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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14
A BAeY's REFLECTIONS.

What 1t Can Do, and Its Opinion Of
Mothers-Not Half as Sweet as Sugar.
"pve been baby all my life, but
expect to get over it some time.
used to be little bit of baby, and
now I'm a very large one, indeed. I
can do lots of things. can pull over
the work-basket, and tear up the morn
ing paper, and play with the earth in
the fower-pots. can take hold of
the table-cloth, and pull it off the
table. But don't like to. That's a
thing you only want to do once, be-
cause they aoiU set all sorts of things
on table-cloth, and it isn't nice when
they come tumbling down on your
head.
81 can walk little, too, but my
feet have way of wabbling about.
and getting all tangled up in each
other, and then sometimes the floor
jumps up and gives me bump. They
think kissing the place stops the hurt
ing, but it don't-though it helps.
"Mothers are nice things to have.
They'd be nicer if they didn't keep
coming at you to wash your face, and
always put you to bed just when you
feel like having big time with papa.
They do these things because they
think they know more than baby
does. / am willing to believe they do
in some things, but they do make mis-
takes sometimes. For instance-mine
kisses and kisses me till I'm all out of
breath, and says:
"'Ou .teeny, weeny, hweet, hweet
itty sing! Gu is hweete'n sugar!
"One day thought I'd try if that
was SO. gave my thumb good bite,
but it wasn't half as sweet as sugar!
, squalled like every thing, because it
, hurt, and because was, of course, dis
J appointed. I've nothing against
thumbs, for they're very good in their
way. They last. You can suck one
half day, and they're just as good
as ever. If you suck sugar in rag,
+; it's all gone very soon, and then you're
. sticky-which wouldn't matter, only
| you're sure to get washed. But it's no
f use to talk about me being as sweet as
9 sugar, you see.
"Another baby came here one day,
and his mother made the same mis-
a take. He isn't half so big as me, and
he can't do any thing smart. Never
Y pulled table-cloth down in his life that
d I heard of. His mother said to him
e will 'ou sitty downy on e floor, 'or
d cunny wunnyP Gu hweety, weeties
a sing in 'e whole world!'
/, ''Then she sat him ON the floor 0
v course I wanted to find out about that
}, / crept up, and took good bite of hi
7, arm. 1t wasn't bit sweeter than m,
e thumb, but he squalled louder than
n did. You ought to have seen how the,
70 grabbed him up and hugged him, ant
II made fuss over him. And pointed t.
rs the pretty little tooth-marks | made o.
u this arm, and said: 'Ah-h-h-naught
id naughty!'-to me.
se "What do you think of that, now
u for way to treat baby that wants
find out about thingsP'-Youth's Con
(. panioa.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14
A WEIGhTY QUESTION.
Is the Art OF Reading Curse or Blessing
to You?

Is the Art OF Reading a Curse or Blessing
to You?
Whether the art OF reading has been
curse or blessing to the world is a
question that might be argued on both
sides with fair show of reasonableness.
Whether the art of reading proves a
blessing or a curse in any individual
case is a question which can be settled
by the individual himself, if he chooses
to put to himself few plain questions.
He may ask, for instance: What have
/ chiefly read for the last six months,
useful books or sensational newspapers
In what direction is my reading i'm
pelling me, upward or downward
What proportion of my reading has
been given to the recognized classics of
the language, and what proportion has
been merely ephemeralp What marked
traces has my reading left upon my own
characterp The answers that are given
to these and similar questions ought to
settle for the individual the question OF
what good or whlt harm his reading is
| doing for hjyl. And whatever these
answers are, the inquirer will CLEAN, if
he is wist, fresh reasons for reading
books Of an upward tendency. anc
equally'valid reasons for letting books
Of a Downward tendency alone. e.~-S, s
1S11es. '%s.'..'.s
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14
TRAFFIC IN BABIES.
Women Who Adopt Poor Children fol
Purposes of Speculation.

