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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16
MAGNOLIA, MISS.
HsAvINo-mOrmER.

Tho farmer sat In his easy chair
Between the fire and the amplights glare;
His face was ruddy and full and fair
His three small boys In the chimney nook
"a 9Conned the lines 81 picture book;
tsa His vile the pride Of his home aud heart,
Baked the biscuit and made the TART
LAID the table and stepped the tea
ss Dsiuy, swiftly, SILENTLY
Tired and weary and weak and faint,
She bore her trials withou, complaint,
Like many another household saint
Content, all selfish bliss above
In the patient ministry Of love.
At last between the clouds Of smoke
That wreathed his lips, the husband spoke
GTbere's taxes to raise, an intrest TO pay
And ef there should come rainy day,
iTwOuld be mighty handy, I'm bound TO say,
n have sumpthin' put by. For folks must die
An there's funeral bills, and grayestuns 10 buy
% BaIdsh Sesss sgs Ra %i ah sps ps nsSd assd Joo
To be provided for when so.
"a wIs VS yoS y m roos tf 4: yS svei slfl cosd a iu
Extra fires don't du any good
ia be sayin' OF sope, and savin Of lie,
And run up candles once in a whilA
I'd be rather sparin' of coffee an tea,
st And ai to buy,
and cider Is good enough for me.
I'd be kind o. careful about my elO'es
And look out sharp now the money goes
GewgaYs IL useless, mater knows;
Exry trimmin
y the bane Of women
"pd sell OIL the best OF the cheese and honey,
And eggs is as good, nigh about 5 the money;
tlF5 guess we can make The old one du.
Andasfor the washer an sewin machine
Them smoOth-tongued agents, pcsky mean,
You'd better get rid OF em, slick aud clean.
What do they know about women's work.
.eF Du they calkilae woman was born 10 skrkf
Dick and Edward and little Joe
Sat in the corner in row.
lI E They saw the patient motbergo
On ceaseless errands TO and fro;
They that her form bent and thu,
Her temples gray, her cheeks sunk in,
They the quiVer Of lip and chin
And then with warmth he could moi smother,
0utspOke the youngest, irailest brother;
You talk Of savln wood and lie
AM tea an sugar all the while,
But you never talk Of saYin nOtherP
-IAteFf0r
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16
A Simple Cholera Cure.

at is sim, said the late Rev DIR.
William Tracy, who spent the whole d
his adult life as missionary in India, and
who had experience Of many hundreds
Of cases Of cholera, "for anyone TO die
Of cholera. If at the first premonitory
symptoms he lies down at once and sub
mits to treatment the principal part Of
which consists OF patient and persistent
rubbing Of the abdomen, 10 be kept up
even after apparent collapse has occur
red, he is certain TO recover. I'ihsburg
Leader.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

