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Those sensational people in
Europe who make a business-or
seem to do so--of creating "war-
scares" will probably continue in
that trade so long as they can
make il "pay." Two or three
days Of lnter-changing dispatches
10 the effect that Bismarck, or
Alexander, or Francis Joseph, is
out OF temper about something or
other, will make or mar few for>
tunes OF the Boursc, or con
change; and the "scare," hav-
ing served its purpose, is at an
end. One good thing is in i. all,
this, namely, that it supplies for
cable dispatches a variation from
stories Of scandal in British high
life, while it also helps to hasten
the day when it Will no longer be
in the power of one or two men
to turn all Europe tvpsy-turvJ,
simply in the airing Of their own
self-importince, o. in promoting
their schemes of personal or ter
ritorial ambition.
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tutional power to resist disease.
DR.. w. I. Ridenour: "Beer-
drinkers are very liable to die of
pneumonia, and when a confirmed
beer -drinker takes pneumonia he
dies"
DIR. S, S. Lungren: "Every
part OF the body of a confirmed
beer.drinker becomes loaded down
with poisonous matter, and every
part will soon fall into ruin and
decay"
Dr.J. t. Woods: Lager beer,
If used at all, should be used as a
medicine, as ipecac, quinine, rhu-
barb aud strychnine.
DR.. G. A. Kirkley: "There is
no more fruitful source Of BrigLts $
disease than beer-drinking. The
evil effects are not confined TO the
consumers Of the beverage, but
are transmitted to their offspring
DIR. G. w. Chapman: II re-
gard beer as harmful as ardent
spirits, brandy and whisky, as 1t
produces fatty degeneration of
the heart, liver and kiducys.
Di. G.. A. Collamore "Beer
drinking produces a morbid effect
upon the heart, lungs, BRAN,
stomach, liver and kidneys. The
blaIn is Kept in a hype,emic con,
dition which prevents normal
cerebiaton or the accurate use Of
the mental faculties. !"
DR. w. II. Mays, Superlnten-
| dent of the Stockton, la Insane
Asylum, in his ninth biennial re
port to the State Board Of Health
has the following on beer-drinl1
ing:
"Nothing will lower the vita
forces SO steadily and surely
nothing viii degenerate the organ
ic tissues so rapidly as the use o
beer every day, and year afte
year, 1t coarsens man in ap
pearance, in morals. in mcnta
fibre, in physical constitution. !
Is more productive of brutality
sensuaIism, and the lower form
: of crime than is whisky-drinkina
, 1t is the beverage of the Bi
Sykes, Of the vulgar rufiian, tn
beslial tramp"
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Some changes arc likely, for it is
an open secret that the committee
on civil service, II ore particularly
the chairman, ls opposed to the
present law.
One Republican member, Rep
resentative White. of Indiana, is
to be unseated upon the motion of
his competitor, Ex-COngressman
Lowry. Although it is beyond
question that Write received a
clear majority of the votes east,
he will be expelled, because il is
shown that he has not been legally
naturaized, being a native of
Scotland. Mr.. Lowry does not
secure the seat, MS II is the de-
oision of TIN committee on elec-
tons that there was no election,
hence a vacancy will be declared
to exist.
The next contest to be acted
upon is that OF Worthlngton
Democrat, against Post, Repub
lican, of Illinois. The election
was very close-only twenty-nin'
majority being claimed-and it il
probable that another Republican
will be unseated, rs the Democra
claims that he has rightfu
majority of ten votes.
The Senate Committee on pen
sions have unanimously approves
Senator Manderson's "Glan'
| Army" bill, which has been 8
framed as to overcome the ohjec
tons urged by President Clevelan
in his disapproval of the depend
ent pension bill.
The bill granting Mrs. Logan
$1,000 pension, excited quito
discussion among the Senator
but it passed bya large majorit.
as did another bill increasing I
the same amount the pension {
Mrs. Frank p. Blair.
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to put the marriage vow into
writing at once, she may expect
to be Tilted some evening.
For married people it will be
stormy year. Not only is Saturn
triumphant, but Mercury will
exercise a baneful influence
throughout the ensuing twelve
months.
These planets combined will
lead to family jars. The husband
will go forth to his work in the
morning, leaving at home smll-
ing spouse, and reckoning on an
evening of peaceful Joy upon his
return at night. But by evening
| Venus, which brought him such
bllssful anticipations, will havo
gone below the horizon, aud he
and his wife will be subject to the
militant and disturbing influence
of Saturn and Mars. Woe be to
him if he chance to bring home a
| friend to dinner Unexpected Woe
if there be any little peg on which
a family jar may be hung" "
This IS the merest bosh. Or
the contrary, there are no specially
unfavorable indications for those
who lndulge the tender passion
this year. On the contrary, every
thing promises well. In June ;
| trine association of Vpnus ant
Mars, Venus being in the seventh
house which is the house of mar
riage, indicates a plentiful crop 0
weddings. December will aIst
show a large marriage rate. Th'
conjunction of Venus with Mer-
curry IN the tenth house in Apii
indicates that mercenary consider
ations will have much to do wit
! marriage at that time. Mercury
Saturn and Venus in the sevcntl
house in August tell plainly o
. the doings Of Cupid at the sum
mer resorts when rich old men vii
be actively in the market to
,, pretty young wives. Yes, thi
leap year will prove a year o
marrying and giving in marriage
- N. O. Picayune.
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THE LENeTHENINe DAYS.

