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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-04-15
RelnarkabIe Aaeident.


Virginia (Ney.3 Chfoniole.i
III A most remarkable accident happened
mt the Hale & Norcross mine last night.
4 cage with six men was coming up the
shaft at ii O'clock the hour for chang
ING shifts. When about GOO feet from
the bottom, at point where there is an
irregular place in the guides, the cage
suddenly lurched to one side, throwing
the men to the other. Patrick HolEind,
who was on the outside, was crowded
off Instead Of falling to the bottom
and being dashed to pieces, he was safely
lodged on a wallzplate, Il, The other men
on the cage supposed he1had fallen INTO
the sump, Of course, When they
reached the surface they got the usual
sack and boxes and started back to the
SUNNI to gather UP the fragments Of the
body, As they approached the place
where the man was thrown of, they
heard voice below them telling them
10 20 slow, They did not know what to
make of this strange discovery. never
surprising it possible for Holland to be
anvwhere else than at the bottom.
Mifen they saw him safe on his narrow
perch they could scarcely believe their
ANY one who has assembled q soft
knows how rapidly the wall-plates fit
by when the lantern is held 50 as to
bring them to view. The cage from
which Holland was thrown was coming
M at the usual rate of speed. How the
man could possibly have been lodged on
one of these pieces Of timber without
being iammed by The cage or Knocked
OFF as it wentpasthim is a wonder. The
| wall plate is d square timber, fourteen
bw sixteen inches so that there was very
Iitle standing room. for Holland while
lshe was waiting forA the cage to come
down and rescue him.. If the shaft hac
been SO light that heicould look down
I anv considerable distance of the COY
feet between him and the. bottom, h
would scarcely have had the nerve t
cling to his narrow footing. The dark
ness of all mining shafts is point Il
favor of the miners, preserving thel
co6lness when placed in ticklish posi-
ton. A couple Of pumpnen will throw
I fpotlwide plank across a shaft 1000 fee
|. from the bottom. The darkness OF tn
shaft prevents the thought Of the awtu
abyss below from being constantly pres
1 ant f44 h. tfn
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Scale Of Titles.

A writer IN Chambers Journal, who
has Travelled in the Western States, has
discovered the scale by which titles are
given:
A speaker at an American "Conven-
tion, "being addressed as "Colonel, /" de-
-clared he was not even captain.
Don't you live in Missouri he
asked.
He owned that he did, and IN a house
with two chimneys.
'eHhen / Yves right, exclaimed the
man. f'Oyer there, il man has three
chimneys on his house. he's a general;
if two. he's a colonel; if only one, he's
a major, aud ii he lives ia . aug-otit and
has no chimney, he's a captain, any
how.
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HuMORs OF TuE nay

DAMp cellars bar. tenders.
IaF cakes should never be served lot
"cilyE Us 4 songln i please sing ~
quest
I'm highest priced coal is about Ie-
high
A MISPLACED switch moy ruin loco.
motive Or spoil q boy.
MHAr is the prime object 81 soldiers
drill2 10 make holes III the enemy
NorHISs keeps i man from knowledge
and wisdom like thinking he has both.
"a JorRxAl heads nn article IA Llrn
til Escapes and Mnrlics Widow" as.
cnpod, 81? We should say he get
caught
'rHE condition of tho tites Il said 70 BE
one of discomfort The ast lot Of paper
collars sent them had the button holes
omitted s.
AnJHcrve aro The millinery of litera-
ture, tnd, like tho trimmings " dress,
the} should not 10 allowed to obscure
lhe mainal fnbric Boatuit Colaiet
A SARCASTIC writer speaks Of m enemy
Vile la hut one step removed from an
taS.. 5n'd better midNc il three or four.
l3lp nHitaui lHss leng reach backward.
Da, r.,rcy,r seo 4 N,man ,lh, dowp9
af r8ni,sa y0r maven looted. but then
ya1.y,, sea', tb5m She didn't flourish
lFopnd lika an intoxicated jumping jack
4 hihur tl.e air WiIh arms ana bad words,
as II lnant,!oca; bHt slie simply abbreyi.
atas. so II slieaG. hlla crushed hat or
lsataet drinking cup. while Won stand by
Hill wonder you never noticed that hole
\ III the 5ideWaII before.
eo,tsypnrgs
lWas ilarry uho lie silence broke.
ais Eete Why a,s y99aq llse t,te Y.
3o1 , @Sa4s Ra,a.e yape II pose Taod w. s s'bs Se
uwl,y geurts / t,een sbo said.
a tneti- hcaft 7 horssedi 80 low,
lsl i, psTe, i se .o,y yrIs st ln las Is3 knew .
,na..,s....,, .na a.ri1 nnt, III aon ~
4 ttfa NJ IL couldn't quite perceive.
"Inss ltaye sometimes aid make how,
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yitiated Air and Intemperance.

