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The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19
The MOsnnito in England.

Here it must be observed that mos
quitoes are especially hard ON two sorts
OF people. Young ladies and children,
and many men, they sting, till the VIC
Tins are all covered with blisters and in
danger Of erysipelas. This is pretty
bad, but we think the nervous persons.
whom mosquitoes sting little, but keep
awake with their buzzing, are even more
to be pitied. They find the mosquitoes
bark worse than his bite. The latter
may not mark or hurt them much it is
question OF constitution and there
are people with whom the bite does not
take, as they say Of vaccination. But
they suffer all night long from the shrill,
persistent noise of the mosquitoes trum-
pet. At the first warming they leap up,
light n candle, take it into bed, and try
to catch the intruder. No one can guess
how difficult this is You soon find the
mosquito on the curtain, where he lies
apparently asleep. Very cautiously You
stalk him, your hand is just over him,
and justice is about TO be done, when
the vicious creature flies away and
amuses himself in mid-air Presently
he settles, and the chase begins again,
till the hunter sets fire to the flimsy cur
tains, and has quite enough work to do
in extinguishing the fire. After that
mosquitoes come and go as they please,
without let or hindrance, and day dawns
on feverish and frantic man, who has
only bagged two or three of his innum-
cradle enemies. Late in the morning
mosquitoes sleep, overcome with triumph
and the refreshment which they have
snatched from their enemy. They may
now be killed, and it is curious to Sec
as any one who crushes them will Sec
how much Of man s vital fluid one mos
nately inexperienced in the ways Of
mosquitoes will now understand that the
insect is one OF the greatest players that
nature tolerates. There are more dan
gerous s-though the mosquitoes bite
is sometimes poisonous and severe-but
there is no more irritating creature in
the world than the mosquito.
Norway and Sweden suffer more even
than the South from mosquitoes. The
mild Bulgarian breads them, and there
is a ghastly story Of drunken Bulga-
rian who tied up his wife in a mosquito
trap. The poor woman was bitten to
death, and her husband observed in the
morning that he had suffered almost as
much as if he had not thought of his
savage expedient. Greece is, perhaps,
more remarkable for the insect "whence
is derived the verb TO fee" than for
mosquitoes and the same remark holds
good of the Baden contingent None Of
the countless snakes Of America or In
dia cause more trouble, when the host
of minor miseries is added up, than
mosquitoes do.--London Ne,OS.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

QEEEN VICTORIA, though one of tho
greatest sovereigns in the world herself,
evidently does not believe in women'a
rights. She gave notice that her name
would be withdrawn, as a patron Of the
International Medical Congress, recently
adjourned, if women were admitted to its
meetings, and they were thereupon ex-
cluded. Now it would seem that if
there is any career open to women it is
that of medicine, and of course if they
can be doctors they should have repre-
sentation in the medical councils. The
Queens opposition to them is notable
instance of woman's want of confidence
in her sex.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19
Women as Rulers.

The talents displayed by women
as rulers-a position which strangely has
been accorded them in all ages and
stages of civilization-have frequently
excited admiration. It has been re-
proachfully said, too, that in this posi-
tion she has been cruel, treacherous and
bigoted as man can be; but this only
proves that talents, however rare, can
not supply the place of principles in
woman or man. But women as philan-
thropists have accomplished most for
their race and won readiest acknowl-
edgments.
Queen Esther's one act, risking her
life for the sake of the people, won her a
place in history for all time. The Ro-
man matron pleading for the salvation
Of the doomed city touches every heart.
Queen Isabella, the patron Of Columbus,
through hermistaken Judgment, suffered
the dread inquisition, yet is remembered
for her Jealous efforts for what she be-
lieved the good Of her subjects. Eliza
beth, Of England, because she became a
''rock Of refuge" to the persecuted fol
"conscience sake, has mantle Of
charity thrown over many weaknesses,
and is "good Queen Bess. CHANGING
at examples in humber walks The
very name of Dorcas has become a
synonym of benevolence. Not only
all England, but America, and the slow
German States, were moved by the per-
sonal efforts of the large-hearted Quaker
matron, Elizabeth Fry, to make lasting
reforms and render justice in the inter-
est Of outcast, condemned humanity.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

