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The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
MAD ABOUT SOMETHING.



Practical Joker.
At eight o'clock tho other night u
citizen drove up in front of hotel on
Michigan avenue and went in TO look
for a man. A minute later an In.
dividual came out of a tobacconst' s
near by. espied the horse and cutter
and broad grin lighted up his face
us he chuckled:
'Egad! but this is Jms rig. I'll
give him little scare!'
He unhitched the horse, climbed in
and drove softly away, and was weS
out Of sight when the owner came
out
'rve been expecting it!' he growled
as lie found the rig gone. "but I'll
make it hot for the thiei!'
He ran this way and that. notifying
three or four policemen and score Of
citizens. and twenty minutes later
something happened A man with a
grin on his face might have been seen
driving on Woodward avenue. A po-
liceman might have been seen climb
ing into the cutter with him. The grin
might have been seen fading as the
pair entered police headquarters The
officer came out in few minutes but
tho citizen didn't He staid there all
night In the morning he was able to
convince every body that 1t was only a
Joke, and was allowed 10 60. but he
won't of like man who was mad about
something. Detroit Free Press.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
SILLY SUPERSTlrlONs.
Fanolos Concerning bees Prevailing IL
Many Parts Of Englan<l

fAn0lo8 COnccrnInG BBeo Pr0vntll09 II
Many Parts Of England.
1t is amusing to note the supersti.
lions and fancies concerning bees that
have existed at different times. some
Of which still have their faithful ad.
herents in rural places. There is in
Lincolnshire. Essex and Cornwall, in
England. superstition that bees
desert hive on the occasion of a
death in The family, unless informed OF
it by rapping on the hive. The belief
that hives should be wrapped in
mourning is current in Lincolnshire.
In Northampton the entrance Of bee
into n cottage is deemed certain sign
II death. and IL a swarm Of bees alight
on dead tree. or u branch OF tree,
there will be death within year. In
Yorkshire there is custom Of in
viting bees to the funeral These were
doubtless originated from an observa-
ton Of the fact that bees are attracted
by the scent Of fresh varnish working
on superstitious minds. II b said by
some that bees will never live in
quarrelsome family. What blessing
II among bce-keepers such an idea
would quell all rising feelings Of diff.
ference in the family. Some think they
will thrive il stolen; whils in other
places it Is considered unlucky to pur-
chase bees; that tho only way 10 got
them Is to have them given, catch a
wild swarm, or to steal then. Acting
on this silly superstition, we have
known good people to 60 to neigh.
boris house, take = hive of bees
without his knowledge. and leave
in payment somo other goods.
thinking that ill.luck would follow
them II money be paid. In this
superstition there is = shade Of truth.
Among such people bees are got from
their nearest neighbor, in summer.
when bees are flying freely. and car.
ried quietly home. or conrsc, the old
bees return to the old stand the next
day. and the removed hive h unlucky.
because weak in bees for some time
till 1t can recupcrate. II the colony
has already swarmed. ~ s often tho
case. tho remaining bees aro too few
to build 1t up into a good swarm that
season. The observation Of results
without a knowledge Of tho cause or
.ho method Of preventing II, gavs rise
to the superstition in minds already
inclined thereto. Dec Ksepsr's Naga.
cine.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
PATRICK HENRY.


His Wonderful Power Ovor Mon Re-
afilrmed and Proved.
There was u time when American
school-boys spoke pieces" From a
cursory examination Of such speakers
and books of selection as are now pub.
lishcd, we should say that change
has come over the general custom;
that there was good deal Of tawdry
rhetoric and cheap humor in place Of
the old-iimc stirring patriotic pas
sages. Possibly an explanation may
be found in the disappearance of the
old oral orical school, and the rise OF
more matter-of- fact and business-like
appeals Be this as it may, the dec
lamations Of American youths thirty
or forty years ago were Of a passionate
order. and those orators were drawn
from chiefly who had heated the
iron words Of opposition to tyranny to
a white heat. The war for independ.
ence left a legacy Of fervid speeches.
and Of them NIL none was 50 popular
as that of Patrick Hcnry's, in which
occurs the splendid burst beginning;
"Mr President, 1t is natul al to man
to indulge In the illusions Of Hope"
and closing with tho words: I'VE
might fghtl lrcpeat IT, sir, we might
fghtl An appeal to arms and TO tho
q ID Of hosts Is all that is left us"
This speech and others of Henry's
came down to young Americans, ac-
companied by traditions Of the orators
power Of delivery which represented 1t
as something transccnding descrip.
iion. To those who read the book.
Mr. Wirts biography seemed always
struggling to set upright the
colossal figure Of Patrick Henry.
tho orator. and the impression
which the virginian undoubtedly
made upon his contemporaries was so
magnified in the clouds Of NJ. Wirts
rhetoric, by which chiefly it was con-
veyed to the imaginations Of lates gen.
erations, that Henry was scarcely
thought Of except as fiery man who
spoke pieces.
Patrick Henry's fame as an orator
will not bs lossoned by the latest biog.
raphy which has appeared; it will
rather bs increased. becsuse his power
over men 10 rea@rmed and proved BY
many cogent instances and his or.
atory d shown to bc a less erratic and
more stable element In bis nsture-to
be set In tho midst Of 90 much variety
Of mental gifts a. to take hue from
them. and not to be some exce ptional
una scouutabls manifestation. -AAss.
ue DN@ eetN"ngN VH
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
THE sLlzzARD's 5 HOME.
a0W BOreas TSevels from the Pole to the
Gulf 0f Me1ico.

