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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-04-02
B. FRANKLIN's "NEW ENGLAND coUR-
ANTI

Mr.. Henry Merritt, of this place.
, has in his possession a copy of the
New England Courant. No. 80,
dated "from Monday, February A.,
to Monday, February II, 1928"
says Kent, o., dispatch in the
Cincinnati Commercial GSzett..
The paper consists of a single
sheet, twelve inches in length,
and two columns wide, and is
printed on both sides. AT the foot
of the last page in capt i letters
is this inscription: "Printed and
sold by BeWamine Franklin in
Queen street, where advertise
ments are taken in" In an arti-
Gle over a column in length thr
editor tells the objects and plans
Of his adventures, closing as fol-
lows:
"Gentle readers, we design never
to let a paper pass without a latin
motto if we can possibly pick one
up, which carries q charm for the
vulgar, and the learned admire
the pleasure of constituting. We
should have obliged the world
with a Greek scrap or two, but
the printer has no types, and there
fore we entreat the candid reader
not to impute the defect in our
ignorance, for our Doctor can say
all the Greek letters by heart"
TheasDoctor" is probably some
individual connected with the
paper. There are only two adver-
tisemenJs in the paper, with o
display type. One of them reads
as follows: 'sThe best new Phla-
delphia towu-bolted -four, TO be
sold by Mr.. William Clark, in
Merchants Row, at twenty-right
shilliDgs per hundred" Another
reads thus: "a servant boys time
for four years to be disposed Of.
He is about sixteen years of age,
and can keep accounts. Inquire
at Blue Ball. in Union street, and
know further The paper also de-
votes half column to "His
Majesty's most gracious speech to
both Houses of Parliament, on
Thursday, October IL, 1902" 1t is
remarkably we'll preserved, and
the entire sheet can be read very
easily.
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MARs6 CHAN.


"Mlrse Chan by Thomas Mel
son Page, of Virginia. has bpet
SAID to be the most exquisite sior,
OF lhe war that was ever written
Every one who has felt the deer
pathos of the death OF Marse Chan
sud the old negro servants words
"Marse Chan, he tone got he fur,
lough, uttered when tho faithful
fellow freaks the sad news To Miss
Anne, the dead soldiers sweet,
heart, will be Interested ii learning
how the story was suggested 10
the author.
In the autumn of 1880, q friend
of MI. Page showed him a letter
which had been taken from thu
pocket of a deal private Of Ge1r
gia regiment. IL was from his sweet.
heart, and was very badly written.
She told him of her love, and ex.
presse sOlrow for her bad treat.
ment of him. She declared tnat
she had loved him al the time,and
lud ed ever since they had gone TO
school together, VIXEN he used to
be so good t. her. Finally she said
that II he would get u furlough
aud come home she would marry
him, There was a postscript scrawl.
d ac oss the blue Confederate pa-
per to the eff ct he must not come
without furlough, for il he didn't
"come honorablev she would not
marry him. Tue poor fellow rot
his fnrlough ut Malvern Hill or
Fair OIks by a bullet.
Mr. Page was so touched by the
incident that he went 10 his law
office and began to write "Marse
Chan,' which he finished in few
evenings and sent OIL to Scribncrs
Monthly. At that time The news
papers were discussing the coming
of the Yorktown centennial, and
Mr. Page, when he sent his "Marse
Cham" asked permission of The ed.
ltor to write paper on the subj ct.
rnis request was grapted when, 4
few m ,nths later. "Malse Chan"
was accepted, the author receiving
$50 tor the story. The paper upon
"Old Yorktown" appeared ia the
October number, 1881, of Scrlbners
Monthly, but "Marsa Chau' was
not published until April, 1891, in
The Century, which had succeeded
Scribnrr's Monthly. ia the mean.
time Mr.. Page wrote oaly "a Sol
dier Of the Empire, the non ap.
pearance of his story dlseouraging
him from futher attempts. Soon
after the publication of uMarse
Chan Mr.. Page began to get let.
tiers about il, add since then he has
received them from every part of
America, and oven from Europe.
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ECHO ANSWERS, wHeREa

Mr.. Chairman, the tariff law hes
been in operation for one year and
five months. Where are the bene-
fetal efferts that were to follow
from iti Where is that magnlfi-
cent gain the farmer and wool
grower was TO realize from iti
Where are the increased wages tue
laborIng man was TO geta | se'
before me many men who voted
for that monstrous measure. Ii
the facts were with them they
wonld proclaim them to the world.
/ defy contradiction when / say
the farmer has received from two
to three cents less on the pound
from his wool than he did before.
And | challenge any representa-
tive here to poiaL single line of
manufactures in which the labor
ers' wages have been increased by
that law.
Tue iaborsr has been forced to
pay more for the roof that shelters
him, for the hat that covers his
head, and for the wo ,Iens that
cover his back. He has had to pay
more for the linen be wears, the
hammer aud hoe with which he
works; yet his wages have moi
gone up one cent. The bill was
passed under a pretense Of a de-
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PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.

