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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-01
Happisaess.

THE MIRROR OF last week contained an
article with the above title. 1t dealt with
the subject from an abstract point of view.
rather than personal. and was something of
a metaphysical study rather than an actual
consideration of what happiness really is
and how to possess it. First, what is happi
ness? Webster, usually so simple and eX-
act in his definitions. fails in this instance
to convey an adequate meaning to this we'll
known word. Listen: Favored by hap
or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful;
prosperous: satisfied" To my mind, the
last word is the only one that approaches
the almost infinite horizon which bounds
the word it attempts to define. For GER
tainly men may be lucky and yet not SUI
premely happy; likewise with the other
definitions. But if man is SATISFIED
what more is there to ask for?. To satisfy
is to appease fully the lOngings of desire.
Who does not long for this happiness?
Whose heart is not filled with all unutter-
able longing for a happiness that knows not
sorrow and where tears are unknown. If
this longing is fully appeased we enter in
that ecstatic and idealic condition which we
may designate perfect happiness.
Many of the ancient philosophers made a
study of happiness and often laid down
rules whereby one might acquire it, but to
be able to follow these esOteric instructions
one must be philosopher; the standard is
too high and the way too difficult for ordi-
nary, everyday mOrtals. 1 think as ma
ton, or, more properly speaking, a re-
ligiOus sect, the Buddhists approach nearer
to happiness than any other people Oh our
globe. But every Buddhist is a philosopher,
and more than that, for his philosophy is
his religion. The Nirvana Of the Buddhist
is not a place similar to the ChrStian's con-
ceptiOn of heaven as so many suppose. but
it is mental condition; calm sinless
state of mind. This perfect mental equi-
poise is what every Buddhist seeks to attain,
but the ''verace via" is most difficult to
tread and neceSsitates a mental discipline
which few are willing to undergo. The
Buddhist medtates where the Christian
prays. and these meditations are as deer
and profound as the midnight prisons OF
any aScetic monk of the Middle Ages. The
first mental attribute which the Buddhist
seeks to acquire is a perfect love for all
men. He fully appreciates the value tC
himself if he is without evil desire, without
hatred or anger toward any one. but in per-
feet amity with all. so he earnestly medi.
tates upon this one virtue that it may be-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-01
(Selected.)
THE BRIDE.
BY MRS. V. G.. RAMSEY.

BY MRS. V. G. RAMSEY.
who is she that looketh forth as the morningF
-SolOmOns SOng6: 10.
Who i. she that looks forth with face like the
morning?
That beams on the earth in beauty and light?
AS fair the moon in her silvery whiteness.
As clear as the sun at his MONDAY height.
oh, who is this fair one. majestic and queenly,
Pure in her truthfulness strong in her love,
Robed in a garment more radiant and glorious
Than seraphs have worn in the temple above?
This is the spouse adorned for her nuptials.
The chosen of Christ, the glorifed Bride.
Holy and beautiful loyal and loving.
She whom the highest has called to His side.
Unpitied uncared for, polluted, and lost;
He loved her-Oh, wonder. Behold how He
loved her.
And paid for her ransom infinite cost.
In the breath of his love her fetters fell from her.
Transfgured she rose from the touch of His
hands,
The glory of earth, and the wonder of heaven.
All stainless and peerless before Him she
stands.
oh, this is the fair one. with face like the morn
ing.
That beams on the earth with heavens own
light.
The Bridegroom hath crowned her. tie day star
hath risen.
And backward dying the shadows of night.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-01

Some men are like cheap clocks, always
too fast or too slow.
Pity and patience are the two keys which
unlock the human heart.
The easiest thing in the world is to find
fault. Even blind man can find fault.
If there is virtue in the world at which
we should always aim. it is cheerfulnesS.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
A CAMERON Woman's Toilet.