TIE size Of Frances African engage
ments can be judged from the fact that
she now has $4,000 troops along the
coast Of Tunis and Algeria, and is ar
ranging to send $4,000 more Frenchmen
to take their chances in that precarious
struggle for glory Africa is a sponge
which has absorbed a good deal of
French valor, but Frenchmen forget the
struggle for Algeria, which lasted from
1880 to 1860 and cost millions of francs.
Yet the French Government will hold
Algeria and Tunis, and eventually work
into little Tripoli
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

HuB of the Uniyerse,p : u popular des-
ignatlon Of the city of Boston, Mass,
originated with Oliver Wendell Holmes.
MAKING tooth-picks of wood is by no
means modern ides. The Romans
used wooden toothpicks in preference to
quilts. y ziw
Tue name Gotham wns first applied to
tine city OF New York by Washington
Irving in '"Salmagtnh," because the
Inhabitants were such wiseacres.
THE first circus in this country was
managed by a man named Ricketts,, in
1850. Gen. Washington and his staff
\ patronized the performance in Philadel-
phia, and it BECAME quite fashionable
amusement.
IT has been supposed among antigua
rians that the clapper is modern addi.
tion to bells, and that it did not form a
part Of those employed in Japan or
China. Mr.. Henry O. Forbes, how
ever, says that when in Java he saw in
the possession Of a gentleman there n
bronze bell dug up on the site Of one Of
the old Hindoo Settlements, Of which
now only the graves remain. 1t had
lost the clapper, but the hook 10 which
doubtless elapper was attached existed
still.
TIE source of the common saying,
consistency thou art Jewell" has
puzzled many u scholar, and whether
or not tho following authority may bo
relied upon MS the starting point or as
only using borrowed idea we cannot
assert In n ballad entitled "Jolly
Robyn Roughhead," published in 1854,
in Il little volume Of English and Scotch
ballads, the poet bewails the extrava.
gance in dress which he considers the
great enormity Of his day, and makes
Robyn address his wife as follows
Tush taah my lasslel such thoughts resign,
Companions cruel;
Fine pictures suit to frames rs fine;
Consistency's jewell
PYTHAaoRAs was Greek philosopher,
who was the son of jeweler of Samos,
born about $50 years before Christ. At
an early age he Travelled, going TO Egypt,
where it is said he resided twenty-five
years. Then il is related he went to
Babylon, Judea, and it is even asserted
he penetrated to Gaul and India. He
established school in Italy, and effect
ed some reformation iii the inhabi,..nts.
He was persecuted, however, the friends
of n rejected student Of powerful family
compelling him to withdraw to Meta
pontum, where he soon after died, prob
ably about the year 500 b. g.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19
Health Food.

1t is no economy to use inferior food.
II is saving of money and time and
health 10 give ahigh price for what we eat,
if It be fresh and perfect, than TO obtain
il for less on account Of its being wilt
ed or old or partially decayed. Some
people prefer their meat tender by
keeping, which means that decomposi-
ton is taking place in palmer phrase,
it is rotting. Such meats require less
chewing and may appear very tender.
but it il a physiological fact that they
are not digested as easily or as quickly
as solid fresh meat. When vegetable
begins to wilt it il no longer that vege-
table, because.a change Of particles has
taken place, and in such proportion it is
unnatural-it is dead-and to eat il
tends to death. One Of the most horri-
BILE forms Of disease is caused by eating
sausages which have been kept a long
| time more common in Germany than
elsewhere. Scarcely anything saddens
us so much in passing through some Of
| the by-streets and the more obscure ay-
enues as the sight Of the long kept meats
and shriveled vegetables which are sold
to the unfortunate poor at the corner
| Dutch groceries. But the poverty
stricken are not the only sufferers the
richest men come in for their share, for
themselves and for their families, in pro-
portion as the mistresses of their splendid
mansions are incompetent on inattentive
TO those household duties, the proper
performance or neglect Of which makes
| all the difference between q true wife
and a contemptibls doll. With all tho
high-sounding advantages Of pretentious
'Young Ladies Boarding Schools" and
'Institutesn and all that, with all the
\ twaddle about learning French and Ger
man, and music and aesthetics, how
many of these paint like girls are any
more fit 10 take charge Of q mans house
hold that to navigate ship or calculate
an eclipse
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