In its issue for this week the
Manufacturers Record, of Balti.
more, presents a summary of new
enterprises started in the South
since the beginning of the year,
showing that new concerns have
been organized as follows; blast
furnace, II machine shops and
foundries, = agricultural imple-
ment factories Is -four mills, .
cotton mills furniture factories,
. gas works. Is water works, @
carriage and wagon factories, SO
electric light plants, 130 mines aud
quarTies, l23 woodworking fac
tories, 26 ice factories. l4 canning
works, 3 stove foundries, % brick
works, 6 miscellaneous iron work
ing establishments, cotton COM
presses, 10 cottOnseed oil mills and
2S3 other manufacturing establish
ments of miscellaneous character.
Comm, nting upon these figures,
the Manufacturers Record says:
owe want to disabuse our
readers of the idea that the South
is booming, and in place of this
impression we desire to prove to
the world that the South is devel.
opiug steadily, surely and in
healthy manner. Enterprises that
are now being established in the
South are put there to stay. They
are not being projected to make
show Of activity, but to continue
upon legitimate, substantial
basis. There is probably less spec
ulation in the South at present
than at any time in many years
past, and this is the most encourage
ing feature of the present situation.
The South is moving forward now
upon the lines of conservative
legitimate business, and in the
long run this means more good
honest money in the pockets of all
concerned.
In its usual weekly summary of
new enterprises the Manufacturers
Record gives HE following as heing
organized during he past week:
A 81 100000 coal and coke COM
pany al Cornlth, w. Va, a $500
O00 develo 'ment company al
K,nova, w. Va. II $50, 900 COTTON
: ell oil mil at Kyle, Texas; a
$3.50, 600 coal mining company al
Calver, Texas; "A $50, 900 ice and
cold storage company at Grenada,
Miss. a @20D, 900 starch manufrc-
turing company at Rome, CT; a.
100000 drug company at Fort
Smith, Ark "a $3.50, 900 phosphate
company organized by New York
parties to operate in Florida; a
s Sl0O,0 900 mica mining ant manu-
featuring company at Richmond,
Va; 4 $4,000 -four mill company
at Wichita Falls, T,xas; a $3.50. 900
sewerage company at Austin,
Texas; a 100000 land company
at Conway, Ark; S75, 900 col ton
IN II company at Bamberg, $. c.; a
s $50, 900 development company at
Cedar Town, GA; a 500 900 land
at Florence, S. g., aud a
100-lon cottonseed-oil mill at Fort
Worth, Texas.
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THE PROFIT IN COTTON.

1t may be that the low price of
cotton will prove a blessing in dis
guise. in more ways than by fore
ing economy and diversiiication
Of crops. The immense cotton
crop of two years, has lowered the
price below the cost of production,
but the manufactured cotton has
not declined in proportion. The
price of cotton goods is still well
maintained, aud well posted
statistician claims that the present
difference between the value of
the crop of cotton and the manu-
iacturtd cotton from it, is ne irly
eight hundred millions of dollars.
He claims also that the margin for
the manufacturers is now greater
than ever before. That being the
case with the New England and
European manufacturers, il is still
more so with those in the South.
1t is the fact that the Georgia
mills are making more money than
ever, while the cotton producers Of
Georgia are pushed almost TO the
wall.
These facts should encourage
Southern capitalists to engage
more in manufacture e cotton, aud
less in its production. Ii is claimed
that few Southern men know any
thing about manufacturing cotton.
That is correct, but they have so
many advantages that they can
easily secure all the skill they
need, AMI get all Of the latest aud
most Improved machinery. Thy
knew nothing about iron mining
and all that sort of thing a few
v ars ago, but they are now com
petlng with the North aud Eng-
ianl. They knew nothing abont
making oil from cotton sped, but
they know about as much about it
now as anybody else.
Some few have tried to manufac-
lure cotton in a small way In this
State, and have not succeeded. In
every Instance the failure has re-
suited from the attempt being made
ON too small a scale, and from lack
OF capital, and not because there
is not vastly more margin of profit
in the business right where the
staple is produced, than anywhere
else.
Ii the Southern mills can only
save the handling, transportation,
insurance and storage on cot ton
shipped to the North or Europe,
and similar exp nses on the goods
shipped back, they are bound to
he great success. Aud there is
no sort of doubt, that it is entirely
practicable.
Vicksburg and every thriving
city aud town in the Cotton States,
ought to invest largely in cotton
factories aud thus get every dollar
of profit from the staple and the
seod.-Vicksburg Commercial-Her-
aid.
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THE OLDEST BANK PRESIDENT.

