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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-12-07
Personal AND LITERARY.


Walter Besant is writing new
novel called "All in a Garden Green.n
In the humble opinion of the New Or
leans Pic6yune Walter must be prepar-
ing to give his readers the cholera
The author of "Vice Versa
novel which has made more OF a COM
motion in England than any since "Jane
Eyre" is the son of London tailor.
Some of his ardent admirers predict for
him future as great as that of the la
mented Charles Dickens. Chicago
Herald.
The writings of President Garfield
in two 750-page volumes, edited by Pres
ident Hnsdale, of Hiram College, to be
published by Boston firm, are owned
by Mrs. Garfield, who has exclusive con-
troll of the work, owns the plates, and
will receive whatever profit arises from
the sale of the books.
Jennie Lind now resides in London,
the mistress of spacious and attractive
home. Her hair is only slightly tinged
with gray; her eyes bright and happy,
her form well preserved, and, although
she has reached the age OF sixty years.
she looks fully ten years younger. She
retains kindly memories of the stage,
but her general advice to young aspir-
ants is-don't.
In his history of Bowdoin College.
Prof. A. s. Packard says he remembers
Hawthorne as he looked in the recita-
tion-room, with "the same shy, gentle
bearing black, dropping, full, inquisi-
tive eye, and low, musical voice that he
ever had" and Longfellow sitting two
seats behind Hawthorne, a fair-haired
youth, blooming with health and early
promise. N T. Herald.
MIR. S. G. Hale, veteran name in
literature, announces for publication in
March next "a Retrospect of u Long
Life" in which he promises to give es-
pecial prominence to his recollection Of
Ireland sixty years ago, when he says
he .'frequently bought eggs eight for
penny and chickens for eight pence a
couple. There were no markets except
in large towns, and there was no mode
of locomotion."
"A correspondent thus describes
Nine. Bernada1i, the fair Russian who
aspires to be known as the most beauti
full woman in Paris ." i saw her at the
opera, looking the very type Of perfect,
| il soulless, loveliness. The eyes are of
mouth small and shaped like Cupid's
bow. The exquistely shaped head is
set to perfect on on the white, rounded
throat, and the shoulders in mold and
covering would put 10 shame the most
artistic form ever sculptured in marble.
II her face were only expressive it would
be divine She will be next season one Of
the queens of Partisan society" ~ y
| Tribune.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-12-07
What Our Ancestors Ate.

Persons of extreme views are apt TO
maintain that all mankind. being nor
mally savages, were as normally cannf-
balls; but, leaving that moot question
altogether ON one side, it seems prOba-
BILE that humanity ate acorns long be-
fore they ate cereals or learned the art
of making bread, and that the yenera-
tion entertained BY the Druids of Gaul
and Britain for the oak was due to the
circumstance that its glands were the
staple food OF the people. Bread, prop
erly so called, was transmitted by the
Greeks to the Romans; and either the
latter or the Phpnicians may have in
troduced the cultivation of corn into
Gaul. While, however, the land was
mainly covered with immense forests, n
long time must have elapsed be-
fore the practice of eating acorns,
chestnuts and beach mast W aban-
doned, and even when corn was regu-
larly grown, ripened and harvested,
the grains were merely plucked from
the ear and eaten raw or slightly
parched. The next step was to infuse
the grains in hot water for the making
of species of Cruel or polridge, and a
long time afterward it may have occur
red to some bright genius to pound the
corn in mortar or rub it to Il powder
between two stones. Subsequently
came the hand-mill; but it was notuntil
after the First Crusade that the wind
mill was introduced from the East,
whittier it had probably found its way
from China. The first bread was evil
IDENTIFY baked on the ashes and unleav-
ened, and the intolerable pangs of indi-
gestion brought on by a continual course
of s'galette' or .'damper" may have
suggested the use of afermenting agent,
which in the first instance was probably
stale bread turned sour Plny has dis
tinctly told us in his Natural History
that the Gauls leavened their bread with
yeast made from the lye Of beer; yet,
strangelyenough, they abandoned the use
of beer yeast, aud did not resume il
until the middle of the seventeenth
century. Its revival in France made
the fortune of many bakers; then the
medical faculty sounded an alarm, de-
claring that yeast made from beer was
poisonous. It's employment was pro-
hibited by law in 1866, but the outcry
raised by the bakers and the public was
so vehement that in the following year
the decree of prohibition was cancelled,
with the proviso that the yeast was to
be procured only from beer freshly
brewed in Paris or its immediate neigh
borhood. Some form OF fermented
bread, however, the French had been
eating for sixteen hundred wears, in
contradistinction to the Cruel and pulse
eating Italians and Levantines and the
purely vegetarian Hindus. --Londo1i
/ Telegraph
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THE LITTLE BANANA PEEL.

