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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22
LEPRosY.
A Dreaded Plague which is widely Dis.
seminated.

A Dreaded Plague which Il widely Dis.
seminated.
few persons are aware that leprosy
still prevails 10 considerable extent In
various parts Of the world. The Chi
nese are popularity believed to be the only
people especially subject toit. Medical
writings show. however, that Il Is not
only widely distributed In India, China.
some portions Of Europe, the Sandwich
Islands. the West Indies. but that In thi,
country there are several centers whcp
cases have been observed. Oneof these
lcprous ccniers II Louisiana, where the
disease has existed for over century. II
was at one time 80 prevalent that In 1885
n leper hospital was erected In New
Orleans. Within few years past quite
a number of cases have been reported
In lower Louisiana, and five or six years
ago an official investigation was ordered
by the legislature.
On tho Bay Of Chaieurs. In New
Brunswick. there has been a loper hospi.
ial for many years, the disease has betn
considerably restricted by governmental
supervision. and seems In fair way cf
soon disappearing there altogether.
The disease has been imported ipso
Minnesota BY Norwegian emigrants. Int
Is said To be on the decline In that stsss.
In California II Is reported 10 be fre-
qucntly among the Chinese. No reliable
statistics Of lis prevalence there are, how
ever. available.
In this city several cases Of the dis
ease have developed within the past ten
years. Cases have been reported In the
medical journals by two of our physi-
clans. who have made careful invcsti.
CATION Into IN subject. One Of the cases
has never been away from the city,
showing that the disease was acquired
here.
Whether leprosy Is contagious or mol
i mooted question. Physicians dis
agree upon this point, a. they do on
~ many others. The weight Of evi-
dence l. TO the effect that there Il great
danger from contagion. Lepro~y Z ab-
solntely lneurable BY any method oi
treatment known 20 the medical faculty.
and Il Il fortunate that Il Is - rare - h
is.--BaLimers Tfmss.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LORD CHrRY JUSTICE CoLERIDoE was
married in London, on the 18th, 10 an
American lady named Amy Augusta Jack
son Lawford.
THos. HARrIeAN, Of Aurora, ILL.,, had for
some time lived unhappily with his wife.
On the 18th Hartigan was seen 10 raise
revolver, take deliberate aim and sent
bullet into his wife's heart. She fell dead
and then he placed the pistol against his
temple and fired, killing himself instantly.
whisky and jealousy caused the tragedy.
JoHs X. FArRnAs died on the 18th at
Woodland Park, ILL.,, from tho effects OF
eating toad stools, which were supposed TO
be mushrooms.
HENRY RocHEyoRT, writing on the muir.
der Of Oliver Paine, urges that II the
French government fail 10 exact salts
faction from England for the murder,
friends OF Paine will watch for the coming
Of the Prince Of Wales 10 France and
avenge upon him the death Of Paine.
Tns Chief Clerk, John Tweedale, Of the
war department viii act as Secretary Of
War during the absence Of Secretary En-.
dicott. The secretary!wfil he absent from
washingtod until October ist.
IT 10 estimated that 5000 persons visited
the tomb Of General Grant at Riverside
Park, on the nth.
AT Dover Plains, N. Y, on the 18th. in
quarrel as 10 the location Of . line Of fence,
" m. DeGsrmo and his son attacked Theo-
dore n. Boyse viciously. The latter shot
and killed DeGarmo.
THs trains bearing the first instsllment
Of the tea shipped by the Northern Pacific
road from Tacoma on the sth inst. reach sd
New York on the nth, having made the
run Of ss5s miles In eight days and four
hours. Tai. Il the fastest time ever made
by freight train from ocean 10 ocean.
THr Memphis street car drivers struck
on the 18th against q reduction Of wages.
THrRE were l,sip new case. Of cholera
and 1870 deaths from the disease reported
on the 18th throughout spHn.
The number Of immigrants landed 81
Castle Garden since the first Of January is
about 1900 less than during the cure.
spending period last year.
THE Authorities at Washington are con-
rrssuisting themselves and the public On
ths escape Of this country thus far from
the cholera. while n has ragged In Europe
all Of this season, not . single case has
made its appearance In the Uaited States.
rHr rsturns show that In the whole II
Spain on the isth thsre ser. go rev cases
oi cholera and isIs deaths.
THssr wers n deaths from shslers re.
part.d in Msrseiilss on The isth.
nxxvrLL pahiishs- card denyias n
too thsfhs has kiven ary osfIins q h
s~fssse
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22
cofrlNs ON HIS SHAVING CUP
An Indsrtaksr's cost-of-Arm. the Jewel
af the Barber'. shop.