The oldest bank president in
New York state, and probably in
America, is Daniel Spraksr, of the
National Mohawk River bank OF
Fonda. He comes of an old Saxon
family, his grandfather, George
Spraker, immigrating In 1875, aud
settling in the town OF Palestine.
where he became the owner Of %
large tract of land His father,
Jose Spraker, succeeded to the
estate aud kept an old time tavern,
which was much frequented In
stage coaching days.
Daniel, who was born In 1898,
and is in his ninety-thrd year,
was eng 'ged in mercantile pur-
suits ut Spraker's Basin until 1858.
He was one of six brothers. They
org nizod the Fonda bank in 1856,
and Daniel, who was elected pres
ident, went there 10 reside in 1856,
and has lived there ever since. Tue
brothers always operated ia bust
ness and politics together; and
each amassed a large fortune. Four
of them are dead.
For several years the old bank
president has been almost totally
bllnd. lie has good general health,
however aud attends to business
every day, aud still takes lively
interest "a all political aud financial
affairs. .-Ex.
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not be great il the game does mol
20 right aud cotton should decline
to 5 ceuts.
Tue money products this year
are going TO be corn, wheat and
pork. The export Of breadstufis to
meet the needs Of Europe will ex.
haust the enormous crops of 1891,
and there will be no surplus TO
carry over. The prices of all farm
products will be high, and the
Southern farmer who is wise will
take advantage OF the situ ,tion
and make these the staples, and
cotton au Observation-Disclosures
ers Record.
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THEaE S eaeAr ExcIreMENr.

Among Rheumatic sufferers over the
new remedy that Is being put up Ia New
York City. 1t IS claimed there has seyer
been case where it has failed to cnre. IL
is called DIR. Drummond's Lightning
Remedy for Rheumatism, and il sold To-
s. per bottle. The remedy is cert linly
making for itself a worldwide repnta-
tion as the country Is full Of rheumatism.
The manufacturers sell II on an absolute
guarantee, and offer TO refund the mo ey
in any case where il does not work per-
feet cure Sent by express prepaid on re-
ceipt Of price. Drnmm0ud Medicine Co..
1850 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents
wanted.
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What Does This Mean2

Within the last month tho immeuse
business Of KIso'e RoYAL OHRMATUER
90, has been more thrn doubled aud
large orders arc pouring in from al
directions. Ou Fehruaay Goth / Il.
Lyon & Uo., Of New Orleans gave them
cash order Tor seven thousand aud two
hundred bottles to be delivered at Oncs.
10 means:
l, Tuat wben such men as General
bongstreet. General Farmer, Governor
Hnbbard, CnlOnel Avery, Rev. w. q,
H. Cunningham, Rev. ]. u. Hawthorne
aud Ray. Sam Jones tiy q medicine aud
give Il their unqualified indOrsement
The people believe them.
That Germatner uas doue all that
its most ardent friends have declared
HAT 1t wonl DO.
3. That IL has mastered La grippe,
Rneumatiam. Dyspepsia, Nervous DO.
bility, lnSownia. Kidney troubles, Az
thma, Summer complaints aud Catarrh
wherever It has been tried.
That tbe discovery Of defmetuer
Il the most valuable contribution that
this century has made 10 mecioal SCIENCE
As spring medicine II has no equal.
1t lOyigorates The stomach. aids diges-
tiou, tones mp the system aud thus
brIugs health anI happiness. In this
RESPECT no other remedy can compate
with II,
Gelmetuer is not Dauseous COM
pound, bat as pleasant 10 take az a glass
of lemonade, the patient loves IL aud
looks iorwnrd with pleasure to the time
Of taking II.
For sale at. slOO per bottle by all
Druggists.
Manufactured by
KINGS ROYAL GEAMETUER CO.,
mar Sat Atlanta. Ga.
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POPULAR VICES PROHIBITED.

