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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
. pugE,ANTHROPIS AND PUSAiC
"A RENEFACEOR.

When the catalogue of public benetac-
tors is made up twenty years hence, the
name Of DR.. c. M. Walden will head the
list for Mississippi. He is now carrying 20
Young men through the Oxford University
by his mess plan" by means OF which
Young man can have all the benefits OF
first class University at a cost of less than
500 per annum. Whatever the cost is Dr.
Walden advances the amount and takes the
Obligation of the beneficiary to repay him
when he goes out into the world an educat>
| cd man. We can remember the day when
we would have been willing to fall down
| and kiss the feet of the noble Samaritan
who would have thus opened a way for us.
And it does seem to us now that if we had
been the lucky finder of such benefactor
at the proper time he would be the subject
of lifelong gratitude and friendship,
The plan of Dr.. Walden commends itself
from every point of view. In the first
place its economy is its chief attraction.
The less money school~boy has to spend
the better ere his chances for study. 1t
takes time to spend money. Without
money no time is lost In spending it, and
no intellect is wasted in connecting schemes
for its expenditure. This is one grand
reason why the best scholars are generally
found in the poorer classes. The rich boys
| have all the advantages of the best schools,
but they also labor under the disadvantage
of liberal allowance of pocket change, and
this leads to segars, whisky and good times.
| All of which tend to draw the mind off
from the main point. The poor boy is
| compelled to find his recreation in books,
and hence his requirements are ripper and
more extensive. In the second place, the
obligation to reimburse the philanthropist
| for his generous advance is feature that
operates as a perpetual stimulant to the
pride and manhood of the beneficiary. He
| must be poor specimen of humanity If his
heart is not moved with gratitude and his
ambition fired with determination to dig
| charge this debt OF D"hor. IL Is ceaSeN
less feeder to his tagging energies, and
| constant reminder of his duties in the
present and future. He Must achieve an
education and fit himself to,become man,
and able not only to pay back the sum
advanced for him, but to be what the
world and his benefactor expect TO see in
bin.
We are prepared to watch with a lively
interest the progress and career of these
twenty-five young men and we express
the hope aud expectation that their outcome
will, for the most part, gladden. the heart
| of the noble old man who has extended
aid to them in the time of their greatest
| nea1
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
THE OXFORD FEDERAL COURT
REPLY TO "AzARIAH.

In reply to "Azariah we can ohiS Say
TINT wa understand the oxloro ahaii
manned out, according to our intormauon,
- ,,roh as the Meridian indictments did
a few years ago. Parties were indicted ana
brouobt to Oxford for trial on a charge OF
h,lldozery. or intimidation, or ballot-box
shifting. or some other new-fangled
crime against the Republican party. The
indicted parties plead equity" and were
fined $50 each to appease the alleged or
real offense to the great party OF moral
ideas This was done as the shortest and
cheapest way out of the trouble Inc
men who were charged with these Crimes
saw before them long and costly trial,
hundreds of miles away from their homes
their businesses neglected and their purses
denleted. with the not impossible catastroN
nhe of n preiudiced verdict which might
copsipn them to the Albany penltentlafy'
They preferred to plead guilty and pay The
S5o rnther than incur these risks ana mar
easements. Judge HI! is soundly abused
Inv the North Mississippian, GreenDaoK
organ, for accepting this plea OF guilty
and letting theparties offwith fine OF 800
But tho assaults of this paper upon iJuaBe
Hill arc as harmless as the baylng OF TIE
mastiff against the moon. Judge Hiii l,
above the reach of such assaults Although
wa are not of his political household MOI
have we agreed with him in all thai he has
| done as U. S. Circuit Judge yet II glVoS
ns pleasure to accord to him the need Oh
praise which rightfully belongs to the con
scientious and upright Judge. we DO no.
believe that a purer man sets upon the
bench than Judge Hill. If his rulings are
uninfuenced by political bias on either sue
If they are alwaysunbougat and unsWayeo
bv political power on the one side or poiltl-
cal terror on the other side-if they are
sometimes tempered with miidness to So
called offenders against theilaw Tor soNcaheo
orimes uuheard of and unknown to oul
neople-it is all the more honorable to him
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
TEE SUPREME COURT.

