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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The paper railroad tic, as cheap as
wood and with twenty-five years Of life
in it, has presented itself for considera-
ton. Detroit Post
Some old-school doctors hereabouts
have been trying mesmerism as an
an@sthetic for surgical operations lately
with success. They laughed at this
proposition thirty years ago. Science
Monthly.
1t is said that inventors, fearful of
being robbed of their ideas, deliberately
deceive their attorneys and the PATENT
office about their inventions, obscuring
the truth so that when they do get a
patent it is practically worthless for the
reason that il does not cover the real
points. IN Y. SWu.
Charles VI, of Spain, after persist
ent experiment, decided that two pendu-
lums could not be made to beat in uni
son, and the attempt, often made by
clockmakers, has always failed until,
lately, a London matchmaker has set
six Of them in his window, where they
swing exactly alike.
"A Philadelphia Company has pur-
chased farm in Accomac County, Va,
which is TO be devoted to the raising of
geese, so as to secure supply OF feath-
ers for making pillows and down quilts.
II is proposed to commence with two
thousand geese, and TO increase the
number TO ten thousand as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be per-
fected. d.-Esttadetphia Record
There is but one nickel mine in the
United States now in operation. It is
situated in Lancaster County, iPennsyl-
yania. Ii is two hundred feet deep,and
has been worked seventeen years. The
demand for this metal is rapidly in
creasing. Groupings Of nickel are
found also in Madison (Iowa) and
Wayne counties Missouri. The refined
metal is worth So a pound Chicago
Times.
AT a recent meeting Of the New
York Sugar Association, at Genoa,
President Williams said Of the sorguIn
sugar industry in the North: eve are
going to make sirup that is superior 10
that of New Orleans. Men are expert
menting all the time 10 perfect the pro-
cess Of manufacture. ] expect in my
day to see glucose driven from our
homes by better and purer article ~
Utica Herald. N ssE ef tss.r
Mr.. George Hall, of Newark, on
old pressman, has devised simple pro
cess for preserving and renovatfng ink
rollers and adding greatly TO their
longevity A steam jacket is added to
the roller closet, and numerous fine Jets
are SO arranged as to play gently upon
the roller within. These Jets thorough
ly cleanse the surface Of the roller, the
skin ON its face disappears, the body Of
the roller absorbs' a portion of the
heated vapor, and the whole is kept in
fresh, elastic condition ready for work
without further preparation. --Newark
IN ~ Register.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28
An Unusual Engineering Feat.

At one time il was obvious that the
Washington Monument foundation
needed to be strengthened, and Colonel
Casey addressed himself to task which
a good many engineers would have
preferred not to undertake. Going
down below the foundation already
built, he dug from under it all around a
core of earth forty-four feet square, di-
rectly under the center of the founda-
tion and monument; and the II 800. 900
pounds of weight stood on this
pillar of earth. The new excavation
was of depth of thirteen feet, and
made a cellar under the foundation 1876
feet square, This was filled with solid
masonry, except where the core of earth
stood, which was not removed. Then
the sides of the old foundation
above were torn down for a considera-
BILE distance, under the walls Of the
shaft, rebuilt of better materials, and
spread out further over the new base
below, thus distributing the pressure
over a much larger area. So, instead
of foundation only. 80 feet square,
that is, extending only I21 feet beyond
each Of the four faces, there is now a
foundation 126 feet square, extending
20 feet beyond each face and running
ID feet deeper. A good many engineers
have come at different times to visit the
monument and inspect this interesting
work. One of them looked at it long
time without saying anything. Then
he remarked quietly; ''Well, that S
easy enough TO do, but | don't know
one engineer in thousand who would
want tOtry it.n The result proves how
well the work has been done. Since
the laying of stone was renewed 29, ,255
tons Of stone have been added to the
pile, and the settlement of the shaft due
to this load has been Just one and a
quarter inches. The settlement is so
even that the greatest variation in the
sinking of the four corners is differ
ence of four-one-hundreths of an inch
between the southwest and northeast
corners. The other two have settled
exactly alike, even to the .hundreth
part of an inch. The total pressure
now borne by the bed of foundation is
74,o7l tons or ninety-two per cent. Of
the whole pressure that will be placed
upon it, Washington Letter,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28
An old round hat without a brim,
Was all he had to cover him."
Whittier does not forget that crown
ing touch to his barefoot boy;

