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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05
F.m oui

The following, clipped hom lhr
CItIfon Soldier, &. respectfully re-
commended to tlio serious eonsid.
ofaiion " aiy and desp0ndeni
young men
Peter Cooprr fuiled In making
hats, tailed as u cabinct.makcf. Ia.
com0iiye.bdldcf and grocer, bat
as often ns hc failed he tried again,
until he could 'tind upon his feet
alone then, 70 crown his victory,
by giving a million dollars to help
poor boys IN time to come.
Horace Greeley tried three or
four lines Of business before he
founded the Tribune, and made 1t
worth q million Of dollars.
Patrick Henry failed at every
thing he undertook, until he made
himself the ornament OF his age
and nation.
The founders Of the New YorS
Herald kept on failing and falling
and sinking money for ten years,
and then made one Of the most
profitable newspapers in the world.
Stephen A. Douglass made din
ner tables and bcdstcads many a
long year before he made himself
giant on the floor Of congress.
Abraham Lincoln failed to make
both ends meet by chopping wood /;
had to earn his salt, by the galley
slave life of a Mississippi ilatboat-
man he had not even wit enough
to run a grocery, yet he made
himself a grand character Of the
nineteenth century.
Gen. Grant failed in everything
except in smoking cigars; he
learned to tan hides, but he could
not sell hides enough to buy him
pair of breeches. He drought
up on top of the wood-pile, team
ing it to town for forty dollars a
month, and yet rose to the presi-
dency.
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NOTES or THE DAY.

Boston has got within $5,ooo,- :
900 of having a Worlds Fair in
1883. AT least that's the way the
Albany Argus puts it.
Alexander Bell, an Alabama
boy, r3 years old on the zsth Gay
Of January last, weighs 355 pounds.
Locally he is known as the Pike
county giant.
Amcng the august personages
presented to the Marquis Of Lorne
at the grand pow-wow near Fort
Macleod was Eagle-sitting-on-a-
Observation-Disclosures.
On Monday Of last week Edison
took out twenty-five more patents.
He has now taken out more pat
ents from the Patent Office than
any other single inventor.
There lately died in England q
man who has done more service tC
his country than thousands who's,
names are household words. Thii
was Prof. Postgate. Working al
a boy in a grocer's shop, he be
came disgusted with the adultera
ton he saw practlsed, and resolv
ed, when he got the chance, TO tr,
and arouse public opinion on tn
subject. This he was at lengtl
enabled 10 do through one Of tn
members for Birmingham, and tn
recommendations of the selcc
Parliamentary committee, no,
law, against adulleratinn were al
most entirely based on Mr., Pos'
gates recommendations. whic
have done very much to secure
: the poor man especially. the wort
of his hard-enrned money.
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Ffnse essatptais0s.

Tmay .onr totHe men 0fc afujy
ing diyiAli ~ llNf,tfd
7 The President of the fUn,l
FerubIi rceeiyesh haty orsioo,
COO per unmm
ltisshd ~ boutwell, th,i ~
studied law fof fifteen ycau before
brginuinRpmcdec,
Mas Auimr thc daughter ii
the President, Is Il blonde haired
young lady whoi1 now ut school
IN Albany
Hartford people are admiring 4
dinner set ofUra old chinaimport
ed rom Canton nearly two hum
dred year ago.
Emmett, the author of "DiNic"
which was composed in the North,
was an Ohio man. lie made less
than $500 from the sale oft.
The Department Of Agriculture
estimates the potato crop ut sixty
eight per cent. ola full yield. In
some districts il has been almost Il
failure.
Maine companies will watch the
weather closely, and in case the
winter is mild they will take more
than thousand tons of ice from
the kennebec ice fields.
An Iowa lawyer OF some years
practice is now serving as locomo-
tive fireman on the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy Railroad,
and physician Of twelve years
practice is acting as freight con-
ductor on the same road.
After the experience that many
American cities have had with
wooden pavcments, it is curious to
notice the adoption of the material
in the streets Of London. Picca-
dilly has been paved its entire
length with blocks Of wood.
The amount Of game reaching
Paris during the first fortnight oi
the season has during the pas
three years averaged I2S,3sc
head. The value Of the game
consumed there each season is es
timated at not less than $I6,ooo,-
600.
Belle Hardin was clipping a
Virginia, III. Her father over
took the couple, and the swaiI
was about to give up his sweet
heart without a struggle, wher
she coolly drew a pistol and tolt
her parent she would shoot him j
he interfered. The elopemen
proceeded.
A single vineyard near Dixon
Solano County, California, ha
just yielded 10000 boxes o
raisins, worth $4,000. VIM
planting is increasing greatly
throughout the State, 1000 acre
of new vines being about to be Sc
in the neighborhood of Clover
dale alone.
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Almost roupg Again.