In response TO numerous in-
quiries, the Mississippi Leader
published two sections from the
chapter OF "Crimes and Misde-
meanors' of the new Code, which
have been widely commented up III:
BETTING on HORSE RACING, YArcn Rae
IsG AND SHOOTING MATCHES pRomlnlrED.
SEQ. III any person shall bet on
a horse race, or yacht race or on
a sloOiing match, he shall be fined
not more than five hundred 10lIars
and unless the fine and costs be
Immediately paid, he shall be i'm
pris0ned in the county Jail not less
than five days nor more than
twenty days.
SALE OF TOBACCO Is VARIOUS FoKMs TO
MINORS PROHTBirED.
SEc.-lf any person sell, barter,
deliver, or give any cigar or cigars.
cigarette or cigarettes, smoking
TOBACCO, or snuff, to any child under
the age Of eighteen years, unless
previously authorized in writing by
the parent or guardian of such
child, he shall be guilty of a mis-.
demeauOr, and, on conviction, shall
bs fined not less than twenty
dollars, nor more than one hundred
dollars, or imprisoned ia the county
jail, not less than one week or
more than three months, or both.
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OUT OF HIS ELEMENT.

1t is not a very uncommon thing
for men to mistake the bent OF
their genius. Indeed it is quite
common. II is one Of the misfDr-
tunes which beset the path of many
men who have certain capabilities
that their ambitious pull them 10y
the nose in one direction while
nature and common sense attempt
TO lead them ia another. IL is thus
that good blacksmiths bee me
poor lawyers and most excellent
ox-drivers make the word of the
Lord hateful to church coagrega-
tions. We have been moved to
thus mordlize by a recent venture
Of one Thomas G. Platt in literA-
lure. Mr., Platt has u deft and
cunning hand for certain kinds of
political operations, frequently
spoken of AS "6ne work. but
more properly characterized MS
foul, and he has large aud varied
talents in tue management Of party
machines, and in gathering and
dividing the spoils of political war.
But It was an evil day for Thomas
9. when malignant spirit
breathed into his soul the aspira.
tion to shine as writer for the
press. The theme upon which
Thomas chose to spread himself
was the value of good repubi AN
newspapers in spreading the true
gospel aud conntcractlng heresy
and he aid it thus:
tNEw YORK February IL, 1892.
Democratic newspaper-makers are un-
usually active in peddling their poison
Gus goods all over our state, ard
Hilfs blnco-steerers are playing the con
hdence game with republican voters, 10
induce them to purchase their queer
stun. The antid0te Ia large and strong
doses, should follow the poison promptly,
and the Tribune has the doctors aud the
medicine which can save the people anu
kill the rats Call on the republican
nurse in every nook aud hamlet of the
state to come TO the rescue and swell the
circulation of republican newspapers Just
nov. The winter wheat of truth, If sown
now, will ripen next fall into n harvest
of republican votes which win Insure
republican success and continued nation
al prosperity. 4. G. PLATrr
As near as we can get Mr.. Platt'
idea, it seems to he that if the re-
publican party will SOW the winter
wheat of truth it viii reap enough
rat poison to foil the rascally bunco.
steerers of Dave Hill. For braying
his metaphors ia a mortar Mr..
Platt is almost equal TO the Irish
lawyer who wanted to know
whether the plaintiff in the ease
was to be allowed to come into the
court with unblushing footsteps,
with the cloak of fraud in his
mouth and fitch two yoke Of oxen
from his clients pocket with i'm
punity; or to Sir Boyle Roche him
self who smelt rat aud announc-
ell his intention to nip it in the
bud, or 70 the western Journals
who described sudden death in a
ball room by the solemn assevera-
tiOn that the festivities were ~
their height when the pale hand OF
death stalkpd in.
We regret to pronounce so severe
a Judgment, but we feel it our duty
to warn Mr.. Plat that if he
forsakes politics aud undertake.
70 make his living with his pen, b..
viii be overiaken by the bitter vi
of adversity very early ia the game.
Memphis Commercial.
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Ike A oREAT RAIawAY.

With its branches running in every
direction. are the arteries and veins
which convey the blood to every part Of
the human system A cold, sndden changes
or exposure, may cause poisonous acids
to clog the circulation, aud then comes
rheumatism Bewarel II yOu value life
remove the obstruction with Or. Drum
mond's Lightning Remedy. Yon can get
a large bottleat the druggists for s. or
IL viii be sent to you by prepaid express
with a guarantee Of cure If yOu send 10
the DrummOnd Medicine Co. $50
Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted.
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VOL. XIV.
losT Jewels.


