The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-04-02
PASSING SMILES.

Necessity is the mother of Thomas
Edison.
IRIS wise horse that noses his own
fodder.
New ORLEANS Is the city Of perpetual
mosquitoes.
The number Of Christialiized Jews in
England is set at 5000.
IT is .an eternal truth that the hot
pancake makes the butterfly.
I BRACELETS OF yellow r0sebuds are
worn with long black kid-Gloves.
Ho RsEsHoE ornaments now have
bunch Of four.leaf clover attached
CANADA has Roman Catholic popu-
Iation of 1,S46. 800, with % Bishops.
1859 priests and / ,617 ehurchesy E
DURING the first two weeks OF jan
nary st. Louis shipped 1,000Q00
bushels ofcorn in bulk to New Orleans.
Z MRS PARTINaTON, speaking oi the
rapid manner in wltichteyil deeds we're
perpetfated, said that IL, only required
two seconds to fight duelaf idl a
AN intelligent compositor ont West
made the queen of the ball wear o
pair Of delicately-5inted satin SCAN
edals" f,,et..-.
the other day, and, refnarking chat time
is money" added that, as he liAa huff
an.honr to sphfe, ifithe proprietor was
willing he'd take it out in pie. #.
WHITTIER, the poet, is said to be full
ing in mental health, He will soon be
i72 years of age. In his letter-writing
he continues to iise the old Quaker pro-
nouns "thee" and "thou.paN iesi ialA bs.
1.-THE greatest source of weakness TO
every nation under heaven said n
philosopher, "comes from the women
having so little to do and SO much to
say" That man Is a grabbed old
bachelor
THE Charleston News says that. the
original act of secession of South Caro-
Lima, passed Dec 20, 1860, is preserved
in the Office of the Secretary of State In
the Capitol Mt Columbia.
NOV MARK tho advance in iron,r said
the speaker. But just thenhis wife app
peared at the door with poker in her
hand, and he steppedueut Of side exit,
hurriedly repeating to himself--t" Now
mark the advance IN runi"
"a YOUNG wife demonstrated with her
husband, a dissipated spendthrift, for
his conduct. Love-" said he, ~ am
Il
and by."59" / will be like the prodigal
son, too,n she replied, for / viii arise
and 20 to my father" 'a'l s+fi.
OoNTENT2fENT produces, in some
measure, all those effects which the al
chemist usually ascribes TO what he calls
the philosophers stone, and, if it does
not bring, riches, it does the same thing
by banishing the desire for them.
THE lower Jaw Of a hum an being said
to have belonged to the primitive races,
has been dug up on the banks of Lynx
Creek In Arizona. The jaw had never
more than six teeth, and from its CON
firmation the possessor sUbsisteG wholly
on fruits and grass. 81. gsl a3au
A WAC broughta horse driven by a
young man to stop in the street by
the word Whoa and aaid to the
driver: ~ That's a fine horse you have,
there" : Yes" answered the young
man, but, he has one, fault. He was
formerly owned by a butcher, and al
ways stops when be hears calf bleat.Y1
x. HAS the best kind of reputation
as an unrivaled liar. " He is SO much
at home in lying said A., speaking OF
him, that whenever by mistake he,
troubled" " He's 50 great q liar, said
another Of KS friends, "thAt you can't
even believe the contrary of what be
tells you"
THE pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at North Leith, Scotland, was
charged with attempting by underhand
means 10 introduce instrumental music
into the service, and 479 members Of
the church petitioned the Presbytery
against such an innovation Of their an,
cient usages. i4f,ta,t
DIVORCES are reported as very COM
mon among the colored people of ,Geor-
gia. They have taken the law into their
own hands, and do not trouble the
courts. Here is copy OF a document
which was offered for record in a clerks
office: "AuB 10, 1879. This is TO cer-
tify that Mollie Brown, gives Jerry
Haslap pleasure to get a divorce b.S her
consent. She is perfectly wiling Wit
ness, Jasper Tison. For she says she
never intended To have him again. q
q AT shoenakers' balliy in, Phila.
delphiad 10 reporter says that feet Of
every size, from a fine taper in white
kid to- pudding-shaped pedals in full
skin, welted the wax on the floor in
harmony with the music. They waxed
warm with pegging away until late the
next morning. It was q wholersoled
affair throughout 49,.
90 MY son, emulate the mules itris
backward in deeds of violence. on
City Derrick. MI s,.... Y, +, ...,s,.,.s
Ian a. -
rs, 7s't,,, A. Smart Dog.
| i A Virginia paper tells this story Of
Mr.. David s. Forneyjs dog. Mr. Forrey
took his dog into the house i(tbis was
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