Ny mother was afflicted a long
time with Neuralgia and a dull.
heavy inactive condition of the
whole system headache, nervous
prostra,ion, and was almost help
less. No physicians or medicines
did her any good. Three months
ago she began to use Hop Bitters.
with such good effect that she
seems and feels young again, al
though over 70 years old. We
think there Is no other medicine fl
to use in the family A lady in
Providence, X. I.-Journal.
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A0SES FEMALE ACADEMY,
MgaPAIs, TENN.

[HlS Institution is delightfully."- situated
,leiired snd healthy party ofthe city
ftrphis commanding the advantages OF
hahdecuniry. The entire surroundings
ne an air Of peaceful seclusion, which
,fsrts 80 powerful an influence over the
\, physical aud intellectual life. The
Y ofsirdy embraces the various branch.
asolid and u,cful education. In the
a English course, the pupils on enter
y f.nked according to their prefcien.
Vrthography, Grammar and Arith.
rrhenlar attention is given to Ss-
nd ftofane history, rhetoric and com.
" Latin and French enter into the
Gsoune. A portion Of time is allow.
an pupil for plain aud ornamental
'so's, shell, flowers, etc. Terms, per
y payable half-yearl, in advance
@Id and tuition in all branches taught
nshsss schools, plain sewing. mark
,a-Oed, bedding. stationery and wash.
'.nsnd sns, according to the age OF
am' pupil. Special terms when sew.
snssr s. Of the same family attend the
se allowance Is made for partiaI
9 withdrawal before the expiration
.m' except In case Of serious or pro.
-anen ExrRAs--German, Italian
Mu,; music on piano and use O
- 70, drawing and water colors
a aofary. u; dancing and calls
!" rr0'essors' charges; vocal musi,
r~,H private lessons, sfs. Boar,
I'm during vacation, II spent at IN,
Washing: ETC., ,is. Medicine an,
sL',ees will form extra charge.
4 % say papils, t5, ATS or % pc
=. ~ 4, misher particulars apply to In,
7"rhi's') LADY surnsIos.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05
SENSE AND SENTIMENT.

This world belongs TO the ener-
getic.
There is no. calamity like ignor-
ance.
In these days we fight for ideas,
and newspapers are our fortresses.
No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest
Till half mankind were like himself pos.
scssed.
1t is not so hard to earn money
as to spend it well.
Idleness is the refuge of weak
minds, and the holiday of fools.
Young, one is rich in all the hl-
ture that he dreams old, one is
poor in all the past he regrets,
Real glory
Springs from the silent conquest OF ourselves,
And without tha, the conqueror is naught
But tho first slave.
Our ideas, like orange plants,
spread out in proportion TO the size
Of the box which imprisons the
roots.
How industriously the good
grows and propagates itself, even
among the weedy entanglemen,s
of evil.
The great men Of the earth are
but the marking stones on the road
of humanity ; they are the priests oi
its religion.
We rise by thing. lha, arc under our feet
By what we have mastered ofgood and gain
BY the pride deposed and the passion slain
And the vanquishcd ills ,ha, we hourlymec
The frmest friendships have
been formed in mutual adversely,
as iron is most strongly united by
the fercest flame.
Truth takes the stamp Of the
soul it enters. 1t is vigorous ant
rough in arid souls, but tempers
and softens itself in loving natures
Since the silent shore awaits al
last even those who longest mis-:
the old Archer's arrow, perhaps
the early grave which men weeT
over may be meant to save.
Life is so complicated a game
that the devices Of skill are liable
to be defeated at every turn b.
air-blown chances, incalculable al
the descent Of thistle-down.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05
Baron RoihschIld as a Beggar.

