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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-11-05
DEMOCRATS, DO YOUR DUTY.

On Tuesday next the election
comes of. If the democratic Con
Seryatlve party, SAYS the MiSSissip-
pi Central, will but DO its duty vic
tory will be as certain to crown its
efforts With success as The sun rises
aid sets on that day. But to OBJ
tain this so much hoped tor triumph
Of our party there 10 york for each
aud every one to perform. The
time has now come for THAT work.
The victory is within cur grasp if
We will but exert ourselves 10 reach
1t, but if We sit Supinely down, with
folded 0ruls, it will pass from US
and tho prize will be borne off by
the opposition party. The great
danger now is an over-conli lence of
success ana too small an estimate
upon the strength and ability of
the Fusionists. The opposition are
hard at work and will muster their
full force at the polls--thcre will bo
no mistake about this. Then let
every Democrat resolve to do his
duty his whole duty, to carry the
State tor Lowry and the splendid
ticket he is a. the head; not only to
go to the polls yourself but see that
your Democratic nelghbors are
there too, and by so doing great
and glorious triumph will be OBJ.
tanned. 1t can and will be done, if
you butdo your duty.
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During The past fiscal year 473,-
600 acres of public lands in Arkan
saS have been disposed of by the
United States government under
the homestead, timber, culture and
other acts. AS compared to the
fcal year Of 1880, the number of
acres disposed of during 1881 in
the Southern States, was larger BY
over $4,000.
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The New Orleans Times has the
following: "Confederate bonds have
been enrolled regularly upon the
list of marketable securities at the
Stock Exchange in this city. Yes.
terday $3.50 per thousand was bid
for them and $40 asked"
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Dol. J. L, Power acknowledges
the total receipt of $661SO for the
Michigan sufferers. II was con-
tributed principally by Masonic
Lodges throughout the State, n r. 1
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eEarlh has no sorrow
That OFFICE cannot cure"
, 1881-01-08
She was Speedy.

Stranger said the the stage driver,
This is how | found out her speed
was driving alongside the railroad track
lust as big load of hotel furniture started
The freight car wouldn't hold it all, but
they managed t: squeeze everything in
except long bar mirror, which they tied
to the side of the car. The mare saw her
reflection in the glass and thought it was
another korse spurtins for the lead. Yon
couldn't have held her back with steam
windiass She Just laid back her ears and
snorted along like twenty she'll
The passengers all began to get excited.
They rushed out Oh the platforms and be-
gan to make bets. The conductor stood
up on a seat and began 10 sell pools. The
engineer pulled the throttle valve wide
open and tore along at ninety five miles
an hour. Soon the mare was abreas. Of
the cogcatcher At San Bruno we had
half the lead Near the SIX Mile house
the train Was 50 much ahead Of time that
it fell through an op, II draw and everlast-
insly smashed up-12 kill d and 100
wounded. 1t vas pretty rough Oh the
passengers, but then We distanced that
train. bet y~r Ii Abou; month after
sold that mare IL her present owner for
$50. COO
, 1881-01-08
The Probable Consequence.

If the Gladstonean administration were
now To 90 out of power and Lord Beaeons-
field should again assume the government,
what would be more probable than that
he should offer to Ireland Ill she asks and
to educat, his party ap 10 this concession
as he educated them up to CONSERVING to
his household suffrage bill Let one read
again DisraeHs - Sybl, and ponder over
the exposition there set forth as to the
duty of the sovereign to the people, and
the evils which have arisen from the IL
terposition Of the mobiles between the SOY
ereign and the people. Then let him re-
member that Beaconsfield has been spend
ins some days in close companionshiP with
the Queen, and that he is one Of the most
fascinating and persuasive Of men IN pr
vate intercourse, ard that the Queen has
entertained for him the highest adInira-
ton ever since he made her empress OF
India. 1t is not improbable that within
the next few months many startling events
Will happen in England and in Ireland
, 1881-01-08
Money in Mules

Raising mules for sale is one of the
most profitable, if indeed 1t is not the
most profitable branch of stock breeding
A mule is a very poor Specimen that Will
not sell for Sl25 when its three
wears of age, while twice that sum is Of
ten paid for all active animal of large
size. Firsi-class mules are only raised
from good mayes Many farmers think
that any old, debilitated mare is suitable
to raise mules from. But In this they
are mistaken A good dam as well as 4
good sire is required. Superior mules
Of large size are ir constant demand Al
high prices. They are wanted not only
on farms, but III large t"wns where there
is heavy teamipe To do. They endure
dust, smoke and heat much better than
horses. At present there is a foreign
demand for mults that is Likely TO III
crease. Mules stand sea Voyage much
better than horses
Mule colts are mnch easier to raise than
horse colts. They can be weaned much
earlier and with less trouble. II Is diff
cult to work mare that has a horse colt,
as it will want tn suck every few hours,
but mule colt Will abstain from sucking
five or SIX hours without making trouble.
4 mule of any age is less danny about
its food than a horse, Ii will make a
good meal on fodder that will he rejected
by any domestic animal except goat.
1t has surprising endurance and vitality
If well fed it will set along very comfort
able with no shelter except during severe
storms The cost of raising mule is 80
per cent less than thar Of raising horse
and it will ordinarily bring more money.
Some Of Of the most prosperous Sec
tion Of the country are these In which rails
lug mules is a leading business among
farmers.
, 1881-01-08
Wealth of Nations.

