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, 1888-10-06
interior Decoration I'm St. Louis.

A visit to the houses OF V~aD6eventP'
place would reveal TO the visitor decora
lions and ~extravagant magnihcence which
woul open his eyes to the amount of fine
urt in the homes of st Louis In the
library of one gentleman the carvings
overshadow the beautiful bindings of the
books Over one window Lougfellow is
carved. over another Whittier. and over
the mantle Hawthorne. and a larger book
the leaves represented 6utteriug and
carved with favorite American books In
e. all the houses the ervants have separate
hath rooms and. in fact, servants cut an
important figure in all these residences
in some of which there are eight and ter
servants One house in particular Is II
marvel of luxury. and Is being decorated
IN a way beyond on all local precedent /
will give you a brief idea of these decora
lions The parlor is finished III satin
wood and gold The mantel is o finely
carved effect, reaching far up and sur
mounted by a mirror which is SO high that
II does not reflect anything but the cell
ing
The reception room is finished in blue
and gilt. and the library is hung with
tiobelin tapestry. a rare and expensive
goods. which people who possess a small
piece value very highly 1t is a -Four
teenth century decoration. The ball room
on the third floor is a browning effect
This is reached by a stairway from the
porte cocher. so that ladies in their party
wraps will not nave TO pass In view be
fore the guests, but may 60 at once from
their carriages to the dressing rooms
The ball room is frescoed by hand, and in
the center is an old fashioned brick FIRE
place The very bath rooms are decorated
by hand with flowers 1t will require
ten servants to keep such a house II
order Tho furniture is being made To
order in New York Such extensive
decorations cost a fortune There are a
number of residences in the city which
have magnificent interiors, representing
an outlay of from $4,000 to $4O.0 00 L.
does not require many extras to absorb a
big sum-. once a man undertakes TO put
his house decorations on a magnificent
scale Two thousand dollars goes into y
mantel. $1,000 in curtains or chandelier
that dazzle the eyes 1t is not
to put SO. 900 in the parlor alone.-House
Decorator in Globe Democrat.
, 1888-10-06

Accounts are published of the devasta-
ton caused by crickets in Algeria The
insects resemble but are not identical
with either locusts or ~grasshoppers. Last
year swarms of g~rasshoppers ravaged the
colony This year the crickets nave taken
their place. They spring like grasshop-
pers. but have a more rapid and sustained
flight. They form clouds which shut out
the light of the sun When they alight
on the ground they destroy every trace of
vegetation They sometimes fall ex-
hausted on the ground in such numbers
as to cover it with a layer of dead bodies,
from which pestilentia1 exhalations arise.
The correspondent of a Paris newspaper,
in a letter from Algeria, says that the
railway trains have zen stopped by the
insects between Coz antine and Batna.
The method SIT: e..p loyed to check the
evil in the African possessions of France
is the old and expensive one of digging
long trenches at a right angle to the ad-
vancing swarms, and placing on the most
distant side a sort of fence formed by q
web of cloth. The advancing insects
strike against the cloth, fall into the pit,
and are there covered with lime or mold
The Algerian authorities have spent 700.-
600 francs in destroying them, and now
contemplate a further expenditure of
1000, 900 francs to complete the work
London Times.
, 1888-10-06
Royal Family of England.

OF the ueen's nine children eight are
still living; as a French humorist re
marks, The royal family of England is
as fertile in olive branches as her subsoil
Is rich in coal; there is no fear that either
will be exhausted" And all those eight
are married. seven of them having chill
dren. so that her majesty has quiet a little
army of princes and princesses. children
and Observation-Disclosures in London.
five at Darmstadt, six at Berlin-besides
a strong annual contingent of great
grandchildren. who flourish like young
bay trees.
More than half of this family. inclusive
of the male and female consorts of her
children, reside in England on pensions
from a grateful and admiring people
the balance is spotted about In Germany
yet. though lost to diurnal vision. II is
uone the less lear to memory. and is
quite under the royal thumb. spite of dis
lance. as all have come to learn. when
matters do not go precisely as her ma
jesty likes. she makes her relatives a fly
ing visit, and after a short private con
versation the most recalcitrant ''knuckles
under" submissively Germany. as you
areaware, has always been. next to Eng
land, the land of her predilection.-Paris
Cor New York Times.
, 1888-10-06

A clever little corsetiere on Seventeenth
street says: The most difficult customer
l nave to fit is Barnum's fat lady. She
measures fifty inches round the waist.
but laces down to forty-four. Her size is
her stock in trade, to be sure. Yet,
woman like, she will pull herself in. For
common wear l make her a plain article
of strong jean at $25; for best. a satin
embroidered corset at $75. You see, l
have to use about three times as much
material and about three times as mnch
whalebone, and the latter is costly. as |
do for an ordinary customer.
Yes. l have a customer in private life
who is nearly as large. She is a very rich
and fashionable lady, who lives on Fifth
avenue, near Bryant Park. She tells me
that as a girl her belt measure was the
same as hat of the Empress of Austria
and the Empress Eugene, just eighteen
inches. Now she is over 20, and cannot well
make herself less, as one attempt at that
for a charity ball brought on an attack of
apoplexy. No, | do not like to make cor
sets for overstout people. They always
want to squeeze themselves and be com
Portable at the same me."-New York
Press Everyday Talk"
, 1888-10-06
visitor. Of Hospital Pats.nt.

