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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Fresno County, Cal, is making q
eanal one hundred feet wide from
Kings Riyerto irrigate30, ,000, 900 acres
Of dry and worthless desert.
A Richmond (vaD paper claims
that no city in the United States has
made greater progress in manufacture
ing enterprises in the past tenor twelve
years than that city. ss.
The canning of whales is new in
iustry in Norway. As the creatures
are not put up in Hat boxes, heads to-
tails, il Is not anticipated that the bus
mess will Interfere with Names sardine
industry.
+Dr. Haensal, a'Gerrnan savant, has
succeeded in photographing several
lightning flashes, and with such sue
cess as 10 enable the length of the
course Of the electric current to be COM
puted, and also the locality where the
lightning struck TO be estimated with
accuracy. Valuable results arc ex-
pected from further experiments.
Pine sawdust, highly compressed,
has been successfully used to make up
centre frames of carriage wheels II is
said to be so solid that il will bear u
square inch, AS sawdust has also been
used for partitions and bricks, its APP
plication to the production of complex
carvings and holdings does not seem
to be far off, Chicago Herald.
"A Jacksonville (Fla) merchant
has just shipped North two hundSed
boxes of lemons grown in Florida.
They are said to be as fine lemons as
can be grown anywhere, their color
being perfect, while they are finely fla-
vorcd, and as juicy as the best Mes
sinas. Mr.. Bean. the shipper Of the
lot, says the fruit-growers throughout
Florida are paying very much more at
tention 10 growing lemons since sue
cessful experiment was made in curing
them last season, and are setting out or
budding large number Of trees.
"A party that made visit recently
to the New York Agricultural Expert
menC Station, mile and half from
Geneva, found eleven hundred varieties
of seed growing--of corn, 140, and Of
the tomato, GO, There is an experiment
to ascertain the quantity of water alb
sorbed on three plots of land-one being
sward, one naked soil uncultvated, and
one cultivated. The farm, which has
125 acres Of rather stiff clay soil, cost
the State S25. 200 in 1882. Dr. Sturte-
want, the director, says chat the station
has already become profitable. --Bu6atO
Courier
just how the pitching and rolling
of ship acts on the human frame so
MS to produce the physical and mental
prostEation ofsseasickness is matter of
dispute. A theory recently started by
DIR. Irwin, an English physician. attrib-
utes it todsturbance Of the fluids in the
semi-eiFcular canals of the ear II Is
generally recognized that irritation Of
any kind in these passages produces
nausea and vomiting. Dr. Chapman,
on the other hand, sees the main prox-
innate cause Of this disorder in the pres
ence of an undue amount of blood in
the spinal nervous centers, which rem
ders the nerves proceeding from them
active, with the result of disturbing the
action of the organs especially the
movements are regu-
lar Chicago Times.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11
what Good narana Was saerIlleea 10.

There were two of them in the car.
They sat together. One of themaidens
carried in her lap about five pounds of
live sausage with the hair on in the
shape of sick poodle. On the front
platform near the open door was a gen
tleman who, in violation of the COM
pany's rules, was putting a good cigar,
the smoke of which now and then rolled
around the ladies Just mentioned. Said
the one with the dog to the other, who
was dogless: .'Oh, how / hate vile to-
bacco smoke. wouldn't marry a man
who used tobacco in any form If he was
as rich as Jay Gould and as handsome
as Oscar Wilde. would rather die an
old maid (she looked to be about iifty).
| can't see how man can use il and be
received in society as respectable; but
dear me the world is so strange. Mr.
Conductor" she continued, 'swill you
please request that man to stop smoking.
or close that door? II is an outrage 10
permit such conduct on car. II Is
very disagreeable to me and hurts my
dogs eyes. The conductor did as he
was requested and the gentleman,
throwing away his cigar, came inside,
and this Is what he heard and what he
saw. Said the girlish thing, whose lover
was dog, addressing the poodle whose
eyes were red with epizoot and whose
nose was in need ofa plumber: "Did on
dit dat nassy ole bakky moke in ou dear
itsy bitsy eyes? Let on Missy yub him
ont for on, and with this loving Ian
guage she fished up a clean looking
handkerchief and mopped the darlingss
ocular machinery. He acknowledged
the kindness BY kissing her two or three
times on ertasteless lips. then frislling
around, marking her white dress with
dirty feet, cuddled up in her arms. and
blinked at the gentleman across the
way who had sacrificed a good Havana
that a worthless dog might not be an
noyed. -~s WaalinQtoH CaDjfQl
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11
The Baby That Was Not.

