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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

Mr.. George Henry Meek, ofthe
editorial corps Of the New Or
leans Times, died in New Orleans
last Friday, OF consumption, Dir.
Meek was an easy and graceful
writer. lie leaves a wife and two
daughters, and a host of friends
to mourn his loss. His wife is n
native OF Jackson in this State.
-.s.-
TIE Legislature OF Florida has
granted, Ills said, over $S,0O0,O0O
Of goI bearing State bond, 70 a
railroad company-which Is eQuiva-
lent to nearly $1,000 900 Of cur
rency. Total taxable property Of
the State, as shown by the last as
scssmenl, is $2j,DOO0 OO. The State
debtn6w, by this issue, being over
Sll 100000, with a population OF
10000. This appears to be about
the biggest thing Oh record of the
kind.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

Two daughters Of q thrifty far
mer in Princeton, ILL.,, Is and II
years old, completed on Monday
evening the task Of walking eigh-
ty miles within twenty conseeu-
tive hours, for . prize Of 500.
They began at 0 O'Clock In the
morning, and finished 81 8,23 in
the evening, having one hour and
thiFty.seven minutes to spare.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26


inHT
@zeI Haa
~ aa
Wea8
iobhT. aithouE
aaanlaa thB
Rm. It9 imp
hanm afound
hat tha Hhola p6o t
ia Vi sas rfo of
ynnd
American
bow iaFln and ta1
they k1as would
whole system ~ Ahn
uis one Of The tfs IiI1nz 81
system that aaal
of lho protective
TIE rula d fa1eivinF the ds ids
Of this lobby. and IHea INIT atn
his bliie exhctg une-Hail oE tie
asked faE. BHs thIa Hoi
soon discovered aud fAa >
duty asked for weiu fixed 6kadl-
" twice what th6y expected q 6bs
lain. The praannt Lammi IL
ways and Meana have had 4 tefrIs
pie seiga. They have tsea bassz
by the most interruptions ed um=
appeaeably lobby thal hat 4 a
dertaken % impose pFlVaie taxes
upon q iFag people.
AwFller ~ New York JanraaI
ofCommefce says that ar. sshen
though . high tariff man, fep6as
edly opposed and asiealed
adalllonal LAKES; that At Hooper
frequently reminded sAe com an
thas tnefo was . popular awana
lor reduced taxation, ana
prepared The Tree list Chat Mg.
heiiy protected IRON steel eoal
nickel, and books, and that hesue.
ceeded ~ inerea9clnG the tax on iii
these that Mr. McCafthy Shed Is
eye 6iugle 10 salt y aud that Mr.
biah, q Mlcni8ans W. NIGH karlA
10 al things remembering the
copper Pill Which tie rest helped
through "und4ran Implied nrnmian
o. aseieiancn now,
These were the members Nho
carried all the Increased AAllan
proposed BY the Dill 1heaa men,
being q majority weres The repre-
sentatiyes Cf tho horde demanding
taxation for their special relief.
The tin-plaie manufacturers Waul-
eh tin-plAte admitted lreas they
mske tn ware and wanted is aw
material cheap they Wau=a4 IhH
tax pul on other aEsieiaa "a eus Of
which there Is : t~honsandfpla more
used DY the people and HAA =
the raw material Of nearly every
other manufacture ia flIn land.
Inc frleHas e sha iln=nlate work.
aFa yo!ea N Aa n4 Aax on
every horse an-llfe aud
fQn pei ~ NtNaA
Anofhff q itH th6fo II
toFce aesnenqlA ttskins be
sdiisitted bee aHa toalake lhe mat
teg sven ~ pnt y les on leather,
iastings an0 surg -ln4tis 10 sayy
Hlat ne MapaA allowed
70 receiVe goat free Qf tax,
ous that tnetax on heoIs AID shoes
anu Womens ealiet hnllfas and
neatinH 20 increased lAefa hhing
lu1y19 People Interested IN having
enehp sea!ner and shoes % the ono
lnterestea III lAe mannl actufo of
goes skisis.
ne chairman of ~hecommitlae was
aroused nom bus 0ca ~ nc Ilorn-
ing We PHI wis % f6pVrtesI ~ .
crowd Of these men, coasniaaous
amopg Whpm was party aemQna.
ING an lncrease Of Tie tax oi gflnd-
stones.
A e0itoneyarna ntannlaoinrnr
represented thai tie salvation Of
the nation depend eh il6f Sing
the SAX Oh thah afsielH nom thlrty-
i've 70 eighty cents aad an-
other was irantie lgstthn s01imit-
tee should torgatto double sic tax
on eofsets. slncc TIE day when
kalsian marsaslrd hts regiment
there was nev such 3 sceHb Sc this
army Of begga5 III which the cas-
tor oil men aua tlH soap makers ;
the crYolite, steel. pig iron, and
lDdigrubber men the cuttoh-yarn,
blanket, end carpet WcateFs the
tinkefs. the gEiaaateHa makefa tie
glass blowers, tic owners Of coal
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