We stand near the head Of the list
.hird # all .he western nations. The
United Kingdom # Great Britain and
ireland heads the LIST with capital valu-
alton Of SA, 400, 900, 900; then comes
France with $50. .7O0, 900, 900, the United
States With So, ,OOO, ,0G0 900, Germany
with s23, 600, 900, 800, Russia SI5, 900, 900,
600: and the Low Countries with sll l50,
COG, 900 of capital, collectively. These
are the valuations made by these coun-
tries Of their entire resources. What Is
the average annual income Per inhabi-
tan, In the various countries We come
10 the front in this comparison: The
average annual income IN the United
Kingdom is slG5: III the United States
SlG5 also; in the Lower Countries, $3.50;
in France, 1925; in the British Colonies,
so; in Germany and ais" IN Scandinavia
SO. Ia tins reckoning Russia with her
ninety millions Of pe"ple; : out Of sigh'
rs y-t; she will not he very long
, 1881-01-08
The Geological Report.

One Of the most interesting reports
given out this season, is that Of Hon.
Clarence King, Director of the United
States Geological Surveys Some of the
seclcg;sts have forwarded reports upon
which observations have been made,
among which appears 4 statement Of Mr.
S. F. Emmoas, IN charge Of lie Rocky
Mountain Division. He treats S: length
upon the almost uncxampled growth Of
Ltadrille, which sprang from Compare
lively unknown mining camp to great
mining centre, second enly to the Com
stock Lode
Mr. Emmons saws that the position Of
Leadville Is one which presents many
difficulties IN the way of Se"lrs'c1l re
search. He adds that the question u
the Irohable extent and pevn.anence "f
the l.eadyIlle ore i somewhat uncertain
owiHg to the complicated character of
of the geology OF the region. Mr.. u N
Gilbert, geoloslst of that division Of the
great BIsin. submits en- interesting re-
port on Lake Bonneville, the great an
cient lake OF Utah, presenting facts reiat
ing to the appearance and disappearance
of it. waters. He also gives attention to
the recent changes of the the salt lakes
OF Utah, and number of local maps OF
each have been prepared
Reports are submitted from SeoloSists
in charge OF other divisions, but none
more interesting than the one OF Com
stock Lode. This report shows that up
To January ls., 1880, the Comstock had
yielded in twenty years about S3so, 600,
900, worth Of bnllion The total length
Of shafts AID galleries is about 2o0 miles
The number Of men employed N the
mines in 1880, was $500, having average
wages at four dollars per day; at the
same date $40 men were working IN the
amalsamation mills.
Regarding the cost of geological sur
vey. if organized upon a permanent basis,
with its jurisdiction extended over the
United States. there could be no appre-
preLension Of the necessity for an eXtrav-
asant amount. Five hundred thousand
dollars year, a sum for long time ap-
propriated for coast and geodetle sur
veys. will be sufficient to carry on all
the wsrk which is either necessary or de
sirahle over the whole United States
, 1881-01-08
Condition of American Shipping.

The ofiicisl report Of the Chief ii the
Bureau of Statistics sh VS. in very intel
iirent form the lamenta5!e condition ci
American shipping. Briefly 1T appears
from Mr.. Nimmos figures that while our
exports and imports in foreign bottoms
are of nearly nine times as great value
this Year as III 1886, the exports and I'M
ports in American bottoms are not much
more than half as great this year as
in 1856. With All enormously great IN
crease Of oar products exported and an
increase III our population from thirty 10
fifty millions in the last twenty years, the
tonnage Of American vessels engaged IN
the foreign trade has fallen of from tao
and third million tons IN 1850 to one
and third miIli"n tons IN the present
wear. Only twehty-three ships, barks
and sailing vessels were built lii the
United States durinc the current year.
And durin: the last five years, III which
Great Britain has built 800 900 tons OF
iron ships; we have built oriy 100 900, a
disparity so great that it would seem to
deserve the attention uf American states
men, If any such there are. Since 1896
Il ere has been 4 large increase IN the for
e;gn Tonnage entered at American ports
even that OF nations which We should call
obscure and considerable decrease in
American tonnage alone. British ton
maze entered at United States ports has
increased IN that period nearly 1890, 900
tons
, 1881-01-08
More History Reconstructed.