Whittier does not forget that crown
ing touch to his barefoot boy:
"with the sunshine on thy face
wff Through thytorn brim's jaunty grace
A hat is an important factor in de-
pertinent To lift it from the head
gracefully, give it just the requisite tilt,
and restore it to its original position, is
a work of art Some people cling to
their hats as a drowning man clings to
a straw. They seem to think it some
kind of an explosive substance, and if
they let 90 of it that it will go off. An
illustrated paper lately gave spicy
picture in which a gentleman who is
making call resigns his silk hat, and
when he rises to 90 finds that the small
boy of the family has been making an
opera crush of it, and that it now re-
sembles an accordion more than hat.
p 1t will be remembered that when Joe
Gargery ate that memorable breakfast
with Pip, and being ''invited to sit
down to table, looked all round the
room for a suitable spot on which to de-
post his hat--as if il were only on some
few very rare substances in nature that
it could find a resting-place-a and ulti-
mately stood it on an extreme corner
of the chimney-piece from which it ever
after fell off at Intervals. Indeed, it de-
manded from him constant attention
and quickness of eye and hand very
like that exacted by wicket-keeping.
He made extraordinary play with it,
and showed the greatest skill, now rush
ing at it sand catching it neatly as it
dropped; now merely stopping it mid
way; beating it up and humoring it in
various parts of the room, and against q
good deal Of the pattern of the paper on
the wall before he felt it safe to close
with it; finally splashing it into the
slop-basin. when j took the liberty of
laying hands on it."--DetroI Post and
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28

lie wore broad-brimmed, bell-crowned
White as the locks on which it sat.
And striplings downy of lip and chin.
CierKs tnat the home guards mustered in;
Glanced as they passed at the hat he wore
Ihen at the rifle his right hand bore.
"EIow are you, white hata Put her through.
Your heads level! Bully for you"
But later on they learned to respect
that old white hat, when the soldiers
declared H
=" That the CLEAN of his old white hat afar.
Like the crested plume of the brave Ma.
That das was their orltlamme of war"
There is a religious look about some
hats-as the shovel hat of the clergy,
the scarlet hat of the cardinal, to which
frequent allusion is made in Shake
speare. 1 ,t
"That out of mere ambition you have
caused your hat to be stamped on the
Kings coin,n says the noble Suffolk to
Cardinal Woolsey, in Henry VIII.
"Under my feet stamp thy cardi-
nal $ hat, = Gloster vehemently declares.
"What, man, ne'er pull your hat up
on your brow, protests Malcolm.
There is the broad brim of the Quak-
er, sectarian in its might but gracious
and beneyolent as well. And there are
patriotic hats like the old Continental.
The hat was a dividing line between the
Cavaliers and the Roundheads. History
has many illusions to remarkable and
distinguishing hats. Some one gives us
this;
Beyond the Egyptian room in the
Louvre there used to be the cooked hat
of the Emperor Napoleon. There was
magic in it; it seemed to radiate power
and glory as from a sun. Beside it
were the green coat, the breeches, the
boots of the great man; all hung over
with interest and curiosity by visitors.
But it was the little cooked hat that hid
the scheeming and Unsuitable brain
which chiefly rivited all eyes.n
An Indian chief considers himself in
full dress when he is aITayed in hoop
earrings and tall silk hat and there
is probably no single object of civilized
clothing which is as much admired by
both the men and women Of the aborigi-
nal races.
While an old hat may be very dilapi-
dated and yet retain the marks of bet
ter days, there are hats that fall very
low in the world, such as the tramp's
hat, which seems to shrink away and
be ashamed of the bad company into
which it has fallen. It is usually a
slouch hat, not the rakish slouch of the
brigand, but the furtive slouch of the
creature of the slums. A boys hat
with the rim torn off is always a pic
ture.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28
VOLUMENI.
y a5FHE MYs1ERY. soLvED.i a

