The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-01-28

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-Fofoihoughi snd prudence both az IN
SURF your NE. Take theif edvice, and w
Hre In The Mutual tifo Insurance Com
pany Fof Chioago.
Il poet says oh. che was fair. but
sorrow caiue and ben ~ Traces thefc
What became of the remainder of the haf
hess he togs not state.
The Oneida Community have r.
ceived but one new member since 1881
and decline al rtherapplicaiions for mem
hership
The last literary sensation Il q serial
story in the new periodical, EVERY BOYS
MAGAztSE, founded on the 3x;rordiray
romance ~ the Missing Earl Of Aberdeen
A little girl, busy in making a pair Of
worsted slippers for her father, said TO a
young companion near her, f" You ore very
lucky you are your papa has only got
enc leg
In New York city, during 1870, &C.
cording TO official record In the Bureau of
Vital Statistics Of the Health Department,
there were 1919 marriages; rs, 1853 births
and 27,144 deaths.
A suburban resident of Boston tells of
a man with a concrete heart who promised
to make a little miss a nice Christmas
present, and gave her-two copies Of IA pat
ent medicine almanac.
I'm Philadelphia, during 1870, 5,23f
buildings were erected, of which 4,521
were dwelling houses. There were 10, $50
deaths, 1891 being from consumption.
The number Of arrests made by the police
was 81 1874.
"A lady in Bath, Maine, has just had
returned TO her by the Post. Office Depart
ment a letter which she mailed eight years
! and six months ago. 1t wa covered with
post-marks, but it is difficult to trace out its
journeyings.
During 1870 the deaths by murder in
New York were Al deaths by suicide,
112; deaths by drowning, 1871 deaths by
accidents, T6l number of dead infants
found in the streets, 1863. Total, 1880.
"A candidate for medical honors, hay
ing thrown himself into a fever from his
incapacity to answer questions, was asked,
" How would you sweat a person for the
rheumatismy' II would send him here
to be examined"
One family of immigrants by a late
steamer from Scotland consisted of a man,
his wife, and nineteen children, all but one
Of whom are girls, and the oldest only 9,
years of age! The grandmother on the
mothers side, a lady aged only so years
also accompanies them.
Two brothers, who were very success
full dentists, built a large and handsome
house, the appearance of which was
thought to resemble n large molar tooth
1t was a common remark "See what
brothers can do, when they pull togetherl'
Mormon physicians are forbidden, un.
der a penalty of $1,000 and not less than a
years Imprisonment, to prescribe any Of
the more powerful agents known to the
medical profession, without first explain.
ing to the patient and his friends Their
medical properties, and procuring the un
qualified consent Of all concerned.
Among the remarkable criminals o
the period must be reckoned the gang O
boys, all under twenty years of age, who
have carried on burglary by wholesale
along the border of Vermont and New
Hampshire ever since 1867. The detect
ives have at last apprehended them, and II
appears that these heroes of numerous
crimes are the sons of well.to-do farmers,
without excuse for their actions.
Since the great robbery the Central
Pacific Company have arranged the
couplings of the cars in such a manner
that they cannot be detached by any ordi-
nary means without severing the heavy
iron link or the pin. AS an additional
safeguard they have substituted a copper
wire rope in place of the usual style of
rope to the signal bell of the locomotive,
which passes along through the train
overhead. This rope cannot be readily
cut, as on the occasion referred TO, and any
attempt to twist it off or break it would
only ring the signal bell for the train to
stop.
james Parton says that the mere idea
of transmitting intelligence by electricity
was not original with Samuel Morse.
From the time when DR.. Franklin and his
friends stretched a wire across the Schuyl.
kill river, and killed a turkey for their
dinner by a shock from an electrical ma
chine on the other side of the stream, the
notion had existed of using the marvellous
fluid for transmitting intelligence; and
some attempts had been made in this di-
rection which were not wholly ~unsuccess-
full Science had done her part. II re-
manned for the inventor to devise an
apparatus which would utilize scientific
truth, and Samuel Morse was the indi-
vidual.
In Alaska everybody uses snow shoes
in the winter, and those accustomed TO
their use can travel thirty or forty miles a
day with them. The Norwegian snow
shoe, which Is the most popular where il
is known, is a very different thing from
the snow-shoe Of the American Indian.
1t consists of a thin strip Of wood about
four inches wide and ten feet long. This
is'turned up a little in front, and has a
piece of bog-skin, with the bristles at
tached, fastened to the under part Of the
rear of the strip, so as to prevent It from
slipping back. The wearer does not lift
them from the surface of the snow, but
slides them along as he travels, and when
descending a hill he puts them to the same
use as the runners of a sleigh, and glides
down at great speed. He uses a, pole to
assist him in ascending eminences, and,
unwieldy as these may seem, he can travel
rapidly with them.