An Indsriaker's Cost-ofArm. the Jewel
of the Barbcr'- shop.
A young man In want Of shave re.
Gently went into little barber-shop IN
Harlem, sat down In n chair. leaned
back. and was about 10 shut his eyes ~
keep the la,her ont, when they fell upon
an array of wonderfully decorated shaw.
ingcups. On one was the picture Of a
hearse, nanked by two up.
right coflinsj on another wm
n dummy engine starting on a sec.
iion Of the elevated road. and Others
displayed pictures Of milk wagon. a
tombstone. n saw. or trowcl. The
barber explained that the hearse and
coffin cup belonged 10 mn undertaken
with an eye 10 business. who had got
enough custom from his novel adfer
tisement 10 pay his shaving bill for the
next ten years. An engineer on the
elevated road owned the cup with the
dummy engine ON Il. The other cups
belonged 10 a milk dealer. stoneouttcr,
acarpenter. and n bricklayer. The bar.
bcr said he had an order Tor cup frum
neighboring shoemaker which would
eclipse all the other cups. II would con.
tain n tiny photograph of the shoe.
maker on swinging sign. bearing hls
name and the legend. "Rspairing neatly
done. IN T. SIM
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

rsollsn paeNltas


rhsa Assfams ssssiss ssa fssss ~ Fswss
tiass iItt
Calculating ~ June p.shen ihs Minis
~ determined a. tender h resignation,
NJ GIadstonsr premiership 4 slsih IN
length II seryirs since the aoces
don " the b8use u Hanover. in
l3ll The luke Of Newcastle, Via
ciuht Melbourne, ylscoant Palmerton,
and Mr Diarpoll held The reins n gov
ofnmoui longer for single term than
has Gladstone IN either ~ BIZ terms.
Tho laiiers first premiership lasted .
years 2 months and " days his second,
10 juno y, years month and I days
Newcastle served \ years months
DAYS, from April a. 1854, till May ~,
1902 MelbOurne'a first government,
IN 1884, lasted less than five months, his
second, from April 49, 1885, 10 scptem.
bcr ! 1871. years months " days.
Palmerstons first premiership lasted 2
years IL days His second . years .
months ls days. Benjamin Dlsraeli's
first government began aud ended In
1888. covering n period Of . months Il
days; his second extended from febru'
AIRY n, 1874. to April ~. 1880 o years
2 months days Mr. Gladstone's two
lenses Of power aggregated 10 years 3
months ~ days.
Five prcmiers Of the forty-two be-
tween l7li and 1885 have held the relns
Of government longer than the grand
old man" Robert Walpole, the first
cabinet chief under the Hanovers, was
In office years and 0 months, from
October 10. i7ii, until April 10,
l7l7, and again from April 20, l72O,
until February II, l742-a single con.
tinuous lease Of n years, 0 months and
q days, and an aggregate OF "a years
months aud u days. Henry Pelham
was premier from July 20. l7i3. until
| April n, 1854 l0years \ months and ~
DAYS. Lord North took Office January
2S, 1910, and held u " years 2 months
and days. William Pitts service OF IL
years 2 months and 10 days, from DE.
cember "a, 1883, till March Z, 1901. and
/ OF l year 4 iuontnh anu ~ nays iIvth
May II, 1904, till January :, 1906, ranks
second In length--l9 years 10 months
and days. The fifth long-timer. the
third in length of consecutive service,
was Lord Liverpool, who took office
June 4, 1912. and gave way TO Canning
April II, 1927. after IA years 10
months and days Of power.
The prime minister whose sin
gle lease Of power was briefest
since l7li. was the Marquis of Rocking.
ham. lie succeeded Lord North March
30, 1852. and months and 3 days later
gave way to Shelborne. On mn earlier
occasion - l76b 60 - Rockingham was
premier for little more than year.
The average duration Of the ~ minis.
ters that have conducted thcgoyernmeni
Of Britain since l7l4 has been 4 year.
20 days. Mr.. Gladstone Is the only
premier Of all those called second time
TO form cabinet whose lease Of power
each time exceeded this average. .--Utica
Herald
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22
coaoattr Walls



