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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04

An Albany physician declares that
Americans suffer more generally from
Bright's disease and nervous disease
than any other people, and he says
that the reason Is that Americans sit
down so persistently at their work.
He says: Americans are the greatest
sitters I ever knew. While English
men, Germans and Frenchmen walk
and exercise. an American business
man Will go to his Office, take his seat
in his chair, and sit there al! day with
out giving any relief to the tension OF
the muscles of the back. The result
is that the muscles surrounding the
kidneys become soft and tlabby. They
lose their vitality. The kidneys them
selves soon become weak and debili-
tated. II Americans would exercise
more, If they would stand at their
desks rather than sit, we would hear
less OF Brights disease. / knew OF a
New York man who had suffered for
some years from nervous prostration,
until it was recommended to him that
he have a desk at which ho could
stand to do his work. Within q yeai
he wrs one OF the healthiest men you
ever esw. His dyspepsia and kidney
trouble had disappeared and he had
an sppetite like q payer. ."-P!ttsbnrga
Dispatch.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
MARRIAGE WAS CHEAPES T.
And So This Farmer Went Searching t"f
Ten-Cent Wedding Ring


A farmer about my years 81 a."
came INTO town yes''Fu7! VIII" " "'''I-
dated-looklng morse anu wage" ana d
comeIy young s'rI Oh s9'tN''9" sr1', W.,
mers was s't'1nE ID ne '"'''''' ''@
farmer was IN SeaEcl' VI " "t"'' 49,
ring lie toId cohhaehll"I!E 10 one u
the clerks IN leaulh2 uFy Sooo9 S''i'
that ne was ABOUT 10 "eu Vn' ''',.-
lady IN the wagon o0,SIoe anu '"'. S'''
had come from oas"e ""'"1'i o',.S It
few weeks ago ARe l"'n1' s'''U -
the clerk 'hae he ''''''-I'' 1t "'''' ''
cheaper to marry the glFI 'Nan 10 pay
her wages lor heePln9 mousse I'l mum
and that had proPoSe0' WAS "'t'P''"'
and now wanted 10 purchase "e>''''',5
| ring for ten ceHIS' Ill" S"I0 H0 H0"''
even 60 as hiSh as '"en'|-H'o 'e'I'S'
although he eoulu hoV poSS4D'4 ~ 'N
! yond tlla".
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
THE IDEAL HOME.
Love Must Re the Pivot on Which Its
Machinery Turns.

We may build house, enter it, and
call it home. but unless it is the place
above all others for soul-culture and
mental growth, it seems almost sacri-
lcgious to give it that endeaSns name,
An ideal home may be in an unpre-
tending cottage as we'll as in a palace
In either case love must be the pivot
on which the intricate machinery OF
home duties turns If we desire a
model homo we must be willing to
work for it--with brain and heart as
well as hands.
Children should receive their first
lessons in usefulness around the fam
lily hearth stone Very early should
they be taught that their ewn desires
mus. be made subservient to the COM
fort OF the family. We're this rule gen.
orally followed there would be fewer
selfish exactions, and the home life
would be largely filled with generous,
disinterested deeds.
If more time and pains were taken
to make homes-homes worthy of the
name-the wrong-doings Of sons and
daughters would not so often plant
thorns in the pillows Of their parents
during their declining years.
Though the mother should take a
certain portion of her time tor social
duties, as rule. she should be found
at home TO welcome husband and chill
dren when they return from the cares
and lessons of the day. Every thing
seems dreary and cheerless when
mother is away. There are no sweet
smiles and loving words OF welcome
no ono to inquire about the successes
and failures OF the work Ypdertaken.
The remembrance OF loving word or
smile will often gladden. the whole
day. Mother-tact will do much TO-
wards inventing ways and means tc
interest the little flock growing ut
around her, but to have q real home, the
father must contribute his part toward!
| making the hous In which his family
dwells more than a mere shelter from
the summers heat and the winter,
cold. His leisure hours belong to hi.
wife and children. and no matter how
dull the home life may be, it is his du
ty to help share the burdens and care.
of the one he has promised to love
cherish and protect.
If the parents would take more in
terest in the amusements OF their chill
dren there would be less danger of then
entering forbidden paths Of pleasur,
when they are called to leave the HON,
that has sheltered their childhood
Young people must have recreation o
some kind II is nattu'al aud necessary
and needs much thoHgat md csre.~.
Christian at WorK
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
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RAMMlNG ICE FLOES.
How This Il Accomplished by tho Strong
ly-Built Dundee Nhalers.