a working man writes to the Christian
Register concerning the connection ot
bad air and intempcranca. He says that
working in large room III a shoe factory,
with from fifty to hundred others, the
fumes Of tobacco, Tningling with tile sick
ening smell Of leather, lie found it use
less to try to ventilate the room by the
windows Every morning he lowered
them nm inch. bnt in half an hour all
would be closed The door had spring,
which prevented its being left open a
minute. and there was no way Of secur-
ing fresh air. When he left his work at
night he felt so faint and lifelcss that he
longed for stimulnnt. Many Of the
men went at once to the nearest saloon,
when the days work was ended. The
men think it is hard work that makes
them feel so tired, but in reality it is the
breathing and rebreathing, hour after
hour, air which has been deprived Of its
oxygen, and is loaded with poison. or
course, ill-health is general among the
workmen, and it is not strange that the
fifty drink shops in the town are well
supported II is much to be wished that
employers understood the importance OF
securing an abundant supply Of pure air
in their shops and factories TO do so
would serve their interests, as the work
men would perform their tasks with more
vigor and speed. There would also be
less time lost from drunkenness. Smok-
ing in the work-room should be prohib-
\ tied. No intelligent person will deny
i that tobacco smoke in an unyentilated
room is not only sickening to many per.
sons, but dangerous TO ALL
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Several months ago Mrs La Bubble
died, and since that time La Rubble has
been paying attentions to old Miss Whee-
zer, rich old maid Of Cleveland.
II do wish that You would bring your
little girl to see me the next time you
come, requested Miss Wheezer, the
other night, when Ia Bubble was taking
his leave. a D.3f
1 will be rejoiced but she is such a
little romp that | am afraid you will be
tired OF the visit.
nOh, no, I answered Miss Wheezer,
with a sudden unbegling ol frame char
acteristic Of lenye, I, / cRn never grow
tired Of visit which involves your own
presence"
Thank you. Good night;' and after
lingering one moment more TO squeeze a
prndish hand, La Bubble left, and, as
the young noyelists say, strobe down the
street
Next evening La Rubble and his little
girl called. Miss Wheezer pressed the
child to her-well, say bosom--li.an!d. COW
cred the little upturned face with kisses.
Releasing herself, the child ran to her
father, and, leaving him. went on q mis-
cellaneous excursion around the room,
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NEWS GLEhNlNGS.

