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, 1896-07-29

of sending you in reply 10 your request Or
9Th inst, 24 mangoes Of the Pa Louis
variety.
1t may be of some interest to you to know
that this variety appeared here accidently
from a tree which Came up from a seed for
tuitou>ly thrown on the little holding Of an
old black man, known as Pa Louis, in the
quarter island. The old man knew nothing
Of the history of the tree or the seed. 1t was
only when the fruit appeared and was found
to be stringlesS and of superior favour, that
he became aware he was the owner of a man
go differing i'll any way from the common
kinds which grow all over the island.
The "Pa Louis has been propagated very
considerably here, as it comes true from seed
every time, and is very prolific. It has never,
TO my Knowledge, been cultivated. hut has
grown as indeed all fruits here grow as best, it
could. Nor do l know of any experiments
made to graft it with other varieties, either
as scion or stock.
The expense connected with this box of
specimens is a mere trl1e, and will be fully
repaid if it result in your determining the
place of this variety in the mango family, or
i'll throwing some light On the origin.
Please to consider me always at your
servicc-Yours faithfully,
R G. McHUGH,
Hon. Secty. St. Lucia Agricultural Society.
Description.
Mango Pa Louis. (Received from the
Secretary of the Agricultural Society, st.
Lucia, re application, 9th June, 1860
Fruit medium-si1ed, o%bliquely oblong, or
rhomboidaI, sub-kidney shaped, the depres-
sion being very pronounced, but the point
obtuse. Colour in growth, dark green; at
maturity, yellow or yellow %suffused with
green; average weigh, { ozs; fash fairly
short, moderately firm, me ting luscious, deep
orange; stone large, plum, oblong, freely
bearded, average weight when washed and
dried, l OF. This is a mango in size and
form much like Chinoise, but differing in
colour and quality. An unusual feature ~
the relative largeness Of the stone, a charac-
teriStic, by the way, Of most of the stringy
kinds. 1t is not one Of the best kinds,
but is superior to the ordinary stringy
mangoes, and being very prolific and hardy,
is a good and very desirable kind to grow for
common use.-G. s. J.
, 1896-07-29
A GREAT SCIENTIST.
(Church Family Newspaper

On Monday the great scientist, DR.. Kelvin,
better known as Sir William Thomson. cele-
brated his jubilee. For the past fifty years
he bas keen Professor of Natural Philosophy
in the University IF Glasgow. He has had
a life OF abnormal activity, and OF unusual
triumph, His name is indissOlubly associated
with the marvels of electricity, and not the
least of his glorles lies in the fact that his
mastery inventions Of thirty and more years
ago, made when electricity vas a young
science, remain unsuperseded, despite all the
rapid modern advances. William Thomson
was but a lad of seventeen when he burst
upon the scientific world with a boldly
thought out essay in defence of FOurier's
formulas of harmonic analysis, but it was
not long before practical work and orlglnal
demonstration we've to take the place OF
writing. Thomson was born during the
period that the great link of an electric cable
between the Old World and the New was IN
contemplation, and the Young man was
destined 10 make the scheme a genuine sue
cess. 1t was a time of doubt and Obscurity;
scientists were slowly feeling their way to Il
great truth, bui could not wrest the secret
from its hiding-place. The law which led to
the letnrlati0u of messages through a long
cable bafaed th,m III, and it was young William
Thomson who expounded that law and who
Overcame it magnifcently. By inventing
those delicate Instruments for expeditlng and
receiving messages, the mirror -ga~lvanometer
and the siphom-lecoIdtr, he performed a vast
service and rendered Atlantic telegraphy the
serviceable institution it has proved. And
another mystery has occupied his attention
that mystery which Newton despaired Of un-
derstarding, the pervading medium in space
kno wn as either" Lord Kelvin's life-history
is in Itself q Y wonder, and when it comes to
be fully written it will prove what a yerita-
Bile giant and has been among
us performing those prodigies and those
magical arts summed up and explained in the
simple phrase scientific invention
, 1896-07-29
OFFICT1E NOTICES.