There was tired-looking woman
came into the Michigan Central depot
the other day and sat down TO wait for
q train. Two small children clung 10
her skirts and in her arms she carried
an infant, closely wrapped up, and with
an old veil tied in a double fold across
its small face. The mother had a
satchel and sor.l0 boxes, which she man
aged to carry ut the same time, and she
| settled the children on each side of her
and prepared for long sitting, for the
train was late.
The children were quiet little things,
and amused themselves; the mother sat
and held the baby in tight clasp and
looked far off with eyes that seemed to
be watching over a grave. Tears fell
softly now and then, sometimes on one
of the bright-haired children, again on
the dress of the baby in her arms, and
these the little ones would brush softly
away. 1t was evident that they had
seen their mother weep often.
But the other passengers who waited
got nervous over it. A good woman
with kind face offered seed-cake to the
children, but they shrunk from her.
People came and went, and something
in the woman's face made them stop
and look at her, but she did not see
them. A white, drawn, quivering mouth
and fearful eyes attested some deep sor-
row.
At last n little fussy man, who had
been jumping up and down and rubbing
his hands and crying: ''Bless mer' un-
der his breath, went up to the stricken
woman and executed sort of war dance
in front of her.
& Bless, me, ma'am,' he exclaimed,
rubbing his hands till they We're abIaze
with the friction; "but you'll smother
that baby
The woman looked at him as if she
didn't comprehend what he meant.
s It can't possibly breathe, ma am,
with double veil over its face; say,
you'll smother that ch-il-d.n
He thought her either deaf or crazed
and the rest of the passengers had the
same fears. The,woman laid her linn
burden in her lap and began with trem-
bling hands to undo the Yeil. ..My baby
is dead, I she said, in low voice, but
which all heard
Good gracious, ma'am'' began the
little man.
These are her clothes" she con-
timed, in a broken voice; 81 carried
her in my arms and next to my heart
for two years, and now my heart and
my arms.are both empty; but / don't
miss her so much when have these,
and the children forget she is dead and
buried away from us all. 2
She picked up her senseless burden
and rocked herself to and fro, but kind
r. = 4. = n = n
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11

The first cod ! caughtwas haddock,
the next was ahake, and the ethird was a
pollock. My companions all told me
they were cod, they could tell by the
way they pulled. Every fish man
loses is big one; this is singular, but
il is one of the great moral truths that
pervades this planet.
Finally ! did get cod. The skipper
told me to ''pull steady" ] bent over
and pulled. As my hands slipped
along the line the water flew toward
me and landed on my trousers. II put
me in mind of the first time | ever
tried to grind an AK. got a boy to
turn for me. He got the stone revOly-
ing about 10000 times a minute, and,
STOPPING over, placed the AK onithe
stone. forget now whether il was two
quarts or a gallon Of dirty water that
strnck me in the face, but am positive
that chopped my wood with a dull ak,
and that told the boy he need not turn
any more. 'iaI at n4r1
With dozen friends encouraging me
! Icould not well help pulling. Now the
fish would put himself side-to and pull
back, SO it seemed like hauling up a
stone drag. The line would cut through
my hands, but would struggle and
keep pulling. Then the fish would
suddenly take start upward, and the
sudden slack on the line would set me
down on the deck with the thud Of
paving maui, and before | recovered he
would be sailing down again and the
line would be slipping through my
hands, cutting away more skin.
My strength was nearly gone. was
about giving up when a pair of blue
eyes looked at me out Of the top Of the
waves, and a mouth not made 10 kiss,
opened and a huge cod was landed ON
the deck and a dozen hands slapped
me on the back and eleven mouths said
was "bully boy / send this TO
you c. o. D.-Cor. Hartford Times.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11
a. WARMED.UP MEMORY.

