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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04
A Dogs Clever work Every Morning.

The William Penn stables, on Filbert
street, below Ninth. are overrun with
rats, and in order to put curve on the
ever hungry rodents, several dogs are
kept about the stables. OF these canine
membe S of the establishment the
fayorite among the men and boys en-
ployed there is q little tan and white
Scotch terrier called Kate, be onging
to Mr.. Thomas Cannon, United States
mail contractor, who keeps his horses
and wagons at the stables. Kate is six
years old, and every week puts an end
to several times her weight in rats. per-
forming the work with vim and gllsto
which proves that she considers it a
happy combination of business and
pleasure. On The second floor OF the
stables in a feed box, emptied for the
purpose, Kate keeps and watches with
motherly care over an interesting
family OF five young puppies. Every
morning about seven O'Clock a milk
man stops at the stable entrance. and
Kate, VINO is on the lockout for his
coming, scampers up stairs, reappear.
ing with little tin can, which she
places at his feet and, on its being
flled, carefully carries il back to her
flourishing family and gives the young
sters their breakfast. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04

and happy as in his palmiest days. Of
tered his arm to. Mrs. Blair, and leav-
ing the young people to follow escorted
her from her own quiet home to the
elegant new mansion The man who
was carefully polishing the stone porch
OPENED the door for him, and all four
entered.
Certainly a handsomer, and vet
more home-like house. could not have
been found in all America. Mrs. Blair
was in raAtures. Roderick, looking
down at Eliza, said:
"My dear, | wish l could give you
such a homes" and she answered:
All, Ro1erit k, wish | could bring
such home with me when | come 70
you.n
Mr. Lowe heard, and paused with
smile.
"Say you so children?'' he cried.
''Well, then, my dears, if you like it, /
will give it to you. Take it and enjoy
it,
1t seemed witticism, at which they
all laughed, and they went home to-
gether, happy and friendly, and took
tea in the Widows cottage.
After the meal was over, Mr.. Lowe
once more brought up the subject OF the
new house.
Would you really like to live there,
good Ella" he asked, 'sofarfrom town
and all its gayeties?"
"Papa, hate town, said Ella
"a country life and true, honest friends
for me-
. i agree with you, child" said Mr..
/ 40 te nll
ciety very unsatisfying to the soul, yet
it is not usual to feel that while we are
young.
1--WE hayo had our experiences. l
think they are sufficient But, dear
! friends. have confession to make.
The story OF my total loss of fortune
was an exaggeration. lost fifty thou
sand dollars, it is true, sufficient for q
I foundation for the rumor. / fostered
/ it, and played the ruined man to per-
fection My motive was to save Ella
from fortune-hunter, and to give her
to good man who really loved her.
| She has found him.
"My dears, get married as soon as
you like. The house yonder was built
Tor you. You. Mrs Blair, will, of
course, live with your son, and you
must find room for me somewhere
within its walls, dear madam. think
we win all be very happy together
There, notalk about it now. You have
engaged yourself to a rich woman
against your will, Roderick, and will
have TO put up with il"
And he took his daughter away,
wrapped in her fur-lined cloak, and
c1hi1tater bo oh nt baf lpVar
Again the IN llionaire Lowe was a
nine days wonder in the city of New
York. Again the fashionable world
offered its invitations, and Evan Plant
aganet's mother went to call on dear
Ella, and tell her how "Plantaganet
regretted the misunderstanding" but
she found wedding-party assembled
in the little parlor, and discovered that
Ella had been Mrs. Blair for nearly hall
an hour. She had self-possession
enough to present her congratulations,
and retire speedily. She was not want
ed, and the late belle quite understood
what had brought her there. For hel
part she was happier than she had beer
in those days of adulation and flattery
and would not have exchanged her true
and loving husband for all her train o.
admirers, for all the hollow world could
offer. And yet she was glad to bring
Roderick fortune as well as heart
and he knew her too well now not TO bC
glad, also, if only for her sake. IN \
{ Tpfl0ey
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04
THE KTSR.BoNE.

ny ToMMIE JONES.
They say that boys are horrid things,
Aud don't know how to act;
They're nothing. though, to Srown-up girls
tell you it's fact.
/ saw myself Me whole attair,
And watched the run begin;
Twas sue that laid the spiteful plot
10 take Amelia in.
At dinner Melia twltted Sue
About beau she'd lost,
And though Sue kept a smiling face,
saw how much 1t cost.
knew that something had to come;
Boys like m honest teht,
But girls will smile and kiss, ana then
Do something mean for spite.
e Inst nut the wsh-b bone, dear," said Sue,
t,Above the parlor door;
Your husband he the first will be
who steps the threshold DER"
She helped Amelia mount the chair
Il watched it with grim,
Then heckoned with her fingertips,
And called the tcater in.
--Hdrper's Young People.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04
An Anecdoto Of Sir Garnet wOIseIey.

