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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13
HIs saAIN vas FuLL OF ALCOHOL.

NJ. j ,hn a. Holiday, of Troy,
q. r., was IN ST. Louis the other
day, when newspaper man in
vitrd him to shave something" he
declined. 81 am not a Temperance
lecturer nor a Prohibition politi-
cisn,n he id, shut 1 saw a signf
nnce that WIS enough for me. /
a tended the autopsy of man
hat had b-en the town drunkard
for forty years. The doctors had
sarmised that when they cut his
head open a prOnOu iced smell of
alcohol would issue from the skull.
thought il Only one of those giim
sort Of jokes that the KsculapiaDs
InlulgeJ in sometimes when they
4Ie carving "a fellow man to miuce
meat in the interest Of their science.
But soon learned that it was no
joke, for when the surgeons saw
had cut of the top Of tine mans
skull the odor Of alcohol that filed
the room was strong enough to
almost sickeu one. Then one Of the
surgeons struck a match and held
{ el0se TO the bran. Immediately
blue fame enveloped the entire
portion of the cerebral organ ex-
posed aud the qniyering flesh slz-
zled as if on a gridiron. That TX
PEI imeut and disclosure set me "a
very seriously thinking about the
error If my way. don't want my
bran Il atiug abous ia sea ol
alcohol
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13

Rtgt tUt Ou0
the old.fashioned pill. Bad to
take, and bad TO have taken. In.
efficient, TOO. It's only temporary
relief you can get from il.
Try something better. With DIR.
Picrce's Pleasant Pellets the benefit
is lasting They cleanse and regu-
late the liver, stomach and bowels.
Taken in time, they prevent trouble.
n any case, they curc it.
And they cure it easily !, they're
mild and gentle, but thorough and
effective. There's no disturbance
to the system, diet or occupation.
One tiny, sugar coated Pellet for
a laxative - three for a cathartic.
Sick and Bilious Headache, Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
and all arrangements Of the liver,
stomach and bowels are promptly
relieved and permanently cured.
They're purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, the smallest, and
the easiest to take - but besides
that, they're the cheapest pill you
can buy, for they're guaranteed TO
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned. You pay only for the
good you get. This il true only
of DIR. Piorce's medicineA
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13
PLATFORM OF 1892.


Gaad Looks az more than skin deer de.
pending upon healthy eoNdi inn IF Al ths
viiai organs, II the liver be inartiye ynu
have Bilious Look IL your strnarh be dI=
ordered on have a DA.pep'ie l.pok aud II
your kidneVs be- affec ed vau have j, y nchrd
Look Secure gopd health ID Won vii have
good iooss f.. ctric Bltfsrs IL tie great a.
ieratiye aud Tonic acts directly On thra
vital organs. Cures Piiuples, Blots-he-. Bai
md gives gi1d c1inDisxinu Sold at \ A
iAzai's Drugstore, 5le per bottle.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13

The South may claim. WithSut prejudice
10 hae7 more than it. share Of the worlds
fair. The ackngwle ged beauty Of the iadiee
Of the sautl j. due in a great degree 10 the
use OF Cfeels femals Tonic. the lad ies
friend and l9vDuto. AZ sure cure for al
female sickness lt cures prof apsas uterl
Snd AL organic diseases,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13
eDucAsLE CHILDREN.

Mr.. w. L. Yarnado, county assessor,
has furnished the Gazette with the fol-
lowing list of educable children of Pike
county as made by him, which he thinks
is as near correct as 1T is possible to
make it.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13
RuokLEN,s AaNInA SAVE

The Best salye In the world ior Cats
Blnlses. Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum Fever
Soles. Tetter Chnppcd Iiauds, Cbnblninp
Corns anu all Skin EruptiVnp, aud poaltyrly
cures Ploe, or No nay required IL IL gunran.
ecu to give periest satisfaction. or inuuay
needed Prce - oeuts per box For sale
by w. A, Lagnr
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13

These are the times when the
city directory is the only place
where "A public man is sure of see
ing his II me mentioned with re-
pect.-Washingion Post.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13