Nav fbst nasht ta NJ tss.,sss'sd ssT
sfsfHas W. pr frsff
Nlhi h.nfp ar ifnhl.f shen In.
tapdnr ~ dffHng in pu' rsll1f WaIla
under basement barn. lo provide nm
cIehi suprrf for The huIfl0H willie ihe
wall s mlir lho hmllag a snps
ported upon posts W blocks and these
arr IN Tie wni n g 'lnno of hrIok wall
They cannoi be rommei ani re- ihoreIs
poat IN block ll onrh pnrnrr. lhp most
important part ~ iho sail .a lofl poorly
finished aud ,rrl weak have just
given friend advice In .urh ease,
and ne hIs ia u common experience, Il
may be- useful ln many ~ tuur renders
+ The wall. In such n case ia made ni con
crete half hydraulic ecm NJ md hnlf
I lime makes wall sufficiently strong for
any purpose, MS the mortar sO made Is
impcnrlruhlc hy n tonponuy nail which
viii bend aud break before II can he
driven into H. This makes The wall
coyt more than onc.third less than i all
cement is used The first thing 10 be-
done is Ia level mp the building upon
row oi four by four oak or chestnut
posts, aud brace II firmly. Then the
standards and box plank are set, and
the wall built around these posts, an
closing them completely They will
neyerrot, II the prccauton is taken to
vet each one upon u Hat stone. which
becomes a part of the wall. The cor
ncrs need particular attention. rs these
will soon be- bruised aud broken II made
square and sharp,and left unprotected.
have finished the corner by putting in q
tier Of stone or brick II of stone, finish
ing II with squared faces, and having
them lap in among the concrete to make
broken Joints With brick, make n
halfsquarc corner by building in the
bricks which cnrloscs the post
against the brick, and in the
concrete, and holds the brick
very firmly, leaving NO corners ia
be fractured. My friends barn
was forty-eight by forty. and q
wall eight feet high, built in this way,
cost him SSS. very small sum for a
basement of nearly 1900 square feet,
where space il most valuable. The win
dow frames and door frames ARE built
into the wall. and In this case | had
lhrec.inch oak plank used. with anchor
bolts built into the wall. TO hold the
frames firmly at the doors. ! hay,
found the d0or frames 10 work loose nj
times and give way, when they oughi
to bc the strongest part OF the structure
In making concrete, the mixture v
very important. As hydraulic cemcn
sets and becomes hard very soon. mn,
IL damaged II disturbed aftcrward, II i
best 10 mix only 50 much at once as cal
be used before Il will set. aud 10 pre-
vent loss Of time, the mixing should y
on concurrcntly with the laying. tn
! mixing II done Ms follows. and mucI
time is saved By this method: The dr.
cement Is MIXED with three times 0
! much dry sand. rs evenly as possible
Three barrels Of sand ARE spread on
large mixture platform. by twirllnI
the barrels around ~ M To scatter tn
, contents about three inches thick. tn
! cement Is then scattered over II IN III
same way, ns evenly as may be. Th
mass II then thrown to the ccntro In
c0nical heap, which IL llattcned, an
, this Is divided by throwing II again int
: two heaps. one ON each side of the iir'
J one. These two heaps are then throw
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

-Fourcault vanished the skin OF an.
imals. and found that death followed In
some Instances In few hours. but gen.
orally In one. two or three days. In all
cases the quality Of the blood was altered.
and the mucous and Serious membranes
lining the interior Of the body were dis
eased. Hence the very obvious demand
for porosity In all our clothing which
these facts 80 unanimously indicate
Boson BsdgE
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22
John Browns Rebute to a swearsr.