One of the very amusing. though at
the same time considerably annoying,
occurrences incident to charity hospital
experiences is the daily arrival Of all man.
ner of indigestible food for the patients.
which is either sent in or brought to the
hospital by Interested friends and rela-
tives. 1.-The first thing a woman does
when she comes to visit her husband.
son or lover. said a hospital surgeon on
a recent occasion, 'is to give him a bath"
"a bathf'
Eyes, a bath of tears. She cries all
over him, dom you understand And
then che talks a lot of stuff, regular
mush. you know; and when she-has him
all stirred up. pulse way up, fever rising,
and everything in a fine condition, she
tries to MAKE a finish of him by feeding
him a lot of pie. cake, crullers or some
thing of that kind We usually watch
them and take the stuff away down to the
office, but very often a woman conceals it
under her apron, and we find under the
mans pillow after her departure an apple
pie, a lot of custard, cake, fruit, tobacco.
and even whisky. Why, a man was
brought in here insensible the other day
from a blow on the head. dealt by the
gentle hand of the new aqueduct elevator.
We had him propped up in bed with his
head in an ice pack, all tied up in a rub
Der bag. and his feet in a vapor bath.
Presently his wife, children, sister,
brother-in-law. and most of the rest of
his relatives gathered in q line outside the
doorway. His wife insisted on going up
stairs, of course, and came flying down
and said she was going right home to get
him some breakfast, that he hadn't had a
mouthful to eat since early In the morn
ing. and she knew she could cook him
something that would bring him round
all right. No wonder he was faint lying
there all day with nothing to eat or
drink. New York Sun.
, 1888-10-06
ventrnoquism In Nature.

While pioneering in south Brazil M
Withers was struck by the low and plain
rive cry of some creature calling in the
night. He was at first impressed with the
idea that it was the cry of a child, but the
tones soon convinced him that this could
not be the case
Il had never heard a more pure and
liquid musical sound than this was. The
pleasing effect Upon the ear was but little
diminished on learning by what animal il
was produced. The vocalist was a frog
and soon another from a more distant
spot took up the strain. and the two sang
together, now in solos, now in chorus
Curious to see this musical frog. ! took a
torch from the fire and went to look for
him | arrived at the spot whence the
sound was proceeding. but as ] stopped to
search the grass the music seemed to float
away to another place some yards distant
1 followed. and still the sound moved
and nowhere could | discover whence II
came | searched for nearly a quarter OF
an hour without being able to fix the
spot. and then | gave up in despair The
fact Is. this frog is recognized to be a
veiItrloquist of no common order. | have
many a time since heard him crying III
broad daylight, and the power of ventril
oquism is no doubt given him as a protec
tion against the numerous cranes and
other frog enemies that would otherwise
be guided by the sound. and soon render
the species extinct. Youths Companion
, 1888-10-06
Tho Cost of yarious Wars.

The following statistics are of French
origin, and pointed Under Napoleon III
the Crimean war cost France 200, 900 men
and 2 milliards of money; England 90, 0
men and 8 milliards of money; Piedmont,
1000 men and 175, 900, 900 francs of
money; Russia. 5000, 900 men and A
milliards of money; Turkey. 49, 900 men
and 400. 600, 900. In 1858 the Italian war
cost France 80, 900 men and l milliard of
money; Italy, 60, 900 men and $50, 900, 900;
Austria, 100. 000. men and S75, 600, 900. In
the Mexican war france spent SOC. 900, 900
money and 70, men The Syrian ex-
petition cost 10000 men and 125, 600, 900
money. In the Franco German war
France lost 225, 900 men and 9,2S8. 600. 900
money. And now France is bristling
with ~Boulangism and will be compelled to
go in with Russia ere long in a struggle
more terrible than all before it. The
estimate is that France and Russia to.
gether can put in the field $500, 900 of
men, while Germany, Austria and Italy
can meet them with as many more. Think
of 20, 900, 900 men eager for each others
lives on European battle plains-and
what has been the gain of it all.-Globe-
Democrat.
, 1888-10-06

As the result of many years experience
the recruiting office of the United States
army have adopted this method of chest
measurement, which may be of advantage
to amateur athletes who find the circum
ference of their chests varying through
inaccurate measurement. Strip to the
waist Hold you arms above your head
the tips of your fingers touching Have
the measurer put a tape around your chest
unde the armpits lnhale and exhaie
naturally Let your arms fall easily by
your side The tape will slip down to the
maximum girth of the chest. This is the
mean chest Exhale all you can. still.
keeping your arms by your side This Is
h minimum chest. lnhale and initiate
all you can. in the same position This is
the maximum chest. The difference be
tween the maximum and minimum chests
is called the mobility A mobility of over
three inches in n man of medium height is
considered good. below two and one.half
inches it is poor Artificial movements OF
the arms or muscles interfere with proper
measurement.-New York Sun.
, 1888-10-06
pronuncintion Of parnen,s name.

