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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12
elTH AND POINT.

Kingston (N. Y.) dudes have de-
eided not to kiss girls who chew gum.
let the good work go on, We mean
the gum-chewing.-lFaU Riger Advance.
Bishop Horne promised I'd iispare
10 labor to learn the art of it, If any
1ne would tell him show truth may be
spoken without offending some. IN Y
Tribune. Wggs
This was rare philosophy in the
three-year-old boy who asked what night
is for, and not content with the reply
"For rest and Sleep" added, .sNo, papa,
night is for Tomorrow
"A Virginia Colonel blew into gun
the other day and found it was loaded.
1t isn't safe for men who don't know
anything about firearms to bother with
them. Rochester POST Cypress.
kiss the baby while you CAM" ad-
monishes poet. '.We can kiss her just
as well eighteen or twenty years from
now-if she's that kind of baby" eau
tiously remarks the Buffalo Eapress.
A modern wit defines the difference
between men and women: ga man gives
forty cents for a twenty-fve-cent thing
he wants, and a woman gives twenty
five cents for a forty-cent thing she does
not want"
In New York bank: Texas Wis
itor-.tI reckon, stranger, you do a
right smart businessP" Banker, prompt
ly-''My dear, sir, you have no idea
how extended our business relations
are. At the present time we have three
cashiers in Canada.--N. Y. Sun.
"A little four-year-old girl was put
fn hn1 ia, ft,., ,,.l ,1z e l.. L.,
and left, as usual, in the dark. A ter
ribie thunderstorm came up, and the
mother, thinking that the child would
be frightened at the lightning, went to
her. On entering, the child called out
with delight: Mamma, the wind blew
the sun up just now; did you see itp''
Fears had no entrance there. Toledo
Blade.
The athleticism of these times is NOT
always conducive to the smooth running
of the household. II must hurry
home,n said Mrs. De Peyster to Mrs Dc
Joghns the other morning. eReginald
has been riding his bicycle again." sin
deed, and did he break his recordp''
80, no; but he broke his other leg. He
has only one whole limb now, and that
is the middle finger Of his left hand. -
Hartford Post.
Yes, sir,n said Jones' to Smith,
.as men grow in age and experience
they advance in knowledge y II don't
think SO" replied Smith. sDon't think
SOP That's rather singular. The opin.
ion hold on the subject is the universal
opinion" sit may be, but / have my
own opinion, nevertheless, and it is that
the younger we are the more we know
When | was youth I knew twice as
much as my father. Now am aged
and [ don't know half as much as my
son. boston Gazette.
10, Henry! you must send for the
doctor at once. 1 believe / am getting
the dropsy. Now don't delay a mo-
ment." Mr.. De Blanks why, what
put that in your headp" ''Dear me
Will you never be satisfied that what
say is trueP got weighed to-day, ant
0, It's awful. weighed three hundred
pounds. "Awful! Where did you &c
welghed?" ''Around at your Goa
yard" "Calm yourself, my dear. You
weight is exactly one hundred and fifty
pounds. ."-Montreal Fitness.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12
WILLIAM c. RAJ LsToN.
The Extrayagances of the Noted California
Pioneer.