Women Who Adopt Poor Children for
Purposes of Speculation.
81 know of one woman out Penn
avenue who makes a business of going
to the poor-farms and other institutions
and securing babies. The law will not
allow one person to have more than
two of these babies at once, so they get
their quota and proceed to rear them in
the way they should go. The child in.
surance man is hunted up and an in
surance that would yield about seventy
dollars in case of death and call for
premium of about five cents week is
taken out on the child's life. l have
given this matter very careful attention,
and find that none of these children
taken away from the poor-farm ever
live more than about five months. tits
very remarkable thing. No doctor is
called until after the child is dead.
The doctor knows nothing of the child S
illness and after looking at the corpse
and hearing the statements of its
adopted mother in regard to the symp-
toms gives her a certificate to the
o0eCb bnaG tn6 CHllu uleu from SpaSmS
(natural causes.) With this certificate
in hand the broken-hearted FOSTER
mother FASTENED at once to the insurance
Office to get her seventy dollars. No
sooner is that safely deposited in her ex-
chequer that she is again seen at the
poor-farm, begging for another child.
It is almost impossible to obtain evi-
dence to convict in case like this. II
were to attempt a prosecution without
the most positive proof of guilt, OF
reasonably well-founded grounds for the
same, 1 would be held to answer both
civilly and criminally. / have tried very
hard to get some evidence on two Of
three women that have been watching
but without very good results. lido no
mean to say that the poor-farm authori
ties are in any way responsible for Civ
ing out these children. Many poor q
there and, being unable to support
child, give it away to the first tSwomar
that comes after baby, and this th,
farm management can not stop. Mrs
Myers, of Pittsburgh.
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READING FOR THE YOUNG.
CRYING POLLY.

Miss Polly was pretty and dainty and neat,
And would have been charming and cunning
and sweet,
But-alack and alackl--fo q very bad way
OF crying or sobbing or sulking all day.
She cried If 'twere cold, and she criedi twere
She cried e il 'twere stormy or if 'twere not
She cried in the summer or winter or spring
At every person and every thing
At every hour and every season;
For any excuse or for any good reason;
She'd cry all the harder because there was
none.
One day she had cried for an hour OF SO;
would tell what about, but really don't
Perhaps, She was nervous, perhaps she was
sad
Some ,s one may have said her behavior was
Or that she had freckles and hair that was
red;
Perhaps she was tired or her kitten was dead;
She may have been hurt; do mt ask me to try
To tell why Miss Polly should whimper and
She Happened at last from the window to
glance.
And saw, whirling round by himself in a
dance,
A grimacing monkey-a queer little wight
Who made all the little ones scream in de-
light
He jumped and he capered, now low and now
high,
Till-Poily forgot she was having cry.
She laughed with the rest till the monkey was
And tEen foneb began thinking twas time to go on.
She put up her lips and she rubbed at her
She looked very mournful she drew heavy
Then asked asked, as she coaxed up suitable pout
ooh grandmother : what was crying
-Youth's Companion.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14
Electric Rat Cremation.

A rat, while attempting to escape from
human enemies in the electric light
station in Reading, Pa, a few weeks
ago, jumped directly to the floor on to
one of the brushes and was thrown back
to the ground. He lay motionless, ap-
parently and certainly dead, but with
out even hair burned. One of the en-
ployes was sent with shovel to gather
it up, but as soon as the shovel touched
it the rat fell to dust, with little cloud
of particles rising from the place where
its body had seemingly lain. There was
no vestige of hair, flesh or bones re-
naming. 1t is not generally known,
probably, that Prof, Wood, Of the Fuller
Wood (American Electric) Company,
cremated q rat by electricity some four
years ago,r-EtsctricaI Revisv,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14

much easier to leap into than to floun-
der out of. Suppose you keep clear OF
it, Jack; how does that strike youp"
81 think 'twould-it would be good
plan, ,"-returned the boy; "only, the
worst of it is, / don't always carry out
s.Who doesp" said Mr.. Trusty. "But,
if you will promise to do one thing, l
think it will go far towards curing
you"
"What, unclep"
His uncle named a person who in his
talk exaggerated the faults that Jack
had been reproved for. "Notice care
fully whenever you hear him," said
Mr.. Trusty, ''and if you like his way OF
speaking / give you leave to follow it. "
'Into the bogp" questioned the boy.
eyes, into the bog, if you like. But
warn you if you get In as deep as he
is, you will never get out. He never
..You better believe I don't mean to
be like him." cried Jack. The other
smiled little. "But, uncle, =
"Oh, yes" said Mr.. Trusty, ''the
camping busines. I don't think of any
thing to prevent your going. Jour
nal of Education.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14
GUARDING The RICH.
How Jay Gould Protects Himself Against
the Attaelss of His Enemies.

