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Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
a QUEENS Bath.
How the Queer Royal Custom Is Observed
In Madagascar

IN madagascar.
Since the great African island has
lately caused great deal of talk it
will not be uninteresting, says London
Tid-Bits, to give some account of the
strange ceremony practiced at the
Malagasy national festival every year,
as related by nearly all the travellers
who have visited the land Of the Hovas.
The "Fandroana," or royal bath, was
first instituted by King Ratambo, and
is held annually, by royal proclama-
ton, from November 90 to January 10.
During this time no business is allowed
to proceed. The people of the king
dom meet the queen in the silver
palace on the first day of the festival,
and red cock is then brought by the
head priest or sacrificer of the court.
Its neck is wrung, and its blood, being
caught in banana leaf, is carried to
the sovereign, who touches with it her
forehead, neck, stomach, armpit,
finger nails and toe nails. The rest of
the assembly follow the example.
Next day the people assemble again
for the royal bath in the great palace.
This the queen takes in one of the
sacred corners of the hall, in silver
bath, being screened from view by
''lambag," held by her attendants.
Amid the firing Of cannon and the
joyous shouts of her humble subjects,
her majesty then passes along the
balcony, and from horn in her hand
sprinl1les the crowd with the water
she has just been using for her
ablutions, exclaiming at the same
time; 'Masina, aho!" Il am purifed).
This sprinlzling is said to typify an
abundance of rain during the coming
year.
To be absent from the ceremony
would be to incur the royal displeasure,
so that the French plenipotentiary
minister himself, NJ. lie Myre de Vilers,
who is now again on his way to NADIA
gascar, had to submit himself, in 1856,
to this strange ordeal. Every wife,
also, must be with her husband at the
time, OF it is considered that she is as
good as divorced. The new year is
then supposed to have begun, and for
several weeks there is great deal Of
visiting and feasting.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
PUNlsHMENTs OF CRIMINALS.
Penalties for Transgressing the Law in =
French Prison.

French Prison.
Crimes of serious nature committed
in the prison of Melun, France, are OBJ
viously referred to the ordinary
tribunals, says the Contemporary Re
view, but disciplinary offenses are
dealt with each morning in a court
room by the governor, assisted by the
inspector, the schoolmaster and the
chief warder. The punishments in
flicted are-frst, reprimands; second,
deprivation of use of canteen; third,
punishment cell, with ordinary food;
fourth, punishment cell, with bread
and water, each fourth day being the
ordinary food; fifth, deprivation of Wis
its-this, however, is rarely inflicted;
sixth, deprivation of correspondence,
when the prisoner has attempted to
misuse it; seventh, fines; eighth, re-
duction of scale of proportion of earn
ings, and, ninth, discipline room.
This latter punishment, which may
be inflicted for two or more days, not
exceeding fifteen, consists of prisoners
passing the day from five D. m. to seven
p. M, alternately, sitting for fifteen
minutes, and walking for twenty min
utes, being allowed neither to read,
to speak nor to work. The food is
bread and water, with soup once per
day. On the occasion of my visit there
were thirteen men sitting about one
yard apart from each other, in rows,
on square stools built Of stone, with a
wooden top.
The punishment cells do not appear
to be such formidable affairs, having a
wooden bed fixed to the floor, bedding
being supplied at night. The floors
are of polished wood. BY an ingenious
arrangement. the amount of light to
be admitted into the cell can be regu-
lated at will from the corridor with
out. Incorrigibles, whom it is found
impossible to employ in the work
shops, owing to their turbulence and
persistent breaches of discipline, work
in their cells. This sequestration may
be carried on for any period up to
ninety days, and gives no claim to the
reduction of the original sentence.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
THE SCULPTORS.

A STATUE of Claude Bernard, the
great Psychologist, who, while he lived,
was the chief attraction to Paris for
medical students all over the world,
was recently unveiled at Lyons, near
which city he was born.
JAMES PAXTON VOORHEES,, son of
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, has just
completed bust of Richard Malcolm
johnson, of Kentucky, once a vice
president of the United States, which
will be placed in a niche of the senate
chamber.
A COMMITTEE has been formed in AM
sterdam for the erection of monument
to Thomas attempts, at Zwolle, where
he died, at the age of ninety-one, on
July A, 1471. The committee invites an
international competition for sketches
of the proposed monument.
HERR HELMER, Viennese sculptor,
is employing color in the decoration of
tombs. One of his monuments repre-
sents young girl offering gifts to those
left behind. She stands in a renais-
sance gateway, with angels floating
about her, and landscape with field
of lilies in bloom in the background.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
ORIGIN OF NAMES.