Sir Garnet Wolseley will be pleased
TO learn from the French journals that
while he was in Paris the other day on
his way home from Egypt he had a
touching interview with a Frenchman
who saved his life in Zululand. This
man, Pierre Lettrez by name, had en-
listed as volunteer in the English
army on the Cape, and Sir Garnet, hay-
ing heard him very faSorably spoken Of
by the officers of his regiment, made
him his orderly Al Udangue he killed
ulu soldier who was just about TO
throw his assegai at Sir Garnet. who,
falling to ind ce him to come to En-
gland, lent him $1,000, with which he
set up small shop in Paris and pros
pered exceedingly. When Sir Garnet
passed through Paris, Lettrez called at
his hotel and paid him back, with in
terest, the money lent. Sir Garnet was
compelled to accept repayment, so
earnestly did Lottrez plead, and could
not even induce him to accept an invi-
tation to dinner N T. Sun.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04

August Belmont, although he has
been '.Wall street MAJ" for a good
many years, has never been drawn into
stock speculations. No one has ever
heard of Belmont's name in any ..cor-
ner'' or street speculations among the
bulls and bears. lie has confined him.
self closely to his original specia ty. and
has built up an immense banking busi-
>ass-
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04

DIR. David Parsons, the old-time
pastor of the church in Amherst, was
noted for his eccentricities, and, among
other vagaries, used to have plate set
at his table for afavorite cat. One day,
while ask ng blessing at the morning
meal, he was taken with fit of cough
ing, and before the paroxysm was over
the cat mewed. As soon as the par
son could speak he turned to the cat
and exclaimed: "Shut upl can get
along without your helpr' and then
struck in where he had left off and fin
ished the blessing.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04

When Mrs. M gave a package
of patent French Coffee to Bridget, the
cook, she said: Remember, Bridget, that
two bols are necessary to make it
right" Bridget retired to the kitchen,
but came again within a few minutes to
Mrs. M in an apparently high state
of excitement. ''Sure, mum, she
said. ''an' it's insulted / ami l never
had a boil in me life. and don't intend to
have two ivry mornin, jist bekase yees
wants yer patent French coheep'
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04

The eliminating point OF adminis-
lration is TO know well how much power.
great or small. we ought to use in all
circumstances, --Ron eSQstiez
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-04

As way Of emphasizing their ar
gument radical members at Milan smash
ia the hats Of their opponents,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20
As Bad as an Extra Session,

"What makes you look so serious this
morning." asked Gus DeSmith of Col.
Gilhooly.
I've got enough to make three such
men as me look serious. You know
that fine pointer dog paid seVenty-fiye
dollars for?"
Yes, I've seen him. He's SPLEEN
did animal"
well, am going to lose him. He
has all the symptoms of hydrophobia. l
think I'll take him out and shoot him
as soon as | 90 home"
''What does he dO?"
He don't do anything. He lies
around in a Iistless sort OF a way; and
the worst of it is, he wont touch water.
You can't make him drink q drop of
water"
is that all? Why, Colonel, some of
the leading citizens of Austin have got
those very symptoms. Before you de-
stroy q seventy-five dollar dog, you had
better wait and see how some Of these
prominent gentlemen, who can't be
made to drink water, turn out. Ii every
body who prefers beer and whisky to
water, and who don't want to work. IS
going to have hydrophobia, we are
about to have a lively old time Of it here
in Austin. By Jove, it will be equal to
an extra session of the Legislature -
Teas JSiftilzqs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20
Bro, GARDENERS Advice,