There is often room for much
courage in speech, courage not so
much to maintain opinions as to
confess ignorance.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13

irrpconciliable ditf .rences Of opin-
ion with regard t. the respective
system of protection and frre
trade, We remit the discussion OF
the subject TO the people in their
Congressional Districts aud the
decision of the people thereon
PLATFORM OF 1876.
..Raform Is necessary in the sum
aud modes of Federal taxation 10
the end that capital may be SCI
free from dis,ru.t, and labor light
ly burleued. We demand
that all customholse taxation (the
taritf) shall be for revenue only"
PLATFORM OF 1880.
..We pledge ourselves anew to
the ronsti uiional doetrines and
traditions of the DemOc attic party
az illustrated by the examples OF a
long line of Democratic statesmen
ami patriots anh emhodiel in the
platform of the last National Con-
yenIi0n of the party. II me
Rule; honest money consisting of
gold and silver and paper conN ert-
able into col on demand
A Tariff for revenue only
the right to free b Hot is "a rig1t
preservarive Of all rights, and
must ana shall br mai tanned III
every part of The Uuitrd States
No discriminate II in iavOr
of transportation lines, corpora
lions and monopolies. The
Democratic party is the friend oi
Labor, and the laborlng man, and
pledges itself to protect him alike
against tho cormOraht aud the
commune.
PLATFORM OF 1891.
Unnecessary taxation is urinst
taxation. In making re-
duction in taxes, it is not proposed
to lnjure any domestic industries,
but rather to promote heir healthy
growth. From the foundation OF
the government taxes collected at
the Gus om-house Ua'itf taxes) have
been the chief source of Federal
revenue. Such they must continue
to be. Moreover, many industries
have come to rely on legislation for
a successful continuance, SO that
any change of the law must be at
every step regardtul OF the labor
and capital thus involved.
Hhe proper reduction in taxa.
ton Can and mast be effected with
out dc priying American labor of the
ability to compete success fully
with foreign labor, aud without
imposing lower rates of duty than
will be ample to cover an, increase
of production which may exist i'll
cons quence Of the higher rate of
wages prevailing in this country.
PLATFORM or 1888.
Endorses the views expressed bs
ri resident Cleveland in his last
message as the correct int, rpreta-
tion of it's platform on tire ques-
ton of tariff reduction, aud repeats
it's declaration that "unn cessary
taxation is unjust taxation"
PLATFORM OF 1892.
The pl tform Of 1892 declares it
10 be fuudamentel principle OF
the Democrrtic party that the
Federal geverulBvni has no cnnsii-
tuliOnal powrr TO impose and col
lect t,riff duties TX epi for the pur-
pose of revenue oniy, an we de
IN snd ia t the cl ecton of such
taxes shall be limited to b.. nrces
stiles If the government wne
honestly and ,on,micaIly admin
istsred
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13
VOL. Ky.
TARIFF blanks

Adopted by National Democratic Con
yenlions for the Past Fifty-T Two Years.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13

awe demand a system Of Federal
taxation which shall not nuneees-
sarily Interfere with the industry
of the People. and Which shall
PROV de the means necessary TO
pay the expenses of the govern
naenr economically administered
and recognizing thaf there
are many in our midst honest but
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
AFRICAN RAIN POOLS.
An Annoying Incident of Travel In That
 Country.

An Annoying Incident of Travel In That Country.
 It frequently happens, even when there is no absolute scarcity of water, that the weather is sufficiently hot and the road dusty enough to make a glimpse of clear, fresh pool of cool rain water particularly welcome. But while the thirsty traveller is anticipat- ing luxuriant draught the eager dogs catch sight of it, and, rushing forward, plunge all together into the pool and lap the waters as they bathe, while the native followers lzneel among them and secure their share. The European, if he be really thirsty, must then check his feelings of disappointment and drink the liquid in the foul condition in which he finds it.
 "I once saw" said traveller, ''after an almost waterless journey of nearly forty miles, Q broad and placid rain pool, surrounded by grassy borders, in an opening in the forest. For one min ute 1t reflected the clear blue sky and the surrounding trees, but in another moment the loose cattle and the horses broke into trot, the wagon oxen for got their weariness, and then the place of the rain pool was occupied by a crowd of men, of animals and vehicles, tramping the clear waters into semi fluid of the color of mud"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
THE SUMMER YOUNG MAN.
4 Word of Advice to the Susceptible
 Young Lady.