GREENLAND was so called because in
summer its hills were covered with o
beautiful green moss.
KuRDEsTAN was SO called because the
ruling tribe in it's plains and mountains
was that of the Kurds.
BRITTANY was so called from the fact
that for many centuries it was claimed
by the kings of Britain.
NORMANDY was thus named because
it was conquered and inhabited by the
Norseman or Normans.
ITALY was so called from the name of
Italus, an. early king who governed
most of the peninsula.
BELGIUM took it's name from the Bel
rae, a warlilSe tribe which inhabited it
before the time of Christ.
Nova SCOTIA or New Scotland was
named by Sir William Alexander, who
received the grant in 1921.
MADAGASCAR was so named by the
early explorers from the Malagasy or
Malays who inhabitated il.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
Such Is Fate.

Long she stood at the window and
unused. The rays of the setting sun
entangled themselves in her Titan
hair or surrounded her glorious height
of five feet eight inches with an aureole
halo. Proud, queenly, limbed like a
goddess, she was indeed u magnificent
specimen of femininity, Strange"
she muttered. Then soft, balf-pity-
ing, half-happy smile fitted across her
face like a CLEAN of April sunshine.
Strange" she said again, ito think
that /, who only six short months ago
was the quarterback of the Emanci-
pated Maidens' football eleven, should
have lost my heart to man whose col
lar is size and half smaller than
mine. But such is fate. And love
him" Carelessly picking up forty
pound dumb-bell she tossed it out OF
the window and across the lot, and
then sought her boudoir.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
LITTLE CONNECTIONS.

RUSSIAN railroads have women's
smoking cars.
THE Newfoundland council has ap-
proved bill to give the government
guarantee to bank notes.
TIE Boston Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals gives weekly
lectures to coachmen on the proper way
to treat dumb animals.
THERE are one thousand girls en-
ployed in the British postal department,
and there was only one per cent. OF
them married last year.
DR.. IDA E. RICHARDSON, Of Philadel-
phia, is one of the most successful
woman physicians of the country, her
income being estimated at $4,000 a
year.
II. b. PLANT, the well-known Florida
railroad magnate, made the hearts OF
the Sisters of the Sacred Heart glad at
Tampa recently by liberal gifts OF
money,
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
PEOPLE OF ALL GLASSES.

GEORGE PARBoTT, of Lynn, Mass,
said to be the oldest shoemaker in the
country, is ninety-two years old. He
has always stuck to his last.
PROF. HADLEY, of Yale, is charged
with being a Malthusian, because he
commends the man who works hard,
invests wisely and does not marry till
he knows he can support family.
JOHN MARTIN, United States senator
from Kansas, whose term expires in
March, will retire from Office n poor
man. A suit has been begun to fore
close the mortgage on his house in
Topeka.
ID. v. TALENT, mail carrier between
Rutherfordton and Columbus, N. c.,
walks twenty-seven miles each day,
carrying the mail bag on his shoulders.
His compensation is six hundred dol
lars year.
JOHN A. LOGAN, JR., has offered to
give tract of one hundred acres west
of Youngstown, o., to the Junior Order
of United american Mechanics as site
for the orders national home for wild
ows and orphans.
WADE HAMPTON carries the mail over
the star route from Madison to NAL
lory, Ga. Bob Toombs does odd jobs
around the town for a living. Daniel
Webster and Stonewall Jackson till the
soil or Morgan county farms.
JAMES CHANDLER, of Lyon county,
Ky, is seventy-nine years old and has
forty-seven grandchildren and thirty
eight great-grandchildren. He lives
near the farm on which his grandfather
settled one hundred and nine years
ago, and has never been away from
home more than ten days at a time.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
The Age of Paper.