Mr. GIN has rich store Of John
brown anecdotes. I remember one be
used 10 tell when we were grHngcrs To
geiher In Keokuk County. II b thIrs
Brown was greatly opposed 70 he use
Of profanc language. and sfernly for.
babe II among bis men. At one tins he
captured border rufIisn In Kansas. and
he could shame . Flanders regiment
with his horrible oaths. Brown listened
10 him for some time. partcok Of his
supper IN silence, lighted his pipe from
Goals In the ashes, then said 10 the
border heaihen: Il very much dislike
TO hear you using such language .
treaty surprised at the declaration. he
asked Brown 10 stale bis objections.
'I'll tell YOU. sir" he replied. If there
Is no God Il is exceedingly foolish. and
n there l. II i desperately wicked. "
And Mr.. GIN remarked that old Brown
said II IN such fatherly way that ~
fellow dcsisied. and never aff<rwsrd
swvre In bis presence. = d. Nejs>I
L<sgtr.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

The head u one New fofk ciuthing
house l. quoted by the inns ~ saying
that his firm spent ovef 5000 last year
in signs along highways and railroads,
money. hs aSers that wa al y zzlti. "
becauss the scheme has been 20 much
osersioas.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

The safest three per cent bond IN
tho world appears 10 be- that of tho
United States. which sells for 1881.
then comes those Of The State of Connec.
ticut. which ell for i07l. and next tho-s
u Great Britain. which sell for ioo
The three percents. u France are onl,
worth eighty.two. - chic1g5 Heraid.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

AT cattle tillIns match a sscr>.
msnio recently. one man Killed nsd
dressed sests cattle IN IuFtf-sessa u1ip'
uiss. -l<ps ffss<fsse CA
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

" Il Fapofisd lhai hsa tlailss L s.snlas
eHs 10 support 9f The pfsasat sdminisirs.
ton vita vlsw W makinR hlmsalf solll
With BE followers 10 aAsssshassass
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

n 1 said the third ecriIIe1l buIll.
ing In the world l. the New Yofk e(a11
Capitol sssrtsd under Ie{lsle1lH
limltafion q $4,000 900. n - nlr(1(
cost nearly 9Ie. 90. q ~ -
the National Capitol boiIdln1 - W11l.
iuetea. sIx Or eevxa mI1u1n -
VII Dc required q nalsh 49, s
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22
MusCEIIANEOus.


RUSSIA has dispatched ffty torpedo
boats 10 the Black Sea.
liz the twenty -four hours ended the
morning OF the 18th, 6iH new cases of
cholera and 2,l09 deaths were reported
from $40 towns In thirty-slx provinces in
Spain. This Is the highest number OF vic
Tins yet reported.
A VOTE OF thanks for the services Of tho
army and navy in Egypt was adopted by
the British Lords and Commons on the
18th.
DUNNO the week ended the Sth 1000
hogs were handled by Western packers
as against 1O5, 900 year ago. The total
since March 1st Is Q, $50, 90 compared with
2,75o, ,0Oc for a corresponding period las
year.
ANOTHER scandal In high life In Lon
don is made public A seducer was pub
licly aoggsd on the i2th by the victims
father.
The bonded Indebtedness Of the Bank
ers' and Merchants Telegraph Company
will be reduced from 81, 100000 % sl,2)O,
| 600 under the reorganization scheme
In tho organization Of tho pension
examining force Missouri district has
been esta bllshed with headquarters ai
| st. Louis.
The Associated Bessemer Steel manu-.
fac.urers held meeting at Long Branch,
N. j., on the 18th.
TBE National Society Of American
Florists met In Cincinnati on the i2ih. II
was their first convention, aud was quite
largely attended.
Trxas has quarantined against Vera
crun, on account OF yellow fcver.
Tar British Parliament was prorogucd
on the 18th.
ON the i3sh the property Of the Alabama
Great Southern Railway was attached by
creditors
Tar newspapers In France complain oI
III, great number Of German spies on The
frontier.
NEWS comes from Montana Territory
that grasshoppers OF both the migratory
and non migratory species are swsrmins
In that section, and that they are sboul
moving east In large swarms.
SMALLPOX has been officially declared
epidemic At Montreal. Can
Lospox advices say that . new Attain
tic cable is projected.
on the issh there we're i,l5 new case.
of cholera reported through ,ut Spain, and
as deaths from the disease
A RECENT hostile demonstration BY ih'
German ne,t osussi zinrihsr 10 vesksn
and the German claims are now acknowl-
edged
Tar Wabash bondholdsrs In England
vilI Institute foreclosure proeeedings
The scheme con,empla,ss the purchase ol
,hs property sni 10 pay the dsbsniurs'
holders with nsv bonds
osrraxr is reported 70 have occupied
an. c.rolIus Islands. which are claimed
TTr lrosslaz rses e rs'moni Pa.
ph,l.dalphia. on the ijth, b~tween :. l
r...,s tro~n sssilioa Phsllss and W. {
rr.nei.' bsy FsidIaz Harry M1sss. fes |
r.rs- Of aoee. v~ woa ~ whs-- ss'
! s.ar u. arst secsad sni fourth heats d
s.Iz - ssd zsisst
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22
enIMns AkD dAarAl1ira.

