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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12
An Editors Trials.
versation.

No words can tell how much Thack-
eray's generous soul suffered in his edi-
torial capacity. There is a class Of peo-
ple who look upon an EDITORS office as a
bureau OF general relief young widows
with numerous children send in manu-
scripts with frank avowal that they are
conscious Of possessing no literary ability
whatever, but that they feel sure this or
that one will be accepted, as otherwise
they and their little ones must starye ;
there are farmer boys, who write diagon-
ally across brown wrapping paper, and
beg for favor as a means Of acquiring an
education there are thousands who
have failed at everything else, but are
sure they can write some are preten.
tious and impudent, others modest and
appealing, and with the latter it is par
ticularly hard to deal. A great many are
yituperatiye, and look upon the editor a.
n deposit installed to crush all rising
genius. More than once, when Thnck
erav paid ont of his own purse forarticle
J which he could not use, the writers re
preached him for suppressing matte
which surpassed his own. The work be
came uncomfortable to him, and he gave i
| up,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12
Wearing a Mask.

What a'goodthing it would be il women
would only speak their minds. There is
nothing that honest men desire more than
10 understand that mysterious race that
is SO like them, and yet so unlike, who
share their homes but not their thoughts,
who are so shrewd, so practical and 50
irrational. The poor men yearii the
break down the invisible barrier and see
into the real life Of those they love 50
we'll: but the loved ones smile and chat
ter and say pretty things, and ingenious
things and things they have borrowed
from men and improved in the borrowing,
but never one word Of the real thoughts
that are working in their busy brains.
So tile men hatter and lie because they
think the women like it, and the women
accept it all because they think it is mans
nature; and the men think women
empty-headed angels, and the women
think men are fine intelligent brutes; and
the two classes go on loving and dcspls-
ing one another accordingly, and all foi
the want of little truthfulness in con
yersation.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12
when the Fee Comes In.

A newly elected Justice Of the Peace
who had been used to drawing deeds and
wills, and little else, was called upon MS
his first official act to marry couple
who came into his Office very hurriedly
and told him their purpose. He lost no
time iii removing his hat, and remarked,
Hats off in the presence of the Court.
All being uncovered, he said "Hold up
your right hands. You, John Marvin,
do solemnly swear that to the best Of
your knowledge an belief you take this
yer woman ter have an ter hold for yer
self, yer heirs, exelSyerters, adminisha-
tors and assigns, for yer an their use an
behoof forever 2"
II do" answered the groom.
ssYou, Alice Ever, take this yer man
for yer husband, ter have an ter hold
for ever: and you do further swear that
you are lawfully seized in fee simple, are
free from all incumbrance, and hey good
right to sell, bargain and convey to
the said grantee yerself, yer heirs, ad-
ministrators and assigns r.
u do, said the bride, rather doubt
fully.
well, John, thatn be about dollar
"a fifty cents
"Are we married 2" asked the bride.
Eyes, when the fee comes in.
After some fumbling it was produced
and handed to the Court, who pock'
eted it and continued. "Know all mer
by these presents, that l. being in gooc
health and Of sound and disnosin mind
in consideration Of dollar IN fifty cents
to me in hand paid, the receipt whcreo
is hereby acknowledged, do and by thesC
presents have declared you man anC
wife during good behavior and until 9th
erwise ordered by the Court.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12

A plucky Kentucky school ma'an1 is
Miss Hillbreth, Of Hopkins County. She
attempted to punish boy named Merrill
for some misdeamor, when the youth
drew his knife. Miss Hillbreth unarmed
him, and he brought club to his assist
ance, but she finally whipped him. That
night the boys father went to Miss HILL
breth's clearinghouse and cursed her
shamefully. The next day he went TO
fine schooi-house to continue his abuse,
Int the lady had armed herself with a
ristol and dared Merrill to enter the door.
Merrill ran home, and was returning with
a shotgun, when he was arrested by an
officer, but soon escaped, and is now at
large.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12
Use Of Flowers.

