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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19

SIGNALS BY TELEGRAPH.
Sending Thorn Over 1000 Miles of Wire
in u Fraction OF u Second.

in u Fraction OF u Second.
The recently-anno need claim of a
telegraphic circuit of over ter thus
sand miles, surprising all previous
experiments, is somewhat misleading.
Many efforts at tong-circuit work have
occurred during the past few wears,
the distance varying from 4 600 to
8 100 miles.
1t is n matter of considerable prido
10 the old operators Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company in San
Francisco that the feat of transmitting
clock signals through 7, 200 miles Of
line and talking directly through that
same line has never been equaled. The
occasion of this feat was the telc-
graphic determination of the differ
ence of longitude in time between the
United States Coast Survey Station in
San Francisco and the observatory Of
the Harvard University at Cambridge
in the year 1869. In order to deter.
mine the time of transmission of a sig
nal either from the clock Cor from the
operators key over the given lengt,
of the line of s, 600 miles, three diff,
fcrent methods were devised.
One of these was original with Prof.
George Davidson. who had charge Of
the observations Through tho lihrr-
ality of the management of the West
crn Union Telegraph Company. u
double circuit of line was looped ut
Cambridge. so that there extended
from the San Francisco Observatory
8. 600 miles to Cambridge, and the re-
turn from Cambridge by a somewhat
different route Of nearly equal length.
The two 'cartls' were under tho San
Francisco Observatory. distant from
each other not more than ten feet.
The line was first opened by an opcr-
ator in the observatory. and when tho
last connection was made at Cam
bridge the San Francisco operator was
considerably a%stonisied to get his own
message back within one second Of
time.
Then the astronomical break circuit
clock was thrown into line and made
its first break on a pen recording upon
a revolving cylinder of paper in the
San Francisco Observatory, and after
this break had iraversed the line to
Cambridge it returned and made a
break upon a second pen moving par
allel with the former in about eight
tenths Of a second OF time. This was
continued every second for several
minutes, and was repeated upon sew.
eral nights, and when one of the
twelve batteries in this long circuit
was removed the wave length time
was reduced to only sixty-fve hum
dredths of a second. Convers alton
was, Of course. carried on at the same
rate of speed. This feat over a line
Z, 200 miles in length has been un-
rivaled mp to the present time. both as
a practical working exhibit and q
scientific success - San Francisco Alto.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19
ONE WHO
a Constable Tells How He Squeeze,
Blood From a Turnip.

DO YOU know said Il constable
the other day, that there is an obi
ga'ion mankind hates to pay ever
worse than n Doctors billp"
Tie reporter couldn't conceive o.
any.
well, its house-rcut. | don't say
that hundreds of ren'ers don't pay
promptly at the beginning of each
month, but w. met plenty of people
who Won pay and don't intend to pay
UAI. tyrucU at the canuon's mouth. 50
TO speak,
Have you removed many familie.
this winte@g'
Only two out of ovcr thirty cases
I've had on hand. They hadn't the
money to pay, but all the others
squared up. l had a 8 on Cham
plain street yesterday. The tenant was
three months behind. He pleaded sick
ucss, poverty and all that and the COM
missioner finally issued an order to put
him out went up 10 do it. The man
cursed he hcartlessncss of the world,
the wife wept vel their misfortunes
and the children held up their rags in
appeal"
1T must have been sad"
so 1t was. | had carried two chairs
out when the man knclt down and be.
gan to pa. carried out two more,
when he rot up. As Iseized the lounge
he said:
"A1d so you will put me OUT
Il must
For thirty dollars"
That's the figure
We'll, come down 10 the bank and
I'll p1y it,
And did hep"
He did, and he had very nearly
two thousand dollars ltft to his credit
alter doing so.''-DclroH Free Eresg
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19
Johnny's Idea of Man.

