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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

Washington Evening Star
Some months since gave expression
to the fact, not generally known, remark
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06
sFOR WOMAN'S GOOD.
Noble Self-S&crihce OF the Sisters of tho
Good Shepherd.

Noble Self-Sacrifce OF the Gisters Of thu
Good Shepherd.
'The hernits of old" forswore al!
the pleasures of life that they migh,
devote themselves entirely to medita.
tion and prayerthe Sisters of the
Good Shepherd, in this nineteenth cen
tury. renounce all the material benefits
of life and shut themselves up in clois
ters not for themselves alone, not sim
ply to avoid the world and all it's vain
pomps, but first and above ali for the
preservation and redemption of WON
anhood. Gods creatures frst-unpro.
tected girlhood and erring, sorrowirg
wonanh ood-the salvation of these
constitute the life work of the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd. For this noble
and Christian end they leave home and
friends, ease and luxury, and renounce
the world as completely as "the hermits
of old"
No one can join the order of the Good
Shepherd unless her reputation and the
reputation of her family is free from,
all blcnlish. And yet these spo:les:;
women not only bury themselves alive
for the love of the God they adore, but
they gladly give themselves heart and
soul to the preservation and redemption
of their less fortunate sisters.
Deep within the stone walls of the
mausoleum which they call their
''house" they work earnestly and low
ingly, with willing hands, cheerful
hearts, and dauntless energy, from four
in the morning till nine at night, day
in and day out, year in AID year out,
from the day they take their vows.
pledging themselves to God and their
special work to the day they lie in their
cells dying-and all for woananhood;
for her preservation, if she is virtuous
but helpless; for her salvation if she
Is fallen.
Fallen woman, when the world turns
from her in scorn, when she drinks the
bitter drecs of humiliation and degra-
dation, when all is lost but life and the
power of suffering, fallen woman il.
her last extremity can always find n
home and a refuge beneath the saint
roof as the pure, self-sacrifcing Sister
of the Good Shepherd.
To this heavcn-inspired sister there
is no world. and there never will be any
but the dreary world within the cold
stone walls around her; no society but
that OF helpless innocents or wrecked
unfortunates: and yet she goes through
her life cheerful and happy. content and
Joyful if she save by gentle precept and
exemplary conduct few ont OF the
thousands TO whom she devotes her vir-
tues, her intellectual accomplishments
her patience and her life.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06
THE GRAPE INDUSTRY.
An Important Business In the Eastern
States.

An Important Business In the Eastern
Htxtes-
The managemento of the vineyard is al
interesting study and one which to be
successful requires technical knowl-
edge. In the large vineyards, as a rule,
the owner himself gives personal super
vision to every detail; sometimes &
manager or overseer performs these
duties. One of the largest growers Iii
this section tells me that the most sue
cessful grower is the foreigner who
with his family of eight or ten comes
and leases or buys IS Or so acres OF
land, each member of the family having
his or her part in the work TO perform
from spring until picking time, while
the winter is devoted to the making OF
the baskets. Thus no outside exPendl-
ture is incurred and when the grapes are
sold the proceeds return to the family
as the profit on the individual labor OF
each member-quite in contrast with
the large owner who is compelled to
hire help to do each little thing, III addi-
tion to buying his baskets.
& The Concord grape is the only variety
of any consequence raised in this re-
gion, and some idea of the magnitude
of the business carried on may be had
when it is known that the shipments
this year from Chautauqua county alone
amounted to $500 car loads, 5000 bas-
kets of ten pounds each in each cur.
These are taken from the grower by
some one of the numerous growers as
sociations, whose business it is to find
market. Strange as it may seem it is
nevertheless true that three-fourths oil
them go to points west OF Chicago,
while the other one-fourth travels east
ward.
The making of baskets is an impor-
tant item. Many factories are en-
ployed. The price ranges from two to
two and half cents per basket: thus
the grower who would find his business
in any way profitable must in addition
TO the cost of the basket realize at least
one cent per pound for his grapes, while
to-day it is common thing to find q
ten-pound basket on the retail market
slow sale at. ten cents. Thus we IND
that the utmost care must taken In the
management of vineyard to make II
profitable.-Robert Lew Seymour, IN
Chautauqnan.
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Pidx4n English.

