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f w a - ... . ivt She taguoBa p0ttforr, AT MAGNOLT A ."N".C., BT W. T. HANNAFORD. .e'a'rerf trfn Rmtea t Tea Uae, one taeh. epeee, or lees, eonptlrntee ft square. I STAC. It wk. 1 ma S -mo.j6 mo. 1 rear 1 eqaare.. 3 rqa&re S qare t S-00 fit oo. woo ! 1-50 4.501 11.00 moo woo l&OO! 30 00 60.00 23 0O 40 00 rnoo 40.001 WOO 115. 00 70. 001123.00 300. 00 100i 00 f ooramn.. ., 3 50) fcOOj oolma ( 6 00 column.... 10 00 15.00i 23.001 Beading matter ootioee 'ere charged Afuea oeota per one flrvt ineertioe. and Un eeote per line for eeoh subsequent insertion. Tbere wtU be do deviation from the above rolee and re tdatiooa. . y Owr terme are CASH anlee by epeeU oon tract. w. r ! AFORDi Editor. TliiixSej. 2.00 PER One Yr BX Moiiihe . . Three Month. ..ta.00 .. 1 25 VOL. IV. MAGNOLIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1876. NO. 41. I A . I .1 M V7 3 7 Be Careful What Yon Say. I 'r-'seiing of a peruoo fanJt, fi j don't frret yonr own ; Reoi j bar thoee with bomee of flbc : 1 seldom V.,r': R nnne. Il wu !iiv nothing tine to li liat tlk of thone who fin, JTi httfcr we c tnaietie at home, A.u'l from tbat poiut begin. We have do right to JadKe a man Until he' fairlv tried ; Should wnot like hi c mp.n?. We know the worM in wid1. Home may har3 fan!t and who have not .' The old a well as ronni? ; I'erhaps.we may, for aiibt we know, Have fifty to tb ir oik-. I'll tellycmof a better j lan. And ODe that worka fail well : I try my own defeats to care. Ere I of others' toll. And though I eometimft hope to be No wore than noise I koow, My own Bhoiteoming 1 i l me I t riji faaiti of ot lior go. Then let a all, ul.en we commence To ulander frimd or foe, Tumk b'.he harm orm word may do To thcuf- who li'tle krwiw. Imember, ciirttf-e, BomfttiniPf, like O chickens, " roont at botue." Don't xpeaa of otbera' faniu until We have none of our own. HIS OWN MEDICINE. Tlie Story of a Village Doctor who was Always Drunk. Old Dr. Buuker was a stout, red faced m in of obout Hixty, in a perpetual state of intoxication. Sometimes hn wafe worse than at others, but he was always drunk. "Now, only flee," some admirer would exclaim, " yon go to Dr. BuLker and stiittf your cane, and he may be eo drunk a-t to be searot ly abl to ojh-ii bits old nal dl bagn, and yet he will give youKome thing that will go to the spot and no mistake. What a man he would be if he would only keep soler. " This fame of the doctor's, however, came to a tragic ending. We had among uh, wid'-ly known aucl much loved, a ht l- gul Hudlv r rippled from her birth. Her d Ik ate and morbid condition seem ed to Ftimnlate hr brain, bo that Rhe beeam rehowned tbroughout the valley as an iijtlljtnnl prodigy. Unable to w.ilk, she jwiis oiirrd to i-chool by her parents. She vn an only child, and it wbm pitiabj.' to note the juide they ook lu her eultiire. At het she "v" b-incr hurried bv the eranimrng wliieb h r fond f-M'iulH and rtlativfe' s .bjei-t-.-ii b r. H r nre wliiU sou1 s en.ed to. V J i 1 1 tlirmigb her delicate le', wliieb ev. u tr iei-s f pain anl the sadwaiMng patience of frequent disap poiutment f-tilrd to mnr. At spelling b es and otlier tnbli' exhibitions of the sobo 'ls crowds w. nld gather to applaud the t bar, silvery voice that so readily resjKii ded to th- vexing questioi s. In this way Lucy Hooper came to be so gen' ruby ki:own ami so much beloved. " Littb Lucy," one would say, " has au answer .n ady to auy question; and hh for spellijif-', she's ahead of the master." Wlipn a' out ton years of age little Luoy devt-lop4-d a new torture in the i shae of v,,1"(,xyr,B of Paiu tnat vrere ! known to the country as tits. The poor ; .... i i . i i u:i il. C.ilUl suuertd ii. rri iiy wuue iucno ui t i rks lasted, and Dr Bunker was called in on a gallop to administer relief. Thie he did on several occasions. But the evil hour came when, more intoxicated thau usual, be sent the medicine to the Buffering child. The powders were ad ministi rod, ami Lucy, instead of being better-d by t hour, grew suddenly and alarmingly worse. She said, between paroxysms of iuteusepain, that the pow ders did not taste as the others tasted. The doctor was again sent for, bnt found in.-nsiMe irc.n drink. The j neighbor--, who sontht in much "excite- J meut to sober their favorite medical ad- viser, felt that the little pationt had but. a brief time to allow for remedies. They poured cold water over bis head and hot ooff.'e diwn bis throat. At last he was aufneietiily arousal to justify his being hauled inVwagou to the bouse of Lucy's parents. Daylight was Ftoaling softly into the rude room when the doctor staggered in. A greater curer of life's ills than he had entered lofore Ther is a tide in our vitality that finds its ebb between mid- night aud early morning, aud bow often are we called to note the coming of death and davhpht together ! The cool, dewy ru-mini widks in lusty streugth over the eastern in lis and tho birds sing R'.id tho rills sprkle, while the cots low and the ohii k'iis crow, bm if all na ture felt A wi' h a renewed lease on all thut i ol wint hi d beautiful. At ' that mom i nr. a- if