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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-29

lHE business failures occurring
taroughaut the country during the
s'sea days ended on the I'D. number,
Ne ne United States. a0-, and for
sAna.iA - or a total Of ss3s as COM
pAaesi with a total Of $50 for the pre-
.oas week For the corresponding
Nes< af last year the figures were 2a5,
= ssFreseat4ag @ns failures in the United
s''a'es ana :. IN the Dominion of Canada
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-12
District Court,

Judge King decided the case of the
International Building and Loan as
ISOLATION VS.. A. N. Wurz, for debt,
in favor of plaintiff today.
In Judge Noonan's court the Baker
murder case was again taken up,
district attorney Paschal having suf-
ficiently recovered to be in attendance.
The Young VS.. Mccall injunction
suit was dismissed.
The grand jury was dismissed un-
til next Monday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-12

Gen. Palmer said to a Chicago
Herald reporter few days ago: I
was once called to Washington to
see Mr.. Lincoln on matter of busi-
ness. 1t was in 1865. was shown
into an ante-room, and waited for
some time. 1 saw Senators and others
going in, and finally 1 was called.
Mr.. Lincoln was being shaved. He
said I was home folks and he could
shave before me. I said to him:
"Mr. Lincoln, if I had supposed at
the Chicago Convention that nomin-
ated you, that we would have
this terrible war I would never have
thought Of going down to one-horse
town and getting q one-horse lawyer
for President" I did not know how
he would take it, but rather expected
an answer that could laugh at. But
he brushed the barber to one side,
and with q solemn fact turned to me
and said: "Neither would 1, Palmer.
1 don't believe any great man with
q policy could have saved the coun-
try. If I have contributed to the
saving, 1t was because attended to
the duties of each day with the hope
that when tomorrow came would
be equal to the duties of that day."
and he turned to the barber.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-12
Building Permits.

G.. Rossal, shed, ward 2.
John Mockert, dwelling, ward l,
$500.
Mrs. Henry Weber, gallery, ward 8.
Joe Binz, store, ward 6, $500.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-12
Geographical Authority.

From the Boston Traveller A
It is a satisfaction to know that the
government has established Board
on Geographical Names, and that we
are beginning to have, as a fruit of
its labors, some authoritative state
ments. There has heretofore been no
ystem of nomenclature; hereafter all
official documents will follow the au-
thorized spelling. The principles APP
piled are to follow, 30 far as practic-
able, local usage; to adopt the latest
locally accepted changestrom original
forms; to accept the most appropriate
and euphonious forms, other things
being equal; and to avoid, when poss-
ible, the possesslve form. According
to this authority it is to be hereafter
Baluchistan, not Beloochistan, in
Asia; Barbados, not Barbados; Ber-
ing Sea, not Behring; Chile, not Chilli;
Cape Cleare, not Clear, Alaska; Col
ombia, South America, not Columbia;
Deadman Point. Me-, not Deadman's
Governors Island, n. Y. not Cover
nor's; Guadalupe Island, not Guade-
loupe; Haiti, not Hayti; Hongkong,
not Hong Kong; Kamerun, not Cam
Groom; KoDgo river and state, not
Congo; Longs Peak, Colo, not Long
Peak; Ogier Point, Me-, not Ouge;
Port Townsend, not Townshend;
Puerto Rico, not Porto Rico; Saint
Croix, West Indies, mot Santa Cruz;
Salvador, South America, not San
Salvador; Sausalito, CAL, not Sauce
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

