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Year: 1877

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" A horse takes fright at and runs away
coming down King street at full tilt and
would have done serious damage had not
one of our most enterprising citizens who
aspied him on his mad career threw himsel f
across his path. caught him by the bride
held him fast and saved the lives Of beau
tiful young lady and her lover who was un-
conscious through fright. When the young
lady came too and found herself in front of
the Clayton House Shoe Store offering their
kind deliverer reward which he declined,
they then walked in fitted themselves In
4 handsome pair of shoes each, which 10 to
be on when the knot is tied. The cheapest
store in town, No. sos King street, kept by
j. X. E. Montgomery.
Year: 1877

the House IN the passage ot the anti
resumption bill has created serious
mis- -givings on account ol the manifest
sectional divcrsitics indicates in the
vote We're the individual views Of our
Representatives not confined to, and
made up by sections, no alarm would be
felt 1t cannot be denied that the West
and South are allied against the East,
1t is possible that, hidden in the smoke
of this conflict, the real contest is being
waged between the debtor and credit
or classes A new machine is now on
exhibition in the Treasury Department
which will take the place OF the hand
press, and strike off 5000 revenue stamps
or greenbacks each day, and reduce 30
per cent OF the force now employed in
the Bureau Of engraving and printing
There are some things rather absurd.
Here are two silver dOllats, one Of them
cCined by n nation so insignificant that
in face OF her outrages and indignitics.
were we to declare war against her, we
should be the laughing stock ofall na
tions yet this piece OF coin will pass ior
one dollar and purchase its equivalent
in every land. Here is another bcaat-
full in exterior. 1t bears on its face the
motto of n great country, and on It's
shield proud birds image, The flag it
represents waves under every sky and
commands respect. This coin is by no
means equal in value to the Mexican one,
and will not purchase in Canada, u
dollars worth of Florida oranges.


FAX.
Year: 1877

there was no truth in the charge. A
letter was iounG on his person supposed
to be from his son, the latter addressing
him us cousin Ilusmon.' Another letter
from u wiz maker was found with him !;
it seems he had sent the money for Il
wig, with directions how to send it,
From these and othes papers found on
his person there is but little doubt that
the man calling himself Harmon is Lew.
is the murderer. He will remain in iail
here until officers come for his removal
to Oregon there to be tried for his
crimes. .-DiYdtch.
Year: 1877

TURNING SALT WATER INTO FREsH-
Those who have read many narratives of
shipwrecks must have been struck by
the fearful suiferings to which boats
crews are exposed through the want OF
fresh water. A boat cannot carry wa
ter.tanks OF ANY size, yet she cannot
make voyage without water, and often
men have escaped from sinking vessel
only to die worse death for want of
fresh water, in an open boat, under IL
tropical sun. This danger can now be
avoided by fitting ships boats with
very simple and compact condensing
apparatus which has just been invented
and patented by firm in Dublin.


1t consists OF n small boiler heatedby pa
rafin lamp. The steam from the boiler,
which is filled with saltwater, is con-
densed in worm tube which passes
through u receiver, filed with cold sea
water. This is placed on one side Of the
boat, and keeps the water pure and cool.
This apparatus will produce from "a pint
to pint and ii half of pure water an hour.
There is small tank for collecting and
tiltering the water, and second tank
contains supply OF oil sufficient to keep
a lamp burning ten days. The whole is
fitted in the bow OF the boat, where it is
protected from the wash of the sea by a
little "forecostlc" built over it. Besides
removing some Of the horrors of ship
wreck, this invention will be of service
in other ways; for instance to boats nay
igating and exploring brackish lagoons
and arms OF the sea, or making short
Voyages along the coast.
Year: 1877

