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The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
lie Forgot the Bullet.

Tt is but seldom that the comic ele-
ment enters into attempts at suicide. a
diyerting exception to this general rule
is afforded by the suicidal enter
prise Of a Hungarian engineer, resident
Mt Tcmesyar, who, being steadfaat vo-
tary Of Bacchus, had drunk himself into
so unsatisfactory state OF mind that q
few days ago he determined to put an
end to his existence. Having provided
himself with h pistol, and locked him
self up in private room Of hotel IN
the town, which apartment Inc. had spec
ially hired for the purpose, he pressed
the muzzlo Of the weapon against his LEFT
breast and pulled the trigger. The usual
explosion followed, and the would-bc sui
eide fell 10 the ground, where he lay pa
tiently f0r several minutes, waiting for
death. Dissolution, however falling to
set in as promptly as he had expected,
he presently arose, left the hotel and
walked home, with a view to dying com
foriably in his own apartment A little
later on, perplexed by his unaccountable
vitality, he sent for a surgeon to examine
the wound. Beyond q slight scorching
Of tho skin, no injury could be detected;
and, while the surgeon was yainly search
ing for a mortal hurt, his patient anx-
iously inquired where the bullet had
lodged?" II fancy" was the reply,
"tllat you must have forgotten to put it
into the pistol "Give me my waist
coat, peiaenluted the intended self-slayer,
and, sure enough, safely ensconced il
the watch-pocket Of that garment was
found the missile with which he had de-
signed to extinguish his vital spark.
Since this discovery he has quilted
Temesvar, in which town he found that
his rash attempt to kill himself with
charge Of powder and wad had rem
dered him the object of more public
notice, attended by uncomfortable hi
larity, than was altogether agreeable Z
him. London Telegraph.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
Good Eating and Good Writing.

In old monastic days good eating was
under q ban. 1t was imagined that the
brain could best be kept clear and vigor-
ous on a low diet.
Romantic young ladies in our time
love to think of their favorite authors as
led on divine ambrosia. It brings
enem down to common level to associ-
ate them with roast beef and mutton.
foor Charlotte Bronte was once disen-
chanted Of her hero-worship. Thaekeray
was her favorite author, and in her lonely
nome on the moors, her imagination in
vested him with all ideal graces.
:, On visit to London she was lifted TO
me summit Of happiness by an invitation
% dinner where Thackeray was to be
one OF the guests. She was introduced
. % the great man, and sat next to him.
A. was a red-letter day in her life, and
memory was on the alert to retain all his
sisters. -'' - -
Thackeray, however, did little talking.
put much eating. He had recently re-
covered from severe attack Of typhoid
lever, which left him with ravenous ap-
Pe,hte, while the dinner was exception
slly good. Charlotte looked on in won
oer at his feats, and the surprise gradu-
ahy changed to disgust. One more idol
4, nau turned to clay. If she had known
sne modern law Of the conservation Of
her. -'-'s''As 10y '''sse l'''isu
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
Mems Pants.

