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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17

JUnoE J. Z. GroEoE len Meridiau.
for Washington City on last Wednes
day morning His term OF Office as
U. S. Senator from Mississippi
begins the 4th Of next March.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17
ERANEnIRKrET ps,,o,..

Hon FERNANDO WooD, Of New
York, died at Hot Springs, Ark, on
the 18th inst
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17


TnE Oxforl Falc u is please q
speak OF Us as "unfriendly to S natol
Lunar" because VIC dil not lgre,
with bin in his vote on The Logai
blu. In this the Falcon does a.
Injustice. We are not "unfriendly'
t. lamar, but on the contrary have
been and are yet one Of the staunches
friends and most ardent admirers
Mr.. Lamar has in the State, but We
do not belong TO the class Of journal
lists, who think every thing be does
is right. We can sometimes sec
faults in our best friends, and oul
friendship for Senator Lamar, and
our great admiration for his wonder
fnl talent, prompts us to wish he had
never voted 10 pl zee the great national
tramp ard beggar upon the army
retired list, and give him $1,000
per annum Of the peoples money fol
nothing. We did not endorse III,
action Of Congress in reference t.
Gen. Shields, because We thought Tho
precedent was a bad one. but VIC bee
permission Of the Falcon 10 say, tn,
cases Of Shields and Grant we're very
different ones, and the fact that thi
former was a Democrat, and the latte
a malignant slanderer Of the South
was the least Of the circumstances
which defined that difference
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17

We have paid itr Schoo. purposes
and distribute |. elsewhere The
character Of the gentlemen having
this matter il charge induces the
MrssEN0rR 70 believe that The
wrong done viii be righied, as far a.
possible but we have cause to fear.
that as the money has been paid over
by The sheriff to the Treasurer, that
official has not the power, even ii be
should possess The inclination, 60
postpone the payment Of such Coun
ty Teachers Warrants, as would alb
serb this fund, until the matter can
be honestly and oquitably adjusted
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17
standIng Committees.

LAW AND JuRisPRuDENoE.-A. II
Barley, John Y. Murray, Oliver
Clifton.
COMPLAINTS AND APrEALs-Fred,
eric Speed, Frank Barkitt II ID
Cameron.
FORnGN CoRREsPONDENoE u. NJ
Howry, j L Power, f. G Niece
FINANCE -Wm. French, + Geo.
DeLap, r. @. Patty.
The next Annual Grand Communi.
cation Of the Grand Lodge will be
held in Jackson on the 2nd Wednes-
DAWN February, 1882 The Grand
Ch0pter will meet at the same place
on Monday pre- ling the meeting
of tho Grand T.odpe.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17

NIIIttt IVI VIC yHaNIHs JVHI
John F. Mccormick, G NJ.
G Y Freeman, s. g W.
p. III Slavery, J. G W.
Irwin Miller, Grand Chaplain.
John NJ. Ware, G L.
A P. Barry, Grand Treasurer.
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary
j. w. Norris, s. G D.
A. J. Baker, j. 6 b.
S. c. Conley, Grand Marshal
L G. Pape, G. S. B.
w. d Davidson G P.
Jacob PEBBLES, G Tyler.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17

THEgAsONnCG GRAND BODIES
we're in session last week. The
meetings we're largely attended and
we're as harmonious and pleasant as
any we have ever Witnessed.
The Grand chapter.
closed Its labors on Tuesday even
irg after the installation Of the newly
elected officers, whose names and
rank are as followsi
Frederic Speed, @ Il p.
Wm Richards, ID. o Il P.
B r Kimbrough, Grand King
G Y. Freeman, Grand Scribe.
Rev. j II. Alexander, G Chaplain
John T. Buck, Grand Lecturer
A. P. Barry, Grand Treasurer.
J. /. Power, Grand Secretary.
j. W. Patty, @ @ Of II.
w. z. fowler, q p. s.
c. T. Chamberlain, 6. r. A. G
N. w. Bouton, Grand Master 3iV.
NJ. A Nets, Grand Master ID V.
J. f. Leigh, Grand Master lsI V
Jacob PEOPLES, Grand Tyler
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-17

convened promptly at IL O'clock on
Wednesday, Grand Master French
lrrsiding. Much business Of inter-
est to the craft was transacted during
the three days session but our space
will not allow US to give even a synop
sis at this time. The following is 4
l;st Of the officers and standing com.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
"Won the Case. Anyhow"