There are in this weeks COMET some
opinions by our Supreme Court Of unusual
interest to lovers of Legal reading. The
opinion by Mr.. Justice Chalmers, in Gun
ninghan VS. the State, we believe contains
annuuciations Of law new in this State,
and il to the elect that in the trial of per-
sons for crime, and evidence is introduced
tending to show insanity in the accused at
the time of the commission of the ofsnse,
it is the duty Of the State to meet the proof
aad remove doubt on that point That
all persons are presumed sane, as all per-
sons are presumed innocent in law, and in
cases Of doubt the prisoner must have the
benefit of it.
The opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Sim
rail-, in Caruthers vs. McLauran, involves
the question Of tax titles to land, and is a
review Of tie statutes on that subject.
While our highest Court frequently quotes
from and recognizes the Code, yet it is not
the code d,lsIlo that receives countenance
before that high tribunal, as We gather from
an opinion by Mr.. Justice Campbell, deliver
ed in Cavanaugh vs.. The State, a would be
participant in an affair Of honor at Craw-
/ ford in this State some months age. The
| judgment of the Count below is affirmed
and Cayanalgh Is u be executed on the
/ 21st DAY of March next
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
A COOB WORD FEOM BRDOHNA.
VEN

81 enclose Postoffice Order for ten dol
lars for subscription to The CoHET. TIE
CeNET is the most popular paper that comes
10 our town, and if you can hold it to its
present standard you will capture the news
pepper readers in this part Of the country.
We would remark in this connection that
il is our purpose not only to make THE
oeHRT hold its own, but greatly to i'm
prove il,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
THE FUNERAL OF HOPE


The following sad but beautiful lines were "rl
ten by the late Richard Lilies, Esq, oil D'ilNl
Va, a gentleman of genius fine scholar ana
LAWYER of distinction. The lines speak oil IN u
experience and fate of the author:
have been to the funeral of all my hopes,
And entombed them one by one;
Not word was said
Not a tear was shed
When the mournfu task was done.
Slowly and sadly turned me round,
And sought my silent room
And there alone
By the cold hearth stone
wooed the midnight gloom.
And as the night winds deepening shade
Lowering above my brow,
/ wept DER days
When manhOod's rays
Y ere brighter far than now.
The diving embers on the hearth
Gave ont their Pickering light
As if to say
This is the way
Thy life shall close in night.
1 wept aloud in anguish sore
Oer the blight OF prospects lar
While demons laughed
And eager quatfed
NV tears like nectar rare
Through helrs red halls an echo ran,
An echo loud and long,
AS in the bowl
plunged my soul,
In the might of madness strong.
And there within that sparkling glass
knew the cause TO lie:
This all men own
From zone to zone
Yet million drink and die.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY LII
ERARY COINCADENCE'

Ths Austin Cotton Plant was revived on
the lat of February, by j. II. WILKINSON
conx Of which has reached us. We we're
struck with the salutatory of this paper
and to show that extraordinary condolences
may happen among the new Journals Oh
the State, we print it side by SIDE VAIN .ue
circular issued by The COMET on the 7o'n
of December last: -.
The Cotton Plants SaIu- The Corners % Ts'G 1s1s A'
tatory Feb. /, 1879 ''"'''' ~
-, A. rox,ive intend to revive THE
we Ineenu ID, MI atCoMET at this point early
this point; not 80 mucnin Cs" hecsuse believe
pecauso w osthla nuhlictherO Is an irrepreSsiOle
demand for it, or that INC p tha countrv is IN
country S a hacayse weIhappy without it, but,
out ~, puu so,ne planlbecaise have to provide
Of making living IN thlsIso ~ his world and de-
world and desire to putIlns III 'i'S t nivseif in n
ourself in a condition toIsire 10 P"t IsIn The
helm the world along. Ico-luitl19n Will tbese
With these chief ob)ectsIworisu iiet in yiew
III 'low, ~ womeu toIinvite all good men ana
goou 'o AZ sn;rt of the women to enter into the
enter l.o ' nd land us aIspirit of the movement,
cooperating hand: IheyIanu " Thav nead have
neeu na NJ; tbora 10 nolno fear in doing this
9olng tnls tharo "a noIThere is no danger in it,
dark designs nor unlaw- llere aLo
full srategems in thisIloI ",o'a Tb mr.
sclene 'n iSsue modest pose is simply TO issue
silhPy ". So o,,orv andImodest hebdomadal ST.
n epuoni % ito renders worry and instructive t(
ms ooaobIa IN tbeIits readers and servicea
snu Se VIZ 20 We shalIIble to the State and age
Staso , amI mate THEII shalllabor harder thar
COTTON PLANT favorlteIeNer poio,o fnrite Viii
with everybody, and suchI ooAEL a. and snch ia
facilities as are within our every pouy u M,
reach and ability shall beciltes as "J i;ty shni
faithfully employed topower am ,,ed f.
give value and interest tooe laltuiiy ptest II
its columns. We shallglVe value anu i"''i 90 y
spare no pains, nor con- It's coluin 1iI and con
M d d yai.a a of valueIerolis assistance of lew
s 80 ~ w good friends, TIE CONES
W p i tho 3in,olv and gen lis able to come out un
erous assistance OF lew tramlneiou IN -; a." alIiao
good friends. THE Cor save lts unu!liuS o'i'si
TON PLANT is able totlon ana graiht a ,,,ott
a.; III +Iin,s save its nm niece of no man, the or
dying obligations andSan OF no clqh', n Ioncs
S2roethe mouth-piece ofand fearless,
hoffman, the organ OF no
clique, the slave OF ne
party--just, honest and
fearless.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