Eugene Delacroix dining one day
in Baron James de Rothschild's
hoSpitable home, fixed his eyes re-
peatedly on his host i'll so searching
a manner that the latter could no,
help asking his guest, when they
left the dining room, what it was
that had to such a degree rivcted
his attention. Delacroix acknowl.
edged that, having for some time
been vainly searching for a head
such as he would like to have for
prominent beggar in his new
picture, he was suddenly struck
what a splendid model the Cresus
would make who was entertaining
him at his table. Would il be too
great a favor to ask the Baron to
sit for a beggar.
Rothschild, who was fond Of
art, and not displeased TO be reck-
oned among its chief protectors,
gracefully assented to act a part
probably never performed before
by millionaire. ard appeared
next morning in the celebrated
painters studio. Delacroix hung
a tunic on his shoulders, placed a
tall stafl'in his hand, and assigned
to him posture, as il he were rest-
ing on the steps Of an ancient Ro-
man temple.
lnthis attitude he was discover
ed by ayoung friend and pupil OF
the painters. who alone had the
privilege Of being admitted to the
studio at all times. Surprised by
the excellence Of the model, he
congratulated his master on having
at last found exactly what he want
ed, Not for moment doubling
that the model had just been beg.
ging at the porch Of some church
or at the corner of a bridge, and
much struck by his features, the
young man, espying a moment
when the artists eyes were averted
slipped twenty franc piece inta
the models hand. Rothsehild KEEP
the money, thanking the giver BY
a look, and the young man wen
his way. tk was. as the banker
soon found out from Delacroix
without fortune, and obliged t.
give lessons in order to exc out hi
living. Some time later the you'll
received a letter, mentioning tina
charity bears interest, and that tn
accumulated interest on weni,
francs, which he, prompted by
generous impulse had given to
man in appearance a beggar, wa
lying athis disposalin Roihschild'
Office, to the amount Of 10000
francs, having borne five huhdre
fold, like tho seed in the parable
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05

Sir John Lubbock shows that
wasps preserve their grasshnrpsfz
for winters uae by crushing the
subnsophagal ganglion, thus pro-
ducing paralysis, the gpasshoppe'
remaining insensible. but not dead
The wasp administers an easil,
dires,ible sirur Until the animal !
required for the table.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05

One ofthe French guests abused
the hospitality of Philadelphia by
capturing a thiefin his room. lie
misunderstood the customs Of our
country. We don't want our
thieves caught,
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05

The fox hunting expenditure Of
Ireland is reckoned as amounting
in the aggregate to about $a,soo,-
600 a year. This Mr.. Parncll has
now stopped, SO far as he can.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05

In one week lately a London
firm imported fcr'y-ayc. tons 0'
rabbits.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05

- = n.s.r Z, bona ss..ly made. cos,iv
Aderss Tnos 4 Co, Augusta, Ne.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05

Seven thousand Mofwomeu are
divided among 1000 Mormen.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05

= maYm mtm.


Come 4tall muse ~ no Nurs n1fe.
hnd 'pntlH ny aehina breast
~ wlNu w hapry diyi NJ yofe.
Thy tmlls hath sweeienai fsai.
AMI though The sofld MI howhlns be.
And cold the friends most isaf
Vet when ihN smile shall b,am on mo.
Ny aaddened hsaa twill cheer
I've seen The siles that tfst wefebfigm.
ny dafkened clouds o'efcaat.
And nowets vlthefcd BY tie blight
Ofauiuun's chilling blast.
And time TO me- alas has proved.
That all thing. pass away.
For have trusted and have loved,
And seen bright hopes decay
But thou, falr muse, ! ut'er have known
a hckle ffont TO wear,
Nor seen upon Thy brow a frown-
a smile Is always there;
And though the dearest friends forsakc,
And coldly turn from me.
My heart may bleed, bu, ere II break
Twill solacc find In thee.
Come then my muse TO inc again
And as IN days OF yorc,
With thy sweet smile soothr every pain,
And cheer my heart once more;
And though the world shall darkly frowr
And loved ones all depart,
Thy smile small be my hope, my crown,
And buoy my sinking heart.
Malvern, Oct ,gih, 1881.
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neus V commercial men.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-01-22
Aristocratic oilers.