Upon the edge of q farm in Maine,
where the division lines were marked
by ''blazed' trees and piles of stones,
stood large pine tree-a monarch of
the forest, and one of the most valuable
to be found in that region.
A certain farmer cut it down, claim
ing it was on his land; but very short
" tho farmer owning the land adjOin-
ing declared that the tree had stood
upon his lot, and demanded pay for it.
ThereupOn, tho man who had cut
down the tree ran the line by known
bounds, and made out that it had been
on his land. Then the other man ran
the line, and made out that it had been
on his land; and again lie demanded
pay for the tree, which Farmer Num-
Der One refused peremptOrily to pay.
Then Farmer Two, who claimed pay
for the tree. entered suit at law, and
instructed his lawyer to win it if he
could.
Farmer Number One engaged his
lawyer, and babe him fight it to the
bitter end. He had cut down his own
tree, and he did not propose to be
robbed of his rights.
At the end of two years Farmer Num-
Der Two won the case, and pay for the
tree was awarded to him by the court.
That judgment had been reached after
numerous appeals for new trials, aud
was considered final.
Said Farmer Number One: "YOu
must get your pay for the tree as you
can. have not dollar left"
And Farmer Number Two, in the
gaining of the case, had spent his last
dollar of cash, besides mOrtgaging his
farm for all it was worth.
81 know il has broken me-" he said.
'.It has taken every dollar owned; but
won the case, anyhow
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Duration of the Sun.

There are extinct suns. The fact that
there is such lends new weight to the
reasons which permit us to conclude
that our sun also is a body which slow
~ gives out its store of heat, and thus
will sometime become extinct. The
term of 100000 years which i have
given may, perhaps, become consider
ably prolonged by the gradual abate-
ment of radiation by the new accretion
of falling mcteors, and by still greater
condensation than that which | have
assumed in that calculation. But we
know of no natural process which could
spare our sun the fate which has mani
festly fallen on other suns. This is u
thought which we only reluctantly adj
nit. 1t seems to us an insult to the
benilicent creative power which we
otherwise find at work in organism,
and especially in living ones. But we
must reconcile ourselves to the thought
that, however we may consider our
selves to be the center and final object
of creation, we are but as dust upon
the earth, which, again, is but speck
of dust in the immensely of space; and
the previous duration of our race, even
if we follow it far beyond our written
history, into the era Of the lake dwell
ings or the mammoth, it is but an in-
slant compared with the primeval times
of our planet, when beings existed up
on it, whose strange and unearthly re-
mains still gaze at us from their ancient
tombs; and far more does the duration
of our race sink into insignificance.
compared with the enormous periods
during which the worlds have been in
process of formation, and will still con-
tinue to form when our sun is extin-
guished, and our earth is either sOlidi-
fled i'm cold or is united with tho ignit-
cd central body of our system.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
To Cure Washers"

The lady has only to cast her eyes
modcstly down and fix her gaze intent
" on the feet of tho Washers. The
glance at the feet should DC cOncen-
trated. yet full of pity, and should lin
ger slightly rs the lady passes by. In
stantly the whole platoon of Washers
are affected by profound distrust.
The sympathetic look strikes terror To
their souls. They all cast down their
eyes. and look ut their own feet. The
horrible fear that their shoes are not in
tho latest style takes possession of their
bOsOms. Each one is smitten with the
conviction that his foot is abnormally
spacious; he becomes conscious of null
titudinOus pr0truding cOrns and bum
ions; his shoes, peradventure, arc
muddy or dusty. or something has gone
wrong with tho SGT OF his trousers ut
tho ankle. The sLoutc,t loh TO dab col
lapses at the mere possibility Of such
thing-his nerve is gone. Tho eycglass
falls from his eye, the arms lose their
kimbO; he feels that his pantaloOns arc
cupped ut the knees, and that his coat
is full of insists and wrinkles; he sus-
poets the cleanliness of his stockings,
shudders ut tho thought that the sole
and upper leather have parted COM
pany, revealing that painful fact. He
even flies to some secluded spot and
makes a protracted investigation before
he can satisfy himself that all is right.
And even then his nerves do not re-
cover their tone. He is liable to be
again panic-stricken. A glance Of pity
mingled with slight smile cast at his
feet will renew and aggravatc all his
paralytic symptoms.
The masher, the lah-de-dah. the lum-
tum, like all other creatures, have their
weak spots. To prevent q hog from
roofing, slit his nose; to keep jackass
from braying, weight down his tail; to
keep masher from MASKING, gaze sad
Nv ut his feet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
The Profession of q Matron.