It's trite and homely saying, You
can't eat your cake and keep it too, and
we are obliged to square our actions with
ii pretty closely; but there is one pecu-
liar satisfaction in the cultivation of flow
ers, for, in q certain sense, they are an
exception to the practical operations OF
the rules Of addition aud subtraction, as
embodied in the expression Of them IN
the old and popular axiom above quoted.
During the growing and blooming sea
sons Of many Of the best bedding plants
and annuals the flowers can be cut freely
md used and the oftener they are re-
moved the greater the amount Of bloom.
When plants are allowed to perfect seeds,
they soon cease to produce more flowers,
AS the whole strength of the plant is
necessary to mature the seeds. There
fore. if YOU want flowers, cut them and
use them; place them on your tables,
give them to your friends, and remember
those that are sick, and perhaps, too, you
may use them to help some one who is
disheartened, or even to lift VI, de
graded one who needs, above all else,
Your sympathy. 1t would be sad, IN
deed, if objects SO beautiful as flowers
should be the occasion of growing sci.
fshness. Give them with liberal hand
and he who sends the sunshine and thu
rain will bless you with increasing bios
SONS. A gift Of flowers can seldom b.
inappropriate, either to young or old
and purity and goodness are painted OF
every petal. With the gift
"Our hearts are lighter for its sake,
Our iancy's age renews Its youth,
And dim-rememhered fctions take
The guise of present TRUTH
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12
The Number or Rich People in Paris.

M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu attempts TO
calculate approximately the number OF
rich persons actually living in Paris. lie
takes as his principal basis Of calculation
the value Of the houses in the French
capital; and upon these figures builds up
his theory, on the assumption that the
less wealthy inhabitants spend about one
sixth Of their income in house rent,
while the richer house-holders spend on
nm average from one-eighth to one-tenth.
n will be easy for those who agree with
him 70 follow out the theory when they
have the following list of rents, as ex-
tractpd from an official source: II APP
pears that there are 10, 900 private houses
81 apartments, the rents Of which range
from el6O TO 1920 q year, 5000 between
c320 and e540, and 400 between the
latter sum and 1,090. Finally, there
are 421 houses, or rather palaces, the
rent of which exceeds G1 ,0S0 1t is not
necessary to follow out the sums by which
the incomes OF these various classes OF
rich men is traced out, but it may suffice
to say that NJ Beaulieu reckons that
there are about 8. 600 persons In Parls
who spend incomes of e. 600 and up.
ward: and this will be seen by the AID OIL
the figures already given tobe fully borne
| ont by the facts. The conclusion Is also
supported by the returns OF horses ana
caIriaoes kept in the capital, which show
| that there are from 1900 to o,opo per
sons who keep private horses '--IscoHo-
! mist Eranc0ts.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12
A FeIlow.FeeIing.

The manager Of a dramatic combine,
tion PLAYING an engagement in Detroit
was approached on the last day by
stranger, who asked for pass for that
evening:
"Why should l give you passE was
the blunt demand. !. i,
.On account Of the fellow-feeling, "
was the serene reply.
"Sir. / do not know you.
"Neither do / know you, but that isn't
the fellow-feeling had reference to.
"Do you belong to the profession|
"No."
"Then I fail to see how there is any
thing in common.
"You struck this town last Monday,
didn't YOU ?" asked the stranger.
Eyes"
$50 did 1, and I'm going out Of it to-
night dead broke, same as you. That's
INV point, may it please the court.
The "court" whistled a melancholy
tune. figured up the cash receipts once
more. and then wrote the pass without
further argument.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12

In the far west, as the day grows old,
] watch city Of dazzling gold;
From the minarets that pierce the sky
1 listen to hear the muezzin's cry;
Affairs are many-and all aglow-
Their incense smoke is white as snow;
Banners Of crimson are floating out
From arches OF opal scattered about;
Steeples and spires in splendor vie,
And temples Of jasper touch the sky.
Hast thou, OF city above the trees,
An Ahelard and Heloise?
MY fancy IL busy in peoplng thee,
81 high above our earth and sea;
Thy glory illumines the bending skies,
And dream thee glimpse Of paradise,
And wonder, and worship from afar,
As angels swing the gates dar.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12

a CAT saw some sparrows in certain
garden and went for a game supper. She
crawled with extreme caution to within
few feet of them and made spring,
but instead Of catching bird she struck
her nose violently against the fence
Rochester Union.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-11-12