eHiats Ann oAsuAlrtra.
.. The ian q eyeloas ffuok ,ks village
of Norwood " r., destroying several
houses, taking ~ sHafeh aiaepisa and ds.
nollahIng one ehafeb eilaea. Eight pafs
sons were Killed. aud several fatally aad
Otherwise Injured.
AZ iioffman'a Ferry, near Amsterdam,
n Y, on the ~ b, q cloud. burst wsshsd
eut 100 yards oi the New York Central
Railways tracks, and played havoc with
The fences and telegraph lines
TnE hturisvant Lumber Company, OF
Cleveland, D., lost tl00,0O0 by the burning
Of thslr planning mill on the night Of the
18Th.
On the loth James IIorac, Jones was
han gei at Troy N. ", for wife murder
On tho 10 b Lewis Hartmann, a farmer
OF Fnyetie County, Indiana, committe ed
suicide, aud Morton Hull followed suit al
Dubuque, IA.
FIRr destroyed number Of tenement
houses nt Jersey City, N. j., on the i3sh.
Forty families were rendered homeless.
PnftrrPoroLIs, a city OF Roumelia, was
the scene Of great connagratlon on the
l5'h' Fore-hye houses were burned to
tho ground and two persons lost their
lives The damage Is immense
lS Humboldt County, California, on the
18Th Henry D. Benner, suspected OF be-
ing the murderer OF Amanda M. Iowne,
was taken from the sherln by mob and
riddled with bullets.
POWDER magazine on tho outskirts OF
silver City, N. M, was struck by light
nins on tne id'n ana seventy Kegs OF pow
der exploded doing considerable damage
TO windows In the vicinity The building
was ourhedi ou', strange 10 say, oVVO
pouhus OF giane powuer renia'nou intact
w ,ne Io'n q STORM Q, Almost unprece' :,
uon'ou so'e',y V'S,'eu 1afa'ose' N.
rour inehes Oh ram ieh w'tn'n s'S hours'
solne ah immense "n'oune VI uamase'
Se'orp' perSonS "ere ProS'ra'eu Wy hkn''
mug Uhe innh nhu 'oahi Vi norses
were kl,led' .
ihN .,a's hoVo' ~ p.vs'e"' W. "a' ue'
s'royeu ny nro On 'ne if'n'
hhNhi fhSEsh' coioreu' was hunseu ~
Oa''s''sourg, N.Y. On .no i4.n, lor 'n'
nuruor Oh oheS.er ihounher iase May
ihh "esVerh oh'o. io'oe,apn ooioo "
1ievelano' W. was ues'royeu ny nre Oh
'"y if.n. u - A. ,.A
TINE " rrsnA,'n, ", ou 'uo ii'u 10 -
Suoysu 'ne asf'eu''u'ai "a'enou'' u ~
H''se
oH''Hs - suLb'osN ~, was .ou"' ~ Do'
.oh gu luo if'n su,ior,ns ilon eu.s' anu
u'eu soon al'erwaru' NO c'e" w 'ne US
Sass'h'
WILLIAM ana by Man hamiitoi
vnicSasaw lhuiahs' were conVlc'ea a.
fo,, o,n'en on 'n' i4'n o' 'nuruor III 'n'
ipaian ierr'tory'
HIRAM fRASrz, notorious desperado
was captured AZ Midhietown' fa'' On th'
lfth' anu IN Trying 70 escape was NOR
tally wounded by an omcer.
FoREPAuGps circus was padly smashed
up by collision on tne raii near W
tumwa' la'' on the li'h' Several persons
I..,,,a -. 49, - ,,ro,,..,,,
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

