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MASONIC INCIDENTAL little incident
containing some mystical Interest transpir-
ed in Wayne county, South Carolina, during
the late war. 1t is the following: 1T was
late at night. The husband was absent and
the wife alone with her children had retired.
Three or four soldiers rudely knocked at
the door of the house and demanded en-
trance and something to eat. The good la
dy told them that it was too late; that she
had nothing cooked; but, fearing that they
would break the door, she got out of bed and
opened it to expostulate with them. They
insisted that she should cook something for
them. and while she was getting it ready
and they were roaming about the house, one
ofthe party. who appeared to be the leader,
happened to find copy OF masonic Juris-
prudence" laying upon side table. Purn-
ing it over lie found the name of the poor
frightened woman's husband written on the
fy-leaf. us this your husband's?' he in
quired of the lady. "Ies, sir, was timid la
dy.' "Is he is Mason 20 Yes. sir" Come
boys right about-march" and immediate
~ the house was cleared and quietly clos
ed -
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From the N. o. Picayune.
The jackson Railroad Matter

In the Eight District Court. Judge Dibble,
yesterday, in the case of the State of Louisi-
ana ex rel, j. H. McComb VS.. the New Or
leans Jackson and Great Northern Rail-
road, Judge Campbell. ofcOunsel for defend
ants, made the following motion:
The defendants of the counsel move the
court that the certificates No. 22S for 68 800
shares, of the stock of the said corporation,
which the relator AYERS he has, and which
are set forth In the writ issued from this
court. together with the contract between
the said relator and corporate authorities OF
and the ordinance under which they were
sold be deposited in this court instanter, so
that the defendants may make answer to the
same. The service of the order be made up
on them, and upon failure that said suit be
dismissed
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Inc leading Watch dealers in all the prin-
lPaI cities and towns of the United States,
kom Portland TO san Francisco. and from
Y. Iaal 10 New Orleans, to the number of
- hVe hundred, have sent voluntary
stmonlalS to the National Watch Compa-
th1t they consider and recommend the
1glh Watches to be all that the Company
feet and Durable thsn anv in msrLat Of
similar prices.
ms Is deservedly high compliment to
nc character of the Elgin Watches, and
IuShtto be conclusive with watch buyers
p 10 the watch they want.
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GulIeft Steel Brush Cotton Gins
Gullett Hand Cotton Presses,
(the cheapest good Cotton Press ever made, }
Stafford Cultivators,
Sattley Gang Flows, Southern Corn Planters
Southern Cotton Planters,
Expanding Cultivators.
Harrows, Grain Drills,
Balls Ohio Mowers, Balls Ohio Combined
Mower and Reaper,
Warmers Sulky Hay Rakes,
Crawfords Garden Cultivators.
All descriptions of
PlOWS, Sweeps and SCraperS,
Wheel-barrows, Horse Powers,
Segments, Pinions, SC, for Gin Gearing,
Victor Tread Horse Power,
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department.

THE TRUE MAsoN.-A good brother living
in Montana. sevenry-five miles from q town,
read the appeal OF. the Orphans Home at
Freemason, with bedimmed eyes OF sympa-
thy, and sent US five dollars of hard earned
money to be added TO the donation of his
Lodge here for the Home He does not
wish his name known. else we would give
it-one thing we can and viii say, viz !:
GoD ALMIGHTY MADE THAT MAS.-Free-
mason, st. Louis.
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..rner. use Equine Remidies.

NJ II. f. STEER had a preliminary
NATION to-day. before Judge Cabiness,
sN,' -. released on a bond of twenty thous-
'''I 1oIlars. Messrs. Johnston Il lerger
anu ara5 for the defense, and District At
PIT Homes for the prosecution.
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ms IS no apology for whisky drinking ;
Is medicine that cannot be used TO in
oxleate; it produces tonic effect, as well
acts rs a cathartic. In fact, Simmons
Liver Regulator is pronounced an unex-
keptionabie medicine.
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social travelling Agent.