Full dress pants have always sustained
many objections, and men have never
been entirely satisfied with the bifurcated
garment. Ii they reach the boot heel,
they must either take the dirt and dust
of the street, or men must suffer what is
infinitely worse - the hideousness of
walking the streets with pants "rolled
mp" You can conceive of nothing more
"alarming to the eye Of beauty than
man standing in pants whose lower edges
are "curled up" He presents the ap-
pearnce Of having on garment for
which lie has improyised dirty and rag
ged ruiiles, made Of the same material
as the body OF the pants. To bring the
thing before You wildly, think of a statue
made of a man with his pants "turned
up" How would that kind of figure
look in marble? We have always
thought that the author Of the novel en-
titled "He Cometh Not, She Said,
must have been endowed with a fine
sense Of beauty. She makes one OF her
characters discard her lover because she
saw him passing ON the other side Of the
street "with his pants turned up"
Another horror attending the common
pants as worn by men, is that they
''bag horribly at tho knee" As yet
there has been no means suggested to
overcome the disabilities now imposed
upon ordinary trousers. They will have
to continue. 1t was thought that the
aesthetic craze might afford some relief,
but the Cincinnati gazette snys
"Accepting knee breeches us the aesthetic
clothes, several persons have written in
their favor that they will avoid Tint bag
giness to which trousers are subject ut
the knees, from the devotional posture,
and from the habit of sitting with one
leg resting on the other. Not to dis
courage this movement, but to prevent
disappointment in worthy effort, 1t
should be mentioned that this idea OF
the exemption of knee breeehes from
being kneed is radical error, for that
their being fastened just below the knee,
and the tightness which BELTS this gar
ment, allow no slack for the bending Of
the knee; therefore would knee breeches
be lneed more than trousers. That
shorter form Of breeches, which does
not come 10 the knee, would be requisite
to avoid this bagginess. Yet the tights
worn under these would bag. The
aesthetic clothes are not free from diff
fieulty. but no oneshould be discouraged.
The cause is worthy Of great effort, and
of great sacrifice, if necessary. Let
every aspiring aesthetic. say, with Harry
", 'Once more to the breach, dear
friendsr Tho Scotch Highland costume
Is absolutely exempt from bagging at
the knees. 1t has also picturesqueness
far surprising Mr.. Oscar Wilde's black
breeches, black stockings, and stiff dress
coat, and more beftting the aesthetic
Renaissance, whose emblems are the sun
flower and the lily" The gentle apostle
Of the aesthetics certainly never visited
Scotland, or rheneyer would have adopted
tile old dull-colored English pants, and
left unrecommended the unique High
land costume. e.-Indianapolis Herald.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

The improved French method Of pre-
serving wood by the application Of lime
is said to be found to work well. The
plan il to pile the planks in o tank and
nut over ali layer Of quicklime, which
is gradually slaked with water. Timber
for mines requires about week to be
thoroughly irnpregrated, and other wood
more or less time, according toits thick
ness. The wood acquires remarkable
cousistenee aud bardness, "a. Is stated,
~ being srllectea to this simple pro-
cess, and the Insertion - made mat y !
will never rot. Beech WOOD prepared
IA this way for hammers and other Tools
gor iron works is found 70 mcguire NE
hardness Of oak, without parApg with
any u IL elasticity or tousisness, and 1t
also lasAs longer.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
NEWS GLEANINGS,

Eighty-fivs thousand tons Of fertili-
zers were sold in North Carolina for the
year 1881.
silk culture in Louisiana has Of late
become thriving industry, and to-day
promises an abundant production.
More money is coming into the Texas
State Treasury from the sale of school
lands than from taxes and all other
sources.
In 1865 Florence, S. c., contained only
ten houses. 1t now has population of
over 2, 900, and last year over 100 houses
were built.
A Florida paper says that vast quanti-
ties of blind mosquitoes are caught in
the swamps Of that State for fertilizing
purposes.
Nearly every day from 100 to $50 per-
sons pass through Chattanooga, going
West. There are from Western North
Carolina and Southeast Tennessee.
Owing to the crowded condition of
Z the Alabama State Asylum, Bulloch
county is at the expense of caring for its
insane paupers at the County Poor-house.
The poor-house of Choctaw county,
Ala, has but one inmate, the first for
several years past. It is an old negro
woman whose age is stated at "122 or
thereabouts."
Atlanta Constitution; The silver vein
Of Magruder mine grows richer with the
continual digging. The ore has assayed
as much as $50 Of silver to the ton, and
the lead in the ore is also in sufficient
quantity to be valuable.
Some hunters near Douglasville, Ga ],
last week, while fox-chasing, ran a
strange animal to its den, which proved
TO be wild dog. They found mother
and four puppies, all Of which got away
but one of the latter.
Within three months ground has been
surveyed or broken for three more blast
furnaces, and steel and iron rolling-mill
ANAL factory, and dozen or more small
er establishments have been started, and
will soon be in full operation in Bir-
mineham.
The area of land which will be re
claimed in Florida by the draining of
Lake Oleech obse, work on the canals for
doing which has already beer begun, is
larger than the States of New Jersey,
Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Is.
land.
Mr.. w. ID. Graydon, a farmer Of But
Ter county, Ala, made last season from
one acre Of ground $50 gallons Of molas-
ses, besides putting seme of the cane on
the market, saving S,O0s stalks for seed
and reserying about one thousand stalks
Tor consumption by his family.
Charleston News and Courier: A Mrs:
Coker, with her three children, in an OK
cart was going home from Perry, Ga.
lhe road they travelled passed through
very rank wire grass, which had been
set on fire. In trying to get out Of the
way the cart and oxen became fastened
among pine logs and the fire overlook
them. The cart was consumed with the
two children inside, and the oxen we're
burned to death. The woman attempted
te escape with her infant, but her cloth
ing caught fire and she and the other
enid were SO badly burned that they
have since died.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
10 Cure Shoep.Killing Dogs.