Charles Parnell is not the sort of man
to be called by his intimate friends
Charlie" for he has features which are
rather severe and unsympathetic, al
though he is q blonde of rather a fine
type. The next thing to it is the name
by which he is known all over Ireland-a
pronunciation which is not extended to
England-that of ''Parnle," with the &C
cent on the first syllable. His estate in
the County Wicklow, not far from Dub
lin, is not a source of large income, but is
picturesquely situated and before his i'll
ness caused him to make many journeys
from England to Ireland.-New York
Press.
, 1888-10-06
A Petroleum Engine.

Apetroleum engine now being exhibited
in England is attracting much attention.
In a tank in the bed of the engine is
placed the petroleum. which is forced
through q pipe into a compartment where
the oil is converted into a fin spray by
means of a blast of air. The spray passes
into a chamber, and. coming in contact
with an electric spark obtained from a
small battery in the rear. motive power is
at once supplied. In construction 1t is
said to be comparatively simple. and the
engine works with admirable regularity.
The piston requires no oiling, the petro-
leum vapor supplying the necessary lubri
cntion.-Chicago News.
, 1888-10-06

My dear madam" said the chairman
Of the committee of the Maine Benevolent
fraternity calling on the Widow Gushing
ton. allow us TO intrude on your great
sorrow so far as to say that your larnented
husband"-
Burst of tears from Mrs. Gushington
She has an attack of faintness. One Of
the committee supports her.)
That your lamented husband was Ill
sured in our association for $1,000
und"-
Mrs Gushington exclaims: Poor, poor
charles. and bursts into tears again The
committee greatly affected.)
And that the money will be promptly
paid to you in sixty days"
Mrs Gushington Gin another burst OF
r-arsEGood gracious, | thought you a
truught it with youl-Lewiston journal
, 1888-10-06
MEDICAL,
Dr.. Wagaer&cp.
SPmC1AI1srs

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class of
diseases, believing that no condition of human
ity is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
tn rIP2 physician who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less a
Phffanthrophfst and a-benefacto to his race
plication eXcels IN any other b anch OF his pro-
fession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
Is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
the lepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG M H.N
Who may besuffering from the effects of youth.
fl follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-AG FD MEN.
There are many men OF the age of 80 TO 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken.
ing OF the system in n manner the patient cam
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posts a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen will an
pear, or the color will be of kin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap-
pearance. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage of seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & CO.
Ii14 Larimere street. Address, Box 27s3, Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-10-06

The present London fashion Of CARRYING
the arms prescribes that the elbows should
be thrust out as far as possible, giving y
Elugre lpoS to the body.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-07

A travelling man-the fond father
with restless heir who declines to
sleep at nights. ---Nerchant TrdUcIe,.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-07
A YEARS COMEDY.
MISS.

Twas April, when the brown birds sing,
And woods with bursting buds are gray;
We met-and watched the face Of Spring
Growing more lovely every day.
Before the woods were green, or half
The blue eggs Matched, one sunny morning
We found that we were made TO laugh,
You at my love, l at your scorning.
When Summer, with her rose abaze,
Passed over all the tranced earth,
We found the snmptuous burning days
Too stately for such trivial mirth;
And ere July had well passed by
We fell in love with melancholy,
And dreamed that we were made to sigh,
at my woe, you at my folly.
We walked where woods were red and brown,
When Autumn crowned the hills with gold;
And while the leaves came rustling down,
Loves story once again, was told
September's sun was gold above
The full earth's fruitful, golden dover,
We knew that we were made to love-
to love you-and you your power.
But when, through paths made dead with snow
By gray-brOwn lchen-Covered trees,
One happy day we CHANGED to go
Under blue sky and biting breeze,
You alipped-I turned-a hand to give
A hand to kiss-the play was Overt
We vowed that we were made to live,
for my Loye--you for your lover.
E. NsSJi, in AurTdy's Magazine.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-07
Health is Wealth! !