No stronger vessels than those of the
Dundee whalers are built they are from
four hundred to one thousand tons dis
placement, have powerful, well-secured
engines to resist the shock of ramming
Or stoppage of the propeller BY ice, and
are built with IN eye to the easy and
rapid replacement of rudder, propeller
and propeler-shaft if damaged. these
parts being carried in duplicate. Above
all other considerations, they possess
strength for ramming as well as resist
snce to lateral pressure when nipped.
Another very important feature is
that the bow shall have considerable
inclination. which permits the vessel,
when ramming very heavy ice, to lift
slightly and slide oni it, thus easing the
shock and assisting the cutting action
of the bow with the downward crush.
ing weight OF the ship. In this way il
is possible for these steamers at full
speed to ram ice over twenty feet thick,
and receive no immediate incapacitat-
ing damage.
If the ice is not too heavy. the sh ear
like rise and fall of the bow is repeat
ed several times as the vessel steams
powerfully ahead until her headway IS
checked. The difficulty then is to ex-
tract the ship from the dock she has
cut by her advance; the foes press on
her sides, cakes of ice and slush fill
her wake, and there is nothing but the
ice-hampered propeller with which to
overcome her inertia and draw back
out OF tho nip. Frequently this is in
sufficient, and the ship may be crushed.
Ensign A. A. Ackerman, in Popular
| Science Monthly.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
New Method OF Storing Steam.

A new method of storing steam to bo
utilized and controlled for motive power
of any description is especially adapt
ed for propeling street-cars, either sur
face or elevated 1t is asserted that
good speed can be attained without the
usual noise, smoke, cinders and escape
of steam. Very little fire is required,
as the exhausted steam is saved and
condensed in the boiler, using the same
water continually Any danger Of ex-
plosion is averted by the boiler not be-
coming heated by water passing
through the tubes. as by the ordinary
method. The steam reservoir is capa'
BILE of resisting a pressure OF 1000
pounds to the square inch, but will
hardly ever carry moro than 200 to 800
pounds OF steam. From this simple
process are derived the following valu-
able features of the new motor: Alb
solute safety, great economy In run
ming expenses and such simplicity OF
construction and handling that st can
be run by any man OF common. ordi'
nary sense. Its safety is due, not to
the skill of the driver, but to the prln.
ciple on which it is built. St Louis
Globe. Democrat.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
HISTORICAL PUNS.
Somo That Fave Played Formidable
Part in Politics and Diplomacy.

Some That Fave Played Formidable
Part in Politics and Diplomacy.
The Roman Bishops famous com.
pliment to the handsome Ang o-Saxon
captives, Not Angles. but angels
had greater results than Its actual
brilliancy might seem to merit; and
st. Leo doubtless had no idea when he
prayed to Heaven to aid Rome against
the invs ding Huns, land hurl back
these Tartars into the fires OF Tar
tarus," that this punning prayer was
to fix upon the unlucky "Tartars" Gas
they were then called) arickuame that
would never die
Such puns have more than once
played a formidable part in history.
France expiated by the devastation OF
an entire province coarse and clumsy
play upon corpse and -curpusonco"
made by the French King in derison of
his terrible neighbor, William the
Conqueror. Charles VS. jesting
assertion that he could put
Paris in his glove (ganD, though
meant only to indicate the superior
size of Ghent to the Paris OF that day,
stung Francis |. into the renewal Of
languishing war. One OF Louis XV.'s
upstart favorites was driven from the
court by the biting pun that turned his
new title of Marquis de Vandiere into
marquis d'Avant-hiern (the day be-
fore yesterday.
The epigrammatic brevity Of Sir
Francis brakes celebrated, but prob.
ably mythical, dispatch announcing the
rout of the Armada which consisted
of the single word "Cantharides, l. G. +,
the Spanish fy-has been twice paral.
leIed in our own age. Sir Charles
Napier and Lord Dalhousie respective
ly announced the annexation OF Scinde
and that of Dude in one word apiece,
"Pecavi." Ihave sinned (Scinde). and
"Eovi,n | have vowed (Oude). Equally
historical is the bitter pun that changed
the name Of the sluggish Admiral Tor
rington to admiral Tarry-in-town. ,
Napoleon (who was no man for light
jesting) is credited with only single
pun, and that rather poor one. Dur
ing his great Italian campaign OF
1867 he replied to q lady, who won
dered to find such a famous man sc
young: II am young to-day, but to-
morrow | shall have MilanN ii. G.,
"milJe ans,n thousand years). A
much better joke was that made on the
great conqueror himself by an Italian
Countess. who, hearing him say: "Al
Italians are traitors" replied, pointed
ly: mot all of them, but a good part
(Buo-na-parte). Equally neat, anc
even more grimly Significant was Bis
marck's answer to a person who was
speculating how much the impending
war of 1870 would cost France. NO
much," said the Iron Count; "only tw'
Napoleons.' .'-David Ker, in Harper
Magazine.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
Valuable Household Hints.