in mockery of us, the sick mit.i d !?!. fi 1 t'x ir h 'd wpan ing and the shores of hb receding swiftly atid Mlertly from them. Lucy's pui.t- w-'io ieor people, in habiting a log cabin to which had liee.n added u t.rch, and porch bad le"ii tnrm one end of this into a bedroom for the little favorite. It appeared neat and cleanly, but there was no curtain to the window, no carpet upon tl e floor. One could almost cover the rude furni ture with a blanket, but each spoV e in an ut.conth way of tenderness and affec tion. When the doctor entered there was a profound stillness in the httle apartment. "She is better now," whispered the unhappy Jn other t the doctor, " bnt sne has Deen very sick. The now soWred physician candle from the sttnd. dip and buxned dimlv A was a tallow at lie, bat now had a long nnsnuffed wick, and a gutter of halt melted tal ow running like a stream of lard from the summit. Be lieving Lucy to be asleep, the watchers at the bedside had n glectod the candle. She is sleepin' seemingly very com fortable now," again whispered the mother. The doctor nearly put the candle out in a clumsy attempt to snuff it, and then threw such light as it had upon the face of the girl. Alas! the sleep was not one to be courted. The eyelids I which rested against the keg covered bnt one half the ball, and through the white, the only part visible, death stared. The doctor hastily seized . a thin little band arjd felt for the poise, i He felt in vain. Bending over the poor I wo Liken face, he listened at her parted Up for tidings of life in her breathing. , He listened in vam. "Lacy, my girl," said the doctor, ' ' how are you ? criDgof the eyelids so faint that it was 1 iw.t ;.nr.n-.;vi' rr.- l ; 2U UJl.'-H 1 "J I" 1 lA IIUUIC, x ills who lljtt l&bt pignal thrown out by the little seal, : then more than half way over the cold i river. "The powders," continued the moth er, unaware of the change going on in one dearer than life to her, "didn't i seem to act like the others, aDd Lucy i said they tasted differently." ! " Have you any left ?" asked the doc j tor, hastily. " Yes, one; here it is," and she hand ed the medicine to the physician. Ho i looked and then touched the white: sub : stance to the tip of his tongne. In an ' instant his face became aH ghastly as that of the dead child before him. His hand shook so violently that he spilled the ponder upon the llcor. Throwing out nis arms as onexr owning, be seized the father frantically and cried, in a hoarse voice: " Tom Hooper, take me out of this," and as he went the agonized parent heard him mutter: "Poison; my God, poison !" The word poison was enough to ex cite the valley to a frenzy. A coroner's inquest was demanded, udphysicians summoned from a disjto nxje: poHl mwtem examin atio53 o u gh was found by tbese learned men iil the vein of the deformed girl to insure death, Fooner or later, without the nelp of any poison administered by a drunken dec U r. Ho was summoned to appear and offer any explanation he might see fit to make. Tho coroner found him in his office. He was for once sober, and more wretched in appearance than when in toxidted. " Have you come to arrest me?" he asked. "No, doctor," replied the officer: " you're wanb d ts a witness." "As a witness," he rep atod, looking at the coroner in a ae int, absent sort of way. "Yes, yts; 1 see. Well, I'll be a witness; I'll show 'em. Wait a min ute." Saying this he took from a jar a white subhtance that he proceeded to measure off into small powders. He made six of these as we) as his hands, that shook as if palsied, would permit him, and throwing tho several potions together, be did up tho dose in a bit of paper which he placed in his vett pocket. Then he accompanied the coroner to the bouse of the dead girl, where the jury oar in rhii el,,., ,j..i,i;,. ' VCT SO COmmi)" fo .mirnnpi- a mnnf Alter living trrny , t .a i tell all he knew" concerning tho sickness, 1 treatment, and death of Lucy Hooper. "Gentlemen," ho said, in response, " this inquest original s in a belief that there has been malpractice in this case, and that the patient died from the ef ffcts of poison administered by me, and not from the convulsions to which she was subject. In this: las.t iIlneR I prescribed for her but onci;. r'rom the time she took the medicine I sent her she grew rapidly worse until she died. To prove to you that my intent was hon est, and to show you how harmless was the remedy, I now proceed to swallow ten times as much as I prescribed for mv patient. " Before any move of remonstrance or prevention he hail swallowed the drug. The deadly charaetef of the powder was shown in hi- death, that followed twelve hours after. " It'8 all right, gentlemen," he said, between paroxysms of pain, "its all right; if you want further testimony, meet me at the bar of God." The doctor's memory is cherished in the valley, where it is generally believed iiA did not commit suicide, but had a mistaken confidence in his own reme i dies, and thev airLwind up with : ("What a doctor huld J had he kept sober." en DiTiding it Up. A certain peasant visited the hodja of Turkey one day, and presented him with