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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-27
Another GoOd'Boy.

A Detroit grocer the other day was hun
grily waiting for his clerk to return from
dinner and give him q chance at his own
monday meal, when a boy came into the
store with a basket in his hand and said
81 seed a boy grab up this ere basket from
made him giyeit up"
"My lad, you are an honest boy"
eyes sir"
Sand you look like a good boy"
eyes sir"
''And good boys should always be reward
ed and encouraged. In q box in the back
room there are eight dozen eggs. You may
take them home to your mother and keep the
basket"
The grocer had been saving those eggs for
days and weeks to reward someone. In re-
warding a good boy he also got eight dozen
bad eggs carried out Of the neighborhood
free of cost, and he chuckled o little chuck
as he walked homeward.
The afternoon waned, night came and
WEut, uuO OICC iIOlC tlo SiOCCA WClS W u1S
dinner. When he returned he was picking
his teeth and wearing a complacent smile
His eye caught q basket Of eight dozen eggs
as he entered the store, and he queried
"Been buying some eggs @
"Yes !; got hold Of those from a farmers
boy" replied the clerk.
"a lame boy, with a blue cap IN p
eyes"
"TWo front teeth QUIT"
eyes"
The grocer sat down and examined the
eggs. The shells had been washed clean.
but they were the same eggs that good boy
had lugged home the day before.-Fre
Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-27
Carnival Privileges.

A famous legendary parsonage in Cologne,
and, indeed, IN al Germany, says q foreign
letter, is Marshal Turn Won Dux, command
er-in-chief of the Star guard. Now, the
Star guard was the ancient municipal militia,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19
President Arthur's Ready wit.

told him / had but one favor to
ask of him, aud that was in view OF
the fact that we now have so many
widowers in high places that he would
popularize his administration by fill
Ing up the vacant ones with gentle
men with agreeable wives or
ly into the spirit of joke, so said
gravely: 81 have been giving that
very subject serious consideration,
but, unfortunately, there are SO many
qualified for the places otherwise who
have no wives. And just think" he
added, show lively 1t will be for the
ladies If there are so many desirable
parts in society" "But," said /,
1.-THE unmarried men cannot have
receptions where ladies can CO." "Oh,
yes,b he answered, merrily, "you
can be reassured as to that; 1 shall
have receptions, and you will find
that all the widowers will provide
themselves with ladies to do the
honors for them, as We lawyers say,
pro hdc vice" He is, as will be de-
duced from the above, q very cour-
teous President, and ready In conver-
sation while always preserving his
dignity. He receives visitors In the
parlor Oh the first floor Of his present
residence. This Is what one might
call a "speak-when-you-are-spoken-
ton administration, for you do not go
up to speak TO the President, but
when he Is Spady TO speak TO you, he
approaches you and converses as long
as he feels disposed, then bows and
walks of, but takes leave in SO polite
manner that you don't feel that
you are dropped, but are aware that
the turn of Others to occupy his time
has come.-Washington Letter.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19
--D
IAN INSANE SON."