The Senatorial election IN Tex.
as is to occur to-day,
A lady in Lcavenworth, Kansas,
has written to 4 town in Nilsson.
ri, that she is ''Ieclorin on the in
fuence and duties Of woman" and
would like TO Hector Tor the ben
eft Of the Church or Sabbath
School, or eny individual in that
town for $50, or Tor one.half at
fifty cents 2 ticket. She asks her
correspondent to please rite and
let her no what can be dun about
it.
We advise her 10 open 4 CORES
pondence with a view 10 matyimo.
ny with the ambitious young gen
tleman, of this city who aspircs
to be State Librarian. Two such
congenial spirits should not be
kept apart by cruel fate.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

Mr.. WALgEg L. MALONE haa
purchased an interest in the West
Point Herald.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26
NEWS.

Wash McNeill, George Latham
and II. II. Collins, conVicts, escaped
from the jail at Marion on the IGll
inst. They were hardened crimi.
nails.
The Meridian Gazette Of tho III
says, Mrs. Mcmillan, wife of A.
Mcmillan, living IN that place, wal
fatally burned by the explosion o
kerosene lamp aud died on the
10th instant.
Mrs. Scott SiddOns was 10 read
Yesterday Ia the Institute Hall al
NatcheZ.
At a recent concert by the Bran,
don Dramatic Association, Mrs,
M. Farland was pronounced by the
Republican a. the star Of the even
Ing.
Water Valley has an amatueI
Swedish Opera, which Is perform.
ing for the purpose Of raising meani
to erect q Swedish church. So we
learn from the ValIonian.
There is to be a supper at Bran.
don on Tuesday evening next, fOr
tho benefit of the Presbyterian
church.
The cOlOred people at Brandon
are organizing a cOlOred ~agricultu.
raj society.
Crystal Springs has shipped 1921
bales Of cotton this session. The
Herald says Canton boasts OF ship.
ping 1000 bales. Her population
is Ave tines as large as that Of Our
town.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

From the Scooba Spectator we
clip us follows
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21

pluck nnd inscribc on your ban
ncr, BE just and fear not" Don't
take too much advice stay at tho
helm and steer your own ship
Strike out Think we'll Of your-
selves. Fire above th6 mark you
intend to hit. Assume your posi-
ton. Don't practice excessive hu-
mility. You can't get above your
level water don't run up hill
Put potatoes in care over a rough
road. and the su1Hll potutucs will 30
the bottom Eucrgy, iuvjnciblu 10.
termination, with n right motion.
are tho levers thut move tne world
The great ART Of commanding IN 10
take fair share cf tho world
Civility costs nothing and buys oy b.
cryihing. Don't drink, don SIN okc,
don't swear, don't gamble, don
lc, don't deceive or stcai. don't tat.
tic. b. polite; bo generous be
Bolf-re!iunt. Read good books --.
Lovo your fcllowmcu 40 we'll ns
God. Love your country and obey
the laws. Love truth Love hon-
nr. Always DO what your con-
sclcnco tells you is your dnty. md
, luayU the con ,eQuonCe 10 God.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
Animal sagaClty ut the North