So long as they are young and hand
some the Camcroons women pay great
attention to their toilet The petit
coat, which reaches down from the
hips to the ankles, must be thorough
ly smooth and clean, rand the apron,
which is worn under it, is us spotlcss
rs the under-clothing of European
lady. Their hair Is woveH by profess
sional hair-drcssers into braids of va
rious shapes, without grease and usu-
ally without ornaments. although n
woman is occasionally found who
wears a string Of beads around her
head. The dressing usually lasts for
a week, and islbound up at night in a
cloth for protection. " is also u part
of the hair-dresser's S business, which Is
carried on In the street, TO pull out
the lady's eyelashes. a string Of
pearls Or some other ornament of Eu.
ropean, origin Is worn around the neck
The shoulders, breast and belly are
covered with ornamental ,tattooing ~
red aud blue, apparently centering NJ
the navel. Elaborate rutlles OF ivory
or mctalic rings arc worn upon the
wrists and ankles. Robert Muller, NJ
~ I'm Popular Science Monthly.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
PToLEMY's MIRROR.


1T Represented Every Transaction
... .. Throughout All Egypt.
We read in several of the ancient
authors wonderful stories of the mirror
Ftplcmy Evergetes caused to be placed
on top Of the Pharos, or watch tower
at Alexandria. The mirror was said
to have accurately represented every
transaction throughout Fall Egypt on
both water and land. Some writer's
affirm that with this mirror an enemy's
feet could be seen at distance of six
hundred million PAGES.
Abulfeda, IN his description OF Egypt,
says that the mirror was Of Chinese
iron, and that sCIa after. Mahomctan-
ism prevailed the Christians destroyed
it by stratagem.
Button thinks that by Chinese iron,
Abulfeda meant polished steel; but
there seems more plausibility in the
conjecture of an accute anonymous
writer, who supposes the metal to
have been what is known to us by the
name of tutnnga. a Chinese metallic
compound which might have been
valued then, as it is now, for the high
polish it takes. Tho existence Of this
wonderful mirror has been very gen
orally treated as a fiction. Father
Abbat, in his ''Philosophiques," %
work first published at Marseilles in
1868, has II very ingenious theory
which he advances to prove to GER
tain extent that the fact of its existence
is in itself neither impossible nor diff
cult, but, on the contrary, very prob
able"
"If this mirror existed" says Abbat,
"it is probable that it was the only one
of its kind, and that no other means
had been found Of viewing distant OBJ
jccts distinctly. 1t must, therefore,
have been consideredas great won
der in these times. - 1t could
not fail to be regarded as a prodigy.
Hence it is natural to think that those
facts were exaggerated beyond all
probability, or even possibility. as
commonly happens to rare and re-
markable machines and inventions. II
we abstract them from the accounts of
the Mirror Of Ptolemy, the evident ex-
aggerations of ignorance. VIC will see
that the mirror simply reflected the
images OF objects not visible to the
naked eye"
Abbat's full recount Is interesting in
the extreme, and after reading 1t un-
derstandingly, it is the belief OF the
writer. no one will blush to acknowl-
edge, that he concurs with Abbat in be-
lieving sthe long-refuted fable OF
Ptolemy's mirror st. Louis Republic.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
BRAN FOR CATTLE.
One Of the Most Important Additions to
Other Kinds of Food.

Although the school master is
abroad, and has been moving around
this favored land for a good while.
there are some things which lie has
not yet made plain to a largo class Of
people who ought to be better informed
| upon som" points than they are at
present This observation has been
called forth BY the remark OF farmer
concerning the feeding value Of wheat
bran. He was describing his plans for
the winter. Was 10 keep about twenty
cows and sell his cream to a cooper
ative association in the town inwh. sh
fed several tons Of brar, but thought
in future he should Use coru-mcal.
There was no lpIb. that meal was
good for cows, but he could not sec
how wheat with all the goodness
taken out Of IT. could be Of much value.
Il is hardly necessary to say that
this man was not lcIievcr in book
/ farming" or that he was not sub
scriber for a dairy paper. He wa. a
hard worker and intended to make
money in his business. But h. had
little faith in science - applied to the
practical affairs Of life and made many
mistakes for want OF knowledge which
he might easily have acquired. He
Was iaboring under the impression
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
FULL OF FUN.