One of the shrewdest and boldest
tricks ever played on jeweler was
done by woman Of nerve in Cincin-
natl not long ago. One day middle
aged woman Of fine personal appear
ance, welldressed and of most attract
i've manners, called at lunatic
asylum and asked to see the Superin-
tendent. The official met her In the
parlor.
II wish to make arrangements for
the confinement of patient here"
she said
"What are your terms and con-
ditions on which you receive your in
mates ?"
"Our terms are S15 per week, and
You must have the certificate of two
physicians"
"Very WELL" said the lady, II will
pay you for two weeks In advance.
The patient is my son, who Is insane
on the subject of diamonds. He has
mania for selling my jewelry. / will
bring my son here in the afternoon,
and If you will keep him an hour /
will bring the physicians with the au-
thority."
Then the lady entered her carriage
and drove to a jewelry store. There
she selected $4,000 worth of jewelry,
which she said was intended for the
trousseau of her daughter, about to
be married. She gave the name of a
wealthy family recently arrived in
Cincinnati, and said to the proprietor
"If you will let one of your clerks
step into the carriage with me, / will
go to my husbands store and give him
the money for the goods"
The proprietor consented, and the
clerk, with the goods in box entered
the carriage with the lady, who said
she wished to stop on the way and
show her purchase to friend. They
drove to the Asylum, and were shown
to the parlor. The Superintendent
entered, and the lady said quite
calmly to the clerk: Gust open the
box and show the things to this gen.
tleman."
The clerk unsuspectingly complied.
Carelessly drawing near, the lady
suddenly seized the box and was
walking out of the room with 1t, when
the astOnished clerk cried:
"Hold madam; must not let those
goods go out of my sight until l get the
money"
The lady did not deign to notice the
clerk, but turning 70 the Superinten-
dent Of the Asylum, said
"This Is the young man / spoke to
you about. He is getting little vio-
lent. You had better secure him.
1t was in vain that the clerk pro-
tested that robbery was being COM
The Superintendent was in
eyorshie, He called his assistants
ant ed the clerk, while the lady |
wal ..ed to her carriage with the 81 900
worth of jewelry.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19
Exsrn session Of the Louisiana Legis
Isture.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. s.-The Gov
ernor has issued proclamation con-
venIng the General Assembly In ex-
traordinary session on Monday Dec.
S. In this city. The subjects Of legis-
lafion are: To make an appropriation
for the support Of the government for
the year fSs2-s3. and also concerning
the btafe House and payment on the
public debt: to enact laws for the levy,
and enforce the collection Of taxes and
Licences; 70 provide annual reveaue
for the State; 10 provide for the coliec-
ton of back-tAxes and licenses; 70
provide for the judicial expenses u The
Parish Of Oriesns 70 dispose Of the
State House In New Orleans. now
known e the 81 Louis Hotel; 10 en-
force certain articles OF the ConstItu-
tion 10 dispose of unappropri.ted bal-
ances In the StAte Treasury. The ses-
rion Il limited % twenty days ~ the
Con<tItufion. and Tie power 70 leEis-
late limited 70 objects enumeutcd In
ule procIaustion. ri
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19
Details Of the cyeIoae near Madison


spccis' TO the Democrat.
MADISON, Mrs, Nov IA cy clone
struck the premises Of DIR. Matt. 4.
Ash, two and q half miles from this
place, Just after five o'clock last Friday
evening utterly demolishing and
tearing into splinters his residence,
all the houses, fences and improve
ments Of every description there
about, and wounding eight persons In
all, consisting Of Mrs. DR.. Ash, two
Of her children, Mrs. Sorge, the wife
Of an employe OF DIR. Ash, her two
children and her brother, Frank o.
Carroll. II is thought that Mrs.
Ash's wounds may prove fatal. The
crib containing the Doctors infant
child was torn Into splinters, but the
child was unhurt The imaginative
powers Of man would hardly enable
one to conceive OF the ferrors OF the
wreck wrought by this subtle visitor
of the air.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

WE are In receipt Of The American
Register published at Washington
ID. c. 1t comes 10 us endorsed by our
distinguished Senators, Lamar and
George, a. being the National Organ
Of the Democratic party.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19
TWO sOLILOQUlEs.

A youth, too young to dream of strife,
In looking on the stage of life
Bedecked at once with clowns and queens
With tragic and with comic scenes
With yictors, brandishing their steels, and
With swains and rustics dancing reels
in half amaze
"What part shall l take in the plays?'
A frail old man, bent down with age,
Looked back upon the crowded stage
Where he had played mid joy and strife.
The feeting drama men call life.
Sand that was life," he murmured low;
6 That flceting farce-that transient show,
Aud yet cannot tell to-day
What part acted in the play"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

WE learn that Mr.. Thigpen, Inde-
pendent candidate for Cotton Weigh
er Of Canton Miss, who was mortally
wounded by Mr.. Kemp, the City
Marshall, died last week.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

MR.. s. A. JACKSON was killed near
his home In Shuqualak q few nights
since. He had climbed tree with
his gun to kill q mink, when II acci-
dentally went off, killing him.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

Mr.. JAMES II. YERGER, Of Green
vile, Miss, arrived in jackson last
Monday, and reported Washington
county all o X for the entire Demo-
cratic State and county ticket.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

DIR. G. X. MARSHALL, was In atten-
dance at the Encumenical Council In
London, has returned home, lecturing
on his trip at Vicksburg.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