The men who do no work and yetlive
on the fat of the land, are constantly In
creasing il New York. do not refer
TO the clever fellows who pick up all
sorts of odds and ends by their wits.
but 10 the heightened idlers along
Fifth Avenue and thereabout, who toll
not, neither do they spin, and yet dress
in the best, and fare sumptuously every
day, chiefly at the clubs. Most of them
are the sons of men who laidup fortunes
by just as hard work as any of our busy
merchants are doing now. The fortunes
were put into real estate or some other
form of permanent investment, and now
yield handsome annual returns. We have
landlords in New York whose rent rolls
run from $4,000 to $50. 900 year, and
in some cases to 100000. These, l
need hardly say, are exclusive of the
Astors, Goelets and other heirs to enor-
nous estates. We have scores of very
rich men, besides, who made great
fortunes in trade or by speculation, and
who rank as millionaires, though their
names are not often seen in the papers,
As a rule, the sons of these magnates,
of the first class and the second, have DO
inclination TO work. 1t was enough for
their fathers and grandfathers to do
that. What they live for is to have a
good time-to dress at the top of the
fashion, drive fast horses, be hail fellows
well met with the nabobs of the clubs,
get invitations to stylish dinners and
receptions. and in general way copy
the manners and dress of the English
aristocracy as closely as possible. A
good deal has been said from time to
time about the growth of privileged
class in New York. The class is a very
large one, and it includes another class,
which may be called the community of
aristocratic idlers. As families require
large wealth, and set up in the fashion
able world. this class steadily increases.
Our friends the communists dislike it
greatly, and would like to pull it down,
but it keeps on growing. and will con-
time to do so. Its existence is, no
doubt. one of the inevitable consequent
ees of the accumulate on of money in in
dividual hands, Cor. Detroit Free
Dy.ess
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-01-22
Tame Eels.

A gentleman of Rockport, Mass, has
domesticated some eels by feeding them
IN brook, till the largest one, two feet
long, will allow him to take it into his
hands and treat it as kitten. When
the owner goes to the brook, he calls
them with peculiar whistle, and thew
come rushing briskly from. down
stream. Not long ago he brought them
his usual lunch of fish and mackerel,
when only the large one came. The
eel waited for a few moments. then
turned down stream, and soon came
back, bringing his tardy family to sup.
per.
We might here mention that the uues-
ton as to the generation of eels is con-
sidered one of the most puzzling in
natural history. One ancient author
supposed that eels were born of the
mud; another that they were produced
from particles scraped from the bodies
of large eels when they rubbed them
selves against stones. There is a popu-
lar notion in many districts in the north
of England that eels are generated from
horsehairs deposited in springs and
rivulets. Small eels have been noticed
IN the thatch of cottages.
The ancient Egyptians gave the eel a
place among their dcities, aud the
Greeks were so passionately fond of this
ilsh that it was common saving among
them that the dead would return to life
II it were possible for them to taste a
morsel of this delicious food. The an
Gent Anglo-Saxon tribes had grants
and charters regulated by payments
made in eels, and four thousand of
them were yearly present from the
monks of Ramsay to those of Peter
borough. There are several places in
England which derive their names from
the quantity of eels they formerly pro-
duced.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-01-22
Thumps In PTgs-ParaIysis.

have been experimenting for years
in trying to cure the disease known as
thumps in pigs. The symptoms are
palpltation or heaving of the sides,
which increases to such an extent that
pigs thus effected will not eat and
rapidly become emaciated and soon
die from weakness. L have examined
number after death, but never could
find any of the internal organs which
showed evidence of disease. l am of
the opinion that it is caused by the ac-
emulation of fat about the heart
Several pigs affected by this disorder
this fall when about four months old,
recovered by being given teaspoonful
of spirits of turpentine for several DAYS
IN succession. The spirits of turpen-
tine were diluted with milk and turned
down their throats' from a bottle.
Usually this disorder affects pigs when
confined in a close pen, and rarely
when as old as mine were, although
l had one die with it when a wear old.
1 have lost nearly a whole litter, and
had the disease arrested when the
others were turned ont where they had
plenty of exercise. 1t generally origi-
mates in close confinement, which
would naturally cause an accumulation
of fat.
Turpentine seems to be a natural
medicine for pigs in relieving this spas
modic action of the heart. and also in
destroying parasites, which sometimes
affect the kidneys and cause lameness
or partial paralysis of the hinder parts
another form of disease which is
quite common with pigs. An applica-
ton of spirits of turpentine across the
loins will sometimes affect the cure of
the latter. 1t is such powerful pene-
trative that it extends to every part of
the system, reaching these internal
organs, which no medicine have ever
tried does so effectually. have never
known any injury to result from adj
ministering it. The cases cured by
spirits of turpentine were the only ones
l ever knew in which there was a re-
covery after the thumps had begun. 1t
is not a contagious disease, as l have
sometimes lost only one pig in a litter.
and then again have lost all but one.
Early pigs, and especially those born
in the winter while the sows are con-
fined in pens, are more liable to be af-
fected with it than when the sows are
running out and have access to the
ground. This is the only fatal disorder
that ever prevailed among pigs in this
part of the country. Paralysis from
worms in the kidneys, or, as it might
perhaps be better described, soreness
across the loins, which makes the pig
unwilling or unable to move its hinder
parts. is the next most fatal disease. /
have always succeeded in curing this
by external or internal use of spirits o:
turpentine as spoken Of above.-L. D.
Curtis, ia Country Gentleman.
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Something About Babies.

