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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-06

George Kennan in be Century has q
description OF his visit to the Grand Lama
OF the Trsns-Bsiksl, whose portrait forms
the frontispiece Of the number. The arti-
Gle ia profasely illustrated. and from II we
quote the following:
After dinner had long talk with the
Grand Lama sbout my native conntry, &c.
ography, and the shape Of the earth. II
seems very strange to find anywhere on
the globe, 10 the nineteeth century, an ed
uca,ed man and high ecclesiastical digni-
tary who had not even heard OF Americans
and who did not feel st all sure that the
world is roupd TIE Grand Lama was
such man.
You have b,en 10 many countries, said
be to me through the interpreter. and have
,alked with the wise men OF the west; what
is your opiuion with regard to the shape Of
the EARTH
think. replied. that it is shaped like
q great ball.
hsve heard 30 before. said the Grand
Lama. looking thougbtfulIy away into va.
caucy. fhe Russian officers whom | have
met have told inc that the world Is round
Sueh belief is contrary to the tesohings
Of our old ThibetAo books. bat have OBJ
served that the Russian wise men predict 4
eclipses accurately; aud II they can tell
beforehand whea the sua ssd the moon I
are 10 be d.rkepel. they probably know
sonethiog about the shape OF the earth. /
Why do you think that the earth i round'
| have msny reasons Tor thinking 30. 4
answered; ba, perhaps the best and strong
est reason is that have been sround 1t.
Thls statement seemed TO give the Grand
Lana sort Of mental shock.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-06
Specimens OF Undergraduate smartness

Professor OF Latin-Mr. S., see yor
are trife rusty in the rudiments; will
you decline Muller? Mr.. S.-Mulier, MI
Professor, should like to know wha
sort OF a looking woman this is before
decline her
Professor OF Social Science What be
comes OF all the pins? Student--I sup.
pose they go into the earth aud come up
as terrapins,
| Professor-Mr. r., give me an example
Of the Cognate Accusative. Mr.. r.
moved down the down on my face.
Professor in Physics-Can you think Of
any reason why locomotive does not last
any longer? Pale Freshie--I suppose it
would last longer il il didn't smoke so
much.
You are getting so, said the professor OF
Modern History, that you can never 70
peat a word Of the lesson. Junior-I did
not think it neces ,ry. Always heard that
history repeats itself,
Professor to student that writes, not for
the masses, but for the educated few
You should write SO that the most ignor-
ant Of your audience can understand all
that you say. Student-What part OF my
production is not clear to you. tir2
Senior asks professor very profound
question and receives this reply-Mr. w
q fool can ask a question that ten wise
suppose that's why so many OF us funk.
Professor, who is vainly endeayoring to
make John comprehend John. | don't
think that there's much difference between
you aud mule. Johu-Oh yes there is
Professor How much, pray2 John. who
stands a short distance from the profess
sor About six feet, sir.
Professor to hesitating Sophomore-Sir.
you seem to be evolving that translation
from your inner consciousness. Sopbo-
more No. professor; last night in my do
votions read that by 18th Enoch was
translated. and thought / would try ii
on Horace.
Professor III there be q place where oil
energy is transformed into heat, ii must
be pretty hot place. Senior Are scien-
fists likely to find that place. professor?
Professor When q glass Of soda water
is drawn out. bow much pressure Is it
under2 Student II depends on the place
the usual pressure is cents
Professor Paul says, When 1 was
man put away childish things. You say
childish things, attributes, should be 10.
.4inel. What have you TO say about thatf
Juuior Why, that is Just where Paul and ,
differ.
F5ur examiners sitting on the body OF
nae more unfortunate at the divinity
ebnnl. Innocent Of anything Scripture
vas h. Is there DO tett 10 tue VII, le hi !
lie, said one 10 grim despair that you !
an tellf lipbt beamcd 10 the young /
ye. Yes, said he, With a steady gsz,. | 4
o remember one: "Aud locke up and 1
as four great beasts. The young man :
ras b0uoeed. "A
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-06
One Of Robert Linoeis'. Biiis.