THE Vicksburg Commercial has the
following advertisement
"The Zottarella dance Orchestra has
been thoroughly re-organized, with
important accusations from the
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

ONE Of the Oxford papers is boasting
of sweet potato weighing two and
half pounds. We would not show one
that weighed less than six or eight
pounds.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

THE only daughter Of Col. A. Y.
Harper, of Okolona, died OH the
4th inst.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

PM SULLIVAN. one Of Che train
robben who wss sentencsd 20 10 ysars
In the Little Rock penitentiary, died Of
grief He was the son Of Methodist
preacher and only q years Of age.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

THE Industrial Fair of the colored
people at Raleigh, N. c., this year,
was complete success.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

The result in Mississippi assures
the return Of Lamar to the Senate
without serious Observation-Disclosures
phia Times.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

PORT GIBSON is soon TO have cot
ton factory. May the good work
move on.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

Since the change Of guage between
Cairo and New Orleans TO that Of the
Illinois Central, the business Of the
Cairo Short Line has greatly Increased
and the traffic In tropical fruit is like
ly 10 become immense over this route
St. Louis 10 the largest market for
tropical fruit In the West, and receives
Its supplies from New Orleans, where
this business IL growing TO enormous
proportions. The number Of steamers
and sailing vessels 10 be employed In
this trade this winter In New Orleans
will be double those heretofore used.
The shipments Of fruit are now begin
Ding 20 come North quite literally.
The Cairo Short line Is managed by
live, enterprisiDg men, who not only
secure vast quantities Of freight, but
also n large passenger traffic, by their
liberal rates and fast time Of trains.--
Farmer and Fruit Grower.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

Mr.. Daniel G. Buie, highly res
pected citizen Of Union Church, died
on the night of the 9th OF Oct.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

THE principal points at issue in the
trial of Guiteau will be insanity and
the jurisdiction of the Courts.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

NATcHEz Is now the growing city
of Mississippi. A few years ago II
was on the decline. A few factories
do a good deal.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19
TRAVELLING IN EUROPE.
MERIDIAN, Miss. Nov. 0.

MERIDIAN, MISS. NOV. U.
To the Editor Of the Comet:
1 enclose You another letter written
by my brother, from Domo d. Ossola,
Italy, which is at your disposal.
Yours truly, JACKSON Boy.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

MISSISSIPPI captured every prem
ium at the Memphis Fair. 1880 in
all. Mississippi is great State.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

MASSACHUSETTS has gone Republi-
can. 1t would have been strange If it
had gone Democratic.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

THE Presbyterian Synod Of Missis-
sippi met in Vicksburg OH November
9th,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

SUGAR CANE is said to be yielding
remarkably well in Louisiana, consid-
ering dry weather and other dis
asters.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

NINE thousand, six hundred and
ninety-seven immigrants landed at
Castle Garden, New York, last week.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

The recent Fair Of the Mississippi
Exposition Association, I'm our city,
was the scene Of many reunions
among long sepersted friends and rel-
atives among the most remarkable
Of these wns the meeting Of three
brothers, Hon. l.. T. Houston, Of Alb
erdeen. Samuel N. Houston, Esg-, Of
81 Loois, and Col. Joseph r. Hous-
ton, Of Msdisonvllle, Tenn. These
brothers had not been together before
since 1887, a period ORA ys.ls-
The two visiting brothes were cn
the same train coming nom Corinth 70
this city, but time bad wrought such
changes tlnce their last meeting. that
they did not rccLsnize each other
until infroduced b . third party.
Daring theIr tro ve<ks Gag In <hIs
city. ~ three trothcrs lived over ~
TIE days q Their boJhoc1 sud The great
rap fI,n< s1ceeefs1 them. N rehear--
In1 t1>Ir resPcczlve exPerIenos- --A6-
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

THE bench show of dogs takes place
at Atlanta on the 18th, l4th and 10th
of December,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

Mrs. WEBB, aged 100 years, attend
ed the funeral Of her daughter Sarah,
aged "a, recently at Greenwich Conn.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

Rev. e. L. ROBERTS, Baptist
minister of Jackson county, died re-
Gently, aged IS years.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

