The Magnolia gazette., 1881-02-18
A Celebrated Book stealer.

inc great pattern pt blOhOhieptsi q
man who carried his passion to the most
regrettable excuses, was Spanish
priest. Don Vincente Of tho Convent oi
pobla IN Arragon When tie Spanish
revolution despoiled the convent ibrar-
ies. Don Yincente established himself at
barcelona, under the pillars Of Los En-
cantes, where are the stalls Of the mer-
chants 81 bric-a-bac. and the seats oi
them that sell books. IN gloomy den
the Don stored M treasures that he hated
Is sell Once he WINS present At a. anc-
ton where he was OutlJid III the com
petition for rare, perhaps unique,
volume Three nights after that the
people n Barcelona were awakened by
crias III Fret The house aud shop u
tile man Who hal bought Il Ordinations
pef las Gloii0sos Rcys dc Arago, were
blazing when the fire was eXtinguished
the body At The owner uf the mousse was
found With pipc fl Dis hluckened hand
and some money beside him. Every one
said He must llaye sot the house ou
fre with 4 spark from iis pipe. Time
went on, and week by week the police
found Tue bodies ol slain men, now ~
tha street. now II ditch n0w ln tie
river. There were Young men and old;
an had been harmless aud lnQtlenslye
c.ti2us ~ thpir liyes, and ali had becn
bfbionhiles. a dagger IN an invisible
hand had reachei their hearts; but the
assassin Lad spared their purses money,
and rings An organized search was
made in the city. and the shop q Don
Viue-iita was examined There, III a
recess. the police discovered The copy Of
"Ordiuaei5ns per los Cilouosos Reys 10
traa8 which ought py rights t0 hare
been burned with the house OF Its pur-
chaser Don Nincente was asked how
ha got Tia hsok. HIo replied in e quiet
voice. demanded hat his collection
shoull Dc maan over p the Barcelona
Library. add then confessed q iong array
n cruts ma had straugled his rival,
stolen the 80 Or1macious,' - aud burned
the heusa. The slain men We're people
Whd had bougLt from linn books which
he could not really bear to part with. AT
hie trial his council tried % prove that
his confession was false, and that he
might huve rot his books by honest
memls. II was objected thai There was
in the wofI ouly one BOOK printed by
Lambert pMmart ia 1882, and that tile
prisoner must hayc stolen this, the only
cgpy, from Tie library where il was
treasured. The defendants counsel
proved that there was another copy, in
the Louvre: Tint. therefore, there might
be more. and that tile defendants might
have been honestly procured. Here
Dm Yinaente, previously eallous, uttered
VS. lysterical cry Said tile Alcalde
"At last, Nmccnte, you begin 20 under
stand the cnoInity oi yunr olienceY
All. sgnor Acalde, my error was
clumsy. indeed. II You only knew how
miserable ! am2' "lf human justice
prove iuAeXible, there is another justic,
whose pitv u inexhaustible. Repentauc,
Is never tho lata. All, Signor Alcalde
nv c1py N0s not uuiquel' With til,
story ol this impenitept thief, we ma,
close Tie roll Of hibioklepts.
Odd Statistics.
A Detroiter has been collecting an,
arranging statistics of III odd nature
and, il his book ia ever published, read
ers will find nothing dry about IT, II
goes right 70 business on page by cs
trmating the number Of hcllings re
ceiyed by the average boy mp TO hi
18th year AZ l25. lhis includes th
spanking process during infancy.
Out Of every lO0,0 people in thii
country 1900 got mp cross in the morn
ing, but only hundred Or 50 remain il
that condition very long after breakfast
Out of 10000 men only 900 will pm
up money On q bet. The rest win craw
fish around, and finally back water ol
their assertions.
Only ten women ont of every 800 VII,
start ont ON journey by railroad con
suit q railroad map or have tho leas
idea of tie direction thev take. Fon
hundred and uinGty-eight worry abou
their baggage i97 are certain they tool
the wrong train 400 wish they hal
never started
Tho risk Of being bitten by q dog
greatly oyercstnated, Out 81 ever
1000 big and little dogs only two ear
70 get up n row with the human race
md those two are ready and willing t
die.
The number Of men who can put in
more pleasant evening down town TIM
at their own tireside is on the decreas,
and the number OF wives who are takin
q little extra pains 10 mako home MOI
pleasant than concert-saloon is on III
increase.
Out ot every 1000 men who get ma
and swear thoy will see lawyer abo,
It only fifteen carry out their intention
Only one woman in 5000 pays II
first price asked for bonnet. and onl
one milliner in 900, 900 expects her t
The time occupied by the nverat
man IN buying Il full suit of clothes
Just one-fourth the time occupied bv Il
average woman in buying pair
stockings. ~ Detroit free Press.
The Pleasures of business.
No human mind is contented witho-
occupation. No human soul is satisii,