Frances Power CObbe is an advocate
of woman's activity in public service.
But she recognizes that there are high
or claims:-
"When it comes to tho question of
married women, during the years
wherein they frequently become moth
ers, devoting themselves to any consid-
cradle extent either to earning LLOney
for their families or performing gratu-
itous outdoor public service, [ must
say my opinion is different. So I'M
mense are the claims on a mother,
physical claims on her bodily and brain
vigor, and moral claims on her neart
and thoughts, that she cannot believe,
meet them all, and find any large mar
gin beyond for other cares and work.
She serves the community in tho very
best and highest way 1t is possible to
do, by giving birth to healthy children,
whose physical strength has not been
lcfrauded, and to whose moral and
mental nurture she can give the whole
of her mind. This is her function. pub
lie and private, ut Once-the profession
which she has adopted. No higher can
be found; and in my judgment it is u
misfortune to all concerned when a
woman, under such circumstances, is
either driven by poverty or lured by
ambition to add to that great profession
of matron any other systematic work;
either as brcadwinner TO the family,
or as q philanthrOpist or politician
OF course all this ceases when wo-
mans family is complete and her
children arc grown up and do not need
her devotion. She may then enter or
return to public life with the immeasur-
able gain of rich experience of motl.-
er's heart. But, as have said, until
her children no longer need her, l look
upon it as a mistake and calamity if
q mother undertake any other great
work to interfere with tho one which
would be enough to absorb the largest
and noblcst wOman's nature ever Gre.
atcd."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
The Mustang of Australia.

The mustang of the American con-
tinent has its counterpart in the
"brumbie" Of Australia, large herds of
which exist in the interior parts of
Queensland and New South Wales
These animals are so numerous that
they have often been destroyed and
boiled down for the sake of their tallOw
and hides; and. in some of the newly
settled districts they swarm in such
numbers that the squatters have TO pro-
tect themselves and the pasturage
against their inrOads. Brumbie-stalk-
ing is q recognized pastime, the des-
truction of the wild horses being as
necessary Us the destruction of kan
garoos or rabbits. The sport of cap
turing and tanning these animals, how
ever, has attracted q good many adj
venturous spirits, who adopt tactics
somewhat similar to those adopted by
the inhabitants of Mexico and South
America. The hardness and size and
strength of these brumbies are remark
able, and when trained they are of
considerable value. Their progeny,
when crossed with European horses,
possess excellent qualities. 1t is re-
corded that in one year no less than
seven thousand wild horses have been
shot on single station in New South
Wales.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Shakespeare at Bermuda.

The poet More, who resided ut Wal
singham, in Bermuda, where his house
and his calabash tree are still pointed
out, is no doubt in error when he tells
us that the scene of the Tempest is
laid in these islands, for the only pas
sage in the play in which any allusion
is made to them marks them, indeed,
Us one of A,fers remote haunts, but in
no way connects them with the ship
wreck, which must have been on an
island in the Mediterranean. And vet,
SO far as scenery goes, it would he hard
to imagine any more appropriate to
that exquisite play than is to be found
here. How often in wandering along
the shore one comes upon the scene it.
self! There, within stones throw, is
the reef where the ship struck, and
here the sheltered bay and PrOspero's
cave and Miranda's bower, and yOnder
the yellow sands TO which Ferdinand
was led by the mysterious song of
Ariel; on either hand a rugged, rocky
coast, tumbling in picturesque ruins
into the sea. Many other details, too.
would the scene-painter find, and could
he faithfully portray it. the scene would
surely be pronounced by all who saw
il. u very beautiful one indeed.-COy-
respondent LOndOn Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Drunkenness in Great Britain.