The question Of how to protect sheep
from the caresses Of destructive dogs,
which has SO long agitated the agricul-
tural mind, seems to have been happily
settled by the farmers of Hunterdon and
Somerset counties, New Jersey. They
tried the experiment OF mixing in q few
goats with their sheep, and after the
goats and sheep had affiliated for a few
days, they procured some dogs, regular
sheep-killers, and started them for the
folds The dogs, regarding the affair as
a sort Of picnic, went for wool and came
back shurn Of their conceit. They
seem to run against goats in the most
unexpected places, and were struck by
the singular nature of the thing and al
most drove into the ground by the force
Of the remarks made by the goats with
their heads, in the heat Of the debate.
Mutton, which the dogs had always re-
garded as a delicacy, suddenly palled
upon the taste and they felt coyed. No
doubt the goats, with customary polite
ness, asked their guests to pass their
plates and have some of the mutton,
but Chs dogs did not care FOR mutton.
They came out Of the field limping on
three legs, and no word Of encourage
ment from the farmer could induce them
to go back. They had been broke Of
sucking eggs,
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

The Milwaukee Sun suggests plan
for " saving the country 1t says; "Let
Northern people 80 South in the winter,
and Southern people GO North in the
summer, and let the young Of both sec
tions fall in love with each other and do
a little marrying, and whom Northern
and Southern grndmothers go travelling
back and forth to visit the babies that
will naturally come upon the scene, that
will naturally end all sectional feeling" :"
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THE Paris Figaro says Of Skobeleff
"This General has not changed during
the last four years. He is now thirty
seven, or thereabouts. He is very tall
so tall that in campaigning time
he can not stand upright in his tent. His
face is exceedingly intelligent, his eyes
blue and keen and quick, his forehead
full, and his beard brightly blonde; at
the very first glance his person reveals
the energetic and loyal soldier, ready TO
dare all and sacrifice everything.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

IT IS reported that John Russell
Young, the newly appointed Minister to
China, will soon marry Miss Julia z.
Coleman, a niece Of ex Governor Jewell,
of Connecticut.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

ROBERT BONNER thinks the time will
come when two minutes will be very
ordinary time for trotter. AS Bonner
is opposed to betting, there is no chance
here to lay wager.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

DIR. GEORGE H. LAMsoN, of London
tried for the murder Of his brother-in-
law, Percy Malcolm John, mere boy,
that he might come into possession Of
his property, has been found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged. The evidence
was circumstantial, but conclusive.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

LIEUTENANT ScHwATKA, of the Arctic
Expedition Of 1879, speaking Of the
Jeannette's crew, says there is no hope
for DeLong and party, and little for
Chips boats crew.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THE visit Of General Sherman to the
West will probably result in the abandon
ment Of several military forts in Texas,
and the establishment of posts at San
Antonio and Fort Bliss.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

NIRs. SARAH E. Bowr, the iefaulting
Boston Bank President, who has been
sentenced to the House Of Correction for
a term of three years, may wen congrat-
ulate herself. She promised to pay her
depositors an interest that amounted TO
.96 per cent, and in consequence failed
to return the principal, by which the de-
Ipositors lost something like $l75,000.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