Sr, LOUIS, mo-, August lh-Ine
train which brought the murderer Of
Arthur q. Preller TO st. Loals arrived al
the Union Depot about Ave mluuis'
late, tie train beInz due at sib A
A crowd Of fully s,Oo0 people had gath
cred on aud abou, the platform Of
board flooring 10 front Of the depot, The
Twelfth street bridge being lined with
men, women and chlldfen, and all win.
dows IN view being adorned with from
Eve 70 twenty-five heads, black. white,
yellow, sud red. Men predominated
everywhere, bat there were also NAM
Nomaa and mere ehlldeen.
As the time neared for the train 70 ar
rive, The crowd grew. and upon the ar
rival of the Nissoaii Pteine train,
bfe1k vas made fof u, under The suppo
sItIon Il VS. tha Frisco train.
Il uas oniy shoIt saIE u Gss min
ul<s tlIl ne train from ~ wss
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-11
Andrew Jackson,s Tenderness.

"People have little idea of the ten,
derness of President Jackson's heart"
said General Brinkerhoff. "Even on
his deathbed, when his body was rack
ed with the pains of fast-approaching
dissolution, his kindness of heart was
shown in nearly every act, one of his
daughters stories well illustrating this.
Mrs. Jackson, jr., had some rare and
tropical plants which she priced very
highly and tended with great deal of
care. But few days before he died,
when he knew his end was near, Gen
Jackson called his adopted son Andrew
to his bedside, and pointing to the
plants which were standing on the
front veranda said: Andrew, can't
live but few days, and when my
funeral takes place there will doubtless
be great many people here, Unless
you take some way to protect those
plants they will be broken off or de
stroyed or taken away. Now Sarah is
very proud of them, and | think that
when the time comes you should have
those plants carried TO the upper yer
anda and lock the windows and thep
they will be safe"
"He died few days afterward. Hii
directions in this respect were not OBJ
served, and Mrs. Jackson's plants
were destroyed or carried away in
pieces OF as whole. as mementos OF
the occasion. n.''-Clepeland Leader.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-11
"Reading EVERYTHING,

"1Ie has read everything" is re-
mark frequently made when scholar
ly man is under discussion. How
absurd such a statement is will appear
when the fact is mentioned that in
the Congressional library at Washing
ton there are over 100000 volumes.
If they were placed side by side they
would fill shelf fifty miles long. If
a man started to read this collection at
the rate of one volume a day, it would
take him 1850 years to get through.
And while the man would be at work
on this vast library the printers would
be turning out more than $4,000 new
books year. From these figures it
will be seen that it is idle to think
of reading everything, or even to read
all the best books. The greatest read
ers among our distinguished men have
had their favorite books, which they
lSttt Stiu 1ClSuus SCltuill lJOOho OuI
language are called classics. They are
models of style and full Of ideas and
illustrations. Modern writers go to
these old authors and get Jumps of
solid gold which they proceed to beat
out very thin. Why should we take
the gold leaf article when we can go
to the original mines and get solid
nuggets? The old novels are the best.
The old poets have not been equalled.
Too many of our new books are writ.
ten hastily to sell. They are of an in.
ferior quality and cannot profit US in
any way. A man, therefore, need not
be ashamed to say that he has not read
the last new book. When forty new
books appear every day it is impossible
to read them all.-Atlantd ConStitu
ton.