WoNDERous strong are tho spells Of
fiction.
BEWARE Of the fury Of patient man.
Dryden.
q, MEMoRY, thou singst an eitilrss muse
Through an the lonely chambers u tho heart
A SHOT that hits is better than a
brOadside that misses.
WARS gone and what's past help,
should be past grief
TuE chains which cramp MS most are
those which weigh ON us least
lR4vEh improves superior wine and
spoils poor; il is the same with tho
brain.
NATuRE has sometimes made fool
but n coxcomb is always of mans own
making
Il, lDuENEss 10 not produce vice OF
malovolcnce, il commonly produces mel
nncholy.
EACH man has an aptitude born with
him 70 DO easily some feat impossible to
any ether
MANSERs are the hypocrisies Of ma
iions the hypocrsics are moro or less
perfected.
CAmMNY spreads like an oil-spot; wo
eudeayor 10 cleanse it, but the mark
remains
lris with happiness as with watches
the less complicated the less easily
dcranged.
ANNOYANCE il mans leaven the ele
mcut OF movement, without which We
| should grow mouldy.
10 ACQUIRE fow tongues is the task
Of few years, but TO be eloquent IN one
y the labor Of lifetime.
WHEN death consents TO let MS live
long time it takes successiyely as host
ages all those we have loved.
An irritable .nlan lies like hedgehog
rolled up the wrong way, tormenting
himself with his own pricklcs
A VIGOROUS mind is as necessarily nc
eompanied with violent passions as q
great fire with great heat. --Burke.
A MANS idolatry is for an idea, n wo-
nuns is for person. A man suffers for
a monarchy, a woman for King.
EXPERIENCE shows that success * due
less to ability than TO zeal. The winner
is he who gives himself 10 his work body
and soul
Ir IS more from carelessness about the
truth than from intentional lying, that
there is 50 much falsehood in the world.
| -JohnsOH.
WHAT is opportunity TO the man who
can't use il? An unfccundated egg,
which the waves Of time wash away
into nonentity.
The good things Of life are not TO he
had singly, but come to MS with mix-
ture; like sehoolboy's holiday, with
task affixed to the tail.
/ LOVE that tranquility Of soul in
which we feel the blessing Of existence,
and which in itself is prayer and
Thanksgiving. LonafottoW.
COUNSEL is not 80 sacred thing as
praise, since the former is only useful
among men, but the latter is for the
most part reserved for the gods,
WIrH the world do not resort TO in
| juries, but only TO irony and gayety /;
injury revolts, while irony makes one
reflect, and gayety disarms. - Vokairc.
IT rs the slowest pulsation which is
the most vital The hero will then know
how TO wait as well as TO make haste.
All good abides with him who waiteth
wisely
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

A gentleman residing at st. John,
sends this Office four small lunches of
clover leaves, which are quite a curiosity.
He says: cat the request of Mrs. l..
G. Severance | seud the inclosed spcci-
men of four, fve, six and seven-leave
clover, which are quite botanical curl
osity. They we're all plucked from a
small sod not foot square," One bunch
contains sixteen stalks, each with four
leaves Of clover second eight stalks,
With five leaves third, eight stalks,
with six leaves and a fourth six, with
seven leaves. Portland Ore0onidA.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

A MAN in Dresden has discovered new
lubricant for shafts, which he claims is
superior to the best oil. 1t is made by
mixing the whites Of eggs with the finest
graphite powder, until Of the form Of
dough. The mixture is then boiled in
water until the whole is coagulated,
whom Il i reduced 70 powder.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

IH THE Philadelphia Medical Times
case was reported Of young man
whose mother and five sisters had died
of consumption and who had himself
escaped similar fate, T,robaby because
he "has lived for the past seven years
IN apartments well stocked with thrifty
plants
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

WHAT a pity flowers can utter no
sound A singing rose, whispering
violet, a murmuring honeysuckle oh,
what a rare and exquisite miracle would
these be - Bcccher.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

WREy an ancient Greek poet felt
good he used to say, :. feel As lovely rs
q new blown nose r Nothing like the
severely classic.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

OsE Of the noisiest members Of the
West Virginia Legislature is Beekman
Wyatt. His colleagues call him Beck
Wyatt, but he doesn't be quiet, just the
same
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

IF Eve had possessed patent bangs,
and false hair, and dozen modern
dresses, she would have been busy, and
have had no time 10 bother with the ser
nnl.r.A
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

A SIMPLE trap for moles consists Of o
glass or stoneware jar sunk into the
ground under the mole-runs. The moles,
while running along, fall into the jar,
and the vertical slippery sides Of the jan
prevent their getting out again. Field
mice are also frequently caught in these
traps, which leads to the suspicion that
they are the authors of much of the mis-
chief attributed to nnoles, whose burrows
form convenient avenues for the intri-
ders.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

Since Lady Suffolk trotted mile in
2:26l. and Flora Temple in 2:19,, aston
ishing reductions in time have been
made, the official record Of horses that
have gone below the time which made
Dexter famous being as follows:
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

A YoUya lad Of Providence hanged
himself after reading a dime novel.
What would he have done after reading
a Chicago paper. -Eost5n Po3t.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

TIE man Who eats oleomargarine gets
fat There is no doubt about the fat
part.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-09-16