William G. Ralston was probably the
most extraordinary man California ever
has known, and he left Il mark ON his
State which can never be cradicated.
Whatever may have been his sins, fol-
lies and weaknesses his genius can never
be questioned, and it would no more
be possible to write history of Cali
fornia, without mention of Ralston's
name, than to sum up the career of
India and forget what is owed TO War;
Ten Hastings. The great monument he
has left to his name is the Bank of Cali
forn!a. He organized it, put his for
tune into it, drew those of other rich
men into it by his rare personal mag
netism and the administrative power
which all men intuitivcly recognized,
and in short time the Bank of Cali
forna became what it has since re-
mained-tlie leading financial institu-
ton of the Pacific coast. But the
Bank of California did not satis-
fy Ralston's ambition. 1t was
but the instrument of his
great primary aim, which was
to increase the glory and the con-
sequence of California and of Ralston.
He built a magnificent house at Bel
mont, on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
and entertained in a style which has
never been approached by any Califor-
nian before or since. Not tourist or q
party of note came to the State but WAS
carried down to Belmont in special
car, banqueted, driven from one end of
the county to the other. had the ball room
thrown open and city and county con-
voked, and then, more often than not,
sent under the guidance of one of Raj
ston's friends to visit Yosemite, Big
Trees and the Geysers at their hosts ex-
pense. In all this there was a strong
flavor of snobbery, of course-it was os-
tentatious, it was ornate, it lacked re-
finement; but it had character of its
own; it had sparkle and dash and a
glitter that was different from the ordi-
nary entertaining as Ralston was unlike
every other parvenu. Nothing that he
did had in it a suggestion of the COM
monplace; everything was gigantic, be-
wildering. prince-likc, often absurd,
but always original. | remember
when the Burlingame party was out
here. He invited the entire embassy,
together with number of the most
prominent men in San Francisco, maxi
ing company of one hundred and ten
in all, down to Belmont to dinner. Tie
party were assembled in the library
awaiting the announcement OF dinner,
when 10! the wall in front of them
moved almost inaudibly, then rose
slowly, like the curtain of a theater, and
disappeared in the ceiling above, while
beyond lay revealed the great banquet
ing hall, a blaze of light clirystal and
shimmering silver and gold. The coup
de-tteata'e had its effect, The strangers,
in spite of their good breeding, were as
dazzled and astonished as Ralston could
possibly have desired Every thing was
on the same great scale. The house at
Belmont has something like hundred
and twenty bedrooms, and is the larg-
est as well as the most beautiful private
residence in the State.-Cor Providence
Journal.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12
A Powerful Torpedo-Bca "a

The Fake, torpedo-boat, just built in
England for the Austrian Government,
Nude her official trial recently, when
the mean speed of her six runs over
the measured mile, made in fighting
trim, reached the surprising figure Of
22 1868 knots per hour, the vessel hav-
ing actually covered % IA knots within
the hour. The Fake is 1856 feet long,
IA feet in extreme width, and 9 feet
deep. Her draught forward in fighting
trim is 2 feet inches, and aft 5 feet 6
inches, her displacement being 88 tons.
She is built throughout of galvanized
steel, her skin varying in thickness
from one-eighth to one-quarter of an
inch, the greatest thickness being at
her bows, to strengthen her for ram
ming purposes Her machinery is of
the compound surface-condensing type,
haying three cylinders. One Of The
most important peculiarities of the
boat is that she is.fitted with loco,
motive boiler which generates steam
sufficient to indicate 1 1,400-horse power.
IN. Y. Post.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
BOATING IN THE SKY.

Lazy clouds, so slowly floating,
Ihat would be my kind of boating
Riding, gliding, high in air,
Bound fot-oh, for any ywherei
Do you ever sail so far
That you steer against start
And the moon-Who turns you round
When on her you'd run aground?
As the wild goose quacks 1t south,
Can you see inside his mouth?
When the bluebird brings the spring,
Is 1t pinned beneath his wing2
Have you ever seen that town
Where the sun stays when he's DOWN.
is his hair all gold and curly?
How does he get up SO early?
Who lives way on yonder hill,
Always talking when it's still?
/ wonder, oh, / do just wonder
II you've seen old growing Thunderl
Can't he stop his children's olatter2
Is he mad?-0r what's the matter2
Many queer things you must spy,
Riding there, so wild and high
Lazy clouds, SO slowly floating,
That would be my kind OF boating.
John Vance Cheney. IN ST. Nicholas.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12
TWAS EVER THUS.

= s whill at "the Pier'' last summsa
Iat fe1 without much ado,
1.-The net of a siren,
beauty from Kalamazoo.
)bpoIe with Western accent
7at yas really a shock to me,
called her stout mother "Mommer.n
ID Iways said supper for "tea."
knew at the very outset
1t OF course ID would not be right
ne of the great Van Duzers
Imarry q Kalamazlte.
|so left for the city,
3ere I'm wretched aud i'll and blue.
bw that I'm slowly dying,
b-Pm off for Kalamazoo
n are you, Mr.. Van Duzeri
u welcome to KalamazooI
fd OF my wedding tomorrow,
Rcanle? That's just sovely of youi
Holland King, IN Rambler.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12

One fact in the review of our lake
commerce shows clearly the revival in
the iron trade. In 1884 there were but
2.444 tons of iron brought TO this city
from the Lake Superior region, while in
1885 there were 10, 440 tons-an increase
Of 1886 tons over the previous year
Toledo Blade.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12

Sir John Lubbock declares that the
mind OF ants differs from that Of men
only in degree,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12

"A gold mine in Mayfeld, Fulton
County, N. X. yields ore worth S82 25
per ton, IN Y. 1gasss,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12
A Timely Suggestion.