At q recent session of the Lime Kiln
Club, Bro. Gardner. after announcing
the appointments for the ensuing year,
said:-
len, we has begun anoder year,
De past am put benin us an de fucher
am befo' us. Whatebber good we hab
accomplished am written down to our
credit. Whatebber mistakes we has
made we mus AK forgiveness fur, an
seek to do better.
DoOrin' de comm Y ar let us strive to
see how much good we kin accomplish,
both as q club an as individuals. As q
club, let us discuss matters wild de sole
obiick of improbin' de human race,
wheder black or white. Seek to be
sages and philosophers. Doan' sot
down an yum! yum! ODER a watermelon
widout Il thought of natur' an her
grand works. When you offer up q
resolushon AK yerself what effect it am
to have upon de 100000 Guild people
Of America. When you am called upon
to vote upon de admishun of new
candidate, reflect dat de eyes of 90,
100000 white people am upon you.
Strive to be Congress wild de gineral
COEEuDSIOIlS 1Gl Out. tOGCh " De 81 CltLUG
Legislashur Widout habin' accepted de
free railroad passes which all de mem
bers banker arter. Make yourselves q
Common Council, wild de pawn rings,
sewer fraud and de steam roller left
out.
AS individuals, cultivate habits of in
dustry. Laziness am to be disposed.
Practice economy. 1t am what we sabe
and not what we earn dat makes us
rich. Treat all men wild courtesy. Any
man kin be loafer, but it am only one
man in ten who kin be gentleman.
Keep outer debt if possible. If ye have
to 90 in debt, pay as soon as ye kin. II
YOU doan' owe man ober fifteen cents
his presence at a Sunday-skule picnic
will Spite yer enjoyment of de day Be
kind husbands, Just ladders, obleegin'
navburs and law-abidin citizens an one
kin ask no mo-.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20
The --latest Youthful Prodigy.

Little Morris Cas5le, aged not quite ),
Is very remarkable child, SAYS the
Erie Dispatch. He has never been to
school day, nor has he ever been
taught at home. vet he is better math-
CmaticIan than two thirds of the grown
people 4 year out of school. The
pleasant little fellow, perched in the
largest editorial chair in the office. was
asked if he could count one hundred.
Forward or hacBward?' asked the
boy, looking up quickly.
Either.
Morris chose the latter, and ratified
off the numerals from 100 to one in bet
ter time than his questioner could, were
he to begin at one.
"Twice sixty?" asked the Dispatch
man, and Morris answered so quickly
that his father volunteered to select
problems equal to the boys ability.
How many feet in mile?" asked
his father.
Five thousand two hundred and
eighty" replied he, without the least
hesitation.
Twice 7704?" was asked him.
"One thousand five hundred and
AOI y -OuC ttIIu OiI6-udII, nc I6DIICu, III
most before the question had left the
speakers lips.
Then followed questions involving
both memory and calculation, ana
within reasonable range not Il problem
puzzled the boy for an instant. He
would look up with his pretty blue eyes,
move his lips slightly, rs if calculating
to himself, and give out the answer in 4
business like way that was simply as
tonishing. He told readily the number
Of feet in Grod, hours in 4 day, days in
q year, ounces in q pound, twice 400,
three times Y, and four times 81. He
repeated the ''threes'' in the multiple
cation table, and could have gone on to
the end for aught the Dispatch man
knows. Mr.. Castle said that no effort
whatever had been made to teach the
child, and that he had obtained his
knowledge of mathematics by his own
exertions, and up to within few
months ago his parents knew nothing
of his precOcitY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20

able increase of expense or of fatigue to
those who do the work And this means
considerable. Where land is fully used
there IS 4 large quantity of produce on
an eighty-acre farm which can only be
profitably utilized by farm animals.
Some rotation of crops is nearly always
essential to the best farming, and grass
and clover should have prominent
place in this rotation. These can best
be used on the farm. rather than be
sold. We are coming to learn that in
cornstalks anu leaves there are vast
stores of good food which ought to be
made better use of than simply turned
under the surface.
An inventive Mexican has been tell
ing 4 correspondent about the wire"
worm, a pest of cattle. The worm is
described as being no thicker than u
guitar string, but as tough as steel.
while in three nights it will grow yards
long. Men use them to hang horse
thieves with. Their bodies terminate
in two hooks, one at each end. They
lie in the grass and manage to hook on
ment they fasten on there is no escape
from them. They work their way up
Slowly to the waist of the animal, where
one end hooks on and the other end
travels around slowly and finally con
meets with itself and pulls tight and
deadly band around the victim. At first
the loop is not very tight. but the in
fernal thing is so constructed that it can
throw out hooks all along its body, and
it begins TO tighten upon them until it
cuts the animal in two. A distressing
sight is healthy steer drawn in at the
middle so that it can't breathe, and
looking like walking pillow with 8
siX-inch ring in the center. The worm
can be cut off only with strong shears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20
ProdigalitT Of Americans.