the Attacks of His Enemies.
The private service for the protectlot,
of the Vanderblts, Astors and Gould
was organized three years ago, and is
ostensibly separate for each family,
though the men who defend the Van
derbilts and Astors are provided by tho
same establishment and work together.
Regular patrol duty is done, night and
day. and twenty detectives are exclu-
sively employed for the purpose. There
are four Astor residences and five be-
longing 10 the Vanderbilts, all in or
close to Fifth avenue, between Thirty
third and Fifty-second streets. The spies
are on watch eighthours each per day, and
the beats are so arranged that the nine
houses can not be approached unseen
by one or more of the guardsmen.
William H. Vanderbilt was the origina-
tor of this system, and he was melted to
it by the large number of cranky letters
which he ,received. He professed to
have no fear of rational evil-doefs, but
was apprehensive that maniacs might
attack him or some member of his FAM
ily. Since his death the mails have been
laden with all sorts of appeals, demands
and threats directed to his sons.
Jay Gould's self-protection is more
secret and characteristic. He does not
trust it to detective agency, but hires
his own body guard. For years he has
been always accompanied by stalwart
young fellow. But that is safeguard
against Wall Street enemies. Cranks
who might cut up capers in
or around his home are under the view
of spies whose quarters are in a room oi
the Windsor Hotel, across the way. Thai
is additional to patrol duty done by 9
separate set of men. These employees o.
the millionaire families, whose names
are poor peoples synonyms for wealth.
are kept informed as to every new DEM
onstration by a crank, and they are aler
to descry and drive off the monomaniacs
who attempt any exploits. During thu
Western strikes Jay Gould made the
trips between his home and office in {
cab, instead of elevated car, as former
"; and it is observed that ring at hi
bell brings sauntering watchman tt
the foot of the steps about as quickly a
it does the servant to the top.-N Y
| Cor. MtIaUaatkee Sentinel.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14
Who Are Your Companions9

A boy is known by the company he
keeps. You are judged by your associ-
ates, for the very good reason that
people usually select for their friends
those who are In sympathy with them
selves.
If suspicion in a school trouble OF
any sort falls upon a lad or a set OF
lads, you may be certain that they
have been companions in mischief.
Wrong-doing is much like SNOWFALL
rolling down hill; it gathers size and
momentum as it goes. If a bad boy
could always keep good company, few
persons would credit him with badness.
But bad boy would be ill at ease
among the good, and so you seldom
find him in their society.
May your Aunt Majorie explain that
she is not one of those tiresome people
who never have patience with fun, and
who consider high spirits and merri-
ment out of placeP Indeed, no. When
there is frolic going on, count me in,
if you please. Under the head of bad
ness, / include the meanness which
| makes boy tell lie rather than own
that he has been in the wrong; the
malice which prompts him to play a
practical joke, and the lack of principle
which borrows and does not return.
There are diseases which are con.
tagious, that is, communicated by the
touch We are very careful not to
put ourselves in their way. The worst
disease in the world which affects only
the body is, however, to be preferred
to wrong condition of the soul, and
the best way to keep out of that is tc
choose good companions and avoid bad
ones. AUNT Mqjorie Precept, n, Har
per's Young People.
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THE LAWYERS woolNe.

NJ have an Attachment for you,''
The lawyer told Ethel one night
sand for your affections, Sue
My Case is of love at first sight.
sand in my best Suit have come
To Court-but," the lawyer low spoke,
II sit by your stove very dumb
And burn your pas Blackstone and Coke.
@My Foolscap wear like Ounce.
l haven't the courage to Plead, @S@
And life will be Brief II this once
fou don't take the VIII for the Deed"
"Consider I've popped and Decide
II you will Retain me or not;
q. Judge how a lover is Tried
Who can not Appeal from his lot"
1I'm told, sir, you stand at the Bar
And Cross Questions ask" said the maid,
"And make people Swear, and you are
Too Fee Bill to live, Pm afraid"
30, miss, / Object and take
Exceptions to all that you say
A Motion to go shall make
III You do not grant me q Stay"
@Well, then, won't Witness you woe,"
She said, "and my words withdraw
I'll Try you be Cause, Sir, know
Your need of mother-in- Law"
II. C. Dodge, in GoodaPs Sun.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14