STis ever thus, that when the summer sun
Swings high iuheaven, remembrance brings
me back H-tt
To other summer days. when Love was young
And was young in love-just on the track
i mind me Of that timeYhen had spent
a long vacation on my uncle's farm,
And found on leaving. that behind left
My heart victim TO cousins charm.
And this Tknew not till about to go,
fingered with her there beside the gate;
When all at once my heart went throbbing so,
My eyes, were opened, aud saw my fate.
gazed into her eyes with meaning vast,
But coudnotspenk, however hard I'd try.
took one little hand-end would had both,
But that the other held piece of pie
fain believe ] would have kissed her too
Her lips were of the ripest, reddest dye;
Inviting. tempfing-and know could,
Had not her mouth been full of that same
pie. g4s e-,ss 5faH nts
And so we parted. ! went back to town,
Soon TO forget my love; but till die
I'll ne'er forget how quickly love cools down
When frozen OUT by stronger love of pie.
rfItt -LOlceu Citizen.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11
PITH AND POINT.

Passengers from Havana pack
cigars in their clothing Ito keep out the
moths, and avoid the duty.--JOweH
Courier.
-"Eveiy man is the architect Of his
own fortune,p provided he don't get it
left to him or stumble onto a sinecure.
- The JaIqe.
"A New England paper is talking
about husking bees. It's bold man,
certainly, who will undertake to husk
bee -LoUisUiLlc Cosssser-JonrndJ NJ
The men who make sport of other
men in this rockaway world are gener-
ally found to be the men who are sup
ported by other mems money.-5C Chicago
Inter ocean. e..tss,
An exchange says that so, 600 Amer
leans annually visit Europe; but when
we come to think that 81, 1920, 900 stay at
home we don't feel so awfulIy lone
some as we might. - Chicago TSibuhe.
The Philadelphia Chronicle SAYS the
grammar used in the Mormon schools
don't recognize the First person singu-
lar,H which would upset their religion.
But all the same the first person must
feel pretty singular when her husband
accumulates dozen more wives. Nor
ristoDn Herald.
VIII be temperate sI
Billy Jones of Thompsons corps,
Entered through the barrOom d0rpB;
Drank tilhe could drink no morps
Eel down on the hargopm, horps,
Fell till he could fall no lorps,s SIS
Says he will do so no morps,
But viii join the temperance corps.
a., ~ 20 - go, ,lf1I fs ~
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11

Before going to war, pray once;
before going 70 sea. pray twice; before
getting married pray three times,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

Dr. & A. baltimore at his residence on Prince
street.. Dr.~L4attkmore, although hpsily en-
gagged upon some matters connected with
the State Board OF Health, of which he is
one of the analysts, courteously answered
the questions that were propounded him
sDid you make a chemical analysis OF the
case of Mr.. II. II. Warner some threesyears
ago, Doctor" 80 - H.
ayes, SIR N.NAN~1
sWhat did this analysis show yous"
"The presence OF albunen aud tube casts
In great Abundance"
And what did the symptoms in0icse?'
"a serious disease of the kidneys"
@Did you think Mr.. Warner could recover"
@No, sir. did not think it possible. II
was seldom, indeed, that so pronounced O
case had, up to that time, ever been cured
"Do you know anything about the remedy
which cured himy"'
"Yes, have chemically analyzed it and
upon critical examination, ind 1t entirely
free from any poisonous or deleterious sub
stances"
We publish the foregoing statements in
view OF the commotion which tho publicity
of DR.. Henions article has caused and To
meet the protestations which have been
made. The standing of Dr. Henion, Mr..
Warner and Dr. baltimore in the community
is beyond question and the statements they
make cannot for moment be doubted.
They concluslvely show that Brights disease
of the kidneys is one of the most decept We
and dangerous of all diseases that IL il ex-
ceedingly common, alarmingly increasing
and that 1t can be cured
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
How Prime Steam Lard Is Made.

Would you like to know how prime
steam lard is made?" asked an ex-Mil-
waukee packer of the reporter. ITO
see the operation at its worst you
should visit the works nights and Sun
days. Then it is that diseased and de-
crepit hogs are cooked and brought out
into the purest white lard by the steam
ing process. A packer can make
winter and understanding lard out of
q rotten hog than the farm-wife can
from the pure leaf. In the leaf, you
know, there are blood tissues, and the
stain cannot be cooked out by the ordi-
nary process. BY the steam, however,
all stains are removed, even the filth.
Into the tanks the packer throws bones,
entrails, diseased hogs entire, the heads
left by the butcher, and all leavings
that the farmer would throw away.
the steam is let in at very hot temper
allure and clarifies all impurities out of
the grease. The lard separates and
goes TO the top and all the other stuff
20 the bottom. You would be surprised
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
Origin of Names of the Fabrics.

