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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-01-01

A quaint epitaph in the old Charte
Street Cemetery, Salem, Mass, is as fol
lows:
Mcmsnto MoH
Mr.. Nathaniel Mather
Died October ye 18th, 1858.
An aged person
that has seen
but nineteen winters
In tho world

The explanation is thus given: "He
was the youngest brother of the famous
Cotton Mather, who came to Salem dur
ing Nathaniel's illness and closed his dy.
ing eyes. Nathaniel entered Harvard
College at twelve, was graduated at six
teen, and died at nineteen years of age
He was possessed of wonderful attain
ments, was prodigy oi learning, and his
first published work appeared in print
when he was only fifteen years OF age
These facts interpreted the inscription
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-01-01

Plaids and Roman stripes, and solid
colors with handsome side cloeking, are
the newest kinks in cotton hosiery thii
fall.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-01-01

Embroidered neckerchiefs OF India mul
are pretty and becoming,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
GARFIFLD'S ADMINISTRATIVE


When Simeon Cameron sent CunE-
! ling and Grant to Mentor to confer
with General Garfield, the country did
not need to be told the object of that
visit and conference. When ConkIing
and Grant took hold of the campaign
and put their best work into the can
vass for the success of the man who
had beaten the third term at Chicago.
there was no politician so simple as not
to know that Garlicld's Administra-
ton was mortgaged to Grant, with
Conllimg as trustee.
II the terms of that compact are
carried out, the country knows what
to expect. There is no need to define
GrantiSm. The men and the intiu-
ences most prominent during the
Grant era are well remembered. The
thieves of the whiskcy ring, greater
thieves in his Cabinet, and other
thieves in many offices, We're the
chosen associates of the President.
The White House WA, Il place where
honorable men did not care to resort,
its moral atmosphere was fetid with
the stencil of corruption.
Ii, in compliance with the Mentor
treaty, General Garfield gives To the
Grant triumvirate the contral of his
Administration, they will load him
with the same unfragrant crew that
made Grants second term the most
shameful epoch in our political history.
But there is hope that the compact
will be repudiated from the start.
General Garfield's most ponderous nr-
gan, The Nation, intimates that lac
will be the head Of his own Admins
tration, will select his own Constitu-
tional advisers and will surround him
self with honorable men and good
influences. This is a cheering predic-
ton, and the country will be glad 10
see it filled.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

A NEW PAPER IN JONES.

DR.. w. l.. Lee is about to start a
paper at Ellisville, Jones county, Miss,
to be called The Eagle. 1t has been a
living mystery for fifty years that this
journalistic field should be overlooked,
and the people of Jones deprived Of an
organ for all that great lapse of years.
But somehow or other, while news
paper ideas have been floating around
prOmiscuously, and concentrating into
focus here and there, nobody was ever
stirred up to such a pitch of enthusi-
asm a. to start a newspaper in Jones
before.
We are glad that in the fulness of
time the man has been found for this
work. DIR. Lee is the originator of the
grand conception. He is the first to
see the greatness of the prospect and
to give form and shape to the enter
prise. There is nothing to prevent his
success. He will have undisputed
sway in all the territory for fifty miles
around him in every direction. There
will be no competition. The Eagle will
be the fountain-head for news and in
spiration in a section of country which
has never been favored with Il news
papcr before-a section which is, from
a newspaper standpoint, terra aco9-
nita. There will be freshness, and
novelty, and humor in the movement
for Jones. If Il stranger should visit
Ellisville and survey the surroundings
he would be struck instantly with the
conviction that here was the point to
build up Il first class weekly. The
town of Ellisville has a population OF
somewhere in the neighbOrhOOd of
forty souls, and the county Of Jones
votes some two or three hundred
strong, and they are scattered over a
wide area. Thus it will be seen that
there is not enough of population and
concentration 10 work up formidable
opposition to the pauer. 1t will have
smooth sai ing, and it is easy to see
that a well-conducted newspaper in
Jones is bound to move on peacefully
and calmly to the goal OF power and
fortune.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