! Robert Lincoln likes TO tell the story o
bis hrsi Zee as an attorney. Old Judg
Logan, under whom hs read Law, has al
, ways told him not 10 be afraid 10 chsrg'
big fees for bis services. peor lie don't re
speci cheap lawyers, said the judee.
One day soon after Mr.. Lincoln had
admitted TO practice, be sat alone Ia hi.
Office when messenger brought q note
.rom the Chicago agent OF one OF the veal.
ihiest insurance companies in America.
asking the title 10 certain piece Of prop i.
eriy looked mp. The young lawyer spen,
abont bali an hour looking into the title
aud then sent the report TO the insurance
Office. Pretty soon the messenger cane
back With another note This one request
I'd Mr. Lincoln to send his bill by the bear
er, The young lawyer had no idea what
to charge. AT hrst he thought II would
be good policy not to charge anything for
said be to himself, | should like to got
that company's work regularly. But he
knew Judge Logan would not approve that
sort Of thing, aud he didn't want the Judge
to think he was Needless OF his advice. SO
he figured it that. since he had worked
only half an hour. $40 would be a good
stiff price, for it would be at tho rate OF
$500 for day OF ten hours. The words
OF Judge Logan, however, rang In his
ears, and with a stroke OF audacity that al.
most frightened him, Mr.. Lincoln finally
made the bill for S25. He felt that this
was an outrageously high fee, aud was hes
itating as to whether he would give it to
the boy or make out another for $40, Judge
Logan Glanced to come in.
You are just the man | want to see, said
Mr.. Lincoln, and he told him OF his di
lemma.
Judge Logan took the bill and tore it
up.
knew it was outrageously high, said
Mr. Lincoln, but, Judge. you always
,old me to make big bills, and / did this
more to please You than myself.
Nonsense, said the Judge, give me
,en. He sat down, wrote another bill, and
,ave it to the boy.
In few minutes the boy returned with
be insurance agents check for $3.50, and |
little note to Mr., Lincoln thanking him J
or his promptness, and saying the com
,any's other work OF this character would d
10 sent to him. d
Great Scott said the young lawyer to b
be old one, did you make out bill for 0
2502 h
OF course l did, answered the old Judge
ou don't want to be a id eleemosy nary b
,stution for insurance companies do you? o
Il
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-06

. How have ron been around ii' be Ia
. quired What do you mean by around
; itg How do you know tha, you have
been around II.
turned my back upon my home. / re-
piled. and travelled many months 10 the
course taken by the sun. ! crossed wide
continents and grea. oceans. Every night
the sun set before my face and every morn
ing II rose behind my back. The earth
always seemed fat. but | could no. find
anywhere sn end OF an edge; aud al last,
when bad travelled mere than thirty thou
sand yersts. found myself back in my
own country snd returned to my home
from direction eIaotly opposite to that
which had taken in leaving II. II the
world was Il |. do you think could have
done this
|, is very strange, said the Grand Lama,
after thoughtful pause OF moment
Where is your country? How far is it be
you'd 81. Petersbrrg2
My country is farther from st. Peters
burg than ST. Petersburg is from here, |
replied. II lies almost exactly under our
feet, and il We could 60 directly through |
the earth. that would be the shortest way
to reach ii.
Are your countrymen walking around
there heads downward under our feetP
asked the Grand Lama with evident inter
terest and surprise, but without any per
ceplible change in his habitually impas
siye face.
Yes. Ireplied; aud to them we seem to
be sitting heads downward here.
The G!and Lama then asked me to de
scribe minutely the route that we had fol
lowed in coming from America to Siberia,
and to name the countries through which
We had passed. He knew that Germany
adioined Russia on on the west, he had
heard OF British India and OF Eugland,-
probably through Thibet, and he had a
vague ide OF the extent and situation OF the
Pacific Ocean; but Of the Atlantic and Of
The continent that lies between the two
great oceans he knew nothing.
II is a somewhat remarkable fact DR..
Eiman. the only foreigner who had seen =
she lamasery OF Goose Lake previous TO 9
'nr visit. had an almost precisely similar
concerning the shape OF the u
'arth with the man who was then (in ls2s) .
"
irand Lama. Almost sixty yeers elapsed i'
between DR.. Ermsn's visit and ours. but ?
he doctrine ofthe sphericity OF the earth D
continued throughout that period to trou
lie ecclesiastical minds in this remote u
Cast Siberian lam cry; and it is not I'm y
'robable that sixty years hence some trav.
ler from the western world may be asked =
y some future Grand Lama to give his u
easons for believing the world to be a $,
phere
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-06

fhe locomotive which the Pennsylvanis
Railroad Company imported from Crews
England, and has been testing for the
last two weeks, bas not given sstis action.
II Is nov beiag run on the Pittsburg.
Fort Wayne & Chicago road. but the "a >
gineeis Laye informed Super intendept
Pitcairn that u is not as good ss the en-
giDes nov 10 use on The PeDnsy lyania
lines. Tae Eugiisb locomotive is 10 charge
- sn English engineer aud a mschiGist
fryr tbs shops al Cfe~e |, can make en.
e.l.sop speed sith light train, bat With
al average tfsiD. like tho Ssw York &
Chicago limited. 1t Is out disianced by the
Penn.y yiyania locomotive. When stop Ia
made, too much time 10 lost ! getting
the Esglish locomotive underway again.
Almost its only point Of superiority is the
eoufrisaEee for saving fuel.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-06