a hare, 'lhe giver was treated with great consideration, and a soup was made of the hare. Next week the peasant came again. "Who are you?" "I am the man who gave you tho hare." "Oh, yes;" and he was again well re- i ccived , se vera, Some time afterward came ptrsous aud demanded hospitality. "Who are you?" " We are the neighbors of the man who gave you the hare." "Oh, yes; you are welcome;" and they also were well received. Not lorjg after this appeared quite a troop of people. " Who are you i" " We are the neighbors of the neigh bors of the man who gave you the hsre." "Oh, ves; vou are welcome." So they wt re shown in, and the hodja presently set before each of ! of clear water. them a cup " The man is a fool," they said, upon beholding such an entertainment as that. But the hodja answered: "This tho sauce of the sauce of the hare." is Follow Your Leader. Pride has much to do with the cour- S age of mankind ' ago there was a Le.3 than a century eame anion? the mer i chants of New York called "follow your owner of the large house and park is j no luggage is needed atthis time for any road lined oy a twc& growtn ox Drusn, , of tar a minuture laurel wreath ( dertaken with far greater rapid -took the 1 leader," the fine of the participant who kki in ntrihnti,,r to the pup- ! nrwises of etiquette or ceremony in into which it is imrx-smble to turn a Frcm the Ulona of the eagle, 1 4 On rmblifl works the difference in failed to do so beingrhia wounded pride and a late supper. This frame came to an end one night when an intrepid chal- longer, wboe pride bad on one occasion carried him in the wake of his leader over the end of a North river nier among the ice floes, coolly seated him- ( i , i t seii in his office upon a twenty-pound keg of gunpowder from the bnnghole of which a paper was lighted at the end .extending across the room. "Follow ; your leader!" he Baid to his friends, but ! they left precipitately when the paper uaa pumea up to the heel of bi b c t. Adjusting a Loss. The Boston Commercial Bulletin has the following : Keen fellows those in surance agenta. There was an alarm of fire the other day, caused by a ?as ex plosion in the "saloon "of Mr. Michael McGowan, at the North End. As soon as the excitement had quieted down a niue air. Aictiowan started for the insnr- - - JX 1 . . l a taken out a and its con- fT on his " Bhebeen ' tents. Soon after Michael left, a quiet look ing gentleman entered and interviewed Mrs'McGowan on tho subject of gas. was very severe; he thought the gas had been improperly used; he doubted if the 'company would put pipes in there again if so much damage was done. Mrs. McGowan was alarmed. She knew that much of Mr. McGowan's business was transacted " under the gas light," and she volubly protested : " Aisy, sir, av ye plaze; is it the gas and the fire ? Divil a harrm have they done anyway, barrin' Mike driven' the head av him thro' the windy, but manny the worse lick he's got whin he's been out wid the byes. Burn, is it ? Nothing was burnt but Mike's ould coat. As fur the whisky, it wouldn't burn if you'd trow it on the Are. Damage, is it ? Wait till I get a drop o' whitewash, the morrow, and divil a sign of a scorch ye'llsee." . Meanwhile Mike, with hii head bound up and wearing a woeful countenance, was waiting at tho insurance offioe. Presently the agent arrived, and Mr. Mc Gowan openedhis case at onoe. "Good marnin', Mister Premium. I've jist drapped in fur me insurance, sor. The bloody gas works, bad luck to 'em, busted tho stoorlng ahl out avthe pipes, and sit fire to me place, find trow'd me clan troo the windy, wid tae head agin r i, ii i . D . iuurpuy b waii, as &apes ine grocer s shop, that came from county Cork an' knows me well, barrin' he'll sell a glass a Whisky on the Ply, which, being a gro cer, is agin me rights." As soon as Mr. McGowan stopped for wind, the agent quietly inquired : " How much do vou think vour loss is, Mr. McGowan ?" " Well, I do not know, sor. Wbst. wid me place busted, and me stock burrned, me clothin' destryed, me bed bruk, to say nothin' av the blud on Murphy's wall, I'm thinkin' a matter of nve hunder dollars wud be me." squaring "Mr. McGowan." said the agent. drawing a bank note from his drawer, "I have been up to your place this morning and seen what damage has been done, besides having the pleasure of an interview with Mrs. McGowan. There is twenty dollars to pay for a bucket of whitewash, a pane of glass, and your broken head, and don't you ever try to play games on insurance people. " Mr. McOowani face lengthened inch tEe YnsuVaWymfcie jaw dropped hin eve falling under thefraze of:" under tne gaze or vv. m - , Wr a. t J . W other, he pocketed the money, sigr.e. the necessary papers, and merely re marked : "So ye've had an interview wid the ould woman, have ye? Be gorra ! I'll have one wid her meself agin I go buck." i Mr. McGowan was true to his word, ! try ha tiail ill A txcpTitv dollars to the i i;i u wu'w m clerk of the police court the next morn ing for, as Mrs. MeG. described it, " batin' her like an ould carpet." The Hay Feier. An essay is devoted to the treatment of hav fever, and contains