A most enterprising and useful citi-


zen departed this life at Ocean Springs


on the 10th Of August-Mr. A. A. Ma
ginnis, native of Baltimore, Md, and
for thirty.six years resident Of this
city. In his early career In this city
Mr.. Maginnis pursued with great en-
ergy and success the business Of ship
building. He had the sagacity, how
ever, to appreciate the great Importance
and value of the cotton seed oil busi-
ness, and was the first person in this
city to embark In that manufacture on
large scale. With his mechanical
skill, great energy and excellent sense
he managed to render this very profit
able and successful manufacture. and
proved to be the founder Of a business
which has since become the largest,
most profitable and most attractive
to capital Of all others which have
been started and prosecuted in this
city during the last twenty years.
There are some half a dozen incorpo-
rated companies engaged in the business
which realize handsome profits. Mr..
Maginnis was the pioneer in this man.
ufacture and to him is due the introduc-
tion and invention Of the many i'm
provements in the ingenious and ex-
tensive machinery employed in convert
ing an article that had been previously
thrown away, or used only as manure,
into SO many valuable forms and uses.
AS citizen Mr.. Maginnis was greatly
esteemed in this community for his lib
erality, public spirit and for all the
social and domestic virtues. He leaves
a large family and handsome estate.
Year: 1877

st. Louis, April 13.-J. E. Russell,
chief engineer Of the hotel, stated his
experience, which throws some
light on the origin of the fire.
He left the engine-room about 11:30,
leaving an assistant in charge, and
went to his room on the fifth floor. He
was aroused about minutes past i
O'Clock by shrieks Of women. He hur-
ried ont and found the halls filed with
smoke which came from the freight
elevator, but saw no fire. Started for
the south part of the house to descend
by the servants stairway; was oblighed
to crawl on his hands and knees to
prevent suffocation by smoke; there
were number of women on the 9th floor
crying piteodsly for help, whom he told
to follow him to the lower floor; some
did, and others were too distracted ap-
parently; finally he reached the dining
room floor, passed into the kitchen, and
descended by the basement: here he
found smoke very dense and that the
pumps connected with the engine had
been in operation and that some of the
employees had been throwing water on
the fire, which at the time was raging
furiously in the store-rOom. The noz-
zle had been blown off beforehe reached
the basement; another was put on, and
he then put the pumps at work again,
and turned a stream on the fire. This
was continued until the fire became so
hot and had spread SO far that all were
obliged to flee for their lives. They
made their exit through the basement
under the rear part of the building,
and emerged ON Elm street. 1t seems
pretty certain. and at all events it is
extensively believed, that the hotel was
known to be ON fire by employees from
twenty minutes to half an hour before
the fire department was notified. Mr..
Russell also states that there was a
pile of mattresses in one corner of the
store room, and lot of loose hair,
and about five feet from them on the
floor, "a box in which the stock of matches
was kept. He thinks the mattresses
and matches had good deal to do with
the origin of the fire.
Year: 1877

ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE BoTCH-NO SUCH
OFFICE AS COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
An examination OF the proceedings at the
Capitol with reference to the creation of the
position of Commissioner Of Agriculture
will show botch-work unequalled only by
that visible in the tobacco-inspection law.
In the agricultural bill the usual commence
ment clause, "this act shall be in force from
its passage" is omItted-unintentiona
without doubt, yet omitted. BY the general
law the act will, in consequence, only be-
come operative on the 1st Of July. Those
familiar with legislation say that practically
the statutc-books are void and blank as to
the whole subject Of Commissioner Of Agri-
culture, and will so remain until the 1st OF
July, and that the appointment Of Dr.. Pol
lard by the Governor and his confirmation
by the Senate amount to nothing whatever.
DR.. Pollard had prepared to enter upon his
duties when this discovery was made.


1t is held by some that. the office (Which
will not exist until the 1st OF july cannot
be filled until December, because, as they
say, the Commissioner must be appointed
by the Governor and confirmed by the Sen
ate, the former appointment and confrma-
tion having been without authority. The
act says:


"That said department shall be under
the control and management OF one officer,
who shall be known as the Commissioner Of
Agriculture. He shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and ,cih the adUice and con-
sent of the Senate"
Year: 1877

Accident to Conntrynan.-Yesterday
evening Mr.. Marshall Haley, living near
Midlothian, was in Richmond to attend the
circus, and while in the crowd at the circus
he was seriously kicked by L horse on the
knee. A friend who was with him took
him to hotel and sent for physician.
Year: 1877