4 hot water srtesisn sellat ma, Met.
i, Interesting. A veil has iasi been suck
q, tbesanitsrium "a that city. aud bot saiia .
water was struck at depth Of 2s7G fett b,
low the snnace The water hal ten per.
aiure Of 100 deg. when btongh, 10 the sur.
face. Tue we'll has 220 feet Of s inch pipe
snd Inside this Is 5G0 feet Of Ginch aud
1854 feet Of 4 inch pipe. the latter ending
10 the solid rock. The we'll has cors
$4,000.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-06

Ignorance is the mother Of all evil.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04
Beecher'S Advfce.

Henry Ward Beecher, in one OF
his latest sermons, said: "To all the
young that are coming into the
church l say he young, be gay, he
hopeful, be ,nirthful. If God has
given you a sparkling disposition,
thank God and cultivate it. While
it may not be the object Of your life
to have the Joy that comes from
these qualities, it il the privilege Of
your life to perform all your duties
under its influence, and they can be
performed in no other way 30 we'll.
The world needs Just such 4 develop.
ment Of Christianity. The world is
foil Of sorrow; it needs cheer. 1t u
full Of dispondehcy; it needs hope.
It is !all of cowardics; it needs
courage. 1t tfatils in pain; it wants
Z healthful atmosphere, sweet and
radiant. 1t wants Z singing Chris.
tianity. 1t wants the messenger of
Christ to be 1 light-bearer, and no
man has the right to make . dark
lantern, to 20 home and open the
light to himself and family alone.
They that carry 4 burdensome, .
woe.smitten face, dishonor God. It
is contrary to His word. 1t is say.
ing substantially to the world that
all hope; oil the promise of the
divine presence, all The love which
is poured like an atmosphere around
about Us every day from the bosom
of Jesus Christ, is false and wrong.
The man that Carries q doubling,
saddened face misinterprets the re.
ligion of Jesus Christ"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04
PecAliarftfes Of Isrintefs:

They are lazy. They lay their
forms on beds day and night.
Work doesn't trouble them, though
they can easily chase DIP job.
To suit their purpose, they don't
object to strong lye {lie).
They are like America. Types Of
all nations are in their midst.
They can make a good or bad
impression,
They can handle more sheets than
a Laundry.
Cuoins (coins) do them all the
week; dollars on Saturday.
Winter Or summer, d blanket is
not out OF place.
Can beat a jailor on q lock up.
They are clever. We have known
them to beat the devil.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04

Tr.ns,ert advertisements, f1.O per
,,ah 6r..t insertion. Each subseqent n
sel1,nn 1.non1icing n candidates for Office. 5000
E, adroncc. Ward Offices, s.. 90 in advance.
feath and marriage notices. Nhen not
over six lines. published free. Obituaries.
resolutions of respect, etc, will be charged
for 1t regular Advertising rates
.;Mible, will be charged double price.
i No notice taken Of anonymous commn-
nicstions, In all cases we requirg the
writer's name and address. not necessarily
Tor publication, but rs a guarantee of
roodfaith. We will undertake to preserve
or return rejected manuscript. In no way
viii we be responsible for the views and
opinions of our correspondents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04
WHAT NY LOVER SAID.

