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The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23

Thinking !. barely possible some
mother had not heard Of this invention
for keeping babies quiet, make bold
to present it Take wooden box and
line il inside with cotton batting,
tackled on securely with headless tacks
20 no hurt can ever come from them,
then cover with cloth. bringing that
UP to the outside Of The b1x and tack.
ing i on the edge Paper the outside Of
the box with ordinary wall paper.
putting a border round the bottom
aud up and down the corners. Finish
the top with plated rufa tackled on
with brass headed tacks. Bore holes
in he side of the box, put a rug or
quilt and pillow in it and put baby in
with his play things. Hyour box is as
high as it should be, he can't climb
ont. he can't tip It over, he can peep
through the holes to play 'peep-a-
boo" with you as you go about your
work, and If you have to leave the
room for a minute he is safe With
liz play-tlIings and an occasional
: nile and word from mother he will
ass a good many contented hours in
his box Ladies' Home Journal.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
THE CHINESE ALMANAC.
Its Great Mission Is to Gve Informal tios
OF = Prophetic Nature.

The great Ya.ne which the Chinese
attach their almanac Is shown in
many ways. Recently the Chinese
residents at Lhassa, in ThibcL i'm.
plored the Emperor to cause arrange
ments to b. made which woud enable
them to receive their copies of the
almanacs at the ear!ies, possible date
in each year A writer in a recent is
sue OF the Chinese Recorder says that
the most important book to the
Chinese is the almanac Its space is
ia, too important to be occupied With
the matter which fills Western al.
manac. Il contains astronomical in.
formation which is useful. but its gre al,
mission is 10 give full and accurate in
formation for selecting lucky places
for performing all the acts, great and
small, of everyday life. "And as
every act of life. however trivial. de.
pends for its success on the time in
which. and the direction q. e.. the
point Of the compass) toward which 1t
Is done. it is OF the utmost importance
that every one should have correct in.
formation available at all times to en-.
able him to 30 order his life as to avoid
bed luck and calamity, and secure
good luck and prosperity. Conse.
quently. the almanac is perhaps the
most universally circulated book in
China" The writer speaks OF it as a
terrible yoke q bondage. 1t is issued
by the government and the sale Of all
amanacs but the authorized one is
prohibited. Quite recently new Chi.
nese Minister to Germany refused to
sail for his post on day which the al.
manac declared to be unlucky. and ths
departure Of the Germ an mail steamer
was consequently deferred At the 10.
quest Of the German Minister to Pekin.
st. ydnnes Gazette
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
Removing Surplus Flesh.

Ono Of the hnndsomest men In town,
prominent officer Of the Louisville
1 Nashville railroad. told q reporter
Of remedy for reducing flesh, which.
he says. is really wonderful It IL the
same that Bismarck. the German
Chancellor. has subjected himself to
and from which his avoirdupois was
decreased sixty pouudA The first
thing man must do upon rising In
the morning. my friend says. 10 to
drink . gobletful Of cool, not cold
water In . quarter Of an hour re.
peat It, and just before breakfast
drink the third glass. When you first
try this you will feel a. II . whole
watermelon has been disposed Of. but
after morning or two this 'swelled"
feeling will have disappeared Con.
tinue this water course for several
weeks and your surplus Aesh will be
gone, and the fear Of bursting vest.
buttons over lam sure 1t 10 . great
and recommended II to my
friends who are afflicted with obesity.
The effect that this stomac bath has
had upon my informant is surprising.
He is twenty pounds lighter than two
ago. Chattanooga Times.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
An Insects Queer DomiciIe.

Mrs Charles Parkhurst ofMohegan.
. f.w miles below Nor wicb, Conn,
has an insect of singularly regular
habit 1t is about half an inch in
length and straw. colored. 1t dwells
in webbei and dusty crevice in the
inner part Of the large. old-fashioned
clock in her kitchen. Once day It
appears on the dial. in the early even.
ing. when the clock is being wound,
but never shows itself at other times
The moment that the crooked old
brass key 10 inserted into the key yhole
and the FIRST turn is made that starts
the leaden weights rumbling up the
shafts on the sides tho bug capers out
Of It's hiding place and gambols over
tho clock face in apparent ecstasy.
and - soon - the weights bump
against the wooden top Of their cham.
bers It scurries back to it, retreat Ii
evening run apparently 10 its sole
diversion; it, steady business u piled
among the shaky clock wheels in
superintendsncy d the Aight Of time.
Many attempts have been made to
catch the bug or track him to his lair:
and 0nce 4ra Parkhurst had the face
and some Of the vital organs Of tho
removed. but Il could not
be found. It knew moro about the
interior Of the clock than it, pursusrA
-Boston Herald
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
BABES FED TO SNAKES.
Horrible Practices Obs~r we'd by tins Paeh-
los in worshiping Reptiles.