Unless the whole fra ernity of historians
is promptly suppressed history Itself will
lie dry enosi.h TO repel all investigators
but s.atisticians and goats. The charac-
ter of Pucahontas has been smircbed with
ink, George Washington little hatchet is
pronounced a myth, The Skeleton in
Armor," fourd under the STONE tower at
Newport, is said by some sceptics 20 be as
untrue to sample as the great stone giant,
and now the late lamcnte,i Captain Cook
is having his Iaurels torn off at a rate that,
could he know what is gong on, would
make the great explorer wish he never had
lived at all. As man who circumnay:-
gated the globe before the days of Steam,
and while ship supplies could not be pnr-
chased in assortment at every out Of the
way port in the world, the Captain has
certain reputation, but his name is most
effectively kept alive through successive
generations of young students by the story
that he was killed and eaten by the Sand
wich Islanders. Bot now cones histo-
rian Of Honoiula and declares that the
Captain was not eaten at all. 1t IS ad-
united, probably crudgmgly, that he Was
killed and dissected, according to native
custom, and his heart was hung on tree
to dry; from thence it was stolen and
eaten by a hungry native who mistook it
shades Of the mighty. arise and avense the
insult mistook It for the heart of a
pig, Not content with thus demoll>h-
ing ole of the most conspicuous land-
marks # modern history as compreheEded
by the young the historian goes oh IN
cold blootle.l way and even denies that the
islanders were eannibals at all In the
face Of such heart -sicksning iconociasm
the public can do little more than wrI'hIns
its hands hopelessly and determine to keep
It's eyes shut in the future and embrac ITS
few remaining darlinss mere tightly
, 1881-01-08
Always At Work.

During the current Year, II response 20
requests for information received frcn
every state in the Union, We have mailed
over one thousand c"p.es OF the WEEKLY
SrarESNaS withou, receiving a cent Of
remuneration therefor. We have gone 70
all this trouble and expense for the good
of the country, and eXpec; the good seed
thus cast upon the wat rs 10 return 10 US
eventually, bearing fruit thousand fold
The Constant advertising which our sec
tion has received Is apparent IN the rail
road work which has been accomplished
during the Present year, AMI the large I'M
migration of which EASTERN Washington
has been ,he recipient. Scarcely day
passes tha' W. d. not receive one Ut mere
letters N Iuqnlry IRON parties III distant
states, Nha contemplate migrating here,
many uf whom are men of capital, VINO
desire, II circumstances suI', 10 embark In
various important manufacturing and IN
III tsiI W Ia-d " dAla Nt
ley. The influence OF newspaper IN ad-
vertislDg the resources Ok its section IS In
caleulable, for every week 1t contains mat
tiers OF interest about cur Country which
are eagerly read and discussed abroad by
those who contemplate changing their lot.
When matters OF peculiar interest, such
rs descriptive letters OF varions sections
by Our correspondents, appear, We pub
lisha larger edition OF the WEEKLy STATES
MAN than is usually called for, and mail
the surplus TO distant postofiices for gra-
tuitous distribution, IN order to give rhe
people there some practical idea Of our
country, The local newspaper does III
Innmelisc a,noun; OF auie; work Tor the
good Of It's constituency Of which its read
ers know nothing. Printers ink is the
motive power which moves the world, and
IN supporting the local paper You receive
more than the price Of subscription.
, 1881-01-08
Absence of Mind.
Declared 90 be a sign Of Inctpicht Ri>ease'