ing among the cOpsP- WOODS aud hr i"rest> OF
the demeSueS. Great coats, larteruS ami
clubs are the only outfit required. Black
BIRDS and gray-birds. both oil which make
famous pies. are taken. Thy are knocked
from their perches BY well-directed bow,
and the more expert BUSH beater will take Il
bird from its perch with his hand, killing IL
before IL can make an outery.
The Startling hunt" has its grewsome
and dole!ul features. During the winter
storms thousands of starlings will repair at
night to the shelter OF the old Norman
tower of each parish church. TIE boys
know this. Some one of them Is member
OF the change-rngers, Is choir-boy, or Is
In some way situated so that he can secure
the church key. 1t is periIous and ghostly
business climbing up there among the bells.
But they do it. taking along with them
sacks and baskets for their game. and any
material with which they can cover the
stone shutters against the exit of the birds.
Then the slaughter begins The starlngs
shrek and clamur even above the howlings
OF the storm, frequently tearing the ma
RAIDERS hands and face frightfully IN
their mad efforts to escape. But no tone IS
left alive; and | have known of six bushels
OF these haplesS starlings being thus taken
in one night.
But in time the working days begin. The
boys are at once installed as fathers lab
bots or helpers in the mines. They bring
swab-stlckS and water for swabbing the
| drll-hOies; take the dulled drills above
ground to the smith-shops for sharp
ening and return lhem; bring the "croust'
or lunch to their fathers when the touch
pipe or rest and bit of food are taken help
shovel and wheel ore to the skip; learn
to twist the drill " and then TO strike the
drill, )" and finally have beeom" full-fiedged
miners that "knaw tin" During their
labbOt" DAYS in the mines these Cornish
boys are reckoneu the most recklesSly daring
cubs in all England
+Copy1i0ht, 1891 EDGAR L. wAKEMAN
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FEEDING HABITS OF SHARKS.
The Manner in Which They Take Their Food
Described.

During the summer of 1887 there were in
one of the aquarIa of the United States Fish
Commission at Woods Hoil, Mass, three
sand sharks, each about three feet long.
They became very tame, taking chunks of
fish, or whole fish of convenient size, either
alive or dead, from the hand, Just as A dog
will; but one had to be careful of ones fin
gers, as 1t mattered not to the sharks whether
they took fish or flesh. There was never, TO
the writer's knowledge, a tendency on the
part Of these fish to turn on the back TO take
food, nor could one Imagine necessity for
so 0oiDg under the circumstances.
In a large walled tidal pool outside how
ever, there were several large sharks about
six feet III length. These were fed with fish
taken from a pOund-net close by. When
| the fish were thrown in the sharks quickly
gOTgPd themselves with the dead and with
| the injured ones which could not swim well :
| but they did not seem expert at catching
| the active ones, with which the pool was
| we'll stocked They would dart after them
| sometimes rolling completely over, but the
| fish were generally able to escape by dart
| ing close to the wall and into some wood
| work supporting steps arranged around the
| pool. 1t Is probable that the sharks would
! have had better success in the ouen water,
| rs they were unable to move verv swiftly
| Tor fear of striking wall. AS they were
not fed regularly, they sometimes became
! very hungry.
TIE writer took much interest in watch
| ing them and found that, at times at least,
| they took quite as much interest in him. At
| all events when at high tide the water was
| on level with the step on which his feet
rested the sharks would come mp so close,
! turning on one side and smiling so benevo-
| lently, with a Observation-Disclosures wet" ex-
| preston, that he was fain to get up a step
higher, as a matter of precaution at least.
| Whether they were but asking in their
way. as other fishes do, to ba ye some fish
thrown them, or whether they were thirst
| ing for human blood can only be conjec-
tured They were not of the so-called ''man-
| eating kind 1t was inferred however,
| from these observations that their actions in
| taking food, were, and would likely BIZ, con-
! troied by the character OF position of the
! prey. There Is nothing more probable to
| the writer than that in attacking larger
| fish, a school of fish, or man, they would
come up beneath TO prevent escape, and con-
! sidering the position of the mouth nothing
| seems more probable than they would al
! times turn on their backs. 1t is a mere
! question of expediency however, and not
! necessarily fixed habit. For an object of
! small size 1t would not be necessary.-Forest
n,.1S
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
DESTINY.