According to .he Esquimaux, the
seul constructs It's habilation be.
meath The surface of tho ice IN such
u manner that in can enter il from
the water below here tho young
seal passes It's infancy, and when
the returning heat Of Summer has
destroyed its igloo or dwelling, the
young scul is old enough &c take
care OI ittclf but this mode Of
lodging its } oung beneath lhe ice is
we'll known TO tho boar, who, with
his keen sense, soon detects tho
whereabouts of the seals nursery,
and in order TO gam an entrance,
the bear, retiring short distance,
makes u spring, aad comes down
with all hls weight on the roof Of
the igIoo, brushes II IN, and imme-
jiatelv soi2cs the young seal with
,,s paw, Hero i! night be suppos-
ed tho hungry bear at once dcvours
hs prey but no, it is Ear too wary
to 40 so . knows full we'll that
where Il babe is tLcre must bo mos
lhyr, and that she wall be IN search
f hor darling, therefore the bear
gcrapcs away the snow from the
seal holo, and holding tho young
soal by the ilippor, allows il to
founder about, and when tho mo-.
thcV approaches, tho bear slyly
draws the young seal towards il
until the old ono il within reach,
when he sozes her with the other
paw, ana thus captures both. The
mode in which the bear captures
Tho seal on the ice is very similar
to that followed by the Esquimaux,
When at u distance from the seal,
the boar throws itself down and
slealthily crawls or bitches along
towards the seal, and if tho seal
looks up, it lies perfectly still and
makes at the same tImo o noise
which lulls the seal the boar re-
pcats the operation until il ap.
pro0chcs It's victim so near that os
1upo is impossible, whom 1t falls q
prey to Bruins appetite. Another
modo-of obtaining food by the bear
Is to watch from q elf the move-
menls OF tho walrus, who are fond
Of summing themselves on the rocks
and when one of these has taken up
a convenient position for the bears
purpose,the latter lifts n large piece
Of rock, and, with astonishing accu-
racy, throws Vt down on tlie.anI.
mails head. If the walrus is only
stunned, the bear runs down, and
with tho rock hammers its victim
on the head until il is dead. When
attempting to capture u seal in wa
ter, the bear sinks his body beneath
tho surface Of the sea, leaving only
the head above water, which re.
scmblcs piece of floating ice
whom tho seal raises its head above
the surface, Bruin quietly sinks
and, swimming under the seal, seiz
es II.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21

wtrce, give electric shocks to the
signal men stationed by them. fash
Northern lights through The heav-
ems, thrill tho very globe from pole
10 pole with magnetic influences,
disturb the ropOsO Of nature, and
perhaps rock the solid earth as If
its surface, in some pluccs at least,
were a mere scale Oh boiling sea
Of fire:
But here is an agent n mysle-
riou4 face, that annihiiates distance,
as light cannot do ", as gravitA-
ton perhaps cannot do it Origina-
ting, we know not how, bat when
showing itself on the sun, traYeli-
ing almost in an instant through
the bounds of the solar system, tcl
egraphiug Is II were TO tho cxtrcm
tiles Of creation without any iu-
strumcntality Of wires or conncc,
mons, The Will Of the great Maker
reaching and affecting the fibre@ oi
all living things, breaking. up thC
rcpOsc Of nature, aud calling forth
at once the most magnificent dis
plays of northern lights and vulca
uic force, till the solid globe reels
and rocks at its noisclcss touch !
Who can help feeling that all
gross material forces sink INTO in
significance before this subtle ~
gcncy, tho mystory Of which mus
be iest lyod into infinite viii o.
tho Creator What Bong mus
lie be who holds II in His hand, OF
who brcdthes it forth, as il were, (
fulfil Ills mandates ! What Is m Il
or what are all his works, however
stupcndous or elaborate, while We
contemplate the amazing eXhibi-
ton OF n power which in an instant
can travel through all there vas
planetary spaces, and in a siugl,
moment can eXcGute tho will o
! Him who sends 1. with tho speed
and precision OF tho lightning, an,
which, having shot through space
with energy still unspcnt, can rcn,
the rocks, and make the mountain
quake. aud cover tho midnight hca
vcns with sploLdors unutlerable
before which the buldcst faces groy
pale, aud the bolJcst aearts grow
weak
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
Nature witnessing for God.


4 t'n AAe itNhNE' 60 81
On the first day OF September,
1851, Two Astronomers, one at Ok
ford, the other at London, were at
the same time watching the spots
on the disr Of tue sun and both at
the same moment saw certain very
strange bright patches OF hight 6roua
out in front OF tho cluster. So bril-
liant wore thry that the observers
al first thought that the dmkening
screens attached 20 their telescopes
must have become fractured. But
was found not TO be the case. The
bright spots Indicated IL process
that was going on upon tho sun :
surlace-a process so rapid that ia
five minutes tho spots had travelled
over space OF ncrly 81 600 miles.
Al the very same time that this
was taking place, magnetic storms
swept instantaneously--so suhsc,
QueTJ observations provcd-thro
both hemispheres of our globo. AT
Washington and PhiladclphN.thc
signal men in the Geographic offices
received sharp electric shocks ; the
tracing pen used in Ban's system
of teicgraphy was followed by 4
flame aud ia Norway tclcgr0phiC
machinery was set on tire, Borc0I
and austral nurOrus were seen that
night with unusual splchdur, rs the
disturbed needle yIbratod, waving
their colored strGamers in the hoa.
vens, insomuch that il was evident
that tho disturbance on tho suns
surface had instantaneously COM
municated to the earth magnetic
thrills which vibrated from pole tc
! pole.
Nor ia this all. There is n very
strange connection otteutimcs be-
tween the action OF these magnetic
forces and the phenomena of earth
quakes and volcanoes, Indeed II
has been recently argued that the
cause of the latter is TO be found
not IN the subterrancar fires ofoul
CLOSE expanding vnporg, and Civ
ing them n destructive agency, but
in the electricity communicated tt
our globe by the sun But be this
at it may, il is startling fact that
that there II a force maniiestng IT.
self on tho face Of the sun simply "A
u brilliant light flushing ovor III
surface, that can, through an inter
val Of ninety-6ve millions Of miles
inatantaneonsly operate on o'u
cnrth, blaze along our tc'egrsphi,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
sLURS UPON VvosIEx.