house, and with much warmth asked
who had done the mischief. Nobody
could tell him anything about il, t,except
one of the boys named OakCs Amcs.
soon James came in with his hatchet.
james, do you know who cut that
fin" cherry tree yonder on the west
ern side Of the ga.dcn ?'' asked
Uncle Sam. This was hard ques-
ton. In fact, it was Il sumner.
James was silent for moment then
looking at his uncle, his intelligent
face beaming with bright idea, lie
brave y cried out:
81 had nothing at all to do with it,.
| took no stock whatever in that devil
mont!"
"But," said uncle Sam, "What
about those 800 chips which one of the
boys, Oakes, says he put into your
pocket and which he says further, you
cut from the tree yourself with your
own little hatchct?n
"Ah, if you are coming down to 50
small Il matter AS that" responded
James, 81 will tell YOU that | was out
there in the garden and simply asked
Oakes to loan me those chips to kindle
my fire with last night, and that after
Il few days when you have load of
wood hauled and issue me Il stick to
try the edge Of my hatchct on, then /
would return them to him. That is
all. I'll swear | did not touch that
tree with my little ha)chctw
"I0ur story of the affair, James, is
most too thin, but come to my arms,
my dearest boy" cried Uncle Sam,
"come to my arms! You cut my
cherry tree but, have now paid me for
it thousand fold. While it is not
very creditable lie you have told, you
are yet not too old to toimprove. Such
proof Of check and heroic impudence
as | have just now witnessed in you
i'll the scramble between yourself and
your little white livered brother, Win |
field, for the highest chair at the
breakfast table, is more value than Il
thousand Union Pacific cherry trees,
though they We're all Of the purest |
gold. Your conduct in that tree busi-
ness and your account Of it are all .
right and satisfactory. So come to I
my arms my boy! l will put you up
in that beautiful chair which you
so desire to occupy, where my first
favOrite nephew, George Washington,
used to sit, who on account of the old
fashioned ideas instilled into Him
behaved himself with modesty bpcOm-
ing only to those times, and hereafter
people will point their children to you
md tell them to initiate your exam
plc.n
The above, | insist, is the more ap-
food for the young mind and
Ieart, and | suggest that hereafter it
De inserted in the place Of the old
yorn-Out, thread-bare tale of George
md his hatchet which used to he
ong time ago, in McGutfey's first
eadcr, but which is now to be found in
lis Third, and is the eighty-fourth
esson therein. Why this transfer to
more advanced reader, | know not,
Inless it be that everything is degen-
rating and the children of to-day are
lot as smart as they used to be.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

Louisville, Ky, Oct. 27.-At the
opera house Thomas w. Keene, the
great tragedian, who has burst upon
the American stage, concluded last
night one of the most extraordinarily
successful engagements ever played
! by Il new star. His success in Boston,
Chicago, ST. Louis, Indianapolis, and
Baltimore has been repeated. Critic,
have been carried away in spite of
themselves; the public heart has been
touched as few men on the American
stage can touch ii.
Thousands have attended the perfor-
mances in every city, and thousands
more would have attended theperform-
anceS hcIe had the theatre been large
enough. The reasons for keene's sud
den popularity rs star are tO me very
simple. Keene, unlike the majority
of men who have struck for the
highest place i'm the theatrical lirma-
ment, has waited patiently until he
thought that nearly 70 years expert
ence in every branch of dramatic art
had entitled him to seek the place of Il
star. He has waited until he i'm
agincd he was well enough known
and his faculties were ripcncd by eN
perience To ask the public to pay to
see him. OF late Years the public
have become 50 much accustomed 10
finding in the men and women seek
ing stellar distinction, people who are
unfit to play minor parts in a decent
stock company, that they were sur
prised when they went to see keene
aud found i'm him not the conventional
star who tiIes our patience and rObs
US of our money, but an actor, one OF
the greatest America has vet pro-
duccd. | well remember the cOnster-
nation Clara Morris created among
the New York critics, when cOmpara-
lively unknown, she burst upon them
rs Anne Sylvester in "Nlan and Wife
at Daly's. She was Il revelation in
acting. | attended the first perform
ance of Richard III, by Keene in
Boston. He did in Shakespeare there
what Clara Morris did i'm New York
with the modern drama. He stag
gered the culture of tie Hub; he scat
tered critical opiniOusN right and left;
he let i'm a new flood of light upon the
beauties of Shakespeare; revealed new
features and made plain to the multi
tude hidden meanings.
While | am not among those who
look upon Keene as another Salvini
and who tumble into an ocean of
gush over what he has done, | readi-
ly grant that he is a very great actor.
/ might even say that he has shown,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
or THE GOMEZ.
NEW CHAPTER
For the ChiId'- First Reader.
BY UNCLE REUBEN.