Two pure hearts beat in happy unison,
Though severed by the distance of a world.
And pulsing throb for throb, each papitatlon,
In measured time ike royal armies
On drill parade-in wars bright panOpIy
To marching step with urum and cymbal
AS if one regal breast possessed them both
Within its core and one fond bosom nursed them.
maiden fair mid Oriental bowers
Her young heart throbbing to another heart
TO her unknown. sings her eve hymn,
Repeats her lesson from the Koran's page,
And lifts the golden campo 10 her lips,
Kisses the sacred flower, hoping TO read
from It's bright petals some enchanted lines
That Asiatic seers find in the hidden book.
a rural youth by Occidental streams,
Unconscious that another human heart
Is pulsng with the current of his own,
flucks the white lily in the golden West,
But from its bright enameled bowl
He CLEANS no preeepts OF enchAntel things
No sorcery, no magic; and in the suowwhtte cup
Learns lessons oil diSquiet and unrest.
Between these hearts the broad world interposed
It's shadows and its sheen, its clouds and DARK
ness.
Its tall sierras and Its bridgeIeSs oceans,
Its sweeping storms, its thunderbolts and earth
guakes.
While wars dread engfnery had desolated ma
tions.
And plaques Overwhelmed Imperial cities.
between them death had stalSed in every form
And filed the distances with graves and sepuI-
cherS.
Yet in defiance OF the laws OF space,
Regardless OF the mountain range and surging
ocean.
In spite ofwar and plague aud pestIence,
Despite OF death and distance and the grave,
They met ana loved, and loving solved
The problem Of all human destiny.
The Orient and the Occident alike
Are living pages IN the book OF fate.
Chicago. NDu. IS, 1881 CHARLES J BEATTIE.
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to whom it may have originally belonged
Ihus, for the little, simple looking writing
desk Mr.. Jones was more than once offered
and refused SIS, 600
The Borie armeire is however. regarded
as the most important piece of furniture in
the whole collection, not merely for its size.
but for beauty of design ard excellence of
Workmanship. The style is rather more Sc
we're than that which is usually seen in
Bouie'S work, aud Is undeniably far better
IN character and more true to right princi-
pies Of characterization than any which have
been seen in other collections. 1t is said
that there is nothing so fine as this in any OF
the galleries of France. 1t is now valued at
$4,000. and doubts have been expressed
whether it could be bought-if offered for
Sale-for even a sum so great as that 1t
was probably designed by Brrain and exc
cuted by Boule for Louis NV, about the
end OF the seventeenth century. The style
Is broader and holder than the work usually
designed by Bonle himself.
An escrtoire. the work of either Risener
or his master, OebeD, is piece of furniture
which is unexcelled for quality of work
manship or beauty of design, as well as the
perfection with which each part is adapted
and fitted TO the rest 1t possesses the add-
ti0nat interest of having been made Tor
Marie Antoinettc.
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weights are on board, as they will be within
q week or two. the monitor deck will not be
more than twenty-fOur inches above the
water line. sea aud shell may play as they
like over her decks. She is probably an
able defense ship. but she is slow, and
would be long time getting to Valparaiso.
The Terror, sister monitor. is in a less
advanced state. She could not be made
ready for sea in less than two months. The
rebuilding Of such vessel of war implies
IN immense amount of expensive labor
The Puritan. W hich will draw only eighteen
feet Of water, will have in place of turrets
two barbettes, over which the shielded guns
will FIRE. The shells thrown by these guns
will weigh SOC pounds. In the superStruc-
ture between the two barbettes there will be
two 4-inch guns.
But the Terror and Puritan are not to be
counted upon for any war that might begin
now. The available force on the Atlantic
Coast now consists of the Chicago, New
ark. Atlanta, Bennington, Concord, Kear-
sarge and Miantonomoh. This is pretty
snug list And we have now at or near
Valparaiso the Baltimore, Boston. San
Francisco and Yorktown.
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years. Louis XIV appointed him director
of the works at Versailles, where he sup
piled a large quantity of the furniture.
Boule Itself is Il peculiar kind of nlaid or
veneered work composed Of tort0ise-shell
and thin brass, to which other metals.
enamel and ivory are sometimes added
Even in the first works of Andre Charles
BOule the great capabilities of his new style
were well understood and fully carried out;
the play of light upon the surface and the
variety of curvature commonly found in
different parts of the piece OF furni ture are
admirably adapted to show to advantage
the rich materials employed. From what
ever position we may look at good exam Piles
of this and of the succeeding period we find
brilliant and luStrOus effect produced upon
the polished metal. while the mingling of
silver, brass, tortoise shell, ivory and enamel
supplies additional and beautiful tones of
color.
In the earlier furniture made by Boule
the inlay was produced at great cost. ow-
ing to the waste OF materials in cutting and
the she'll was left in its natural color.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
HOLLANDS LITTLE QUEEN.
A Miss Who Is HeireSS TO Throne and
Great Riches.