net bekiendtgj6res herved, at der
u fra Forterne i Christiansted og
Frederiksted vii bliye givet de-
efterstaaende Signaler for en- sig
nal mende Orkan;
ON Dagen: 2 umiddelbart efter
hinanden folgende Kanonskud og
derpaa med ! MINUS Millennium :
lignende Kanonskud. ct blaat Flag
paa Fortets Flagstang.
ON Natten: De samme Ramon
skud som ON Dagen.
Christiansteds Kaserne, den lode Julb
1896.
DITLEV DITLEVSE n
, 1896-07-29
Translation


nT is hereby made known that the
following signals for an approach
ing hurricane will be given from
the Forts at Christiansted and
Frederiksted
During the Day time: Two guns
fired the one Immediately after the
other and after an interval of /
minute 2 other similar guns. A
blue flag on the flagstaff of the
Fort.
During the night: The same
guns as in the day time.
Christiansted Barracks, the 10th July
500.
DITLEV DITLEVSEN.
, 1896-07-29

Good NAME, in man or woman, dear my
Lord, is the immediate jewel of their souls
says Othello. Mr.. Fl. Arnold Forster thinks
that a good name is us important to a war
ship as it is to o man or woman, and he
therefore, questioned tho First Lord of the
Admiralty on Tuesday wish regard to the
unsatisfactory naming Of certain new torpedo
boat Destroyer, which are TO be called
respectively, Cynthia, SyIvia, Violet, Fa'cn,
Ballfnch and Dsve. Could anything in the
way of nomenclature be more absurd ? Fancy
a warlike Bullfnch or a: destroying Dove, a
ferociously aggressive Fawn or q devastating
Violet! Never since Sydney Smith describ-
ad that pirate bark manned by Oxfold culates,
or Mr.. Mantalini called his lady love "a
savage lamb" has such as i%ncOngruous assoc
o;ation of ideas been suggested. Mr..
Go.chen \ defence was in effect that the
names are those of old historic war vessels,
and that as q Cynthia and q SylriG, &c, have
satisfactorily sshown fight in the past they
NAV be relied upon to do their duty in the
future. To the reminder that on the princi-
ple now followed the next ironclads ought to
he named the Fly, the Fanny, and the Amelia,
Mr.. Goschen could only answer that the
Marie Rose and the Dolly were also famous
names in the navy. The Fly would not be
at all a bad name tor q cruiser, since, accord
inp to Mr.. Ruskin and Homer, the common
house fly is for it's size the strongest,
IA it 10 the most fearless, of all living
creatures.
Who has not read Lorna Doons,' that
wonderful work of Blackmore, the novelist.
Somebody once told nae it Was written in
hexametsrs, and whether it was fancy or not.
.Amod ON tasting the ailepatiOn. to find
it corroborated, / was reminded of the story
, 1896-07-29
Duly Telegraph.