We, rs q people, came naturally by
our prodigality. Abundant resources
will make any man careless if they
have come to bis hand without any eff
fort OF his own. We have been in much
the same condition of mind as the saw
age who kills a buffalo merely that he
may eat the tongue. But the East, now
that the fish have deserted its rivers,
the trees are gone from its hillsides, and
much of It's soil is worn out, is enough
alarmed to attempt reformation. It
Seems too early for the West to come to
its senses; but if the work of slaughter
ing game, destroying forests, and over
tasking the land is continued at its
present rate, 1.-The granary Of the world"
may yet be unable to do more than care
for the needs of its own people. The
Hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20
A Woman AlmosI Rous9d.

Once there was delicate little lady
who did not keep house for several wears
to her regret. Being at length allowed
under protest to reinstate herself as @
gracious figure upon the most becoming
of all backgrounds, pretty home, she
got on well till the inevitable moment
came. DISCRIMINATION in the servants
department threw the little lady for
once out of her serenity. She turned to
her husband foolishly to confde these
only distresses which the wise woman
will not confde, except to a fellow
housekeeper, at seasons not too frequent
even then, and carefully chosen. He,
equally foolish, attempted to reason,
and finally descended to an implied Il
told you so" Quick rose in irritation
the first display of unlovely temper
which the poor lady had furnished to
her husband in all the years of their
married life
.'Do you say" she almost Missed,
latter ell the comfort we have had in
our home-that you wish we had not
gone to housekeeping If ever -ou say
SO again, James, or hint such hing to
me, warn you, shall be roused!''-
Boston Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20
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TX 8.NJ. =. TAYLOR.

Tar c Ct r. hin his Limit its nest on the
maif 81 81 ar engine # the NV York
Cent?. Hr-.' q TO engine runs between
Rec and Dewitt, bat ne robin occupies
the n
4 Il chester r. bin aliehtcd one dav
or Hr or . braca Of the wonderful thing
That mi. 5 tic swift mics ike grain in it's way
And flies like Il bird, though it never takes
wing.
''NHat z ace for Il nest, 50 strong and so
warm.
As relt Il pin and rs shiny as def,
Up o@t Of the danger, in out Of the storm"
ana her mate by the roads:d, struck up the
He sang for the apple-trce blossoms to
Tho gtr.i~I white blossoms in pirk applique,
More fragrant and fair than the lines of
France.
The heart of the engine was cod as a cave,
Tie furnace door grim us the CRATE of a
And dumb as the church under switzer.and's
Like tuiip of gold the glittcri~gIeI
Then the stokcr swung wide he furnaca door
stirrtd up The duI fire, and the robins just
said.
Summer weather today" Then rumble ana
Played the waters hot pu.s, in white clouds
overhead
i am sure it win rain he sang to his mate
1T thunGers and Iightens, but work right
along.
The house but half done and the season so
How cloudyft grows So lie kept up the
song.
And the twain fell to work, bore timbers of
straw
And fl ers Of wood caught on thistle and
thorn,
And wrought them All in blythe Lords higher
law
With threads of the Iaccs some maiden had
worn.
Then clang swung the bell and the MARBLE was
hustled,
Ard ths crazy sparks Jew as if the storm
TIE small considerations aside and asunder.
Nhhe the engine along the steel parallels
The birds watched it ali with innocent
wonder
who ever saw stars in the day time be-
forg:"
Then she c~icl, ana he said. The gale is so
ta.nk 59o whole world must he b.oving
She trusting, replied, Cannot last very
Ara kept on her work far sweeter than pay.
Toaud fro, far and near, their frey world went,
Tic cup Of their loves trimming over with
ilc.
Arc the engineer stood at his window intent
An watched the steel rails, the reG-breast
and wife,
And declared b. his engine and honor he
3 tie cath OF the man, biz or little, who
III the hight or the depth Of his grace essness
ITO meddIe or make" with his passengers
there.
Al, brave Gus sts Of the foot-5oarl, tiekctcd
through
Al wca,hcrs and times till the end OF the
run,
The Lord f the sparows who is caring fo.,
you
anu re Lord Of al realms forever are Olc.
New York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20
A SOCIETY ITEM.