[fhe following is Q poem over which
three claimants are in dispute as the all-
thorship. Mrs. O. C. Jones, of Abbeville,
Vermilion parish, La, presents her side
and establishes good claim to its aut thor
ship; and as Mr.; Homer Greene. of Homes
worth Sis, ,OOO) in which he resides to any
persOn proving the same, it is the general
verdict that Mrs. Jones is justly entitled
TO it.
By the merest chance, in the twilight
In the orchard path he met me;
In the tall wet grass, with its faint perfume,
And tried to pass, but he made no room;
Oh, tried, but he would not let me,
So stood and blushed, till the grass grew
With my face bent down above it,
While he took my hand, as ho whispering
How the clover lifted each pink sweet
To listen to all that my lover said.
Oh, the clover in bloom, love it.
In the high wet grass went the path to hide,
And the low wet leaves hung over,
But could not pass on either side,
For found myself, when vainly tried
In the arms Of my steadfast lover;
And he held me there, and he raised my
head,
While he closed the path before me,
And he looked down into my eyes and said
How the leaves bent down from the boughs
To listen to all that my lover said,
Oh, the leaves hanging iowly o'et me.
Had he moved aside but little way
COULD surely then have passed him,
And he knew never could wish to stay;
And would not have heard what he had
to say;
Could l only aside have cast him.
It was almost dark and the moments sped;
And the searching night wind found us;
But he drew me nearer and softly said
How the pure south wind grew illinstead,
To listen to all that my lover said,
oh! the whispering wind around us.
l am sure he knew. when he held me fast.
That must be all unwilling:
For tried tb 60. and would have passed.
As the night was come with it's dews at last,
And the sky with its stars was filling;
But he clasped me close when / would
have fed,
And he made ME hear his story, !.
And his soul came ott from his lips and
How the stars crept out when the white
moon led:
listen TO I'LL CQSC Iuy lover bIIu,
Oh! the moon and stars in glory.
l know that the grass and the leaves will
not tell,
And Pm sure that the wind. precious
rover,
Will carry his secret so safely and we'll
That no being shall ever discover
One word of the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lips of my lover. !.
And the moon and the stars that looked
over g.;
Shall never reveal what fairy like spell
They wove round about us that night
in the dell,
In the path through the edew-ladenc clover;
Nor echo the whispers that made my
heart swell
AS they fall from the lips of my lover!
The Wilkes Barre {Pa.) Ne,rs- dealer says:
Any man might we'll be proud to have been
the hero Of the poem; What Ny Lover
Said," and our regrets are extended to Mrs.
o. C. Jones, who claims authorship of that
charming effusion. that she did not we'd
her Apollo wearing . rebel uniform of
gray" Al lovers will sincerely sympa-
thize with her.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04

The Wilkes Barre {Pa.) Ne,rs- Dealer says:
Any man might we'll be proud to have been
the hero Of the poem; What My Lover
Said" and our regrets are extended to Mrs.
O. C. Jones, who claims authorship of that
charming effusion, that she did not wed
her Apollo wearing . rebel uniform of
gray" All lovers will sincerely sympa-
thize with her.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04

King Humhert is far from strik-
ing in his personal appearance. he
looks much like = plain everyday
man of honesty and dignity. he is
Of medium height, rather sparely
built, of dark complexion, with a
round head and prominent features,
and although only in his forty,
fourth year his hair is quite gray.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04

A Fine portrait Of Mrs Cleveland
has lately been placed in the Cor
coran Gallery at Washington.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04
Editors.

As a rule editors get about one
thousand kicks to one caress. Once
and s*hile they get kind word,
and it warns and cheers their wealth.
er beaten hearts to the Utmost core.
Most people are afraid to tell an
editor When he writes an article
that peculiarly pleases them for fear
of making them proud, We suppose;
but if they 6nd anything that does
not accord precisely with their
views, they will neglect their bust
ness to hunt him up and tell him OF
it: Psh9wf dear friend, don't think
you will spoil your children BY CON
plimenting him upon = patch work
he has finished: Of course you could
beat the job yourself, but that doesn't
deter you from heaping words Of
encouragement on the child. It has
done its best. So you could doubt
less beat the average editor running
a paper. OF course you could. The
man does not live who could not
beat an editor running paper. The
editor is willing to acknowledge
that you can. He onl Y runs it be-
cause yen have not time to do it,
but this fact may not deter you from
giving him word Of encouragement
occasioaal'y.-B. 3. Union.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04

Horatio G.. Onderdonk, who died
recently at his home on the Hudson,
left a will providing that if any Of
his heirs marries before the age Of
twenty-five without the consent of
his parents. or habitually uses to
bacco, or omits rising by nine o'clock
in the morning, the one 80 offending
ia debarred from receiving any Of
tie money. The estate is valued at
$4,eOo,0oo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04

Entered 1t the Post Office, Abbeville, La
as second class matter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04

Sergeant Robert Oldham, Of the
Charlestown Navy Yard, is on in.
teresting older. He is nearly sixty
years old. and forty years ago, when
. raw Irish lad, enlisted in the
English ARMY where he served for
thirteen years. BE was in the
artillery service, and went through
the Crimean war and the East
Indian mutiny. he was in the
battles of Balaklava and fnkerntat1,
and was before Sebastopol th.
til the evacuation took place. He
served two years in the war Of the
rebellion. and then enlisted in the
Marine Corps, to which he has been
attached ever since. He has never
been wounded. and likes soldering
so we'll that hs ssys he shsll re-
enlist when his present term e.
pirss.
Two Texan women are the lar.
gest individual sheep and stock
owners in the world. One of those,
the Widow Callahan, owns fifty
thousand sheep, and when q long
train of wagons starts out each
spring and fall for market, loaded
down with wool of her sheep, it is 4
sight worth seeing. The other is
Mrs. Rogers, the great herd owner
of Southwestern Texas, who is worth
about a million dollars. Mrs'Rogers
owns no carriage, preferring to ride
on horseback in tho free and easy
style of the cowboy.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05

MARINERS AND MERCHANTS BANp
IL OF LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05
Cannot be Excelled in the Ste

Considering the uniformity in the character of the SOIL it's
great producvenes and the comparatively trfng cost of
cultivation these lands are offered at bargain
Terms of Sale-One fourth cash. balance in one, two
and three years at low of interest.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05
Santa Catalina Island.

