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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

A young farmer living in New
Scotland, near Albany, N. Y, left his
fathers house last Wednesday after
noon, walked up the road about a
quarter Of mile and cut his throat
with a razor. He also made a cash
across his right wrist, the cut being
deep enough to sever the tendons and
lay bare the main artery. Then he
placed pistol to his head and fired,
the ball entering just above the left
ear. He also shot himself in the
right side under the sixth rib, and
then fired another shot, the ball enter
ing the left side under the fifth rib.
With blood streaming from all these
CHASTITY wounds he walked to his
fathers house and presented himself to
the affrighted members of the family.
When the shot was fired into the
head the muzzle of the pistol was held
so close that the hair was burned off.
The mans clothing was set on fire
from the powder, and when he reached
home his shirt was in blaze, and the
first thing the family did was to
throw pail of water over him to put
out the fire. Leader.
Now what we want to know about
this desperate young man is, whether
the doctors got chance to set in on
him too; if they did, it may be taken
for granted that he is out of his mis-
cry. A man can't stand everything.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03
A STRONG MAN.

The Brandon Republican speaking
of Capt. Thos. H. Woods, of Meridian,
observes: ave don't know whether
Capt. Woods wants Singleton's place
or not, but we do know that he is
admirably qualified for the position,
and very popular with the people f
East Mississippi. If he wishes the
position he can go into the convention
with solid delegation from the East
ern counties"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

and answered. The doors of misery were
closed in many homes, and those of hope
were opened.
These, my brethren, are plain presenta-
tions of accomplished facts, in which we
have all been called to bear our parts. This
lodge has borne its proportionate share of
the work and burdens of any that were i'm
posed. We feel and know that we are do
ing good work, and that we have a still
greater to perform.
We are banded together in the bonds of
brotherhood, and the links which bind us
are our wives and children, our mothers
and sisters. Then, too, our influence is
national. The boysin blue and the boys in
gray have enlisted in "A common cause.
From the bleak and sunless hills of Maine.
to the fertile sunny valleys of our own be-
loved State, from the historic Potomac to
the gold strewn banks Of the Sacramento,
we greet each other as brothers. The
laurel of the blue and the willow of the
gray have been woven into chaplets of un-
dying, imperishable fraternity, to deck the
brow of every true Knight.
"Mutual Aid' is our motto and with
this emblazoned on our banners, panopIied
only in the armor of truth. armed only
with the weapons of charity, we are
onward, an irresistible army, to
do battle in the cause of humanity.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

WE have heard one good report
about Grant at last. When boy,
Gen. Brisban relates, that he once
thrashed big cousin from Canada
for speaking disrespectfully of George
Washington. The young Ulysses not
only thrashed him, but obliged him
to promise that he would never again
mention Washington save with pro-
found respect.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

KELLOGG, of Louisiana, and Wash
burn, of Minnesota, are in hot water
both having been carried through the
ordeal of full Investigation, and il
being fully proved that the first gotinto
the United States Senate, and the Sec
ond into the House of Representatives
by bribery and corruption. Thus the
roosters are coming home to roost, and
both branches of our national Legis-
lature are being purged of corruption
lists and bribers.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

Hancock in personal appearance is
tall, well formed, and very handsome.
His height cannot be less than six feet
two inches, and he weighs fully two
hundred and forty pounds. General
Hancock had two children, Russell
Hancock and Ann Elizabeth Hancock.
The latter died in New York, of ty-
pnoid fever, when 1Syears of age. She
was a young lady of great promise.
Russell Hancock, the Generals only
son, is living and is a planter in Miss
issippi. Among Gen. HancOck's class
mates at west Point were U. S. Grant,
George b. Mcclellan, J. F. Reynolds,
] i. Reno, Burnside, franklin, and
w. +. Smith.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