THB COMET is one OF the Bright Particulars Of the
Mississippi press. 1t fairly blazes with Jrilli2ncy
We would like it all the better, however, il it had
a patent-outside' The COMET will never he per-
feet family journal until it has paent-outsde.-
okolona States.
Oh, stop that now, States. Wait till we
get fully ready to turn loose our condensed
and concentrated thunder against patent
outsides
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

WHILE most people in Mississippi are
stirred up on the convention, Legislature
one man power, bulldozery, greenbacks'
resumption and such kindred questions
our friend Bustamante is fitting about from
one corner to another, industriously intro
ducing all kinds of machinery into the State.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

TEE plague in Russia has spread from
the province of Astrakhan to the prov
incs of Samara and Saratof on the north,
and is prevailing at Zaritzyn, connected by
rail with nearly all the important towns in
Russia. The germ of the disease has been
carried northward by the panic stricken in
habitants, and hence we watch the means
put forth for its suppression with no ordi-
nary interest.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

A correspondent of the Boston Adyerti'
ser notes the interesting fact that Indian
corn. grown in Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois,
is transported four and five thousand
miles, by land and sea, IA vast quantities,
and sold in the English market for about
one cent pound, and part Of the pro
eeeds is returned to Us in Irish and Scotch
oatmeal, which oar grocers are selling a
eight 30 ten cents pound
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

MONEY is flowing into New York banks
at rate which is anything but fattering
to the abilities of its owners. SO says the
American Exchange, But money has SO
leng sought investment in stocks and bonds
that few now think of the greater profits
that are possible by investments in manu>
factories
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

TIE Sea Shore Gazette says lone
reason why we accomplish SO little in this
world is because 80 much time is lost IN
hunting up collar buttons of morning
If this is good logic, Mr.. Lo, the poor
Indian, ought to have accomplished pro-
dipies. for be never had a collar button.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

THERE is probably too much poetry writ
ten on the gratitude of the South to the
North and West for their munificent contrl-
buttons. There can't be too much 9fatl-
tude. but there is such thing as too much
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

THE Jewish Synagogue was dedicated in
Meridian on Sunday the +th inst before a
large assembly, and the Mercury says every
thing went off we'll The Rev. Mr. Veins
steiu's address on the occasion Is highly
On,mapde1
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

IT ia mentioned in Washington specials
that the House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures agreed to report
favorably for Forbes bill, which provides
that the Secretary of the Treasury shall
cause to be exchanged at the Treasury and
at all sub Treasures of the United States,
legal tender silver dollars for trade dollars Of
42O grains standard silver at par, and sEall
recon the said trade dollars into legal
tender dollars of 4l2t grains nf standard
silver, as now provided by law, and shall
stop the further coinage of the trade
dollars.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

Drowned negro boy named Ed.
Davis, about sixteen years old was drowned
in a pond on Mrs. NJ. s. Johnson's Place
on Thursday last. He was in swimming
and getting into deep water, was drowned
before help could reach him.-Woodville
Republican.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

TIE Rev. DR.. Tucker says that the na-
lives Of Africa prefer rum to cannibalism.
Considering tie very inefficient character
of some Of the missionaries sent 70 Africa.
it il no wonder that the savages prefer their
rum to their oompany.-Philadelphia Bul-
lafiY
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

TIVE New Orleans people are rejoicing
over the repeal of the Louisiana Lottery
Charter, and we don't blame them for IT,
1t has been a great and brazen swindler OF
Me people.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
$5 REWARD.

