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The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
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oHER-WoRK.

Perhaps the overworked man does
not perform an immense amount Of la
Dor, but he works after his strength has
been reduced. This is like keeping a
mill going when the stream is low or
when the water in the dam is nearly out.
In the care of the muscles avoid cold
and rheumatism They make people
stiff and lame. They take away the nat
ural elasticity, which always gives SO
much pleasure, and substitutes worn
ont tired and exhausted feeling, which
borders on pain and is often more diff
cult to bear. How very careful the
owner Of a fine horse is that it shall not
take cold He knows that If il does Il
will founder, and after this it will never
be good stopper. This whole country
is full Of foundered men and women.
who are stiff, lame, old, rheumatic, old
in feeling, inelastic. Most of them
might have preserved their elasticity to
old age il they had taken proper care Of
themselves. AS a rule, farmers do not
bathe as much as they should. The
daily bath is to them quite as important
as to any class. It requires but a few
moments to take it, and when followed
by friction it fortifes the skin against
colds.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
o1RouMsrANrIAr EY1Drnon.

"John Smith, " said the court, "do
yon mean to say that you were not
drunk when the policeman arrested
your"
"No, sir, / was sober"
"Well, your Honor" said the police.
man, II seed him coming up the street
at II o'clock last night, and he was
tackin' like vessel with head wind.
And when he got to the corner he made
for the lamp-post and dropped nickel
in the letter-bo1 and took a seat on the
curb-stone and commenced singin',
There is west faw the weawy,
There is rest faw the weawy,
And when / told him to move on he
said he didn't want no CAB from street.
car hoodlum like me, and allowed he'd
throw me out Of the car. I'll leave it TO
your Honor to say if he was sober, -
Detroit Free Press.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
$1,000 WAGER.

The practice Of questioning the gen.
ulneness of ancient authors and their
alleged productions has excited the
combativeness Of the poet and novelist,
Uncle Lutte, to that degree that he offers
wager of $1,000 against a like sum
that no one can disprove the genuine
ness of Shakespeare and his writings, and
that he can prove by unquestionable
documents that the illustrious author
had an actual existence, and that he
wrote the poems and plays SO long cred
tied to him.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
A FEARFUL DISEASE.

There is at Brussels curious case Of
chronic drowsiness. A man about 45
years Of age, apparently in perfect
health, has lately been attacked by an
irrepressible tendency to sleep. AS soon
as he stops walking or seats himself even
to eat, he falls into deep slumber. All
the remedies prescribed by the leading
Belgian physicians have failed to pro-
duce any effect upon him. This is said
to be the first case Of the kind in Europe
although such cases are by no means
rare among the negroes of Guinea, who
call them Neleyan.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

GEN. WALKER, the United States Cen.
sus Superintendent at Washington, de-
string to do full justice, gave heed to
the cries from st. Louis about the al
legged imperfections Of the census, and
sent special agent there to look into
the matter. The special agent, Mr..
Sawyer, has been investigating all COM
plants carefully, and declares that the
alleged imperfections do not exist-that
the census has been faithfully taken by
the enumerators-and that he sees no
good reason why the request to have the
census taken over again should be com
piled with. he
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
rHr occnpArron or ro-pAr.

When our grandmothers were girls
they knew little about the pleasures Of
shopping. The less they bought the
more praiseworthy they appeared. A
dress must wear for years, and then be
turned" and made up in newer style,
to be worth buying at all and the pur-
chase of a new silk dress was an epoch
in life to be ever remembered In those
days, every girl did herown sewing. In
closets and presses were piles on piles of
well-made, neatly embroidered under
clothes, which occasioned wild raptures
Of feeling and were possession to vaunt
among her mates. 1t was her won't to
have long strips Of linen always on
hand to be covered with pretty sprigs and
scallops; over this work she dreamed
her maidenly dreams, and pictured her
probable future. But that was long be-
fore the era of culture. Nowadays
young ladies are impelled by loftier
amLition-the poetry of youthful as
piration is expressed in plaques and
panel-paintings, in gaudy embroideries,
in painting shells and stones, in cutting
out gigantic cretonne dragons and fasten-
ing them on fireplace and window
draperies, in Stimulating costly India
screens. Each season offers new va
riety OF fancy-work, more brilliant, more
effective, more expensive for high art
in decoration tends always toward the
costliest and rarest, and the pretty imi-
tations of this year are tawdry and cheap
the next. Thus no wonder that the
young women of to-day are compelled
to spend their efforts in search after ar
tistic culture, and find neither time nor
inclination for precious old-fashioned
economies. Four seasons a year they
go shopping; and the shop-made suit
and linen replace the simple, homemade
garments Of days gone by.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