The CATACoMBs OF RoME.-The lecture
OF Professor De Launay on this subject at
the Friends Westinghouse last night was
an exceedingly interesting one. lie con-
fined his remarks principally to the epitaphs
on the tombs. Tonight he will describe ut
the same place the catacombs themselves,
and as but little is known OF them all who
feel an interest in the early Christians
should attend
Year: 1877

road to the Texas Pacific, has honor
ably declined to serve on the Committee,
and the result is that Governor Throok-
morton succeeds to the Craftsmanship.
lie is able, experienced and energetic.
In his hands the measure has a fair
show Of coming before The House.
Year: 1877

LOOKING GUILTY.-.-Looks count for nothing in some cases. Nothing can be more absurd than the idea that Hooking guilty" proves guilty. An honest man charged with crime is much more likely to blush at the accusation than the real offender, who is generally prepared for the event, and has his face ready made" The very thought of being sus pected of anything will bring the blood to an honest mans cheek nine times out of ten.
Year: 1877

loving glance. It was almost more than she could bear.

 HOh Frank, !" she said, if God will only let him live P and for the first time the tears fell over her cheeks. Frank put his arm gently around her, and she laid her head upon his shoulders. They felt from that moment that nothing could ever part them more.
Year: 1877

COOkIEs. - TWO CupIuls sugar, one cupful butter, one cupiul sweet milk, one teaspoonful soda, two teaspoontuls cream tartar, four to roll; rub butter and sugar in the dry flour as if for pie crust, and then wet up.

 BAKED APPLE PUDDlNGs.- Butter a basin we'll, and line it with thin suet crust fill it as closely as possible with apples, cut rather small add sugar, a little lemon peel, and n wineglassfll O water; put on cover bake 1t in steady oven for two or three hours when halt done put A plate under the basin. in case the juice should boil out slit suga over.

 LEMON DUMPLINGs.-Mixw with ten ounces of fine bread-crumbs one-half pound of beef suet, chopped very fine one large tablespoonful of flour. the grated rinds of two lemons, four ounces of pounded sugar, three eggs beaten and strained, and, last of all, the juice of the lemons, strained. Divide the mixture into quarters, tie them in we'll foured cloths, and boil them an hour. The dumpliugs will be very light and delicate

 HEALTHY WAY TO Cook EGGs.-- Butter a tin or plate and break in your eggs, set in steamer, place over a kettle oi boiling water and steam until the whites are thoroughly cooked. They are very ornamental broken into patty tins, as they keep their form better The whites when cooked this way are tender and light, and not tough, as by any other process, and can be eaten by invai'dswith impunity, and are certainly very much richer,
Year: 1877

tiacates from the returRing board alone en-
titled to u vote in the election of Senator a
the time Kellogg claims to have been elect.
ed? Second-Can any subsequent events
effect the legality of the election held tho
10th of January, 1877? Third-Did the re.
turning board act fraudulcntly in detcrmin.
ing the question to whom they should give
certificates? Fourth-Whcthcr the persons
who voted on the election of Kellogg were
such persons as would In fact have been
found entitled to have II seatby the respect
i've houses, on a fair and Just trial and a
decision of each case on its merits?


The House on the 10th passed the
army bill through the committee of the
whole, after rejecting proposed amend
ments to prohibit the use OF the army on
the call of State, and for the limit of cav
airy recruiting to the present force. There
was lively debate and an interesting dis
play of parliamentary tactics which our
space will not admit of record, before the
committee took the final action. The SEN
ate was not in session on this day, and the
House did no other work.


NOTES.


The Senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation of John Welsh to be envoy cxtraor-
dinary and minister plenipotcntiary to En-
gland. The nomination was reported from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs with n
unanimous recommendation that it be con-
llrmed, and twas confirmed without debate
or n dissenting vote.
Year: 1877

The telegraphic reports have been so
very unsatisfactory that no definite figures
can be given of the elections at the time of
printing our news columns. but We may
have reliable data before going to press
with our last pages.
Year: 1877

Of the premises, and were not long in find
ing the body Of Mrs Goclz, which had
been hid under Il pile of plumber in the
cellar. Old clothes had been spread over
it and on top Of them was piled acOniuscd
heap of wash tubs, tin pans, and brick
bats The head had been
Year: 1877