We live in paper houses, wear
paper clothing, and sit on paper
cushions in paper cars, rolling on
paper wheels.
We do paper business over a
paper counter, buying paper goods
paying with paper money, or
charging them up in paper books,
and deal in paper stocks on paper
margins.
We row races in paper boats for
paper prizes. We go to paper
theatres, where paper actors play
to paper audiences.
AS the age developes the coming
man will be more deeply enmeshed
in the paper net.
He will wake in the morning and
creep from under his paper clothing
on his paper bed, and put on his
paper dressing gown and paper
slippers
He will walk over paper carpets,
down paper stairs, and seating
himself in paper chair, will read
the paper news in the morning
paper.
A paper bell will call him to his
breakfast, cooked in a paper oven,
served on paper dishes, laid on a
paper cloth, on a paper table.
He will wine his lips with pa
per napkin, and having put on his
paper shoes, paper coat and paper
hat, and taken his paper cane, he
will walk over paper pavement,
or ride in a paper carriage to his
paper Office.
He will organize paper enter
prises and make paper profits.
He will go abroad on paper
steamships and navigate the air in
paper balloons.
He will smoke paper tobacco in
a paperIpipe, lighted with a paper
match.
He will write with paper pen
Gil, cut paper pencils with a paper
knife, go fishing with paper fish
ing rod, paper line and paper
hook, and put his catch in a paper
basket.
He will go shooting with a pa
per gun, loaded with paper car
tridges, and defend his country in
paper forts, with paper bombs and
paper cannons.
Having lived paper life and
achieved a paper fame and paper
wealth, he will retire to paper leis-
ure and die in paper peace.
There will be a paper funeral, at
which the mourners dressed in pa.
per Grape, will wipe their eyes
with paper handkerchlefs, and q
paper preacher will preach paper
sermon in paper pulpit from q
paper text.
He will lie in e ~Ar coffir
wrapped in a paper Si'
name will be engraved.
plate, and paper heaiS
| with paper plumes, willy
TO a paper lined gravIe, o
iwill be erected a 'papS
ment.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
BIRD AND BEAST.

THE eye of the vulture is so con-
structed that it is a high power tele-
scope, enabling the bird to see objects
at an almost incredible distance.
THE offensive weapon of the ostrich
is his leg. He can kick as hard as a
mule, and it is a remarkable fact that
his kick is forward, never backward.
THE chameleon's eyes are situated in
bony sockets projecting from the head.
BY this contrivance the animal can see
in any direction without the slightest
motion save of the eye.
TIE elephant is commonly supposed
to be slow, clumsy animal, but, when
excited or frightened, can attain a
speed of twenty miles an hour, and can
keep it up for half a day.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
New Mining Law.

Sec. l. Every notice oflocatior
Of a mining claim shall contain
First, the name of the lode OF
claim located; second the name OF
the locator; third, the date Of the
location; fourth, the number OF
feet claimed on each side of the
center of the discovery shaft,
lengthwise of the claim; fifth, the
general course Of the lode or prem
ises located; sixth the locality OF
the claim with reference to some
natural object, or permanent mon
ument, as will identify the claim.
Sec. 2. All mining locations
hereafter located, the certificate of
location ofwhich shall not contain,
First, the name of the lode, or
premises; second, the name Of the
locator; third, the date of location;
fourth, the number of feet claimed
on each side Of the center of the
discovery shaft, lcngthwise of the
claim; fifth the general course of
the lode, or premises, as near as
may be; sixth, the locality of the
claim with reference to some nat
ural object, or permanent monu-
ment, as will identify the claim,
shall be void.
Sec. 8. Before filing such loca-
ton certificate with the county re-
corder of the proper county, the
discovercr shall locate his claim
by: First, sinking a discovery
shaft upon the lode or premises, so
claimed, to depth of at least ten
feet from the lowest part of the
rim Of such shaft at the surface,
and deeper if necessary, until there
is shown by such work well de-
fined lode; second, by posting at
the point of discovery, on the sur
face, plain sign or notice substan-
TALLY conforming to the location
certificate; third, by making such
claim or premises on the ground
so that its boundaries can be read
lily traced.
Sec. 4. Such surface boundaries
shall be marked by eight substan-
tial posts, projecting at least three
feet above the surface Of the ground,
or by substantial stone monuments
at least three feet high; to wit: one
at each corner of said claim, and
one at the center of each end and
side thereof.
Sec. 5. Any open cut, cross-cut
adit or tunnel, which shall be made
as above provided for, as a part OF
the location of a mining claim,
and which shall be equal in amount
Of work to a shaft ten feet deep
and four feet wide by six feet long,
and which shall cut lode at the
depth of ten feet from the surface,
shall be equivalent, as discovery
work, to shaft sunk from the sur
face.
The discoverer shall have ninety
days from the date of discovering
the lode and the posting of the no
tice thereon, to preform said dis.
covery work thereon.
This act takes effect July 1st 1895.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
Quito Satisfactory.