All the boys in the school but one
had stepped up on the platform and
read their compositions, and every
composition was briefly descriptive of
some beast of the field or forest, be-
ginning with the assertion that the
beast in question was a very useful
animal"
Johnny Biggs was The last boy to
take the stand. and every body won.
dered what his composition could be,
as the stock of useful animals"
seemed to have been exhausted by his
associates.
Johnny was equal to tho occasion.
His composition was on the subject Of
man. and this was the way it read:
"Man ID a very usfull anymull to
h~isself; butt the other anymuls don't
never have mulch use fur him.
BRAKES Magazine.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19
ABNORMAL SWEATING.
A Great Annoy ance to Many Persons Who
Seem to He In Perfec al Health.

Seem to He in Perfect Health.
Normal perspiration accompiishes
two objects; 1t regulates bodily tenn
perature by evaporation. and it aids
In carrying off the waste of the sys-
TEN. The efluvium from the pores is
more deadly than the carbon from the
lungs, and is the chief danger Of un-
ventilated bedrooms and crowded
assemblies. In certain diseases it
renders important aid in eliminating
the noxious products developed by the
disease. Hence the sour sweat Of
acute rheumatism. When the kidneys
fail to do their full duly, the skin
comes to their assistance, and in such
cases a simple cold may prove fatal
by closing up the pores.
There is often excessive perspira.
ton. This may be general or partial.
1t is generally the symptom of some
disease OF disorder. 1t may give rise
10 minute vesiclos, and lead to eczema.
This condition calls for tonics, the
wearing of WOODEN instead of
cotton next to the skin,
and sponging with water rs
hot as can be borne. In diabetes and
Bright's disease there is a deficiency
of sweat. Some persons have a matt
ural deficiency. with a similar def
cheney of the oily secretion. This
renders their skin dry and rough.
In some persons the perspiration.
especially Of the arm pits and feet. has
a bad odoE The cause of this is not
certainly known. Washing move
the smell only for time. The clothes
become saturated with tho odor. and
annoy others as well rs the victim.
Frequent, thorough washing in quite
hot water and as frequent change OF
clothing are absolutely essential; but
1t is desirable that a physician should
examine into the state of the general
health. and he. if necessary, may pre-.
scriba for this, and will indicate some
suitable application to the skin.
The sweating of the feet is n great
annoyance to many persons who seem
to be in perfect health. Gentlemen
have been induced by it to absent
themselves from society, and faithful
servants have for the same cause been
dismissed from desirable situations. A
writer aifirms that borax is a specific
for ii. hat he has used it for ten years,
and cured numbers of cases by it. He
dissolves about half an ounce OF
borax in a pint of water. and applies
it with n sponge to the feet-after they
have been washed in warm water
every night before going to bed.
Another writer in the same journal
says he had been a martyr to it for
several years, having tried. without
avail. every remedy he could hear of.
He was at length fully cured by n mix
ture of salicylic acid. two parts, and
burnt alum, three parts, well busted
on the feet and between the toes. after
washing in warm water. At first he
did it nightly; soon only once a week.
and then not at all. He has since
frequently tried it on others, and al
ways with success. -- Youths C0mpan.
inn
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19
old peachblow potato ia riea

The old peachblow potato is near.
ly extinct. As late crop it is one oil
the best varieties ever introduced. II
should be revived by growing the seed
in a new locality. 1t is well known "a
a variety that has luxuriant vine. pro.
ducing its tubers only after the vine
growth has been fully completed. The
early rose is also departing. yet there
are but few new varieties Of early pc.
tatoes that excel 1t in quality. and
many others of the old. tried varieties
have been unequaled. By carefully
selecting the seed they may yet DO re.
tanned.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19
The Power of Grease.