much valu S able material which may be appreciated. ! " Removal to a non-oatarrnal region, i This is the great almost uni ailing i remedy." These regions are designated ' as the villages and hotels among the mountains where subject have escaped the disease. The practical value of this . to those seeking refuge from their enemy can hardly be overestimated. Prevent i ive treatment is given, and includes the bes possible means for preparing the ; abject to endure that which cannot al j ways be wholly avoided. While the au ! thor has little faith in any specific drug or class of drugs, he has evidently great confidence in preventive and palliating means of treatment, ana in piace oi rec ommending one cure for all cases, he in sists that each cae should be studied and treated by itself. This is certainly the best euidence that ho- is a sound therapeutist. The best idea of this part of the work may be obtained from the summing up at the end. as follows: 1. Remain in a non-catarrhal region dnrinc the critical period. 2. Strengthen the Bystem by food and ionics. ! 3. Avoid dust, smoke, night air, and i . . . A . i a i . ..i y-i a tne vicinity oi pnvuu uw - , The impORSibility of handling prompt- paroxysm. 1 j satis lactorily the huge quantity 4. Dress warmly, with flannels nextjg ihatB n the skin. , t poured into Philadelphia, moves the 5. For the cough Mild narcotics; va- to make these suggestions : The 6. For asthma Smoking stramonium leaves, saltpeter, espio cigarettes, inha lation of sulphuric ether, carbolic acid. English Country Tcwns. The inhabitants of a eonntrv town in j England, says Louis Jennings, if not I irdlv are vm tented. The snuire in the ' neighborhood is not quite such a despot now as he used to be once the pros- perity of any man in the town near him depended on his nod. The idea of set- ting up a shop without his gracious pa - tronage would have been mere madness. ii mnv. nnnni in "Z7h: ":"h fn tK fBmi v bein sent to schooL and had no very Rood opinion of workingmen who could read - n.l write. Xnw all is chanced me port of schools and churches, and al thondh h. is still a person of import anCe in his neighborhood, the p-M-le are no longer afraid of him. His cnsU-m is worth bavin,,, bnt in theee days the bulk in th. hnniw is hmnobt ui ui.i Duppiiro iu c . rr ., -. from 1 .in.lnr onl etTPTaD es. iruil ana game he gets from las own estate. The i v, .1 lift outof the "big families," and I often wonder how thev mansce to live. I was r dav to a poulterer and teunnff ine fishmonger, end he told me, counden- tu' ly.that it was hard to make both ends meet. The Bel&n of Terfor. During the reign oftffffi all the prisons of France were Jl with vic tims. These were genel the moet worthy people in the comnfelity, whose only crime was in being obnoxious to the ruling powers. Thoee who were suspected fled, if poible, but were generally unable to cany away their property. Millions of property were confiscated. The prisons eere crowded with the rich, the elegant and the culti vated classes. ThoasanJs were guil lotined; and universal fear and anarchy tion, were sacrificed by te triumphant Jacobins. Women and retired citizens were not allowed to escape their fury and vengeance. Marie Antionette "and. the Princess ElirabettrfJjpDrr-, Madame Roland were among the first victims. Then it was that terrible scenes became of daily, almost hourly, occurrence. Delicate and beautiful women knelt be fore the bloody autocrats of the revolu tion, offering a vain appeal for the safety of those dear to them. 'But the savage cruelty of the republican leaders, tastirjg for the first time the sweets of power, was not to be satisfied .until the popu lace, sated with gore, "2066 en masse and stilled their proceedings with the menacing cry of "Nb more blood shed!" Marat and Robesprre themselves shared the fate of their victims. Upon tne lormer, vengeancegros wreaked by the hand of a womafiaysFrom the town of Caen came CbariofxatCorday. and, after many unsuccessful attempts, made her way to the presenol of Marat. The so-called "father of K country" was seated in his bath. i. cloth had been thrown over him, antl.hi was .writing upon a board, which he used as ft, desk. He put a few questioJ5 to. his visitor, who suddenly appronched the bath, and, leaning over itlrnck the occu pant with her knife - -The blow was dealt with such fore Chat the weapon entered Marat'6$f up to the hilt He uttered a single crjl and expired al most immediately. Robespierre's death occurred upon the ejpaffold. In the diary of Charles Henri Sanson, execu tioner of Paris during the revolution, occurs the ioUowinff-entry : "Robes pierre was the tentl to appear on the platform. He went tip the steps of the scaffold without any( assistance what ever. His demeanor exhibited neither weakness nor assumfjd bravery; his eye was com and calm, i dered to take off the :ne men were or- lineu in which the prisoner's face was ipped. They did so, and uncovered hi1 jaw, broken by a mob. The pain Wow from one of tii must have been k irrible, for Robes pierre uttered a fearttul cry. The blood trickled down fromAthe jaw, and the mouth