We have recently had so much
dark cloudy weather that the in
crease IN the length of the days
has not been apparent to many
persons. When we have however
sunny day, it is plain to see that
the hour of sunset and darkness is
considerably later than it was on
the winter solstice nearly mouth
ago. 1t is not wonderful that the
period Of mId-winter when the
light begins to grow longer and
the hours of darkness shorter, has
been chosen by all nations of the
earth in all ages of its history as q
season of rejoicing. The slanting
rays of the sun begin then to fal.
more directly on the surface Of
the earth rcviyifying its frozer
crust and bringing again th,
green verdure of spring time and
promising to send the seed time
and harvest.
If sentient beings could be i'm
agined brought from another
sphere and placed upon our plane
unacquainted with our planetary
laws, with what horror would the,
view the sloping of the earth
axis with its accompanying COLI
and darkness which to then
would seem as if it would becom'
eternal, and with what Joy we Cal
imagine would they behold j
arrested in its course and begin
ming again to turn it, face to high
and heat.
Earth born creatures thougl
long accustomed TO the changes 0
the season can feel still the sam
sense of JOY when the earth's axi
begins to turn towards tn
Northern tropic and cold AM
darkness gradually begin to Civ
! place to heat and light and tn
white mantle of snow give plac
to the green covering of Sprin
and sunshine. We love the sun
thine and the daylight, the seaso
iha. brings the flowers and fruits
and makes the husbandman I
rejoice.
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LIQUOR IN THE RACE.

Reports from all sources show that
our Southern S ates are coming
rapidly to the front as to general
Improvement. But there is nothing
moe painfully suggestive than the
startling fact that the demon of
alcohol is always fully abreast OF
the times and manages to carry off
the lions shac OF the profits, and
what is even worse, the manhood,
the home comforts and the souls Of
the actors in the great drama Of
progress fall an easy prey to lis
ruthless and insaciate avarice.
If our people would only ac-
quaint then selves with the facts
and pursue comparisons to legiti-
mate conclusions, they would be
con yinced of the threatening dan
ger, and as one man join them
selves to the great army Of rescue
and reform, and press on until the
name of the "matchless ovil'' had
been expunged from the list foul
| improvements and its horrid and
hellish self pushed back into the
fiery pit out of which 1t came.
Here are some statistics anC
comments worthy Of reelection
Can we see such things in oul
country aid quietly acquiescc il
their continuance?
"In 1887 the thirteen SoutherI
Stares built or organized: Agri
cultural implement factories, p
brewcries, 5; bridge WORKS, 8; ca
works 23 ;cotion and wollen mills
147; electric light works, 90
-four and grist nils III; foundrie
and machine shops, Isl; bias
furnaces, 70; gas companies, 81
glass works, IL ice factories. 8
mines and quarries 504; natura
gas companies, l15; ; oil mills, 45
pipe works, A; potteries. IL
railroad companies 292; rollin.
mills, %; stamp mills and snIel
ters, 43; steel plants, 10; stree
: railways, 152; waterworks, l35
wood working establishments
GAO; miscellaneous, S04."
Now we have 40 means at han
If ascertaining how much wcalt
! is being produced by these twenty
five ella .ses and 1851 different q
, individual enterprises, but an al
proMmale guess viii give us 1
, least $4,000 persons employed
AS is well known the saloon an
5 beer garden is the curse Of work
: ing people, and are always plante
: in close proximity to their haunt
1 land places of employment. /
: therefore, stands out a fact th;
: without the waste Of time in sesl
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ing after exact estimates that the
FIVE brswerics, (and most of them
are immense) have surrounded
these working places with beer
gardens and saloons which out of
the wages of these working men,
say about $32 100000 annually
they will absorb the enormous sum
of one eighth or $4,000,000 for
beer and other equally ruinous
drinks. But that is not all, for
when you count up the outlay of
money caused by the use of in
toxlcaung drinks, in the way of
losses at gamlng. Court charges,
fines and fees for other immoral
indulgences, the amount is
swelled to one fourth or more of
their hard earnings, and they and
their families are left with cheer
less homes, ia cramped and un-
healthy tenement houses, in
sufficient food and raiment,
ignorant and vicious chil5leu
broken health, and worse than all
beside with wrecked and ruined
souls. The sum OF 1t all is thal
the ''five brewerles" mentioned
IN the CONT of progress in thC
thirteen Southern States will dt
more real hurt in wasting money
impove,lshing homes, wreckins
lives and running souls in one yea
than all Of the other 1876, pro
greSsive institutions with all o
their work and rush and wealth,
can repair IN century. Ma,
God help our people to sec th
ruin that is being so quietly ac
complished and resolve that th
breweries must GO Souther
Baptist Record.
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BAD BEER.
Doctors or Reer-Drinking---"lt Kills
Quicker than Any Other Liquor.