The American Odd Fellow has
the following very true reflections {:
"Oi all the evils prevalent among
young men, We know Of mono moro
blighting IN ITS moral effects than
to speak slightly Of the virtue Of
women. Nor is there anything IN
which young men are moro thor
oughly mistaken as the low estimate
they form of tho integrity OF wo-
mcn-not Of their own sisters and
mothers, but o. others who they
forget arc somcbody else's sisters
and mothers. "A q rule, no ono
who Surronders to this debasing ha.
bit is to be trusted with any enter
prise requiring integrity Of charac-
tor. Plain words should be spoken
on tins point, for tho evil is gen,
craI one and deep rooted. lfyoung
men are sometimes thrown into the
society Of thonghtless or lewd wo
men, thcy have no right to measure
all other women by what they soC
Of those, than thoy would have tC
estimate tho character Of honcs
and respectable citizens by tho de-
yelopmcnt Of crImO in our poIic'
court. let our young men rcmom
bcr that their happiness depends
upon their utter faith IN women
No worldly wisdom, no mis0nthro'
| pic philosophy, no generalization
can cover or weaken this fuudameu
tai truth. II stands like the rocor,
Of God itself-for it ~ nothing les
than thls--aud should put All ever
lasting seal uron lips that are won
to speak slighIingIy Of women"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
Curious ReminisCenCe.
Tho Elephant Columbus on
lhc Rampage.

Thirty years ago, on the 3lst of De-
cember, 1899, the famous rampage of
the elephant Columbus occurred near
New Orleans, and as the only living
witnesses of the affair are residents Of
Cincinnati at present, we will give a
short account of the elephantne tear ;
Raymond & Wahriugs Circus and
Menagerie which had been showing
separately in the centre of Louisiana,
were ordered by the proprietors to rem
dezvous at point three miles above
Algiers which town is directly oppos-
ite New 0rleans-on the last day of
the year, in order that the combina-
ton, which was the largest that has
ever appeared in tho South, might
march into the Crescent City on New
Years day With ono branch of tho
show was the elephant Columbus, and
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21

To his recent message TO the New
York Legislature, Gov. Hoffman
says:
Tho people Of this stato arc
deeply concerned IN G wise admin
istraliou Of Federal affairs. As rcp.
rcscnt,hg thcm, believe j. to Dc
my duty, beforo closing this mess
age, to call attention to, aud protest
against, whatever, in tho policy IF
the General Government, strikes ot
thor commercial and agricultural
interests, or is in any way prejudi.
cial to their welfare. / protest a.
gninst tho revolutionary course of
Congress with reference to amend.
monts Of the Constitution OF tho T.
nitcd States by which, among
their other efforts at Capitalization,
they seek tho absolute control Of
elections in tho States. Powcrlcss
themselves to amend it by direct
act, and unable TO procure the vol.
untary consent of thrce-0urlhs Of
Tho States, they force the consent Of
the Southern States as a condition
to representation, and thus ovor-
ride and nullify tho will Of others,
whose proper rolauons to the Fed
eral Government have never been
interrupted, and whom they cannot
constrWn.
l protest against the action Of
both Congress and the President Of
| the United States in suhJecting the
I people Of Georgia anew to military
power, their State Government be-
ing In full operation, and the rcsto-
ration of thor constitutional rrla-
tiobs with the Federal Govclnmcn,
having been recognized by tho
Federal authorities rs complete, ]
protest against the longer excIu-
sion FROM representation Of any q
the States VI any QUO be excluded
the right OF all aro unsettled, and
the harmony uf our Government !,
destroyed"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
DuIittal.
A NEW CONVERT TO TEIE
GREENBACR Foley
The M'COnuelAyilie Herald out
for '1EIepudiatl0n !"