All KIM, a Chinese student Of
Marietta College, committed suicide a
few days since. He died on account
af lova
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

THE North Mississippi Conference
was held in Grenada on the 10th inst.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01
All the Rage,

We see nowadays city and country
houses which look rather like shops for
the exhibition of bric-a-brac and rich
hangings than homes in which people ex-
pect to get comfort. The rooms upon
which some famous upholsterer has law
ished the resources of his stock may re-
mind one of the modern scenic seats on
the stage of theater. and there seems
to be little provision for the substantial
enjoyment of their occupants. Every
thing in them is harmonious enough,
perhaps, except the people In color
and composition they suggest picture,
but the inmates of the house are out of
place as the living figures in it. They
don't belong among such surroundings,
and they can't be comfortable amid all
this tasteful and splendid display.
But unquestionably peoples houses
are looking better than they formerly
did, and more particularly those of peo-
pie of moderate means. For the hap
piegt thing about the modern decoration
is that its effects are produced rather by
colors than materials, and very inexpen-
sive fabrics will serve the purpose. Cot
ton st1lffs, as, for instance, cotton fan
mel, Will take the most delicate dyes,
and yield tints of remarkable beauty.
And our own wall papers, which are now
in unexampled demand, may be bought
for a small price, and yet be of patterns
and colors which viii satisfy critical
artistic taste.-NeiD York Sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01
Jewish Health.

DR. S. Gibson, medical officer Of health
for the Holburn district, in his report
for the past year, states that, whatever
may he the cause, there is 10 dor It that
a Jews life in London is, on the erage,
worth twice as many Years as Chris
tii,n's. Tie Hebrews If the metropolis
are VIGOROUSLY exempt from tubercula1
and scrofulous faint. 1t is very rare
that one meets with pulmonary con-
sumption among them. The medical
officer Of one Of their large schools has
remarked that their children 90 not die
in anything like the same ratio as Gen.
tile children, and in the district o.
Whitechapel the medical officer Of health
has reported that on the north side OF
High street, occupied by the Jews. the
average death rate is twenty per 000
while ON the south side, occupied by
English and Irish, it is forty-threo pei
1000.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01
Trees and Rain.

The countries of Sardinia and Sicily,
once the granaries of Italy, have suffered
the penalty of their thoughtlessness in
DISCRIMINATING their forests. Two thou
sand years ago these lands were cele-
brated for their wonderful productive
ness, and were said to be the most
beautiful in the world. In 1900 Hum
bolt visited Venezuela, and was informed
by the natives living in Araguay that
they had noticed, with great astonish-
ment, that lake which lay in the mid
die Of the valley had decreased in volume
every year: the cause clearly traced to
the falling of great number of trees
which grew on the surrounding mount
aims. In Hungary periodical droughts
are universally attributed to the annihi-
lation of the forests. In Cairo, Lower
Egypt, q great many years ago, rain fell
but seldom-onlv once in three or four
years-but since the time of Mohammed
Ali thirty or more million of trees have
been set or planted, and the result is now
that the country has from thirty to forty
rainy days in every year. When New
England and the heavily timbered States
of the Union were first settled the rain
fall was greatly in excess of what it is
since so much of the land has been
cleared up.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01
Presence Of Mind.

John Wilkes, says an English paper,
was not great general, but he might
have been one had his tastes led him into
military life His presence of mind
never deserted him He held many
places of trust and responsibility. He
was Alderman, Chamberlain of London,
and Member of Parliament, and no man
was mole outspoken and daring in his
criticisms upon the Government. Once
upon a time, when Wilkes had been more
severe than usual, and had reflected
keenly upon the King and his chief min
listers, i'll the North Briton, awarrant was
issued from the Court of Kings Bench
for his apprehension, and for the appre-
hension also of the poet Churchill Char
les), Wilkes bosom friend and supporter
The chief culprit knew that the warrant
was out, and that his friends name was
in it, but he had not thought to speak of
it. The Kings messenger, with the
warrant in hand, found Wilkes in his
chamber, Churchill being at the time
with him.
"Ah, Mr. Wilkes. I must arrest you
in the Kings namel
You have warrant?"
eyes; here it is.
"And you've got Charles Churchill's
lame down also?'
Eyes"
Thompson my dear fellow" said
Wilkes, turning to his companion, " do
you run round to Churchill's rooms and
tell him what's coming. Tell him to be
off for a few days and I'll have it all right
for him."
Churchill nodded to his friend and at
once hurried out, the officer of the law
little dreaming how the fish was slipping
from his net before his very eyes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01
Light in a Dark Place.