aow Borsas travels from the Pole to the
Gulf of Mexico.
In speaking Of blixsarls even the
scientitiV Iignal. service man is accus'
toned 10 saying that "Maritoba'
wave is coming. and this has bcen SO
often reiterated that many people have
at last come TO believe that blixzarda
are home productions Of that section
of the Canadian Dominion. Manitoba.
however can hardly carry OF tho
credit for raising The wind IN this OK
trabrdinary manner The origin and
operation Of the blizzards and their
partiality for Dakota. Western Mime.
sofa, Iowa Kansas and Nebraska. and
the territory even farther south, are
worth ut least a little theorizing
Why is it that east dt the Mississippi
river they are only tclt with dimin.
ished force. and east OK the Ohio line;
for instance. that is i'm the Central
States. New York and New England.
hardly at alp The reply seems to be a
simple one. The southern part Of
British America. from Labrador west
to the upper shores Of Lake Superior.
10 traversed by what is known as the
Laurcntian, and at the extreme west
of the Huronian mountains, composed
IN reality Of an enormous rock forma.
ton. the oldest yet discovered. with
no shells or fossils to tell us its age. or
at what time it lifted Its great wall
above the waters. 1t is the
oldest scdimentary rock found on
the globe. The thickness of its beds
has been estimated at thirty thousand
feet 1t rises In hills and mountains
four thousand feet high, and on the
Saguenay forms sheer cliffs fifteen
hundred feet high. II makes a solid.
everlasting rock barrier; no wind, be
1t blixsard or tornado. can pass 1t
shelters all the country to the south Of
it from the icy blasts sweeping down
from the Arctic regions. At its west.
ern limit they may strike against it
and defect like water meeting an
obstacle. and in Wisconsin, Eastern
Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois they
may be felt with diminished force.
West of that limit, however. there is
no break Between q line from that
point north and south and the Rockies
and Sierras which guard all TO the
west Of them. stretches one vast un.
broken plateau from the Polar regions
straight south 10 the Gulf of Mexico.
Along the plateau Borcas, starting
from the pole. finds no obstruction in
his path. He comes down with rush,
sweeping every thing before him.
and freezing every thing he
encounterA and planting his snow,
sleet and ice even on the shores of the |
lar-off Gulf Of Mexico. The more
favored regions south Of these gigantic
mountains Of rock, interposing their
barrier, know little of the ter.
-ors Of these bitter Arctic currents,
which carry death and destruction
.long with them to the dwcllers OH the
'lain. Manitoba is only mid-station
IN the road from the pole to the gulf
Il is not the home of tho blizzard. st
Paul Globe,
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT
An Interesting work Whose Pursnit Costs
hut Very Little.

