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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09
The Improvident Turk.

LONDON, October IA dispatch from
Constantinople says: "Considerable
consternatian prevails in official circles
over an important discovery just made
by Alb Sahib Pasha, the new Minister of
War. Immediately on being installed in
his new position, Alb Sahib Pasha or
dered all the various department COM
manders to report the strength OF their
respective commands and their present
condition, and detailed several officers
to inspect the various posts. Their re-
ports have been received and show that
under Ghazi Osman Pasha, the late Min.
lister of War, who was dismissed on Sep.
tember 25th, the army was almost entirely
neglected and the large sums of money
voted tor military purposes were used ir
other ways than those for which they
were designed. The inquiry has revealed
that the Adrianople army, which was
supposed to be $4,000 strong contains
not half that number OF men. The sol
diers have no uniforms and are shoeless
The cavalry is unable to march, owing tc
lack of horses and the necessary accou
trements. Four hundred horses anC
900 men, who have been fully equipped
are under orders to march at an hour.
notice.
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THE LATEST CRAZE.
How Detroit Ladies' Obtain Exquisitely
lovely Pompons.

How Detroit Ladies' Obtain Exquisitely
lovely Pompons.
As the reporter lolled on the oak
upholstered seat of one of Hendricks
maroon-colored coaches the familiar
driver pushed the door open, leaned
his back on the north jamb and began
unloading his daily budget of expressed
Information.
"N immin is mighty Gurus critters"
was his exordium. 'This road is 60
in to pay dividend il the latest agony
only holds out. ;"
''What 'a-gonyp'" wearily asked the
reporter.
''Why, this thicksil snap"
Thistle snapp"
''Yes. Crowds on 'em go up every
day to the prairie and gather thick
| sils-bushels on 'em-and lug 'em
home; but | dunno what they do with
the pesky things bile 'em, mebbe, for
the blood OF wash in the soup. What
ever tis, there's slashins of 'em up
here every day."
As the driver had pumped himself
dry on the subject, and was preparing
himself for another effort on a.less alb
struse topic, the reporter left the car.
Later, asking lady acquaintance,
who never failed to be in the swim,
what there was to the drivers yarn, he
was laughingly informed that there
was more truth than fiction in it,
"You see," said she, 1--WE gather the
thistles before they are fully ripe, and
when we have them home. go to work
and shuck them. After you have the
outside covering off you have before
you boil somewhat resembling a cot
ton boil, only not SO white. You then
fasten them by their stems to a string,
and hang them out in the sun to dry
If the wind has done its duty you will
have one of the loveliest pompon;
imaginable. Their soft fluffy appear
ance, somewhat resembling the ex
quisitely downy covering of young
chickens, makes an ornamental eflec
on fan to be hung on the wall, or an.
other device your ingenuity may sug
gest. They will last six months a
least. so you see we do not have ou
trouble for our pains. They are no
the easiest thing in the world to handle
but if you persevere you will be re
warded, when your design is CON
pleted, by the delight of your admirin
friends. There is no expense attachin
to the work, SO it it is not rational it
reasonable. "-Detroit Free Press.
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STEEP TRAVELLING.
A Railroad Ananias Who VIII Certainl
Take the Premium.

A Railroad Ananias Who VIII Certainly
Take the Premium.
"Guess." said railroad man, re-
Gently, 'that I've worked aboard the
fastest railroad on earth"
.'Where?" exclaimed half dozen by
ISLANDERS at once.
''Ohl out West,n replied the railroad
man.
yes" he continued after a pause,
II reckon I've made the fastest run on
record You see it happened some
years ago now. The line [ worked on
was big gradient Tor about two hum
dred miles. Well, / wanted to do
something big, so went to the engi-
neer and said, Jim, I calculate we've
got to slip down this here gradient
somewhat lively. S'pose we'll aston
ish the people 'longside this line Jim
was game, and worked the steam up to
Dustin point. He opened the regula-
tor, and away we slid. The wind went
past the cars l Ike a hurricane.
and some of the passengers got shaky.
and inquired if we were trying to run
that train off the end of the line right
into the Pacific. / said we were erect
ing big record by contract, but they
seemed TO think we were going in for
starting a private cemetery. Well, you
wouldn' believe it, but during that run
down we didn't once see the surround
ing country. That train went so fast
that the telegraph poles near the line
seemed close together, and blocked ouI
all the scenery completely: Solemn
fact that! Twas there and should know
But that's nothing, bless you! BY the
time we got to the bottom of the slope
there wasn't rail left on the track
They were all melted up through fric
ton. OF course Jim and me got dis
charged, and an..assessment was mad'
on the shareholders to relay the tracks
but we didn't care. We had done tw,
hundred miles in one hour, six minute
and forty-seven seconds, which is prett
steep travelling. The American Natiol
ain't played out yet, you bet" An
SO SAYING he departed. 1enas Sitting,
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