BY T. e.. TArE.
70 a Gazette correspondent:
God gives us precious jewels,
Which we wear here but day;
And then he gives us Others.
While he takes the first away.
Thus are our treasures changing,
Each day from Old to new;
As the planets change their places,
Rolling through the central blue.
But these pearls we here are losing,
viii in Heaven re-appeai;
Aud there placed in brilliant coronets,
Be given us to wear;
Then prize the other jewels,
Still entrusted to. your care,
And feel that should you lose them here
You'll gather them all there.
This world is not the granary,
Where our garncred crops remain;
T is but the field we SOW in,
To reap the golden grain;
Al otHtE MOtAuo VIC II BdHhcI hiI
The harvests we have grown;
Aud only can we hope to rvap,
Such crops as we have sown.
The star that CLEANS so brightly now,
Soon is hidden by cloud;
But shines undimmed in upper skies,
Where angels sing aloud;
And the departed jewel,
You deplore as torn away;
Is but herald sent before,
To point your feet the way.
A few more years of sorrow,
Beneath affiiction's rod;
When the posey win be gathered,
In the Garden Land of God.
osyka, March %, 1892.
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a bank, ice factory, p.aniDg mills,
door, sash and blind factories, cot
ton and woJleD mills--auy factory
ali would pay handsomely at
Magnolia, Miss. A health-resort
hotel. schools and colleges at this
beautiful and healthy place-ele-
vatiou five hundred feet, no
malaria or mosquitoes--wOuld with
good management soon become
Observation-Disclosures Record.
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Some people think newspaper
men are persistent duuners. By
the way of comparison, let us snD-
pose that "a farmer raises 1000
bushels of wheat year, and sells
this out to 1000 persons ia all
parts of the country, a great por-
tiOn of them saying 81 will hand
you the dollar in short time"
The farmer don't want to be small
and says "all right" Soon the
1000 bushels ave gone, but he has
nothing to show for il, aud he then
realizes that he has frittered away
his whole crop aud that it's value
to him Is due in a thousand little
driblets, consequently he is ri
onsly embarrassed in business be-
caus- his debtors, each owing him
IL ; treat it as a sm ,ll matter, aud
think it would not help much
Continue this kind of business
year in and year ont as the pub
Usher does, how long would he
stand itS A moments thought
will convince anyone that a pub
Usher has cause for persistent
dunning.-KAnsas Democrat.
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Magnolia, Miss. owing to its

Magnolia, Miss, owing to its
sqnabl- climate aud the natural
conditions surrounding it, has
justly gain-d some prominence as
a healtn resort. II is the county
seat Of Pike county, situated on
the Illiaois Central Railroad, and
according to the last census hal a
pOpul ,tion of 557, yet valued
and reliable correspon lent Informs
us that there are now 1876 scholars
attending the high school.-Manu-
facturer's Record.
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Do not sa, to eh ldren, "Be
good" but make them find pleas
ure iu being so; develop within
their hearts the germ of srnii-
mpnts that Nature has placed
there. Give them opportunities of
being tIuthful, liberal, compass
sionaie ; rely on the human hear !;
leave those precious seeds to bloom
in the air which surrounds them;
do not siifir thcm under a quau-
tity of frames and networks.
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EASTF0RK COLLEGE
Session
MONDAY. SEPT. Z. 1891.

MONDAY, SEPT. Z, 1891.
An excellent corps af ths most proficient
professors aud lady teachers have bean em
pioycd which means that we are gaina 10 do
the best educational wsrk during tho session
that we have ever done here or elsewhere
before.
We will be prepared to teach 250 students,
and therefore solicit the support aud patron
age Of Amite aHd surrounding nonnties -
Boarding facilities excellent. College build.
iugs amply large and beautifully arranged
and furnished with the charming Draud
Rapids Automatic seats aud Deeks, which
add not 0uly 10 neatness. bnt really 10 the
cofnfort aud healthy develop aent Of the
plis isscal student.
Music loom has three beautiful pianos and
one handsoms chapel organ
The DorialturY will be nnder the manage.
ment Of tbs President aud his wife, who Will
cot duet u on the plan Of auiet. Christis y
family home.
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Ono Of the Good Things.

There i nothing Just a. goode ~ Creole
Female Tonic Every lady wlig has givrr Il
trial VIII tell yon there IL nothing like 10
for w0nlan's peceliar ailments
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Prestnn's He'd AXE - 4 esff sis aud speedy
eure fer headache. Il b guaranteed 60 cure
ans kind VI he4dzehe it will do tin ]
Apr. 24t