9Th inclusive, the Wilmington Transportation
Company's Steamship "HERMOSA" will make
regular voyages to AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05

The steamers Queen of the Pacific sno
Santa Rosa leave San Pedro for San Diego on
the dates of their arrivals from San Francisco
and on their trips between san Pedro and Sap
ford (San Luis O5ispo) only. The Eureka and
Los Angeles call at all way ports.
Cars to connect with steamers leave g. p. R.R
the Queen OF the Pacific and Santa Rosa NJ
$50 o'clock A. NJ; with Los Angeles ant
Eureka, going north, at $40 O'Clock p N.
GrF Plans OF steamers cabins at agents of
fee, where berths nj ay be secured
The steamers Los Angeles and Eureka will
call regularly at Newport pier for and with
freight and passengers
The company reserve the right to change the
steamers or their days OF sa ling.
EH' For passage or freight as above or fol
ticEets to aud from
All Important Poiats In Europe.
APPLY 70
~. pAysR9S. H1enu
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05
NOTICE.

THE LOS ANGELES CITY WATER 90.
will strictly enforce the following rule; The
hours for Bprinkling are between 6 and 8
O'Clock A. M. and 6 and O'Clock p. M. For .
violation OF the above regulation the water
will be shat of and q nne OF two dollars will
be charged before water win be turned or
again.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05

WBdG
ness, Impotency and Lost Manhood permanent
ly cured. The sick and afflicted should not fail
to call upon him. The Doctor has travelled ex
tensively In Europe and inspected thoroughly
the various hospitals there, obtaining great
deal of valuable information, which he Is com
The Doctor cures where others fail. Try him
DIR. GIBBON will make no charge unless he
effects cure Persons at distance CURED Al
HOME. All com Uunications strictly cOn1den
hsl. All letters answered IN plain envelopes
Send ten dollars for package of medicine
Call or write. Address DIR. J. 2. GIBBON. Box
1857, San Francisco, Cal.
Mention Los Angeles HERALD. a7-3m
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05

Local and through tickets sold, baggage
made, and general information given upon ap-
plication to G. F. SMURR, Asst. G. Pas. Agt., No
202 North Main street; CHARLES SEYLRR
Agent at Depot.
/ Sundays excepted tsundays only.
A. N. TOWNE, General Manager
T. H. GOODMAN,
Gen'l Passenger and Ticket Agt
apll-3m
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05
IECURITY SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST co
20 8. Main Street, Los Angeles, Cal.
Capital, 5000, 900 90.

F. N. MYERS, 8, A. FLEMING, J. F. SARroRI,
President. Vice-President Cashier
STOCKHOLDERS-Issi W. Hellman, o. W
Childs, Eugene Germain, s. A. Fleming, F.
]. G. DAILY, Morris S. Hellmsn, Thomas Mere
dith, Samuel Polaski, John P. Moran, J. L.
Cherry, Nathan Well, Isidor Polaski W. NJ
Caswell, r. Y. Mcbride. James Fl. Shsnkland
John H. Bartle, G. W Perkins, A. J. Brown
President Fourth National Bank Of Grand
Rapids. M. B. Shaw.
5 per cent Interest Paid on Deposits.
Money loaned on ranches and city property
at lowest rates of interest.
Bonds and mortgages bought and Sold
Savings deposits solicited. m17-12m
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05

DIRECTORS.
o. W. Childs, @. Z. Thorn, Jose MascareI,
B. Lankershim. @. Ducommun, Philippe Gar
nier. L. O. Goodwin, l.. L. Bradbury, Issias W
Hellman.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05
To THE UNFORTUNATE
DR.. Gibbons
DISPENSARY,
623 Kearny Street

Corner of Commercial
San Francisco, Cal. Es
tablished in 1854, for
treatment of Sexual snd
Seminal Diseases. such
Es Gonorrhes, Gleet
Structure, syphilisin ali
itstnru,a Seminal Waak.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05

Which have relieved and cured hundreds in
this city.
Price of Kidney and Liver Remedy, 81 per
bottle; Liver Pills. so cents per bottle.