ar r. j. Bowen, is our special Travelling
~ for the sale of the Mississippi Manual
~ ~ oraI and Business Forms. He is fully
% !h,rized TO receive subscription TO the
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This Is the oldest Of the series In its main
features II still follows In the path marked out
by Brougham, Jeffrey, Sydney smith, and Lord
Holland, It's original founders and 6rst con-
trbutors.
=. The London Quarterly Review
which commences its l2Sth volume with the
January number was set on foot as "a rival 10
the EDiHBuR0n. IL reHOlutely maintains ifs
opposition in politics, and shows equal yieor
in its literary department
.. The Westminster Review
has just closed It's ga volume In point oftit-
erary ability this Review is fast rising 10 \
level with its competitors. II ~ the advocate
Of political and religious liberalism.
a. The North HritIsh Review,
now in its 5lst volume occupies a very hiqb
position in periodical literature. Passing Be-
yond the narrow Journalism OF schools and par
ties, IL appeals 10 wider range OF sympathica
and higher integrity Of conviction
>. BIacISwOOd's Edinburgh AIngu-
zine
was commenced o. years ago Equalling the
Quarterlies in its literary and scientific de-
partments, IL has won q wide reputation for
the narratives and sketches which cnliyen be-
pages.
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Standard Periodicals for 1870.
REPUBLIsHED ny THE
Leonard ScOtt Publishing Co.
NEW YORK.


Indispensable 70 al desfrOua of Jeiug tseU tt-
formed on he great saljecis ~ ne dav.
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Facts for the Ladies.

Ny Wheeler s Wilson Sewing Machine
No. $50 has done the sewing of my fami-
and good deal for neighbOrs, for foar-
@a years and three months without any
8epairs One needle served to do all the
sewing Tor more than four years.
w. A. HAwLEY.
Syracuse, n. Y,
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
HUNnS G,nVrNTX

KINDS COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me the under
signed. an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said county. Benz. G.. Humphreys, NJ. A.
Van Hook and Oliver Clifton, 10 me known TO
be the President, Secretary and Chief Clerk Of
the Planters Insurance Company, who being
duly sworn, upon their oath, do say that the
foregoing is a true statement of the Assets and
Liabilities of said Company, on the LIST day Of
April, A. d. 1870, to the best of their knowl-
edge and belief
BENZ. C. HUMPHREYS, President.
NJ. A. VAN HOOK. Sec Y.
OLIVER CLIFTON, Chief Clerk.
Sworn 10 and subscribed this 9th day of
April, A. d. 1870, at Jackson, Mississippi.
[sEALl JNo. A. VoIGT, }. p.
AprilSAU3w W4w
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The Ship Anna Schmidt, which was de-
$troyed by the, Alabama of the coast of
eouth America, had on board a quantity of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral for California. DIR.
EAyer 4 Co. now appeal for redress direct to
he British Government, rs the responsible
party in this wicked Business, and base their
lain for payment and protection on the
Ground of humanity, as their commodities
Pre- wholly for the sick. Their point is well
'faken and viii doubtless be pressed with
PIE pluck and perSiStency which character
re the operations of these celebrated chem
Sts-B9ltimOre Clipper.
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HOUSE.

The House was occupied in the consider
ation of the Judiciary Bill. Sundry amend
ments to the Senate amended bill were pro-
posed without definite action.
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From the Daily sun. Feb. y. 1869.

Sages have written and poets have sung of
that croWning ornament of the human race,
beautiful and luSuriant hair. Scientific
men have studied and experimental upon
the means necessary for its preservation, and
artists for modes of Identifying and adorn-
Ing.
We are led to these remarks by noticing a
superior preparation for the human hair.
|Styled Louisiana Creole Hair Restorer,'
which combines within itself all the ele-
ments for identifying and adjoining the hair
and is highly recommended by those who
have used as the cheapest and best article
Nnow before the public--ar all events, judg
llng from our own experience. it certainly
Possesses wonderful properties in restoring
the hair To its original beauty, and is pleas
ant and agreeable remedy for dandrufi.
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The first reconstructed State of the South
the old "Volunteer State, Of the Union.
which furnishes two Presidents to the Unit
ed States, Is the first State In the Union 70
introduce, sP0Rfe saa ct v0lente, into her or
garie law the principle of universal suffrage
aud col0red suffrage. She may have reject
ed the Fifteenth Amendment as the FEEDER
al organic law, but she had her own res sons
and proper motives for doing justice to her
no other State in the Union has vet done.
from Massachusetts, to Minnesota.-Nash-
Vile Banner. IL
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A discount Of twenty per cent. will De allow
ed 10 Clubs Of four or more persons, when the
periodicals are sent 20 ONE address.
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A gentleman the other day, on asking q
markefman the price Of eggs, was answered,
Eggs are eggs now Fl am glad 70 hear
it.n said the other s.for the last j bought OF
vou were half chickens.n
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HANGNAILS.