Tho following item was clipped
from tho MICOunelsyillc Herald Of
last week
Tho New York Tribune Of the
9th inst, has very convincing ed .
itorial, on the subject of funding :hc
National Debt in bond S,ar,ng u
lower rate Of interest II seems to
Us tLat tho Inducements 10 six per
cent. bondholdcrs can be made sul-
Seiently strong TO almost compel
them 10 give ny their eix' per cent.
bonds for those bearing n smaller
rate of interest. Tho proposition
looks absurd nj frat view, but ns
the Tribune says. let the maker
(tho gOvernmenO offer the ak per
cent. bondholdcrs the money or Il
new bond bearing four per cent.
and he will tsko the latter Give
him his choice, n four per cent.
bond or tho money, aud be will
tako the bond and deliver up his
elk per cent security
Had we written md published mn
article of tho snmc import ms the a.
bove. We would have been dcnounc-
oil as a "Repudiatcr," rs "disloynl,
and all that.
We nro glad, however, that the
editor of tho Herald recognizes the
right Of the Government to force
the bondholde~s TO take either mo.
ey or lower.rate Of interest bearing
bonds for thor six por cent securi
ties, because this recognition I'M
plies tho right to force them To take
the money SloEo; and that money
greerhocka for Fre"nbacks is wha'
is mcSnt by tho word money" il
the above clipping
Wonder how tho bOnd-lords w,l
like this position Of the Hor-
nld's2 We like Il, the tnz-pgyina
people will like IT, hut we ere fear
ful that bondholders will forco Mr.
Pyle to take it all back, and say h,
never eaid il.
Fell your nsighbors that ;he Her
aid recognizes the right Of the Gov
ernnent To pay or tho Bonds II
Grsanbacks
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
Don't Believe In Advertising

The man who snys ho doesn't
believe in ADVERTISING is unoan~
sciously all the while doing just
what he deprecates. Ho hangs
coats outside of his door, or puts
dray goods IN his windows--thats
advertising, He has printed cards
lying on the c0untcr-thats udver-
tising. lie sends out drummcrs all
through the ooGn,ry, or puts hls
name on his wagon--thnt'R advert
sing. Ho labels his articles or
manufactures--thRt's advertising
Ii no has lost hIs COW, he puts up n
written notice IN tho post Office, ,,or
tells his sister~In~law-and that 3
advertising. A man cant do busi-
ness without advertising, and the
question is whethor to call to his
aid the engine that moves tho world
Tho printing press, with its thou-
sands of messengers working night
and day, tho steam engine to It's ro,
/ peating capacity, UNFOLD power and
miraculous speed or, rejecting all
thore, TO go back to tho days whor
newspapers, telcgr"phs and rai'
roads were unknown, = Napoleon
Northwest. a
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
Communication.
For the Conservative.

For the Conservative.
Mr.. EDIToR -lu last week s Her
0M | find that the egotrsiical youth
who has been finding so much fault
with my administration as Sycryta-
ry Of the Morgan County Ag'icul -
tural Society goes back on the Troa'
aurcr's Report, which he took as a
basis for renewal Of ms intelli.
gent % attacks on me, on the 3lst
ult,, and, by tho figures he produ-
ces, now adnits that that Report
"can be gaInsayed, or, moro plain
ly, that ho lied when ho said the
Society hasn't dollar in tho Trea-
sury,"
Woll, well Como back on the
Treasurer Who'd a thought it2
Thinks he cant make out a Report
correctly, and that he has misI epre'
seuted the finances of tho Society
It's astonishing, but true, and very
unkind, Perhaps hon find fault
with the President now, because he
didn't keep the high water out o.
tho FAIR Grounds, or somo other
equally tenablo charge.
As the facts show that tho stulti'
fer IL of Herald-ic origin, a pair oI
leather goggles might enable him
to steer clear of those troubles IN
future. / would advise him to try
q pair, Mt least, before he attempts
another sorios of slanierous AnG
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
A PITmY SERMON.

Many n sermon has been spun
out to an hours length that did not
contain a tithe of tho sound moral
instruction and counsel to be found
in the following brief and pithy
sermon from the pen Of that good
man and racy writOr, Mr., John
Tcdd
"You are the srchltocts of your
own fortunes. Rely upon your own
strength of body and soul. Take
for your own motto self-rellanco,
honesty, and industry for your
Htar, faith, perseverance,, and good