Did We see the CycIops Courier,
Miss. Abigail?" queried old Simon
Sharpe, IN quite 4 fever Of excitement.
lie was leaning over the little green
painted gate coatiess and blue-shirted.
Just beyond Miss. Abigail Byrnes paus-
cd ID her task OF tying up heavy-headed
August roscS-a tall. angular figure
clad in 4 brown and white striped print
and bio. yellow sunbonnet Very bonv,
scant OF smiles and hard of feature was
Miss. Abigail, but gentle and generous
as cnild,s was the heart under The
calico gown.
No, :" she replied, Il haven't seen
it-what's the news?'
He responded with 4 counter ques-
ton.
You remember Roger Kearnev?"
TO be sure. He went to the city to
start bic store. What Of him?''
They be sayin' down ut the corner
that just now when he had got his bio
store built. stocked an fourishin' he
has gone and been burned clean out;
every yard Of silk stuff and ivory but
tons
He paused, breathless.
Miss. Abigail clasped her thin hands
and elevated her pale brows in dismay
not at the peculiar English and curl
Gus rhetoric of her narrator, but at the
startling information impaired
Land sakes, she calculated. You
don't say SOP
Simon nodded vigorously.
Yes, " he affirmed with the apparent
savage relish observable in even phlegm-
attic natures when the misfortune of an
other is the subject Of discussion, ''lost
everything, they say! Hadn' no insur-
ance neither. H amt saved a spool O
thread. Not as much as a hook, eye,
nor darnin needle left.''
Miss Abigail promptly tied the strings
OF her sunbOnnet afresh and let down
her gown. which had been pinned care
fully up. III just run over to Mrs.
Evans she declared, land borrow the
Courier. She takes it. News don
taste good atsecond hand anyhow!'
And she went.
Leaning out of picturesque, vine
wreathed window up at the rambling,
white country house of which Miss. Alb
igail was mistress, looked pretty DorO-
thy Stratton
Where on earth is aunt going?" she
asked herself bewilderedIy as she
caught sight of the tall, flying figure.
Leaving the roses only half tied up,
tool But just then q stray sunbeam
lit the stone on Dorothy's finger to daZ-
zling flame She forgot all about Miss.
Abigairs hurried exit as she
turned it now this way. now that. and
ended by kissing it with a burst of rap
ture. You dear, dear little ring, !"
she said
4ousee it was quite novel TO her yet,
her engagement and her ring.
This was only August. In May she
had never dreamed OF the existence of
such q person rs Mr.. Paul Carlisle.
He had come down to Blue Berry
Hill in June, q successful young sculp-
tor. seeking isolation, rest and country
quiet, and the very first thing he did
he, who could have chosen last season
from half Il dozen brilliant society bellies
was to fall head over ears in love with
Dorothy Stratton.
She captured his erratic artistic fancy
and she pleased his instructive sense OF
refinement.
She was so 1.-THE and graceful, with
such arch. graceful curves of throat and
arm, and she held her small sloe-black
head with such quiet, charming dignity.
Aud what could be more winsome than
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20

One night Sandy told her that he
''liket'' her lawful wee" She simply
responded ditto" Sandy was not
very sure what that meant, so the next
day while at work he said: Father.
can you tell me what ditto is? ..Ou.
ay, Sandy, replied the father, '.dae We
sac that cabbage?' Yes" ..And
dae We sac that ither ane, that it's list
the same?" Yes" '.Weel. that's
ditto. Gracious goodness!'' ex-
claimed Sandy. did she ca me a caL-
bage-head? I'll ma wed her. Boston
AdrRrtiSer-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20

A Montana belle being asked by a
Bismarck man if they possessed any
culture out her way replied: Culture?
You bet your variegated socks we do!
We kin sling more culture to the square
foot in Helena than they kin in any
camp in America. On, loosen my coz
sets till [ smile. BisnaGrck Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-20

The editor wrote .'Bonny Kate Field
is on her travels through the exchanges
once more, and it came out in the pa
per, '.Boney Kate. etc. The editor Is
paying 10 cents apiece for all the copie3
of that issue, for the purpose of destroy.
ING them, and, if the entire edition can
not be secured. he says he viii 90 to
Alaska until the affair elbows over. -
N0rrtstOlCR Herald.