The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-11-04
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Itirty years ago lew persons u ioi-
een hirth appeared III the street, 0th
hatr on the upper lip ana were ohiec
ST curiosity and sometimes ol rabic
ridiculo. In 1850 some of the young
ewolls 81 tho metropolis began u 9cur
inuslaches, but for some time no clerk
would venture "a initiate them. III ouo
ease a merchant on Pine street wll5hal
/ just engaged clerk for twelve mouths,
or during good behavior, discharged hm
for wearing a full beard, claiming that
the adoption Of tho fashion iud tic
clerl, open 10 dismissal under the good
behavior clauso IL tho contract. about
the same time number If lending ncr
clmnts gaye notice that they would om-
4 ploy nobody who wore hair On tle up.
per lip. As late as 1851 tic senior pro.
prietor Of tins paper mado tbs cashie
shave of an incipient mustachc, aud
soon after brought lis own son under
the razor. ln the church OF Dr BE-
tlune, % Brooklyn Heights, an aIder
who was suffering from q lamo wrist N
ioMed his beard to grow rather thH
submit to a barber 1he habit, heaia
ming in necessity, continued on ucenm,
Of tho Increase ii comfort which Il at-
forded, and the elder Haunted his bcard
before the congregation constantly rhe
result was laughablc. Many or tlo
brethren called upon the pastor 70 insiai
npon doing away with such q scmdal
as full-hearded elder. Ho lea them to
Ills library and showed them how some
Of the early fathers Ind pleaded against
cutting off the board. " le TUNED rs
Lactautius, Theodore, ST. Augustine
ana ST. Cyprian, WHO Ind stoutly cou-
tended for the growth Of the vhola
benrd. He quoted from Clcmcui, of
Alexandria, the assertion that Mature
I adorned mon, like q lion, with beard
as d mark Of strength ana power Whom
one Of the visitors asked HIM how he
would like it il The clergy assumed tho
mustache, Dr. Bethmne referred him D
a decision q the fourth Council Of Cur
:hage Ga. p 252 can Al, ia which FL
WAS positively enacted thnt a clclc shall
not shave his board, and TO statement
made by Lnther in discussing the sub.
jet, that an the Protestant msrtyrs
were burned in their full beards THIS
did not settle the matter, ior Bubse,
quently the Indies Of the congregation
put iii their protest. But in fow
months u yentmesome lawyer let his
beard grow after the manner Of the y.
dcr, and ii little while smooth-sIavn
faces were no longer the rule but wcfo
the exception. --N'ew Yoyk Jo4fD9t "
Commerce.
Tine cause Of tile sudden recall homo
of to Chinese students sent to Ameien
10 be educated is ut la4t satisfactorily
explained. The whole cause of com
plaint lay in the absence at the Uniycr-
sity 81 rat food. The authorities II tie
Celestial empire never dreamed tlni tue
bright youths Of their land would 30
weaned from their national dish on TINS
side Of the water, and when the IJg.
tailed students wrote home that they
were dosed on hashy-hashy, hnshy-
hashy every day the rage IF the Chinese
officials knew no bounds. The pupils
complained that since their arrival not d
drop Of rat soup nor q morsel Of fried,
stcwed or roasted rodent had passed
their feyered lips, and they just eouldn't
nor wouldn't stand it-so there, now
They even averred that tile exercises
we're opened in the morning with q ma
tional anthem, beginning
Oh, hash, thou delight Of ny soul,
without dice this world woul be gioony
How love thy sweet substance to roll
Down into my inwards VI roony
Thou uuiKlure mysterious, love
The Fragrance u onions about thee,
Aud wherser on this earth may rove
pray may noer be without thee-
When this was interpreted in tile roya
court the decree went forth and tho fest
o i've young men are now back in thei
# own land, where rats are as plenty a
Z oldest Masons are in America,
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BEET HARRIS camped ont in Loga
i canyon, U. n About y o'clock II nigl
he awoke and discovered that he aud b
I bedding were being dragged down I'll
\ mountain side by huge glizzS bea
: Harris was almost uartyzed byfeaf. ~
Il managed finally towiggleoutoi tAcquil
/. drop 70 the ground and crawlaway anon
Y therocks. The grizzly wentsome distan'
e e with the bedding, but, finding that his e
\ pected prey had escaped, be setup dl
= nal howl. Harris stayed shiverng
the canyon for the remainder oi u