Many years ago when ! went ta
school there VS., distinctly remem-
Der, IL lesson in my First Reader about
George Washington and his little
hatchct, and from that lesson took
up an idea that truth was beautiful
and Tying horribIe-at least my teacher
said 80. Further than this, I took up
an erroneous idea that if boy ever
wants TO he President Of the United
| States he had better tell the truth, that
he must by all means have truth rs II
part of his stock in trade otherwise
his hopes would all he in vain. But,
find Of late that |, and my school
teacher, and George Washington, and
the millions Of other American child
rem who were raised up on that same
chapter in the School Readers are old
iossilizcd specimens Of an age that has
passed. | am opposed to instilIing
any longer into the tender minds of
children such lessons as that taught
by Georges hatchct am opposed to
the boys Of the present day being de-
ludcd by such false ideas of life rs are
gathered from that lesson. 1t isn't
fair so | move that hereafter it be dis
cardcd, and in lieu thereof, in order
that our boys may be early in life ap
prised of the style of character to de-
vclop in themselves, | respectfully
submit for the next edition of McGuf-
tey's First Reader the following, with
the usual spelling lesson to begin with
all fixed up to order:
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
interests of the Democratic party, for
liS AAA,n col EnI ,nIIr,n1.un

interests Of the Democratic party, foI
his own selfish purpose.
"Let the dead past bury its dead
and the immolation Of the tOothsome
turkey upon the altar of Thanksgiving
Day now occupy the pubic mind. a
Presidential election comes only once
in every four years, but Thanksgiving
Day is yearly occurrence to cheer
the heart and gladden.. the stomach. ."
But never again, if the ,outh is true
to itself, will Mr.. Kelly and "Tam-
many" have the opportunity to bctray
ii, for the base and selfish purpose of
Keeping in their own grasp, the very
Ito thcm) desirable "county tick, t, -
upon which they cXpend 50 m Ich con-
gratulalon. What interest has the
South in Mr.. Kclly's "Thanksgiving
Day" or the "cOunty ticket"
II. r. d.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

Since the year 1872, TO the present
time, the gold coinage of the United
States has amounted 10 81, ,l00,OO0,-
900, of which 81 ,OOO,O0O,OOO, have been
issued since 1850. The gold coinage of
the French mint since l72G has am
mounted 10 ll,OO0010,OOO francs, of
which 5000, ,OOO,OOO have been issued
since 1850. The gold coinage Of the
British mint since 1908 has ammount-
ed 10 sos, 100000 pounds sterling, of
which lG5,OOO,OOO pounds have been
issued since 1850. since 1868 the gold
coinage of the Russian mint has am
mounted To SOO,OO,O0O roubles, Of
which 530,0OO,OOO, roubles have been
issued since 1850.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