The sheriff's Office in Philadelphia
has the usual gang of sharpers who
i've upon the woes Of insolvent debtors.
A Turkish bath establishment was to be
sold under Judgment, and the creditors
were willing to let the owner bid it in al
anominal price; but the sharpers an
nounced their intention, if they were
not bought of, of running up the figure
by bidding high. The auctioneer there
fore held the sale in the hot room of tba
establishment, where the Temperature
was l6O. The gang wouldn't stand the
ordeal with their clothes on, and the
owner had the bidding all to himself
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

PRESIDENT CLAY, Of the San Francisco
Produce Exchange, claims that a shin
canal by the Nicaragua or some other
route, uniting the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, would make difference to Cali
iornla wheat growers of 1900, 900 q
year, on their surplus of 100000 tons.
He calls attention to the good results Of
the representations recently made by the
Exchange to the farmers on the subject
Of cleanliness in wheat, stating that the
consignments this year promise to at
least equal the best in quality in the
past.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
ONLY A PENNF,

The following anecdote, says an En-
glish paper, illustrates how money, by
changing hands, accomplishes so much:
A singular financial transaction occurred
lately in an office. By some means or
other it happened that the Office boy
owed one Of the clerks 8 pence, the
clerk owed the cashier pence, and the
cashier owed the Office boy 2 pence.
One day last week the office boy, having
a penny in his pocket, concluded to di-
minish his debt, and therefore handed
it over to the clerk, who, in turn, paid
half his debt by giving it to the cashier.
The latter gave it back to the boy, say
ing that he only owed him penny.
The Office boy again passed the penny
to the clerk, who passed it to the cash
Ter, who passed it back to the boy, and
the boy discharged the entire debt by
handing it to the clerk, thereby squar-
ing all accounts. Thus it may be seen
how great is the benefit to be derived
from q single penny.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

SOLOMON EAsTERnY, of Lyons, N. Y.
had long been a sufferer from an ugly
mother-in-law. Finally he began an ac-
ton for divorce, but ON the old lady
promising to remain away he withdrew
the suit, and thereafter lived peaceably
with his wife. The other day the mother
in-law appeared at his house. He
ordered her away, but she refused 10
leave, and he fred at her three times.
The bullets failing to take effect. he
Drained her and his wife with an ak, and
soon after drowned himself.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
HOW WATCHES ARE MADE.

twill be apparent to any one, who will
examine q Solid Gold Watch, that aside
from the necessary thickness for engraving
and polishing, large proportion Of the
precious metal used, is needed only to stiff.
fen and hold the engraved portions in place,
and supply the necessary selidity and
strength. The surplus gold is actually
peedless so far as utility and beauty are con-
cerned. In JAMES BOSS PATENT GOLD
WATCH CASES, this waste OF precious
metal is overcome, and the same solidity
and strength produced at from one,third
to one-haf the usual cost OF solid cases.
This process Is of the most simple nature, as
follows: A plate of nickle composition
metal, specially adapted to the purpose, has
two plates Of solid gold soldered one on
each side. The three are then passed be.
tween polished steel rollers, and the result
is a strip of heavily plated composition,
from which the cases, backs, centres, bezels,
ETC., are cut and shaped by suitable dies and
formers. The gold in these cases is sufi'
ciently thick to admit OF all kinds of chas
ing, engraving and enamelling; the engraveI
cases have been carried until worn perfectly
smooth by time and use without removing
the gold. They are for sale by all jewellers,
and each case is warranted by Special Ger
tifcate. ri
For sale by all Jewellers, AK for Illustra'
ted Catalogue and see Warrant. feblS ly
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