The Pucbios- CO unanly called In
dans. but really descendants Of the
ancient Aztscs-hase numerous sa.
perstition-. The eagle is = sacred
bird with the III the winged throne Of
their emperor god, Moatezuma for
whose promised second advent they
stili patiently waif. In any VI the
Pue bio cities you will dnd the great.
DARK eagles, either ;ethered upon the
Loasetops or penned IN little cqrrsls
Of cedar. and reiigiously tended
The Pueblo hunter always has mar
Vicious luck il he carries yi'h him a
iinT stone imags Of a coyote with .
tinv arrowhead dashed to his side.
Though nominaTly converted to Ca
thoIicism, thu PIehos are still secret
but ardent fire. worshipers- The snake.
too, is sacred to them. and you will
find its -yn,b boiic coils in their rock
sculpture, anl on their quaint silver
jewelry. Some Pueblo towns used TO
teep each AZ enormous snake in a
closed room, and TED 1t with Children
Tt; Pue bios Of La Cia. twenty-five
miles west OF Bcrnalillo. was nearly
depopulaled thus. 1t had a snake Of
enormous size, kept in room whose
doors and windows were walled up.
Il the roof was a small hole, sealed
with heavy. fiat rock The first day
of every month the people drew lots
to see whose child should be sacrificed
to the snake-god. The chosen babe
was carefully bathed and anointed,
aud then tossed. aaked. down the hole
To the hungry serpent. 1t is only six
years since his hideous rite was
stopped by a priest, who finally pre-
vailed upon he Puebios to tear down
the walls and kill the snake Cor
Globe Dem9cra
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
Electrical Alarm Clock.

An electrical attachment has been
devised which may be applied to an
ordinary clock for awakening sleep.
er at any given time. Il takes the
place Of the ordinary alarm clock.
which needs to be wound up the night
before it is used. This electrical clock
can be set to any given five minutes Of
each hour, and the bell will begin to
ring at that time. and will ring until
the switch Is turned to cut of the
electric current.
There will be no need of winding an
alarm where this device il employed
and it is only necessary on going to
bed to turn the switch. thus allowing
the circuit to be completed at the time
the bell is to ring. 1t IS stated that
the clock and battery are made in q
compact form. the oell Of tho battery
being enclosed in the clock case max.
ing neat and ornamental piece ot
mechanism. Boston B,dqak
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
OSTRtCA FARMING.
6ow the Eggs Arc HAtched ArtificiaIiy
IN Ordinary Incubators.


The ostrich egg is very delicate and
will not keep its vitality for more than
thirty days Now. as 1he laying lasts
, couple Of months it is evident that
hat Of it becomes worthless for sitting
and can serve no purpose except as
curiosities in bazars. 1t is, therefore,
the business of man to provide agains,
this improvident character OF nature
and utilize what is wasted by that
force. No occasion 10 60 into detail
about incubatcrs: the principle is well
known. Practically they are padded
boxes, each holding fifteen to twenty
eggs and heated by hot water, which
Can have its temperature readily
under control. The eggs are
taken away as laid. one always
being left in The nest. Each one is
numbered and dated. and list made
out with its weight and description of
the parents. They are kept in dry
room till the necessary number is OBJ.
tainei, when they are placed in the
box and the heat is apple |. The
temperature is 40 deg. Centigraie al
first, 80 deg. at the end Of IS davs. and
then 36.5 deg. TO the finish. During
the whole process each egg must be
turned upside down every day at a
regular Tina This is absolutely necss-
sary. About the fifteenth day the
eggs are examined to see which arc
impregnated and which not This is
done with box cont aiming Lamp
and reflector in front of which is an
opening which fits an egg supported
on the outside by little shell! II the
egg is clear it will not hatch; II
opaque, except at the larger end,
where the air cham her is, it goes back
to the incubator. Sometimes the
egg is rotten, in which case the
gas formed within forces tho
liquid through the shell and
turns it yellow After forty days the
greatest attention must be paid da,
and night to listen for the noise Of the
chick On the forty third day a small
hole should be made in the she'll near
the air chamber. which has already
been marked with pencil. Next day
this hole Is enlarged so as better to
notice any movement inside. When
this is seen the shell must bs broken,
the membrane torn away. and the
chick freed, taking care to use the
greatest delcacy in every movement
The chicken Is wrapped up and KEEP,
warm for twenty-four hours, when it
has a very small lot Of finsly.chopped
greenstuff with . few bread crumbs.
On the third day It gets little milk;
on the sixth little grain with the
vegetables and little water 10 drink
All the Year Round
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
CRIMINAL lNDlFF ERENCE.
Native Americans Who Are . Disxrse
to the Nation.