FiTemen WHO nave seENeU llVe years
in Charlotte, NJ. G., are exempt from
jury duty
A farmer iii Thomas county, Ga, is
going to plant 300 acres in corn, More.
corn in the cotton region is desirable.
The bonded. debt Of Selma; Ala, is
said to be about 100000, or about
twenty FIVE PET. cent. 9f the assessed
value ofafeal estate. 7k
II i estimated that the amount, Of
damages done in Georgia during the re-
cent freshets viii amount, in round
numbers to more, than 81 100000.
Ii is predicted that Mississippi will be
visited this year by the thirteen and sew
enteen year, locusts--an event which is
believed to occur only every 22l years.
For the purpose Of protecting sheep
in Bupcombe county, N. q, Commits.
sioners are allowed, by law recently en-
acted, to pay $40 for the killing Of "a
wolf.
The Legislature Of North Carolina has
passed arr act to prohibit the sale Of
ardent spirits to minors Right Of action
is given to the parent or guardian or
employer Of such minor.
The New Orleans Times says that
there are $50 Texas veterans Of the Mex.
lean wa, who served from 1885 to 1887,
living. They will each receive from
Texas 1,280 acres Of land, underline new
law.
According to a San Antonia (Tex.
correspondent Of the New Orleans DEM
ocrat, San Antonia contains about Z 900
Americans, 5000 Germans and 5000
Mexicans, with a liberal sprinkling of
spania1ds, French, Italians, Hungafians,
Irish and Poles, aggregating altogether
about 21,000-population. IN.
A mass-meeting has been held at Dor
chester, Liberty county, Ga, to consider
the question of introducing steam navi-
cation on the Qgeechee, Sunbury, Rice
boro and South Newport rivers There
would be.freight to and from Savannah,
and fruit and vegetables could be raised
for the Northern markets.
Only $4,000 is wanting, the Richmond
Dispatch says, to secure to the Univer-
sity Of Virginia the gift Of the finest tel
Escape in the world, an observatory, and
an ample endowment of the chair Of as
tronomy, the whole valued at$l20, 900.
The amount must be secured by April
lst in order to comply with the condi-
tions Of Mr.. McCormick's gift.
Steamers can now transport freight in
unbroken bulk from St. Antilony's Falls
to the Gulf Of Mexico, a distance Of
2,l6l miles, and from Pittsburg to Fort
Benton, Montana, 4, 1873 miles. Lighter
craft can ascend the Allegheny, an ex-
tension Of the Ohio river, to 0lean, New
York, $50 miles above Pittsburgh, and
The Missouri to- Great Falls, near where
that river leaves the Rocky Mountains
The Wheeling. CIV. Na.) Intellgencer
says that the counties in which the dog
Law recently passed BY The Legiaature
is now.in force, BY which 4 tax Of fifty
cents and one dollar is imposed respect
lively upon male and female, ,dogs,yare a:
follows Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke
Grant, Greenbrier, Hancock Hafrisoh,
jackson, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Mar
shall Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Richie
Roane, Randolph, Summers, Taylor
Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Writ and Wood
In the other counties the law is left op
tionsl, to be submitted to the people on
the petition Of 100 voters, ..
-
Tho (luacIy flutxvfttad
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Responsibilities Of nSFaitty.

Son and heir (suddeIly dissatisfied
with his stature, his persalalappear,nae,
and the quality of his intellect Aw+
what on earth eyah could have induced
you two people to mawwy ?"
Sir Robert and Lady MaWiali The
old, old stohwy, my dearsboy We feil
in love with one anotliah-7-aw IVA y -i77----'
Son and heir 'Aw-well tyuu'r W
both such awf'ly good old deaws, that ]
forgive you. But you weaIly should
have had bettah taste, you know. mad
each have fallen in love with a diileweAt
kind of person altogethah, and given q
fellow chance? You see, it is all OWN
to your joint interfeawencei in my iffaaNs
that I'm under five foot one, and can't
saw bob to goose, and--a--tjhstly pass
for being the gweatest guy in the whole
country-aw Just look at me, eopfound
1T fThey look at him and. then at each
otherEand haven't word to sayli ps
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Mo- Married.

The street-car was crowded, and the
driver was inst about to start, when1, 4, Gil- !.
hooly remarked to a friend, " Jones IS
not married vet, is he ?",.'Of course
ihot."- 81 thought he was not married
vet. for I saw him carrying home a
broom Yesterday" !" A red-faced woman
snapped her eyes at Gilhooly, and
pushed a cadaverous, timid-looking man
ahead Of her as she got out OF the car.
IF all seconds were as aYegse to duels
es their spiincipals, very little blood
would be shed in that way.
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A CITIZEN Of Richmond, Virginia, being
asked in London how his town had -four
ished since the fall Of the Southern Con-
federacy. replied: "Oh, exceedingly
we'll; we live on red'lieftfhs IS arid GLORIOUS
recnllections!"
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The 0uack OutwItted.