THE Emory City British Columbia)
Sentinel says it is read in every house in
that town but there are only two houses,
and one Of those is the office OF the Sen
tineI newspaper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Proud hearts and lofty mountains are
always barren.
Traits of character which you seek to
conceal you had better seek to reform.
Never judge by appearances. A seedy
coat may cover heart in full bloom.
The govt may be said to be beacon on
the rock of luxury to warn us against it.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those
things living which are desired to be when
dying.
1t is no vanity for a man to pride himself
on what he has honestly got and prudently
uses.
Let him who regrets the loss of time make
proper use of that which is to come in the
future.
Ideas generate ideas like potato which,
cut in pieces, reproduces itself in a multi
piled form.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar
with fine sense is like attempting to hew
blocks of marble with a razor.
Happiness is like sunbeam, which the
least shadow intercepts, while adversely is
often as the rain of spring.
Do that which is right. The respect If
mankind will follow; or, if it do not, you
viii be able to do without it.
''The book to read" says DR.. McCosh,
''is not the one which thinks for you, but
the one which makes you think"
A wise man ought to hope for the best,
be prepared for the worst, and bear with
equanimity whatever may happen.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
Interesting Report Of "a MississippiaR'S
Call on Gen. Hancock,
Yazoo Sentinel

Yazoo Sentinel.
Our fellow-citizen, Mr.. J. G.. Prewett
during his Northern visit few weeks ago
took advantage of his stay in New York to
cross over and pay his respects to Gen.
Hancock. He was greatly pleased with the
man, his manners and his plain, simple,
yet gentlemanly bearing. And what de-
lighted him most, was the honest, seeming
ly heartfelt and cordial regard and inter
est that Gen. Hancock evinced in behalf of
the Southern people and the Sa1Uh as a
whole. Gen. Hancock is generally repre-
sented in the prints and pictures of the day,
with great, ponderous, burly physique, and
with an alarming amount of war material,
balls, muskets, eannons, swords and soldiers
surrounding him. Mr.. Prewitt found him
occupying plain, but neat little farT9 cot
tage on Governors Island. l..he head-q uar-
tiers of his departrnent), the cottage sur,
rounded by beds of beautiful flowers that the
General himself cultiyates and cares for. He
found the CID soldier dressed in taste, but
with modest plainness, not a brass button,
sword or war scalp about him, but more
like some private citizen who neither seeks
or desires notice or observation. Gen. Han
cock he found to be man of great cordial
ity, easy, agreeable and taking address, and
yet withal modest and unpretending. Find
ing Mr. Prewitt to hail from much maligned
Mississippi and still more denounced Yazoo
he requested and received from our friend
full and honest statement of the exact facts
of our present and late situation. And no
one is more competent to present those facts
in terse, sensible and faithful light than
Mr.. Prewet.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
NUMBER 40
SOUTHERN ITEMS.


The rolling-mill at Birmingham. Ala
bama, employs 35s hands.
Fifty cents is the price of a marriag
license in Tennessee.
field of jute in Samp son county. \ q
averages twelve feet in height
The public schools of Columns Ga
children.
The col porteurs of the American Bibl,
| society distributed I0, 253 Bibles in Texa
during the last four months.
There are eighty Episcopal parishes /,
the diocese of Virginia paving salarie.
which average less than 800 per annum
John King, an emplove of Robinson.
circus, was crushed to death by an infnria.
ted elephant at Charlotte, n. c.. on the
18th instant.
Four Baptist ministers have recently
been elected to Office in DeKalb county,
Alabama: Senator Representative Pro.
bate Judge and Tax Assessor.
The mail-wagon between Shreveport and
Monroe, La, was carried away bv a swollen
stream. The driver seized the only passen.
ger, Miss Ida Morton, and swan ashore with
her. '''
Fences have been abolished in Anderson
county, ). c., and the News saws that
enough cotton will be grown this wear on
the ground formerly occupied by fences TO
pay the entire county tau
At Americas, Ga, young man went to
his wedding considerably under the in
nuence of liquor, when the about-to.b be
bride refused to proceed further, and an
nounced the engagement Cancelled.
The trial of ]. w. Walker, who some
months ago shot and killed Mansfield, his
rival for the Mayoralty of Joneshoro, Ga.
was concluded on Friday last. The iury
brought in verdict of not guilty.
In Muhlenberg county, KY, an old lady
named Mrs. Simpson, who has lived alone
several years in small cottage, fell from a
slight precipice and was killed, hut her
remains were not found until five DAYS
later,
sherwood, a valuable estate of 725 acres.
near Hampton, Va, has been sold to Mr.. !
tones, OF Surry county, for $4,000. A few
lays before the war the late George Booker, /
The owner, refused 1000 for Sherwood.
Miss Olenger, aged IS, near Liberty. .
Tauquier county, Va, attempted to ride /
'llnd horse across a bridge near the water
Wheel of a mill. The horse SHE'D off the
ridge, and Miss Olenger, falling under him. L
vas crushed to death.
Albert f. Barnett, of Opelika, Ala.
Dung man who has never been to school but
wo years, but who has worked hard every
- since he was II years OF age and studied
ate at night, won the appointment to West
ONT from that District last week at Union
prlngs over eleven other candidates, the
ms OF wealthy citizens, of Generals and
Judges.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
GATHERED FRAGMENTS.