| Native Americans Who Are . Disxroea
| to the Nation.
A well-educatcsl and. wealthy resi-
| dent q Chicago was asked. a few daya
snce, to name his choice for Presi.
dent He replied that he was no,
enough interested in politics to have
| one; and. further. that he would moi
walk to Lincoln Park il he could
choose the next President vi the
| United States Another well known
resident stated that he never voted, Al
bis name being on the registration
list rendered him liable for jury duty.
1t seems scarcely credible that ma.
tive Americans and property-owners
,, At that could show such lack Of In
/ terest in public affairs. 1t is no won
der that politics are rotten when the
only men who could improve the con-
dition Of the political system show
such criminal apathy in re.
gard to public matters These
very men are The ones who most vocif-
erously cry out against the evils
which exis. and sneeringly shrug
their shoulders at the mere mention OF
the name politician. They 90
abroad and decry rcpublicanism in
foreign countries They toady to
aristocracy and pride themselves that
they have never soiled their hands in
the political mire. Many of them
feign disgust at political jobbery. and
look upon a politician with q loathing
which conveys the idea that they are
better than he. because they have not
frequented ward caucuses and have
not been associated with the 'comnon
people. - They build themselves a
pinnacle Of cgotism upon which they
pose as gentlemen. From of their
naughty perch they gaze upon the
surging plebian mass and inwardly
congratulate themselves that they
have never been polluted BY contact
with the hoi poioi.
These men call themselves Amer
leans They are to be found every.
where-more often in the capitals and
watering-places Of Europe than on
their native shores They are glad
enough. when involved in any trouble.
to seek the protection Of the United
States; they are willing enough 10
smass their fortunes in this country.
but they endure the country OF their
nativity as . necessary evil and flock
abroad to loll about the courts OF
Europe and seek. by fair and foul
means, to snatch the sop Of recog-
milton from some rotten scion Of .
polluted aristocracy Such men exist.
and are not only tolerated. but form q
goodly portion Of what is termed So
ciety. America.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
GIVING UP SMOKING.
What u CossA 10 Stop the Uss 81 the -
daesive Weed.

What u CossA 10 Stop the Use ss the -
daesive Weed.
Frauds A H9hmaa. Jr.. and Atsor-
ney Law were standing on Clark
street about fye years ago. each smsk.
hg cigar Holman said so Ench
smoking was killing him Law ban.
tered bitn 70 swear of HSfma'a se-
cepted he challenge To make Il.
more binding they concluded 70 have
their final smoke then and there.
Hoffman boGgA, .wo cigars tor > dol.
lar, seleehns the strongest he eoah
fnd. When thcF had consumed about
half Of each cigar Hoffman threw bis
into the street AMI Law. after some
protest. did Likewise. H86man went
ho g.e. and the old habit Of smoking q
cigar Just bsioce retiring came back
to him The more he ihoaghs of his
agreement to not smoke the more did
his appetite for cigar appeal to him
H grew nsrvoaS aad walked out os
th4 house and down 70 the lake. He
wandered shoat the shore like
. lost spirit On the banks Of
the ssyK and finally sought a
drug store. He rung up the nigh,
clerk and begged tsr something to put
down his demand for tobacco. The
Clerk tgsrnis'isa him with some ginseng
root and he went home he LIVED
tHrouzi, the torture for SIX months
A. the end Of that time be had .
dream He dreamed that he was
smoking again. and when he awoke
his sys en- vas racged with pain. He
was IN lergoing the to-ments which
mad Dr. Qaincev mad He wu sure
he had been smoking syaia. ana
would not believe any thing to The con-
trary unsiE ne was assured by one who
had seen him retire that he had not
Slowly he conquered his appetite for
the weed Ha carries cigar in his
pocket now. ard takes 1t gu. often TO
look a. it. He temps hius IL bot he
has ~ de@irs TO return. Hs claims
thai bis c.paci:y fur work IS greater
THAI #Aen Ia was idicted 10 the hst-
il; taas hi, health is good, his memory
better and his disposition s~eesened.
f. ~an be ttsfnd on the street or in his
cfics preaching the doctrine Of total
abstinence o. the tobacco question,
and il willing to take the hussings to
proclaim agai7 Is, the evils Of the weed.
--Cheago Trtb2ns,
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
SHIPPING POULTRY.