J. II. D., Concord, N. H.
"Havc you any testimony of
physicians as to the effects of
beer?'
Not long ago Mr.. d. r. Locke,
Of the Toledo Blade, interviewed
ten of the principal physicians OF
that notoriousIy beer-guzzling
city. This is some of the tcsti-
mony:
DR.. S. H. Bergen of IS years
practice said: sit kills quicker
than any other liquor. Pneu-
monia, pleurisy, fever, etc., have
a first mortgage on the beer
drinker."
DR.. S. S. Thorne: "In regard
to,surgicaI operations every physi'
clan breads to have anything K
do with beer drinkers. 1t is dan
gerous for beer-drinker to ever
cut his finger
DIR. NJ. H. Parmalee: "Beer i
worse than whisky, the hops con
tanned in beer prodacing conges
tion of the liver, dyspepsia ans
kindred diseases. HsbiIual beer
drinkers seem to have no ecusti
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"The cause of the wonderful
growth Of western and northwest
ern towns is attributed to eSten-
sive advertising, but 1t must not
be suppC sed that such advertising
was done by the local press with
out some compensation. The
citizens Of Tucson, a rapidly grow
ing town in Arizona, buy 800
copies Of their paper every month
for distribution and in addition
pay $500 per month for the pur-
pose Of having their town wrote
up. In Lamar county, CAL, they
pay $1,000 for a pamphlet and
sl20O to their papers TO adver-
tise the town. The Monitor Of
Fort Scott, Kansas, gets $1,000 a
year fol the same work and so
on. The individual who, or the
community which makes IIbeial
use OF printers INK to advertise
his or its business, will come out
ahead every time. "
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CARMEN MYsrIoum.

Dear Lord. since thou didst maee tho earth
Thou madst II not for grief. but mirtl
Therefore will be glad
Aud let who will be sGd.
For ir | load lny life with care,
What profits mo the bnxom air,
And what the sweet BIRDS choir
Or heavens azure hrel
But If can not choose but weep,
Weeping Il think do hut sleep,
Till lhon shalt bid lao wake
Aud triumph for thy sake,
Lord. as It's thine eternal state
with .jpy nninmed 10 contemplate
The world that thon last wrought
As mirrsr for thy thought.
So every morning would rise,
And offer thee for sacrifice
A spirit bright aud clear
AS the wide atmosphere.
For. Lord, since all IA well with thce.
IL can not we'll be W with me.
Spectator,
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cENTREvlLLE CORRESPONDENCE.
---
Public Gins Fine Plantations Future
Prospects Fruit and Vegetable Grow
ers Association.
CENTREvlLLE, Feb. z. 'Ss.