An Austin sporting character visited
another sport in Texas City not long
since, and. TO his surprise, found all
the gambling places in full blast,
whereas formerly they had been sup.
pressed.
'The wheels Of justice do not appear
to creak rs loud as they did the last
time was here" remarked the Aus
tin ma to the party who was dealing.
That's SO; but we had to grease
EN- like the mischief to prevent them
from making a deuce Of a noise, +" was
the reply. Teas Sifiinoa
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19
FACTS FOR

Bran, oats and oilmeal is the food
for growing pigs up TO the time when
pumpkins are ripe.-Rarai Home.
There are seeds that won't grow,
and there are plants that won't ma
terialize, both for the same
there's no life in them.
Old pear trees that have appar-
entity been worthless have been revived
by the application of a peck Of salt
and ashes scattered around the base.
Enough smart men are raised on
our farms, if they would stay there, to
make American farming the best in
the world in a single generation.
DO not compel the sheep to forage
exclusively for their food. Even when
the grass is plentiful q liberal mess OF
oats when they come up at night will
greatly add 10 their thrift and condi.
ton,
An excellent insect destroyer is
said to be alum water. made by dis
solving a pound of alum in three
quarts of water. II the alum water
be added TO whitewash it will not
only improve the %whitewash, bnt will
kill the vermin in the poultry-house
when the whitewash shall be applied.
Poultry yards should be on sandy
soil if possible in order to avoid mud
or slush on the ground. as roup is
liable to break out in tlocks that are
kept in damp locations. The yards
should be we'll drained, the surface
covered with sharp. fine gravel and
cleaned off at least once every two
weeks if the flock be large.
We have seen a little farm, well
titled prove more productive and
profitable than a large farm skinned
aud skinned; and we have seen a little
mind, we'll educated, accomplish more
in the actual work of life than the
great genius who knows a little OF
every thing. but nothing well. - Vest
erm PIoWman.
Sheep should be entirely secure
from any exciting causes, or liability
to be worried by other animals. Let
them have all the sweet hay or corn
fodder they will eat, in addition to the
grass. and feed half a pint to
a pint of corn-meal per day in two
feeds, varying occasionally with an
equivalent of peas and oats.
A writer in the Indiana Farmer
has always found hat colts halter.
broken and accustomed TO lead by the
side of their mothers, to buggy or
wagon, when driven, are generally
broken to lead. 1t is a very necessary
part of the education of a colt to sub
nit to the halter. Halter broken
should mean TO lead everywhere and
on all occasions without pulling back
Or shying about. A lesson now and
then will be remembered. and the
oflener the lesson is repeated The bet
ter it is learned.
"A Tennessee farmer recommends
the following method of keeping hams:
Take the hams of hog fresh Killed.
Pack them in salt and let remain four
to six weeks, according 10 size. Then
take out of the salt, anil simply shake
off the loose salt. Have a bag for eact
ham. much larger than the ham. Gut
up a quantity Of hay very fine. put it
four or five inches deep in bottom Of
bag. insert the ham, big end down,
then pack tightly ali around and VI
top of it the hay four or five inches
thick, and hang up in a dry place. No
smoking necessary-the hay keeps in.
sccts fir laying eggs i'll the meat.
and also preserves the flavor of the
same, After hanging, let it remain ii |
ready for use, no matter how long.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-19

A Kimball ID. ~ justice Of the
peace has made the announcement
that during leap year no will charge
no fee for marrying couples who will
admit that the marriage vas brought
about by the lady exerting her leap
year prerogativeS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-09
BIG-sTONE GAP IMPROVEMENT.
Meeting OF the StOekhOiders-Pro'
iecf1d EnfernrtNes.

The stockholders Of the Big. Gap
Improvement Company met at the Exchange
Hotel Yesterday At noon. There were pres
ent: William y. Jones, Of Philadelphia; Dr..
r. B. Whtridge, Of Boston J. W. Fox,
OF New York; Il. II. Wentworth. OF Wash
ngtOn: Charles I. Ballard, OF LOuiSyiile !;
Hon. NJ. b. Wood, OF Estillyille; j. +. Bull
llt, Jr., II. G. Mcdowell, Jr., aud senator D..
&. F. Mills, OF Blg-Stone Gap; j. NJ. Bailey,
of Bristol; Josiah Ryland, Of Richmond, and
Hon. X. 4. Ayers.
The meeting was called to order by At
torney.General Ayers (lhe prfsideDt), aud
was organized by the election Of Hon. NJ. b.
Wood chairman, and L. II. Wentworth
secretary.
The usual committees on proxies and
business were appointed, and the meeting
was engaged In considering several enter
prises connected with the Improvement Com
pany until a late hour. when 1t adjourned 10
meet again to-day at 10 O'Clock.
The company owns about $500 acres OF
land available for building purposes at Big
Stone Gap, and have actively entered upon
its development. A brick plant with ca
pacity OF 10000 per day Is now upon the
ground actively engaged. A large planning
mill aud several saW-mils are In operation,
aud the SQUAD OF the artisans hammer is
heard in the forest from dawn till dark.
The company have commenced the con-
siructiOn OF 4 large and beautiful hotel 70 ac'
cOmmOdae tive hundred guests, and all the
stockholders are buOyant and hopeful as TO
the future success OF the town.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-09
THE BLUES ASO THE GRAYs.
Our PhiIadeIpnia Friends TO Reach
Here To-Day.