Sir knights and ladies' fair
VINO here have met to grace
| This festive scene tonight,
And show each smiling face.
Welcome and greeting we extend,
With wishes warm and true,
May happiness your steps attend
And pleasures ever new.
We meet to celebrate this eve,
An order of bygone age
We symbols of the past retrieve,
May their deeds or souls engage
Morning DER the mountains stealing,
Softly as the blush of love,
All its wealth of light revealing
Asa dream from Heaven above,
Is not more welcome to the watcher
After midnights doubt and gloom,
Than this Phoenix, rising softly
From long centuries silent tomb.
Brave and true, and tried and loving,
We're those knights of long ago,
All the noblest deeds approving,
All the weakest to forcgo.
All those brave young knights have vanished
AS the morning wreaths of mist
Or the dew upon the rose-leaf
Which the noon-day sun hath kissed.
l waken from the vision,
And the dreaming Of those days,
To this order, new and olden,
Old in name, but new in ways
Are these the knights We oft have dreampt of,
Recalled as spirits from the past
see 20 swords, no pumes aud bucklrs;
All the vision fadeth fast.
The days of chivalry are Ger,
And knighthood now an empty sound,
y, can ye not recall once more
It's phantom CORY from the ground?
Where are the deeds Of ancient fame?
Where rust the swords of valiant steel
Is't but the echo OF name?
Sir Knights bid you kneel
kneel we dub you knights afresl,
Rise, and let thy knghthood true,
Shine as the mornings radiant star
From ont its heaven of blue.
To ladies and thyselyes be trne,
To love, to home, to Heaven;
Thus it was in days of old
Such trust to knights was given.
Well they kept those sacred VOWS
Breathed at the alter-stone,
In those old ancestral aisles,
Now dim with years or gone
Gone, as those brave young knights have gone,
Down into the dust of ages past,
But mem'ry OF thei deeds live on
Scribe them on your banners fast
Woman, love, and home and Heaven,
Watchwords Of the true and brave;
10 each the sacred pledge is given,
To shield the right, the weak to save
Let but one cherished love
Nestle within your souls deep cell.
As dew-drops in Il woodland cove,
Love wisely and l0ve WeH
ARCH Is, 1880.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

THE Okolona States has advanced
far enough into the 10th century to
quote from a speech delivered by Jno.
C. Calhoun in the Senate, March Is,
1888. This is some relief from the
long dwell of the States upon the res
olutions of '9S-99, and we consider it
great advance forward on the part of
that paper,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

Col. A. J. FRANTz and Capt. B. F.
Jones are in luck. Both have been
elevated to the dignity of Census
Enumerator for their respective coun-
ties, and we consider the country for
tunate in having such enumerators.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

CITY Controller Leggett and Assis-
tant City Treasurer Leeds, of Eliza
beth, N. J. convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the city, were sentenced on
March q, to seven years imprison-
ment and $25OO fine, and Leeds to four
years. imprisonment and $1,000 fine.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

PETROLEUM has been discovered
near Birmingham Ala. The people
of that section are jubilant over the
find. The we'll discovered is running
at the rate Of ninety barrels per day.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

Two colored men were ordered to
be summoned for jury duty in the
hustings court, at Richmond, Va,
last week. These are the first negro
jurors in Virginia, except those serv-
ing in United States Courts.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03


NEITHER the Jackson ring nor the
onslaught on Governor Stone could
save the Lauderdale Review from
going up a spout. 1t has pegged
out. And let us have peace.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

THE Iowa Constitution prohibits
colored men from becoming members
of the Legislature. And yet Iowa is
about the most intensely Republican
State in the American Union.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

A facecious candidate for Mayor has the
following card in Houston paper: son
account of the mud in our streets, and ex-
pected arrival of Gen. Grant, withdraw
my name from the canvass as Mayor
N. O. Times.
He was iustifiable in either Case.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

those papers which have so much
to say about bread-stuff, if they would
do simple justice to the commissary
provisions of Jackson, would tell us
also that "beef's tough
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

PRIZES to the amount of S., 900 will
be awarded to militia companies for
excellence in drill, at the Nashville
(Tenn.) Centennial.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

The Houston (Texas) Post has a
'Chlnaman on its reportorial staff.
Where's Kearney?
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

WHEN a procession breaks out in
San francisco now, they don't call it
a Dennis Kearnival.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