remained w?fe ouen. He was beeft raps bo3t the ejiinrrirt; uat.ol v stratfr.Jti inm 1 lnca V m . . mr W. a , u,;, The ' of the king. Hon he Got a at to Fit Him. A middle aged .n of the Isle went into a Detroit clothing store the other day, arAl raid he wanted a 11 good, chape coat." He was a big, round shouldered man, and his arms were almost as long as those of Sir Dan Donnelly, who could "button the ex tremities of his knee-breeches without stooping. Tne largest traao size oi coats is No. 42, and the salesman took one of that size from the pile and tried it on his customer. It was too small h very way, particularly in the sleeves. The cuffs were Six inches above the wrists, and the cnatomer said he felt like a pot of porridge that bad boiled over. The salesman handed the coat to an assistant and said: "Bring here a forty-four coat." The assistant fumbled a little at the pile, and brought back the same coat. It ws tried and rejected, the customer remarking: "Sure, if I wore that coat they'd be sayin' I was a gossoon that wasn't done growin'." "You are an awful big man," said the astute salesman, winking at his fellow clerk; "I'll try a No. 48 on you." " Make it forty -nine, for the honor of ould Ireland," said the patriotic Mile sian. "Forty-nine was brought (tho same coat) and aJfeo found too small. A Naooleonic look of decision illumined the face of the salesman as he confident iy cnea: jrmg nere a nuy-iwo coai. I'm bound to fit you, anyhow." The j identical coat was again tried on, and i T 1 1 tt l t r i i. the customer appeared satisfied. " I never get sleeves long enough for me," said he, " but I'll get them lengthened out, and then they will be all right ! He'boneht the coat. The question of Baggage, i ! trunk or any other piece oi luggage . that cannot be carried m the band by i the visitor, and be in the i ailway car i under the eye of the visitor while travel '; ing, is a perpetual source of anxiety, ,i .eo n.in imf-nt. and vexation- Rail wav I VI 1 L. J - mf ; dermis have pyramids of tiiem, which ; tho, owners- never see until about to re- turn home. What can be carried in ! t,a hand valise, the sachel. or with the J wraps in the shawl strap, is all s ufBcient j for visitors to the tentennial ivxhiDi- j tion. The prevailing style of dress in j Philadelphia, at this time, is the dress 1 tnat people travel in. It is recognized aI1(i encouraged as the proper thing for i -ii w.aina whether for street dress. ; T;ro. rJ or evening drees, and it i "rsal at the Exhibition. Travelers , And vis.tors here in sufficient num hors to mate ice wyie. we repeamun - , Philadelphia levond what visitors travel ; and can carry in the sachel, valise, or BUAwl 8trap. Those who bring trunks ; aw simply sowing for themselves th , for a big crop of delays, regrets, ! 4;Mnnrtintrafntv and vTatinns uuiori'i' l . 1 j j Ax Anuc ForKT.-eutenant : P.Amerou mentions an African tribe car- As Arwcis ForxDKi. Lieutenant Camerou mentions an African tribe car rying on an extensile iron trade, having at the body of the coach where the r fonndriee fifty feet orxa bv thirty fe t senders mostlv were. After a -hort ; wide, where tkey frequently get 150 zuu pounua oi mevaj in a single niei it g, but we are not clear as io the b eauty. A Grange Barbecue. A granger in Jena, La., writes as fol lows: What is a barbecue f Webster defines it to roast a bog whole, and he is considered standard authority. For the sake of your many readers let me trv to j describe one at greater length, given by tints wove grange, il was saw to be an average one. , When a neighbor de cides to give a barbecue a committee of arrangements is appointed, subscrip tions of money, provisions, beeves, hogs, Kh.eep,ejbats and venison are taken up. Poultry', bread and cakes are cook- pit. This consists of what might be termed a ditch, about three feet deep, the same wide, and forty or fifty feet long, which is filled up with hard wood logs and poles, th?h set on fixe. When well burned to coal, poles from six inches to a foot thick are hauled on both sides, close to the edge of the pit; by this time the beeves are quartered and parboiled, nice peeled handspikes of sweet wood are run through1 the quar ters and other animals and placed across the large poles, care being tak-n ibatthe meat touch neither sides no ottom. Tn twelve or eighteen hours it is cooked. Coffee is made in large pots or small sugar kettles. Plates, cups and saucers, knives, forks and every requisite are j i laced under a large, carving table in the j center of a parallelogram dining table, inclosing about one-eighth of an acre. Between the carving and dining tables aeither end is a small table, where little-boys eat at one and little girls at the other, and their wants are attended to by some school teacher or ministerH Some four feet outside of the main table strong forks are driven into the ground, fresh cut pine poles are placed horizontally in them, the outside of these are peeled, and the fresh pitch, with turpentine, springs out like heavy perspiration. Then woe betide the gar ment that comes in contact with it, for it has no respect of persons. This con trivance