The Washington Grsys, OF Philadelphia,
will arrive here at 2:5S L. N. on visit 10
the Blues.
They will be met by the Blues at the Byrd
Street station and escorted up Seventh to
Main street, down Main to Governor, up
Governor to Capitol, aud will there enter
the grounds OF tue Executive Mansion and
be welcomed by Governor Lee. Thence
they 20 to Ford's Hotel (where they will be
quarteredj and dine. THIS afternoon they
will see something Of the city. At night
they will be banqueted at sanger Hall
Early next morning they Will be marched up
Franklin street 10 the West End. where they
will take the electric ears aud ride to Libby
Hill. From that park they proceed 10
Rockets, where they VIII take the barge
Chimborazo for Warwick Park, where they
will spend the day. Friday they leave for
Washington aLd home.
IL 1, essential TO the success OF this frater-
nal visit that the Blues sheuld be able 10
muster with full ranks. To have them eur
ployers are earnestly besought TO give their
employees who are members Of the company
time 10 attend to their martial duties.
The Grays bring n splendid band With
them. Something OF concert from them on
the Capitol Square this evening would be
appreciated by the Richmond public.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-09
Personals and Briefs.

Richmond Lodge OF Elks will celebrate
their anniversary to-day.
In the City Circuit Court yesterday l.. u.
De QGentinl was admitted TO citizenship.
Governor Lee yesterday removed the po.
litcal disabilities OF w. e. Davis, OF Man.
chester.
Mr.. T.. Fl. Lea has been appointed freight
agent OF the Richmond and Danville road nj
Richmond in place Of Mr. Angel, deceased.
Messrs. Lawrence Myers, wife. and
daughter, Of Plainheld, \. j.; 4. o. Emer-
son, wife, and daughter, OF TltusyilIe, Pa. ;
Hon. Barton Myers, mayor OF Norfolk; wiz
liam D. Jones and wife. Of Philadelphia, and
l.. Mayer, Of New York, are at the Exchange
Hotel.
There was double funeral at the soldiers
section in HOLLYWOOD yesterday afternoon,
when MstoF Il. +. Wingfeld, who died a
the soldiers Home, and Sergeant Thomas j,
Campbell. who died at 14C9 east Min street,
were buried. The Burial Committee of the
camp accompanied Sergeant Campbell to The
cemetery.
The programme presented al the last
meeting OF the West.End Social and Bench
cal society was varied, embracing readings,
recitations, aud humorous and sentimental
songs. Among the readings Longfello~''
Jacqueline" from his .s0utre Mer." MA
beautifully rendered, and all who took part
acquitted themselves ereditably.
The principal feature of the last neetine
OF the William o'Brien branch OF the lfiso
National League OF America was ihe pre-
seutation OF tue rolls Of honor 10 tae mem
bers. These are very prstfiiy designed VIII
a border OF shamrock and . portrait Of
Messrs. ParnelI and VBricp, all being sur
mounted By the American eagle.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-09
Mortuary Report.