-Aady-1 thought told you ]
wanted curried potatoes for dinner. .
Bridgot-"The hostler was busy, mum.
and I'm no groom. Lowell Citizen.
Weary Whiskcrs (the tramp)-
"Don't get frightened, madam, am a
member OF the Anti-Waste Society,
an Jest called ter see if yer didn't
want ter hire a man to eat up what
vittlcs yer have left over. Puck.
-Lawyer-"Do you understand the
nature OF an oath. madam?n Witness
well, should say | did. My
husband took off the screens yester-
day, and is,putting up the stovcpipe to-
day."-N. Y. Sun.
Two Irish servants were quarrel
ing the other day. Sure" said the
one, IAN didn't Oh hear Yer masntner
comm in afther half-pasht four ay the
noight!" "An' shure,n rotorted the
other, "an' didn't Oh hear yer mashther
not comm home at all lasht noight.
Epoch.
"A Gem to be Stunned Prit-
tie -''Grandma, Mr.. Pattois is going
to give me an elegant ring set with
carbunclc," Grandma (horrifeN-
You mustn't take it, child! Donh
touch it! Your grandpap's Uncle Joe
had one O them carbunclcs, an died
with it inside O three weeks. "-Jewei.
er's Weekly.
Sweet Girl-"Oh, this is so sud-
den. You must give me time to reflect
"a week at least" Fond Lover-"Cer-
tainly. Even if you should accept to-
night it would take about a week to
get an engagement ring made" Sweet
Girl-"Um-perhaps you'd better take
the measure OF my finger now,
George. N. Y, Weekly.
Tell me, George darlingn said
she, shortly after their marriage. "Do
you love me as much as ever?n Yes,
indeed" And do you find any thing
in the world dearer than your wife?'
Nothing" said George, "unless it is
the house rent. n-Mcrchant Traveller.
And how are ye failin' ter day.
Mr.. ORatferty?" II niver felt so
poorly in all my life. I'm too poor to
buy the necessarics Of life. If had
millions it's livery cint av it that I'd
give to be rich man." I'm wild ye,
Mr.. O'Ratferty. If owned the whole
wurld I'd be willin' ter give it away
for little piece of land an cabin
that | could call me own"
Many things are reversed in Aus
tralia. 1t is summer there while it is
winter in America. Trees shed their
bark instead of their leaves; fruit has
the stone or kernel outside; swans are
black; there is species of fly that
kills and eats the spider, and fish
called the climbing perch walks de-
.iberately out of the water and, with
The aid of its tips, climbs the adjacent
trees after the insects that infest thom.
Texas Siftings.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
ON A SIAM 5SE RIVER.
A Panorama Whose Equal Would Hn
Hard to Find.

Rain fell heavily during the night,
washing the face Of nature burnish-
ing the trees, clearing the air and
thus frightening the whole landscape.
Tho cool fresh morning air that bathcd
our hands and faces as VIC started soon
after day break was scented with the
fragrance OF Towering shrubs and
trees, and the panorama we passed
through was delightful. Temples
decorated with dark red and gold and
picturesque monastcries were set like
gems in the beautiful fringes Of foliage
that skirted the banks Women and
girls, gayly attircd in 4 striped petit
coat, or one of small tartan, and
silk scarf thrown over the left
shoulder, tripped along barcfooted on
their way to tho market with
baskets of flowers and garden pro-
duce. Here group OF men and wom-
en- sat squatting on the sands, hav-
ing Il chat before crossing the ford,
Three men, women and children, with
their garments tucked up above their
knees, laughed and joked as they
waded the stream. Groups OF children
playing in the water dashed it about
and splashed each other. Cattle were
lowing on the banks on their way to
pasture. The sun was lighting up the
bald pates and yellow garments OF the
monks and acolytcs. who were passing
in procession carrying their begging
bowls through the streets, Women
and children were rcvorently awaiting
the approach OF the monks. and heap
ing little cups of rice and saucers OF
fish, and condiments into their bowels,
while the monks---at least the young
ones, who have the reputation Of be.
ing a jovial crew-peeped over rhen
fans, which were intended to vail fail
women from their sight. -Blackwoods'
Magazine.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
Feeding Sunflower Seeds.