4 Word of Advice to the Susceptible
 Young Lady.
 He is an awfully nice boy. He may wear very gorgeous blazer, and he may talk athletics in the afternoon and sentiment at night, but he is off for a vacation. Won't you just remember, says writer in Ladies' Home Journal, that it's vacation with him? At the office or the shop they have let him off for two weeks and he is having a good time. You are a pretty girl, and a bright girl, and he likes to laugh and talk with you, take you out rowing. teach you to play tennis, and at night sit on the veranda and tell you how a man really can love. All of this is de- lightful. But you will please be good enough to remember that love worth having does not come in week or a month, and that in his watch-case there may be the face of girl whora he loves with all his heart, and whom he thinks about every night before he closes his eyes. You are just part of his vacation, and won't you be wise enough to make him part of yours? If, when his vacation is over, he should come to your home, what was merely a summer acquaintance may ripen into friendship. Well, that's another thing. But just for the sunshiny time don't all low yourself to think much about what the summer young man says or does.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
Iliclzing Others, neels.

He is a fortunate man who can walk half mile on Broadway on busy day and escape being trodden on by some one behind him. It is a curious fact that nearly all of the men who-uncon- sciously, of course-step on women's dresses and wipe their feet on other mems trousers, are victims of the un- fortunate habit of ''toeing in," says the New York Times. ''Show me a man who toes in and will show you man who is eternally stepping on somebody's heels" said Wall street philosopher the other day. ''There are a great many men who toe in downtown, and as I am oblighed to be on the street a good part of the day have to suffer from them. Why, some days it becomes necessary for me to invoke bootblaclI three or four times in order to keep the bottoms of my trousers clean, and to re- new the polish on the heels of my shoes"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
E A RemarkabIe Servant.

A few days ago there died in France a woman who, although ill-favored and disagreeable, exercised most power ful influence on the destinies of Europe. Extraordinary though it may appear, she was nothing but a servant girl, with so little education that she barely knew how to write her name, which was Pepa. She was a Spaniard by birth and was the maid and confidential factotum of Empress Eugenic, both before and after her marriage to Ma poleQn. It is generally admitted that Empress Eugenie was principally re- sponsible for many of the most cruel of Frances disasters. She was entirely under the control of her maid, who possessed all the vices and none of the virtues of the Spanish character. The emperor and many of Eugenie's friends and relatives repeatedly implored her to dismiss Pepa, but without avail, and it was current at the time that she owed her exceedingly strange position to some dangerous secret of her mis. tress which the latter feared she would reveal.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
4 Feline Tramp.

The usually strict railroad rules were not enforced on the express train that came into New London, Conn.,, the other day. When the car inspectors got to work on the train, one of the men discovered, lying on the truck, a large cat of fierce demeanor and so dusty that it's natural color could not be ascertained. Some friendly over lures were made, and rejected with misses and yowls. So the conductor con- cluded to let the cat tramp continue her ride unmolested. He told the train men of its presence, and they kept watch at the stations at which the train stopped; but the cat never left it's perch until the train rolled into the station at New York; then it fled, as if going to see near relation. It is believed that the animal got on the car at Boston.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
WOMEN'S LOVE LETTERS.
They Do Not Compare with Those of the
 Men.

They Do Not Compare with Those of the
 Men.
 The first thing woman does when she falls in love is to begin to write love letters, regardless of grammar and spelling. She is in such haste, says the Chicago Herald, to tell him how she loves him that she hasn't time to con- suit a dictionary; hence her heart 'syearns," her soul ''palpertates, her whole being is ''drownded" in sweet sorrow, etc. The fact of the matter is, according to our expert, whether they spell their language correctly or not women cannot write such good love let ters as the men, and when 1 say love letters mean love poems, too. True, woman wrote s'Corinne," but no woman could have written ''Werther." :" When the lover's hand does the writing he makes US believe that the music of his sweetheart's voice is the most de- licious of melody, that her face is the most beautiful of pictures, her body the fairest of statues, the roof that shelters her the most glorious of castles and the ungrammatical scrawl which she sends him the most exquisite composition in the language. Yes, all the world loves lover, but it does not seem to care much for a woman who pours her soul out in platitudinous phrases, possibly passionate, but evidently painful. When nature gave the male bird the power of song it was done for a pur- pose, and I advise most women to let the boys write the love letters.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
AMERICAN ENTERPRISES.
The Simple -Mindedness of Mexican Rail.
 way Officials.