WHAT is the matter with the Oko-
Iona States?- Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
Chronic diarhoea. North American
Review.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

DELIVERED BEFORE THE FIRST ANNI-
VERSARY OF LAKE LODGE KNIGHTS OF
HONOR, MARCH 10, 1880, AND PUBLISH
ED BY UNANIMOUS REQUEST OF THE
LODGE.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

THE Tupelo Journal and Aberdeen
Weekly are pronounced in favor of J.
M. Allen for Congress.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

MARK TWAIN, as a writer is a brill
liant success, but as lecturer, a bril-
liant failure.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

The citizers of San Antonio, Texas,
wined and dined Ulysses the First, on
March 9th.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

A LADIES' Cooperative Dress Asso-
citation has been organized at Albany,
n. Y, with capital of $3.50. 900.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

PRINCE LEOPOLD youngest son of
Queen Victoria, will visit the United
States next month.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

MORGAN "HIGHGATE" is a clerk in
one OF the departments at Washing
ton.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

An Ohio woman dreamed that she
saw her husband kissing a certain
neighbOr's wife, and she awoke and
struck him across the face and broke
his Lose. Man is nowhere safe.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

MARK TWAIN is worth $500 but
stlll persists in writing books.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

The mule and the hornet are alike
In one respect. They strike from the
rear.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

GEN. GRANT and his excursion
party will visit the Hot Springs about
the middle of the month.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

THERE is no fool like an old fool.u
--Christiancy.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

Capt. H. L. Taylor left on Sunday
for Texas, on visit to his old home
and relatives. He will be gone for
three or four weeks. His many
friends here wish him a pleasant
trip and a safe return. The Captain
was born in Texas, and she never had
a more worthy son.-Yazoo Sentinel.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03
JOHN NJ. sMYLIE,
itll ESTATE AGtNT.

-ipssoSs WISHING TO SELL, RENT. on
ru-1 y, .hase Real Estate will fnd it 10 their in
me. " Oofie>Poha WIN Us IN feieie"oe 3"
. -. sFe special attention 10 business before
4 - r.iie niied States Land Once, Homestead En-
I'M ~ lllai Homestead Proofs, purchase or locate
- n ecrp, or Warrants. Any and all kinds
Nm Business solicited.
|pii- t.lnish Maps, Field Notes, etc Certified
q si....a toe originals for less than they can be
! ~ II mere P. 0. Box 16l,
H JACKSON, MISS.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

The twenty-seventh day of April is
General Grants birthday.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

1t is said only a few locomotives can
make 30 miles an hour.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
ADDRESS OF MAI. w. II. GIBBS,

Origin, History, Growth and Good
Works of the knights of Honor.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03
KNIGHTS or HONOR.

Poem read by Miss Hattie Antley at the Ami
y,ersary ny Banquet Of Lake Lodge, X. of H., March
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-03

o'or which the raven should'hap his funeral wing"
The remains We're placed in the
coffin, no friends or relatives to claim
them, without history, without a
home, he lies buried on the banks of
the Bogue Chitto, where the murmur-
ing wavelets as they flow over its
pebb'y bed, mourn a requiem over the
fate of the murderer. FELIN.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
An Intereatsna Case.
The Washington correspondent of the Thlla
ielnhia n.esA narratea the following