The New York SIN prints an extract
from a letter written by gentleman
who arrived in Europe in the steamer
Circassia, and who speaks Of the anxiety
Of the passengers for news of the condi-
tton Of President Garfield. The letter
says "When we reached Moville we
had been ten days without news, and
President Garfield was very low when
we started. II was necessary to take a
pilot there to run up tho Forth. When
his boat came alongside, and before he
had time to get hold Of the rope ladder,
half dozen voices shouted, How is
Garield?' All right was answered
back, and sort OF thrill spread all over
the ship. The one hundred and twenty
one passengers were all assembled on
the upper deck, and some expressed
their feelings by shouting, some by cry
ing, and some by shaking hands. But
the crowd collectively only found vent
for their emotions by spontaneously
bursting ont with the Doxology. The
grand old anthem never sounded so
good before, and the words, Praise God
from whom all blessings flow, had such
a peculiar significance, that the whole
thing was very affecting"
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19
An Explanation.

The reason why snow at great eleva-
tions does not melt. but remains perma-
nent, is owing to the fact that the heat
received from the sun is thrown of into
the stellar space so rapidly by radiation
and reflection, that the sun fails to raise
the temperature of the snow to the melt
ing point. The snow evaporates, but it
does not melt. The SUBMITS of the
Himalayas, for instance, must receive
more than ten times the amount of heat
necessary to melt all the snow that falls
ON them, Notwithstanding which the
snow is not melted. And in spite of tile
strength of the sun and the dryness Of
the air of those attitudes, evaporation is
sufficient TO remove the snow.
At low elevations, where the snow
fall is probably greater, and the amount
of heat even less than at tho submits.
the snow lnelts and disappears. This
aqueous vapor. At high elevations the
air is dry, and allows the heat radiated
from the snow to pass into space but at
low elevations very considerable por-
ton of the heat radiated from the snow
is absorbed in passing through the at
mosphere. A considerable portion of
the heat thus absorbed by the vapor is
radiated back on the snow but the heat
thus radiated, being Of the same quality
as that which the snow itself radiates, is
on this account absorbed by the snow.
Little or none Of it is reflected, like that
received from the sun. The conse-
quence is, that the heat thus absorbed
accumulates in the snow till melting
takes place. We're the aqueous vapor
possessed by the atmosphere sufficiently
diminished, perpetual snow would cover
our globe down to the seashore. 1t is
true that the air is warmer at the lower
level than at the higher level, and by
contact with the snow must tend to melt
it more at the former than at the latter
position. But we must remember that
the air is warmer mainly in consequence
Of the influence of aqueous vapor, and
that were the quantity of vapor reduced
to the amount in question, the differ
ence Of temperature at the two positions
would not be great.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

THE Baltimore San tells Of Robert
Pryer, of New York, who has devised q
velocipede steamer, Of which the hull is
to be out of water. The vessel floats in
three hollow spheres Of sheet steel, one
forward and two astern, and all provided
with Aanges to grip the water as they
are revolved. The upper works of the
ship are to depend upon the spheres
that do the propelling, and will be
made as light as possible. An ocean
steamer 200 feet long by 100 feet deep,
has been designed, Of which the spheres
or paddles are go feet in diameter.
Great speed is expected to be made.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

The travelling expenses Of the 100, 900
drummers employed by the merchants
OF the United States are 100000, 600 a
year, exclusive of salaries. The con-
sumner pays it all without grumble,
but that may be because he hasn't
heard as much about the drummer as
be has the railroad and other monopo-
lies. When we get rid Of the perplexi-
ties that we have now, we can fly to
those that we know not Of and get
mixed up just as badly as ever we were.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

SPEAKING Of the rumor Of the Pope
transferring the Holy See to America,
the Buffalo Courier says "There is
no reason why the Pope should not
come, certainly, if he chooses. He would
have to leave his ideas of temporal
power behind, Of course, and come pre-
pared to see all subjects discussed in an
unlicensed press with perfect freedom. I"
Probably this is the sentiment that
caused the Pope, the other day, to say,
81 will not leave Rome antil 1 am COM
PEELED 20.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