WHEN the Gar of Russia heard of
Prince Demidof7s madness at San Do
nato, whereby he lost EGO, 1000 at play in
a single night to his cousin, Count
Schouyaloff, an Imperial Aide-de-C Camp,
the matter was soon Strengthened out.
The Gear required the winner to return
seven-eighths Of the spoils, observing
that che might very well be satisfied
with having gained $40, 900 at a game Of
cards" schouvaIoff complied; but he
may well have regretted the need of put
ting SO much good money again in such
foolish hands. Gambling is now the
most common, and most serious vice in
Russia.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

to the house. 1 practiced this on you,
pap. till you 'iessed igion.> I wanted
the nag, you know" N.Y.
The old man sprang frona his seat,
seized piece Of rope, hut, throwing it
down, raised his hands and said, in a
calm voice, "Let us pray"
A fraudulent transaction can some
times have q good result. The old man
Is still a preacher.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

MEssRs READ and Pel, who visited
this country few months ago to in
qulre as to the state Of agriculture here.
have made their report to the British
Royal Commission. They attempt to
show that, while many of the conditions
are favorable to America in the contest
Tor agricultural supremacy, many draw
backs exist which tell in favor Of En-
gland. Among the latter they mention
severe winters, drcughts and injurious
insects.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

THE exact truth about the murder of
Brown, near Indianapolis, will probably
never be known. The only certainty is
that Mrs. Brown and Joe Wade. her
lover, were concerned in it. If both had
maintained silence, neither could have
been convicted; but Mrs. Brown test-
fed that Wade was the murderer, and
he was sentenced to be hanged. Now
ne has testified as explicitly that she
committed the deed. and she, too, is I'M
der sentence Of death,
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
orR GREATEsT cITIEs.


Haat ~ Ncrs Cezsat She,ra
Ten years $50 ihcre wtre hui tV'a
cities II thc country which TIA inars
ilsan ai.lt i IailIiou inhabitants caet, ana
hut f5ar which bad 300, 0,oao ana fr
vard There ~ nov iaur 81 tne immer
GLASS. Chicago haging found. ,.fter npah
enuntiue, tnl She Just I,assss bon Eia
and thert arr seven each d vh5sc p.qp.
iatinn cxreeaf 3g0 aa8
There have hean seForm changes q
thc relative position q ihe eaues which
stand ii ihe head ii tie lia New York
4 first, Philadelphia second, anl Brook.
lyn third, az j 1870 BIT Cils.ago
rasses ST L5uis, ana becomes ioarth
Boston passes BEillnorc. aad becomes
sixth Cincinnati : eighth, as before
Pittsburgh, having taken in Allegheny;
passes both San Francisco and New o.
loans. ma i ninth san Francisco takes
tenth rank and New Orleans, which
vas ninth, IS crowded back to the
eleventh position.
These eloyen are an the cities in tic
United States which have more than
100000 inhabitants each. III 1s7o the
total population of the eleven was
1896, $50; il is now almost exactly
5,10O,000 This is an increase 81 very
nearly oae-third. which i al enormous
" heavy rate. The highest rate u iii
crease was that d Chicago, the lowest
that 81 New Orleans.
II the average rate of increase 81 these
eleven cities we're maintained through
ont the country. the population u tie
United States would 10 about 81, 600,
600, This, however, is largely III excess
Of the fact. In accordance with very
ancient tendency Of man, which is al
ways to be resisted rs far as possible,
population flocks TO the cities, md their
growth is much more rapid than the
increase Of population III the rural dis
tricts.
iii 1870, tie eleven cities Ne have
named contained very nearly one-tenth
q the total population of the country.
In 1880 it will be found that they con
tain moro than one-tenth. II their
growth should be equally great in tile
next decade, they will III 1890 hold
more than one-ninth Of the whole popu-
lation.
There arc Just twenty cities Of the
United States which report population
q more than 100000. These are-in
addition 70 the eleven already named
Washington, Cleveland, Milwaukee,
Newark, Buffalo, Detroit, Jersey City.
Louisville and Providence. No country
of the globe has larger number of
cities Of this class than the United
States. There are as many in Great
Britain and Ireland, fourteen in Ger
many, and rine only in France.
New York State has three IL these
cities, which is the largest number il
any State q the Union. There are two
in New Jersey, and the same number il
Pennsylvania and in Ohio, but no other
State has more than one Fifteen u
them are in the North and five ii the
South, counting Washington as d South
ern city.
Inasmueh as the exact figures Of popu-
lption are Interesting for raferanea ,,,l
give the returns, 50 far as they are now
accessible, from the first eleven cities.
There will be some changes yet, and
two Or three Of the cities are not accu-
rately reported, but. the result is known
Approximately.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
DR.. a. p. Sparknlan,
PHYSICIAN AND ACNlnCHER