The curious vernacular known as
Pidgin English is strange mixture OF
English, Chinese and Portuguese, and
is used by most of the natives of Hong
Kong and other Chinese ports in their
intercourse with foreigners. Its basis
consists in turning the consonants "r"
into "i' and "v" into "b," adding a
final zee" to most words, and
above all, the constant use of the word
"pidgin," which means business in the
most extended sense of the word. Not
long since a gentleman in Hong Kong
was interrupted by his servant, boy
Of II, who rushed into the office in an
excited manner to inform his master
that his wife had presented him with
a daughter. He gracefully and deli
cately made the announcement in P1d-
gin English in these words: Missy
Smith hab got one piecee small cow
chilo!"-Chicago Tribune.
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In the Queens Mall.

People often write to Queen Victoria
asking her to lend them small sums,
and promising to repay her in Install
ments. Sometimes they write saying
they are unable to pay her taxes ana
trusting that she will allow the account
to stand over bit. The presents the
queen receives by post form a curious
collection. They are invariably re-
turned. Poets send her poems; trades
men specimens OF their wares; iadies'
rnittens, stockings and other articles
of attire worked by themselves. When
any member of the household Is ~
medicines pour in from all parts OF the
world. and at Christmas the queen is the
recipient of some hundreds Of chrlstmaa
cards. many of them of the most ex-
pensive nature.-N. Y. Tribune.
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BosToN's NEGLECT OF POE.
No Fitting Recognition OF His Fame In
In the Whole Country.

No Fitting Recognition Of His Fame In
In the Whole Country.
I have mentioned the circumstance
that it has never occurred to the town OF
Boston to erect a monument to Poe,
who, next to Franklin, probably has the
most worldwide fame fall the men of
letters native to that town, and Poe was
connected with Boston not alone by the
important accident of his birth, but
bv the commencement there OF his lit
erary career, itself an event worth COM
memoratinQ. So far as l am aware,
Boston never awarded to Poe the honor
which, in the case of her dead literary
men of eminence, she sometimes deems
worthy to be taken in lieu of any fur
ther monumental attention, namely,
the calling Of a public meeting by the
mayor, at which addresses are made and
complimentary resolutions adopted.
The name of Poe is, indeed, carved Or
the outer walls of the public library
at Boston; so are several hundred other
names. Their purpose is chiefly deco
rative.
However. Boston's neglect in respect
of Poe was but the neglect of all the
rest of the country. His kindred left
his grave at Baltimore unmarked and
q fund of about $1,000 had to be raised
by public subscription to place above
his ashes the unbeautiful mortuary
monument which now bears his name.
If an enterprising commercial person
had not hired the cottage in which Poe
lived at Fordham, just out of New York.
and put up above it's door the large
sign "Poe's Laundry" surmounting it
with the figure of a raven, thereby
arousing the wrath of many people, in
Guiding the owner of the cottage, and
shaming them into protest, it is prob
able that the poets fame would still
ne quite destitute of any public memo
rial.-Atlantic.
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A Child and the Letters.

An ingenious person named hronn'
whose patience is evidently more high
lysdeveloped than his sense OF humor'
has been making some experiments
that are supposed to be very important
TO scientific teachers. He has founu
tl.at it takes young child 364-l,ooo OF
second to recognize the letter c, 35s-
1000 of a second to recognize the letter
a. and 1891, 900 of a second to recognize
the letter t; while the word cat as n
whole is recognized in 1891 900 OF a sec
ond. Therefore, he says. primary teach
ing should be done by words and not
by letters, and the letters should be 1-12
OF an inch high and printed in line not
prore than four inches long. We don't
know exactly how he has discovered all
these things. but that does not natter
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06

They Are Scattered Throughout the
Human Body.