A TERRIBLE accident happened on the
North Pacific railroad, seven miles west OF
st. Paul, Mimi, on the 4th, by which five
men lost their lives, and thirty or forty
more were more or less injured
THE heavy rains which have fallen re-
Gently throughout the section Of country
around Chattanooga, Tenn, have done
great damage.
AT Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the Sd, VIM.
Smith set fire to his residence, attempting
10 burn his wife and child therein. Failing
in this he cut his throat and died shortly
after.
REPORTS from North Georgia counties
Isindicate that hundreds Of bales of cotton
will be ruined and that farmers are suffer
ing very much from the recent heavy
rains.
JOSEPH B. COCHRAN killed his son-in'
law, James II. Morcum, at Greensburg,
| KY, on the Sd. Cochran claimed that he
surrendered all his property to Morcum OIL
condition he would be taken care Of in his
old age and that he was abused and mis-
treated.
The social purity movement, founded on
the revelations made by the Pail Mall
Gazette, is steadily gaining strength in
England.
THREE hundred miners employed at the
Poplar Creek coal mines, near Chatta-
| uooga, Tenn, went out ON strike on the
| 3D. for higher wages. 1t is thoughta strike
of all the miners in East Tennessee will
result.
CONSIDERABLE excitement has beer
| 1ot s,,1 10 l,1yt tbf
appearance on the streets of letters posted
in prominent places rebuking well-knowr
men and young ladies for bad conduct.
AN important suit between Col. B. H
Evers, of London, England, and Thomas
Watson, Of Chicago, involving the owner
ship of 100000 acres of land in Missis
sippi, was finally settled on the 9th, tn
lands being awarded to their origina
owners, Col. Evers and associates.
Hon. W. S. MULLINS and W. w. Watson
had personal difficulty at Holly Springs
Miss, on the 9th, in which the latter wa
killed.
THE issue of standard silver dollars fror
the mints during the week ending Octobe
8, was $621, ,120. The issue during th
corresponding period of last year was $491,
O9S
THE Democrats of Petersburg, Va, al
considering the nomination of colore
imam on their legislative ticket. ..s.i
GEORGE BANCROFT, the venerable histo
rian, has Just celebrated his S5th birthday
He is still able, with clear mind, to wor
daily on his history.
THE citizens of Tombstone, Arizona, hay
created fund and offer $3.50 each fc
Apache scalps.
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PlTH AND POINT.