Clear hoiIine-watrr will remove t'a
stains and serrnadrrs from beneath
your windows.
Aripe tomato or sofI-hoiied oGr drop
ped on tho floor makes an ejt'r'Fo
Study for sunset for young artists.
A tablespoonful Of turpcntine ignitoJ
with sulphur match is good for
burned hands.
A good umbrella cov"rfor rainy days
is made Of oiled silk.
Hot water mixed with corrosive sub
,motc will take the starch out Of col
lars and cuffs.
The practice of catching birds oS
means of putting salt on thoir t'','
is no longer fashionable. HARPER
Bazar,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
RENOVATiNG THE SOIL
How to Secure the Best Results at Com
paratiyely Small Expense.

paratiyely small Expense
No fertilizer is more highly valued |
than lime, for the reason that it Is
cheap, easily applied, and its effects
are lasting. Lime exists in all soils,
but more in some than in others. As
carbonate it is insolubie, but Is SUB
ect to chemical changes by the action
of nitric acid and other substances
brought down by rains. When lime is
freshly made (by burning lines lone or
oyster shells) it is in a very caustic
state, and easily cOmbin es with water,
the water crystaIizjng and forming
hydrate of lime. 1t is in this condi-
tion-the bydrate-when it should be
applied to soils, as its affinity for car
b0nic acid causes many reactions To
occur in the soft, the result being the
formation of substances that can be
rendered soluble in water.
Ashes are composed largely Of lime,
and contain small proportions Of phos-
pilates and other mineral matter, their
composition depending on the kind Of
wood from which they We're procured.
Their chief value is due 10 the potash
they contain, the potash not only serv-
ing as available plant TODD, but also
assisting to render available many
other substances in the soil that are
insoluble. 1t is the chemical action
induced by lime and ashes that en-
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Better feed the inferior fruits and
vegetables to the hogs than to send
them to market.
Never try to save seed if you have
several varieties of one kind of vege-
table, as they may mix and their purity
be destroyed.
Pigs can be reared so as to have
seventy-fve per cent of lean meat in
them by feeding bran and middlings.
Skim milk may also be fed.
Poultry food should always be
seasoned, but not too highly, Salt and
pepper are both beneficial in moderate
quantities, but should not be given to
excess.
No farmer can afford to neglect or
throw away any protfered opportuni-
ties for increasing the happiness Of
himself Or his family, or Of adding to
the sum of his practical knowledge.
Prof. W. A. Stewart enumerates
among the protein or heterogeneous foods
for stock: Shorts. bran. oilmeal and
cotton-seed meal. all rich in protein;
while OF rough folders clover hay is
the richest.
ALL insects are not enemies. Some
of them are the best friends the farm
ers have. Spiders. wasps, dragon flies
and other insects prey upon insects
that are injurious. There are also other
numerous parasites that greatly assist
in destroying insects.
If few dry cows or heifers are
kept in the field with sheep. according
to the American Sheep Breeder, dog:
will seldom molest them. The writer
says he has found sheep in the morn
ing huddled so close around and un'
der friendly old COW that she coulc
not get away from them.
An exchange suggests mulchine
email patches Of quack grass or Cana
da thistle heavily, as better mode o
suppression than cultivation. II the
top already grown is well covered i
begins to rot and the decay rapidly
extends to the root, and new growtf
appearing above the surface should bt
treated in the same way. One season
of this treatment. 1t is asserted, vii
destroy the weeds and enrich the soil
In Pennsylvania, where the grow
ing of turnips for seed is a great in
iustry. the seed is sown between th'
rows of corn, after the last working
This gives turnips about two inches il
diameter, the most desirable size fol
seed purposes. In this manner goo'
crop is secured at nominal cost, q
they require no week after sowing
Sufficient roots can be grown with a
aure vi uUru To set three acres for soe'
the following season. n.-American Agri
culturist.
If there is much rag-weed anon
the clover after the grain crop
gathered, says an exchange, and es
pecially If it towers above the clover
1t should be cut down. Alter the graz
is off clover takes fresh start to gro'
and will often smother the rag-weed
the latter is put back so that both ca
start even. 1t is better to do this tina
to leave both TO grow together. Tn
: cut weeds and clover must be raked o
or they will smother clover where the
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
A use for the phonoeraph has beer