The above programme, ,rigidly adhered to
throughout the year, does not show that
the Kings bed is one of roses. One has
little idea, unless told, as have heenl
pf the manifold duties resting upon hitn.
There is brilliancy, no doubt, but it is
coupled with misery and unhappiness,
over which the shroud of secrecy hangs,
compared with which the humblest cot
is paradise.-R. J. Mooney, IN Chicago
NeaCs.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14

"A New York Judge has ruled that
words spoken by his wife, and on this
ruling a verdict of six cents was rem
dered by a jury against man whose
wife had uttered the slander.-N I.
Maih ss'
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14

"A San Francisco woman asks for a
divorce on the ground that her husband
sdyed his hair with offensive and bad.
odored compounds, "s-San FaWneisot
Slsroniele
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02
Injanciio11 Modified.

Some months since, Judge Street granted to plaintiffs in the suit of Hill ct al ys. LeNormand, an injunc- ton restraining the latter from using water from a certain ditch on the San Pedro. Yesterday the defendant through his attorney, Col. Herring, applied t1 the Court for ..p ntodiica- ton Of the injunction. The case was heard in chambers, Messrs. Goodrich < Smith appearing for Hill. Alter an exhaustive argument by counsel. the Court granted the prayer of the pc titloner, and so modified the. injuuc- ton as to permit him to take water from the ditch every other night, be- tween sunset and sunrise.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02

Thefe are seven pfisonors in the county jail.
 Judge Wilson, of Benson, is visit ing this city.
 c, M. Bruce, of the Barbacomari cattle ranch is registered at the Occi- dental. .,.e-s
 Mrs. c. Eschman, of Phenix, is visiting Tombstone; as the guest of her sister Mrs. Mark Smith.
 Bread poultice ssnrd mock turtle soup are the signs thai. grace the wall over the free lunch table at Gus Lee and Ben Woods Senate saloon.
 Dick Richards, accused on com, plaint of Mike McGloin with assault With intent to commit murder, came in yestefdsy! in charge of an officer Upo1 arraighment before Justice Al. word, he plead not guilty, and was placed under bonds of S250, for his appearance on Saturday, .fiie3t. The bond was promptly furnished by Messrs. A. Bauer and A. Lyall. His Attorneys are Goodrich & Smith.
 Since the above was in type the
  time for the e7amination has been changed from Saturday to ,to-Idorrow An officer went over to the scene o. tha difica!;ly this morning to subpoe na witnesses.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02

The match race for 94G0 a siGe, be- tween two flyers belonging to couple of the Cornish boys, which takes place at Doling's track on Sunday next, is attracting considerable atteu- | tion. Both parties are confident of winning, and from present indica- tions considerable moncy will change hands on the result. The horses are in active training in charge of skillful horsemen.
 Speaking of the ideas some people have of being relieved from immediate distress fhrough charity, the Calves ton News says: "A little eight-year old, who suffered by the fire, hearing that he might get relief by applying to the committee, was told to prepare his claim. He wrote it out as follows; A bicicle, $3; two ginnie pigs, S2i one prery dog, $1; half pound shot, 5c; q rifel, $6; cartickets in bank, 65e."
 A motion for change of venue in the case of 4. H. Davis, was argued fl the District Court this morning, and granted by Judge Barnes. The venue will be taken to Pima county. Davis who was convicted several months since, of murder, for the kill ing of negro on the corner of Fourth and Allen streets, was recently grant, ed new trlal by the Supreme Court, and his counsel demanded the change of venue, for the reason that he could not get fair trial in this county.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02
A Sad Picture.