The banjo is q good deal like the
cucumber. A good deal Of human mis-
cry follows its picking. Detroit Everg
Saturday.
An exchange has the headline
"Where Does Lying Pegin" just
about where woman passes her twen-
tieth birthday.-Binghanton Repubfa.
can.
"A Pittsburgh lady cooked Lafay-
ette's dinner when he visited America
in 1925. 1t will be remembered that
the Marquis never returned. :. Courier
Journal.
Speak of mans marble brow, and
he will glow with conscious pride, but
allude to his wooden head and he's mad
in minute. Language is a slippery
thing to fool with much. IN Y hide
pendent.
"A man said to his aged mother.
speaking of his wife: II do wish coulG
keep Mary from exaggerating so"
"Get her to talk about her age, re-
sponded the shrewd old lady.-Sas
franciscan.
A gentleman met boy and asked
him what clock it was. Being told it
was Just twelve he expressed some sur
prise and said he thought it was moro.
'It's never more in these parts, sir,
said the boy. simply; sit begins again
at one"
Mrs. Spook, when her pastor called
| the other day, fastened to find Bible
| for him to read. She could find only a
| few soiled leaves up in the garret,
which she handed to the pastor. re-
marking: "Why, really. didn't know
| we were so near out. "--BoSton Post.
Miss Laura Braden, Treasurer of
the Washington & Waynesburg Rail-
road, is said to be the only female rail-
road officer in the country. 1t is
strange, too, since women handle more
trains than men and know how to
switch 'em off in great style.-M 4,
Graphic.
| Muscle is all we'll enough" said
the little man, ''but mind is every
thing" Now, take it in fishing. l am
small man, but do you remember
those enormous strings of trout that
-" Eyes, yes" said the big man
81 remember those big strings OF trout
you caught-in your mind. p Chicago
Herald.
What are you doing, Maryp'
asked a husband, addressing his wife
Il am sewing on q crazy quilt, she
replied. ''Are there any buttons OF
itF" mo- II thought not" he said
lit wouldn't be like you to be sowing
on anything that needed buttons" ant
drawing deep sigh, he proceeded t.
fasten his suspenders with half-burnet
| match - Chsca1O Journal
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09
Disastrous Floods in switzerland.

BERSE, October 1.-Heavy foods are
reported throughout the eastern portion
of Switzerland. The Tomba Bridge,
which is near Thusis, town in the Cam
ION OF Grisons, has been destroyed, and
the Tardis Bridge lis badly damaged
The whole of the Upper Rhine Valley has
been inundated. Horses, cattle and
other live stock have been swept away
and the harvest DESTROYED by the foods
The Spludgeon Pass, route across the
Rahltdn Alps, between the Grlsons and
.ombardy, is blocked By heavy snow
storms.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09
ASTONISHING LIKENESS.
A Noted Divine Who Is Frequently Mis-
taken for Henry Irving.

taken for Henry Irviug.
A tall, smooth-shaven gentleman,
with black flowing hair, was standing
in a gentleman's parlor on Walnut
street few days ago, looking into a
picture album. Two or three visitors
coming in, one after another, started,
looked at him intently for moment
and then burst out laughing, with Il
thought Henry Irving had quietly slip
ped back to America, and that you
were he."
The gentleman was Robert Laird
Collier the writer and clergyman, who
was visiting some friends here.
81 am frequently mistaken for Mr.
Irving, even by friends of his, said he.
"When | was in London, two OF three
years ago, an actor whom he had re-
Gently engaged to support him talked
with me for half an hour about stage
affairs, and would not have found out
his mistake then if | had not told him.
On another occasion collector for @
business house stopped me in the street
and said he had an account that he
would like me to settle at once as ht
wanted to 90 away for vacation il
Switzerland. The account was in Mr.
Irving's name. When told him tina
| was not that distinguished actor, HI
laughed at me, and his expression o
face clearly told me that he thought
was chatting. So that the man nigh
not lose his vacation, / paid the bill
and, of course, Mr.. Irving reimburse,
me.n
Mr.. Collier carries superb gol
watch that Mr.. Irving presented hir
with. Philadelphia Press.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09
The way the law stands now a

The way the law stands now boy
has only to raise a couple of dollars
and swear that he is eighteen years old
and a girl that she is sixteen in order
TO plunge headlong into the sea on
whose shores some of the profoundest
philosophers have stood around and
shivered until they We're sixty-seven or
ninety years OF age without daring to
go in. This isallwrong. Lansing Re-
! publican.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

tHE Gear of Russia has called a confer
] of the Governors of provinces to con-
= r che condition of the Empire.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

"A dove flew in at an open window
of church in Danbury, Conn, on Sun
day morning, and, perchiug upon gas
jet just over the preachers head, re-
lnaincd there till the doxology wat
sung. = Hartford Comant.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

ST. pnrGRspURG dispatch says the
klish have taken po session of Herat
ordered thu inhabitants to quit the
I'm Immediately.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

tArIsTics are being gathered by the
nal Sorvico Bureau with view to pre-.
ing tornaloos and giving warning OF
y approach.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

|nE people of Crete have sent an ad-
|ss to the powers asking the mainte-
bee of the Berlin treaty; otherwise
n Greece be permitted to annex Crete.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

her coming tour Mary Anderson will
|e company of seventy.fiv people,
will carry all her own scenery.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

uE Postmaster-General has decided
the special delivery service shall not
lucrative on Sunday.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