The Washington correspondent " the Phila-
delphia Press narratea the following
There Ia a very interesting case before ono
az the senate committees captain named
Daily. | thtnk, OF Council Rluna. Iowa, aaks
Congress- for pension. lie WAS All officer
upon the staff of Cen, Cutter and was dis
charged after the war. Near Yellow Tavern,
were several skirmishes between the tnnfad-
crate and the linton armies. The rebel Col.
HaEuoi, az South Carolina. was in command
OF the Goufmieratea. having one or two regi-
manta Of men. After n skrmish Capt Daily,
who hal only one company of infantry. or
derei his mon to Kick up y tremendous dust.
which they proceeded to do. while Daily
ruahnd into the rebel camp on horseback aud
demanded the surrender of tho whole com
mand. Without question every man laid down
hia arma and tue gallant captain, attll on
horseback. was aivan the enlnrs. Col- Hagoud
came NJ while Daily was adjusting the tag IN
his hand
What are you doing here ?" demanded the
Colonel
Il am experimenting the capitulation of
this command. said Daily.
"But this command has not capitulated,
urged Hagood.
"But it has" persisted Daily.
ITS Il lie" said Hagooi; II am the only
man who can surrender this CO nmanf. Give
ME back that flag and | will let you return TO
your men,
.'Rnt / will not give UP the flag
"Then | shall shoot you, said Hagood,
who thereupon shot the captain through the
body. IL Is for this wound that Daily claims
a pension. and strange enough, the only tes-
mony he files with his application Is the AFT
davit az Col. Hagood, who swears to the facts
above stated. If Daily docs not get his pen
sion. then there Is, sure enough, no gratitude
In republics.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
IN. Y. Tribune ..

Count Won Moltks lives very simply, hiaf
household afflirs baing managed since hid
wife's death by his sister, Frau Won Burt. His
time Is divided and spent strctly according
10 the rules hs hHs previously laid down for
himself. In dressing gown and little round
cap he enters his study everv morn
Ing Mt ana takes his early cup of coffee and
"a cigar. Hs writes rapidly aud In clear,
firm hand until o. Then he roads his official
letters aud finishes his military toilette. At
II he hears his adiutant's d,tly reports aud
takes his simple luncheon. Fne rest OF the
afternoon il occupied with work In his study,
official military duties and walk, after which
he dimes. His favorlte wine Mt dinner is Mo-
selle. After this meal he takes eDH5s and D
cigar In his study, where the members OF his
family or friends generally find him ready TO
engage In - cheerful conversation oa the top
les of the day. From 10 7 o'clock In tina
evening however, thu Field Marshal Ia again
at his books and papers, writing letters and
finishing up his official work Of the day. Be-
tween and O'Clock he looks mt the evening
papers, AMI at p. IN tea Ia served In the fam
lily circle, after which Count Moltke 10 very
fond Of joining In u rubber at whilst Then,
toward the close of the evening. there 10 o,
little music, and at 10 O'Clock .. III. the Field
Marshal rebires to rest, to rise again ut half
past six for u similar days work on the NOR
row. During the GUNNER months Count
Metke spenis most OF his time on his estate
at Kreisau, near Sch weidntz, In SileSia. In
his park there Is the tomb OF his wife, TO
whom he was greatly attached.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY JANUARY 25 1880

tndlsoriminately cultivated It IA wicked To
close our eyes on evil. the result Of which
daily shoeks than. and give "a an excuse for
g.. doing that Charity thinketh no evil
u this same whte-rubed, celestial nymph
thinks no III, as her nature prompts go much
tho more reason that she should lift 40 her
voice where evil stares her In the face and
declare against such abuse, because. being
merciul, II hehooves her 10 speak for the
children ~ persecution aud 10 shield them.
She must not soil her stainless hands with
the denominations Of hypocrisy, or spread her
immaculate robe over The iair-aeemlng Of Gin,
because that sin seems yeniai and is only
half revealed.
CHARITY, IN he most complete development,
being nearly allied TO Truth. avoids debatahe
ground. and always asks counsel If her bright
strong sister before unfolding the soft palm
shade " her revivin9 presence about the
ct ps If detected vllainy.
Give us Faith and Charity for our guides !
Who shall harm us them
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
"AID YOURSELF. AND GOD WILL
AID YOU"

