and the work is pleas
ant and does not grow stale. When first
began to write had great trouble as to
the plot, and worried over my incidents
and conversations. / could not make the
people talk. | afterwards found that the
reason why | could not do this was be-
cause had nothing to say myself.
II a man has ideas and experiences he
finds his conversations coming easily, in
the illustration Of them. II he has moth
ing to say he finds the talk as Hat as that
of two people who are thrown together
with not an interest in common. have
little trouble with my conversations now,
and the plot is a bugbear no longer. AS to
my incidents feared for some time that
my fictitious ones would not be as natural
as those which had actually existed This
fear was allayed by friend OF mine who
took my Wedding Journey and marked
with pencil the incidents which liz con-
sidered real and those he thought fhad
invented. He mixed up truth and inven-
ton 10 wonderful extent."-"Carp's In
teryiew in Cleveland Leader.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
MAoRlGAl.
When all Is said and sung what is the
sum.

When all Is said and sung what Is the
sum-
Love, only Lowell
What brightest dream hath youth Of years
To come!
What retrospect turn dim eyes latest FROM
Love, only love!
What word sounds sweetest In the poets
rhyme'
Love, only love!
What tales first told in some forgotten
cline,
From heart to heart throb through the
lapse Of timer
Love, only love-
The guide-star of the souls divine en-
deavor-
Love, only Lowell
The bond Of lives which death can not
discover;
The litany the seraphs sing forever
Love, only love!
Charles l.. Hildreth in New York World.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10

The cemeturies of San Francisco con
tain large number of very costly monu
ments. In the Catholic cemetery are 4
tomb erected by Mrs. Theresa Fair at q
cost Of $4,000, the vault of w. S. O'Brien
which cost $4,000, the Donahue monu
ment which cost $50, 600, and the Dunphy
monument which cost $4,000. Senator
Jones has vault in the Laurel Hill GENE
terry FOR which he paid s25,0oo, and the
Latham monument in the same place cost
S35, Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
watts "sun and Planet. Engine.

A aSun and Planet" engine, designed by
James Watt, has still place in the fam
GUS brewery of Messrs. Whitehead g. Co.,
In Chiswell street, London, and is still
performing the duty for which 1t was con-
structed In 17s5. Though there have been
alterations to increase its power, all the
principal parts remain as they were orig
inally manufactured. A metal tablet
Affixed to the engine gives an account OF
its invention and history .-Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
A Pile of Flsh In the Sea.

Herring are said to jump out Of the
water when frightened. A recent writer
claims to have seen whole shoals Of them,
when pursued by larger fish, piled up
above the surface Of the sea TO height Of
from three to six feet. He once saw pile
OF fish in the sea reaching to the top Of the
mast of fishing boat, or about fifteen
feet above the surface. II a portion OF this
mass had fallen into the boat IL would
have sunkcn it-Exchanpe.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
The Terrible increase Of Cancer.

The terrible increase Of cancer is shown
by the report Of the governors Of the Can
Ger hospital in London, from which 1t ap
pears that he number of new patient.
admitted during the last year was 1,6lS
Of which G22 were in and 900 out patients
representing an increase Of - and 80 pei
cent, respectively, over the numbers In
the year lss4.-Medical Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
EtymoIogy Of som. Am.r,c.nisms.

The etymology Of many Americanisms In
impossible to discover. Boss Is taken
from the Dutch BASS or master, and Is
quite legitimate. Boom some clever
person says is derived from the nautical
phrase TO boom out" as applied to YES
sci tear1ES before the wind; and the origin
Of "blizzard" is enveloped in obscurlty.-
Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10

The Japanese wear wooden shoes, which
are held on by the great toe, and they al
ways slip them of before entering house
or store One does not wonder at the Gus.
tom when he sees the smooth, polished
floors OF their houses.-Cor. Inter Ocean.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
If GIaa.tou. We're Only Funny.

Professor Blackie, In a recent speech,
after declaring that "all Scotchmen worth
q button have sense of humor," ex-
claimed would to God that my beloved
friend, Mr.. Gladstone, had q sense Of hu-
NOR. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
Whose Time. Hang. on Their Hands.

According to The Philadelphia News,
fashionable women whose time hangs on
their hands, are said to be initiating theiI
English sisters and selling their social in.
formation for filthy lucre."
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10

Some people are not constituted to love
anything, aud pity them as much as do
q spoiled child. They were made In vain.
--Jud Lafagan.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
Bib,e for ExIIes in siberia.

DR.. Lansdell, the English missionary,
in single recent year distributed no less
than 5000 Bibles among the exiles In 81
IBERIA
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10

A knowledge of the world prevents as
from being too bashful; knowledge of
ourselves prevents us from being too for
ward.--Philadelphi Call.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10
K,,v uumbert,s Fconomical Mood

King Humbert, of Italy, in an econ.
omic mood. has given instructions to his
court enjoining it from drinking the high.
priced wines.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10

United States Senator Philetus Sawyer,
the Wisconsin lumber millionaire, has
adopted saw-log rs q coat-of-srms.-Chi-
caGo Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10

The supply Of Natural Gas Limited.
APensylyania geologist declares that the
oil fields Of that state have passed theiI
meridian, and that the supply Of natural
gas Is limited
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-04-10

European papers remark upon the good
limitations OF celluloid now manufactured
from potatoes.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-09

16, while on his way from work was cruelty
beaten by unknown men and carried in
sensible TO a neighbor's house. Jason A.
Davis, spinner was knocked down with
a club in the hands of an unknown man,
his revolver was wrested from his grasp,
and he was left badly wounded lying in the
snow. Mayor Kline, on behalf of the knit
goods manufacturers, has offered a reward
for the detection of the perpetrators of the
outrage. Yesterday seventy-fve additional
police were commissioned to serve an in
definite period. The Knights Of Labor are
loud in their denunciation of these crimes.
Western Union Finances.
New YORK, December 9th-A. M.-At the
regular quarterly meetingof the Directors
of the Western Union Telegraph Company
yesterday, President Green submitted his
report, which shows the net revenue of the
last quarter to be about 81 900 900, and the
surplus on November 1st, s., ,324, ,261 9S
total, 6324, ,261 9s; from which appropriat-
ing for interest on bonds and sinking fund
9I4o,4iO, leaves balance OF So, ,loO, f9l 9S.
The committee recommended to the Board
of Directors that no dividend be declared.
Only S15 Fare to England.
New YORK, December 9th-A. M-The
steamship war continues with unabated
intensity. The Allan line announced yes
terday that their steerage rates both ways
from Quebec have been reduced to $l5. The
Anchor line will undoubtedly reduce rates
to-day. The agents for the Cunard line
announce that on Monday their prepaid
steerage rates to this port from England
will be made sl5, to meet the cut. The
White Star line, National, Inman and Guion
lines have not reduced yet, but will un-
doub;edl- be forced into the fight.