One of our justly celebrated writers
declares that there never was time
when the path of man was so beset by
trials and sufferings that he could not
find something to be thankful for And,
in proof of his assertion, he told this
story:
Onee upon time two men were to be
hanged for murder. The day and the
hour had arrived, and the condemned
were conducted out from the prison-out
to the broad common-and up to the
elevated platform of the gallows where
the two hangman's knots depended from
the beam overhead They had taken
their places on the drop, and the Sheriff
was about to adjust the ropes, when
sudden and wild connection was manifest
IN the throng of men, women and chill
dren that filed the common There
were thousands of spectators from ev-
cry quarter, and from every sphere of
life-packing closer and closer, as those
on the outside sought to get nearer to
the front, thus crowding aud pushing,
when a wild bull that had broken loose
from his keeper, came tearing into the
midst of the sea of humanity, tossing
and plunging and rearing, and creating
such terror as many there had never be-
fore dreamed Of
The two condemned men saw, and said
one of them to the other;
" Hill amt we fort Bill? NV eyesl
it's good for us at we amt in that mess"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01
Christmas in England.

In EnglaI d. Christmas is celebrated
80 regularly and so joyously, that few
perhaps are aware of the difficulties
once III the way of establishing this glad
festival, or of the various names under
Which it has been honored. Towards
The end of the first century, the Christ
Inns first found means and courage to
make due observance of the anniversary
Of the nativity of their great Master. It
would have been death to them to mourn
when the Roman Empire was rejoicing,
or TO wear signs of gladness ON a pagan
laiucily day. They chose, therefore,
the period OF the SaturDalia, when half
the heather population was mad with the
excitement OF enacting revelry or wit
aessiug its enactment According to
me writers, the Church authorized the
observance of the festival Of the Ma
tvitg on the 25th of December as early
IS the middle of the second century.
Others assert that it was not till tho
fourth century that the season for glad
a d grateful observance was thus author
itaiiyely determined; and we believe
tnat the latter opinion is the correct one
Christmas is the great holiday Of the
year, when even grandpapas and grand
mamrnas condescend to play the part OF
children all over again. They seem to
Recover a remarkable elasticity of step;
their smiles are Unfortunately be-
slowed on all around them; their hearts
warm with the generous feelings Of their
long past prime, aud the selhshness o:
odd age il for the time subdued They
encourage the little ones in those noisy
,oinps which at any other season would
give them the headache or prove intol-
erable to their nerves; they behold with
out gesture of angry reproof the kiss
ing beneath the mistletoe. But if the
'old people be thus pleasantly nfu-
.enced by the advent of Christmas, how
is it with the young? Who can depict
the full sense Of happiness enjoyed by
the Youthful OF both sexes at this season
Of the year! II is not only holiday in
respect to school, but il is holiday
in the midst of holidays-an extra feast
occurring in the midst of series of festi-
vals-the browning Of the brow with
flowers in the midst Of delicious garden
OF floral sweets.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01
Don't Flavor Your Rutter Too Much

1t is too true that unless We adopt the
improvements of the day and look care
fully after our interests, we shall he left
in the back ground as to quality and
profit But why is it that Western cream
Fry butter brings a better price? We are
told it is because of its uniformity of
quality. The butter is made from day
to day, from week to week under the
same conditions, and always free from
anything that would impart unpleasant
1avors Mix set iii u farmers kitchen
Ct in any place where it will absorb uu-
pleasant odors from cooking vrgetal les,
from tobacco smoke or from clothing
fully charged with the odor Of the sta
bles, cannot make butter free from mn
pleasant flavor. We complain of low
prices received when we ourselves are to
blame The flavcr Cf tie lutter is af-
fected by the feed Of the COWS. We lay
the blame at the door of the dairy wo-
man, when he who feeds the COW is re-
sponsible. -NcW EngtuBd HoDicstcad