There is world wide interest taken in
the affairs Of the little ten-year- old Queen
of Holland, whose full name is Wilhelmna
Helene Pauline Marie, and readers of the
Herald will undoubtedly be pleased to see
the accompanying portrait of the little SOW
ereign, which is reproduced from the House
keepers Weekly. According to that journal
the child is said to be quite pretty little
girl, unusually bright and quick at her
studies and very fond of outdoor sports.
She is devoted to ball playing, being said
never to cry when she receives singer"
thus showing herself worthy daughter Of
the land of pluck. She is able to row her
own boat on the lake near the castle where
she resides. When asked once why she
preferred to be unattended when out row.
ing she answered: Because like to think
things and talk to myself and make up
stories and verses. l can never do it when
am watched"
Seven is Wilhelmlna's hour for rising
After she has said her prayers at her
mothers bedside she is dressed and goes to
her studies and her music. She always
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
DEFINITION OF HOME.
Some Sentiments About That Place While
Is Loved by All.

Some Sentiments About That Place Which
Is Loved by All.
The London lid Bits offered prize for
the best definition of home. Here are some
of the best OF 5000 answers sent in
The golden setting in which the brightest
setting is mother"
A world of strife shut out, world of love
shut in.
An arbor which shades when the sunshine
of prosperity becomes too dazzling; a har-
Dor where the human bark finds shelter in
the time OF adversely.
Home is the blossom of which heaven is
the fruit
Home is persons estate obtained with
out injustice. kept without di>quietude; a
place where time Is spent without repent
ance. and which is ruled by justice, mercy
and love.
a grand old mirror, through which both
sides of ms are seen.
The source of comfort which youth does
not fully appreciate. which the Young men
and maidens lovingly desire, which the mid
dle-aged generally possess, which the old
rightly value.
A hive in which. like the industrious bee.
youth gamers the sweets and memories of
life for age to mediate and feed upon.
The best place for married man after
business hours.
Home is the coziest, kindliest, sweetest
est earthly joys and deepest SORROWS.
The only spot on earth where the faults
and failiDgs of fallen humanity are hidden
under the mantle of charity.
An abode i'll which the inmate, the "supe-
riOr being called man." can pay back at
night with 80 per cent interest every ann0y-
ance that has met him In business during
the day.
The place where the great are sometimes
small and the small often great.
The fathers kingdom, the children's para
disc, the mothers world.
The jewel caSket containing the most pre-
cous of all jewels-dOmestc happiness
Where you are treated best and you grum-
BILE most.
Home is central telegraph office of hu-
man love. into which run innumerable wires
oil affection, many of which. though extend
ing thousands Of miles, are never disconnected
from the one great terminus.
The center of our affections around
which our hearts best wishes Irvine.
A little hollow scooped out of the windy
hill of the world where we can be shielded
from its cares and annOyances
popular but paradoXcal Institution in
which woman works in TIE absence Of IN an
and man rests in the presence of woman
A working model of heaven, with real
angels IN the form of mothers and wives.
The place where all husbands should be
al night.
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facturers, now possesses in the collection
referred to some of the most valuable speci-
mems of furniture and cabinet work extant.
The Jones Collection" which was be-
quest by a wealthy English merchant of
That name who died i'll 1882. has been
estimated to be worth considerably over
S1,O00,00O.
An early kind of marquetry known as
BOule distinguishes some of the most I'M
pOrtant and valuable pieces of furniture in
the collection. This manufacture owes its
name to its first maker, or at least to the
artist who is renowned as the maker of
some of the earliest and certainly the best
furniture of the kind. Andre Charles
Boule was born in 1912 and lived ninety
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