The following gives the actual mortality in
the city for the week euding May 8. 1SSs:
Cause Of Death: Asthenia, /; aptb2a, | !;
congestion OF lungs, .; consumption, 81;
commissions, 4 disease OF stomach, !;
dropsy (cardiac), | ; malarialfeyer, 1 heart
disease (organlc), /; hcmerrhage Of lungs,
/; IocomotOr alaXla, !; llyer.disease, ];
marasmus, /; paralysis, .; pleurisy, /;
pneumonia, /; poisoned by atrophia (acci-
dentaD, 1; septicamla, sclerosis Of liver,
1; unknown, :.
Whole number OF deaths in the city, ex-
elusive Of stil-births, 49,
stu. Births. Maes-Whte, /; colored, /.
Femaes-colored, /. Total, 3.
Rate: Rate Of mortality OF whole popua-
ton was l7.18 per cent. per 1000 per an.
nun; rate OF mortality Of white population
was 3per cent. per 1000 per annum; rate
OF mortality Of cOiored population was 22.45
per cent. per 900 per annum.
Ser and Color: White males, s.; white fe-
males, 6-tOtal, IA. COlOred males, l3;
colored females. G-total, 10.
Age: One day 10 thirty, /; one month to
six, 5; six months 10 twelve, l. one year 10
three, .; ten years TO twenty, 1; twenty
years 10 thirty, s.; thirty years to forty, 81;
forty years TO fifty, 3; fifty years to sixty, 3;
sixty years to seventy, 8; seventy years 70
eighty, 4.
Condition, Single, IS; married, ls; wild.
overs, 2; widows, 3.
Nqtirity: Richmond, 10; other parts OF
the United States, IS; Canada, I.
Locality: Marshall Ward, 3; Jefferson
Ward, 4; Madison Ward. 3; Monroe Ward,
3; Clay Ward, 8 Jackson Ward, 10; alma
house. 3.
Comparative Weekly Mortality: Total
deaths for week ending May 7, lss7-whiie
IA, colored 25; still-born-white, 2; colored,
. Total deaths for week ending May 8,
lsss-whife IA, coIored 10; siili-born--white
l, colOred ,.
Temperature: Mean temperature for week
ending Nav :, 1887, s8o.29. Mean fempera.
ture for week ending May 8, 1888, 76o.O0.
Amount OF rainfall for week ending May
7, 1887, 81 inches. Amount OF rainfall for
week ending Nay 5. 1888, .06 inches.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-09
Meeting of she Grand Camp or Con
Tedernte Veterans.

The Grand Camp, Confederate Veterans,
Department OF virginia. held its trst meet
ing last pigbt In Lee.Camp Hall, on Broad
street General Jonn Z. Cooke. grand CON-
mat der, presided. The following officers
were present Captain +. NJ. Henry, trsi
lieutenant grand commander; Colonel
Charles +. Collier, second lieutenant grand
commander; Captain G. W. hurdaugb,
third lieutenant grand commander; Adlu-
tant Arthur A. splitter, adiutant-eenerAl
Major n. v. Randolph, inspector-genefh;
Captain Washington Taylor, quarlermMler'
general.
The following delegates were also pres
ent:
From P.ckett-Buchansn Camp. Nj.
Henry, Washington Taylor, and Charles
Pickett.
From stonewall Camp. NJ. Dinford, Z.
z. Phillips, aud w. T. Edwsrds.
From Lee Camp. Aiexandria-B. 4. booe'
From Lee Camp, Riehmoud-A A. J.. Phii'
lips, John r. Cooke, John Murphy, Charles
u. Williams, J. W. White, john Maxwell,
n. V. Randolph, j. Taylor stratton, A. W.
Archer, b. ID. Core, Thomas A. Brander, A.
A. spiizer, and j. W. Thomas. :.
The Chair stated that some tine ago ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-09
Annual Report OF Ctty- aission wOris
from payI 1897. 10 May Z. 1883