Like bar of the beaten gold
CLEAN in he summer sun;
am little, know. but think can throw
A man that will weigh a ton.
/ send out no challenges bold,
blow me no vauntinr horn,
But foolish is he who treadeth on me;
He'll wish he had ne'or been born.
Like the flower OF the field vain man
Goeth forth at tfe break of day,
But when he shall feel my grip on his heel
Like the sti.Otle he fadcth away;
For | lift BIN high up in the air,
With f.s,s heels where his head ought TO be;
With down-coming crash he maketh his
mash,
And know he's clear gone upon me.
4 am scorned by the man who buys me;
am modest, and quiet and meek;
Though my talents are few, yet the work
that | do
Has oft made the cellar doors creak.
I'm a blood-red republican born,
And Nihitist fearless be;
Though the head wear crown, Iwould bring
its pride down,
If II set its proud heel upon me.
Robert j. Biudctte. IN Hdrpei's Mdgdztnc.
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Mrs. Kettle, prominent singer OF
Hamilton, Ont, was awakened the other
night by the crying of her child. She
quieted it, and both were soon asleep,
but she was again awakened, this time
by sharp pain in the ear, when she
screamed, and by the low burning gas
she saw rat run away. II had bitten
Mrs. Kettles ear so as to make it bleed.
Examining her babe. she found upon its
ear the imprints Of the rat teeth.
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The following sign is on photo
graph gallery at Santa Cruz. Cali.
;. And God said let there be light and
there was light We viii use that light
to your advantage"
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Josh Billings advice; ssMi dea-
boy. selekt your buzzem friend with
CRATE canshun; once selekted, indorss
hlnrwith yure bottom dollar"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-12-07

-Two-year-old trees OF the apple.
plum, pear and cherry are the best size
for planting. Peach trees should be
one year old. Stocky. low -branched
specimens win give the besl satisfaction,
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
MRS. SCovILLE IN EXILE.
A Letter to Friend in Washington
Why She Lost Her Case

A Letter to Friend in Washington
Why She Lost Her Case.
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a letter was received
District Bar from Mrs. Frances NJ Scovile,
dated Tecumseh House, London, Ont, Nov.
5. She says;
"You have doubtless heard before this that
jury in Chicago have found me guilty of in
sanity. am trying to get a new trial and to
receive competent help for the same. 1 was
obliged to go into the trial with Mr.. Scoville
and another old experienced lawyer against
me, while my attorney was a young man of
no experience in insanity or criminal cases.
Notwithstanding all the witnesses furnished
him and the splendid testimony they gave for
me, we lost the case because he did not know
qow to work it up or try it, / came away to
save my child. see by the papers that DIR.
Hicks and the museum felix's are negotiating
about my poor brothers bones again. Don't
let them, if it can be prevented, put them on
exhibition; it is too horrible to think about
/ am trying to get new trial in Chicago. If
denied shall remain here and if Mr.. SEQ
vile comes on for Bertha, shall fight it out in
Canada My attorney and all those l have
met say that they cannot get me adjudged in
cal experts, and before judge. Whether that
is better or not am in doubt. All my friends
and they number about all who were on the
stand-said l was, and always had been,
sane; but still the verdict was against me, and
on the testimony mainly of Mcfarland and
Kiernan, tive experts whom Mr.. Scoville had
on the Guiteau trial. Unless / am adiudged
sane again somewhere Il supposee I have no
more legal existence than an sinfant or an idiot
in America and can only prosecute my rights
in court through conservator or custodian
Mr.. Scoyille's persecution of me comes partly
from his desire to possess himself of all my
interest in property, and partly from devlish
Jealousy. as unfounded as it is ridiculous
The letter closes with some requests looking
to Emaking some arrangement with Gibson
Brothers to supply her with books to be sold in
Canada,
LONDON, Ont, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Scoville has
under consideration the advisability of deliver
ing lecture while here. and is now negotiat-
ing with the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion to that end.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
THE METHoDISTs.
The Foreign Mission List Com
pleted.
LIBERAL APPROPRIATIONS MADE
FOR THE MISSIONARIES.