----
The outcry about The state of affairs In
Madagascar is Ii tae increase. M. Laroche,
the Resident General, il being accused OF
playing into The hands Of the English. An
officer writes that "his chief occupation con-
sist. in opening Protestant churches" and
saws that on his return from "A ceremony at
a b iqish school he was treated by the French
Colonists 70 ironiral cries Of 'Vive IAngle-
terre p The writ,r ida that. being the
guest Of AL Engli>bman at dinner one eVen-
ing. lie Resident.Genera made a speech III
which he explained hat his policy consisted
in favouring foreigners, and particularly the
Enpli.h. The French cOlonists had decided
on sending a deputatiOR to demonstrate with
M. Llroche, aud if his reply was not favour
able they would telegraph to the President
of tho Council demanding justice. The col
onists concludes this correspondent, are
exclaiming that it is very sad that 5000 men
should have lost their lives, and that lOO,OOO,
0OOf. should have been spent "tO place an
Fnglishman ut the head Of the Government
of Madagascar" 1t is evident that NJ.
Lareche's efforts to MAINTAIN a cohcuatofy
attitude towards foreigners are not lellshed
by the French settlers, and this was, perhaps,
10 be expected. Mole grave, however, is the
confirmation Of he intelligence that q ian
QerOuS a9tAJlOn pfeFhlIS' ios OhiJ IL A'o =
but also in other districts, and that serious
disturbances. which cause considerable
~mxiety, are occurring. 1t is stated that
Antananarivo, which is the only town
eRectually occupied by the French, contains
barely sufficient troops to guard it from an
attack, and that the remark is commonly made
that Madagascar will go the way Of many OF
the other colonies which Frsncehas taken
INF connot nasimilRte."
A President Of a Cycling Club wants TO
know why a tricycle. costs SO much to buy
What is there, he asks, in these machines to
represent ELS. or $40, or $50? He has seen
it stated that cycle makers net a profit of
about 27O per cent, and thinks that II this
be true it cannot last long. When prices
are brought into proportion with the value
of the article purchased the pubic will reap
a great advantage, and t will also be better
for the industry as % whole. Mechanics and
man Of small incomes will then be better able
to provide themselves with new machines
instead of the old and unsafe bicycles they
are obliged to put up With now. If a man
wishes to test the real value Of his cycle let
him try to sell it secondhand. Although he
NAV only have had it in use a week or Iwo,
il he gave G2O for it he may think himself
lucky if he gets &7..-Ib'd.
, 1896-07-29

this week by seeing it stated that Mr.. Black.
more is 70 years of age, and is enamoured of
his own and his small circle Of Intimate
friends. ! was surprised at hearing tho
advanced age OF one Of my favourlte authors,
but it accounts for the few books he has
written Of lale years.
, 1896-07-29
THE PA LOUIS MANGO OF ST. LUCIA.

Some months ago there was copied in the
Dailp Chronicle from a St. Lucia newspaper
a notice Of II famous mango, under the above
name, that appeared 10 be peculiar to the
island. highly thought Of, and recommended
as a fruit for export, and that from It's merits
and high features and quality, would capture
and secure an ever-growing demand in the
United States markets, in the of->easOn of
their own fruit supply. The notice in qUes-
ton did not clearly describe the particular
mango alluded to, and being anxious to
know whether it was one OF my acquaintance
| wrote to The honorary Secretary Of the
Agricultural Society of the island. r. G.
Mctiugh. Esq, to send me a few full fruits,
that l might set my mind at rest. A box Of
two dozen fruits came by Direct Steamer a
few days ago, excellently packed, and in very
good condition. but they had been picked
rather 100 soon and the skin had shrivelled
in all on the way. Gathered rpe [ have no
doubt 1t is Il luscious fruit, deserving of the
high esteem in which S.. Lucians hold it,
though it cant for a moment compare with
any Of the first class kinds. ! append MIR.
McHugh's statement of the local story of it's
origin and history, which, though interesting
in its shroud of possibleness is, of course,
from all that we know of mangos, and which
Mr.. McHugh in telling the story incidentally
confirms, is only local legend, the variety,
no doubt. being of Eastern origin, and earlier
introduction to the Western tropics.
G. s. JENMAN.
LIST July, 1896.
Per FIR. Steamer St. Dominique.
St. Lucia, 22nd June. 1899.
G. S. Jenman. ESQ,
Georgetown, Demerara.
Dear Sir,-I am happy to take advantage
of this the first and most direct opportunity
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G.X. %odAnlll-
-poI', 81