THE idea of creating a new and
higher grade of General of the United
States Armies" to give to Grant in
order to quarter him oft-a proposition
which some of our Democratic Con-
gressmen favored few years ago-is
not wholesome one. If Grant is
dangerous such a place would only
make him more dangersous. The
best thing to do for Grant is to squelch
him absolutely as they did at Chicago.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

TIE Republicans elected Garfield
and they could and would have elected
the Devil if he had been opposed hy 1
man who was disposed to be friendly
to the South. The DEVILS record is
no worse than Gar1icld's, and the
chances are that his administration
would be more honest and square.
The Devil may quote scripture, but he
is noi Il hypOcrite, nor Il perurer.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

We hear that Mr.. Chas. A. Iycrly
was to have left last night to so to
New Orleans and connect himself with
IA large business house. He is recng-
nized here rs an accomplished and
sound business man, and we have no
doubt, he will be valuable acquisition
to the house he il to connect himself
with.-Mcridian Mercury.
Captain Lyerly, we understand, is
to become partner in the great house
of JnO. p. Richardson. He will carry
to it ripe business experience and n
host of friends.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

The Grant succession is put off till
1884. Now, if the solid South wants
to save the Republic and squelch the
approaching monarchy, let her wheel
around and fight for Grants nomina-
ton and election to the Presidency of
1884. That's all that is necessary to
turn a million or two of Northern
f1unkies against him.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13


and use the word with the full un-
derstanding Of its mcaniug-genius ::
for no man, as he did in Chicago and
Boston, could play such parts as
Richard, RcheliGu, Shylock, Ham ct
for the first time and create the i'm
preston he created unless he p0sess-
ed that spark of dramatic genius
which was found in thr Garricks, the
Keenes the Kemblcs, the Booths.
That he vet wants the complete finish
to place his Efforts in the first rank of
artistic emdeavOrs / grant, but that
now he possesses that magnetic power
which sWavs the multitude to n degree
possessed by no living American actor,
! | readily admit. He holds an audi
ence in the leash Of his powers he
compels sympathy, and his greatness
! forces instant recognition from the
| letlercd as well as Ihe unlettered.
was rather amused to rend the other
/ day in lengthy editorial upon Krene
in | think an Indiunapolis paper in
which the writer, after discussing his
merits and frankly admitting his
legitimate right to all the eulogy he
had received, found fault with him
for appearing as Richard Hamlet,
I
keene to get something new. fthe
writer will kind furnish him with an
other set of such characters have not
the slightest doubt but that Mr..
Keenc will accommodate him. Shak-
speares, however, are not born every
day. These are he roles which since
they We're created have stamped an
actors greatness, and these are the
roles which, when rightly interpret
ed, never fail in their appeal to the
human heart; for they are made of
the fibre, the elemental principles of
humanity. And when any writer
says that these characters have be
come too familiar to play-gocrs he is
mistaken. They interest, and will
always interest, as long rs human
nature is us it is, when they are prop
Thomas w. Keene's Richard has
been widely discussed, and need not
enter into an analysis of his acting:
but | will say that it is role that
taxes to the utmost the bowers of Am
actor, ana he who can ill the critics
ideal Of the part may indeed be ac-
counted great. The proof OF this is
found in the fact that few actors have
mark as Richard. The name of Ed
mund keene, the elder Booth Henry
Irving, Barry Sullivan among these
who have tried it have achieved
reputation. The greatest of them all
was the elder Kcene. The younger
Kecne (as Thomas w. has been al
ready entitledJ is As near as | can
gather, the best exponent of the part
since his time He certainly is head
and shoulders above anything we
have seen in our time. He differs
from the conventional Richard in be-
ing much more terrible and much
more tragic. The countenance which
he assumes as he sweeps on in his
course, is appallino i'm
intensity and denotes an actual
hunger after guilt | have seen all
the Richie ieus and | can safely say
that his rendition Of the powerful
fourth act is, not executing Barrett. the
grandest effort ever saw. The
subtlety of his treatment of the earlier
acts is no less marvellous. When YOU
have an actor who has in IA high de-
gree the polish of finessc, magnetic
Orce and tragic power combined with
4 lofty imagination and Il ripe intelli-
renee, YOU can have n D,rftrt Richie
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