 way Officials.
 An amusing story is told in connection with the building of the tramway be- tween the towns of Zacatecas and Guad- alupe in Mexico, which are few miles apart. The way from Zacatecas is down grade. The cars go at great speed by their own gravitation; no ami mals are attached, for the descent is as steep as toboggan slide. It requires six mules, however, to draw each car back again. The animals are harnessed three abreast, like the horses in the Paris omnibuses.
 Even the projectors of the tramway had no fixed idea as to how it should be operated, and an American overseer has been in charge from the beginning.
 The cars were ordered from Philadel- phia, and while they were being built, the steel rails, which came from Liver pool by way of Vera Cruz, were laid down from one end of the route to the other.
 When the cars arrived it was found that they would not run on the track, as the rails had been laid on gauge three inches narrower than that for which the cars were designed. The MeXicans, in their ignorance. saw but one way out of the difficulty, that was to rebuild the cars, make the bodies narrower and cut off the axletrees to fit the gauge of the rails.
 The present superintendent, practi- cal American engineer, was in Zacate- cas at the time and took in the state of affairs at a glance. He offered for five hundred dollars to show the owners how to get over the trouble without altering an article on the cars. The money was paid, and with twenty men and proper tools the American took up few rods of the track, made gauge for the rest. and in one day had the cars running over the short distance! The managers of the road at once put the American in charge, and he has held the position ever since.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
WILD HORSES.
Why They Are Tougher Than the Do-
 nestle Equine.

Why They Are Tougher Than the Do-
 mestic Equine.
 "Rest and fat arc the greatest ene- mics of the horse," is a saying of the Arabs, and, if every horse owner would embody it's truth in his practice, there would be little need to write anything further on the subject, says the Rider and Driver. Its observances would be potent to improve the horse in health, strength, vitality, endurance and lon gevity, and, by holding up the glass to nature" correct the irrational treat ment and abnormal condition under which he is often reared.
 Not that the conditions surrounding the horse in a state of nature should be wholly initiated, for they do not all tend to his improvement in the quantities adapted to mans use. But it is worthy to ncte that the wild horse is tough, sound and healthy; and, making due al- lowance for the influence of natural se- lection of the survival of the fittest, when it is observed that he is seldom in a state of rest, that he lives unconfncd in the open air, upon natural food, it may reasonably connect these as cause and effect, and safely consider exercise, pure air and simple diet the funda- mental conditions upon which to build up, by skill in breeding and training, the highest and most perfect equine type,
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
THE AGE OF SPORT.
Recreation Now Considered a Proper
 Part of Life.

Recreation Now Considered a Proper
 Part of Life.
 We are a jollier people than we were a generation ago, and by so much healthier in mind and body, says the New York World.
 Men still living remember when in most parts of the country it would have been deemed a strange sacrifice of dig nity for any grown man to engage in playing ball, while the woman who should have played tennis or rowed boat would have been deemed hopeless Iy ''unseXed."
 Now, we recognize sports as proper part of life, and we are healthier men and women for the change. Only the other day young woman carried off the tennis championship. Yesterday thousands of men and women of this town grew enthusiastic over the base ball contest between Yale and Prince ton colleges, and the grave dons of the colleges were by no means the least en- thusiastic observers of ''hot fouls" and ''base hits"
 Other thousands devoted the after noon to the superb struggling of the New York and Chicago professional hines and the contests of the splendid athletes at Travers island, and on Tues day vast multitude of people with no instinct of gambling and with nothing but healthy love of outdoor sport will assemble at Sheepshead Bay to see the great horse race of the year-a thing which their fathers and grandfathers would have deemed it a sin to sec at all.
 It is a healthier world for all this.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
A Perfumed Lake,