NEW York, Nov. 9-The General Mission
ary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church
met again yesterday In the building of the
Methodist Book Concern Bishop Merrill in
the chair. The greater portion of the morning
session was consumed in arguments as to the
advisability of making more liberal appropria-
tion for the societys mission in Bulgaria this
year and last year. 1t was urged by some that
the fruits of the mission to the church were
hardly what might be expected, when the
large amount of money which had been ex-
pended for its support since its establishment
about $169, ,000-was Considered. Others argued
that work had been greatly retarded in the
mission by the war between Turkey and Rus
sia, and that at present there was a good op-
portunity, which should not be lost, to further
the work of the church in that part of the
world.
Bishop Hurst spoke strongly in favor of ex-
tending substantial aid to the mission, and
those who we're in favor of doing so finally car
ried their point. The subject of appropriating
an eligible position in Naples awakened much
discussion. A motion to appropriate $4,000
for the object was lost.
The society tEen proceeded to complete its
budget OF appropriations, which amounted al
together to $361, 1878.
Following is a list of the principal missions
and the several amounts appropriated: Africa
Liberia, $500; interior work, $500; South
America, $29, IT'S; China, $79,797; Germany
and Switzerland, $24 900; Scandinavia, $45,-
$50; india, $66 $50; Bulgaria and Turkey,
$16,509; Italy, $26, 500; Mexico, $780, Japan
$35, ,6e7.
The appropriations for missions in the Unit
ed States, not in annual conferences, to be ad-
ministered as foreign missions, made dnring
Black Hills, $4,000; Dakota, $500; Montana,
SS50O
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
JURY BRIBERS.
Fall Before the Court in Wash
ington Yesterday.
Gov. Wells Makes a GRAY eCharge
Against Mr.. Williams.
Who in Reply Only Says "You Lieo
An Exciting Court Scene.
Who in Reply Only Says "You Lie"
An Exciting Court Scene.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-Fall's case came up
in the police court this forenoon. GOV. Wells
opened the proceedings by reading the warrant
and the accompanying affidavi9 OF Juror Brown
upon which Fall was arrested.
Davis, counsel for Fall, then said he would
waive the examination.
Gov. Wells commented in severe terms up
on the infamy of the offense with which Fail
is charged. 1t had come to that pass, he said,
that young men struggling to establish a law
practice before this bar could not hope to sue
ceed without subornation of jurors.
Judge Smell said he believed that this was
done before the other court.
Gov. Wells replied that it sprouted here and
developed in the other court He made this
point because he intended to demand large
bail. He instanced Foote'S case, where he
said an officer of the court had aided in con-
sealing the fugitive.
The court-Who was that?
Mr.. Wells--Mr. Williams.
Mr. Williams-You lie
An angry scene following, both gentlemen
speaking at the same time. The court called
them to order. Williams said he meant no
disrespect to the court
Wells-He sits there like a sneak and makes
remarks which your honor cannot hear and
then prates of respecting the court
Judge Snell-Ths is irregular. / shall i'm
pose penalty upon Williams. l shall fine
him $40.
After further dissension Davis recalled the
dttcubiuu u tHo COurb 10 bu6 pouulu& QueSblOH
He hoped that the court would look to the
fact that the defense had waived examination
and would not further contest the matter in
this court. He asked the court to decline to
allow the government to put into public print
what the defence had no intention of contra
veniDg.
Mr.. Ker did not deny the right of the de-
fence TO waive examination but dwelt upon
the Importance of securing an adequate bond
to compel the defendants attendance
ht,sxA = 7. L.
by legislation which had definitely fixed the
penalty. His experience in imposing high
bail in this court had been poorly supported by
the supreme court of the district The law
fixed the penalty of $1,000 fine or one years inn
prisonment, or both in such cases. 1t must not
be forgotten that the mere arrest of lawyer
on such charge was in itself a severe inflc-
tion. He would fix the bail at $4,000 and allow
the defendant to remain under his present
bond until tomorrow morning.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
BURNED TO DEATH.
The Particulars Concerning the
Stratham Tragedy:
SETTING THE BED ON FIRE WHILE
DRUNK,

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Nov. 9.-Investigations
made by Sheriff Kent, County Commissioner
johnson and the Selectmen of Stratham, into
the probabilities oflthe death on Tuesday night
of the woman employed at the house of Stephen
Scammon of Stratham, show her to have been
OF Incorporate habits; that while drunk she
upset or dropped a kerosene lamp, setting
bed on fire, and was shockingly burned. Mr..
Scammon in trying to render aid was also bad
ly burned, and his recovery is considered
doubtful The cried of both attracted the at
tention of the neighbors, who found Mr.. Scam
mon on the door step with only shirt on and
in great pain. The house was full OF smoke,
but the rescuers succeeded in getting the
woman down stairs. Her head was badly cut
probably by falling on box which was in the
chamber. She survived but short time An
inquest was deemed unnecessary Her name
was Mary Ann Saunders She was born in
Connecticut, was 6S years old, and came from
Boston about two years ago, where she had
been working in boarding house. She had
been married three times and had five chill
dren, all of whom are dead.
Mr.. Seaman is we'll known to the Supreme
Court of Rockingham county, in which for
about 20 years he was engaged in a contest
over the ownership of a calf, spending thous-
ands of dollars thereon, and earning the title of
"Bull" Scammon, by which he was ever there
after known.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
MARINE NEW S.