MEDIUM SIZE RED COW, small meek but
stout; about years Old, calf nearly year Ole
formerly belonged to Mrs. Collins, living Of 5
miles from Jackson, ia Rankin county said COW
was bought from r. A. Wolfe. The Above reward
will he paid for return Of COW and cali 90 the 81 =
or Of this paper. Als0 a similar rewari Tor the
COW and calf sold by Capa. W A. Montgomery To-
Capt 5. Gwin-
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

MzEIus with commercial traveller, who
WIS pretty full Of old Robinson county.
Gubbins remarked TO hrs wife: Tight as
O drum, amt her" ''Worse'n that" she
answered, she's iiehs as q drummer. y
Seashole Gazette.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

Memphis Avalanche: Another Tiid9n
boom. The West Point Miss Echo de-
mands Samuel j. for the President in 1880.
The ball rolls.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

THrs is the Meridian Mercuryss idea of
q prominent blatherskite: 'Dennis Kear-
ney and his followers, who do his rough
work, broke up a Democratic meeting in
Frisco the other day that had met to jubi-
late over The House bill recently passed in
direction of Dennis platform, that the
"Chinese must 60" If it was needed, it
shows that Dennis is q fool for the want Of
sense Give fool rope and he'll soon
hang himself. 1t will be good for Califor
MIA for Kearney to $50" with the Chinese. "
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
JACKSON, MISS.
February 9. 1873

Tur Columbus Democrat favors a green
nsoh currency, but not the greenback party
That's the doctrine.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

Is IT lawful for drug stores to sell Dl''of .
without a whisky license? If the ''Di'.oiS
are composed chiefly, or partly OF WHISKY
no
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

Tur price of cotton has gone down.
down. But the cost of producing ana
transporting it holds out about the same
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

BES BUTLER smiled the o,5s n day as
be remarked II may have been bottled
up, but I'll be blamed if vas ever corksd
up
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
Green's Bank.
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.
ESTABLISHED IN 1913.

THIS BANK WAS ESTABLISHMENTS suspended payment since "~
inns ~ 49,
OF the
wa solicit accounts OF offer specially liberal terms
Cunv dCrpo invited to correspond
theirs advantage
andatend promptly to ahohecuoAa
intimate relations win all the Sss0mC '"
aanta sfl il business
ndselal sof sanut smallest margins
mall o e card
nuston NJ deposits
State Of
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
EINCKLE'S

Clean beds.
Meals also served TO order al any time, ana
charged according 10 damage done.
FREE HACKS from depots aud steamboat land
ings,
OYSTERS served at Restaurant 10 amy and every
style.
oysters taken away from Restaurant 10 cents a
dozen; IS cents a hundred.
CHRIS HINCKLE, Proprietor.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-10

SENATOR VOORHEES,, of Indiana, is
in a bad corner. He took occasion re-
Gently to deny the statement that he
once spoke d~isrespectfully of the union
soldiers. This wa an evil moment for
for the sky scraping sycamore. He for
got that men were living who had such
q thing as memory and who could and
wonld prove him a falsiier. Witness
the following document which was cir
culated at a time when Daniel was
particularly rampant for Office:
SULLIVAN, Ind, Sept. IS, 1868.
We, the undersigned citizens of Sulli-
van county Ind, were present at a
public speaking held in Sullivan, Aug.
s, 1882, when the Hon. ID. w. yoor-
hees said, in speaking in reference to
the union soldiers, that they should go
to the nearest blacksmith shop and have
an iron collar made and placed around
their necks, inscribed thereon in large
letters, MY DOG-A. LINCOLN;''
and at the same time he referred to the
union soldiers as 'Lincoln's dogs and
hirelings.n
Valentine Hick, Helen Hereford,
j. ]. Laudermilk, /. H Ridgeway,
Warden Williams, John W. Hawkins,
Lafayette Hartley, Mrs. NJ. Z. Earl,
Philip w Beck, Nelson Burton,
Jacob b. Miller, Owen Adams,
Isaac Hildebrand, Seth Cushman,
Margaret Hereford, Richard Dodd,
Mary Hereford, Thomas Button.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-10

FROM 50, 600, 900 to $4,000, 900 worth
of gold are received every week in New
York. That represents how rapidly we
are growing wealthy in the United
States. Perhaps we should say that
the whole country is growing wealthy.
As for ourselves we have not been made
sensible of these immense weekly re-
ceipts Of gold. No portion Of those
shining millions rolls into our exche-
quer. We will therefore cheerfully
give our share to NEST anybody who
will take the trouble to collect the
same.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-10