FouR women in the vicinity of Rich
mond, Ind, and Methodist preacher
and two women at North Lewisburg,
Champaign County, Ohio, have gone
insane over religion the past two weeks
and been placed in lunatic asylums.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THE outlook on the Lower Mississippi
is everything but promising. The whole
country is flooded, without any prospect
of the water receding at an early day.
In the vicinity of Helena, Arkansas, the
country for forty miles around, on either
side of the river, is like an ocean.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THE beautiful Mrs. Langtry would
like to come to this country but her
agent wants SO much that she will prob
ably lie denied the privilege. As a rule
managers endeavor to make contracts
with a view to making something for
themselves.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THE Galveston Neles suggest eely
says: When a President is shot, rery-
thing in the United States can be mrned
topsey turyey, and the occupm i II ali
most every office, from Seer etary Of
State TO the humblest tide waiter
changed Had MacLean 81 lcceeded IN
his nelarious attempt on th = lie Of the
Queen, hardly particle Of difference
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

HAnIIE HUTCHINSON, little girl nine
years old, is probably the youngest tele-
graph operator in the world. She is
stationed at town in Texas where she
has entire charge Of an Office.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THE indications are that Mason will
eventually be pardoned. Petitions ask
ing for his pardon are flooding in to the
President from Legislatures, societies
and citizens in great numbers.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

The Sunday saloon question, just now,
is the topic Of interest in Ohio-whether
it is better to go in by the front door or
by the back door. No saloonist was
ever known to keep both doors locked at
the same time.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THIS is the question which Mormons
ask our Congressmens "How do you
know it's bad to have a dozen wives ?
You haven't tried it. We have" That
may be regarded as a clincher.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

TIE report that four towns were
destroyed by an earthquake in Costa
Rica, later information says, was an
" exaggeration," yet how great an exag-
geration is not stated. Perhaps it was
all exaggeration.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

would have occurred in the Government
of England; no. an office would have
changed from Prime Minister down to
letter carrier"
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

A BOGUS priest named DeRohan, ar
rested in Chicago, and familiar with five
languages, has borne in his brief exist
ence of thirty-one years, twenty-five
aliases,
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

EIdnTy-FIvE houses in South Bethle-
hem, Pennsylvania, are quarantined be-
cause Of smallpox, and the disease is re-
ported ON the increase. Why this dis.
ease has become so alarming there it is
difficult to say. The town is high and
healthy. and is the home of the Mo-
rayians, than whom no one could be
cleaner or more particular in neatness.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

MAsoN's sentence to eight years in the
Penitentiary forshooting at Guiteau was
certainly quite enough Guiteau doubt
less approves the sentence.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
S0neaI1ing Shoes.

1 correspondent Of the Country GEN
HemaH gives the following remedies for
th above nuisance
Not long ago went to my shoesiore
and asked if the squealsing could epre-
vented in my shoes was todd il could
be very easily, aud IT was done by open
ing the soles Of my shoes at the shank,
pouring in powdered soapstone, taking
care to have the sole well-fllcd 10 tie
toe, and then pegging or sewing them
up again. My shoes aid not squeak
after that. A shoemaker's receipt to
prevent squealxng is to put q piece Of
cloth (sheeting) between every two lay
ers.of leather on the sole. Last sum
mer I purcbssed pair Of fine boots,
which annoyed me very much by squeak
ing. So on very hot days in haying l
turned them up to the direct rays Of the
sun aud put on grease; as fast as It
dried up I applied more, until they
would take no more, and they have ney-
er troubled me since. Our own plan Is
to stand the shoes in o hollow pan and
then pour in lukewarm water until the
soles arc nearly immersed. Keep the
water as nearly lukewarm as possible
for twenty-four hours, and pnt on the
shoes while the solos ere still damp.
They should not become wet inside.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

ARCHIBALD FORBES has discovered
that an American audiences estimate on
a lecture is to be discovered, not from
the applause, but from the number Of
people who sit till the lecture Is ended.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

The Mississippi House Of Representa-
tives has passed a bill preventing the
sale of tobacco to minors without an
order from their parents or guardians.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

CoxeREss should make a law especially
adapted to thepunishment OF the inspired
crank element. The need Of such a law
is daily increasing.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

