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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

JAS A. Bickham, son of Mr.. S.
Bickham, of Pike county, Miss,
was shot and killed by Thomas B.
Rogers, at Mariana, Ark, last
week, while resenting an insult to
. young lady.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

The favorite schooner, F. NJ.
Pippo. got away this week with 81
bales of cotton, $50 barrels of sand.
2l barrels of tar, Z hides aud sun
dries,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

The two Independents" in the
United States Senate, David Davis,
of Illinois, and W. Malone, OF Vir-
einia, now hold the balance OF pow
or. They wee both elected as In
dependent Democrats.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

Tue dome Of the West Point Oh.
servatory is to be made Of paper.
It will be the largest illegal cap" in
this country. No foolscap will be
used.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

Jack McCanI, colored. fell from
o cotton wagon. one day this week
and broke his knee cap, bDr, Ran
dolph, who attended him, informs
us that the injury is q very bad one,
and will probably couine him to
the house for several weeks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

New Orleans is flooded with
genuine hoodlums and counterfsit
money.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

II the doctor tells you that your
child is probably suffering from q
painful sensation. in the fright ex-
tsrnal auditory meatus" you
needn't be at all alarmed. It's
nothing but the ear-ache.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

A young lady now goes out walking,
With one red and one yellow stocking
It makes people smysle,
But Is that is the stysle.
She don't care o cent for their talcklng
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

The United States Senate, now
in session, is politically divided as
follows: Democrats, 81; Republi-
cans, 81; Independents, 2.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

By the report Of tie Census Blu
resn, it is discovered that Louisiana
has 4O74 square miles, or 2,607, 800
acres Of land more than are soored.
tied to the State by the United
States Land Office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15

There was young lady named Blaque,
Who thought thst she knew how to msque
Her oomplexian much litfe,
With sweet spirits Of nitre,
But there's where she made mistauue,
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
Higher glaeailoa fev Woman.

In the matter Of education, men
and women should stand upon an
equality. AS our colleges and
universities, and in fact our whole
social system, are at present con-
s,i,u,ed, women are deprived Of
educational advantages that are
freely given to the other sos'
There is no. a single obstacle In
terposed in the way of the boys
but MOUNTAINS OF obstacles are
raised agains. the girls. What the
female sex has won in the way oil
progress and advancement has
been achieved in the face Of The
gravest discopragements. They
have been compelled 10 fight Their
way into medicine and law. and
In iarl, into eysfy walk o! lie,
which, ll,ulnisaa ito last anlas'
meal. The time has come to give
,,.m q fais chance, and when The
| presiden. of so old and venerable
an institution as Columbia Colleg'
advocates the throwing down o
the barriers against them. the da,
of their disen,hraiIment cannot b
far distant.--N. Y. Herald.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

We hope our new Legislature
will do something To cut down the
number of dogs. They are get
ting to swarm like locusts. You
cannot pass along the road but Il
crowd Of poor, raw-boned barking
ours surround you. Let a freed
man have one or two dogs but it
won't do for them TO have two or
three dozen raw-boncd hungry
fellows prowling about the country,
going mad, entering the sheep
fold and devouring innocen, lambs
Dogs destroy every year mil
lions Of sheep; and how much do
they profit the countryi--aboul
forty cents.
The time has already come to
Cut down the number Of dogs.
The country demands it, the poor
bleating sheep murdered and de-
voured by degrees, demand it,
The madman foaming at the mouth
and dying from hydrophobia dc.
mands it. The people cry aloud
for dog law and they must have
il.
II dogs could bc made to keep a,
home, eat the owners sheep and
bite somebody ut home, il would
not be so absolutely necessary to
have such y dog law passed. Blu
nine-tcnths Of the dogs prey upor
the public, and the people hay,
the right to urge the Legislature
to pass law that will protect then
from their depredations.
In a few months our Legisla
turc will assemble, and il is no
too soon to agitate this important
this grave and vital question OF s.
much interest TO every man, wo
4
man and child. sheep and goat il
the whole country. Oh, yes
members Of the Legislature, don
think this question too small no
to think about.-S. II. S,ackhouse
In Jackson Comet.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
4 COUNTY. MIssIssIrr SATURDAY. AUGUST 40. 1891