70. RI .
,syvhat h that, mother-that curious thing
Anbling the streets with a langliid swing;
With spiketail coat, a gorgeous vest
And eye-glass dangling on his breasti
With dog.skin gloves and bel-crowned hat,
And such poor, thin legs, and u stomach HAT?
Eerie and weird it looks to me.
oh, mother, what can the creature bef
nOh. hush, child hushl tbs no goblin rude
'Tis only a harmless little 'dudeNP aa
"But what Is 4. sdude2s Oh, mother dear,
How aid theymalse thing SO queer?
Did it grow while we were fast asleep,
Like the grass and the geese aud the pretty
isiIeep1 "a AaGs4k w. LtF
Do YOU think that Barnum drew the plan,
TO have something new for his caravan?
II walks like chicken Can itfiyTe
VIII you tell nc about it by-and-byg
"Theres little to tell, my child; it's plain !.
IS the form of a man with monkeys brain.
Lucy NJ Blinn. IN the Continent.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28
Why a State Can Not be Sued.

Perhaps it might not be uninteresting
to summarize the reasons why soVer-
eign State can not be sued, even by its
own consent; it
|. Law is a rule of action prescribed
by superior." The sovereign has no
superior.
2. The King can do no wrong, be-
cause he is above the law, being its
source, and there can be no wrong but
by its violation. @f,
3. The writ runs in the name of the
Sovereign, and is supported by his pow
er. Il would be absurd for the Sover-
eign to call himself into court to an
swer for violation of his own law under
penalty prescribed by himself
A. There is no power TO enforce judg-
ment. The State compels the individual
to obey the Judgment of its courts; il
can not compel itself. The Judgment
of the court is the viii Of the Sovereign,
and consequently can not be made use
of to coerce he Sovereign. - The Con-
ti1se7if efh-
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28

He wore a broad-brimmed, boll-crowned
white as the locks. on which it sat.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28

beis, ne .n 5an hat enjoys the distinction Of
a memorial to grief.
a A1Itpsys str;GyI az day in the door he sat.
The .r,r cr1,rs ~ Nl5nered-up Grape on his hat:
Ana hoIsn mad ailen against his head,
thread sHeo IN with a shoemakers
He nes wo,,le with his hard and toil-worn hand
band. smooth and straighten the faded
Bact ~ nE Perhaps. of little mound
''n netties the whole year round"
too Ie,1 81 3 1 heroic quantity in a hat,
nnem - pret Harte tells us in his fine
whom % : John Burns, of Gettysburg, Of
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28

I'm Vermont, on one of the stage
roads, atbeautiful girl of about eighteen
drives the Stage and manages the four
horses with gleat dexteritY.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28
ABOUT HATS.

The Hat in Literature and Sentiment.
ats strange how hats expand their brims as
ripper years invade,
As if, when life had reached its noon, it
,rnnfnd thnm for shadp.n -
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-28

" How are YOU, white hat2 Put her through.
Your heads level! Bully for you"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24
PRAYING for Rain.

Savannah, Ga, July 90 Ellington
county is peopled by descendants of
the Salzburgliers, who have inherited
the deep religious character of that
people. For several weeks
IA drouth has threatened serious
disaster to crops. The people of Eling-
ham instead of appealing to the news
papers called county prayer meeting
which was attended by the entire pop
ulaiion to pray for rain. They IRE
awaiting results,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24

Georgia is the greatest watermelon
state in the union. A day or two ago
the Louisville d Nashville road had in
their yard at Cincinnati 100 car loads
OF melons, and sixty more cars were
due the same day. All these melons
were from Georgia and number of
car loads were consigned TO Buffalo,
y v
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24

The Dominion groans under yearly
pension TO. an Indian chief, Louis
Watso, of Lake George. Louis will
not die; he has just celebrated his one
hundredth birthday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24