Everything connected with ones bus
mess is of Importance. Very few dry
goods men know the origin of the
names Of many of the goods they han
die. They may seem trivial points, but
they are of interest to the man who
seeks TO be thoroughly familiar with
the merchandise in which he deals.
For the information of such we give
the derivation of the names of the fol-
lowing goods Damask is from the
city of Damascus; satins from Zaytown
in China; calico from Calicut, town in
India, formerly celebrated for It's cot
ton cloth, and where calico was also
printed. Muslin is named from Mosul
in Asia. Alpaca is from an animal of
Peru, of the llama species, from whose
wool the fabric is woven. Buckram
takes its name from Bochara; fustian
comes from Fostat, city of the middle
ages, from which the modern Cairo is
descended. Taffeta and tabby from a
street in Bagdad. Cambria from Cam
bral. Gauze has its name from GAIA
baize from Baiac; dimity from Dam
ietta, and jeans from Jean. Drugget is
derived from city III Ireland, Drug
heka Duck comes from Torque, in
Normandy. Blanket is called after
Thomas Blanket, famous clothiel
connected with the introduction Of
woolens into England about 1910
Serge derives its name from Xerga, 6
Spanish name for a peculiar wooler
blanket. Diaper is not from D'Ypres
as is sometimes stated, but from the
Greek djdspron, figured. Velvet il
from the Italian uellute, woody Latin
rellus-a hide or pelt). Shawl is tn,
Sanscrit sala, floor, for shawls were
first used as carpets and tapestry. Ban
danna is from an Indian word. meaning
to bind or tie, because they are tied il
knots before dyeing. Chintz come.
the Hindoo word chett. Delaine is tn,
French ~of wool"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
Mothers and Rabies.

Human motherhood, in its highest
manifestations, is without doubt the
purest and sacredest thing in all this
world. 1t is so exalted, so potent for
good in all the intricacies of social and
national life that any falling away from
its ideal perfection comes like an aflront
to humanity and to the hottest instincts
of every proper man. And the choice
instances of refined motherhood such
as have come under the observation of
all men, are so beautiful that if the
economy of nature demands generations
of suffering endurance in order to the
evolution of such, no person of clear
sight would object to such economy.
So it happens in this, as in all
spheres, that any falling away from the
ideal is lamented as something that
might not have been and ought not to
have been. Well looked into, the
CHASTITY perfoI mances of detectives in
the cellar of DIR. Hathaway's former resi-
deDce have much deeper significance
than that which relates them to the
wretched man now in prison for petty
crime. Halfway was there 10 do his
nefarious work of abortion on the same
principal of nature that the vender OF
cheap whisky keeps his doors open with
such profit to himself There was de-
mand for Halfway, hence he was there.
And the wreck or crime of such man
is as nothing compared with the insult
TO American motherhood which comes
from pathways cellar.
1t is useless TO avoid or ignore this
aspect of these revelations. And
through the newspaper may not be just
the place for moraliZing, much less fol
preaching, common self-respect and a
common interest in the safety of society
demand some mention of this aspect OF
the crime of infanticide. On the Oar.
winian theory of human existence
mothers can find presidents enough foi
this crime. And the false ideas OF
social morality, the bitter conflict life
offers for many mothers who welcome
and care for their offspring afford some
excuse for the abortionist and those
who hire him or her. Nor can it be de-
MED that many women conscientious
enough in other things fail here lament
ably. There is no special advice tc
give, but it is only as the sacredness OF
human life is recognized and the divini
ty of human motherhood is understood
that any society worthy the name car
exist in any part of the world.-Phila
delphia Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