In compliance with the laws Of the society
the managers of the city Mission submit the
following report for the benefit OF tue citi-
Hcns to whom are due is support: 800
visits have becu made to families neod-
ing help, 1878 lick ranons given from
tie Mis-ion.llou,e, 2.l2j quarts OF mo-
lasses, 1000 quarts Of SOUP, II, 200 pones Of
bread, zoo bars of soap, 5000 old garments
and 500 plir Of old shoes distributed. and
100 pair ~ new shoes sent from the penitcn-
tlry. The Purchasing Committee on Cloth
ine hls distributed fOo yards red flannel, $50
wards c)lton-cioth, 200 Yards o. Canton
flannel, T. blankets, and comforts. The
visitors, with the leip Oi friends. have
given > mattresses. 4 stoves, 4 bedsieads,
with other pieces % furniture. sixteen
hundred tons oi coke donated by 'he Coun-
ell have been distributed by tickets signed
by the president ~ The city Mission
aud superintendent of Public Chtrtics.
| The ladics of The Mission sre greatly IN
dcbtCl 90 Air. {. Bo,-ieux. Mr.. j. Tyler,
Mr. StOrrs, and other. for their great ibc-
ralliy nm hiuliuc tms coke tO the poor, and
also % Colonel Cui,haW and hr. J. Bolton
for their patience and lrOmpincss IN
hauling for the Mission. -four
ishing sewing school was established m
| February az The MissiOn-llouse. and is
/ "A time 0f happiness 10 y little guh.
under the guidance oi . tc1ehcrs and
! Mrs. g.. CHORD, most efficient president.
/ The children have completed sixiy.scFcn
garments, an II which have been insDscied
! by committee aud distributed. Several
| ladies' and merchants have been very hbcrii
] 10 the school. which needs some calico AMI
/ cotton at this time, ard donation, VIII ha
! gladly received every saturday from - fo >
/ .l.t Ia. fs,l H. I.Ntll
/ propose 10 give the sewing school q picnic
/ to the country The 2l,h oi thi, month and
| viii bc glad 10 receive ald from persons who
may feel interest Ia the WORK.
! \ regular prayer.meeting under the care
| Of the ladies'. assisted by Nh Nash and Mr.
| Funsten, Is hcld every Friday morning, with
an average attendance Ol hity or sixty. This
work has been of great benefit 10 4 number
of the intirm old people, who attend Ieyu.
! larly. Numerous contributions Of -four,
coffee. hats, cotton, flannel, bread, and other
/ articles have been sent by friends 90 the Mis-
sion House, and the lidles desire TO express
their thanks for all these donations; but,
! like Oliver TTi.f, ask FOR more, a. their
treasury Il in A very low condition, aud the
work must be carried on for the benefit
Of the old aud sick people through the
summer. II il proper 70 state here
that the work oi the Mission has been
carried on during the past year With Sl,53l,
and there y no debt. Contributions can be
sent 10 hission-lIOnse, l06 north Fourteenth
street; Mrs. A. Y. Stokes, 1909 east Mar
shall; Mrs. W. Crump. Governor street;
slrs. Il. COlslon, 700 east Franklin; Nrs. j.
T.. Moore, Todds Row, Franklin street;
Miss Uorn, G07 east Leigh; Mr.. Rogers.
iii Grove road; Mrs. Claiborne, 0l2 east
Leigh; Mrs.. q. stacy, 400 east Cary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-09

Confederstes ot Virginia, and IN fact OF the
South, hnd been invited to meet the Army OF
the Potomac IN n retinion TO be held at Get
tysburg next Jnly, and that committee
from the Army OF the Potomac would be
here on the 18th Of this month for the pur-
pose Of extending the invitation formally.
He hoped, he said, that all representatives
would bring the matter TO the attention OF
their camps when they returned home and
talk the matter over.
Comrade L. VI. Henry, from Norfolk, In
vited the Grand Camp TO Norfolk on the
18th. the memoria. lay there. The camp
received the invitation with thanks.
On motion the commander OF the camp
was authorized, II he should see tit to do So,
10 call the next meeting OF the camp on the
memoralday Of the place at which the meet
ing is 10 be held; otherwise 1t should meet
according 10 the bylaws. Adopted.
After the transaction OF some routine
business the camp reelected the same officers
and adjourned sine de