An Interesting work whose Pursnit Cost,
Hut Very Little.
| The production ofncw aud Improved
varieties Of fruit through seedlings,
Is q very Interesting work. and one
which can be pursued by every. one
who possesses q few rods Of land; but
he who enters upon the work with
some knowledge Of the principles
which govern the variation of varie.
ties in nee productions will be moro
likely to make progress than one who
is entirely ignorant Of them. and
plants seeds that are collected without
thought or method. The intelligent
cultiyator not only selects. sea. "a. from
fruits of a high order of excellence.
but he endeavors 10 select from fruit
the blossoms Of which have been fer.
tilized by pollen that comes from
plants that produce fruit Of an equal
high order: for he well knows that un-
less he takes especial pains ito
do this the new Seeding may
produce fruit of an inferior
quality, because the blossom from
which the seed came was fertilized
by pollen from plant that produced
fruit Of all undesirable quality. When
every precaution is taken to secure
seed from, the best parentage, the
chances are that the new Seeding will
not produce equal to that from which
the seed came. Progress in qnality is
both slow and uncertain; but during
the past fifty years we have made
progress that Is well worth atl the
efforts that have been put forth to
make it. N&h
AS we are now prepared to work
more intelligently than our fathers
were. We may reasonably expect that
the next fifty years will secure im-
provements Of more Importance than
have been made during the pas. fifty
years. To what extent improvements
may be carried we have no means Of
knowing. but that there is limit be-
yond which we can not go there is but
little doubt. As rule. the higher
and better the quality Of the fruit The
less will be the mum Dor Of seed it will
contain. From this It would seem
that there is II point of excel.
ence to which we may arrive
when no seeds will be produced. and
therefore. no further progress can be
made; such is now the case with some
Of the double flowers. But there is a
broad fold before us when promises to
lead us long way before we get to
the end. As the work is Il very inter-
esting one, with possible chance Tor |
success, large numbers will engage in
it. and a few will gain worldwide
reputation for having produced fruits
in excellence any that had
before appeared. .-.....-.
This work is so interesting and COSTS
80 little that every one who takes any
interest in the cultivation Of fruit.
should every year plant few seeds
from choice fruit, and thus increase
he chances of producing something I
better than we now have. The very
arge prizes offered for new improved
fruit from seedlings is an evidence
that societies are alive to the ilnpor.
ance of encouraging the production OF
Jew fruits from the seed. --Ralica
EDrp,er |
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
The Effect Of Salt.

ID Crcs,y told the Connecticut farm
crs' Institute. in tho discussion as tt
The effects of salt on butter, that the
fat in the milk was due to the falling
away or decomposition of tho tissues
Of the udder. II we keep the cows
thrifty AND well. the cells of the tissue
Of the udder will ripen more quickly
and will fall away and pass into milk
and thus increase the amount Of the
cream. Now the effect of the sal is
to hinder the ripening or maturity of
the cells OF the glandular tissue, AMI.
therefore. decreases the amount OF
fatty substance in tho milk. Mean.
while the cow consumes an abnormal
amount Of water. which 6uslcs out the
system. even to the lddcr Thus the
quantity Of milk is increased, but its
butter quality is diminished. Farm
and Home. '0.#'
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
A DOUBLING THOMAS.
He Tells why He Takes No Stock In
Ananias' Latest Productions.

Tread the other day about man in
Colorado who was in n sleeping-car
when it broke away from tho rest Of
the train and ran back down one OF
those steep grades which they are SO
proud of in that State, and how be
fore the Car jumped the track and
went down one of the prccipicos they
brag so much about, he covered his
head with the pillows in his berth. and
so saved his life. Seems as II he must
have had a cast-iron head on him,
case-hardened, too. II is strange that
correspondents should send ont such
reports when they might just as we'll
tell about the sea serpent. the old lady
one hundred and forty years old. and
getting older every day and the man
struck dead while bias spheming. These
stories have good. honest, straight.
forward ring to thcm compared with
this sleeping.car pillow tale.
Now, if they'd had tho mar put his
heal between two grindstoncs. or two
mill.siones, or cover his head with the
stove, or stick his head out Of the
window and let 1t bump along against
the grand Colorado scenery, and live
through it. 1t wouldn't have sounded
SO suspicious. But the sleeping-car
pillow version makes most Of us shy
out around the story considerable.
Such Of us as have ever laid our heads
on sleeping.car pillow and kept them
there three or four hours. and lad
fiat place worn on them so that each
resembled an apple which has had a
slice cut of Of one side OF 1t for the
baby--this crowd doesn't take much
stock in the story. Then wo who have
sneaked a stone-hammcr and cold
chiscl into our berths and tried to
make dent in the slecping.car pillow
we won't believe tho story at all. -
r. H. Cdrrnth. in Chicago Tribune.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
cHiMA's GREAT WALL
U Was Constructed of Whate ver Matevia
was Nest Piontlfal.