saves the police some trouble, as they have to stand guard most of the day. They are known by wearing a red ribbon on the left shoulder. Waiters are young or single men, and recognized by wearing a blue ribbon on the left aim; half a dozen expert carvers cut up the bread and meat. There is a sliding pole near one corner of the square, so when dinner is announced one of the guards runs it back and another counts as the ladies come in by pairs. When the complement is in for the number of plates the pole is replaced, and no more can enter. This prevents any confusion inside. The speaker's platform being raised, logs are hauled, with the ends facing the stand, and strong planks laid across for seats. The whole is placed under a dense ! crest shade, near a cool spring of water, so if all present cannot enjoy themselves it must be their own fault. OAKBXINO. To surprise a Chinese gambling party in flagrante delicto is considered the ucme of police subtlety aud daring. On every block is to he seen one, two, or three quiet faced watehfnl old China men, sitting on little stools in narrow doorways, set some twelve feet back from the sidewalk. John passes Cr lierus unchallenged, threads the fas sages easily enough and rinds himself in the temple of fortune, reduced to a dirty little gambling shop. But should officers X, Y and Z (or any other un known quantity) make a rush on any of these little, old, watchful men, there are a hundred chances to one that they will be quick enough to prevent him pulling a cord that sets a bell a-tiu&nng. Once let that bell tinkle and though the invading force were fifty strong all would be in vain. For suppose they skurry past Cerberus and try the as sault. Obstacle number one is a big door, three, five, six inches thick, with heavy crosj-bars of wood and iron on the wrong side which would defy the whole force used collectively as a bat tering ram ; and even were that door passed in the first sweep., the passage is fnnnd to be a maze, with a barricaded door at every angle ; ingenious mechan cal contrivances slip bolt and bar into their heavy sockets quick as light, while the tinkle of the bell has sent the gamblers flying by some rear exit or up to the roof. One memorable time, a certain wonderfully active and efficient officer, while hotly pressing some flying pigtails in one of these passages, sud denly found himself hauled up to the ceiling, with his neck in a noose, and there he dangled until cut down by his brother stars. IiOTTEBIES. Closely related to gambling are the lotteries, in which almost every Chinese storekeeper deals. On every ticket eighty Chinese numbers are printed, the buyer having the privilege of cross- inar out nve or more oi uie?-e; uuuiuni-, and if any or all of these numbers when j drawn are found to be pr.zes the money called for is paid. The prizes are five. and vary from twenty-five cents to one hundred dollars, the price of the tickets I . . f being from ten cents to one dollar. The drawings take place twice a day. This much you are told. White people patronize this petty system of robViery extensively. No drawing party has yet been seized, and the whole business is intangible and shady. Scribner'i. j ; j j j Life in California. oucn mciaenw ae me iouowmg . . . is , still, common m stge coach traveling California: lhe coach contained eight - men . ana lour wom-n au unarmea " . " ; . ... 7 ' . , , loaded wagon or even a light one two men sprang up and commanded tne dnvtr to s.op a d throw out the express ' loxs. B h men wore wbiec.oth.- under th-ir bats, one end being thrown UP over the Iront Oi the hat and . 4 V. w with trwL Knlaa jw-tPAnnfl- lha faa -u. One man, with a double barreled shot. cmn. aimed at the driver, and th? other - trun. aimed at the driver, and th? tv parley two bxixes of treasure, were thrown - out, ana me ariver wmjjt.i - drive on, the shotgun con ring him unta he was hiddea by a torn in the road. A Legend of the Seneca Iadiaas. Herno, the great Thunder spirit, had his lodge behind the sheet of water which pours down at the falls of Ni agara, For a long time he dwelt there, astonishing the Indians with his stun ning peals, but never venturing forth to practice his strange art before their eyes. They could hear him and knew he was there; but never as yet had he been seen ; nor is it all likely that he or the effects of the sun ever womld have been seen but for a little incident, the results of which brought him forth. A young and beautiful maiden resid ing at Seneca village, just above the falls, had been contracted in marriage by her father to an old man of disagree able manners and hideous person. She at onoe resolved to seek death rather than drag our the life of misery which such a nnion must bring about; and with this object in view she launched forth from the village in a oark canoe and swept down the rapids of Niagara sing ing her own death song until she took the awful leap. uat death was not ready for her. Herno, the Thunder spirit, happened to be wide awake: and when K obming down among the foaming waters he coolly caught her iu his blanket and conveyed her to his home behind the falls. Of