The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-07-01
NTEREsTING PARAGRAPHS.

A CABIN was first built to vessel in
l22s
KITCHENS in South America have boon
known to be furnished throughout with
utensils made Of silver.
"VoIuMMoslTY and funipotent
are two new English words which have
Just appeared. Tho Inst ia applied 20
spiritualists in Pollock's "Spino2a
A NEW safety lamp for miners cmits
loud sound whenever an explosive mix
ture of gas and air enters it, thus giving
warming of the presence Of tire-damp
TnE favorto day for marriages in Paris
is Saturday, on the morning of which
there may be seen on the streets landaus
and barouches with white horses driven
with white reins.
Ira girl has pretty teeth she laughs
often. if she's got a pretty foot she'll
wear a short dress, and il she's got neat
hand. she's fond Of game Of whist, and
il the reverse she dislikes all these small
affairs.
In IS related that California pioneer,
seeing n Chinaman coolly draw "navy
| six 2 and shoot white ruiiian neatly
through The abdomen, exclaimed with
much earnest enthusiasm; "Ihem Chi
nese is takin' on Christian ways surprLsin'
fast"
YOU'VE man, don't be afraid that hon
est, legitimate oycrwork will shorten
your days. II is better TO wear out in n
home, built up by your own efforts at
the age Of sixty.iiye, than il is 70 rust out
in the poor-house five years later. -
whitehall Times.
WHITTIER says that the first money he
ever earned was paid for copy Of
Shakespeare, and that it proved 10 be
the best investment he ever made. ''Iho
long years since" he adds, "have only
deepened my admiration Of the great
creative poet.
A MONTREAL thief had thrown a bun
die of goods out through the rear window
Of store, and would have followed in
safety had he not stopped to read par
agraph which caught his eye in news
paper lying on the counter. The delay
caused his capture.
RALPH NroK1EBY was hard, cold,
selfish man, without a grain Of generous
impulse. Newman Noggs was a kind
hearted man, without grain of self in
his composition. Nickleby was rich;
Noggs, poor. The one was wise man;
the other, fool. Question for debate,
Which was the happier of the two?
In CHINA literary property is on the
same footing as other property. A per-
son printing and selling the works Of an
author without his permission is liable
to punishment Of 100 blows Of the bam-
boo and three years deportation. II he
has stopped short at printing and not
begun to sell, the penalty is fifty blows
together with the forfeiture Of books
and blocks for which il is intended 70
print.
"DEAN" BUCHANAN tells in his con-
fession of fortune-teller in Philadel-
plia who reads destiny by the light of a
candle made of human fat, Of a doctor
who goes to Europe annually and brings
back love-powders, which he represents
are compounded at the shrine of Cupid
in Minervas temple, and of concern
which sells the pulverized gizzard Of {
, chicken as compound to produce arti
fetal digestion.
THE site Of an ancient camp of Indianr
at Cambridge, Mass, has for many year.
! been occupied bya Baptist Church. The
: spirits Of the red men haunt the spot
: because they cannot rest under the wrong
P done them by the whites, and three time
9 they .haye burned the Westinghouse
r On each occasion an Indian war-whool
!, was heard, mingled with the cracking q
a the flames. Old residents tell this stor
7 with great solemnity.