Human Body.
DIR. William A. Hammond, the cele-
brated neurologist says the ganglia,
which runs like little threads of silk
throughout the body, are tiny little
brains, largely made up Of the same
kind Of gray matter that composes the
thinking part Of the brain. While the
sensitive ganglia send their little tend
rils into every portion of the body,
there is an especially largo amount of
them about the heart, and, really,
according to DR.. Hammond, the human
heart actually thinks on account of
it. When we are frightened, the heart
almost stops beating.
How could it do it, unless 1t really
thought? It would be impossible.
The heart brains are the little gray
gsnglia, end they recognize the emo
tions of JOY, orpain or fright by sending
quick throbs and thrills through the
heart, which Dr.. Hammond calls Sec
ondary brain. It is well known that the
ancients believed different organs OF
the body to be possessed of mental at
tributes, and this idea has been handed
down to us in such expressions as a
'brave heart" mobile heart" "sple-
netic nature" and the like.
Crossgrained people arc said to have
their spleens out Of order, and the an
clients located anger, resentment and
impatience in the spleen.
An immense amount Of gray matter
or tissue runs back of the stomach. and
q heavy blow there will kill as quickly
as if the brain itself had been struck.
Wherever the ganglia oongregate Is
a vital spot, and instead of thinking
solely with the gray matter that is with
in our skulls, we think in every i'm
poztant organ and throughout every
prominent function within our bodies.
So says DR.. Hammond. and science
seems to agree with Hmm. Y. Trib-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06

The KEYsroSE is the sole representative
of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart Of the most prom
Using mining country Ola the face of the
earth. and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis of all
mining news and developments, as we'll as
matters of local Importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it. read
it, and let your friends read 1t.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Railroad builders say the building
this year will be mainly for the pur-
pose of developing lumber tracts, coal
mines and other freight-making dis
tricts.
-Iaborers are fiocking to Liberia to
work on the great Liberian railway.
This is the route that will play havoc
with the eastern question, destroy the
usefulness of Constantinople as the key
to Europe and enable Americans to 60
to the Japan sea in II days.
A very low temperature. 400 de-
grees below zero, has been shown to
have a remarkable effect upon the color
Of many bodies. The brilliant scarlet
of vermillion and mercuric iodide is
orange, the original color returning
with the rise Of the temperature. Blues
are unaffected by cold, and the effect is
comparatively small upon organic col
oring matters of all tints.
The movement for the Industrial
about to be advanced by the building
of a cotton mill at Concord, n. c., for
the special employment and instruction
Of negroes in this line of work. 1t is
being built by W. c. Coleman, a wealthy
colored man, and will be the first cot
ton mill in the country to employ coll
ored operatives, although there is a
spinning mill at Columbia, S. c., where
they are employed.
in so dry region as central Austria
liza frogs are found in fair numbers,
creeks and claypans ''swarming" with
them. AS the waters dry up the frogs
disappear in their burrows, remaining
till the rains come again. Certain sPe-
cies of them" says Spencer, gorge
themselves with water before they go
into their retreats, and in times of
drought the natives dig them out and
obtain enough water from their bodies
to satisfy their thirst.
1t appears that as the earth be-
comes overpopulated all men must be-
come vesetarians. A recent estimate
shows that 2: acres of land are neces-
sary to sustain one man on fresh meat,
while the same area, if devoted to wheat
culture, would feed AZ people; if to
oats, 8S: potatoes, Indian corn and rice,
176, and if to plantain or breadfruit,
over 6,ooo people. Ere the dire prophecy
of Malthus is fulfilled. however, we may
reasonably expect the chemist to pro-
vide artificial food for the multitude.
AS to the age of the Niagara falls.
geologists differ widely in opinion. At
first it was estimated that the Niagara
river came into existence through
changes in the level Of the land around
the great lakes, about 5000 years ago.
Later this was reduced to only $4,000
years. The celebrated geologist, Sir
Charles Lycll, increased the estimate
again to $4,000 years; but more recent
y others have lowered it to about 5000
years. The latest estimate is that of
DR.. j. W. Spencer, who, basing his con-
clusions on the most recent investiga-
tions, places the age of the river at 52,-
900 years and that of the cataract at 3D.
900 years. AT one period, many thou
sand years ago, the height of the falls
was 42O feet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06
Much In Little.