course, trie maiden had romance enough about her to be grateful for all this, more especially when she found she was entirely beyond the reach of the monster her "cruel pa-ri-ent " had se lected to comfort her through life. 8he fell upon the neck of the Thunderer and wept sweet tears. The tears 4ttftened nis stern nea&&uid led him tJmootb back iLjUwith her gol es- IEr thro vong jffov ir. iGnter- :irJ story,tnTrjt. Xjr an they fell in lofjA Ixxi esting anair Known to eaciovHX f and the wronged though beaHtnytoaiden became the wife of Herno, the Thunder spirit. And, as a matter of course, she was very happy. Abont this time the Seneca of the vil lage above the falls were visited with a pestilence which swept them off by hun dreds, and while some prayed to the Great Spirit for help, others gathered around the cataract ami sent in their pe titions to Herno. The tale of their sufferings moved the Thunderer, and he sent the maiden forth to tell her people that a monstrous serpent was dwelling beneath their village, just below the surface of the ground; that it was de pending upon their bodies for food, and that it came forth at the end of every moon And poisoned the waters, in order that they might die and be buried within its reach. A3 soon as the Indians learned this they pulled up and moved to another lo cality; consequently when the great s3r pent poisoned the waters as usual, the earth brought him no food. This was an affair so strange that he crawled forth to see what it meant, when, to hit ""I t Thunderer, as the author of bis miafor a mof . r t;ine, the serpent took the trail of the re treating Indians and started away in hot pursuit. The maiden still loved Ler people, and when she saw the serpent moving on to effect their further destruction she ap pealed to her husband to arrest him. Herno was not deaf to her entreaties, and so he stepped forth from hi- hiding place and launched a hissing bolt after ine serpent, wuicu hitucn. uiuj jusi i'" : i u u . 4-..i. u: : 4 l. f soiuo distance above the falls. The wonnd proda d was a fatal one, and the great monster floated down the stream and lodged upon the verge of tho cataract, stretching nearly from shore to shore. The swift waters were dammed np by the obstrnctiou; but they finally broke through the rocks behind, and thus the whole top of tho falls njv which the snake rested was precipitated with it into the abyss below, excepting a small portion, which is now known as Goat island. It almost entirely ruined the home of the Thunderer, for it reduced the great , space behirV .waters to a very narrow A hSil f 8 eE-sH occupies it as a sleep- ' i.fpartrtThowev, r and you may now near mm snoring unaer mere as you stand on the shore; but if he would ex litmoolf in Viia farnn'fx nnut i m A rf orite pastime throwiue thunderbolts he is forced to " - i come forth into space less limited. Unreasonable as this myth may sound, there can be no doubt that the Seneoas believed every word of it. When tbey were to be met with in the Niagara country they pointed out a place near the mouth of Cayuga creek, where the banks were shelved out in a semi circu lar form, and declared that it had been done by the serpent in his death throes afbrr having been wounded by Herno's thunderbolt. And to thia tradition may be attributed their custom of putting their custom or putting 1 upon scaffolds above of burying them. away their dead ground instead The Irish MedaL medal presented by the The medal presented by the Irish , citizens of the District of Columbia to j tue member of the Irish team making the Urgest score consists of a beaotifui i fiTe-pointed golden star, depending from a pin in the form of an eagle with outstre ched wings, lhe weight oi tne medal ia sixty r-ennTweignta. a qui- mond is imbedded at each point of the star. In the center of the star is an en graving of the Capitol budding, on one side of which are the figures " 1776," and on the other " 1876." At the lower ic ; wt 0f tne gtar a black and white enun ' " - in M UrRet Wlth a diamond as a bull's- ; Croesed over the upper part the rtAr are two r.fles jotnedether uie wv mumjcuicu w uyy F""' which is of ROyt in tJd relief, are tched to either nide the American Rnd lrigh doce in enameL , . ornnnr Power. the , -f , . . .... tt-;...1 ilt.t ' V 1 On CIS WIT IAJ hlUB juimu i X . . IS vu J . nr waonting a Mm- , v SitenniaT addre to Presi tru'" . . ,. ri dentOrent on b-half o tb- lnsh peo- pie Irrla d seems determined to ao- r . i . .on. Knowing--, .x ur.