500 Cul ynuf hesl meIon, frmem
bgf me N the wildWuds
! hate not agmn Visited Salem,
nof have ! been IA Portland
saw Wien IN The hufmef place,
that there WIS M chance fuf wpfk
and The smallpos ls In Portland
ap, as ! wish 10 be hurled In Suuihs
efu soil, | have abstained from
shedding the light N my cmnlc.
nance thcfeabmls. III probably
visit there during the nest week ~
two.
a friend has come IN one We
mel NJ Council lIlnns, and whom
wc parted With In Portland Tie
IL from Iowa, has been travelling
around through several counties,
and now expresses himself as dis
gusted, and will start back to Iowa
Saturday, lie came to buy u
home. Thinks he will try the
South, even II the kuklux be there,
as he has been taught In Iowa, 10
feet high. lie tells me Of some
land he has seen during his sojourn
In Oregon. lie says there are
trees lying upon the ground, 40
crossed and thickly strewn that one
cannot walk over them, and
strangcst Of all, trees, I to s feet
through. growing upon the ones
that have fallen, which latter are
often nine feet through. The seed
drops upon the moss covering the
fallen trees, takes root, in the
moss and then down into the
ground, the roots foot thick and
extending around IS or 20 feet.
There is also a vine maple, the
root Of which runs along the
ground 10 or IS feet and then shoots
up clump Of trees, ranging from
10 to 40 feet high. lie says it is
worth SIoo per acre to clear the
land, and where cleared, is worth
about SIS. Says the principal in
dustry is buttcr-making-can
clear enough land to raise bread |;
IL man owned 100 acres Of such
land, il would take him about I6o
years to get it ready for cultiva-
ton. ! don't believe I'll take up a
claim. The snow about there falls
TO a depth of 20 TO 30 feet. The
mail carrier, who goes through on
snow-shoes, with his little hatchet,
marked the trees on level with
the snow, when the snow melted
off, the mark was found to be 40
feet from the ground. lIow's that
for high' ]. w. SCHMIDT.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
POETRY


...,.a .msi ,aih lfinaeh with fsfhs,
.sl a.alsd Tl,h rIus trees 'ef'l, sIuhi
laE
|p,nnli ii'an Itlha
mus, ap,'l ffmn strife may ealA
.I.s. wIm Mature. aoI,Ie teaching,
.sIA M. me- .md 10 Iifoudef Views
|1h.s humao p''H'hIag'
4 ,oreihlns In tbs silence grand
|. p,sn,c. hoI, and InspIfIns
I,Ise lhe good. and 'haoe' the w.
.l,y strength uniIfins
,v,sh N barnIna yellow sand
.,.ds glare that's never shaded
l,uusgllns weed. on either hand
n ,oilsd and faded
h many Toll, with little cheer,
rhvush heat and sand 'Ill life grows
drav
\, wonder that some souls grow faint,
BON, heart. grow weary
., whsse steps are led along
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
ss'sa u DrInlIar.

! cng friend Of mine was
4" q Unsuitable thirst for
|s.' .Akh had 50 pros,rssed
as vas unable to do any
4. lie was entirely cured
\ Of Hop Bi,,crs, . It al
SsI' aa' burning !hirs. , took
|s;'' = 'ppeiise for liquor, made
asady. and no ha. re-
|ss,s..ss .s0sr and steady man
- VA Two years, and has
~, . N'arn to his cups,
aanheF Of o.heTs ll,aI
cured Of drIaslna b,
In : l'adias r. R, ot
liI.-Times,
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
sgtrs ~ fHr eIy,