Papers are reproducing, and not untimely, the soul-harrowing descrip- ton by Mayor Powderly, of Scranton, the General Master Workman of the Knighls of Labor, of some of the sights which he saw in the Connels- vile coke region of Pennsylvania; among the Hungarian miners. "As one of the ovens," he says, q saw 8 woman half naked drawing the hot coke from the chamber. She had no covering on her head and very little on her person. Her appearance WAS that of one whose spirit had been Broken by hardship and hard work. Her attire consisted Of a short che mise and pair of cowhide Boots. h a freight car close by stood another woman forking the coke as it came from the car. Forking is the term used to indicate the disposition of the coke when it is thrown into the car. The person who does the fOrking throws the coal to either end of the car as it is wheeled in. The woman stood in the doorway, and was dressed in a rough, loose-fitting outer garment and an apron. Her person from the waist up was ezbosed. When she stopped over to handle the coke she caught her hair between her teeth in order to keep it out of her way. Her feet were encased in a pair of heavy shoes, and her legs were exposed from the knees down. Her babe. which she brought to the work with her. lay in front of the car with scarcely any covering except the shadow Of 2 wheel7barrow which was turned up in order 10 protect the child from the rays of the sun."
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02

nOticeably small hands and feet. The females, big and little, wear simple print dresses, which reach their al kles. The Mother Hubbard style of architecture seems not unpopular among the old women, although eschewed by the young. The rest of the wardrobe comprises high shanked buckskin moccasins, q bright head kerchief, and bracelets Of silver, brass, tin-can and beads, with similarly con stituted neck laces and earrings. The buck, when in full dress, wears a print shirt, linen drawers, moccasius, and a voluminous G-string. The drawers may be omitted at wish, but without the G-string no one can have the entree of the Apache best circles.
 For head-dress the Apache rolls Q big bandanna to a three.inch band and binds it around his bIlging era nium from stem to stern. In his prosperity he decks this band with big disks of silver. Around his waist he wears one, two or three webbing belts full of Uncle Sam's copper cart ridges of 45-70 denomination. De pendent from the sides are lis buck skin tobacco-pouGh, an encased a@t for moccasin-mending and Sheffield butcher-knife in a sheath which swallows all but the very tip of the handle. He further sports earrings old Mama had two heavy watchchains fastened to his-from two to dozen necklaces of big beads, a small cir cular mirror, and rings and bracelets till you can't rest. One young buck of whom I took the CensiisI had thir- teen rings on his left hand, eleven on his right, and dozen bracelets (beads. brass and silvcr) on either wrist. He was tue. king dude of the whole outfit, and very little force in war. The seventy-seven captured hostiles were shipped on the 7th as prisoners of war to Fort Marion, St. Augustine! Fla. On the night 6f t3e 6th they Had a farewell d&nce, which was a most prodigious affair from an Apa- che point of view.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02
Indian News.

Just IS we go to press Q courier from the Dragons informed us that the soldiers have driven fifteen h. dians into Cochise stronghold; and a company of troops are behind them and two other compan es are trying to head them off. It is expected that T fight will take place between the kostileS and the troops before dark. There are great many wood chop pers in the mountains and it is feared the red devils may kill some of them while passing through.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02

Every household is liable to be wis tied by sudden sickness. Often it Oc- CUTS in the night, distant from the doctor, nothing in the house to give relief, the patient is sure to get worse. 4 box of Ayers Pills, in such an emergency, would arrest disorders which, if not taken in season, may be- come deadly. 28-1w
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02
Coolest Place in Town.

The Tombstone Restaurant and saloon Is the coolest place in this city for people to eat at Harry Wisdom has completely re- novated this popular resort, and invites tho people of Tombstone to, give him clil when he will con7nt6 them lhnt they will be served at 4ll times, with the choicest the market affords. Imported wlncs, liquors and cigars in connection with the nouse. 5-2Su
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02
Nfuslc! Music!!

Organs and Pianos, new, right from the factory, viii be Sold on the intsal- ment plan, at $10 per month. These beautiful instruments must be sold.
 Call and see them. Opposite the Elite Theatre. 5-5t
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02
Lost

sttayed or stolen from DdfESe's cor ral, on the night of June 1st., d. boy weighing about 25O pounds. When last seen he had on a chec!ted jumper and pair of blue overalls. A liberal reward viii be paid for his return to
 '.i
 DCrkee's corral. TRANSFER.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-02
Occidental

Hotel. The oEly trst class hotel in tombstone. Situated oa the corner of Fourth aud Allen streets: Handsomely furnished throughout, and las sll m, d. rn improvements. Travellers are recon. mended to stop st this house: Prlvate rooms for commercial travellers. inc bar of this house IS furnished wIIn i'm proved billiard tables and card rooms, and is stocked with tho finest bra 3s nt wines, liquors and cigars.
 s8tf JOSEPH PkscHoLY,