Hs a.
Was Coastruetsd 81 Whatsver Material
was Nest fisntifal.
| For . short distance either sidN 0l
The Lo- wan pass the wall Is construct.
ID Of brick, with rubbls In tho csntari
but farther away /. Is composed almost
wholly OF stone; in fact whatever
matcrials were closest at hand would
appear to have been made use Of.
Thus. at the spots we visited, granite
abounded In greatest profusion. 80 in
tho construc ction Of the wall wss II
made the principa Ingredient and for
miles the wall consists Of large. shape
less masses Of granite. smoothed only
on the outside. We observed but one
tower built entirely of stone. they
being. with this exception, composed
Of brick. with foundations Of ihewn
stone. The height Of the wall from
the top Of tho parapct Is about II feet
10 inches at most parts, though oc.
casionally. where tho parapet is
highest, it measures 18 feet 6
inches; its breadth is IS
feet, and the height of the parapet s
feet 4inches. The towers are 81 feet
5 inches high and 20 feet / inch broad.
The parapet is both crcnelated and
loopholcd. and the towers are pierced
for tho discharge Of some projectile.
From any elevated site the scenery
woll repay one for the trouble Of
ascent; clear streams are seen me.
andcring down the passes. while on
every side. aud looming far In tho
distance are a succession Of brown
hilltops. with small patches only nm.
der cultivation. Drovcs of pack-asses
arc seen g,ing and returning, the
former unladen. and the latter bring.
ing 4 small kind Of brushwood. which
the boarders burn instead Of the millet
stock in use on the plains. while in
wild abundance are scattered innu.
merable ash. poplar, and fire trees.
OF shoots branch out from the wall in
occasional places For their con.
struction it is difficult in every case to
assign reason. The little town Lo.
wan Eu is completely encircled by one.
and on tho opposite a double wall
winds upward with the portions 10
nearly parallel lines.
A visit the following day to the pass
Of Cha-pow, distant about twenty.one
lee from that Of Lo-wan, confirmed
our surinise that in the erection Of the
wall tho contractors Gf such there
were) availed themselves to any ex.
tent Of the building materials closest
at hand. We noticed several guns.
most Of which were partially imbeddcd
in the earth of rubble forming the
center of the wall; one bore an in.
scription recording that it was cast in
the reign of Wan Lee, tho last En-.
peror Of the Ming dynasty. 1t must
therefore. have been upward Of two
hundred and sixty years old. and was
evidently fashioned after European
model. A great many Of the towers
were in decayed state. and the in
terror OF some Of them having been
cleared of debris, were converted into
and granaries. Once Week
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
FULL or FUN.

-she-.,Jo,,n win - I. . ...,-,..
.,eamery He-.Ors IA. sns-.
how To keen "a the rmk. .l.r,,ns ~"
Puck
-Blobson who never 200. m. ~,
comes In without falling over an an.
,iouo lar or niece Of bron.s rsr.;ss. M
In calling his wife's collection :broak.
your. back ck."-Buyiino(on Free Pyesa.
Wa mioht. nerhaps. have mor.
agreeable weather II we should substi.
tute conl for mercury in our thermom,
eters Coal Il going mn much HIGHER
Than mercury - boston Posi-.
y--Tcacher- "What can Won tell me
Of Lots wifer' little Girl-..Nothin,
Mother savs mnstn't 4 talk al,ont other
folks behind their backs " -Craic
Don't von sunnoso /" AHA ! mann.
ber Of the police force. .4hat q police-
man knows a rogue when ho sees
him!" mo doubt" was the reply:
''but tho trouble Is that lie does not
scize a rogue when he knows him."
-Lady-.IfI give Won a nennv
what will YOU sayP" B,v-.I'll saw
my thing that you want mo to-"
Lady-"Well. say Thank YOU" Boy
MOT till get the penny. don't
trust nobody now-a-dayA Golden
Days.
Lady visitor, in penitcntiary-
..What would become of YOU. 200,
man. IL Won should die IN this wicked
place?' Hardened long termer-.The
warden 'ud stop mo tobacco an sell
me 10 the doctors, mum. "-Burdetse.
-"Wha; kind Of tobacco IL this?''
nskel the customer, .long cut or fine
cut?" Connecticut" replied tho deal.
cr A nd when the man smoked it he
knew he had been told tho truth. and
likewise swindled. Puck
-.Sophronia" writes IA TO know n
ladies' leap.ye privileges are expect.
ed to extend to the offering of seats to
gentlemen in street oars, and Offering
assistance to gentlemen who fall on
tho sidewalk Most assuredly. Bur.
lington Free Press
Miss Clara Ito Feo,herly. who i,
making nm eveninp calll-..poor l;ttlo
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
How SIeigh.Bells Are Made.