First cut them close to the finger with a
sharp-pointed scissors, and then, with the
back OF the penkniie, or anything that may
serve the purpose, perfectly loosen the flesh
from the nail near the root. The alfmeut
il usually caused by the flesh growing to the
nail, and as the nail grows out the flesh is
drawn so tight that it cracks, and forms
what are called hangHails
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ID BAKERY POWDERS" which paws for
itself in the saving Of shortening, Eilk, eggs,
spoiled bread, and the trouble and expense Of
procuring good yeast. For sale by
feb1 VIM. B. TAYLOR g. co
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The Canadian emigration 10 the United
States has already Commenced this spring.
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The Postage on current subscriptions, 20 any
part Of the United States ~ two cents n num-
Der, 20 be prepaid, a. the. Office Of delivery
For back numbers the postage b double.
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r.o,as Powders, Liniment and Ointment.

We we're gratitied yesterday by visit
s-om an old friend and associate Jos. II.
.,aith. for the past two years a resident of
80 york. in the jewelry and silverware'
,--.o... Joe SAYS he don't like the climate
aod proposes 10 return South IN August. and
-.i Locate At III Grayier street, rs General
,,,anr for American manufactured goods,
,,7ling speciality of jewelry, silver. and
-rss.ware. We need scarcely tell the peo-
n. who ..Ioe" is since he was the universal
E nopulAr agent Of the Southern Express
company. and y. O., J. G. n. Railroad. at
,s,. rIacr and afterwards conductor on the
LXG. y. Railroad. He is at present
-.,r,.en,ing the Wilcox Silver-plate Com
amy Meridian Conn, from whom the pre-
',;pm. were bought for our late state Fair
n.sIer. in silver ware and jewelry cannot do
,.stt.r than with Mr.. Smith who i for the
resent soliciting orders in his line.
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VICTOR CANE MILLS.

VICTOR CANE MILLS.
Cooks Evaporators: for either Southern Cane
or SOrgnm; Church, School and Plan
tation Bells, of fine tone and at small cost,
Fan Mills, Corn Crushers, &c.
Our Goods are selected with full knowledge
of the kind of work needed in the Southwest
and we guarantee every machine we furnish to
be effective of the object for which it was de-
signed.
FertiliEers-Zelts Phosphate Pure Peruvian
Guano Raw Bone Dust and Plaster. Dis
counts made to wholesale dealers and agents.
Call on or address,
THOS. b. BODLEY & CO,
mylSwAtwtf No. 9, Perdido St., N. O.
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TO MAKE THE HANDS WHITE.


Keep jar of oatmeal on the washstand,
and after on have soaped your hands. put
some oatmeal on them, rub it well in with
the soap. rinse II on, ana DeIore Wlplng pun
of loose kid gloves, let them remain on all
night, and in the morning wash off the
glycerine. There is nothing better than
this to make the hands smooth and white
USEFUL HINTS.
A bit of glue dissolved in milk will restore
Grape. Ribbons of every kind should be
washed in cold suds, and not rinsed. II
your hat-irons are rough, rub them with
fine salt. and it will make them perfectly
smooth. If you are buying carpet for dura-
bility, choose small figures. a bit of soar
rubbed on the hinges Of door VIII prevent
its creaking. Scotch snuff put in holes
where crickets come out will destroy them
Wood ashes and common salt wet with wat
er win prevent the cracking of a stove
Half n eranburry, 1t Is said, bound on a corn
will soon kill il. .
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READ THIS
AND ACT IMMEDIATELY
90 TO THE
GREAT AUCTION STORE