whether parrots can really spread disease.
II was unable" says NJ. N0card "dur-
ing the epidemic Of 1893 TO procure q sin-
gle parrot imported from America But
1 have now got packet Of the wings OF
birds which died during the voyage from
Buenos Ayres 10 HaYre ! have discov-
cred special microbe. extremely virulent
which does not seem TO me 10 bc that
observed by the Germans. Eherth ard
Wolff, and fowls. mice and rabbits which
J inoculated with the micrObe died i'm less
than fOrty-eight hours.
II can even spread the disease without
having recourse 10 incubation. Tor csc
ample. by placing ten dry wings at the
bottom OF the cage Of a healthy parrot
the bird died In less than twenty hours.
The Investigation would have been CONF
.plete had I been able TO show that the
death Of persons in 1898 was also due TO
The action of this microhe. but ! have seen
none of these sick people
As several new cases Of the mysterious
disease OF 1898. have Just broken 0ut in
the department Of Seine-et-Oise the Con-
sell d'Hygieue is now I'm a position 10 .n-
Yestigate The origin Of Che outbreak.
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The hood l. edged with FUR and lined with
satin OF another color
II Is deep enOugn 10 protect the h''N
OF a deC0iletc dress. At the play the
hood Is taken OF. and underneath ~ an
elaborate couture.
The hood Is laid lighUy upon the hair
80 as not 10 hurt a. Mime. Faufc ana
daughter wore them at the Franchise
few nights ago.
There Is q queer little tisht-htinS cup
rnalo generally al black asirachan tna'
has become quite popular with certain
class I'M Paris. But they are sucn Try
ms things. even to the prciu.s' i"o'.'
tha; ] had never thought OF them as
fashion until l saw them in quite mum
bcr Of tho smart shops For skaling ihey
might be acceptable. But II seems an
objectionable thing IN this oay ana gen
Grafton 10 don % severe and unhecoiains
hat WHOM fhore is such an endless variety
90 choose from.
viii tell you about another American
Countess whom I recently saw in my
mex; letter. NINA ''''i'" '-f'
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Grna.,. Convincing Proof.

was reading Wallace Reeds pleasant
reminiscence OF Henry Grady in last sun
days paper, and IL carried me back 90
the hard days when Henry was struggling
against fate 20 make his paper q success.
The merchants had not then learned the
value Of advertising ana Henry pleaded
i'm vain Tor a more liberal patronage. \
leading merchant who claimed 90 be- his
friend stubborniy declined 10 give him a
big "ad" and said IL would be- money
thrown away. for nobody read them.
Don't read them exclaimed Henry.
don't read them Well will show you
Next mornings paper contained "a short
editorial on ca;s and told now car Iur
had recently come into great demand ia
fashionable circles m New York. ard how
the long coarse hairs were eliminated ana
the real fur was made into uppets and
NUTS. ana every fashionable lady wore
a feline. &c. Not FAR off IN another coll
umn was a displayed advertisement that
said.
"Wanted-l.ooo cats. for which 80 cents
each will Zoe paid"
The merchants name was signed to IL.
By noon the cats began 20 roll in. Small
boys, white AMI black, brought them IN
baskets and bags For a while the NOR
chant enjoyed the joke, but soon got tied
ana went away % dinner
By the time he returned the boys and
darkies from Che suburbs were coming
in. and the sidewalk was blockadcd Hem
~ had laughed until he was exhausted,
and sat on a window sill across the street,
threatened he said, with a catalepuc III.
Nelghboring merchants and their clerks
gathered around and laughed and shouted
and cried at every arrival OF cats. As
East as the merchant drove on one crowd
uother nllcd their places. lie armed
himself with a iig sack. bat az last he
closed his doors in sheer despair and
night relieved him from the pressure
But the next morning the catastrophe
was worse The catalogue was not end
ca. for the country people had heard the
news and brought cats In on their wagons
and under their buggy seats. and tied MP
in cotton baskets like chickens. Henry
took his stand near by, and leaned against
"a telegraph pole Tor support lie and the
folks who loved fun were all there. ana
while 70 was fun 20 the boys and death 10
the frogs II was such a rare and racy
Joke that the merchant couldn't get mad,
and finally surrendered. lie made an ap-
propriate iittltc speech TO the crowd, and
told Henry that IL he would promise never
TO do so any more he would eivc him the
biggest lad" he had over had in his pa
per Henry promised. and tho "ad' was
giyen.-Atlanta Constitution.
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THE QUERY COLUMN.
SOME or THE CONTENTS or THE
TINES MAJ BAG.
Answers to Inquiries on Variety OF
Subjects Received From Our
Subscribers