Aaron Glover, Sumter county
Georgia negra, does not perspire like
map. The left side of his
face will trickle like a stream, while
the other is us dry MS bone. Then
his body is just the reverse, the right
side seems continual stream, while
the left is rs dry as II piece of iron ly-
ing before big ire. Aaron enjoys
most excellent health.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24

II is said that New Orleans has a
deeper harbor than New York, and
that the White Star aud Guion lines
dare not load their vessels above 20
feet, while the French line stops at
"a feet. AT New Orleans vessels draw
ing 20 feet If water have no difficulty
or delay in getting to sea.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24

Archbishop Lynch, OF Toronto, Ont,
has issued PASTORAL demanding the
payment of the Peters pence in the
see under his control.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24
A Gcnerons Concession.

NOW OK IIcafaIU.
If the Democrats in the house
choose to make Mr.. Randall speaker,
that is their business. They need not
do 20 unless they want to.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-06
PAT ENTS.

Lehman, Solicitor Of American and For
eign Patents, Washington, D. c. All business
connected with patents, whether before the Patent
Office OF the Courts, promptly attended to, No
charge made unless pa'ent is secured Send for
irculaT. apl2't
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-06
Experiments at a Paris Hospital

Some remarkable results, according
to nj. Parrot, have been obtained at the
Hospital DIES Enfants- Assistes'' of
Paris, in feeding delicate infants with
asses milk, Many of the infants brought
to that hospital have diseases which for
bid their being sucked by nurses, and
for these the bottle was resorted to; in
spite, however, of all possible care, the
endeavOr to foster such small vital force
as these children possessed proved of
little avail, and direct application to the
udder OF an animal presented the best
recourse. At first the infants were thus
fed with goats milk, but it was soon
found that asses milk was greatly pre-
ferable, and all are now fed with that
| one, two, sometimes even three infants
| being held to the creatures udders at
| once, the nurses doing this with great
ease, and the good results of the treat
ment being evident from the figures
| given. Thus. during six months, eighty
six infants having congenital and con-
| tagtous diseases were treated i'll the hos
pital nursery; of the first six, fed with
cows milk in feeding-bottles, only one
was cured; of forty-two fed at the goat $
udder, eight were cured, while thirty
four died; OF thirty eight fed at the ass
udder, twenty-eight have been cured,
while six have died
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-06

great ridges inside of them that made a
corrugated chair necessity. The boys
did not tultillt their part of the programme
and when the teacher got through dry
ing our pants and said, please return
to your seat" we felt as though his po-
likeness was a perfect sham. We looked
at the boys as we went to our seat, but
they never looked up. We have wit
messed contested seats in the Legislature
since, but never saw one that was as ex-
citing as that one in the old white school
house at the foot of the hill The teach
er never spoke during the proceedings,
and when it was over he looked even
paler and more sickly than when he had
one hand in the hair that once grew
where we are now bald, while the other
was at work in the vineyard. But none
of the boys seemed to care to pitch on
to sick man, and he taught school two
terms and never had to whip another
boy. That was the last school we ever
broke up. The slim, siekly teacher is
an old man now, living quietly in this
State with children as old as we are, and
we occasionally see him and ask him if
he remembers how we broke up the
school. He is feeble now, and walks
with cane, but if we had to have a
fight with him even now we would hire
a man to it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-06
Old k.