Vessel Laun ched Yesterday at Bath.
BATH, Nov. 9.-Goss g. Sawyer this noon
launched ship of 20O3 SO tons gross, owned
by Captain J. r.. Kelley, Charles Moody, W.
G. Potter and Captain Henry r. Otis of Bath
The latter will command her. She will load
at New York for San Francisco.
LOSS of a Schooner.
HAL IFAx, Nov. 9.-The English topsail
schooner Martha and Harriet, Captain Will
lams, left Sidney 9. B., Octobsr 18th, with
cargo of $50 tons of coal for Gardiner, Maine.
All went well until the 2Sth, when, four miles
off Cape Canso, during dense fog the schoon-
er struck upon rock and sunk in eight min
utes. The crew Immediately launched their
boat and got into it: without saving any of
their effects, and after rowing toward the
shore for upward of four hours were rescued
by the schooner Dreadnot, for this port. The
Martha and Harriet was 140 tons register, built
eight years ago, and hailed from Aberyste-
With, Wales.
Hard Luck of a Bangor Schooner.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 9.-Schooner Charles L..
Mitchell at this port today from Bangor, Me-,
caught III gale off Nantucket the fifth instant
and lost her mainmast,. and made the run
thence to Cape Henry under jib and foresail.
Forced to Put Back.
New YORK, Nov. 9.-Steamship Virginia
which sailed for Liverpool few days since
returned today to repair steampipes and ma
chinery which were damaged off Nantucket
Tuesday in gale.
Schooner Ashore.
NEW YORK, Nov. 0.-Schooner Pennsylva-
nie from Bristol, r. l., ran ashore on Hart Is
lam Point at 10 15 p. m. 8th and is now lying
full of water.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
HERBERT SPENCER.
The Dinner Given in His Honor
Last Night
THE PHILOSOPHER GREETED BY A
DISTINGUISHED COMPANY.

NEW YonK, Nov 9-The English philoso-
pher and thinker, Herbert Spencer, was ten
dered dinner by over 200 gentlemen at Del
monico's tonight. Hon. W. M. Evarts pre-
sided. On his right was seated the guest
Prof W. G. Sumner of Yale, Prof. John
Flske, Hon. Benjamin f. Bristow, Rev. Hen
ry Ward Beecher and E. r. Leland; on the
left were Carl Schurz, Professor @. E. Marsh,
Sir Richard Temple and Hon. Abram s. Hew-
lit. Among the guests were David Dudley
Field, VIM. Henry Hurlburt Charles A.
Dana, Perry Belmont, Albert Bierdstadt,
Chauneey M. Dewew, Professor Draper, ID. S.
Appleton, Cyrus w. Field, and Parke God
win. Mr. Evarts commenced the speaking
by paying high tribute to the philosophy Of
Spencer, his lifelong work and the great re-
suits he has accomplished. He closed by in
Producing the guest of the evening who spoke
at some length.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
! Trouble in Alaska.

rived here from Sitka, reports that the Hoots-
moo Indians in Aloska are troublesome and ag-
gressive. They seized the boats and whaling
gear of whaling company at Killienoo, and
took two white prisoners and threatened to kill
them. Sixty-six sailors and marines from the
United Steomer Adams, under Lieutenant Bar
rett, were despatched to the scene. Commo-
dore z. G Merriam proceeded thither in the
Corwin. The prisoners were released and
fine of 400 blankets imposed as a penaly. The
Indians refused to pay and remained defantA
rendering 1t necessary for the vessel to she'll
and destroy portion of the village.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
THE E. R. R.

The Present Condition of the Road.
BOSTON, Nov. 9-The statement of the Eas-
tern railroad for the year ending Sept. 30th,
1882, shows the gross earnings to have been
50, S,4O30 0S7.51, an increase of $30S, ,SS377 over
1881. Operating expenses S2,292, ,9s7 "a, an in
crease of $343, ,249.97. Net earnings $1,11O, ,1o9-
81, a decrease of $14,4 1920. Surplus for the
year $217 .340.96, an increase of 24,37O.39. To-
tai passengers carried 6,604 ,087, an increase of
SO8,937 Total freight carried 1,25769 tons,
gu increase of 133, ,638. Operating expenses in
clude many extraordinary repairs and remov-
ais. The expenses include the cost of addi-
tional equipment
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
GoULD's LATEST.
His Propositions to the Associated
Press.
THE HERALD RESOLUTION.