AlEs are as cold as ice to the truth I;
hot as fire 10 falsehood.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

along on the borders OF the
Bayou and labor side by side, OF
on the same or adjoining farm.
The coIored man seems to have
his health better on the Bayou
than he white man. 10 fact,
the colored man is SIS hardy. ro-
bust and healthy on the Bayou
as anywhere else. The Bayou
lands are much more productive
and much more lasting than the
hill lands, but still there are
large quantities Of lands, yes,
thousands OF acres, in the parish
much richer and more prodnc-
tive than the Bayou lands. and
We will tell about them after
awhile. Most OF the people on
the Bayou drink the Bayou
water, which is not pleasant,
being too warm. But of late
farmers are digging wells and
Dulldlng clsterns ana these nave
nothing to complain of in the
way OF drinking water. We Lave
heard it observed that there is
but little sickness on the Bayou
where cistern water is used.
Cisterns on the Bayou can be
made by simply digging o hole
in the ground and plastering to
the dirt wall, and they will stand
for years as tight as a jug and
hold all the water needed for
drinking purposes. A clstern
made in this way need not cost
over thirty-fve to forty dollars.
And as a parting word to our
friends on the Bayou, in this
issue, we advise them all to
build cisterns and have plenty
of good, wholesome water.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.

The Clarion and Chicago Weekly
News, one year, So.
The Clarion and Detroit Free
Press, one year, $2.S5.
The Clarion and Courier-Journal
one year, s2.85.
The Clarion and Philadelphia
Weekly Times, $2.85.
The Clarion and Weekly Missou-
ri Republican, one year, $3.50.
The Clarion and Harper's Ba-
Ear, one year, $4.85.
The Clarion and Frank Leslies
Ladys Journal, one year, $3.50.
The Clarion and Godey's Lady's
Book, one year, 1910.
The Clarion and Peterson's Mag
azine, one year, 1910
The Clarion and Demorest' S
Monthly, one year, $500.
The Clarion and New Orleans
Weekly Democrat, one year, $3.50.
The Clarion and the Home and
Farm, one year, $500.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

particular district to be used in
the purchase Of tools for the
working Of the roads in that dis
trlct. The oyerseer ought to be
made the custodian of these tools
and to be responsible for the
safekeeping OF The same. The
Law REQUIRES each hand to work
twelve days in the year if neces-
sary, but if he has no tools it
would be mockery to require
him to appear and walk along
the road for twelve days without
being able to do anything.
So, to meet the emergency, we
would suggest that each hand
who wonId bring needed tool
Oh the road should have credit
with half or whole day on his
time for working for each day he
brought a spade, hoe, pillow, axe,
or other implement according to
the usefulness of the same. Or
if he preferred it, let him send
his hoe, pillow, axe or spade long
enough to exempt him from at
tendance ia person,
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

The New Orleans Times has
been interviewing a number Of
lawyers to find out their opln-
ions in regard to the present
judicial system OF the State, and
their opinions went to show that
the objections to tie system are
widespread. The Times thinks
the syetem a dead failure, and.
If we mistake not, wants q new
constitution framed to remedy
the defects. But we are Of
the opinion that if any changes
are necessary land we do not
doubt ~ they can be made by
amendments aud thereby avoid
the trouble and expense of a
Constitutional Convention. Be-
sides, We're the people to adopt
a new constitution. tbs chances
are that it would give no more
satisfaction than the present
one. At least it would suit the
"outs" no better.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05
sHERIFFs SALE,

STATE OF LOUISIANA-6th District
Court-Parish of Morehouse. Nation
al Hide and Leather Bank VS.. B, C.
Tatum No. 5000.
By virtue of a writ of f. ia. issued by
the Hon. 9Th District Court, in and for
the parish of MOI ehouse, in the above
entitled suit, and to me directed as
Sheriff of said parish and State, l have
seized and will proceed to sell, at the
door of the court house, within the
hours prescribed by law for judicial
sales, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, on
SATURDAY, the Doth day of August,
1881, the following described property,
to wit: One bay horse, and one top
buggy and harness.
Terms of sale Cash, without the
benefit Of appraisement.
WIN. P. DOUGLASS, Sheriff.
Aug. 5th, 81.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