IT Is interesting to watch the eastern
editorial opinions on the causes of the
Ute outbreak. A republican editor
charges the whole blame upon the dem
ocratic congress because of its failure
to make the necessary appropriations
for the Indians. A democratic editor
sees plainly that the republican Carl
Schurz, the republican Indian commits
sioner, and the republican Indian
agents, are all culpable, as accessories
before the fact. You see it is after all
a matter of politics with them. When
you want the real truth on this matter
always consult the far western press
neighbors Of the red men.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-10
ola Nan JoelseNins

Old nan Harper, of racing notoriety,
is in trouble. A few years ago he gave
his colored trainer a colt called Irish
King. Harper had another colt named
Jils johnson, and both were entered at
the Louisville fall meeting. Irish King
won, with Jils johnson second. The
colored boy claimed the. stakes, $4,000,
and the cup valued at $4,000. Irish
King, however, iwasentered in Harper's
name, and having got the money, the
old man won't give it up. He claims
that Jils Johnson was held in by his
rider. There's music about the old
mans ears, and many turfmen think
he is not '%'toting fair."-IInter Ocean.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-10
Stock Operations That PAY.

The past few weeks have. been prolific OF
York exchanges. by the CAREFUL use OF mod
crate sums in we'll manipulated stock trans
actions. which returned a legitimate gain on
the market. The safest and most successful
meanSd 1T u GRiersibbS by the he Pr rssS,ay w system II m
OF dealing in stocks, which affords absolute
snaraRiees . The Sast ssr Fence on nc the Ses salss
of shares that have recently attained such
mighty, proportions, have been chiefly pro
which has produce results surprising to all.
The conservatlve basis OF this system Is Its
profts that accrue SO quickly in stock move.
ments, there must be reasonable protection
ago,ns, weeping risks This mi Is nn Why the
three gentleman In New York each invested
q, 900 on Lake Shore stock by the Financial
a net pront OF IS, SO. q for each Investor. Tues
day a bank cashier in Philadelphia put S.
stock, snd on SATURDAY closed the contract
with sl2. 65. 70 profit. Early in the previous
week two mechanics in Boston united their
trial. and 10 days afterwards they a~cknowledg
ed receipt OF q .sz.s5 profits The last week
vested $500 each In Financial Unions on st.
Paul stock. and on Thursday. the Iith OF Aug-
eaIailS bet We Il 4 Isayin ane az s;;pS e
departments Washington used $50 for two
weeks In Proteciives on Western Union and
- ~ N tAtnh Rtbut
OF ssI9.es. On Saturday a prominent Penn
s~ylvania politician invested 81 500 in Della
ware. and Western and Michi-
gan Central stocks, and In i've days drew out
ofthe market with S,5632i profit. A large
brewer In 81. Louis put 1850 In Protectiyes
on 81. Paul and Northwestern stocks, and
nueen days arerward closed with n gain OF
so. e6s-S7. These are examples OF what has
been ccomplished In Financial linton by the
Protective System of operating in stocks
when good advice has been foliowed. With
the present activi , the prospects Tor gain in
the near future are more favorable, as the
operations arc equally as good for catching
the profits from fluctuations up or down a.
they occur. Amounts from SIS to $4,000 or
more can be Invested with proportionate
success by the Financial. Union System on
regular sales. that leave the control Of funds
knowledge at all times OF just what ttocks
their money Is on. 30 That they can sec at. a
glance what their pronts ut any hour of The
day byreferrfng TO market quotations All
operators are assured Of Straightforward
treatment by the Financial Uuion System.
Orders nlied and Information mrnixhed by
Messrs. ErHAMAR DIBBELL Geo. Bankers
and Brokers. No. 10 BROAD Street. New York
City. s2cdawfw
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-10

THE Denver Ners ONE up smiling
with this CORY suggestion: There are
twenty thousand men in Colorado who
want to occupy and hold the Ute coun-
try. The sayages have opened fire and
war has begun. While the ball is roll
ing is, the business of the governor to
see thatit don't stop until every Indian
is cleaned out Of the state or put under
the sod. We are a fast people and can't
wait on red tape. The Utes might as
well 60 before Christmas as four or FIVE
years hence.7 Evidently Gov. Pitkin
and the republicans fathom the sugges-
ton and there is no need Of US pointing
out the sting.