A use for the photograph has been
suggested by London ishmonger who
has been annoyed by the stupidity OF
his errand boys in bringing orders,
Mrs. Jones, for herself, or Jeems, for
my lord. will talk into the phonograph
which the boy will carry round to the
customers, and should dispute arise,
there is the original record on the wax
cylinder for an unpreiudiced and u4-
impeachable witness. q
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
He Wanted a Correction.

1rate individual (invading the sane"
tum)-I want to thrash the man that
printed that lie about me. Said was
run out of Red Gulch and threatened
with dose OF tar and feathers if |
went back.
Editor-Is it right
Not by long shot 1t wasn't tor
and feathers at all; they just threat
ened to shoot me. Time.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
THE STAGE.COACH,

furnished and battered and old
heartlessly hidden away,
Left to the moth and the mould,
DARKNESS and dust and decay.
Tais was the pride of its day.
Now all Of its glory is DER
Faded and vanished for aye;
Gone are the driver Ind fouri
How shall its story be toldS
What shall song OF 1t say,
Once 1t was brilliant as gold,
Once 1t was gildsd and gay.
Fine in their festal array,
Many the bride that il bore.
Now are they wrinkIed and gray;
Gone are the driver and four,
Long through the heat and the cold,
Ever from May until May,
Over the highways it rolled.
Time has now made It his prey.
Never stately display.
Never dash as Of yore,
Nerer swing or a sway;
Gone are the driver and four.
Over new roads that men lay
Rush We with rattle and roar.
Only sweet memories stay:
Gone are the driver and four.
--Bissell Clinton, in Harper's Magazine
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04

When u man gets TO be grand.
father no sighs as he thinks how old
his wife is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-04
SHIPPING NOTES.

Wig W. G. Irwin is laying at the o.
Us wharf.
itmr Likelike leaves to-day for
Eli Eipahulu, and Hama.
RN5solii sails Tuesday at p. m. for
: On AoIokai, Lanai, Lahaina, and
5la
! stmr. Akama leaves to-day for the
ag ports on Kauai: Nawiliwili,
Naimea and Hanapepe.
2smr, Likelike brought on Saturday
Mani 1 horses, Is hogs, 386 feet Koa
b. - sacks corn, Is hides, rs pkgs.
le and l wagon.
|afmr. kinau brought on Saturday
Hawaii and Maui 902 bags sugar, 16O
EGlatoes, 10 bags corn, q bags gin
4 bis. molIasses, Is bales wool, 200
kE pigs, and 154 pkgs sundries.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-04
UP IN THE CLOUDS.
Successful Parachute Jump by Prof.
Van TasselI.

Successful Parachute Jump by Prof.
Van TasselI.
The well advertised local event OF the
season, a balloon ascension and para
chute jump by Professor Van Tassell,
took place from Kapiolani Park on Sat
urday afternoon. Some two thousand
people were on the ground at the hour
advertised, O'Clock, but the balloon did
not sever contact with mother earth
until an hour later. At 4 :02 the lines
were parted and the balloon sailed
quickly upward, Professor Van Tassell
with his parachute, being attached as
an appendage. At 4 :05 the balloon
recalled it's highest point, variously estl-
mated at from two to three thousand
feet, and minute or so after the daring
aeronaut severed his connection with
the balloon and came rapidly earthward
with his frail support, successfully
accomplishing the first parachute Jump
attempted in this kingdom. Prof: Van
Tassell states that (Which was plainly
apparent while the balloon was IN easy
view) the ropes of the parachute got
twisted or the jump would have been
made from a greater height. MIR. Frost
the manager states that the party re
mains in Honolulu but three weeks
longer. Mr.. Levey, to whose energy the
Dublic are indebted for the exhibition,
hopes to arrange for another and higher
lump.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-04
An Important Sale.