NAlAN 4 INV LIE II COs - OOs
EDITOR GAzETTE:-I see in
your issue Of Jan. IA, that you
express a desire to know what gin
has put up the most cotton in Pike
county, and state that "in Amite,
it is said thut Mr.. James E. Lea,
on Twickenham plantation, has
ginned All bales, up to Dec. 22nd,
and is supposed to be ahead in
Amite. In answer to this sup
position, would state that Mr..
j. G. Mckee, on Tucker Plarta-
ton, in Amite county, has ginned
and packed this season, 6l0 bales
of cotton, and Of this number SIS
bales were raised by Mr.. Mckee,
who is managing for J. L. Harris,
who owns the property, and the
"Dickson Gin Co." which has a
| gin just over the line from Amite
county aud within the town of
Centreville, has ginned this
season, SAG bales of cotton.
The Harris property, above
mentioned, formerly owned by
Mr.. Mckee, is the largest and
best regulated cotton plantation
IN this whole region, at this date.
There are hundreds Of acres in
/ cultivation, and hands are hired
in every way and closely watch
ed. There is fine steam gin
on the place which runs two stands
one Outlet aud one Eagle; there is
also saw mill attached, which
makes lumber for use on the
pace. There IS store on thC
place which supplies the hands OF
the place. There is also a vel
auger belonging to the place; ant
cabins ard negro houses are bull
: all over the place and wher'
Strings are rot convenient, WE'LL
are bored. Commercial fertili
zers were used to some extent las
year, and will be largely increas
cd the coming season. All In
productive lands upon the place
which have heretofore been II
cultivation, are being re-cleare'
and brought into cultivation agal
as rapidly as can be done. Th
general supervision and control 0
. the place is under the charge o
Mr.. j. G. Mckee, and the man
agement Of the hands and a
= minor details are conducted b
= Mr.. John r. Carter. These ger
: tlemen expect, with no advers
: circumstances to hinder, to rails
! this year, $50 bales. of cotton, an
is the year following, to reach I'll
: round numberof 1000 bales. I'll
Z place Is about two and a ha
+ miles from this town and lies !
= = the counties of Amite and Wilkir
= son, very little, however, If I'll
7 lands being in Wilkinson.
e We have here, Mr.. Editor, ais
: u fruit and vegetable grove
'e association, and its members al
now bestiring themselves prepar
: = tory to planting vegetables fl
:. the Northern markets, and as til,
= are IN earnest in the matter al
y propose to spare neither time nj
y means where necessary to su
= cess; you may soon expect to s
= = this a second Crystal Springs,
= that line.
= With many good wishes for t
- - success of the GAZETTE and frien
= at Magnolia,
n H.C.
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THE STARS SMILE on CUPID AMI
HYMEN.

The following, cut from anoth-
or paper, has been handed to the
Picayune's astrologcr:
"lhe yeal 1883 is the only year
that has mad three fgcres alike in
1t for III years, aud there can
not be another one with three
sim llr figures in it till another III
have rolled by. 1t is the first
leap year that has had three sim
liar figures in it for a44 years, and
yet strange to say, it will be a
bad year Tor maidens wishing to
marry; in England. at least, fol
many months to come. Venus will
be a morning planet, and Saturn
will Re in the ascendency at night,
Ihe merry milkmald, up with the
lark, may listen while
The oM, old story is told again.
At $ O'clock 10 the uofnins.
But, unless she gets her swan
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WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1888.
The Democrats of the Ways
and Means Committee are Civ
ing themselves earnestly to The
arduous task of framing a new
tariff bill which they hope win
piove acceptable to their associ-
ates in the House aud to the party
generally. Those Republicans
who constitute the minority of
the COMMITTEES, will not be con
suited in regard to the measure
until the work is complete and
ready for final action. The
majority are well satisfied with
the progress they have made, aud
feel suneuinc OF the ultimate sue
cess OF their labors, though that
most desirable result cannot be
reached without liberal concessions
to conflicting opinions. 1t is pro-
posed 10 have a general revision
and readlustment Of the tariff, +,
and the salient features of the bill
will be similar to that presented
on former occasion by Mr..
/ Hewitt. The new bill will make
a reduction of 20 per cent on
sugar and also large reductions in
the taxes on fruit, brandies and
tobacco, and will place salt, wool,
lumber, and other raw materials
on The free list. The bill is practi-
cally agreed upon now, aud it is
probable that il will be brought tc
the consideration Of the House
within the next three weeks. Ther
will begin the great battle foI
tariff reform, which will be Tex
key note of the Democratic Presi-
dental campaign.
Mr.. Randall threw himself il
the breach the other day, and by
resortiGg to dilatory tactics, pre-
vented the appointment Of day
for the introduction Of bills fo
the erection of Govement build
: ings. This was a patriotic ser
vice on the part Of the distin
gulshed Pennsylvania statesman
) as there appears to be genera
sentiment throughout the countr,
f; to secure such appropriations. |
thcse raids upon the treasury wer
! not checked, there would soon b
; no surplus to puzzle the might
intellects of our national legis
2 lators.
: Responsive to the popular dc
t mand there appears to be prel
; " general sentiment ID the Hous
(, IN favor of authorizing the issu
of about twenty million dollars j
4 fractional currency. There seem
b to be shortage of small bills, a
: the Bureau of Engraving an
= Printing Is pushing work on tn
: 50 and $5 silver certiiicates,as til
t present demapd Is greatly 10 ez
/. cess Of the supply, but it is be
d Iieved that 10 a few days the stoc
: will be sufficiently large.
d The Civil Service Commission
Is ers have been cited to appear be
!. fore House commiIte and to es
i press their views on several bill
: that are now undcr consideration
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We learn another Constitutional
Convention bill will be introduced
at an early day. This time it
will originate in the House, and
will be framed to meet the objec-
lions Of the Governor, the pun-
cIpal change being to hold this
election alter November, after the
National contest has been settled.
The advocates of i Constitutions
Convention will leave no stoas
unturl ed to have the matter
submitted to the people for rati'
iicatiou or rejection. CIarIor
Ledger.
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THE DANISH HORN.
A Remarkable Relic Said To Be GEN
uine Trumpet Of Zion.