EH1rE miners in the employ of tho
bon Pacific at Carbon, Wy. T., and
bisvill,, Colo, have struck against tho
bloyment of Chinese by the road.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

FHE recent census shows Boston, Mass,
have population of 20 ,408, a gain OF
10 since 1881 There is proponder-
Ia of 1G, a04 females over tho males.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

HE coinage at the mints during the
| nth OF September amounted to $4 APO, :
of witch s., 5o0,05o were in standard
al, d llurs :. ~
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

bUEEN VIcroRIA is understood to warm.
espouse the cause of Prince Alexander
Bulgaria. He is tho brother of Prince
hry of Battenberg, husband of Princess
htrice,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

EAnL DUyFEnIs says necessity has
Ken for an armed Intervention in
|,mah. The tenor Of his sadvices point
an early annexation of Burmah by
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

IEnoNiNo, the famous Indian chief, is
: to havo died from the wounds he re-
led IN the fight In Guadaloupe Canon.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

lrHE total receipts of the National Treas
v for September were $40, oil, ops against
e ,229,1 119 in September, 1884. Govern
|ent expenditures for September were
E,o13,054, nearly million and a quarter
IS than in September, 1884.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

ARcHDEAcoN FARRAR was at Balti :
pre-, Nd, on the 3oth, the guest of Pres
bnt Gilman of John Hopkins University,
here he addressed tho fellows and stu
hts the following day.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

IrHE Mormon contingent which won't tc
| |tish India.some time ago to promulgate
fir doctrines have given up the field
Ter an unsuccessful campaign. They
bro in state of destitution when they
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

tHoLERA is raging at Hanoi, Tonquin.
b average number of deaths daily Is
tty. A Chinese General at the head of
brge forcc has invaded Anam against
French.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

JuE number of pension certificates is.
ID by the Pension Office last month was
|a6, an increase of thirty-three and a
rd per cent. over the issue during Sep
klber last year.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

COMMISSIONER GREaoRY, OF the Civil
rvico Board, hal long interview with
President on the 30th, at which it is
herstood arrangements for his retire :
mt were perfected.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

COMMANDER FREDsRIoK PEARSON
hose resignation is announced, has been
garded as the wealthies5 man in thS
hvy, having married a lady of great
ealth. He has been on leave of abb
nee in Europe for q year and half.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

HERR KuNKEL, the German Socialist
ader, was arrested the I'd, charged with
Ugh treason in having stated at a public
letting that not only was the army an
hgine of wholesals slaughter, but to it
as chargenble the murder of thu public
masse.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

FRANKLIs j. MOSES, ex Governor of
|uth Carolina, was sentenced at Boston
the 1st to three years. Imprisonment
the State Prison for obtaining money
der false pratan
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

MnENsE frauds have bsen discovered
the Turkish War Department. Money
ted for military purposes was spent in
her ways. soldiers are poorly equipped,
d only small supply of coal is avail
10 for war vessels.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has besn elected
A honorary member Of the twenty first
ew York Veteran Association, which
Pnor he has accepted, intimating that he
PAIL be pleased to assist in the proposed
hdertaking of erecting monument to
20 fallen heroes of the regiment
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

COLONEL SwIrzLER, Chief of the Bu-
pau of Statistics, is preparing codifica-
on of the laws governing his bureau,
lth sundry amendments, for submiss sion
/ the Secretary of the Treasury with
view OF obtaining tho latter's recon-
endation for enaceme 1T by Congress.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

INFORMATION having been received at
Fashington that employees, on the Gran
Punk Railway are in communication
| lth Their families who resid, in Cana
\ an districts infected with small -pox,
fstructions have beea issusl for the en-
Prcement of a strict quarantine on that
pad.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

BUSINESS is almost at a standstill in
Fontreal by reason of the smallpox cpl
|emic. The hotels ara deserted, and the
pure city presents almost a Sunday still
|ess, The auth critics are determined to
famp out the disease in spite of the ig-
|orant French Canadians and their anti
|Sccination prejudices.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-09