HONEST JOHN SHERMAN can be per-
suaded to take Garfield's new Sena-
torial shoes merely to relieve the
President elect of embarrassment in
the formation of his cabinet. How
considerate is John.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

The Independents are O'RieIy, OF
New York; FELTON, and Speer, of Geor-
gia; Stephenson, of Illinois; and Saw,
yer of Missouri; all of whom except
the two from Georgia, have voted
on all vital questions, with the Demo-
Gratis.
Ofthc Greenbackers, Ladd, of Maine,
is regarded as Il thorough-going DEM
ocrat even to the extent of leadership
in the party.
TIE FORTY-SEVENTm CONGRESS-.
AS far as can be asccrtained at this
time the Congress that comes in on
the 4lh of March, 1881, will be consti-
tuted as follows:
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

AGNES ROBERTSON Mrs. Bourcicalt)
says of Irving, the London actor {:
"He has taken Shakespeare off the
pedestal, and makes him comprehend
ed. He doesn't act Shakespeare on
stills. He has ignored the old Kem-
bic school, and gives us colloquial
readings of the lines of the master
mind. Irving has mannerism, but
I think him the greatest of all TRACE
dians.u
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

If General Grant has half the sense
with which he is credited, he must be
penetrated and percolated with pro-
found contempt for the million or so
of toadies who are prone in the dust to
pay HOMAGE at his Shrine.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

WE suppose the Radicals will let up
on Philip now. 1t will do no good to
prove him a forger or Garfield q per-
jurer. That latter has been done too
much already by the pious Rads.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

HAD New York City given the same
majority to Hancock that she gave to
Tilden, he would have carried New
York State and been elected. For the
discrepancy Mr.. John Kelly is re-
Sn0nSihln
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

The Greenback party in the House
of Representatives has dwindled down
to Murch not Much, as some of our
facetious contemporaries have it. He
halls from Scion Chase's State.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

1T makes no difference whether
Morey ever lived, or whether Burling-
anne ever made treaty with China
or not. From Californian stand
point it is call the same.n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

IIIE pooreset President the United
States ever had was Grant He is n
standing menace to the stability and
perpetuity of of the Republic.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

Possibly Boss Kelly will not have
the power to defeat the next Demo-
cratic candidate for President bv
treachcry.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

The Friars Point Gazette has en-
larged itself to II 7 column ouarto
ana is now one Of the biggest and
handsomest papers in the State.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

WE are not so well satisfied after all
that Senator Blaine "throttled i'm
perlalism" at Chicago. 1t looks now
as If he only scotched il for about four
NoarS
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

The following tables are compiled
from the latest and most reliable data
at hand up to the hour of going to
press
PRESENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
New Jersey is true to her promise,

helly is still master of Tammany
Now let Tammany have a rest from
the control of the city.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
THE YOUNGER KEENE.
FROM THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE
PUBLIC AND THE OPINIONS
OF THE PRESS


A FURORE OVER HIS EFFORTS UNENAM-
PIED IN AMERICAN STAGE HISTORY.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

The sale Of ''gOldn bricks, made
principally of brass, is brisk in the
West. One corner is pure gold, and
from that is clipped the sample Ia lie
essayed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

Oranges are ripe enough at Pasca-
goula TO ship, but the prices being so
low few of the people have as vet
made any shipments.
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NO. contains ready made Clothing for young men
An elegant stock selected with special Tepo,l
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No. contains boys suits cut in variety of stvlos
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No. contains full stock of mems and boys Fur
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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REAL ESTATE AGtRT.

DFRSONS WISHING TO SELL, RENT, or
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I win give special attention to business before
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of Land Business solicited. -
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80 safvi JACKSON. MISS.