A rose-colored lake is one of the nov el attractions in the Caspian sea. One fake is covered with salt crystals strong enough to allow man and beast to cross the lake on foot. Another is as round as any circle and of a lovely rose-color. Its banks of salt crystals form setting, white as the driven snow, to the water, which not only shows all the colors from violet to rosy-red. but from which rises perfume as of violets. Both the perfume and the coloring arc the result of the presence of sea weeds, the violet Polycystis violacea and the pink Clatl- rccystis rosea persieiaa.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
Rnnnd to Get In.

It is not often that a person will ap- ply for admission to an insane hospital on the ground that he is crazy. But that is what a Nebraska man did the other day. To his disgust he failed however. in convincing the county poor. master of hls insanity, and he remarked as he left the office: "Before the end oi the week I'll convince you that I'm .; wild as a hawk. I'll take eff my clothes, run the town, make speechc' from the court house steps and othe, freaks of like nature that I'll under take will insure my bed and board unti next spring"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
Couldn,t s.and whi.e Horse..

An old farmer in Massachusetts was about to enter hack at the funeral of his wife, when his eyes rested for a moment on the horses-a pair of grays. Not by long sight!'' he yelled. "I won't ride after hearse behind nc white horses" The undertaken and the other members of the party endeav- ored to induce the man to enter the ve- hicle, but he absolutely refused, saying: ''I'n be the next of the family to die if do, and ain't taking any chances. " Finally another pair of horses were sent for, and the farmer clambered in and the procession started.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
SEA sERPENTs.
Discovery of Remarkable Species ot
 Shark.


 Prof. Garman, in a lecture before the Boston Society of Natural History, gave an interesting synopsis of sea-snake or sea serpent literature. besides exhibit ing specimen of the real serpent to the astonished audience. The profes sor, according to Boston paper, first gave an historical resume of the earlier literature upon the subject, going back to the time of Pontoppidan and review ing it down to date. Farther on in his lecture he gave figures of some of the queer marine monsters which have from time to time frightened sailors and others almost to death, deftly drawing each of the figures on black board specially provided for the oc- casion. Prof. Garman also spoke of most remarkable recent discovery which has brought to light species of shark generally believed to have be- come extinct many thousands of years ago, the remains of the animal being now found in the rocks of the Devonian system. He is of the opinion that this recently discovered sea-tiger is the original of more than one blood-curd- ling sea serpent story. The length and general outlines of this should-be-fos- siled shark are such as to cause anyone except born naturalist to take it for an immense serpent, an opinion which would, of course, be heightened by viewing a dorsal exposure of the creature through a glass in a troubled sea. Prof. Garman does not. discredit sea-serpent stories, however, and is of the opinion that there are many slimy monsters lying far down upon the bot tom of the sea the like of which human eyes have never yet seen.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-07-28
BLIND aSHAMPOOERS.
4 Peculiar Institution of Japan csc Com
 munities.

A Recullar institution or Japan csc COm-
 munities.
 To this day, says the London Times, all towns and villages in Japan have their blind shampooers, who go about after nightfall with strange musical cry. The less skillful among the musi- clans become professional story tellers. The higher official grades, which were at one time opened to the blind, were eagerly sought after. Those who held them were provided with special marks of their office, and during civil wars blind musicians were frequently em- ployed as spies. The art of shampooing as practiced by the Japanese blind takes nine years to learn. The pupil for the first three years practices on his master; then he spends three years ac- quiring the art of acupuncture, and for the remaining three years he is on pro- bation, his master receiving half his earnings. Blind men sometimes distin- guish themselves outside their regular occupations. One was a famous "go" player; and it is recorded that, having beaten prince at the game, his antag- onist, in a fit of jealous anger, killed him, and was himself executed for the crime. Another was famous author, and compiled a valuable repertory of in- formation in six hundred and thirty-fve volumes. The blind also practiced usury, and acquired much unpopularity from the harsh way in which they treated their debtors.