Silence is a jewel.
The bald-headed man never dyes.
Bunker Hill monument was completed
in 1912,
If man have love in his heart, he may
talk in broken language, but it will be elo
quence to those who listen.
Power may destroy the forms, but not the
principles of justice these will i've In spite
even of the sword
Professor-"What are the constituents Of
qqart2p Student-"Pints" A bland smile
crecps over the class.
1t is great deal better to do a kindly
deed to a man when he is living than to
weep over him when he is dead.
1t is vital principle in our system that
neither fraud nor force must be allowed to
suhvert the rights of the people.
Some men are more beholden to their
bitterest enemies than to friends who appear
to be sweetness itself The former frequent.
ly tell the truth, but the latter never.-Cato.
Happiness is Xix mama it is to be gath
cred in grains, and enjoyed every day. 1t
will not keep; it cannot be accumulated
nor have we to go out of ourselves or into
remote places to gather it, since it has rained
down from heaven at our very DOORS or
rather within them.
II believe my love for thee
(Strong as my life) so nobly placed to be,
II could as soon expect to see the sun
Fall like q dead king from his heights sublime
His glory stricken from his throne of time,
As thee unworthy the worship thou hast won. :"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
Hinds Csounty Gazette.

alnQ& county OaLctto-J
The Natchez Democrat proposes that the
people of Natchez proceed at once to raise
the 5000, 900 necessary to build the Natchez
and Jackson road between Martin and the
Kinds county line. 1t thinks the amount
can be realized without a resort to taxation
that the mortgage bonds of the company
can be sold, and that the purchasers of them
will be reimbursed within the twenty years
from the earnings of the road. We may
add that we think the people of Claiborne
and Copiah through whose country the
road will pass, ought to come in and assist
the people of Natchez, they having contrib
uted nothing thus far, by taxation or other
wise, In behalf of the enterprise. We are
gratiied to see the spirit with which the
Democrat takes hold of the subject, and we
cannot doubt that the business men and cap
;taIists of Natchez and Adams county, las
sisted to some extent by the people of Ciai-
horne aad the corner of Copiah traversed,l
al Ia sae 70 e tilas the 500, 900 are assured
# =, verv early day, and the road pushed thrO'
without delay.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
THE FASHIONS.
NEW BoNNETs.

Most of the fall bonnets come in coarse
black straw, encircled with bands of pea
cock or duller owls feathers. The bonnets
are close-ftting, almost turban-shaped, and
are meant to be worn on the back of the
head. They have no strings, in fact no rib
bon, flowers, velvet, nor satin is visible in
the new autumn styles. Some are entirely
covered with feathers, others with jet and
feathers. Conspicuous by their absence are
the gilded nails, arrows and daggers seen in
last summers bonnets instead of these are
bears claws and other oddities The soft
derbies continue popular. They come in
every color, in specified cassimeres, in the
solid colors, gray, brown and blue one was
Of claret- coIored cloth. Among them are
some navy blue derbies, with stiff wing and
long curling feathers There were asEae
cloth polo caps iH tiny check patterns.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
A SETTLER.
Gen. Hancock Administers an AnOdyne to
the Northern Republicans who are
Troubled About the Payment Of
Southern Claims.
GOVERNORS ISLAND,
NEW YORK, Sept. %, 1880.