like, asked the secretary of state,
addressing an old negro, what do you
think of the pending duel between Col
onel Galloway, of Memphis, and Colonel
Chalmers, of Mississippi"
What is pendin duel, bossP"
II mean what do you think of the
prospect of these two gentlemen, who
have hurled war OF words at each
other, making an agreement to stand out
And shoot at each other?'
Now, Use sorter gettin' at de pints
an mericks ob de occasion. Wall, ]
may be sorter cuis in dat matter, but,
boss, it do seem ter me dat man what II
stan still an be shot at when de roadis
in good condition is mighty heep big
ger fool den is.
What would You do if a man were to
insult your hOnor?'
"I'd fine him, sab. -
"How could you fine him?''
If had honor | d be a justice OBJ
de peace, an if a man wuster insult it,
L put de screws OBJ de law on him
Il understand but suppose that you
and one of your friends were to become
involved"
whats dat word? Come ober it
agin. Sorter stretch it ont an hang on
to it,
Il say, suppose you were to become
| involved"
Oats it, OATS fine proclamation.
III paralyze my wife an chilun wild it,
You wants ter know what I'd do. Wall,
if l want able ter whip him. I'd shun
him wild mighty willin' step. But you
wouldn't kctch me standin' roun' an
lettin' him shoot at me. When a man
pulls down on me, does some mighty
fine travelin' right dar. "
You don't care, then, to be called a
bravo MANI"
mo, sab, | d0an banker arter it at
de spense oh my health. Ii man wants
| ter call me brave, 1 ain't gwinater
grumble, but dinged if Use gwineter
| let him shoot at me ieS fur de compli-
ment. OATS a putty good word itself,
boss. l get it from man what sells ce-
ment. Ur he. he, an Use laid out many
gen leman wild it, ur he. One OBJ de
aims OBJ my life is not ter get killed.
Use seed many a killed man an none oh
'em looked like dey was enioyin' dar-
selves. Wants ter lib heah jis' as long
as kin, an when goes wants ter go
cordin' ter patur, an if | does go any
udder way, a mans got ter monkey
'roun' smartly fore he lays me out.
You heard my horn, ur, he, he DR.
kdnSdoO Traveller.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-06
A California Trae.

Mentehr ard myself were WALKING
TRANQUILITY up a wooded ravine in Cal:
Norma when a woodman on the hillside.
some distance above us, took his pipe
out OF his mouth, and TRANQUILITY re.
marked.
'Guess you fellers jest as well go
back
1t Is one OF my rules in life never to
ask useless questions. | went back.
And IN few moments | found Outwhy.
The sound of .ehopping and the swish
OF the saw suddenly ceased, and long,
mournful cry rang through the woods.
ltwas the warning note of the woodman.
The top Of tail tree some distance
ahead OF US began to tremble slightly.
There was an awful prolonged groan-
such groan as might come from the
hairy breast of the imprisoned giant be-
meath Mount Etna Then came sharp
''crackn as the mighty tree-trunk snap
ped. The tall monster slowly and ma
Jestically moved toward the earth. There
was terrible crash as it smote the
branches from its fellow trees-smitine
them as clearly as with q cimeter.
There was a roar as of thunder when il
struck the ground; the earth uembled
for rods around, as if an earthquake
shock was upon us; cloud OF dust rose
up, and when it cleared away the i'm
passive wCodmen Were stripping the
fallen giant OF his limbs.
1nasmuch rs the tree fell upon the
exact spot we had occupied a moment
before, we understood and appreciated
the remark OF the laconic woodman.
We watched the woodmen prepare an
immense log, about twelve feet in di.
ameter. They drove in the staple, and
then hitehed to it twenty Xen-ten yoke.
The goad-bearer punched his animals,
swore at them in pleasant and per
suasiVe voice, and then started The
mammoth log groaned slightly, turned
reluctantly, and moved forward an inch
or two.
Ping! Whir-r-r-r!
The iron ring had snapped in twain.
Its two fragments flew tive different
ways-one passing between the interest.
ed heads of Menteur and myself. II il
had struck rs we would have lost all in
terest in logs and other mundane things
Not having struck us, | maintained my
interest, | looked with much curiosity
to see what had become of the twenty
oxen. l expected to see them out o.
| sight, as an 1rishman might say, by
| reason of the sudden slackening of the
immense tension.
They were not out of sight, but they
were the most miscellaneous, most con
fused, and most disguised oxen | even
saw in my life. They were engaged il
turning twenty distinct, complicated
and rapid somersets.
Menteur, in telling this story, invari-
bly, ends it by saying that each OK lit OF
his feet. But then Menteur is not mark
ed for his veracity. San Francisco
ATgonaut.