habit OF marrying pretty women, and the
hevy OF visiting wives, and presume BILE
cousins and aunts, ON the forward deck of
the Atlanta was quite in conformity with
the interesting traditions.
The Concord and Bennington have only
Just been cleared. Exactly where they are
going is. of course as much a mystery-or
was AZ the time of NY last inQuiries-as the
cord and Bennington are sister ships in a
special sense, for they are of the one de-
sign, being built from the same specitica-
tons. In fact, pictures of one ship pass
current for pictures of the other. excepting,
naturally, among naval men, who have GER
tain little mannerisms OF rig to help them in
the Identification. The twin ships, beauti-
fnl in their symmetrical perfection, were
made ready at about the same time, the
Bennington having some slight after delay
in securing a complete crew,
Getting crews has not been serious
difficulty, but it has been matter requir-
ing some activity on the part Of the recruit
ing officers.
over near the repair-shops floats that
bantam monitor, the MiantOnomOh, upon
whose surface hammers have been clatter-
ing ut 4 lively rate. The MiantonomOh
represents the latest stage OF our evolution
in bait c-shlps. Her turretS are plated wit
arm0T. In the after tuTret are mounted two
l0-inch hIgh-power rifles, and two more are
being placed in the forward turret The
military mast is being prepared for the
mounting Of two guns aIoft. When all the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

SILLY man has lost himself in one of the
FOUNTAINS, and | feared it might be YOU"
TIiotmsi,aerste. kindly. but not quite-fn its
Some c0mical slips of the tongue ara due
70 doubtful or insufficient information.
mere may be lack of important knowledge
aponI the person addressed. Victor Hugo
once met garrulOus notary who talked with
MN on literary subjects. The lawyer be-
longed to the provinces, and he asked if his
companion had heard anything before he
lelt Paris about Hermann" one of Hugo's
own plays. Hugo admitted that he had
heard 1t mentioned. 1T is a miserably STU
pld piece" Very likely" said the poet.
The author must be an abominable per-
son. One of my friends saw him on the
street not long ago. and in such a
state. The wretched creature is nearly
always drunk" The two passed into the
same hotel, and what was the CONSERVATION
of the man with the libelous tongue when
Hugo wrote his name in the arrival register
beneath his traducer's eye.-Casselps So
cietV Journal
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SLIPS OF THE TONGUE.
Speeches Which Those who Uttered Them
Wished They Had Left Unsaid.

Speeches Which Those Who Uttered Them
Wished They Had Left Unsaid.
Many persons have said in mistakes pre-
ciselv the reverse OF what was in their
thoughts. A workinRman called on a coun-
try clergyman closely related TO ducal
house. The applicant wanted letter of
recommendation TO a neighbofing nobleman,
from whom he hoped to obtain employment
why not go personally and see my lord?"
the friend asked. ''Well, you see" was the
nervous answer. Il do not like speaking to
Lord Y; he may be proud ana not care to
listen to the likes of me 1t would be quite
different thing II it we're yourself. for there's
nothing of the gentleman in you"
Mr.. Bancroft has related that during
holiday haunt In Switzerland Sir Paul Hun
ter was lost. But news flies apace and
gathers as it goes. 1t was soon said that
guides were away up in the mountain to
find a missing man. Somebody had seen or
heard signals of distress. Lady Hunter,
safe in the hotel, began TO tremble for her
husband. But his predicament was not so
desperate after all lie was discovered
and given the necessary help and
guidance IN his descent At dusk I've re-
entered the Alpine hamlet alone, as If moth
ing had happened. Wishing TO avoid notice
and curious questioning, he had sent his
guides TO their own haunts. But as ne
passed up through little waiting English
crowd, Lady Hunter dnrted to meet him.
''Oh, Paulp' she cried, 81 am so glad 10 see
you back! Where have you been? Some
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In later work the manufacturer was more
economical. Two or three thickueSses of
the different materials we're glued together
and sawn through at one operation. An
equal number of figures and matrices or hol-
low pieces exactly corresponding were thus
produced and by cOuntercharging two or
more designs were obtained by the same
saving. These are technically know as
"boule and counter" the brass forming the
groundwork and the pattern alternately. In
the later bnule and shell is laid on a gilt
ground or on vermilion. Sometimes the two
styles are distinguished as the first part and
the second part. The general opinion on the
relative value of each seems to be that.
while admitting the good effect of the two
styles as whole. the first part should
be held in higher estimation as being