The king of the Belgians went out
for a walk the other day, and entered
a farm to ask for glass of milk. When
he had made a remark in English to
his companion, he heard the hostess
say to her husband in Flemish: II Won
der what that long-nosed Englishman
will give us for the milk?" Whereupon
the king took out a five-franc piece and
gave it to the woman, saying in Flem-
ish: ALLOW me to offer you the por-
trait of the long-nosed Englishman."
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
Hints to Writers tor tho Press.

Write plainly in strong black ink
on white paper. Use typewriter
when possible, especially for articles
of any length. In either case let
your lines be twice as far apart an
usual, for ease of editor and com
positor. If pencil is used, let it be
rather soft and black, and the paper
soft and unglazed. Technical terms
or uncommon words should be
made distinctly. Write on but one
side of the paper. Put your full
name and address at top of first
page of manuscript. Observe brew
ity. Say what you have to say,
then quit. A long introduction, and
an equally long conclusion, are un-
called for. Between these, the nut
or meat of the article is usually
found. Strike out the beginning
and the end, in such cases, and we
have the list of the whole piece in
attractive form, and people will
read with interest and profit by
Lack of experience in witring for
the press is no real hindrance. In
agricultural and domestic affairs.
often get the,most valuable hints
Hful Information from those
he first time jot down
practical experience
1rds and short senfancau
ess such things.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
FROM THE SEA.

THE first mention of the Gulf stream
is in the journal of Alaminos, the pilot
of Ponce de Leon, in 1913.
ONE kind of sea-bladder has nc
mouth, but absorbs all its nourishment
through the pores of its body.
IT is estimated that the water of the
whole ocean contains in solution over
1900, coo tons of pure silver.
If the surface of the earth were per.
fectly level, the waters of the ocean
would cover it to depth of 600 feet.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13
slmpIc Religions Service.

Worship in Japan is a very simple
affair. In many of the temples the
chief feature is loolzing-glass emblem
attic of purity of soul Near it is font
of water in which the worshiper
washes on entering. He then prays
before the glass, drops few coppers
into box and rings bell three times
as he goes out. Since the mikado de-
clared himself no longer divine and in.
fallible japanese skepticism has grown
rapidly.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13

IT is reported that the number
ber of American vessels arriving at
Honolulu during the past year was
greater than at any other port in
the world.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13

Although the valley has been
visited with sevral severe frosts of
late, fruit growers report that there
is still enough fruit lett to tax the
strength of the trees to their
utmost.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13

THE people in each town in the
valley should see to it that all the
remaining Mesquit is removed
from the streets.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13

A CUT from 54 cents per inch to
l cent per inch is quite a tumble.
Oh mol the Solomonville paper
hasen't been robbing anybody.
Graham guardian., 1895-04-13

He will lie in c ~
wrapped in a paper
name will be engraved,
plate, and a paper heaiS
with paper plumes, willy
ITO a paper lined gravIe, o
will be erected a papd
ment.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-03
nrIIrR sERVICES.


rho following cases were dispoSeo u
a. tho Police Court yesterday ~
III ur ma Moore alias Turk ,coloIeu3
80, sent on 10 the grand jury chaI 70"
,i,b attempting to XIII Charles sGo'1.
- r RUSSELL was also sent on, charscu
with committing the same oheh0e VI
naniel Walker (colored. charged with
s,ool,nq a pair OF cuff-buttons, the prop
ertv OF Arvaleen Darhanian' was p"'
under 800 bond for thirty days
Henry Thompson. Benz. PRICE, JONI
peprey. and Edward Mason, all coioieu'
were fined 80 each for induieihs III
a game Of craps. - 70 for
cnrsing and abusing John Onesty, while
the case OF John Onesty, charged WIN
Alternating TO cut Dunn with hatchet'
was dismissed ,
Wellington steedley (coloreO, charged
With stealing from Thomas Harris. was
sent 10 the Hastings Court.
William H. Hagan was fined $40 Tor
being drunk and disorderly in the hlch-
mond Theatre.
lanes Eyre and Ernest Kessler were
each fined $50 for fighting in the
street.
Winston Allen (coloreO was required
10 eve security In the sum or III" TOT
ninety days. charged with being a
suspicious character.
The case Of Samuel Johnson (colored)'
charged with carrying concealed weap-
ons. was continued until to-day.
John l.. Abbott was charged with un-
lawfully through the mails abusing and
threatening r. +. Stratton, who prays
that he be put under bond 10 keep the
peace This case was continued until
to-day
william Brown. charged with being a
common vagrant. was sent 10 the Ke-
fOrmatOry.
A. Dickerson was charged with ASSAULT
ing and striking Myer Sanft. The case
was continued until to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-03