According to a Yorkshire notion, a
new born infant should be laid first in
the arms of a maiden before anyone
touches it; and in some places the in-
fant's right hand is left unwashed in
order that he may gather riches. II is,
too, considered very important by many
that an infant should go up in the world
before it goes down. Thus, in Cleave-
land, says Mr.. Henderson, if child
should be born in the top story of a
house, for want of fight of stairs one
of the gossips will take it in her arms
and mount table, chair. or chest of
drawers before she carries it down
stairs.
In the north of England, when an in
FAINT for the first time goes out of the
house, it is presented with an egg. some
salt and a little loaf of bread, and occa-
sionally small piece of money-these
gifts being supposed to insure that the
child shall never stand in need of the
common necessaries of life. In the
East Riding of Yorkshire few matches
are added to light the child to heaven.
1t was, too, in former times, custom
airy, and the practice is not yet obsolete,
to provide large cheese and cake, and
cut them at the birth of the child. These
were called "the grooming cake and
cheese" and were distributed among all
the neighbors.
In Yorkshire this cake is termed the
pepper cake and in some localities
the sickening cake" 1t is the source
of a species of divihation, for being cut
into small pieces bv the medical man.
it is divided among the unmarried of the
female sex, under the name of " dream
ing bread" Each one takes a piece,
places il in the foot of the left stocking,
and throws it over the left shoulder.
This being done, they must retire to bed
backward. without uttering word, and
those who are lucky enough to fall
asleep before midnight are favored with
sight of their future husband in their
dreams.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-01-22

AT a negro prayer-meeting, one Of
the brethren earnestly prayed that they
might be preserved from what he called
their "upsettin' sins.'' .Brudder,"
said one of the elders, "yer hain't
'zactly got de hang OBJ dat ar word. It's
besiitin'-not upsettin'." "Brudder, :"
replied the corrected, "ef dat's SO, it's
so; but l was prayin' de lawd ter sabe
us from de sin OBJ 'toxication, an eff dat
amt upsettin' sin, dunno"
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Mrs. Baird. of Troy. Wis. was /

Mrs. Baird, of Troy, Wis, was 1Os
years of age when she died. Her moth
er died at the age of 102, and her sister
lived 10 see 105. Mrs. Baird had never
suffered day of illness, and took one1
mile walks daily with ease. On the day
of her death she was about, and waited
upon herself as usual, passing away
quietly and suddenly. She was strang-
er to spectacles, her eyesight being per-
feet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-01-22

Dublin is eminently garrison town
and the terrors of Boycotting are almost
entirely lost in the delight experienced
at the return of the Guards, which that
process has necessitated. The Guards
are chiefly composed of younger MEM
bers Of the aristocracy, and Dublin re-
joices in live lord. When last quar-
tered there, at the time of the Fenian
troubles. the Guards gave fancy ball
and several other brilliant fetes. SIM
liar engagements are now hoped for.
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Chicago Journal

Lewis Ii. OConor, Esq, whose office is
located at 80 Washington street. this city,
lately related the following in the hearing of
one of our reporters as an evidence Of special
good fortune. have been suffering, said Mr..
O'Conor, for number of weeks with very
severe pain In my back, believed to be from
the effects of cold contracted while on the
lakes. had been prescribed for by several
of our physicians and used various remedies
Three days ago 1 abandoned them all, and
bought bottle Of St. Jacobs Oh, applied it
at night before retiring and to-day feel like
q new man. experienced almost instant
relief and now feel no pain whatever.