The Worlds Fair, to be held a,
Atlanta Ga, bids fair to be a grand
success. Hotel Accommodations
are being arranged for 10000
visitors daily. The exposition
opens October 5th and closes
December 31st. The managers
estimate the total number of Wis.,
itors at 100000, a half million
from the South and two hundred
thousand from the North. This
is to be a worlds fair, open to all
nations, and will not be a cotton
exposition merely. but will EN-.
brace the display OF every pro-
duct known to human skill and
ingenuity.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

The gauge of the Chicago and
N. y. Railroad, running from
New Orleans to Cairo, a distance
OF ST miles was changed last
Friday. The work was success
fully done in one day.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05
THE ROADS.

|
roads will soon be here, and We
hope the road overseers will see
to it that The roads are improved
We we're present at the las
jury term of court, when the
Judge gave the subject of road
working in charge to the Crane
Jary. Aud we then learned tbs
responsibility resting on the
| overseers' L he fails 10 keec
his road in good repair he is
subject to Indictment by the
Grand Jury; and then to be
tried, and if found guilty, may
be fined by the Judge: AS our
Judge travels about right
smart he will no doubt observe
the condition of the roads and
take into consideration the ease
and comfort, or the annoyance,
delays and tiresomeness of travel
caused either by the faithful
working or neglect, as the case
may be, in assessing the fine.
If he is of the same mind as he
seemed to be at last court, neg
lectful and delinquent overseers,
who may be convicted, will re-
ceiye the full benefit of the law.
But while We give this timely
warning, we know-a appreciate
the difficulties under which some
overseers are compelled to la
Dor. The law is positive that
the roads must be worked, and
it holds the overseer for a fail
nre to keep the road in repair.
1t is true that the overseer is
vested with certain powers of
coercion to force the unwilling
road hand to attend the working
OF the road and to make him
work, but he has no power over
such tools and implements as
are needed. AS general thing,
the road hands are laborers on
farms who work for portion of
the crop, and have no tools of
any kind. The tools all belong
to the employer who in most
cases, by reason Of age. sex or
residence, is not subject to road
duty, and who will forbid the
use OF his tools on the road.
And this objection we do not
hink unreasonable, for such
ools cost the farmer considera-
Die money, and when taken On
he road the risk OF loss by
'reakage and displacement is
90 great.
We remember some years
'ack When quite a sum of money
7as collected from delinquent
DAD hands and paid into the ;
reasury. and which ought to be
here now, unless expended for
ae benefit of the District where
was collected. We are not ia
liliar with the law on the sub q
oct, but it seems TO MS that as a
1e parish Is and was laid eff .
ito road districts. the funds col
'ctea from delinquent road 4
ands In each district ought 10 d
9 placed to the credit Of that n
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

In consequence of the desper.
ate condition of affairs in Perry
county, Ark, and the open de.
fance Of law and order, Gov.
Churchill has placed that county
under martial law.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

says that sharks Aaya !.
caught higher up the river ~
Baton Rouge. N
A thief Was captured raco.,
in st. Landry parish, for sta1
ing two horses in Plaousn;
lberv'lle parish, which va,.
found in his possession. A T.,
tie printers ink and soma o;,.
lars caught him. The cit;z.s.
were in hot pursuit of the prison.
er's partner.
Two weeks ago a COW, afflicted
With a genuine case of hydropbo.
bia. created considerable evc;,o
ment among the women On,
children on the Western outski,ts
OF Natchitoches. She attacked
every living thing that came ba.
fore her, and was finally killed,
we have received the third
No. OF the Terrebonne Times
published at Houma, La, II. NJ
johnson, editor. The Times !,
an elghtpage, forty-eight column
paper, neatly printed, and we'll
edited. We will X.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05
LEON SUGAR.
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
BAsTROP, LA.
FOR SALE,