The following bonds and stock were
sold at auction on Saturday at the sales
room of James F. Morgan:
Eleven $500 Government 6 per cent.
bonds to A Drier at 1865; three 81 900
Government per cent. bonds to "A.
Drier at 81 $50.
I Ten shares Paia Plantation, par value
800. to A. Lazarus at $3.50; ten shares
Paia Plantation, par value 800, to w ID.
Purvis at $3.50 so; sixteen shares PaIa
Plantation, par value 500, to }. b. Ath-
Lerton at $3.50.
y Twenty Union Feed Company, par
value $50, J. F. Hackfeld at $50.
On account of whom it may concern
Ten shares Ookala Plantation, par value
800. to Mrs. NJ D. Hall at $106; ten
shares Ookala Plantation, par value 500,
F. w. Macfarlane at sos; ten shares
Ookala Plantation, par value 500, ).
Hackfeld $1O5; twenty shares Ookala
Plantation, par value 800, to Col. j. f
Austin at $l05.
Sold per order-Fifteen shares Ha-
waiian agricultural Co., par value 500, to
Mrs. F. E. Hebron, trustee, at $l67 5O
ter shares Hawaiian Agricultural Co.
mar value 800, to 7. w. Hebron al
si67 90: ten shares Hawaiian Agricul
tnral Co., par value 800, to J. F Hack
field at $167 so; ten shares Hawallar
Agricultural Co., par value $lOO, TO hon
W. 0. Smith at $167 80; twenty shares
Hawaiian Agricultural Co., par value
800, to Col. j. H. Austin at $l67 5O.
Ten shares Ookala Plantation Pal
value 500, Order 800. :,
Total sum realized from the HarGcast! !
estate, 500, 40; on account OF whom Il
NAV concern, 1920; per orae1 r
S1I.937 so; horse and mule sale, $'zo oO
| Grand total, $38, 061.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-04
The Concert.

Prof. Felix Ollert was honored with
very good audience, on Saturday even
idg, at the Opera House, and he was
certainly in his best trim. The grand
piano used by him on the occasion was
a very superior instrument, and in his
hands was heard to best advantage.
The violin solo by Miss Katie McGrew
was very well executed, and was received
with applause by the audience. Though
not last on the programme mention has
been reserved with regard to the mas
terly manner in which Prof. Ollert rend-
cred the difficult execution in the re-
nowned musical chef d'ouvre of LISTS
arrangement of the March from Wag-
ner's famed opera of Tannhause.
The song by Mrs. Patty and the duet
by Misses Dowsett and Rhodes, were
also we'll sung. Mr.. Hoog's comic song
was given in his best vein. The follow
ing is the programme:
1. Piano, Salut a Pesth =" Marche
Hongroise de Concert. 49,. Kowalski
2. Piano The Elite Valse Brilliant
Wleniawski
Felix Ollert.
3. Duet (Soprano and Alto)-Harp of
the Winds. 80. .............-......A bt
Miss D. Dowsett and Miss M. Rhodes.
4. Violin Solo - Chanson PolOnaise
WienIawski
Miss Kate McGrew.
5. Song ......... ..............
Mrs. J. H. Patty.
6. Piano Solo - Tannhauser March
ARRANGED by Liszt). Wagner
Felix Ollert
Z. Comic Song. Will come back-L. Denza
Mr.. w. III. Hogs.
| 8. Piano Solo, ecollections of Home
Viii q
Felix Ollert.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-04
The Friend.

The Friend for November is on our
table, and is a newsy, readable number.
In it's leading article it counsels forbear-
ance with the natives in political mat
tiers. Perhaps the most interesting artl-
Gle is a contribution from Prof. Alex
ander, giving quotations from the journal
of one of the oldest traders, VIM. French,
who visited the islands in 1918. The
statement quotes some of his transac-
tions with the King and some of the
chiefs ,athe whole amounting to SCI 600,
all of which was paid in sandalwood. at
the rate of $40 per picul of 133 1-3
pounds. The story does not state what
were Mr.. French's profits on the sandal
wood, but they must have been quite
large.