For feeding to poultry sunfower
seeds is one OF the best materials that
can be used. They are very rich food,
and for this reason but a smal. quanti-
ty should be fed at time. but all dur
ing the year handful to dozen hens
can be fed with profit. They not only
add to the variety, but they are a
healthy, nutritious food, and are espe-
cially valuable to the appearances of
the poultry. For this reason
they are often used by fanciers to
prepare their fowls for the show ring.
As but a small quantity should be fed
at once, they are an economical food,
and considering their value there are
but few crops more readily grown and
harvested, During the winter they
can be fed at least twice n week with
a decided benefit. II a supply can be
secured at reasonable price it will
pay to purchase. They can be raised
very easily, and it will pay to plant
fow seeds evory spring. Christian ut
Work
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
How Inventor Edison Worked.

Thomas a. Edison, in a recent talk
about his phonograph, said: For seven
months ! worked from eighteen TO
twenty hours day upon the single
sound "spccia." | would say to the
instrument "'spccia,' and it would al
was say 'pccia," and | couldn't make
it say any thing else. 1t was enough
TO make me crazy. But STUCK to it
until | succeeded, and now you can
read thousand words Of newspaper
at the rate of $50 words minute, and
the instrument will repeat them to
you without an omission. You can
imagine tho difficulty of the task that
| accomplished when tell you tina,
the impressions made upon the cylin-
der are not more than one-millionth
part of an inch in depth and are COM
plctely invisible. even with the aid OF
microscope. Albany (N. W Argus.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
Not Altogether Alone.

Thero was a very small audience
present and IL was rapidly dwindlug
away. On the stage the hero and IL e
heroine are holding Il rendezvous.
Hero to Heroine--Are we alonep
Heroine (thinking of the audie,nee)
Not yet, there are two fellows near the
door who look as il they might bo able
to sit through another act -llumor.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
LITTLE PuuL-My. WHISPERS.


. Little Pull-ay- Whfskers has regal ways,
The chubby. fat-footed slip Of man; ~
lie is Shah OF roaim which he quantity sways
From his throne in the fireslde Tcheran.
Over,hiA and dale he doth bravely ride
On his fiery siecd, the paternal knee,
With all Of o adespots reckless pride
And peacocAs plume for snickersnee.
lie Is full Of whims as becomes Shah,
And his thirst for adventure never slakes;
Now he wars on Grimalkin, and now the Law
OF the pantry his restless spirit breaks.
lie has taken trip TO grandmother Town,
Where the gray old woman sits and huns
A song OF the days when her har was brown,
Ere shc found the peace that with twilight
comes.
There In the corner she sits and tells
U.o, the Shah has ceased his barbarlc noise u
OF dcep.yoiced giants and elves in the dells,
And OF good and bad little girls and boys.
With his head at rest on the kindly lap
OF the dear old woman who spins him tales,
The. Shah at last has begun o nap
AS the lamps are lighted and twilight fails.
And giant comes and carefully lifts
Tho form OF the Shah of the drowsy head
And bears him away, where the darkness drifts,
70 his royal rest in truckle-bed.
w. 7. Talbot in Good Housekeeping.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS.


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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15

Mr.. smythe," said a young woman,
II heard a gentleman say that you
had some of the marked characters,
tics of poet
"Ah, I'm glad to know that my lit
tie efforts in verse are appreciated,
Yes, he soems to, His mind seems
to run on poets. 1t was only yester-
day that he said ho thought most OF
them were more or less wrong men
ally."-Merchant Traveller,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