PEOPLE who have to buy what they
eat must expect the coming winter to
pay pretty dearly for their living. We
do not say this by way of alarm, but
offer it rather as precaution to those
who have the means to provide for such
an emergency. There has been an al
most unparalleled drouth all over the
continent, resulting in a poor yield of
wheat, and corn and root crop that
must necessarily be failure There is
very little difference in sections. Where
rains have fallen they came so late that
no essential good could come out Of
them. Corn that burned up by the
sun during the filing process could not
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

THREE boys at Lynn, Mass, whose
patriotism compelled them to break into
church on the Fourth Of July and ring
the bell, have finally been fined $40
each and costs. The object Of the boys
was perfectly right. and so was that Of
the Justice that fined them, but then
when these boys are wanted to go forth
and fight the Indian they will be apt to
refuse to bulge an inch.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

GENERAL HANCOCK expresses the
opinion that the President will be able
to attend to his duties in few weeks.
He bases his belief on observations Of
gunshot wounds during the war.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

An EFFORT is being made to draw a
line in Ohio between people who drink
and people who don't drink, whisky.
There is little doubt, however, as to
which side the crowd will be found upon.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

THERE is another widow in England
worth marrying. She is the Hon. Mrs.
Meynell-Ingram, daughter Of Lord Hal
flax, and has an income of $3.50, 900 a
year. Don't somebody want to love q
widow?
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

Boston people-an intellectual Set
will scarcely hesitate to claim anything,
even ones pocketbook. A Boston man
now claims to have been born with a
bullet in his liver. Liver in his bullet
would have been better, but bullet in his
liver, we can't believe.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

PEopIE in Cincinnati have almost
forgotten what water tastes like. They
believe that it is unfit TO drink, ayerag-
ing nearly two pounds of sewage to the
100000 gallons
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

AMERICANS are said to have spent over
$S,000,000 in France last year for works
of art, engravings and books. We will
not let our needy suffer if we can help it.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

HENRY WILLARD, the great protector
Of railroad and other enterprises, was,
not so many years ago, a Washington
correspondent. Newspaper men will
come out and shine in spite Of every.
thing.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

The crop prospects of this country are
Just about as poor as any one wants to
see. them.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

The Cincinnati Commercial is author
ity for the statement that opium kills
100000 Cinnamon every year.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

be benefited by rain afterwards; and at
this late day no amount of rain can
supply what the drouth has destroyed.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

NELLIE GRANT we scarcely ever hear
of her now. She and her husband, and
the little Sartorises of course, are liv-
ing on an income of $4,000 year.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

MoRA1TY in Michigan is losing its
grip on the female population. As a
last measure the State is compelled to
establish reform school for girls.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

MORE ladies and children are said to
be learning to swim this year than dur
ing any other similar period. The pos
sibility Of accident on frequently
crowded excursion boats should make
this kind of tuition almost imperative.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

ENGLAND gave the cold shoulder to
the International Money Conference.
England ought not to be disturbed.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

The New Hampshire Legislature
spent several weeks trying to codify a
new railroad law, but gave the thug up
in disgust.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

STANLEY is charged with using chain
gangs Of slaves in making road in
Africa.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

THE President has been doing so we'll
so long, according to the doctors, that
there are some people who think he
ought to be up, but he is not.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

has q young American for a husband,
andis not the mother of fourteen children.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

PRoF. Hux1EY reaps salaries to the
amount Of $3.50, 200 year.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

A MINISTER out in the far West, who
has been troubled good deal over mar
riage fees, issued the following price
list: Zone marriage, plain, so ditto,
kissing the bride, So; ditto, trimmed
with one groomsman and bridesmaid, 81.
Fifty cents for each additional grooms-
man or bridesmaid. Bachelors past forty
will be charged extra Maids Of age, 10
per centum of. Mileage will be charged
in long-distance matches. Liberal dis
count to clubs. Payments in cash no
notes or securities accepted. No money
refunded, or rebates made for poor goods.
Come early and come often.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

PROHIBITION was defeated in North
Carolina by majority of 100000.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

SECRETARY BLAINE is sufferer from
malaria. gY8
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

In THE ladies' cabins OF the Hoboken
ferryboats the following notice has re-
Gently been posted "The seats in this
cabin are reserved for ladies. Gentle
men will please not occupy them until
the ladies are seated. That strikes us
as reversing the proper positions. .-Bos-
ton Post.
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