To Theodore Cook Esq, Cincinnati, o.:
DEAR SIR-Your letter of the Goth inst
has been received. | regret that you are
disturbed about that b1gbear Southern
war claims" Abe people cannot be misled
by 1t. suppose that "rehel claims" OF
claims in interest Of persons who were in
the reheltlon, can in any way, or in any
degree, be countenanced is an imputation
of disloyalty such as used to be made against
Democrats even when they were in arms
defending their country. So far as it touches
me, | denounce it. The government can
never pay debt or grant a pension or re-
ward of any sort for Waging war upon its
own ex iatsaoe. Nor could be induced to
approve or encourage the payment of such
debt, pension, or reward. NobodV expects
or wants such unnatural action. To Dro-
pose it would be an insult to the intelligence
and honor of cur people.
Ws,eu the rebellion was crushed, the
heresy of secession in every form and in
every incident went down forever 1t is a
thing of the dead past.
We move forward, not backward. If |
were President, l would veto all legislation
which might come before me providing for
the consideration or payment of claims of
any kind for losses or damages by persons
who were in rebellion, whether pardoned or
not
In relation to the Union war claims, the
government obligation to It's defenders
comes first; they are lasting and sacred.
The public laws of civilized nations have
not in general recognized claims for injuries
to property, resulting from the operations
of war. Nevertheless, our government has
treated with great indulgence the claims
for losses and damages suffered by Union
men from the military operations of the
war of the Union, but as hostilities were
closed more than fifteen year. ago, claims of
that nature are now mostly in the hands of
brokers, or persons other than the original
sufferers, are becoming stale and in my
judgment might fairly be considered as
barred by the lapse of the time, and if
hereafter entertained at all, should be sub
jected to the strictest scrutiny
Yours, very truly,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
Acts of Railroad Conductors.

A railroad company is liable for the acts
of one Of its conductors IN eiecting passen-
ger, If the conductor was acting IN the line
Of his duty and within the scope of his
authority, although he may have done it in
q careless, negligent or reckless manner but
the company i not liable for his unanfhor-
ized, willfnl and want0n or malicious tres
pass -Pennsylyan Railroad Company Va.
Toomey, Supreme Court Of Pennsyl Yania.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
Tnion CnnniY.

Senator Dalton in Heiiy Spring. Soulful
Union county 81 more solid for the De-
mocracy tkan ever before. We feel confident
of Carrying the county for Hancock and
Manning by LOO majority, over all oppO-
sition.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06

No form Of Government, no matter how
carefully devised, no principle, however
sound, will protect the rights Of the people
unless administration is faithful and eii-
cient.-Hancock.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06

would, under no circumstances, allow
.....sIf - INV troops to determine who were
tIa lawful members of State Legislature. -
Hancock
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
BRUNT SMITH,
V. M 3I61

THE STATE.
;, Error to Circuit Court Lincoln County,
Hon. J. B. Chrisnan, Judge.
Brunt Smith, jointly with several others,
was indicted for breaking and entering the
house of Newman with intent to commit an
assault and battery on persons therein. It
was also charged that the defendants beat
said PERSONS A motion was made to quash
the Indictment on the ground that it charged
two distinct ofenses in the same count.
Motion overruled.
On the trial the court refused to allow
each Of the defendants four pre-emptOry
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
Cotton Manufactures.
The following is list OF Southern State.
with the number Of spindles in each
splndles.
Mississippi River Improvement COnven.
tiOm.
Natchez New Era-J

DIR. w. j. Carroll, of Natehez, has been
appointed by Governor Stone delegate to
represent the State of Mississippi, at the
Mississippi River Improvement Convention
to be held in the city of New Orleans, on
delegates from Mississippi are Hon. III. F..
SimralI, Of Vicksburg, Gen. S. w. Ferguson
OF GreepyiIle; Hon. J. L. AIcorn of Friars
Point, and Lamar Fontaine, Esq, of YazOO
City.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06

Luke, IS Jim Akers honest p .Donno,
boss. Jim mout be; an den again be
mouths But ef was chicksn an knoEd
Jim vas about, ! tell ye Wot, I'd roost high. g