II other work is not pressing ploH
the ground for next years corn, and
learo it in the rough condition so as tC
permit the frost TO assistin pulvorizing
1t. In the spring it may be cross
plowcd.
Store sweet potatoes in layers,
with dry dirt between the layers, and
keep them in some place where the
temperature will not get below the
freezing point.
Apples are used as experiments ut
the experiment stations in making
| tests, and the results demonstrate that
II they can not be proGtaBIy shipped
to market they may be fed to stock with
advantage.
If manure is to be applied around
young trees Let Il Oc don" tate in the
| fall, or when the wintcr is well in. \
disadvantage Of covering the ground
| around trees with manure, however, IS
that it hurbOrs insects, atTordIng them
| a shelter.
-FalI-madc butter il always pre-
ferrcd to that OF summer, bccaus" the
| weather being cool. the milk is kept at
the proper temperature to raise the
cream in the best condition, making
butter Of great solidity, and the gra7scs
that start after the fall rains give it
| fine flavor.
1t is claimed by straw berry grow
ors that Il mulch will regulate the
season OF strawberry fruiting. II tine
mulch is kept on during the wlU'"r
and removed early, and 4 double guam
tity put on others. the bearing season
can be better prolonged than BY using
late or early varieties.
The longer the corn fodder re-
mains stacked in the field the darker
it will become in color from exposure,
and the greater the deterioration in
the quality Of the blades. Bright fod.
der is mere highly reLished by stock,
as it is tender, while exposed fodder
gradually becomes tough.
A calf born in fail or winter j.
ror,h ,wo horn IN tbo .nrinr fo,. nrotft
.nrina calf !. 50 vonna that II r..t,
I;,tIa ano1 f,.o,, no.,rra rho frs, sn,.
.,o tow h,. tho ,i,oo # cop frlt afns
s,,n.o..r,IIv ,rd cron cr,s. ooonrh f.,
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h,nd md Il is nIarcd nm dry, food
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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
MOI in His Case.

MISUNDERSTANDING, my dear
boy. always pays. ''"#3 er
foungblood IL hasn't paid mo. "a
What do yolr meanp'
.Nothing, except that father adver.
Used mo in the papers awhile ago, and
haven't be.n able to got tick any.
where since. IN. Y. sun.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15

"A gold brick swindlcr in New
York lately said: "Thcrc isn'ta busi-
ness man in this country who won't
bite at any game if he has the money!
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
PRODUCING THE PROOF.
Overwhelming Statements Regarding the
Purify aud Power of Popular Prepa-
ration What Scientists Say.

It is not only natural but lust that proof
should be demanded by the public for every
statement or claim that is made to the public
When, therefore, it is asserted that certain
article is not only pure and palatable aud Il most
delightful beverage, but also that 10 possesses
qualities almost Invaluable for the human SyS-
tenn, people are right in demanding the proof
Read the following:
Professor Henry \. Mott. Pm. D., Y. c 5. OF
New York says: by the most car full ANALYSIS
l have found Du1y's Pure Malt Whisky free
from adulteration or foreign substances These
qualities Shou 5rtaiuly recommend it TO the
highest public favor"
DR., William T. Cutter. tate Chemist of Con.
necticut, says: Duifys Pure Malt Whisky con
tatns no deleterious or injurious qualities and
lis absolute purity as well as scientific mode OF
manufacture, must recommend it tO general
use and favor"
Dr X. W. Hutchinson, the eminent author
says: Il highly recommend DuffyS Pure Malt
WHISKY and prescribe it in my practice"
Rev. B. Mills, LID, says: Il have used
DuiiyS Pure MALT Whisky with Z eat benefit
TO my wife, who is a confirmed invalid. am a
Pfesbyterian clergyman and a Doctor of Diyin-
ity, but am not afraid to recommend Duffy's
MAT whisky as the pureSt ana most efficient
preparation as medicine that | know Of and
my experience is large one"
Hundreds of additional statements could be-
furnished, but the merits of this article, which
has been before the public so many years
amply proves themselves its great power and
value. s2l-lyS
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28

the peculiarities of their Constitution, thew
are not very anxious to enter into obliga.
tons with foreign powers 2" America has
never been provincial. She must not be-
come SO. So manifold and pressing are
now the interests of her own great country
that she might also be pardoned if she did.
But the world will be bewildered and dis
appointed if she separates herself now
from the rest of mankind in facing those
grest wrongs of humanity from which seas
caonot divide her and which her poorer
brethren in every part of Europe are giving
themselves to relieve. America does well
IN refusing the entanglements of European
politics. Let her be careful lest she isolate
herself from its humanities. None who
know her will fear for moment that the
breadth of her sympathies and the great
ness 0. her national heart will not continue
to be shown in her sustaineS philanthro-
pies, in her joining hand 10 hind with the
advanced nations of the earth in helping
on all universal causes which find their
appesl in the worlds great need and trib-.
ulatlon. HENRY DRUNMoND.
WHEN you feel uncomfortable about the
stomach take simmons Liver REGULATOR.