1t has. no doubt. been n mystery ia
many how the iron ball inside Of
sleigh. bells got there. and it is said tc
have taken considerable thought on
the part Of the discoverer before tho
idea struck him. IT. making sleigh.
bells the iron ball is put inside san
core just the shape Of the inside Of
the bell Then u mold is made Just
the shape Of the outside of the bell.
This sand core with tho jlnglet inside
is placed in the mold Of the outside.
and the melted metal is poured in.
which fills up tho space between the
core and mold. The hot metal burns
the core % that it can be all shaken
ous, leaving the ball within tho shell.
Ball valves. swivel joins, and many
other articles are cast In tho Same
manner. - Christain nj .Work.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
h smart Pennsylvania women toll.

IA smart Pennsylvania women toll.
The readers Of the Beeheepers' Magazine
how she beat the market when honey
was n drug: Last year l had about
forty pounds Of nice fall honey. SO l
asked store-keepcr what he wa, pny-
ing for such kind. He said three cents
pound, but refused to sell. amt took
my honey home, put itin two forty.Gye.
gallon barrels. and put boilirg.hot
rain water with 1t. When It cooled
off put some vinegar mother in each
barrel. and this summer | sold ninety
gallons OF the best vinegar that was in
the county at sixteen cents per gallon
[ Daid my tax with ii.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

Clerk (who belongs to . s6hskes.
pcarcan lyccum and whose dra.
matte bent has rather the bettsv Of
him, reaches the plxce at 10 a. m.
Greeting 10 his employsr)- NOR.
row, sir.
Employer (something u = business.
man)-It Is nearly. indeed Here.
after, cir. ! would like 10 havo you
got around in time to bid mo good
morning. Judge
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10
BAD SILVER DOLLARS.
hssus Coins That Can Easily No bent u
Ons's ~ipgsrA

u I..
hsgus Coins That Can Easily NJ Bsnt h
| Ons's ~ipssrA
Tho discovery mas been made thai
there is . large mum ber Of bogus silver
dollars in circulation. Hence It be-
hooves all who have no silver money
10 be on their guard. and he who Il
In possession Of shckels OF silver VIII
do wise act to examine hts 6nancial
possessions Tho discovery seams oto
have been made BY pair Of vigilant
eyes IN the employ Of the Adama n.
press Company. The cashier had two
Of tho bogus dollars in his possession
this morning tfA11Jn - II
The coin Is the exact size Of the good
dollar. and there Is but tho slightsst
difference in the weight in favor Of the
good coin. The ring Of the bogus coin
would deceive an expert. The differ.
ence. however is in the complexion Of
the coin. II you please. That Of the
good dollar is shining with content.
ment and prosperity. That Of the
bogus dollar has dull. leaden color.
The expression Of tho Goddess
Of etc, on the bogus
coin has bilious expression.
The work OH both coins Is oxaeily
alike. showing the bad stuff 10 be the
work Of expert workmcn who were
made to dic--a joke. MIR. Samuel G.
Cox. the booknan. has one Of the
bad dollars, that was evidently made
IN q hurry, ;" y
The caglet seems to be seriously
contemplating an early leaning Of her
base. and in fact, is slightly leaving
to ono side as though just about to
say Three" This dollar came from
wcll-known store on Fourth street.
Duhume has examined the coin and
pronounced 1t good. Several banks
have come to q similar conclusion.
but the cold fact remains that the bad
coin can be readily bended by ones
fingers. It has been said that the
com is the result Of q biographical
error
Mr.. Clarence r Ewes. the secret.
service operative of the Post-oftice
Department. whose Office is In the
Government building. was asked con-
cerning the rumor thai there are q
great many dangerous silver dollars
In circulation.
Il think not' said he, 'for the rea.
son that there have been no unusual
complaints for a long time. OF course
there is always more or less Of it.
There was a sensational rumor recent
ly that gang Of expert counterfeit
ers were dropped here by n circus re.
Gently. and were working the Ohio
valley. Well. that isn't true to my
certain knowledge.
DO you want to see one Of these
silver dollars You speak Off
I tell you they are dandies. You see
this one bears the date 1879. aud bar
ring the ring it would deceive an ex.
pert almost. Only you see it seems to
be little thicker than this genuine
dollar Now III show you the
weight"
A good silver dollar was adjusted
on one side of tho delicate scales. and
the bad one was hoisted in the air by
its good metallic kith.
Then Mr.. Ewes put silver dime on
the arm with the bad fellow, and tbs
scales Just balanced.
Sometimes they are only three
cent silver piece light" said Uncle
SANS man. Cincinnati Times.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

The poppy grows luxuriantly In
Florida, and paper down there be-.
lieves Iha, opium will one day be tho
principal produc Of the State.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-10

Denver Is r pn.,d to have moro
well.dresscd men on i,s streets than
any city u its size In tho country