BOYD a. BLOOM.
No. State Street. Cheapside, JACKSON
And get the best bargains you ever had in
buying
BOOTS SHOES. HARDWARE,
TIRWAHE, ChOCkAhf,
and In fact everything from 2 hhe-sVoah ep@@
To q circular saw-min com PEE;
We have also, Pianos Meip1eNAAt @AG@A4r
Flutes, Fiolins, Etc.
Furniture Of All KINDS ehehpgF th@A A#s
cheapest. 49,. - - =
Auction sales every gaAufuAy mQtA 80
ns~kS and wednesday NIGHTS. Consignment
soIlcited. jyl0Wly.
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French gentleman has recently pro-
'A'ned himsek King Of Patagonia.
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Household Receipts,

CEMENT FOR MENDING FURNITURE.
Dissolve two drachms of gum shellac in
two ounces of alcohol, then add half a
drachm of gum tragacanth land half an
ounce of strong vinegar.
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+. line Remidies need no putting.

1xronuATIoN Is WANTED concerning
,.hereabouts or fate Of Mr.. Frank Lips
eomb OF 'ih.o' ,ao.,,;,,e- - t1ot,r,,ar,.
Notidings have been heard from him
II * feared that he was passenger
-. .teamboat Emma, No. ,, which was
- an and burned about that date, on
..;o from MemThis to Cincinnati. a
49, ,-.rs..ed sister will be grateful for any in
-.,,;,n which may be communicated to
~. Office, or to Mr.. J.. Hampel, Clinton.
NJ. Memphis. St. Louis aud Cincinnati
-. ufll oblge by noticing.
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TO WASH coTToNs.

Infuse three gills of salt in four quarts of
boiling water; put the cotton in while hot,
and leave them till cold in this way the col
ors are rendered permanent, and will not
fade by subsequent washing.
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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-05