New YORK, Nov. 9.-The Herald has given
some facts in regard to the attempt made by
Jay Gould to obtain control of the Associated
Press of New York. He first proposed to the
Western Associated Press to pool the journals
ne owns or controls members of the a ssoci-
ated Pressl with the Western association on
condition that the new organization should
egraph Company its agents for the collecting
and sending OF news, the proposition was de.
clined however, and Mr.. Gould then proposed
that the Associated Press should admit to its
membership the Western Union and the
Western Press. This, also, was declined. The
Herald, at the meeting yesterday, offered res
olution to admit to membership the Western
Eress, the New England Press Association,
the New York State Associated Press. and the
philadelphia and Baltimore Association, but
the resolution was voted against by the papers
known to be in the interest of Gould. The
Herald charges Gould with hostility to the
Press Association of New England, New York
(State) and Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
SPORTING.
Thanksgivinr at ST. .1onn

InankSglVlng at st. John.
ST. JOHN, n. B., Nov. 9.-The st. John
Cricket and Athletic Club met TODAY on the
Barrack Square for field day. The following
was the programme and prizes:
Throwing cricket ball-Prize, scarf pin.
100 yard day-prize, silver cup
Running high jump-prize, silk handker-
chief.
Patting weight-prize, medal.
Running long jump-prize, up.
Hop, walk and run race, 100 yards-prize,
cup.
Throwing hammer-prize, medal.
Hurdle race, 120 yards-prize, medal.
Half-mile race, for members of the club
prize, silver cup.
Hop, step and jump--prize, medal.
100 yard race-prize, $40
Champion race, 440 yards-prize, silver cup
Half'mil race-prize, $40.
Consolation race, 100 yards-prize, fancy
cake.
College Foot Ball Match.
BosroN, Njv. 9-The Harvards defeated the
Dartmouth foot ball team to-day, by score OF
four goals and eighteen touch-downs to two
safely touch-downs.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
One of jaw Gonld,s s,,,+a

The suit recently brought by the Western
Union Telegraph Company and Jay Gould in
the supreme court against several persons. also
against the Mutual Union Telegraph Companv
and the Central Trust Company Of New York.
came up today. Judge Donohue was sitting
he said he could not hear the motion as he was
a stockholder in one of the companies. The
case was then adjourned until some disin-
terested the Judge could hear it.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10

Bo.,op Pyosuce ,TarI,e,.

BOSTON, Nov. 9.-The following were to-day's
quotations of Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Potatoes:
Rutter-Western and Northern creameries at S5
s93Se for choice and 25434c for fair and good New
York and Vermont dairies at 29G34e for choice
and 23G2Sc for fair and good; Western dairy pack
ed at 2502Sc for choice and l8G24c for fair ana
good; Western ladle packed at I902Oc for choice
and 161l7c " ~ for fair and good.
Cheese at 1212@l314c for choice, 101z@1 l1ke
for fair and good, 6G9c ~ 10 for common; hrm.
Eggs-Eastern at 81 " @)32A5c, New York and
Vermont 30@3lc, Western 28a30c y doz; market
krm.
Potatoes higher; Early Rose and Proliacs 1890,
Peerless and Brooks 70975c.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
THE DOMINION.
An Indian Outbreak Expected.

Ah 1AOic&u SOutbISdk EAp6CLoQs
/. OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 9.-The Indians in the
vicinity of Fort Walsh and in the Northwest
Territories are said to be preparing for an out
break.
Turkey Disappearing.
TORONTO, Nov. 9.--To-day is Thanksgiving
throughout the Dominion.
Rivalry Between Captains.
ST. JOHN, Nov. "a warm rivalry exists
between Capt. Smith of the bark "E ID. jew
ett," and Capt. Wilbur of the ~. Walter
Scammell,' as to the speed of their respective
vessels and there has been some lively work in
consequence Both vessels sailed from Doboy
together, the "Jewett" bound to Greenock and
the "Scammell" to Hartlepool. They both ar
rived arrived at their destinations within day
or two of each other and sailed on the some
date for New York. Capt. Smiths vessel
reached port two days, ahead of his rival, but
they succeeded in getting off on the same day
again, the "Jewett'' going to Liverpool and
the "Scammelll" to Rouen. They both arrived
Nov. 4, within few hours of each other. and
will probably begin the race over again as
soon as they have discharged.