One hundred and twenty-six thou
sand miles of railway are now resonant
with. commerce in the United States.
Each mile contains 5000 wooden ties
(the average life of the tie is ten years;
each year 10 per cent. of the ties is re-
neweD. At so cents apiece the an
nual cost is more than $40, ZOO, 900, and
: ten years from date every tie now in
use will have been renewed. Think
of, the forests thus destroyed, and of
the other means of consumption of
timbep products, in bridges, cars,
warehouses, depots and fuel, which the
voracious and Unsuitable railroads also
employ; and do they replace any treesp
Not as yet. But the courts have de-
clared the rights of the States to regu-
late railroads in many ways, and why
not as to their utilization for tree
planting along their lines on their 100
feet of right of wayp-J. Sterling Nor
ton, IN Outing.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12

An Indian scholar at the Carlisle,
Pa, school wrote home: s.sThera
should be no Indians within the United
States wrapped in blankets when other
people arc 40 busy working"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-12

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The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
state Of Louisiana.

To the Returning Officers of the Parishes of
Caldwell. Franklin, Jackson, Ouachita
and Richland:
WHEREAS, by the resignation of the
w Hon. Calvin III. Moore and Thomas
Y. Ably, Senators from the Twenty-third
Senatorial District of this State, vacancies
in the General Assembly of this State.
And whereas it is made the duty of the
Executive to order an election to supnIv
such vacancies.
Now, therefore, I, Samuel D. McEnerv
Governor of the State of Louisiana. have
thought proper to issue this my proelama-
ton, directing an election to take place in
the parishes OF Caldwell, Franklin. Jack-
son, Ouachita and Richland, constitnt;no
the Twenty.third Senatorial District Of this
State, on day to be named by you. for
two Senators to represent the TWENTY
third Senatorial District of this State. to I'm
the unexpired terms of the Hon, Calvin
HI. Moore and Thomas Y. Aby. resigned.
and do hereby direct and require Won
and each of you, the said returning officers
and all other officers therein CONCERNED. to
cause said election to held and conducted
and the returns thereof to be made i'm the
manner required Tor general elections.
Given under my signature and the seal
of the State of Louisiana, at the CITY of
Baton Rouge, this 4th day Of January A.
ID. 1856.
s. D. MoENERy.
BY the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary Of State.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06

The recent storm that has prevailed
throughout the Southwest has in some
respects been the most severe of The
season. Snow fell throughout North
Texas, and It is expected much dam
aea will result to vegetation and stock
ftoM 1he cold wave.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06