Tag one-cent subscription fund raised
by the Cincinnati Commercial for O. A.
Cook, Of Brownsville, Ohio, to pay fine
assessed him for slapping man in the
mouth who wished the President would
die, has grown to unexpected proper
tions, and will place Cook, who is poor
man, in rather comfortable cireum-
stances. The contributors, so far as one
is able to judge, have been irrespective
Of party. ~. ~
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

QUEEN yIcroRIA has taken occasion to
snubb the philanthropic Baroness Bur
ett-Coutts-Bartlett The Queen ought
to call 10 mind the fact that the fortune
of the Baroness exceeds her own, that
she hasn't begged it from Parliament or
the people, and that she has habit Of
occasionally giving liberallyto suffering
humanity. She does not deserve to be
snubbed even by queen, although she
The Magnolia gazette., 1881-08-19

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-15

- Marvin was conveyed to the Sich-
,oond Penitentiary Wednesday afternoon.
lie demeaned himself with great humill-
~ both EN- route and at the prison. After
taking a description of the convict, his
ace, general dimensions, etc., his head
WAS shaved and he was made to don his
prison garb. He gave his age as 5O, he
having been born in June 1850, but he
looked many years older after his arrest
in Lynn, Mass. He has been assigned TO
the shoemaker's department by Superin-
tendent Williams, and it is probable that
the cobhler will stick to his last more than
ten ears, for he having already served
live wears in the State prison ut Auburn,
New York, under the laws of that State
is entitled to an additional five in Virgin
ia. According to his own rendering, he
will be siXty-five when his term expires.
Maryin's many wives can now hole a
family reunion and rejoice in the VEN
..eance which has at length Overtaken their
mutual husband. Ten years in the Viz
-inia penitcntiary is enough to dlscour-
aDe any man. and if Marvin should sur
vive hi, Imprisonment, it is not likely that
even the most fascinating and persuasive
female could induce him to embark upon
rhe sea of matrimony. Even if he were
ten years younger. he would be thorough
IL cured of the matrimonial fever by such
Il sentence as this.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-15
.eDoy,r KNOW u,tr rHEIp VALUE. "

"DoN'T KNOW HALF THEIR VALUE. y
ssThey cured me of Aguc, Billiousness
and Kidney Complaint, as recommended.
| had half bottle left which used for
nv two little girls. who the doctors and
neighbors said could not be- cured.
would have lost both of them one night il
had not given them Hop Bitters. They
did them so much good continued their
use until they were cured. That Is why
| saw YOU do not know half the value of
Hop Bitters, and do not recommend them
high enough. B, Rochester, n. y
American Rural Home.
On Saturday night of last week, says
the Randolph Enterprise of the 2Oth
nit, a band of "Red Men" visited the
house of Eli Bealsr, in Tucker county,
aud being refused admission broke IN
and entered the house, frightening Mrs.
Bealer, an old lady about 60, until she
fell dead. That section of Tucker and
Barbour counties seems TO be terrorized
over by band of lawless rufians.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-15

~" GAHFIELD's BODY IN A New COFFIN.
"A telegram TO the New York Times
from Cleveland, Ohio, October 9Th, says:
Late this evening closed carriage passed
the guards around Lake View cemetery
and drew up in the darkness at the vault
containing the remains of the late Presi-
dent Garfield. An air of mystery sur
rounded the movement, but subsequently
the errani of the visitors WAS ascertained.
The carriage contained DR.. Boyn,on, In
ternal Revenue Collector w. ). Strcaton
and Mayor Herrick, besides two under
takers. They brought with them al clc-
CANT bronze coffin, sent here secretly by
the Masonic Burial Case Company Of New
York City. The ceffin in which the body
reposed was soon opened. The general
condition of the body was found to he
about the same as when it was las. exposed
to view in Washington. Within an hour
the body had been transferred to the new
coffin, which is an impcrishable one, and,
locking the vault, tile party drove secret
ly back TO the city. For some reason the
fact OF the contemplated change WAS kept
from the press. Mrs. Garfield came to
this city from Mentor yesterday and in
spected the new coffin.