l11IlsI
=, Dr. + an eminent physician oil
FhilIIadeglphia, and as is often the case
with eninent plysicians, IS brusque, and
ovverbeaiing IN nsnner. Among. his
ONCE patients one morning was q gentless
man WHO, after ocdnpsin9 exactly five
minutes Of the great ,Inasn's time. took q
SlU note from his pocket, and inquired
IN! tne amount Of the fee.g Fifty dollars"
sag the impatient medical man. The
patient demurred little. wherepoh the
physician rudely remarked: 4fWcll, what
10 yoH sxpects to, pay? Give. me what
wv ~ nave got, and ON receiying the$10
phl, turned scornfilly to his negro ser
want, and handing the money. renarked:
That is for yoh, Jim. = but lost his tenn
Pel s'sli WPre when his patient coolly
sna; ~ did, not know before that you
nad a naftasE: Good morning. 4, Doctor
IHE public.deht Of the United States
Is Is S6S per head; of Spain4 $154t Of
france, Si36; Of England, SIf7:ilof Hol-
sao' ssad' $ll4; Of Cangda, II $2S; Of mexico,
Ss; Of Switzerland, 81, 4, ~. Z.
"A, A NAN ! + a., 3 q .pennss lvpiiia town has
;;wen5y-nine children. Strangers pass
iLg the hellse on washing days are at a
SOss 70 determine whether it is q school
laundry. Ash xaLfs IS ia aisa
LIE whisper Of a'beautifWI woman can
al. 5e heafd furthm -lisn theE lotnlestnall-of
aaty.-Balsac.~ =
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II elastic gum is warmed, then ex-
banded and wound in q spiral upon
class tube OF wire aud cooled for short
fine III cooling mixture, it shows no
tendency to contract; but when it is sub
mitted to hot water ii returns quickly 70
its original length The phenomenon
can also be made TO appear without the
use Of the cooling mixture. II one holds
heated gum second in an expanded
condition it shows no disposition to le-
turn to its original length, but if one inn
merses it iu hot water it contrncts to one
fourth or one fifth Of its original length.
Maxwell has found that similar phenom-
ena are produced in gIitta percha.
FoR the purpose Of determining the
capacity of horse 10 undergo the priya-
tions incident to state Of siege, series
IF experiments have been made in Paris.
Tie results show. Thatha horse may
hold ont for twenty five days without any
solid nourishment, provided tits supplied
with sufficient good drinking water; that
horse can subsist ON barley five days
without water; and, thirdly, that if q
horse is well fed for ten days, but insult
ficiently supplied with water throughout
, this period twill not ontlive the eleventh
day. A horse which had received no
solid nonrishment for twelve days was
nevertheless in condition to draw a load
OF six hundred pounds on the twelfth day
of its fast
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nich -pGnnle d thn Olden Times.

That we have some very rich people
in this country there is 10 doubt, but
where are they, asks the Cincinnati STIR,
as compared with the Roman aristocrats ?
Vanderbilt maybe able togive his check
for $50. 000, 900, but when Cyrus returned
from the conquest of Asia he was rated
at $500, 900, 900. Mrs. Astor may give
an entertainment at the expense Of SO
900, and Mrs. MacFay maY give dinner
parties that cost $50, 50l, but festival
given by Ptolemy Rhiladelphns. cost W,
OBS, 900. Alexander's daily neal, frugal
as it was, cost ia 400; and money was of
SO little account to Claudius that he once
swallowed pearl that was worth 1000.
James Gordon Bennett has been known
10 give many thousands Of dollars TO
people for whom he had acquired q fancy,
int aceortiing to Taeiffis, more than
S97 100000 was given away IN 4 similar
manner by AerQ,y queens 81 fashion III
New York and san francisco have ap-
peared at balls wearing Jewels estimated
to have cost 5000, 900, which pales into
I insignificanee when compared with the
ALLEGED fact that Lolita Taulina wore
| Jewels valued at 81 ,662, 500, and that
when she wore these it was only on the
the occasion Of a plain citizens supper.
Over S50,0QQ was spent ia providing
funeral for an eccentric New Yorker
wholeft directions hpwthe money should
be spent, but the Qbsequles Of Hephaes'
ton cost 81, 800 00O. J.. Americans have
died and left millions to .tllcir sons whc
have sqilanderedi il all in ascore Of years
but Antony got away with $735, 900,
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Expense OF Fuel.