The boxes in which the silk snug
glcrs did their illcgitimate business are
to be put in evidence. The jury would
probably be better pleased if counsel
would put in the silk and allow each
man to help himself.
Year: 1877

The new Treasury policy provokes consid-
cradle discussion, some adverse criticism and
much approval. A strong objection to it with
many is that it is return to the methods of
Secretary McCulloch; but that will be, in
the comprehension of most advocates of a
sound currency, its chief recommendation.
The only method certainly of discharging our
debt is to call in our notes. We may wait
until 1870 and call them all in at once, or
call them in small lots at time, redeeming
them as fast as the surplus fund in the Treas.
ury will permit. The latter course seems the
easiest, for it is much like paying on the in
stallment plan. By its adoption too the gold
paid out for greenbacks may be used several
times, and thus the objections based on the
assumed scarcity of the precious metal be
avoided. As the greenbacks lessen in volume
they will appreciate in value, and by 1879, if
contraction be steadily pursued, they will be
quoted at par. In that case no one will care
to exchange them for gold, unless he has
some special use for coin, and the sums in
the Treasury will be amply sufficient for pur-
poses of redemption. Resumption will have
been achieved easily and gradually.


This plan is strenuously objected in some
quarters because of fear that it will disturb
business and provoke apprehension of ill in
commercial circles. Secretary McCulloch
was forced to abandon his plan by the same
class of objectors. Even before he made any
contraction the fear of it made trouble in
business. That fear which obtained in
'fush'' times, obtains now in dull times, and
will obtain until its unreasonableness is ex-
posed. So long as it is yielded to resumption
cannot be accomplished, for the demand notes
cannot be called in. The only way to remove
it is to disregard it, to go on with the process
of contraction, and to show by actual trial
that no financial disturbance of consequence
will ensue. Either Secretary Sherman's
method must be adopted, or we must take
Mr.. Tilden's expensive plan of establishing
central reservoir of coin," plan which has
been ridiculed numerically by those journals
which snow give it the preference over the
easier and more economical method proposed
by the Treasury Department.


The great objection to the policy adopted
by Secretary Sherman is that it permits the
boarding of greenbacks, and so gives Con-
gress. the first time the paper money men are
able to control it, the power of once more ex.
panding the currency by reissuing the de-
mand notes. The greenbacks called in should
be destroyed. If the Secretary shrinks from
taking the responsibility under the present
law Congress at its next session should so
amend that law that he shall have no alter
native.
Year: 1877

The conclusion to which the Shoe and
Leather Reporter is brought by careful sur.
vey OF the situation is, that the auguries of a
good fall business are abundant; that if leath-.
er drops off for week or two it will recover
all it has lost meantime and perhaps more;
that the season will begin auspiciously, with
good understanding between all the parties
IN interest, and continue favorable to those
who prosecute their work judciously; that
the tanners will experience the novel sensa-
tion OF finding themselves better off at the
end OF the year than they were at the begin
ming, and that the manufacturers of and deal
ers in shoes, to whom increasing their gains
is not a novelty, will nevertheless be made
glad by continuance of the smiles of fortune
which have beamed on them so long and so
graciously hitherto.
Year: 1877

VIRGINIA has given out the contact for
those whisky alarm punches. There are to
be 5000 of them at So. Is each. 1t will require
three-quarters of a million of preliminary
drinks of whisky to pay for these before the
state begins to derive any revenue from them.
If beer alone is taken, it may require near
iour million glasses to pay the state her
money back. Careful observers estimate
that the punches cannot be paid for in less
than a week.
Year: 1877

IT should be borne in mind that the Rus
slams use the old-style chronology, and that
their middle of May, the date set for the
movement across the Danube, answers to
our first of June. The newspapers have al
ready begun to call time; they are thirstng
for gore, and will permit no trifing on the
part of the Gar.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