One of the most important industries
of the world is manufacturing q prod
net which, if taken singly, may be said
to be without value. No person would
hesitate to ask stranger for one OF
them. and nobody thinks OF Offering
for the favor anything but thanks in re
turn. Yet the industry is one OF the
comparatively few which are OF such
magnitude as to lead to the organiza-
ton OF that unpopular combination
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Compensation death
was lamentable, wasn't it." "Yes, but
awfully stylish-he died in his private
car."-Chicago Tribune.
Famous Author (who has been in
vited to dinner, to himself )-"What q
wretched menu! shall take good care
not to make any witty remarks."-
Fliegende Blatter.
-Poet-"Let me tell you, sir, that
poem cost me q weeks hard labor" Ed
itor (who has read it, lis that all ?
If I'd have had the passing of the SEN
tence you'd have got month. Tit
Bits.
"A Proud Achievement. -" "Well," /"
said the new legislator, II performed
my first duty for my constituents to-
day" "What?" II voted in favor of
adjournment" Philadelphia North
American.
b. -Cabana-"Did you know Snoztious
had applied for pens;on?" Lowell
mo; on what grounus?" Cabana-
'Says he has strained his lungs yelling
for war with Spain" - Philadelphia
North American.
Small Sister-"How do you s'pose
peoples way up norf teep warm in de
winter, Bobby?" Small Brother
(scornfully)-"Why, what does you
s'poee de fur-twees is sfor2''-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
-He-"Can you tell me the difference
between an Irishman frozen to death
and a Highlander on a cold day?" She
NO." He-"Well, ones kilt with the
cold, ard the t'other is cold with the
kilt."-Funny Cuts.
The Folemaal-"We find that the
diseased died from natural causes"
Coroner-"You mean the deceased not
the diseased" The Foreman-"Both.
If he hadn't been diseased he wouldn't
be dead."-Tit-Bits.
"A Treacherous Memory. - Parson
Johnson-"Yo' must nevah cherish an
enmity against youah ne;ghbor, Mis-
Jackson-if youah neighbor does yo'
An injury yo' must forget it." Mrs.
Jackson-"An' so does forget it, pah-
son-but Use got powerful bad mem
ory, and keeps forgetting dat Pse for
gotten it."-Truth.
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Two kittens were born in large
warehouse. These kittens were very
frolicsome and became general favor
ties. One day the men employed could
not find the two kittens. They hunted
and hunted, but found no trace of them.
.About four weeks afterward it was
necessary to tear away a part OF the
platform in front of the building. To
the surprise of the workmen, under
tfis platform was q rat trap; and in
the rat trap were the two kittens. Their
mother had found them and had nour-
ished them all the time they were in
The trap. They had grown so large
that they were very much crowded in
their tiny wire house, from which the
men socn liberated them.-Outlook.
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AN IMPOSING CEREMONY.
A Nepalese Tribute Mission in PesinR-
Presents FOR the Emperor.

N6pAleSe Tribute Mission In PeKinG-
Presents for the Emperor.
The reception in the Chinese capital
of the deccnnial tribute mission from
NeFal to the emperor of China is de-
scribed in the latest paper from the far
east. The mission consisted of SO
members, with a following Of over 20
Nepalese traders, who seem to have
taken their wares to PeAing for sale.
The whole arrived about the middle of
September, bearing presents of ele-
plants tusks, gold dust, woolens and
brocaded cloths, Us well as letter from
the king of the Gurkhas, as the ruler of
Nepal is officially styled in China. There
were two envoys, one OF whom died in
Peking and was cremated with Gurkha
rites. Special officials from the Mongo
lian superintendency took the visitors
about to the sights Of the capital. The
return presents from the emperor were
placed in the Southern Lake palace,
outside the west gate Of Peking, and the
occasion of the visit to this place to re-
cenve them was one of great ceremony.
The surviving envoy was conveyed
there in b green sedan chair aud the
other Nepalese on horseback or in mule
carts, the start being made from the
Tribute ENJOYS hall, where the whole
party was lodged at the expense of the
Chinese government from the moment
Of their arrival. The trading members
were kept outside the sacred precincts,
while the official members were con-
veyed to the great hall of the palace.
where they prostrated themselves be-
fore the eunuch commissioned to read
the imperial edict authorizing the
Nepalese to return to their own land.
The presents consisted of 1000 taels of
silver (about E1sO), four complete
suits of fur, robes of wadded cotton and
gauze for each member of the missis,
besides silk pongees and gauze Peking
ranks of the recipients. These presents
were ultimately conveyed to the resi-
dence of the mission in special carts
and the members were taken to an
other part of the palace. about quar-
ter of a mile from the place where the
emperor was supposed to be seated-for
he was quite invisible-and there they
went through the regulation three pros
tratfons and nine kowtows in recogni-
ton of the imperial bounty. In fact,
only the chief envoy ever saw the en-
peror and this was ON his arrival, when
he presented the letter from his own
sovereign avowing allegiance to China.
When the ceremony Of giving presents
WAS over the mission was informed
that it could begin its return journey
as soon as the necessary conveyances
for so large party could be prepared
by the Mongolian superintendency. The
Journey from Khatmandu to Peking oc-
cupied six months.-London Times.
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perior being and sat for his photo with
great pride; but when he saw the re-
suit, he almost wept Both men then
retired to the house in a thoughtful
mood, and presently one come out and
borrowed pair of scissors. When they
emerged again, scarcely vestige OF
hair remained on their heads, and they
asked to have their pictures taken agaia-
The camera was to them a veritable
tree of knowledre.-Golden Days,
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FOOTBALL AND RL0oMeRs.
College 0ifas Upset Vermont Prophecy
Shocked the VILLAGE