VIoToR HUGO is of opinion that ii the
Gar will not spare the people, God will
not spare the Czar.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

HALE the silver dollars circulated in
Montana are alleged to be counterfeitl
made by the Chinese in San Francisco
They are described as of exactly tbs
weight Of the genuine ones, and onq
thirty-second part of an inch larger il
diameter. They contain only sixteen
cents worth of silver, which is all on
the surface.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

AccoRDING to Cardinal Manning, it is
an indictable offense in England for q
man to propagate atheism.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

The American Express Company has
organized money order system cheaper
than that of the postoiiice.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

The woman who rode bicycle 600
miles in six consecutive days, at st.
Louis, is Canadian.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

A RUSSIAN traveller says that one
third OF Asia and considerable part of
Europe still remain unexplored.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

iRAAiPs on the Pacific slope long for
l, lelurn to the good old days, when gen
s'snan ! a,, scorned to give beggar less than
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

HsrHErrc Easter cards, it is said, viii
be the rage.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

The report of the Secretary Of War
shows that our Indian wars in the last
ten years have cost IS, ,O55, S2l in actual
raonav
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

consequently be extended to political
prisoners.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

EDISON is recuperating in Florida and
giving electricity rest.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
Mnnnoha.

This, than which perhaps there is not
TO be found q more inhospitable region
below the latitude of Greenland, is pic
tured as Northern paradise, and rem
dered magnifcently attractive on paper.
A fiat country, almost without timber,
swept during the greater part Of tho
year by high winds surcharged with
snow aud sleet, called, in the expressive
phrase Of the denizens, ''blizzards,"
frozen during the winter hard as an ice
berg, and to a fearful depth, and deluged
with water in the spring, it possesses
many attractions for an Esquimaux.
Horses and cattle fare poorly in Mani
toba. since il they escape the loss Of
their ears iJy frost, they are subject t..
gradual starvation during the long WIN
ter. IT is doubtless pleasant enough
during the brief summer, and o returned
explorer gives it as his opinion that the
land is productive, although he found 1t
difficult TO reach a correct conclusion IN
regard to it in the spring, while 1t was
several inches under water. ~ Canadian
Letter In Cincinnati Gazette.
A MEXICAN paper gives the following
account of battle between monarchs Of
the deep: "a lake in the rear Of Man
zanillo, Mexico. burst its confines and
poured its waters into che sea. The
lake was full Of alligators, and the harbor
OF sharks. When the monsters met, q
water battle Immediately began, and it
waswaged for several days in the presence
Of most Of the people Of Manzanillo.
For long time victory trembled in the
balance, but the sharks finally prevailed
and took dinner ON the last Of the routed
intruders.
Evnnr one in this world has his or
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

TRAarPs may now be expected in the
role Of /" Mississippi overflow sufferers
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

WHEN lunacy is no longer an excuse
forcrime, crime will perceptibly diminish.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

A CHICAGO Grand Jury last week re-
turned an indictment against a dead
man. Live criminals are scarce up
there.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

JAY GoU1D owns $53, 600, 900 in
stocks.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

PITTsBURa has several colored police
men on the force.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

Jusr what the Mormons think Of their
present prospects we are not prepared to
say, but they evidently are not well
pleased.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

Mr.. TouRaEE, tho novelist, allows
himself to be called, in his own paper,
our Continent, Hon." Albion W.
Tourgee.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

THE Police Commissioners Of Balti
more have dismissed policeman fol
not arresting woman who was assault
ing another with a horsewhip. AS she
was his wife and the assaulted woman
his sweetheart, he felt that he could moi
interfere without great embarrassment.
The Commissioners relieved him OF all
further embarrassment hy relieving hi0s
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

EVERY one in this world has his or
her share Of trouble and trials. Let US
then try as much As we are able not to
increase the burden Of any by as much
as the weight Of straw,
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-03-31

An ITEM to sausoge-eaters from the
Louisville Courier-JoUnal "a man
who detected piece of bark in his
sausage visited the butcher shop to
know what had become Of The rest Of
the dog. The butcher was so affected
that he could give him only part Of the
tale