LIE President ant Tor DIR. Hamilton,
3urgeon- General of The Marine Hospital
brylcs on the 30sh, and informed him
Plat he thought the best intsr ests Of that
|srvice wouli be served by making no
Iuange in lis chief, ane. therefore, he had
fecided not 10 accep} his resignation,
hich hid besn rendered 10 take effect
Pctober 3lst.
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HE customs receipts for September
mounted to $l7,521, 264, against $I7,662,
q In September year ago. Internal
evenue receipts were $40. AS 1l1, or u
|alt nj lion more THAI in September,
Efoi; and the miscellaneous receipts were
FDasGj,C2l, nearly half million more
[lan in September wear ago.
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bPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

I'll lOO VI LII IN
News from Everywhere.
nm Postmaster-G has decided
the special delivery service shall not
perative on Sunday.
-
hE Gear of Russia has called a confer
of the Governors of provinces to con-
Il che condition Of the Empire.
her coming tour Mary Anderson will
o q company of seventy.five people,
will carry all her own scenery.
ERoYiNo, the famous Indian chief, is
to havo died from the wounds he re-
red ia the fight In Guadaloupe Canon.
--~-
HE coinage at the mints during the
h,h of September amounted to $442O,
of which sa,5o0,o5o were in standard
er dollnrs.
tATrsTics are being gathered by the
nal Sorvico Bureau with view to pre-.
ing tornadoos and giving warning of
y approach.
---- . -,,-- ~.
oT' A"spo Nf u'spa. .on ~
slish have taken po session of Herat
ordered tho inhabitants to quit the
n immediately.
,-s--
HE recent census SHOWS boston' @ mass',
ave population OF 20 ,408, a gain OF
10 since 1881. There is proponder-
e of 1G, a04 females over the males.
.---
WHITE miners in the employ OF tne
lon Pacific at Carbon, wy. H. ana
fisviil', COLO, nave struck against 'n'
--s-
HE people Oh Crete nave SEM an ao-
SIS to tho powers asking the mainte'
ice OF the Berlin treaty' otherwise
Greece pe pernioced TO auheA Creoe'
ARL DoSFSnAS says necess,.y nas
sen lor an "iiheu inte' sonsion -
man. Inc 'enor oi hisauv,ces po,no
an curry ahieAaVion " oui - "A ~
Ia
QUEEN VieroRtA Is unre.s'ooa W van
espouse inc cause ol rin1o fane, nii'
6ulgaria' iie 10 'ae ploon'i ~
pry oil Da'oehoers' huSpa Vi i'noo''
ftrice.
hoLEHA 's rasihs Nv % asath. -oa IN :.
uVeraso nu =. .,, Laa5 oe
V. ou.ne 80, ~ 49,, aaa;nst
Prse ioreo n"' 'As"
french
3'uE number of pension certificates is
n q 4.
90 ;.,o,no - ,h;rt,,.tbrea and O.
" -. ea,,t go tho fssna duriug Sen.
~ p1i ~. an. n..,, o w
'o0A ."s' seo-. ..--.--
CoMMIssIoNER GREGORY, OF the Civil
tvico Board, hal long interview with
Il President on the 30th, at which it is
-. So 'a,sa..oa
-
RANKL1s j. NOSES, ex Governor of
nth Carolina, was sentenced at Boston
the 1st to three years. Imprisonment
the State Prison for obtaining mon ey
der false pretsnses.
kncupEAcoN FARRAR was at Balti :
bre, Nd, on the 3oth, the guest of Pres
ent Gilman of John Hopkins University,
here he addressed til, fellows and stu
hts the following day.
------.-s----.- :,
hE mormon coh.,nsono wn,on monu - =
lush lndla-some time ago TO promulSate
ter an unsuccessful campaign. They
rc in state of destitution when they
tt.
,---I
n,.4 eI =, "' ~, raNo 80 80,
1 iAion ., Dopa. oNea -. y
oa -, niavay a.,;s. paipo,es so.,,, % oapinnad
IL. %ay' eo az Z ~ ~, 4. I'll I'll
10 for war vessels.