FHHNHHHHH tAltFI lfuH
Agc assefis ihal Iron mahuf.etnf.
lha lh that city nets q eioaf pfoat
u ~ 10 tspefion,
There are 1000 sppiicanis nv
The 500 offered by Prof swIn. NJ
The Rochester Observatory. Tor
the first discoyotef u the comet.
The Chinese are coming int,
California as " by organized ex.
eufeion parties. In one day last
week 600 arrived, and the cry Ia
"still they come"
The first international conycn.
tion Of shorthand writer's Of the
United States and Canada ~ill rs.
scmblc at the Palmer House. Chi
cago, on the first day ,of Septcm.
Der.
Chicago's mortuary rcpor, for
the past few weeks has been fear
full There were eighty deaths on
n
Monday, the first instant, and the
health physician attributes the ex-
eessivc fatality in the frs, day of
the week to Sunday pic-nicing.
New York politics are d little
diilnscd just now, and inextricable
complications in the fall elections
are anticipated. There will prob
ably be five State tickets in the
iield--the Democratic, Republi-
can, Prohibition, Grecnback and
Anti-monopoly.
Guiteau has special jailor,
who attends TO him only. No
other person sees or speaks to him,
but as he is fed separately he gets
a little better rations than the
mcsses in prison. He has great
confidence in District Attorney
Corkhill, and may apply to him to
defend him.
The Memphis Cotton Exchange,
through the Board of Directors,
has appointed Messrs. John w.
billiard, r. +. Patterson, IL. Fur
stcnheim, J. w. Fulmer, G. p.
Hunt and ID. p. lIadden to repre-
sent the interests OF Memphis n,
the Atlanta International Cotton
Exposition.
Many towns and villages in
Western Prussia have recently
suffered much from inccndiary
fires. The fact that the inhabitants
are mostly Jews leads to the con-
clusion that the incendiaries are
Jew-haters. Anti-Jewish distur.
Dances have again broken out in
West Prussia and Pomcrania.
St. Louis is to have a "lIotel
Grand that is to cost, 81 ,ooo, 600
The company is organized, the
plan arranged, and it is to go uT
ut once on the corner of Lacledc
and Grand avenues. Nearly tn,
entire stock IL put up by a New
York syndicate. 1t will be III,
largest and finest hotelin America
a Boston merchant nance
Goodnow was recently victimizet
out of $4,000. a man nance
Fuller induced him to snip larg,
quantities OF cotton TO Biddeiord
Me-, to the Pcpperill mills, also t.
buy an interest in the vessel
Neither the ship nor its carg'
have been heard from since clear
ance.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
Ho~f nt#ias,mf t,ts.
HIfatsIs~s iIssassfJ " sight One v,ss
ff'sstsFss ihs mhef 4 wlsfesssps,

Last winter y gentleman living
near LItchdcid, Conn, loet ii.
daughter, sixteen years u nae. on
= sleigh ride, The day was cold,
bat very sunny, On their return
The gifl complained of her eyes,
The trouble grew worse, and final.
y The girl was kept In q dark room
and there remained with no ray ol
w, until u few days ago, when
she experienced u peculiar sensa.
ton which she describes as fol.
lows "It seemed as II my eyes
were running out, or part Of them.
Putting my hand upAo my eyes |
could feel something coming OH,
over my lower eyc-lids which |
took hold Of and pulled out. II
gave me some pain to do so, but
almost Immediately my eyes felt
better. Instead Of a smarting s.cn-
Sation when ] winked, they felt
cool and natural, and it was a
pleasure to wink them. Then
came the thought, why my eyes
are better, and ! believe | could
bear the light Which thought
was so impressed upon my mind
that | was determined to try. IIesi-
tatingly ! opened the door, when
to my great joy found | was able
to bear the light as well as | ever
could. The feeling that came over
me at the moment that found out
that ] could once more leave the
dark, dismal room and see the
glorious sunlight again was so
overpowcring that | gave one
scream for JOY and then tainted
away
Now comes the strangcst part
of the story. Six months ago the
girls eyes were straight and nat
ural ; now the girl is cross-eyed,
but she pays no attention to that.
She sees things just the same as
she always did, but let her close
her right eye and look out Of only
her left eye, and she can see dis
tancc of eight or ten miles, and
distinguish things as well as an or
binary person can only sixty rods
away. She is able to look clear
to the lake, distance OF three and
a half miles, and identity any one,
describing their dress even. The
distant hills are brought close to
her, and she can see the farmers
getting in their hay, even counting
the number of heaps, which, in an
air line are seven miles from her.
To test her, a iield-glass was used,
and her sight would far out-reach
any object that could De seen with
the glass.
Ii she closes her leit eye and
looks out of her right, then she
cannot see anything except close
to her /; but that eye Is a perfect
microscope. She is able to dis
tinguish things that the natural eye
cannot see. The point of a needle
looks as blunt as a crowbar, and
il is wonderful TO hear her describe
the beautiful colors Of flies ant
other insects. To her the hairs or
u persons head look as large a'
darning-needles, and in the fines
linen she can count the threads Al
easily as any one can count bean
poles. The moment she open:
both eyes they assume the cross
eyed expression or shape, and ,her
she sees again as any other. per
son. II Is the intention Of heI
father to take her TO New York a
no dismt day to let some Of TN
celebrated physicians see this won
derfnl phenomenon. The girl her
selfis a very bright, pretty girl
but very timid.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
SOUTHERN NEWS.