DR.. A. P, Sparkman, thankful for tine lib.
eral patronage bestowed upon him in the
past, would respectfully solicit continu.
ance of the same from the citizens Of Mag,
nolia and vicinity. Special attention given
had large and successful practice. Will
attend to all calls day or night when not
otherwise engaged. Noy7,T9,ly
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
RECENT POINTS IN ETIQUETTE.


Say "good-by," not "good morning. I"
Upon leaving room, one bow should
include all.
Never wait over fifteen minutes for a
tardy guest.
Upon introduction enter at once into
conversation.
A note requires as prompt an answer
asa spoken question.
Regrets in reply to invitations should
contain reason therefor.
Strangers arriving should notify friends
by card or by their presence.
At table you are required to thank
the one who waits on you.
You should exchange calls with indi-
viduals before inviting them to your
house.
Only letters to unmarried ladies and
widows are addressed with their bap-
tisnal names.
To return personal call with cards
inclosed in an envelope signifies that
visiting between the persons is ended.
Unless there is great difference in
age, a lady visiting should not rise,
either on the arrival or departure Of
other ladies.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

A PETITION has been forwarded TO the
California Board of Equalization asking
that $97, 757,74s be added to the per-
sonal- property roll of San Francisco.
and that this sum be distributed as fol-
lows:
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

The petitioners ask that Mrs. Hopkins
be required to produce the inventory
and appraisement Of her husbands es-
tate filed in court, and that Crocker and
Stanford bring before the board the
books, papers and documents Of Charles
Crocker & Co., Contract & Finance Com
pany, Western Development Company
and Pacific Improvement Companv.
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24

The total amount Of money expended
by the Government in the District Of
Columbia for all purposes from July 16,
1870, to July 80, 1876, is $92, liz, 1896.
This sum was divided as follows:
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
Or. W. NR. Z HWRoTEN.

MAUNOI1IA, MISSISSIPPI.
Thankful for the liberal patronage here.
tofore extended to him, again tenders h,s
professional services to Magnolia and yiciui.
~. Special attention paid to chronic as,
eases Of females,and 70 obstetrics. Prescrip.
tiens carefully compounded at all hours.
oct2i iy IA 1lI
The Magnolia gazette., 1880-09-24
I FRANco-eERMAN RoMANoE

During the Franco-German war q man
named Teule was captured by the Prus-
sians and taken to Germany, but on .he
way he attempted to escape, and in so
doing nearly killed sentry, and was
sentenced TO be shot. By mistake of
the iailers, however, Teule was placed
in the cell Of prisoner condemned to
ten years confinement in fortress, and
this latter was led ont and shot in error.
When Teule comprehended the mistake
that had been made, he resolved to leave
the authorities in their error, and alb
stained from writing to his family in
France. Meanwhile his wife and father
made inquiries at the War Office, and
were informed that Teule had been shot
for assaulting German sentry. On the
strength of this his wife married again,
and has a child now years old Moth
ing was wanted to make the confusion
complete but the return of Teule to his
native village, which took place few
days since, and he was OF course re-
ceived by his wife as one returned from
the grave. He had gone through the
remainder Of his ten years confinement
and left Germany without arousing sus-
picion as to his identity. -Ne,o York
Sun.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-30
CONNECTIONS.