The FIRST anti Chinese State conven>
tion convened at San Jose, CAL, last
Thursday. One hundred delegates
representing anti Chinese leagues and
organizations were present and per-
manent organization effected. The
general sentiment among the delegates
strongly opposed violence or threats.
Boycotting was favored as the quickest
means Of accomplishing desired ends
and resolution In accordance with
these views was adopted.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06
QUOTATIONS.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Flour, dull, Choice, S4.40 Fancy, S4.SOc,
Extra Fancy $50, patents, $3.50. Corn
dull, mixed. 45c, white, 44045c.
sacked. 44c. Oats firm, choice western,
prime, $l70lsOO, choice, $1,000 90. Lard
quiet, refined fierce. 6Lc. Bulk meats
steady, shoulders, 4c, long clear sides, 60
clear rib sides, s zoe. Bacon firm, shoulders,
3.75c, long clear sides, 6. Is, clear rib sides.
6%c. Hams choice sugar cured, 9@9%c.
Whisky dull, " 900 LIS. Coffee. quiet car
goes common to prime, 6A09Hc. Sugar,
dull, open kettle, choice, &c strictly
prime 42sc fully fair, 424c, good fair, Ole
fair, 4ssc, good common, 4LO4%, COM
mon, 4N@411, inferior, 2035lc. centri-
fugal plantation granulated, 65sc, off clari-
fed GIG choice white, &c, off white, 6Lc
greywhite, Lice: prime yellow clarified
yellow clarified, SIC, seconds, 45sO5kc.
MOlasses weak, open kettle, choice. 4Oc;
strictly prime, 34037c good prime, 3O@33c
prime, B@2Sc, good fair, 22@e24c, fair, 20
@22c, good common, 10. centrifugal, good
l4@16c. Rice steady. ordinary to prime
305Ac. Bran lower, Sl@85c. Cotton
seed oil, lower, crude, new, 100000, re-
fined, 2711023, +. o, B, cake, lS%0I9c.
meal, 19c. Pork quiet, $ll.5O.
ST. LOUIS.
Flour dull, xxx, S3.1O@3.2O, family,
So 3O03 40, choice to extra fancy, S3.7O0
$50, patents, $5.1005.5O. Wheat. Quot, No
2 red Fall, Ole cash. Corn higher, No. 2
mixed, 1910 cash. Oats, quiet, No. 2
mixed, 2734c cash. Hay. quiet; prairie,
s6.5O0s.25, timothy, Sll.50l0140O. Bran
easy, firm, MILL. Gle; east track, 61@62c
Corn meal quiet, Sl.S5@l.e0 Pork, steady,
$1,000 for old, and $ll6O for new. Lard,
steady, 6.0006.05c. Bulk meats, shoulders
3.62c long clear sides, 5.65c. short rib, rs;
snort clear oyoc b bacon, shoulders 3ooc;
clear 5.9506.C0c. Boxed lots; shoulders,
5.75c; long clear sides, 5.iO05.2Oc; short rib
sides, 5.c505.40c; short clear, 5.45l05.5Oc.
Whisky steady, Sl.l0.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06

W. ~
While the North and South railroad
project y rccsiving great deal Of
attention (as itshould, II nevertheless
ronaina Z deplorable fact that the most
Siptezested parties are allowing the
locaf oteambost question to lag-in fact
sepnn6 to have lost sight Of the impor-
tance attached thereto and ere indif-
fere6t, apparently, to the necessity Of
reaohing ont for trade 10 the tribu'
taries -ell Of which are now fairly
nsvieable and likely to remain 50 for
sometinle ID come. Our object is not
to dstfaet In the lest any interest
taken In the said railroad by our PEG,
pc, Tho writer being ardently in favor
81 the proposed road and voted for the
tax, vt It bshooves dur business men
to make the best Of the present situa-
uon strike out boldly seeking custom,
(Which has only to be invited) from
the tributary streams and to demon.
strate to the people who reside along
these streams that Monroe does, can
and Di0 onsr them Inducements second
10 no market In the state, with, pei
haps, New Orleans excepted, and she
can give her even . "closs call"
What Monroe wants is: Cheap trans
portation on cotton from the tributaries
and way landings to this port and
cheap transportation from this port to
way landings; afew drummers on the
road and : general determination to
build up trade, which, once secured
will remain.
The DAILY is with you gentlemen
In all moves pertainingto the 1cquire-
ment Of trade and will aid you in all
honorable efforts to secure the same.
With trade once built up the compile
ton TO this point Of the North and
South railroad will add to the city's
business, without, perhaps, injuring
that OF the steamboats,, for the reason
that these packets may then load here
with rsshipment freights-in other
words they may be enabled to connect
here with the said railroad.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06

The river man Of the New Orleans
Picayune, yesterday (Friday's) edi.
tion, "hits the nail square on the
head" In the following brief but poin.
ted marine squib:
Z "If the Signal Service Department
would arrange to receive daily river
and weather reports from Camden,
Delhi, Monroe and Girard the move.
msnts of boats would be consit erably
facilitated thereby. The very irregular
reports that now come rom those
points are of little or no Use to any
body"
We have commended for years for the
establishment of regular signal office
at this point; we are going to keep on
doing so until we do get it and the
Picayune might "chip inn and help US.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06
THE MARKETS..
NEW ORLEANS,

NEW ORLEANS.
February G.
COTTON.
Feb.-6
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-02-06
BANK OF MONROE.
LID. ALLEN. Sr. Preslaers.
l.. ID. ALLEN. Dr.,
q. A. SINGER,

Grand ST., Monroe, Iaoe111111a
European exchanges drafts St Louis New York
Vcksburg. Muteed money anu oreiSn
deposits W
FarmervilIe Vienna, Columbia Ouachita City, ETC.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-09
REPORT.
The following freight passed ogden on the