Canon Farrar recently remarked that
drunkenness in the middle and upper
classes of Great Britain was now the
exception and not the rule; but he very
much doubted whether that was the
case with the lower orders. People
say that drunkenness was the vice OF q
minority, bnt there were hundreds of
thousands of wOrkingmen and women.
who, although never seen drunk in the
streets, were running themselves by
drinking just short of intoxication.
This, however, had to be remembered,
namely, that the poor had far great
er multiplicity of temptations than the
wealthy. The latter did not live with
public houses around them on every
side, i'm narrow and confined rooms
with oppressive atmospheres, and with
sanitary conditions which induced a
craving of stinulants. Again, there was
the rapidity of the intOxicants used by
the poor, they being chiefly gin in Eng
land, and whisky in Scotland and Ire
land. In the middle and upper classes
spirits were not generally used.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
How She Voted.

A very amusing comment upon Ger
tain phase of the wOman's suffrage
question is told by one of the tellers at
tho last Boston city election, and
vouched for by him rs absolutely true.
A woman we'll known in strOng-minded
circles, camc to the polls, vote in hand.
Upon being asked her name. she hesi-
tated q little, but concluded upon the
whole to give it. She seemed to have
similar misgivings about replying to
an equally impertinent question in re-
gard to her place of residence, but in
this matter also she decided to yield.
The name being checked upon the list.
the voter was told to deposit her ballot,
which, after examining tho ballot-box
with some curiosity, she did. She stood
an instant in an attitude of expectancy
and then asked:
els that allP
Eyes, madam" answered the teller.
"Then. il that is ALL" she asked with
some asperity. "why do you men make
such q fuss about itp"
The tide OF voters kept waiting by
her delay became at this moment too
strong for her. and she was swept for
ward with her question unanswered.
She fingered about, however. and in the
first lull came back to the ballot-box.
IF you please" she said to the. tel
Ter, "rd like to see that vote put in
there"
"But you cannot" said he, ga vote
can't be taken out of the box"
'But / want to see it very much,"
she persisted.
what do you want of it. MADAME"
he asked politely.
"Oh," was the naive answer, 81 want
to see who l voted for"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
THE PRINTING PRESS.

Hearts of iron and fingers of steel,
Clamp and lever, clog and wheel,
Clink and cluttor, and rattle and din,
The long night out and the long night in
Voc and veal tomorrow
Feathers to fall with the weight Of the dew,
PaIgs Ia sadden tho long life through.
Roses and thorns To fly ON their way,
Aud the thoughts Of the years and tho waits
Of n day,
Hope and love and SORROW!
Friends, that grin with demon joy,
Delight with humans 10 tampcr AMI toy,
Every clamp ON the molten bed
Is dream, u hope, or u promise dead
A chill to pulse forever II
The days and months and years 20 by,
Til the prophet angel leaves the sky,
For the murky room with the rattling wheel,
Its click AMI clog and touch of steel,
Its band and seam and lever
Aud side by side In the rolling press,
10 curse, To- cheer, to crush, t. bless
Shaking the very doors of state,
Aud thrilling through the nation
Ilark how the monster throbs and groans,
Creaking his iron nerves anu bones;
What Ia him il the pain or please,
joy from the land ar death from the seas
High or lowly station
out Of the misty halls below
ilithcr AMI thithcr the white wings go
Tears that pressed shall tickle for aye,
Pains that never and never can die,
In all Times rolling surgcs
FRESHMAN See that thy rcins are we'll
Every turn of that press shall tell
II may he woe and II may he veal,
Who can say how far the wheel
Into the future urgcsI
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Return of a r,onp.I,ost Son.