AT Live Oak daily with the Savannah, FlorId. a.
Western Railway to aad from Savannah. and IN
Northern, Eastern and Western Cities. -
At Lake City daily with the Florida Centrsl Ran.
rold to and from Jacksonville, St.AugustIDe p.
latka, Enterprise and all Landings on the 81 Johns
River ;H
At Baldwin daily with the Atlantic, Gulfspd We,
India Transit Railway TO and from Fernsndlss
Gainesville, Cedar Key ind with Steamer az Tsn'
pa, Key West and Havana.
At Chattahoochee three times weekly Va Il.
Peoples Line and Genital Line Boats 70 ana hsm
Columbus, Eufaula, Fort Gaines. ApalachieOh "a
other River Landings.
EW Elegant Sleeping and Parlor Coaches Wood
ruff & Lucas Patent RUE daily between Taliahsr.s.
and Jacksonville.
tsy Quick time, sure connection, perfect SAFETY
EDGAR VLIRT,
Master of Transportation.
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Jacques maud is advertised in Paris as
little prodigy. He is IL years old and
a lightning calculator. The first task he
was asked to perform was a subtraction
sum, and when eight fggs1res had been
given out, some. Of the audience fearing
that MS brain would be too heavily bur-
dened, called out, "That's enough" In
audi, however, Immediately replied. Z" 1t
does not matter. Give me some more,'
and he had accordingly to substract one
line of fifteen figures from another of the
same number, giving the result of the
operation without any appreciable delay.
One Of the spectators, advanced in years,
put the following query to the " calcula-
ting boy" am twenty days less than
SO years old. How many hours have 1
lived ?" After devoting about minute
TO the mental calculation, maud gave
the answer as 753,396 hours, which
proved correct. He was then made to
do multiplication and division sums, with
lines Of figures to trillions and quadril-
lions, and always worked them out Gin
his head " without the slightest mistake
or stumble. Among his other trials was
the solution of simple question. A gen.
tleman asked, If to my present age !
added third of my age and six years
more ] should be hundred and twenty.
ak years old. What is my age ?" In.
audi replied: "Oh, that is easy enough
you are ninety" Somebody else asked
him the cube root of S9,sO4, and, with
scarcely q moments hesitation, he an.
swered, " thirty-four." -Four months ago
he was one of those long-haired little
Italian vagabonds who make tour round
Europe and exc out precarious exist.
ence BY means of the coppers thrown
them for their amusing antics. His skull
is much more " developed " on the right
side than on the left.
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We have received the following answers
to the sum in arithmetic contained in the
story of the generous Prince Shaiee in
last Fridays FLoRrDIAN. The first is
from one of the brightest little girls in
the city, and is correct, and written by
her own hand:
Dear Mr. Dyke: Please look at these little
papers that look like powders, and you will see
the scraps / cut out for the stones. l multi
piled the larger numbers by the small ones, and
then added the sums together and got an an
swer of 1000 pounds. Is it right?
! am little girl only eight years old, and did
Tallahassee, FLA.
The other is from the little daughter of
our good Sunday-school friend, Mr.. d. S.
Place, of Waldo, who will be here to-day
TO organize the Leon County Sunday
School Convention, and is as follows:
WALDO, FLA, July 81, $780,
Mr. Editor: l have solved the " Elephant +"
example and find the weight of the elephant to
be 1000 pounds. ELvA M. PLACE
Well done, little girls! We hope some
of the larger children will be as prompt
and industrious in solving the two mathe-
NAUTICAL puzzles in this column.
Next week we shall try and give the
young folks some puzzles of another
kind.
If any of our young friends have in
their collections of scraps or scrap-books,
any good puzzles or problems, we shall
be glad to have them sent to us by mail,
with nicely written letters telling who
and where they are from.
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o. eosrse d was SIN
For HIN 70 stick pin 80 go
IN he chair - ~
Where his psFent oiteq al,
Hui Ne dl1n't thiAk - No. :
Didnf carr.
On the eushion con sss fl
Lay his fhtkere Sunday hat,
p And he knew
That he'd never stop TO look
For the tiny pointed hook
Sticking through.
So behind the lounge he got,
For he thought he'd rather not
Be around
When the parent raised the hat
Ana upon the pin-point sat-
Judgment sound.
Then he heard his fathers step,
And another, but he kept
Like . mouse.
The new pArson, sure as fate,
Moved into the place of late,
Souls to rouse.
Host from chair removed his hat,
Babe him seat himself In that,
And he did. tSss
From the inspired lips there fell
Earnest words and curdling yell
All unhid.
Now that boy has lost his vim,
And . seat that just suits him
Must be soft.
And he wears weary frown,
But you'll note he don't sit down
Very oft. ~ Y. Star.