knoxville, Tenn, is signing for
cycle club.
eusacola, Fla, has compro-
ed her city debt.
nee factory is to be started in
nam county Fhrila.
he bonded debt Of Louisville,
nmcky, is $S,SI2,ooo.
sksburg has raised $4,000
ards building a cotton factory.
VI ,ht attaches of the Atlanta
POSITION are to be uniformed.
Puring the last month, 1000
Of coal have been sold in
n'gomery, Ala.
he building improvements in
f0n, Ca, since January lst,
e''imated at $500, 900.
be theatre in Montgomery.
with all its sew arrange
Fs will seat 1900 people.
he number Of manufacturing
olshments has increased in
dnorc in the last ten years
'si6io 4,iS5.
be prospect in Virginia e Z
feo IS rather gloomy, and the
Eaa'iOus Of a good yield will
''Sly end in smoke, on accoun,
g weather. IA
s'ness men In Salem, Ala,
confidently of a big fall and
q dade. The receipts of cot
NC expected to amour. to
POO bales.
gentleman from Montpelier
e. has purehcd ISL acres ol
! n Nashville for $1,000, with
1'sa'ion to establish a winery
'a The making ofwine.
'ae Is on exhibition in sayan.
ingenious piece of workman.
hhalarge fac simile OF III,
a-'fns Of Georgia, construct
a''s Of cancelled postag'
] as man living in Florid,
's', 10000 cattle. II,
'aan'y by himself, hat
do with the outer world
his business, and hide
A'y IN tin cans.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

William Shaver, the largest
man in the State, perhaps, died
near this place on the 9th inst. lie
is said to have weighed sac pounds
when last weighed. The colin in
which he was buried measured7 fee,
8 inchos in length. , feet 6 inches
deep, Z feet J inches wide, and i
took $50 feet Of lumber To make II.
Huntingdon Tenn. )Republiean
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

Whom dsaih cnnsos,s 10 lei us
live a long time. II takes success
lively as lsos.age,sa ibvpe we have
loved. d.--Madam Nscker.
With tho world DO not resort to
Injuries, but only to irony and gay
ETY., injury reycl,s, willie, irony
makes one reflect, and gayeiy DIS
arms.--voltairc.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
HUNTSVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE,
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

Manners are tho hypocrisies Of
nations tho hypocrisies are more
OF less perfected.-[Balzac.
Tho chains which cramp us
most are those that weigh on us
least.-[Madame Swetehim.
Heaven has refused genius to
woman, in order to concentrate all
the fire In her hcart.--Rivard.
It is with happiness as with
watchos--the less complicated the
less easily derangcd.--chawfort.
To acquire a few tongues Is the
task Of few years, but to be slo-
ouon, in one Is the labor Of life,
time.
Calumny spreads llle an oii-
spot: wn cndeayoT 10 cleanse II,
but the marx fernains.-ILesp-
! lnassc.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

A mans idolairy Is for an Idea,
a womans is for a person. A
man suffers for a monarchy, a wo-
man lor a king.L-F. W. Robert
son. LII
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

Beware the fury OF patient man.
-lDryden.
A shot that hits is better than a
broadside that misses.
"A q, Memory. thou .ing'.i an endless muse
Through slI the lonely chambers Of the
heart.
The only amaranth flower on
earth is virtue; the only lasting
treasure tnlth.--[Cowpor.
There live. more faith in honssl doubt,
Brlieyc me. than 10 halftho orecds.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

ys:;;I ~: T. s:. !: r: r: &C; c. ::; s::..: s;s x
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
SENSE AND SENTIMENT.