A few days ago q gentleman regis
tered at the Marston House, and gave
his name us Mr.. George A. Davis, OF
Leadville. He stated that he formerly
lived in this city, but had been away
from here some eleven years. Making
inquiries about his people, he found
that they had removed from this city TO
Gloucester. Hiring a team, he drove
to that town, and found his fathers
house, and, without informing him who
he was, inquired if he might stay to
dinner. At dinner he drew his father
into conversationsnnd ascertained that
out of the six brothers and sisters he
left behind, there was but one left. q
sister named Florence. Then he asked
his father about his son who had gone
to Leadville. The old man replied, with
tears in his eyes, that he supposed
George was dead, rs he left for the West
IL years ago, and since then he had
never been heard from. The scene can
be imagined when the stranger said:
mo, lie isn't dead, father" The son
has decided to close up his business in
the West and live with the old people.
and has gone TO Boston to effect tho
characterization, Me.) Gazzette.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Archer. The Hockey.

Archer, the English jockey who rode
Iroquois for Mr.. Lorillard, is person
TO be envied. He is The companion Of
lords and earns moro than Prime
Minister. His regular fees are S25 If
he wins. $l5 il he loses, and $40 for q
trial. This. however, does not tell the
stories of his earnings, for he receives
presents of enormous value, like gold
watches, diamond rings, riding-horses.
dogcarts, yachts, suits Of clothes, cases
of champagne, etc. Mr.. Lorillard
gave him SIS. 900 for winning the Der
by, and Mr.. Keene gave Fordham g.
500 for coming in first at the Grand
Prix. Archer's earnings in 1876 are re-
ported to have reached 100000. He is
q perfect demigod on the subject Of
horses. Wherever he moves a crowd
of open-mouthcd admirers follow him.
His services are intrigued for by own.
ers of horses, and his opinion of his
horses earnestly solicited by his patron.
The papers chronicle his movements,
and tho nobility are honored by receiv-
ing his visiting-cards. When he goes
down to the race, he rides in first class
carriage, and, on the whole, is what
our English cousins call "hOwling
SWELL"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
A Successful Surgical Operation.

A remarkable surgical operation was
recently performed ut Bremen, which
deserves TO be mentioned by the side
of Billroth's stOmach-case. A man of
nearly so years of ago had been suffer-
ing from an acute spinal difficulty,
manifesting itself by.a continual SEN
sation of chilliness in the lower limbs
and complete numbness of the feet; his
gait was ambling, and even when walk
ing with cane he had tho air of u
drunken man, while moving about in
the dark without tumbling, seemed to
be an almost impOssibility, SO much so
that he would sometimes lose his equi-
librium even while standing with closed
eyes. Added to these symptoms was
lamcness i'm the lower part Of the alb
dOmen and kindred troubles. Several
physicians pronounced tho disease to
be consumption Of tho spinal marrow
(tabes dOrSaiiS). The patient was TAX
en- to DR.. Schuessler's private hospital
and there subjected to the following
treatment: Tho two sciatic nerves,
branching out from the dOrsal column,
were laid bare and subjected To q re-
peated strong tension, so strong in
fact, that the patient, weighing about
40 pounds, was lifted three times from
the operating table by each nerve in
turn. In six weeks after this treatment
the patient recovered the use of his
limbs. All the previous symptoms have
disappeared. Tho convalcscent goes
about his business without any trouble
or difficulty. Ncrve-stretching belongs
to the latest and rarest operations.
This stretching of both the sciatic
nerves ut one and the same time, how
ever, is probably the first case on
record, and gives new hope of the rad
ical cure of that particular disease of
the Sninal marrnW
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Telephonic Danger.

the American architect draws at
tention to the serious danger which
may be run by the introduction of the
electric light with aerial wires in cities
already spread with telephone circuits.
All those who have employed the tele-
phone wires running parallel to or
crossed by telegraph wires are aware of
the ease and frequency with which the
currents Of the latter are transferred to
the former. The currents employed on
the electric light are much more pow
erful than those used in sending tele-
graphic messages, and If passed in the
neighborhood of telephone wires would
be likely to confuse messages, while il
there happened by accident to be con-
tact between telephone wire and an
electric light wire, the unfortunate user
Of the former would receive q shock
certain to stun, and likely TO do worse.
The moral of all this is that wires for
the electric light should be passed un-
derground, and more than usual care
taken in arrangements which promise
to distribute and use the energy of .
dozen thunder storms in lighting the
streets.