a Ysv maas 0snesr1lax ths Csastraests Z
q Bu1Ashss CsePs-
Never ship fowls in . wooden box,
- the purchaser has 20 par JUS iae
same per pouni Tor coop as for The
fowlA and UAea ws core to pay
double frsi-elaas rates on an Old rood
Gu box ;hat b worthless only q
kindling wood Il doss not make y
lovs the shipper lhsve hsd soms ex-
psrisnes In that line nyself A fiena
Of mias sA ] csrrssPoaded vitA .
breeder in regard to fowls - beth
wanting 10 purchase se~s good s.ssk
for our own nsaA Aasvcr eADs beek
can furnish you good breeding stock.
We ssnt cash Tor four cocksrelA and in
due time we received By express four
little cockereIA the four weighing
sixteen poundA in wooden box
weighing sighiesn poundA Anosher
tims l purchased ., = good price .
cock M . breedsr 1t quite
. distance from me. When
be came be weighed siI
pounds and the c~op weighed tsa
pounds II WAS a cspyass-covered
coop but not properly maiei the cor-
ner posts were in an inch from the
canvass. thereby leaving an opaa
space behind the posts. in which the
b.ri's wing and tai feathers lad rot
and we're badly broken. The express
on cock and coop was one dollar and
forty cents being abaut nine cents
PER pound making ninety cents for
coop and fisy cents for cock
Now viii give my mode Of making
shipping coops: For coop for single
bird. lake four pieces Que inch square
and eighteen inches long. nail three
boards. one-hals inch thick. and six
inches wide and eighteen inches long
to two Of inch strips, setting strips in
,iiree-ei ghshs Of m inch from end Of
bottom boaris Then cut lash two feet
long for corner posls, nall one at each
corner outside ofinch strips then nail
the other fwo-incb strips At top OF
corner posts, insds OF posts;
now cut lath eighteen inches long for
tJp Of COOP. When they are on you
have the frarns reaiy for covering.
Take muslin and tack on with six
ounce tacks, but before putting the
muslin sew ON feed pocket about
fiur inches from bottom Of coop. leave
pocket little loose 50 it will stay
open. II the bird 10 10 go over one
hundred miles always put in water
cup Such coop, il made Of dry
lumber, will not weigh over five
pounds Coops for iros and half
dozen fowls are made the same way
except for half dozen they should be
araced on the si.les with lath, but put
braces on the outside Of muslin. Coops
made in this way, for srios weigh
about nine pounds. for half dozen
birds about twelve pounds. Bottom
Of coop may be made of thinner lum-
Der il you have it have made
coop for a single bird that only
weighed three pounds Cor AmeT.
can Poultry Journal
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
the COMING METAL


AiDaisls0 eson TO Take sAs Flass - An
FsraAs Of iroa.
/ A dire II cone Il ibe Alabama
miuss. . NJ. Chamberixia thinks that
sooner or later. and not ssry late ~
/ the latest. The mining Of iron ere and
liz mannfaeture Sf iron viii Be ssper.
'seded BY ehesp processes lor ~ ex.
traction oi aluminium from common
clay. This metal 10 thses, times -
stroag as sieeL he says ard but one
third - heavy. and has thus the double
sdr antage over ali foras Of iron Of
being capable Of better service and
being more easiiv handled sDat Il
costs $500 = ton now, and it bused in
! . few only of the hnes Of manufaes-
urs tina; il eocId easily fill gethsr
or improve if ii could be eheaply pro-
dueed. !. would be the greatest and
strangest of all the changes thai sci.
en- ce has wrought in the NJ aferial or
methods Of manufacture il this an
ticipation d the Alaban,a mining
master should be realized Iron has
been. at least. since the ''broRza age"
ii there ever Was such condition OF
developing civilization. the most vai-
liable and indispensable Of all ;he prod
ucts OF the interior of the earth.
I There Is no form o. LIE, no process Of
manu- actare, no method OF industry
tha. does not need or use iron or steel
To ouss il from its metallic sovereignty
would be q greater change than
the displacement Of wood fuel by coal.
or of coal BY natural gas
The new metal would BE- the
verv material for ship building. for
its specific gravity is less than that ef
glasa l. was discovered by the Ger
man chemist, Wnehler. in 1928. and
re-sxa mined ia ls4s; but its prosluc-
ton. TO any extent. dates from the ex-
periments Of the French chemist.
D.vinion. I,is a white nstat. like sii-
yer. but with bui.h tint /. is more
malleahla aud duetile than iron. IS
equal in tensile strength, and takes .
high polish L. melis in furnare-
heat. and is easily cast into ans form
Il does nct rust in moist air ike iron,
and does no, oxidi1e Ike lead or zinc.
No gas furnishes it. When fused and
cast into nolds it is sot. like siiyer
Hammering harieas il as hard As iron.
but it Is only one-ihird OF he specific
gravity OF iron. Its light weight
caused Napoleon Ill to have the
eagles on the standards often being
~ aie Of 1t, taking of two thirds OF
more Of the weight with an eagle Of
the same size. 1t is very sonorous and
rings with musical tone when struck
10 such shape as 10 allow vibrations
/, forms very hard and valuable al.
lovs with copper and gold the latter
being much used for jeweIry and vari.
Gus forms Of ornamental work A
metal OF so many and so valuable
qualities. and existing in ine1hausti.
be amount in one Of The commoness
Of all natural forms OF matter clay.
a. well as o hers less abundant, but
au tie as abundant as iron ore, prob.
ably. will certainly be brought into
more general use bv the scientific
developments Of the age. -Lndianap-
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
THE SOLDIERS SCHOOL.