FOR SALE.
REsIDENCEs-Four residences, in
clnolng some of the most3. comfortable
houses, finest buildings and best loca-
tons in Bastrop.
slOREHOUSES - One of the best
houses and business stands in town.
LoIS-Suitable building lots in al
nosI every quarter of the corporation.
q Parties wanting to buy, sell or
rent will do well to consult mo.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

The cotton worms are moi
talked about SO much now as q
week or two back. It's agreed
that they are here and develop
ing as fast as nature can advance
them. 1t may be towards the
latter part of the month before
they become destructive, but the
opinion obtains that it will not
be later than the 18th. The in
jury will be immense in either
CASE Monroe Bulletin.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

The latest reports from Wash
ington state that the President is
doing well, with normal pulse,
good appetite and the wound
healing.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

The Treaury Department at
" ashington has ordered that no
more gold halves or quarter dol
lars be manufactured or sold, un-
der penalty of fLe and imprison-
naent.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05
New Advertisements.
BEEF MARKET

MIR. w. Fl. VAUGHAN has onenaa .
beef market in Bastrop, near the Hotel
ana viii furnish the public daily with
the best OF beef the country affords
HIS endeavor will be to always giys
satisfaction and thereby merit the Nat.
,onage of the public. f"'
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

Cotton in New Orleans on tba
lst and I'd was worth: Good Or.
binary, 1Oc; low middlipg, lOsz;;
middling, III.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

Two steamers, the Idlewild and
Oceola Bell, were burned At
Memphis on the evening Of The
31st ult.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05
STATE ITEMS.

The Baton Rouge Capito|iar
wants street railway con
structed in that city.
The Columbia Herald reports
q good deal Of sickness in Cald
we'll.
| Ice is worth 10 cents pei
pound and peaches 20 cents pei
dozen in Natchitoches.
| Mr.. Kellogg, of Madison par
ish, ginned one bale of new cot.
ton on the 25th and had three
mole picked out.
The Ouachita river at Co!um-
bia is falling rapidly and the Her
aid fears that navigation will
soon cease at that point.
The Vienna Sentinel reports
good deal of sickness in Lin
coin parish. The doctors are
kept very busy.
Heavy winds passed over Lin
coin parish recently doing a good
deal of damage to corn and cot
ton.
Mules, horses and stock are
dying in AvoyeIles parish from
an unknown disease, supposed to
be chsrbsn.
Considerable sickness of a ten
acious character prevails in
AvoyelIes parish: So says the
Bulletin.
The caterpillar is devouring
everything in the shape of vege-
tation in some portion of Iber-
vile parish.
Good rains have fallen in Lin
coin parish lately. The cotton
worm has made its appearance
on several places in that parish.
There is to be grand railroad
excursion from New Orleans to
Baton Rouge on the 7tb, under
the auspices of the veterans of
the army of Tennessee. |
The prospects for a good cot
ton crop in Natchitoches is still |
encouraging. Weather hot and |
sultry and local showers prevail
ing.
A negro Charles Butler. who
has been living near " ashington.
La, was arrested one day re-.
Gently charged with murder in
st. Mary parish in 1879.
The New Orleans Pacific rail-
Dad was completed to Baton
Rouge this week end trains are
low running daily to that city.
The time from New Orleans to
Baton Rouge is about five hours.
The Columbia Herald says
light rains have fallen in some
portions of Caldwell parish,
While in other sections no rain
las fallen in six weeks, and the
rops are burning up.
A fine COW belonging to Mr..
'ourque, of st. Landy parish,
7as killed the other day by light
ing. On the Sd day afterward
ne of his hogs died, it is thought,
rom eating the lungs of the
ow.
The cotton crop is as fine 10
last Baton Rouge as it could be
this season Of the year. Rain
as fallen in abundance in that
arish lately, though the corn
as been considerably injured by
le drouth in June.
The odifnr IF &Lo rLs1, | a
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-08-05

In Ayers Ague Cure we have
a positive remedy for fever and
ague and all malarial disorders.
and one entirely free from quiz
nine, acsnec, or other injurious
drugs. 1t is the chemical and
medicinal triumph of the age.