The following freight passed Ogden on the
9Th instant
For Observation-Disclosures Fuller Il Co., .
boxes holdings; Huntington, Hopkins e Co, 4
bundles forks; a. S. Hopkins & Bro, l33 bundles
basket cane, 10 cases matches; w. r Strong &
Co.. $50 bags seed: l.. l.. Lewis d Co., ! box tin,
l box stOneware, l box japanese ware; Joseph
Hahn & Co., 10 boxes bird seed; G.. w. Chesley,
5 cases canned ackerel; Adams, Mcneil 4 Co,
800 cases AIMED goods; Hall, Luhrs Il Co., 20
casks bottled beer.
For Marysville-Mrs. Johnson, box bedding.
For Dixon-Eppinger x Co., Z cases boots and
shoes.
For Oroville-F. Heeker, . cases shoes.
The following freight passed New Orleans on
the Sd instant
For Sacramento. c. Tufts, l crate glass
ware; Willis & Ray, . crates glassware; Vein
stock & Lubin, l case chalk, 3 cases hats, l case
blankets, 1 case books, / case shoes, 2 cases dry
goods, l case brushes, l case suspenders, l case
cotton piece goods, l case cardigans, l case
cases boots and shoes, l case paper, ! case
plated ware; Huntington, Hopkins d Co., 2l
cases nails, ! case axles, 3 casks chains, l case
backing. Q cases hardware, l bundle wire;
Booth &Co., 10 cases canned fish, l case tobacco,
l case cigarettes; q. LayeDson, 2 cases boots and
shoes; c. H. Krebs, 3 cases brushes; J. /. Cooper,
/ piano; Adams, Mcneil 81 Co., 2i boxes ~raisins,
l barrel carraWay seed; A. Coolot, Z cases cards;
C. H. Gilman, l case dry goods, 1 case hats, Z
cases boots and shoes; Hale Bros. d Co.. 1 case
shirts, 3 cases dry goods, 9 cases boots and shoes;
s. Lipman & Co., 6 boxes dry goods, 2 boxes
cotton piece goods; Lindley Il Co., 10 kegs and
40 butts tobacco, "a boxes raisins, 30 cases rails
ms, S. cases canned meats: Mebius d Co, . cases
lemon peel, q boxes raisins; J. t. Stoll, 2 cases
hardware; Whittier, Fuller & Co, l case hard
ware; Locke 4 LavenSon, 47rolls carpet; Kirk,
Geary X Co.. 10 cases drugs; H.. Fisher d Co, 4
cases candy: G.. & (. S. Elkus, l case clothing.
c. S. Houghton, 6 cases paper; C. p. Nathan, l
case clothing; II. S. Croker Il Co, 2 cases
books; Hall, Luhrs & Co, T. cases tobabco, case
canned meat.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-09
A GREAT TEIEoRArH1ro FxAr.-An En-

A GREAT TELEGRAPHIEe FKAr.-An En-
glishman after having seen the operations
Of the pneumatic tube for carrying parcels
in New York, said " have seen just one
thing more wonderful than that" said the
visitor. 81 have talked by cable from Lon
don to Calcutta, India, over 1000 miles of
wire. Two years ago / called upon Mana
ging Director W. Andrews of the Indo-Eu-
ropean Telegraph Company, at No. Is OLE
Broad Street, London. 1t was Sunday even
inr., and the wires were notbusy. Mr.. An
drews called up Emden, a German town.
Give me Odessa, he wired. In a few sec
onds we got the signal from the Russian
seaport CITY, and asked for Teheran, the
capital of Persia. Call Kurrachee,' said
Andrews. In less than half a minute we
were signaling that India town. The sig
nails came at the rate Of fifteen words a
minute. After learning that the London
office was testing the long wires, Kurrachee
gave us Agra, and we chatted pleasantly
for a few minutes with the operator OF
duty there. In a short time the operator
switched US on the cable to the Indian cap
ital, Calcutta. AT first the operator there
could not believe he was talking to Lon
don, and he asked in the Morse language ::
Is this really London, England? 1t was
a wonderful achievement. Metallic COM
munication between the capital Of the En-
glish nation and the seat of her Govern
ment in India, 1000 miles away as the bird
fies."-Ne,0 Orleans Times Democrat.