One Of tho discomforta Of winter IN
Continental Europe Is the lack Of such
fires for heating as we think essential III
American houses. II one has long
purse. and does not mind the expense,
they eau be had there MS here, but We're
one in Paris or Rome to indulge in such
roaring fires as we keep constantly golng
in furnaces and CRATES, it would hc re-
garded even by the wealthy as an eN-
travagance surpassing that Of the Roman
Emperors TO be suie, the houses are
so built as not to be as susceptible Of
changes Of temperature MS those III which
the majority of our people live, Tie
walls and partitions are thicker, the
windows and doors closer fitted, and they
retain the heat longer Then the stoves
ii nse there for heating are constructed
So that il comparatively small port ~ the
heat is wasted. But even with All these
precautions mn American, accustomed to
generous mud blR2ingi cnal and wood
fires, finds the apartments warmed sui
iieient for the comfort of tic native, cold
and uncomfortable, and shivcls as he re-
calls tile fires blazing On his native
hearth.
He learns with surprise in Paris that
the wood with which his dinner is cooked
OF his sllins warmed is sold blythe pound,
and IL weighed out to the purchaser Rs
carefully as butter, sugn, % coffee. a
handful 81 twigs, suell as IN America
would be allowed to rot, costs five cents,
and better wood at proportionate prices.
So fires on the continent nre 4 luxury,
md III many houses, except furcooklng,
ne fires are seen the year roand.
But il fires are expensive and fuel
scarce aud high ID Continental Europe,
what shall we say ~ Japan, where char
coal, split wood, brush and dried grnss
are uscd for cooking nnd heating booths,
| and Is hardly ever used outside the cltles,
fm purely heating purposes. The char
coal is made in wooded regions, and ear
ried to the settlements iii straw saclas on
| the backs Of men and horses. 1t cost
from twenty-five to fifty cents the 100
| pounds Cut wood is sold in small bum
dles Of Sin sticks. each Stick being about
eighteen inches in length Ivy two inches
in diameter, and is sold at about one
cent bundle. A good comfortable fire,
such as our people must have to keep
them warm, would cost several dollars q
day.
But our extravaganza in fuel dlmln-
ishes with the years and the increasing
cost Of fuel. We will travel goodwaysi
| and have then to seek communities re-
mote from railroads, to find such wood
fires as kept the log cabins and thin
frame houses of tine pioneers warm, Tn,
great fre-places, with their wide front.
and immense chimneys, their great
andirons, baclS-logs, fore-logs, and sec
tious Of seasoned split wood four on five
feet long, piled high, are hardly know
save in remote settlements. But w
make almost as extravagant use Of con
rs our fathers did of wood, and vii
probably continue to do SO till the cos
Of it compels study Of economy in tn
methods Of heating houses, and servants
ARE instructed how to manage fires soa
to secure the most heat with the lens
amount Of fuel. - Cincinnati CONNER
cidB.
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A New YoRK boarder asked diminu-
ton of his rent because efa the dampness
Of his house. 1t was naturally refused,
and the boarder gave notice that he
would leave He got even with his land
lord by planting beautiful mushroom
in his bed-chamber, and whenever any
one came to see the apartment he would
call to the servant girl: Bridget, see
here, what is this mushroom doing in
this room? 1t seems to me that told
you to take it away" to which Bridget
answers: 81 did as yon told me, sir, but
another must have grown there since. /"
JUDGE CALDWELL, of North Carolina,
at one time was obliged to calliupon an
old darkey to open his court. It was
evidently the, first time he had acted in
the capacity Of bsiliff. He began 30,
yes! D, yesl o, yesl De hono'ble, de
| Cot is now on de bench" Then, after
hesitating a moment, as,if not knowing
what to say, he seemed TO- hit 1t. and
ended by eKclaiming, ''An may de Layd
have mercy on his soul !" Caldwell re-
torted Immediately, THAT'S right, my
man; that's right; il there ever was q
Court that needed the mercy Of God, its
This one. - Harper's MaQaziae. fa d
SOME men are so iniTfovident that il
thousand dollar notes were selling fod' a
hcent piece, they couldn't lift mort.
gage on q two-cent postage stamp.
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THfT,E are a great many men born in
the world who imagine that they we're
Horn with genius, and lie down ON the
sofa and wait for an inspiration until
some other fellow; WHO thought himself
Ounce, rises by hard labor to o compe-
fencv, buys the sofa, ana leads the wait
iig genius out by the ear. This As not a
joke il is a,facL nAas si4
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ssWHonvER is-suspicious ihtites treason.
- V0ttdire.
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iHE whisper Of asbealftifFl Noman can
S,,. A. neard furtha.-tlisn tfeE lotnlestnall.of
aaty.-Baizac.~