- r - ,r her affection for aH.kv tMAeMhkvek ai coontrv which ha givn a home to manv millionj of her children. Items af Interest. The creditors of EL A. Pierce, a Springfield bankrupt, get one cent on a dollar. A quack doctor advertises to this ef fect: Cough when you can, for after you have taken one bottle of my medi cine you can't. The city attorney of LVs Moines, lows, recently talked eight hours in or der to prevent the discharge of a pris oner, against whom be had no case, until an officer could reach town with a war rant for his apprehension on another charge. It ii easy in the constant UFe of a fa miliar saying to forgethe cirrumt-tanres which suggested it, and probably there are but few peoplu to day who ki.ow that the author of the a pot hi gn ' It is the little things of life that make or mar our happiness," alluded to fleas and mosqui toes. l - .... .... au inquisitive young man visited a State prison in New York, and among his questions asked a girl the cause of her being in such a place. Her amwer was that she "stole a watermill, and went back after the stream that turned the mill and was arrested." The yonng man left immediately. The BarliDgt--n Ifatckrye says: The first step toward making man of your son is to train uim to am bat be spends; then the best wuj to teach him to be frugal is to take uj his niouey as fast as he earns it and spend it wisely for yourstlf. There is nothiDg lite , teaching the young by x a tuple. The miners of South Yorkshire were diasatisded with their wcea, ar.d at tempted to become colliery owners them- flTei An 'association bought a colli ry, beproflts of which were to Ihj shared au,D them. The capital icised was ..K.-t o i no rvio tu 1 abont $400,000. Tho enterprise has proved unsuccessful, and the money is lost. The ire of a St. LpmA papVr toward the editor of a Chictgo journal is let liK)s in this way: He stands up and lies, sits dowu and lies, eats lies, drinks lies and dreams lies. There ia uo other name but lies for bis preposterous and unprincipled assertions. . If there is really rt place prepared for 'liars, the smell of sulphur already arises to his nostrils. A large boy attacked a smaller and cuffed his tars, but the noble little fellow did not strike back. He bore it all pa tiently till the big boy had gone, aud a silvery haired old mau had patted him on the head and given him something. Then he went around the corner and licked that big boy's little brother till i he couldn't stand up without leaning against the wall. There has been an interesting inquiry in Paris lately as to which trees stand town life best, and it is decided that be yond all question no tree is so good for urban wants as tne piace. riiejecme verdict is returned in London 'Smoke brageotreVxwt ti-'i Krr'J)lW1- Berkeley square in that city. ,n The annual Alpine horror has place. George W, Johnson, a London solicitor, and l is guide, Franz Sarbacb, being precipitated into a crevasse over a hundred fett deep, nnl buried with ioe and snow. Hm companion, Mr. Uayman, and the other guide esrpd, but only after great suffering. Large parties of guides have beeu out, but so j&f jjave wholly failed to recover tne bodies. It is the custom in Lima when any religious question is debuted i Parlia ment for the ladies to gtit. the HoDe of Assembly, caremlly watch the proceed ings, and, after a way of their own, take part in them. For example, during the last debate on liberty of worship, each speaker who defended tire proposal to separate" the church from the State had a garland of weed flung at his head from the ladies gHn7, and the. defen ders of the church were honored with garlands. Piece TTorlu ; WhUe - work oy reutl , Aimtinn il. Amalgamated -1 J : , , , - - t- in fnaUml in iis GorDorate XUglU B n.r.111. t ar.ii tiT a certain proportion of the workmen is much cisliked in many important districts, the men who have learned it value to the able and industrious mechanic would tretiUouly oppose any proposal to lmit its t pe ra tions. " Here I cannot do better than gie an extract from Mr. Bn.st.y s eaay on Work and Wages," r coi ding the ex perience of the author s iatber, v. ho .-..,w id mt)haticallv in fav,r of I icnuui-'i'; 1 j piece wo, k. i Mv father, rava Mr. Brassy, a Nays : f- j pnuicg tmce upon the k j Pn p,ying by the day. 'ih.s . Bjmiem WWK modified to suit the usual ! habits of the people with whom he bad to deal. Piece work could not in a;i cum be adopted without some compli- ; looked npon day work as a losing i U(t -u UM vurk was carried out. cations acd difficulties; pa xny iu ; . ' rosirfble. bv sub-contract. l work on a somewhat ! u-. acaJa. Even the scaffolding for Xherectit7U of an iron bridge, such at that over the Severn, near CoJebrooH dale, ot 200 feet span, was carried out upon the principle of sub contiset; and the same ryatem was adopted for the excavation of shaft end adjacent lengths ot inn n i. r bill of tunnel. Payment by p.tce is rywn- - i , .,,v. th mMier sod the man. , XT" T mM hiahtT w- while the of i tK the satisfaction of obtaining at for the wage, he has joaid. i ui mrnDleODX me oonwn i 0f the men paid by piece . rc. men working by the day rercarkabl. In the canal making day a men working in.botty IL i ran would earn four abUhngs, wbi e ZZ Tw-kinfr rm the daVUVSVia WCTtKl : uwKia w v. -cx ' ; . , i .1 i , 4rA Hum iwitMrn more loan w -' w ' ahfflings a day. , n .. . , ! ; It seems io m f . : T ! 7.. of the many ins'sow ui wm - k.. mistaken for an eoemy ; d fba that creat ealamiif would , befaJi tio r-.-A ti to who have amaavtcma i. " " ttdona were carried into praetor effect. " 'ft I t" 1 A:-" Jo
The Magnolia Monitor (Magnolia, N.C.)
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Oct. 11, 1876, edition 1
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