In the Royal Museum of Copen-
hagen there is, and has been for
more than 275 years, golden
trumpet, known throughout Dem
mark as the "Danish Hora," with
engraved emblems, comprising the
symbol Of purity, the triple lily.
Its weight IS 102 ounces, and 1t
measures two feet nine inches in
length. This horn is said to be
genuine trumpet Of Zion. The
surrounding circumstance stroug-
ly sustain the position, and up to
the present time there has not
been the slightest scientific doubt
as to the genurneness of the relic.
The lily as symbol of purity,
was generally carried in the right
baud by the vestal virgins of the
temples it also forms the emblem
on the sshekel," the Jewish coin.
There are also disceruible the
much effaced remains Of what has
the appearance Of pomegranates,
and traces of an inscription which,
as far as it can be made out, is
engraved in that kind of Hebrew
characters known as the Samaritan
text. The emblems and inscrip-
tion may be easily accounted for
and accepted for tho meaning of
the word "Jehovqh.
The trumpet was discovered by
a farmers daughter, partly con-
cealed in tho ground, In 1880, in
the diocese Of Rypeny, Jutland
AS to how 1t found its way from
Palestine to Denmark can only
be conjec,ured at. 1t is accepted
as fact that the relic at one time
was one of the Instruments an
GENTLY used in Solomon's Temple
Certain orny ments, and especially
the beautiful engraving near the
opening of the large emu of ths
instrument, forming a turretcC
border around its edge, are the
most convincing proofs tor this
position. When Titus Yes
pasianus, the youthful Roman
General, subjugated Jud@a ant
destroyed its temple, he took the
renowned tables, the seven brancl
candle stick the 'soacred Books
and the trumpets to Rome, wher,
they were, with other trophies o
victory, carried in procession
through the city ia honor of th'
conqueror. Upo, the arch o
Titus these things were sculptures
and may be seen In Rome IN
fair state of preservation to-day
The "Sacrtd Books" The yicto
presented TO Josephus Flasius
the Jewish historian. After
ward, when Titus becam
Emperor of Rome, the instru
ments and stables of sche'
bread" by decree of the Senat
and Council Of Rome, were place
in the great temple of Jupiter
Between the fourth and sixt
centuries Rome was oyerrun b
hordes of northern barbanans
The city was taken, religion fo
the time dethioned, aud temples
regardless Of their sanctity sacre
or historical, were sacriiegiousl
plundsred. After their retrea
from Rome the Vandals carrie
off with them the spoiIs they ha
seized in the temples.
This trumpet Of gold, whic
corresponds in every particuls
with the trumpets sculpture
upon the "Arch Of Titus" wa
doubtless carried to the Mort
with the other plumber, and j
turn lost by the conquerers G
Rome. who had taken it rom th
conquerers Of the Jews.
Another illustration of the oil
adage, that s.history rcpea
Itself - Earth
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BUSINESS CARDS.

JON WORK NEATLY EXECUTED AT
THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
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Transient ads, will be charged for at the rate ef
additional Insertion. ~
s5A- All advertising IS due when inserted unies.
otherwise specially agreed.
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Fashionable Barber Shop,

NJ aE nol1a. MISS
flESRY KoRNRuMpF having removed
his business on the West Side AZ tho sign Of
Ilostnirant. viii give strict attention to
shsyias, hair cutting hair.dressing aud sham
pooning, all Of which win be executed In the
neatest aud latest style. A trial Will guaran-
ansse satisfaction.
Fruits, Candies, Cakes, Tobacco and Cigars
Cor sale. iul1 Soft.