II is essential to skill that the muscles
OF the body should work uncpnscIousiy'
but the moment they assert, as IT were,
their independence Of self-conselousness'
and prompt the initiation OF efforts out
side OF what they have been taught, a
diseased condition is begun which We cal
absence OF mind" Such a habit begins
in little things, more generally by an
omission than a commission Thinking
of something else while dressing, part
of the toilet is overlooked, the necstie
is forgotten, the wrong coat IS put on,
and the hair is unkempt. :,
Soon as the habit increases, absurd and
even harmful acts are cOpmltted. Inc
collection Of anecdotes are full OF such
follies. We know of an able Young law
yer who instead of pouring tonic IRON
a bottle on his desk, carefully emptIed
the ink from his inkstand into a spoon
and swallowed IT, Another, an eX-Attor-
ney General OF the United States, went
on fortnight trip to attend an absorbing
legal case. His wife packed half dozen
shirts in his portmanteau, TN his return
there were no shirts visible. Push
ing her inquiries she found that
her husband had regularly clean SHIRT
every other day, but had forgotten to
take off the soiled one, and now returned
wearing the whole half dozen, An au.
thentic anecdote of the great political
economist, Adam Smith, tells US that
when called upon TO sign contract, IN
stead Of writing his own name he made
an elaborate imitation OF the signature
of the other party which had already
been affixed.
Such incidents tend II dcprecitte 4
man, though perhaps unJustly, IN the
opinion Of those with whom he does bus
mess. They become also grave annoy
ance to the individual himself. In
sense they are men'al weaknesses, which
pushed to a certain degree, pass INTO men
tai diseases Senility and infani.y are
not unfrequently marked by automatic
actions, carried ont without the will or
CONSCIOUSNESS Of the doer. The absent
minded one, like the sleep-walker, per-
forms actions without the knowledge OF
them, and negIects duties which are
pressing.
Justly, therefore, it is a source of anxi-
ETY. with every thoughtful person when
he finds himself falling into this bad
mental habit 1t IL usually gradual IN
its onset, stealing over one i'll moments OF
intense occupation. Unlike other mental
weaknesses it is not the fne of the idle
man SO much as the busy one Yet the
habits of revere and day dreaming may
also bring it about Those who feel this
habit creeping over them viii do well TO
make an early aud special effort To resist
it 1t can be conquered by a habit of
attention, and by self-chiGins when the
mind yields to it-.Meaicd and Surgical
RannIJr.
, 1881-01-08
The SQUARE MAN.-The square man

The SQUARE MAN-The square man
mezzures the same each way, and haint
got no uainny edges nor shaky lsmber IN
him. II. is free from knots and sap, and
went warp. Heisklears.uf, and don't care
what yu work him up into he wont swell,
and he wont shrink He IL amungst mel
wha. good kildried boards are amung car
pentcrs, he wont season krack- 1t don't
make emmy difference which side ov him
VI cum up to, he IL the same bigness each
way, and the only way tew get get at hun,
enhy how, IL to face HIM. He knows he
z square, and never spends eHny time
trieing 10 prove IT, The square man IL
one ov the best shaped men the world has
ever produ ed, he IL one oy them kind ov
chunks that can't alter ten fit spot, but
you must alter the spot t~w fit him, -Joas
BiUiHIs
, 1881-01-08
The Father of Advertisers.

The lates. recorded failure IN England
is the bankruptcy Of John j. Mechil
the well known agricnlturist and razor
strop maker, with liahili,i at Sl3, 900.
Mr. Mrchi was at one time the most ex-
tensive advertiser in England Every
available means Of advertising was util-
lied to proclaim 10 the world the merits
Of Mechi's magic razor strop, and by
dint of persistence in this course his name
became household word in that country,
and WAS the means through which he
arnassed large fortune Mr. Mechi may
be ,ruthfully called the father Of exten-
sive and systematic advertising. His
" model farm at Tiptree Heath III Essex,
Of which 50 much has been written by
American farming journals, was started
originally as business proposition, on
the basis that high farming" pays !;
but although Mr.. Mechi was, theoretically,
a high grade farmer, and his researches in
agriculture remarkable for prufundity,
ike many other retired merchants, he
failed to realize any coin ont Of his invest
ments in fancy farming. Mr. Meoli, who
is now 50 years Old, has held the offices Of
sheriff and aldermen of the city of London
and has twice run for parliament.
, 1881-01-08

The prof ct OF tunnelli,g the English
Channel is, it seems. being vigorously
pushed The company which for soine
years has been experimenting IN this di-
rection has now sunk shaft 10 TIE level
at which it is proposed u pierce the tun-
mel, and the iufltera:iJn haring been
checked, there is every hope that the en-
terprise will be carried 10 successful ter
laina.ion- Another shaft IS to he imme-
tiiately sunk for the lowering Of maehin-
ery and materials. Then the experiment
tai company viii BIZ regularly organized
for their grea. undertaking. Already
certain more san2nine spirits not only see
the tunnel conp!eted, but are talking
abaut bridging the channel as well Pres
eutlr, no duaoi, We shal! h.'ar The propo-
sit:on mop,ed t. tunnel tho Atlantic
Su:f, sn OBJECT would seem hardly more
..nsin. now than sas the schein- Of IN
ncear cable. or the Pacific Ralsay shsn
/. was frs: preached.
, 1881-01-08
A New Express Route.

Wells, Fargo e ca. have secured tie
right TO carry the express and estah-
lish agencies along the line of the Atchi-
son. Topeka and SantaFe Railroad This
1--WE them a continuous route to the East,
and it WAS partially upon this business
that Lloyd Tevis, the President 81 the
Company, and J. J. Valentine, Snperin-
tendont, recently went East Over the
c. P. R1ilrra,i, Wells, Fargo & Co ONLY
carry the express matter as far As Ogden,
where il is transferred to the Adams Ex-
press Co, and the direct Southern route
VIII be of great advantage TO the Com
MANY