WIN you kindly publish a short history
OF the Alarseilaise. and the words.
LA Marsciilalse." which the unrivalled
national song OF France, was produced in
1922. by Rougct de / Isle, an Office then
stationed at Strasburg. and hence ORR
cinany called Chant De guerre de J.
arneo du Rain" IT soon attained popu-
ritv throughout the country. and greatly
contributed to the victories Of the French
revolutionary armies. Ia Paris it was
soon for the Irsi time by the band OF men
who were brought from Marscilles by
Barraroni. 20 aid in the Revolution Of
Auetst. 10. 1892 Hence &c was called 'le
chant DIES Marseillaisc," and afterwards
LA Marseiiiaise.
rrhe researches Of musical scholars seem
20 rrova beyond reasonable doubt, that
tho melody is not Rouget de J. Isle. bus
copied by him from tho "Credo' OF the
fourth mass OF lIoltzmann, OF Murshers,
who composed 10 in lUi
IL was first heard I'm Strasburg in the
hotel of Nine. de- Montcsson.
The words are ass follows.
Yc SONS Of France. awake 20 glory
IiariJ Harh, what myriads bid YOU
rise,
Your children. wives and grandsircs
hOary-
Behold their tears. and hear their cries.
shall hateful tyrants. mischiofs breeding,
with hireling hosts, a rufiian band
ALRIGHT. and desolate the lano.
While peace and liberty. lie bleeding
TO arms, TO arms vc brave.
TIN avonrinu sword unsheathc.
March on' March on. all hearts, resolved
on victory on death.
Now. now, the trcachcrous storm is roll
Ing
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RICHMOND RAILWAY AND
ELECTRIC COMPANY.
Street-Car Transfers.
4DpjvI0NAL FACILITIES OFFERED
V0 THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