What is this? A pleasure excursion
boat, sweet
Why is it called pleasure" excur-
sion boat? For the same reason that
theater in this cityis called the Fifth
Avenue Theater.
And why is that? Because it is not
in Fifth avenue.
Oh! But how does that apply to the
boat? If you were on the boat you
might see.
There appear to be some people on
this boat. There are few.
How many? About 4, 1000, darling.
Why but is not that more than the
boat is allowed to carry? Evidently
not.
Bnt a paper in her cabin says she is
only allowed 1000 passengers. Yes,
dear.
Then the poor Captain is disobeying
the law. Somewhat.
Will he be punished? Oh, no.
But suppose there should be an acct
dent? There would be trouble.
For whom? For the people on
board.
buV ooCo ilOO BOoi NAPe"ih INV"
that not half his passengers can swim
He knows that not one-fourth of them
can, but he cannot help it.
Are there no life preserers on board
Oh, yes.
How many? About 1000.
Just think how awful it would be if
the boat would blow up, sink, tip over
or get run into. Yes.
Would the poor Captain catch
blazes from the Coroner's jury! No.
Why? There would be no witnesses
to show he was to blame.
Why, where would the poor passen-
gers be? Drowned.
Oil then all the passengers trust
to the poor Captains good luck? Yes,
they have staked their lives upon it,
And this is "pleasure?" Quite a pic
mic, my love.
Are there many such pleasure"
boats running out of New York? About
100.
Who owns them? That is secret.
But L won't tell. Are the men who
own them philanthropists? Every
time.
Who are they? They are secret
corporation.
And its name? The "Undertaker's
Co-operative Union. Life
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
Pure Sympathy.

What have you got for dinner?" in
CURED Disguised drummer of the
waiter. The waiter had been in the
town twenty-four hours without taking
an order.
Roast duck, SIR"
"Ah was the duck shot on the wing ?"
Il guess So"
Trying to get away from this cussed
place, wasn't hep"
Il presume likely enough, sir"
Good bird; sagacious fowl; rar0
aUis. l admire his pluck and pity his
misfortune. You may bring me that
duck. I'll take the whole of him. I'll
help him along on the road. "-Teras
Siftings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
What II Was.

Mr.. Jenkins was looking pale and
detected the other day, and a friend
noticed it.
Hello, Jenk,'" he said, you are
looking bad"
II know it. / feel that way"
We'll, you are usually in excellent
spirit. What could have got into you
to made you look SOP"
"You won't give it away if 1 tell what
has got into me, will you?"
mo; it is not bankruptcy, is it?"
NO"
"Nor domestic trouble?"
mo"
"What is il then ?"
"Cucumbers and dried apple pie. "
Merchant and TrdUeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

Among the Hindoos, as every one
knows, the process Of cremation is
common, and at Benares its practice
may be observed at any hour, alike be-
meath the burning rays of the MONDAY
sun and by the light of the pale moon.
Manya poor sufferer strains his last
Efforts TO reach the shores of the
Ganges,S there to die on hallowed
ground. The expense of wood for the
funeral pyre being too great to secure
the burning of the whole body, it is
partly charred and then sent to float
down the holy stream into the eternity
of the sea. The weather. Hindoos are
more formal in the disposal of their
dead. After bathing the body in the
river it is swathed in a shroud of white,
scarlet, or saffron-colored material
sometimes even covered with cloth OF
gold or silver, some vermillion paint,
symbolizing the blood or sprinkling, is
then thrown over it, and the body is
laid upon the pyre. After adding
sweet-grass, precious oil, and more
wood, the chief mourner bears lighted
torch three or nine times round the
body, touches the dead lips with the
holy flame, and lights the pyre. Then
1t Is kindled in several other places,
and in very short time the body is
consumed by the flame, the ashes are
gathered up, and the Ganges bear
them away. In Japan cremation is not
so publicly performed. A plain-look-
ing house in the corner of the country
cemetery, with mud walls and earthen
floor, inside of which are seven or eight
low stone Enclosures serves as o crema-
tory. The body, in sitting attitude,
is placed on q heap of dry fagots in
one of the Enclosures, and when, after
six or eight hours the fire is burned
out, nothing is left but few white
ashes, those are put into an earthen-
ware urn and buried with or without
religious rites. The burning of bodies
is not compulsory in Japan, but the
Buddhists of the Monte sect are nearly
without exception cremated. The town
crematories differ only from those in
the country by their tall chimneys, by
which unpleasant odors are kept from
becoming troublesome to the neighbor-
hood. There is also a small room kept
separate for the wealthier people in
which they have their dead burned
apart. For the use of this private
apartment they pay 20 shillings, while
those who prefer to be burned in COM
pany pay about the fifth part of this
sum. The fuel only costs! shilling.
From p. m. to 6 a. N. the first burn
on the granite supports which are laid
on the earthen floor, and from each of
these hearths the ashes are gathered
and put separately into an urn. There
is no smell to annoy any one, and no
nuisance. Terrible as cremation may
appear to some, the process is far less
hideous in its details than that which
has its slow course in the deep narrow
bed into which the fower-covered coffin
is lowered from our sight.-Fort1ight-
ly RecielC.