Beware the fury OF a pa'ien, man.
n..I.s.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20
-.5.-.-...-.--.-.----4------
The Memphis 4 Chariesteu Z. 3.
Schedule on aad aAer hay ,a ,s7s -
fellows.
GOING EAST.
Leave Memphis. l-........iI.ys pm
Arrive Grand Junesionl al ).........- sses an
Aiddleton.....-tj)......... aga a.n
Corinfh ..-..-.-(< <)--.....- 400 an
Dccaiur...-".-ll.-....- 6;ig am
Stevenson. ....(6 .......- s:sg pm
Chastaaoosa...ts s)-..--.- SOC pm
TO THE EAST
Close eonssction 10 msds q chasfanoora
and al Eastern and Soutisssn sisiss. !
Round Trip Tickets
springs asd Pleasure Resorts
CAST TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA
TO TIL: EAST
CAST TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA

On sale =, Memphis shs following reduced
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-08-20

|.'s a man living in Florida
ms 10000 cattle. lie
q. 'aan'y BY himself, has
S,ua DO with the outer world,
h' business, and hides
''y IN tin cans.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-04

THE SUNDAY LAW.

The propriety Of a Sunday law has
often been discussed in the various States
Of the Union, and is now a very impor-
taut question in California. The law has
been enacted there, tested in the courts.
and declared to be constitutional. Still
the expediency of such a statute is by
no means settled as a matter OF pubic
policy. The limits Of governmental re-
striction on the one hand and of personal
privilege on the other are not accurately
marked in the United States, and 1T is
not likely that they will ever be precise
" determined. conspicuous feature IN
both our State and Federal Constitutions
ia the reservation to individuals of every
latitude compatible with the ends OF
good government as so defined IN the
minds Of an absolutely free people. The
source of legislation with us who keep
Church and State radically asunder, IS
not in morality; that is, it is not found
in the kind of morality which readily
blends with and is not easily disting-
uished from religion. The idea at the
base of law-making for a vast cosmopoli-
tan community is that of pure expedi-
ency. Measures, the aim Of which is to
secure the greatest degree of happiness
to the greatest number, logically exclude
any notions that would trench upon
free thought and unhampered private
department. 1t is dangerous to break
down the barriers of personal freedom.
While it may be conceded that a Sunday
law is wholesome, still it is a serious con-
sideration whether by its enforcement
some portions of the community are not
robbed of personal privileges as a sacri-
fee to the many. Whether the Sabbath
should be observed is a mixed question OF
religion and expediency. A restraining
statute grounded in religion is plainly at
variance with the principles of our funda-
mental law. The courts must, OF course,
have decided the Sunday law valid on
grounds Of expediency, or, as the lawyers
would say. "public policy" Yet, after
all, the Judges have said to show the va
lidity of the law and the expediency of
the measure as good public policy. there
remains among the people, to a great ex-
tent, a sense Of invaded personal free
dom. The argument for the Sunday law
carried to its extreme legitimate conclu-
sion would bring us back to the blue
laws of Connecticut, to the CHASTITY code
of the Puritans, who punished a boy
with stripes for whistling on the Lords
Day." and who conscientiously hanged
the unfortunate who called upon the
name Of God in vain.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-04
rHE TARIFF.

The tariff question in the United
States has been so complicated with the
growth Of conflicting business interests
that 1t Is at once a National and q local
question. The attempts made to discuss
1t in newspaper paragraphs is idle and
improbable. The solution of the same
problem when it was comparatively easy
to handle engrossed the intellectual ener-
gies Of Clay and Calhoun. who could not
solve it with any degree of satisfaction to
the people at large. Now the cross
questions of political economy involved
render the subject more difficult to
deal with. That it must be dealt with,
however, is unavoidably necessary. 1t
is presumed that the brightest financial
heads in Congress with whom such affairs
have been a special study will be selected
to work upon the knotty problem. The
people will expect valuable results from
their labors. Whether they are to be
disappointed in their expectations OF light
on the subject remains to be seen. If
thew are not informed. their votes at the
next general election will be blindly
cast. But whether they cast their bal
intelligently or otherwise, it is not
unlikely that they will determine in the
election of 1884 something with regard
30 the future policy Of the Government
by expressing definitely their sentiment
free trade or for q protective tariff.