Commencing JANUARY l. 1896, this
company extended its Transfer system
10 embrace al connSes1f uars sa s71
I I'.Is"nser Is allowed the privilege or
is.-'r,sfSr 10 any connecting line IN either
civ ana in any direction at Junction
pY The payment OF ilye-cent fare entities
d ,assancer TO ONLY ONE TRANSFER
TICKET but ADDITIONAL transfers are
Moved on the same ticket al any Doins
,..infed thereon which does not return the
ggassenger 10 the point Of star;iss.
transfer tickets must DC obtained from
conductors az the time fares are paid,
and messengers are requested 10 see that
tickets are properly punched Tor the de-
sired transfer.
This arrangement enables passengers TO
Interchange bet xeen the Main-Street and
Clay Street lines, at central points, In
any direction.
can be reached from any point In either
city BIZ payment OF one fara aAt'-h
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your confidence. The safest way Il TO
eon6de in good patent soil ,itor. lie
viii let you know IL 10 Is worm while 10
z, q any expense TN the matter II N1u
aprlied directly to the coumissioncr OF
Patents In Washington. as you have
legal right To do, you probably would
save no time at all, because OF your
ignorance OF the WAY 10 state your claims
so that they will cover your idea COM
pletely
IMPORTANT BANKS.
Please name some OF Jhe most import
ant banks Ia the world?
The most important Is the Bank OF
England. founded M 1921. 1t has "a capital
OF about S1fau0g0. The Bank of Franco
Is SAID to be the second largest. tne
Deuisches Reich Bank, or Imperial Cor
man Bank IL another important BANK.
Tire Bank ofM0ntrca IS one Of the largest
banks. the National Provincial Bank ~
London. and the London ana County
Bank OF London blanks that Americans
seldom II ever hear OF. are enormously
wealthy banks. doing great business
There are no banks I'm this country 10
compare with the foreign banks, though
como of the rrivcto bankers here are as
Wcll-known. and important as any IL
England or the Continent our State and
agencies or branches. go they are an local
our American clearinc-houscs almost take
the place Of ono OF the great foreign
banks. with its dozens or scores, OF even
hundreds OF branches.
QUINTRIPLE QUERY.
What is Queen Victorias salarl.g What
does the royal family cost by the year!
is Parliament salared? How IS the
money obtained 70 support tho British
government? Are not the poor burdened
bon that country
The Queen gets cgS1000: this IS en- lieu
or all sources or royal income enjoyed
by her predecessors. The royal family
costs cil300 year. In annutics and
about $500 I'm various other ways. say
Cas150. Parliament Us not saiaried, some
Of las officers and Of course. all its en-
ployees are paid. The public revenue is
obtained from customs. about onc-nfthl
from excise. (one-luarteD from rtamps
gr LEGAL papers. cheques. convey incos
etc.. must Doe stampede from tax ON land
and house. from income tax. from the
ro5tofico and telegraph service Chese
together cleared eiJoo0oQ0 last Year, and
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Tho question of infected parrots, which
created such sensation In Paris Two
ycars ago. seems 90 hay. again come Be-
forc the public. At Versailles. at Aaia-
ons-I.amttc. says tine Temps, there has
hocu reportod the death II several per-
sons. who have been struck down, 10
vgoula seem. 10y this same mysterious die
cnsc which was said 10 have been brought
INTO France IN lS93 boy exotic parrots.
The inquiry made by NJ Dutardi-bedr-
metz Tor the Seine Conaoh d'Hyeienc re-
suited. az FIRST iu the conclusion thai ihe
deaths wcrc merely cases Of co.nci-
0ouco. bout hc has again returned o. the
subject. seconded boy Or Dubiof. and is-
sued mis- new rcport. IN this document
NJ Duiardir- Rcaumctz states that 70 is
very possible that the parr0,s may have
something 10 do with these epidcmics.
Eborih and Wolf. hc points out have
described how parrots have imported into
Europe n septic disease which can be
determined 10y the microscope.
However parisians need not Doe alarmed
hy she reports which have recently been
spread. for at no bird dealers has There
been discovered a single diseased parrot
NJ. Nocard. director of the Abort Neterln-
arv School has however. been wakine
some experiments. which is n distinct stop
toward q solution OF the problem as TO
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stituted for this last word, "Persever-
ando' over the heads Of the figures.
The literal translation OF sic fur al
asira' T. 80 she goes 10 the stars"
1T SHOULD BE BOILING.
How hot should water be "a soall hogs?
1t should be boiling. otherwise Il viii
not remove the hair.
ONCE REMOVED.
What IS n lirst-cousin once removed
The child OF your nrst-cousln. The
children OF nrst-cousins are second
cousins
a CEMENT SUGGESTED.
Can you suggest a cement for heliomin-
iature photographs on glass;
Bottle India rubber dissolved In super
fine spirits Of turpentine makes an tx
ceilent glue for photographs. The turpen-
tire must Doe hot when the rubber Is DIS
solved In o.: the cement is AZ piled i'm a
liquid form.
WIsEsT AND MEANEsT.
Who Was called "tho rissst and mean
est Of menc" was II Lord raco1 or
Lord Byron?
Alexander Pope. in his poem IAN Essay
on Man" described Francis Bacon, Lorn
Ncrulam as '.The visest. brightest mean
est Of mankind" This was hindre"
years before Bvr5n's time.
DIMENSIONS or CHRISTOPHER coli
TMBUS.
what wor, .hc dimensions Of me whale
back steamer. Christopher Column oust
T,c Christopher Columbus, used az
passenger steamer at the Worlu aii
in 1873. is 3is feet long, 4 feet Woe anu
q fent deep. she has three decks ana
not tonnage Of W5.
BANKS ~ THE UNITED STATES.
How many banks are there i'm tho
United States,
ON October 90. 1881. according to ne
Comptroi!cr Of tine Currency S Ielol -
there were s.,55 national banks 300 STATE .,,.
hanks. z2i loan and trgt compaihll,S,. W.,
savings banks. and 90i private pl''"'' o.
total OF 9.752 banking orsanizauo"''
EMINENT DOMAIN"
please give me an Illustration , OF M ~,
exercise hy The state of the ii8"' "'
eminent DOMAINE -. ,.,,hlfo
The condemnation or ian" Do, ,,. ,.,....
use or for "a railroad or other p'.n, g..
porlton IS am exercise by The 7i",g ,. -,
right Of eminent domain, either "''''''