college 0izls Upset vernoat Preps1sty-
Shocked the village
One after another. the staid old New
England institutions have fallen into
innocuous desuetude, and DOW Q Yer
mont female seminary has been in
vaded by the bloomer and the football.
St Johnsbury, VT, is eminently re-
spectacle.
So it was that the statement that a
member of the seminary's contingent
had looked seriously upon bloomers end
that talk of football club had really
been heard created the same sort of an
atmosphere about the town that the
finding of an old witch did in the old
days Of Salem. It was all true, how
ever, both the statement and the look.
What is more, q football team wss
promptly organized and all of the MEM
bers wore bloomerA Even worse than
that, the new organization actually Sc
lected plot of land back of the Fair
banks mamsion to practice upon
Here was absolute defiance of all the
social and community ethics that could
be compiled in the bluest book that
ever st. Johnsbury heard Of 1t WIS
positively awful. It was almost as bad
oA If somebody had said that Boston
was not classic or that the university
at Burlington was incapable of giving
student the very highest education.
Gossip grew rife and the football girls
laughed it. They were not old fogies,
they said. They knew a thing or two
; and were not at all ashamed of it. As
for the harm in bloomers, where was
it? And as to the football and kicks,
why, there was nothing indelicatc
about that One Of the girls whose
father lives over at Barre said that Just
before she came to the school her father
told her she was the hardest kicker he
had ever heard of. Why, then. should
they complain of her kicking a foot
ball?
This was the burden Of the song Of
the football girls. There was no song
among the townspeople, however; only
lamentations and dire forebodings
Despite all this, the girls have con-
tinued to play ball in the Fairbanks
lot, and, 50 far as reported, not single
window in the rear portion of the man.
sion that is the home of the grand
panjandrum of st. Johnsbury society
has been broken, for the girls are all
pretty and they don't kick their foot
ball in the direction OF aristocracy's
joeshouse.
Thus it is that the bloomer, the foot
ball and the female seminary form a
triumvirate which makes the average
Vermonter stand aghast. knowing all
this, there can be realized in small de-
gree the heroism displayed by the girls
who kicked the football around the
Fairbanks lot. They formed a regular
eleven, and. of course, in very deli
cate way. they fought over the ball in
regulation fashion. They play football
at Vassar and the sport is not unknown
at Wellesley and Smith, but none of
them can kick that ball any better than
the st. Johnsbury girls.-N. Y. Herald.
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An American photographs who pene-
tratex1 into the wilds of Siberia, and
spent considerable time i'm taking pic
lures of the people and country, In
duced one CT his native servants to sit
fer his photograph. The man had prob
ably never even looked into mirror;
at any rate, he had no conception OF
his own ugliness, and he manifested
considerable gloom when he gazed On
his picture. The other manrservant evi'
aently supposed that he was far su