WY reses rrsinans Sho~aA n % Like
IAss Of wAr - ressshSa.
noagh !, is ispossitae i ic make The
ssung soidwI say Of two or three
sears serrice. physically old; though
We can not give him the hardened
muscles and the steady nerves which
! be viii have some six or ssyen years
iAteE Ne car 10 ac~rsais sxtent make
him = veteran by 6 wing him perpetual
practice in peace Of the work which
hs viii have 10 do In war. No doubt.
- ] veil know b. ms own unpleasant
experiences in the Franco-Germaa
war. the aetaA wh1ulsg of bsilstA
the Grabbing Of sheli4 and the sight ef
friends killed and vDanded have -
effect which can not Be simulated in
peace; but I, Is certainly possible to
give the young soldier such In
s;ruction that al the phases Of
an acsion viii be familiar to
him. aad that be will insiinctively
know the right course to pursue under
different circumstances So long as
fighting MAS conducted in stiff lines
or heavy columns the regular drill
which stili goes on in the barrack
yard. was undou bsesily very vaiua.
be training for war; bat the case is
altered now. and we are handicapping
ourselves i we do not give to the
Young soldier constant instruction in
all those fighting exercises which have
taken the place of the starehed move
menis formerly in vogue. II the chief
portion Of his time is spentin the ordi-
nary drills, whereas on the field OF
battle those drills will absolutely dis
appear. We are no. training the man
for war. but. on the contrary. training
him for something different 30 that
when he finds himself in the presence
OF an enemy every thing will be COM
parasively new to him. To the
effect on the nerves produced
BY the bullets and the sight Of
wounds and death. we deliberately
add the confusion which arises from
his having to perform movements to
which he is unaccus'omed. or at least
little accustomed; and by such train.
ing we are deliberately uniting him
to be steady on the field OF action 1t
is said with justice that the best train
ing for the soldier and that which
soonest changes him into veteran.
Is the actual practice OF war. We
should therefore endeavor to make our
peace training as like that Of war as
possible. b. this means we shall
soonest ingraft the qualities Of old sol
diers upon those of young ones. and
shall have done all that in US lies to
obtain the steadiness Of the veteran in
combination with the fire Of youth.
Another quality which may be i'm.
pressed upon the young soldier with
great advani age is that strong esprit
de crps which gives much Of their
lone to soldiers old or young Fort.
nightly RerieU
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
Why Hs Liked Chicago.

A Texas man started North on his
bridal tour, and did not make his re.
appearance until eighteen months
from the date Of his departure He
was met BY friend. who. after ex.
changing congratulations with him.
asked him wha, po, tion Of the coun.
try that he had visited during his trip
he was most pleased with He an.
swered '.lllinoia"
'Oa what account" queried bic
friend, for its natural. its business or
ito social attractionsp"
Neither; for Its legal attractions
My wife and were divorced thele -
Texas SJsings
The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-23
Soaked and SprinkIed.

"Mariab.'' said BiIkins, dolefully,
"you left my Sunday coat out on the
porch last night A shower came
up and it got soaked through and
through
"WelI. guess it can stand it"
What do you neana That coat
cost forty-fve dollars when 1t was
new."
"Ye. but you have soaked !: often
enough by this time for 1t to be used
TO little sprinkle like that "-Ms !.
shaak Iravsycr.