The British Consul at Nicolaleff,
Russia. is said to have discovered that
petroleum is the greatest Of all hair in
vigOrators. In report to his Gov
ernment he says that a servant for
merly in his employ was prcmaturely
bald. The servant was engaged to
trim the lamps, and had a habit Of
wiping his petroleum. besmeared hands
i'm his scanty locks, Three months of
his lamp trimming and dirty habit
procured for him Il much finer head of
black, glossy hair than he possessed
before his badness. The Consul tried
the remedy OH two Spaniards who had
become suddenly bald and met with
the same wonderful success, He then
suggested his petTnleuIn cure TO the
owners of some black cattle which had
become bald, and to the professors OF
horses which had lost their names and
tails. The remedy not only prevented
the spread of the disease from which
the animals suffered, but also effected
a quick and radical cure. Thepetrole-
un, he says should he of the most re-
fined American quality; Is is to be
rubbed ia rignfously and quickly
with the palm of the hand, and applied
at intervals of three days, six or seven
times in all, except i'll the case of hOrs-
es that have tails and names, where
more applications may he necessary.
The experiment will not be wholly a
new one in this country, IL was re-
marked, however, that q majority of
the people who went into the oil re-
gions when petroleum speculations
were at the highest, came out bald
headed and with Il tired appearance.
On the other hand, well known and
popular unguent for the hair is assert
ed to be one of the new petroleum pro-
ducts,
Year: 1877

A GEM.-Sidney Smith cut the fol-
lowing from a newspaper, and preserved
it for himself:


"When YOU rise in the morning say
that you will make the day blessed to a
fellow creature. A left of garment to
the man that needs it; a.kind word to
the sorrowful: an encouraging express
sion TO the dejected-triiles in them
selves as light as air-will do at least
for the twenty four hours. And If you
are young, depend upon it. it wili tell
when you are old, rest assured il, will
send YOU happily aud gently down the
stream OF time to eternity. By the
most simple arithmetical sum, look at
the result. IL you send one person
away through the day. that IL three
hundred and sixty-6ve in the course OF
= year. and suppose you live forty years
only after you have commenced that
course Of medicine. you have made
fourteen thousand six hundred persons
happy-at all events for q time"
Year: 1877

WATER FOR DoGs.-A writer in IN
English newspaper says that the great
neglect in not providing water for dogs
to drink no doubt is the cause Of ire.
queni hydrophobia. They do not throw
of their heat by perspiration like many
other animals, but from painting and
throwing out the tongue. He says
there are many dogs kept in Portugal,
and there are not many instances of
hydrophooia, although the climate is
much hotter than ours. 1. is there un-
der>tood to be municiple regulation
TO cause troughs or vessels TO be provl-
ded near each house containing sup
ply OF water. There would be little
Of dogs going mad were they regular
iy supplied with water. unless bit BY
some other animal.
Year: 1877

10 the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi State Lenatc Asy


GENTLEMEN: In submitting this my seventh Annual Report
Of the operations of Institution desire the graft
fcation being able inform that this has, In every
successful under It's pres
ent management.


We have accommodated patents-have had more re-
covees and deaths comparatively than in year OF
the seven and with relatively smaller outlay of money


Notwithstanding wards have been constantly crowded be-
yond their legitimate capacity have had accident no ca
Iamity no important collision. We have been blessed with
nerect immunity epdemics of kind nor have we
been afflicted with many sporadic Of disease other than
those which are directly remotely connected with the
disorder which accompanied the patient to the Asylum


The annexed tables only contain condensed history OF
the Institution the beginning but will give you concise
low of its actual status at the close OF this year.


r. NAV be merely coincidence but it nevertheless notable
ct that larger proportion of patients OF the educated and
wealthy classes has been admitted into the Asylum
% the last twelve months than during previous year OF
with the Institution. The history OF insanity In
I , for the last years does not show that he num-


osas attributable the results OF the war IL as great as
M onhetc psychologist might have anticipated mat the
.o p.doal of succession of battles running through our
years with constantly growing list OF killed ana
The denression attending the final
and almost universal of ortune-shoud nave
IN In effect upon the minds of men and women resulting
mao of insanity might have been reasonably expected
IN sst;cs of Southern Asylums do not show that tnese
Dus I heen productive of insanity except to an exnt ar
than the sanguine psychologist couo nave
hoped for