Rev Dr. W. G.. starr. the new pastor
OF broad-Street Methodist church, filed
MS pulpit Sunday both morning and
night ana preached to large congrega-
uons. lie took for his text the sth verse
o. The OH chapter OF Matthew-"But
when The multitude saw #, they marvel
led and glorihed God, which had given
such power unto men"
Before beginning his sermon, Dr.. Starr
expressed the great pleasure il gave him
20 again serve this congregation. RE said
That before tho appointments were made
10y Conference. hc had been cognzant
OF the fact that several churches had
asked for him. but did not know thai
BIOad-Strcct was among the number.
and that his reluctance 20 leave Market
Street church could not be ascribcd 10
any unwilhngness 20 come TO Broad
Street, but solely because ne did not wish
40 be taken away from his Petersburg
flock.
WHAT is POWER"
Or. Starr began his discourse by asking
the question, What Is power" and his
answer TO 10 was a discourse which, for
power, beauty of metaphor, and elo-
quence. has rarely been equalled here.
During the exercises Mrs. Bringle sang
very sweety, Not Half Has Ever Been
Told"
The choir Of this church is composed
of Mrs. G. n. Brngle. Misses Kalie W..
Fowlkos. Mabel Vaughan. Percy Bradley
Richardson. and Mrs. $. j.. Bishop, and
Mcssrs. Fox. Langhorne Putney. :. J.
Ningheid, W. n. Buck, and George L.
Tideood Mr.. Manly B. Ramos is or
Ganist.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-03

Rev. Mr.. Mastin Delivers Two Impressive
sermnn- TO large Congregations.

Hev. Mr.. Mastin Delivers Two Impressive
sermons to Large Congregations.
Rev. J. r. Mastin. the newiy-assisned
pastor OF Trinity Methodist church, niled
his new pulpit yesterday, and was greeted
bv large congregations at both the morn
ing ana evening services. His morning
theme was the great salvation through
Jesns and was handled in an admirable
manner. At the conclusion Of the i'm
nressive sermon the sacrament or the
Lords supper was administered.
The subject Of the nights discourse
was sin" which the preacher DEFINED az
the Welding 10 desire out Of harmony
with the divine will and commands. The
Nervousness Of sin and the insldiousness
OF it's advance on the human soul, TO-
eether with the awful consequence IT en-
tails. were points very forcibly and i'm
pressively presented.
Roth discourses bore evidences OF con-
secratlon and OF ability, and the new
minister made a very favorable impress
sion on his congregation. 1t is predicted
mat he will have q very successful niin's-
try al old Trinity
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-03

Rev. Thomas y. Potts breaches HIS iirst
sermon 10 His New Charge.

Roy. Thomas y. Potts breaches His first
sermon to His New Charge.
Rev. Thomas n. Potts was greeted by
q large congregation at Park-Place Meth
odist church Sunday morning, when he
delivered his hist sermon 10 his new
charge. Mr.. Potts chose as his text First
Corinthians. second chapter verses to D..
40 spoke OF the intellectual and com
merclaI Importance of Corinth and the
many obstacles encountered by Paul in
his work among the people. Paul. he
said. recognized these obstacles, and was
fully conscious of their power, but gave
no sign OF weakness. but rather showed
that he was a reasonable man. His work
was a great help TO the ministers OF to-
day i'm the power Of its example. Paul
was a man Of great philosophical attain
ments and rhetorical powers. but he
knew the force Of the topic he mad
chosen. and simply preached Christ cruel
fed.
Failure makes successes OF some men,
while with others success makes failures
of them. Both elements entered into
Paul's character. He understood how i'm
perfect our ideas OF success are He
knew God. and for his part was willing
to wait His time to give him success.