Is THE NEGRO DYING Our ?-The
mortuary report of the city of Sa-
vannah, for the week ending June
Sth, shows that out of seventy-three
interments in the Laural Grove for
April last, fifty-ive were colored, and
this overburdening population will
very likely increase during the sum-
mer months. A correspondent states
that this is about the usual ratio of
deaths between the two classes men
toned; and that it is more striking
from the fact that the blacks comprise
only about three-eights of the whole
population of Savannah, which is not
very far from forty thousand.
The ratio of mortality to popula-
ton in Atlanta, Ga, is almost identi-
cal with that of Savannah. 1t is also
common subject of remark that
throughout the State of Georgia there
are not nearly so many colored chill
dren born, or, if born, that live, as
formerly. As a commentary on this
rather discouraging fact for the race,
the recent address of General Hagood,
in Charleston, on the decrease of the
negro population in South Carolina,
shows that in 100 it numbered 107,-
900; in 1900, 146,000; in 1910,
10000; in 1920, 25O,O0O; in 1880,
$4,000; in 1910, 377,O00; in 1850,
$4,000; in 1860, 100000. Accord
ing to the annual average, from 1910
to 1860, the population of freedmen
in 1865 may be presumed to have
been $4,000. But according to the
state census il 1869, it had diminish
ed to $4,000; leaving a deficiency of
$4,000, or an average of S,776 per
annum in the state of South Carolina
alone. "If | might be allowed to
speculate on this question:" says he,
"I would say that, in my opinion, the
decrease has not been less than $4,000.
But taking the figures themselves,
even at that rate, in less than forty
four years the entire population of
South Carolina will have disappear
ed"
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When his linen was changed it was
destroyed by the Governor as soon
as it was taken off. He never re-
moved his mask for an instant, and
when he went to hear Mass, which
was held in the prison, the armed men
who whre present were instructed to
kill him instantly in case Of his speak
ing or showing his face. For years
he remained in the Bastile ,and always
wore the mask. He died in the pris-
on and was buried at St. PauI's. He
was evidently person of high rank,
probably relative of the royal fam
lily, but the mystery has never been
solved. He was always attended by
the Governor and major alone, was
treated with great consideration;
died very suddenly, and after his
death all his furniture, papers, ETC.,
were burned, and his money and jew
els melted down.
When the Bastile was destroyed
by the infuriated mob in the French
Revolution, it was hoped that some
thing would be discovered in regard
to this Man in the Iron Mask, as he
was called. But no; not even the
carefully kept records Of the prison,
which were discovered, threw any
light upon the mystery. He was
merely mentioned as an unknown
prisoner; but the fact is set down
that he was obliged always to wear
mask of black velvet.
When the Bastile was thrown open
and ransacked On the terrible June
day, only seven prisoners were found
in its cells and dungeons. One, the
Count de Solage, had been there
close captive ever since he was little
boy of eleven. Another, named Tav-
ernier had passed thirty years in the
Bastile, and when he found the doors
Of prison open, and his fellow crea-
lures crowding in, eager to welcome
him, he was like one waking from a
thirty years sleep. His mind was
dulled; the sunshine frightened and
bewildered him and he scarcely knew
what freedom meant.
They found records there of one
poor old man named Lebar, who had
been arrested when 76 years old, and
died in one of its vaults at the age Of
80 years.
Dreadful deeds were done during
the French Revolution, hut one bright
spot in its record is the destruction
of the Bastile. No more shall broken
hearted prisoners languish in its
gloomy towers. The place where it
stood SO long is now one of the gayest
and brightest in the city of Paris, and
the famous July column marks the
spot where the cruel old walls fell
| Hearth and Home.
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down from place to place. They will
kill me as they killed the Posen Jew
and the engraver at Stockholm, all be-
cause they demanded a fair share.
They are dogging me tonight
one Of them is outside now. Let me
see what did come here for? 0, six
pence. Lend me sixpence; I'll give
you hundred pounds for it to-mor
row."
l made a further donation, and, as
the man was evidently in state of
delirium, | told my clerk to fetch
medical man. But before he could
execute the order, the bundle of rags
crept down the narrow stairs, sitting
on each step, and wriggling by aid Of
his hands to the next below, whilst
we, unable to pass him, looked Oh,
wondering how it would all end.
The street gained, he stood upright,
and, casting a terrified glance around,
fed away into the darkness, and we,
following in the direction he had ta-
ken, learned shortly afterwards that
a beggar had thrown himself into the
Mersey from St. Georges landing
stage, and had sunk to rise no more.
His body was never found, and l,
having had enough of Mersey Street,
moved my quarters; much to the re-
greet of Mr.. Moss, for, quoth he, 1.-TWO
Of EN- are at Portland, and another
at the bottom of the river; so you
may call me a Jew if any one trou-
bles you again"
But | went; and the Office is still
without a tenant, and | shudder when
| pass through the street at night,
and, looking up, see the two black
shining windows, like two great eyes
watching me, and fancy l can see a
shadowy form in rags, pressing its
face to the glass, and gibbering and
moving at the busy stream of human
life which surge8 to and fro forever.
-Erery Saturday.
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Childhood Land.

There is a beautiful, far-of land,
Lying in sunlit seas;
But never a ship to that magic strand
Was waited by ftful breeze.
For where her radiant shores unfold,
Night stretches her purple bars,
And fastens it in with her gates of gold,
And guards it with sentry stars.
Over the fathomless summer skies
Snowy clouds come and go;
Through every valley that dreaming lies,
Musical rivers flow.
Mountain. and forest. and glen, and glade,
BY the soft south wind famed,
Birds and blossoms that never fade,
Brighten this fairy land.
Every vanished, forgotten day
Scasters its sunshine there;
Buds unfolding that passed away.
Are living more fresh and fair
Loving deeds that the hands have done
Sheaves of life's ripened grain;
Work unfinished that souls begun,
Made perfect, there live again.
Men have sought it for weary years;
Yet ne'er to their yearning eyes
The glow of the mystic sky appears,
Where the land of the beautiful lies.
Yet all have wandered Its bright vale through
In the quiet of peaceful hours;
Each hear: the calm of its joy once knew,
And the sweet of its deathleSs flowers.
But hour by hour, from the hidden shore,
Our feet have journcying gone;
And days that have faded can know no more
The light of its tender dawn.
Yet we may find, in the great Somewhere,
Its stretches of pearl-white strand;
The bloom and beauty that dwelling there
! Makes Heaven the Childhood Land
Little Corporal.