aid Yourself and God will aid you"
Is a saving that hod
Should hn WRIT u net Ia letters
Wrought Of alver er nf gold
But nuon eur hparts be craven.
A command flOm God IN heaven
'Tia The law Of Him who made YOU
Aid yourself and God will aid you.
All yanraef-w will not labor
All hia wants of lifa 10 gnin
But felial npnn hia neiahbor,
Finds That ha Z lies In vain.
Till YOU'VE done Your utmost, never
Ask q hetptt e hand. nor ever
Let the toiitul m4n unhfaid you
Aid yourself and God will Aid you.
AN ynuraplf-yo know the fAble
OF the wheel sunk In the road:
III w tha carter W N not able
BY hta prayeis 10 move the load
Till, urge NV -ume mnte wise bahnlder.
Bs moved tha wheel with luaty shoulder
DO pour own work your Maker hade you
Aid yourself, aud God VIII aid you.
III Il we'll ~ help 4 brother
0ta sister whan IN ne III.
But believe me. there's another
Motto he,furgutan creed
Better lore ala nEver srlanca
Teach ~ man han i. II r iance
tTia the law " him who M tda you--
aid yourself aud Gud will aid you.
Alb yoursalf ha nDt lkaivv
Olinaitg etill to wal ~ ttes,
That can Only iiar nv striving
FOR airport nmena tugtp.
Rather n tha oar, mNuntatnlnp.
Hart aud hranrhea self su4t aiming:
For the CIR ~ nsk Mnatpr made you
Aid youraelf. aui q Il viii nd you.
E ~. II Waller tn q auall's Magazine.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
Iowa Enoch Arden.
INew York Tribune ]

Enoch Arden has been outdone In Council
Bluffs Iowa Some time prior to the war u
young couple met and loved. After u short
oourtship they were married and lived hap
pity together. When the war broke out the
husband shouldered n musket In defense of
his country. Letters came regularly for u
time and then ceased. Word was sent homo
that he had been taken prisoner, and soon af-
ter the dread news came that he was dead.
The news was considered SO authentic that
the government allowed the widow and her
children pension. After reasonable time
she listened to the peadlngs Of another sutton
and married him. The second husband
proved to be- worthless drunkar1, and she
got divorce on the ground OF intemperance.
Not content with her bad luck she concluded
to mary again, her third being even worse
failure than her second husband After the
third had abandoned his home the first I'M
expeetediy turned up and resumed his re-
sponsibliities.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
Planting "a Teeth.
IN Y. Tribune


Chicago dentist haa recently transferred
a grinder from tho mouth Of aprelty young
lady TO corresponding oritice of stupid
horrid man ot middle age. This man was lu-
willing to wear n plate to support single
tooth, aud the dentist suggested tho trans
planting of n lnoltr from living subject
Five weeks afterwards there presented her
solF young lady whose teeth were too many
for her jaw. She could ont better than she
could talk. One of her teeth was removed.
placed lii glyCerine and kept ut blood heat
until tho other patient could be summoned
and thcn 1t was transferred to his jaw and
tied to the adjacent teeth BY tho third day
the doctor was satisfied. from tho lack Of
inflammation and the freedom from pain,
that the operation would he successful On
the ninth day the ligatnres were removed.
and on the fourteenth the tooth was quite
firm; from that time on IL continued to grow
tirmef In its attachment to the jaw until at
tho end Of ak weeks IL was as usefu. as its
neighboTR. In color and size thu matching
was nearly perfect. The only difference be-
tween the transplanted tooth and the original
one WAS I'm the shape of the roots; that of
the latter was single. while tho former mad n
double root, but tho socket could hardly have
been better filled.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
The PorTa.no. Marbles.

london Examiner. January 81
Thelatest attractions In Berlin are tne Per-
gamos marbles which by piece OF hnesS0
worthy Of the TurtnFe OF nations. has Just
been brought from Asia Minor, and dssposit-
ed In the museum under the care OF Prof..
Curtis. A Prussian engineer, 1t appears.
found traces Of sculpture In certain Old walls
near Pergamos, which the Turks had plaster
ed with mud and lime He informed his
government OF the fact, and they, after due
purchased the wall FOR about
$4,000. A gunboat WAS then quietly sent TO
bring tho works OF art which they eontafnad.
to q German port, while the world Was won
dering why Germany should appear In the
East to intimldlate ple Turks with q vessel
Of war The most remarkable part OF the coll
lection are uptures In relief representing q.
battle OF the gods. and which, 10 is SUPPOSED.
formed part OF u gigantic altar. Owing TO the
fact that tho Turks utlliz ID shess marbles
under covering Of plaster they are In excel
lent e6ervation.