DR.. E. G. VESTS NERVE & BRAIN TREAT.
MENT, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dig
illness, Commissions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the
use OF alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mem
tai Depression, Softening OF the Brain result
ing in insanity and leading to misery, decay
and death, Premature Old Age, Barrenness,
Loss of power In either sex, Involuntary
Losses and Spermatorrhna caused by over
exertion Of the brain, self-abuse or over-tn-
diligence. Each box contains one months
treatment. $l.00 box, or six boxes for $500,
sent by mail prepaid on receipt ofprice.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received
by US for six boxes, accompanied with $500,
we will send the purchaser our written guar.
antee to refund the money II the treatment
does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only
by Branum & Goodwin, Druggists, Sole
Agents, Grenada, Miss. UsS8)
The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-07
Splendid Equipment! Magnificent
Coaches! Pullman Buffet Sleepers!
Trains Always on Time!

The working arrangements between
the Mississippi & Tennessee snd the
Illinois Central Railroad insures the
prompt handling of freight business
forwarded over the Mississippi and
Tennessee Railroad shipments reach.
ing destination following day Of de.
livery at Memphis depot.
Business consigned to the care Of the
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad at
Memphis, meets with despatch via
this route.
We solicit your business, and request
your calling upon agents for in
formation, etc.
A. J. KNAPP,
General Freight and Ticket Agent,
Memphis, Tenn.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-07
REGISTERING LETTERS.
A Process With Which Many Peo-
pie Are Not Familiar.
The Best Way to Send Money-Gettlng
Neutrality-suspicious. for Safety-The
Government VIII Not Make
Losses Good.

A good many people have at some
time or other occasion to send money tC
some other city, and the best means of
doing it is often a puzzling question,
Business men, of course, transact their
business by means of bank drafts, but
that is means not always open to the
general public, especially when it is
desired to send money in small sums.
When your friend has found himself
"broke" in distant city you can send
him remittance by telegraph; but
that is an expensive method and will
not be resorted to except when the case
be an urgent one. You want to send
him ten-dOllar bill. You are a man
of small means, having no acquaintance
at the bank, so you can not send him a
draft. Therefore you have either to
inclose the bill in registered letter,
get a postal money order, use an en-
press money order, or run the risk Of
sending the cash by ordinary post.
Postal money orders are a safe enough
method, but the objection to them is
that it is a matter of considerable
trouble to get one. for YOU may have to
wait at the post-otfice half an hour for
your turn, and the person to whom you
remit the money may have still more
trouble to get the order cashed. This
is because the regulations established
by the Government are rather
strict. The payee has to be identified
(not an easy matter if he be in
strange city,, and he has to answer
lot Of questions propounded by the
man IN the post-otiice. He must be
able to tell who sent the order, and he
must sign his name to the receipt
exactly as it was written in the appli-
cation for the original order This
often causes trouble and confusion. SO
a postal-ordcr does not exactly fill the
bill. Express orders many people
fancy better than postal orders, be-
cause it is easier to procure them and
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The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-07
$500 REWARQl

We will pay the above reward for any case
of liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick headache,
Indigestion, constipation OF Costiyaness We
cannot cure with Vests Vegetable Liver
Pills, s,when the directions are strictly compli-
ed with. They are purely vegetable, and
never fail to give satisfaction. Large boxes
containing 80 sugar coated pills, DC. For sale
by all druggists. Beware OF counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured only
by JOHN c. WEST & Co., S62 W. W.MadisonSt.,
Chicago, Ills.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-07

below oil competonn eaaa
small mill the country Write for large catalogue And
wheels
or outside.-PR1cEs Low. go
the Georgia.
best meal and oft
latest best
mistake Ratchet workA
etc. complete except day $780, It warranted
HORSE ENGINE, JUST THINK a.
mills made to order
purposes the South Send or prizes
Gearing shang puys ETC. Don't buy kind Of ma
without getting A.. A. DELoACH BRO,
Found and Machinists Atlanta Ga.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
Finest Soil in this Section

The following buildings are now in
course of construction, with many
more planned for the immediate fu-
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
A Bridge wanted,

ANAHEM, CAL, January 20, 1888.
EDITORS HERALD: Since you put
in a good word for old Anaheim as
regards the modest request for a
bridge over the wash north of town,
1 would beg of you to do the same
also for one over the Santa Ana river
east of the Oldest colony, leading to
Olive, and in fact the main,
Oldest and much-traveled road to
Riverside, San Bernardino and other
points. This is not only heavy,
sandy road for few miles, but the
river is hardly passable on account of
deep sand when there is no water,
and in time of water this stream is
not passable for weeks and months
and is dangerous to life and property.
A very strong petition from. tax
payers on both sides was handed to
the honorable Supervisors three or
four years ago, but not acted on
reason, no funds on hand for it.
think, with thousands Of others, that
with the heavy taxes just collected,
there should be plenty of funds to
build this bridge at once, and thereby
gladden. the hearts of long neglected
community. Yours very respectfully,
LOUIS SCHoRN.