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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

ND il may. therefore. De a matter 81
interest to capitalists seeking invest
ments. a. Il certainly Is % our peo-
pie, who are now paying heavy taxes,
without iho benefits which are sup
posed 70 foN from railroads; Is
know where Tie road leads, what are
rs probable connections. what adj
vaniages its charter eonfers, and
what amount OF work has already
been done upon Il.
Under the original charter. the
road was known as The Grenada,
Houston q Eastern railroad. cx-
tending from Grenada, on the New
Orleans, ST Louis a Chicago rail-
road, and the terminus Of the n ssis.
sippi and Tennessee railroad IDS way
Of Houston and this city 10 tue
Alabama line. Tho amended char
ter which is more liberal in lie
character, than ans that Will likely
be granted By any legislature as
sembling in this state in The ucxl
half century changed the name OF
the road TO pc Vicksburg q Nash
vile. BY ibis amended charter the
road was extended south westward
from Grenada, crossing the Yazoo
river 81 Greenwood, 10 which point
the river is naugehle an The year
round, and proceeding 20 vlek-tas
where il connects with the rostsqa
ming by the way Of Monroe, la, to
shreveport from this city the
company is empowered by the char
ter to proceed in any direction the
choose to the Alabama line, Pro
ceeding in the direction Of Trscum
bia, Ala, the road would tap IL,
coal and iron regior Of our sistei
state, and when completed would at
! ford the quickest and most direc
/ route frou Nashville to Yicksburg
The road passes through some o
the finest agricultural and timbe
T, lands in the world. and could no
fail to be renum erative 70 its owners
A considerable amount Of work ha
! already been done on the line from
here to Grenade. Indeed most o
o the grading for q narrow guage roal
on this sixty-lve miles Of the rout
q has been done and FIVE miles Of th
o iron has been laid The purchaser
at the sale when made will obtain,
is believed, perfect title to all III
. property ,rights'and franchises Of lh
A raod, and We sincerely hope a com
Q pany able and willing TO buad it, vii
q make The investment
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune calls attention to the peculi.
arity Of the year 1911 as being the
birth year Of many ofnotablo Ameri-
cans: Horace Greedy, CHARLES Sum
ner, Wendell Phillips, Elihu Burritt,
Harriet Beecher Stove, Fannie Fern,
Edger Allen Poe, Or. } w. Draper,
Fannie Kemble, Noah Porter, pros.-
dent Of Yale college, Horatio Sey-
m0ur, Alfred B Steet, the poet, and
William Page. or these, Phillips,
MIS- stowe DR. Draper Fannie KEN
bic, President Porter, Holatio Sey-
mour and Page resch the seventeen
year.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08


4
Some of ouT newspaper friends
ems 20 have concluded that The
worthy and original objects Of the
range have been lost sight Of he
ause, we suppose. members Of thai
chooso TO consult their
interest in voting for public officers
nd because hey refuse to be dictated /
q BIZ a ring or clique Of politicians
Ia the little towns. We tell our CO.
iemporaries in seriousness that there
Is nothing 10 gain Tor the Democrat
ic party by denouncing Changers in
general, and Put Dardeu as the chief
instigalor Of ell feeling among The
people" and Of "the prejudice
which is growing ia the minds Of the
farmers Of the country against our
party. Put Dnrden is q native Mis-
sissippian, and evory ihrob OF bis
heart Is In harmony with the true
interest Of bis State. lie was gal
liant Confederate soldier, and never
cast any but q Democratic ballot in
bis life (unless Il was in the last cleo
lion, and Of this we are not inform
ed), and It III becomes politicians or
their organs to speak uncomplimen-
tary Of him, becauso ne, 90 The dis
charge Of bic duties, endeavors TO
elevate that large and respectable
class Of our people who have chosen
him for their leader, and in 30 doing
points out the mistakes Of the dem
agogues who rule and rob the people
Have we arrived at the point where
the representative Of the most nu-
merous and useful class Q ( our people
must be maligned and abused be-
cause he dares to criticise The action
Of certain leaders Of the patty, which
has always claimed his allegiance
Must the discussion Ct political
topics be permitted only to the "hon
orable professions" the ward poll
ticians and the corner loafers? And
is the farmer to be expected and re-
quired to content himself with doing
the votingf This seems to be lh,
idea which the political manipulation
Of the present day would inculcat,
by action, II not by avowal, and
unfortunately for the State, toe
many Of tbisclass Of bipeds have
managed to attain high position il
the ranks Of the Democratic party
A change is coming as surely as th'
diurnal revolution Of the Garth, anC
the intolerant bigots who rule th,
party with a rod Of iron, and who
enforce their will as law, must ant
will be deposed. The tax payers
the land holders, and the farmers o
Mississippi are natural Democrats
and being largely in the majority
have the right to demand recogni-
ton in the party, and the right tC
have their grievances heard. They
intend to be heard, and no amount
Of silly twaddle about class organi-
cation, or abuse Of Put Darden be-
cause be has the manliness to stand
up and denounce a gang Of political
shysters { who have used the negro
vote to rob the farmers, and will do
It again, II their interests prompts
them, and they have the power, will
deter them II the little cliques and
rings that have loTded il over the
people for so long would consult
their political safety they will dis
band st once, and give the people a
chance, for the cyclone is coming
that will sweep them into obscurity
forever.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

A friend sends us a copy Of DR..
Rondebush's address, styled, ga
plea for a higher education for the
women Of Mississippi" Il is an
able review Of the standard of fe-
male education in this state, and an
eloquent appeal to the Legislature Of
the state TO elevate that standard.
We trust It will be done, and that a
very few years hence Mississippi
may boast a State Female Industrial
School, which will take rank with our
University and A. q NJ. College,
now the pride and boast Of our be-
loved commonwealth.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

The Memphis Appeal Of the 3rd
says elitorially
"Td Aberdeen Examiner, whose
edit0riecontIy returned home from o
visit tdthe Atlanta Exposition, states
that ii lhot city zone sometimes
hears lloui Is expressed as to the
early completion Of the Memphis.
selmah nd brunswick road. but ev.
cry business man in that city looks
forward to the opening up Of our
county 20 his trade by the Georgia
Pacific as 90 event 10 The immcliate
future The Atlanta people can put
their doubts about The Selma road
Is rest. We have very positive IN
formation that ii will be built, and
very Soon
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

Food Tor the brain and nerves that
will1nvigorate the body without in
toxieatiug is what We need in these
days Of rush and worry. Parkors
Ginger Tonic restores The vital euci-
gies, soothes the nerves and brings
good health quicker than anything
you can use. Tribune See other
column. nov24 I'm
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

A special term Of the circuit court
will be held in this city on next
Tuesday December 18th, for the
purpose Of trying the contested cleo.
ton case of S. T. Hall contestant
vs.. T. C. Lyon, present incumbent,
and re elected County Treasurer OF
Chickasaw county, as shown by the
returns in the recent election. We
don't know what ground Of contest
are relied on by the plaintiff, but will
endeavor to observe strictly and i'm
partially the testimony adduced, and
fusnish the same to our readers
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

An English expedition that was
sent out in the spring FOR the explor
alton of the Upper Gambia, with
the view Of pushing trade in West
Africa, reports the outlook as very
poor In the 500 miles Of TERRITORY
ex plored. there are numerous evil
dentes OF nateral fertility, but the
population is SO scar ty as 60 make
the idea of active commercial opera
tons ridiculous
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08
Gotmis uIali.DoIiar

The following 5 told 90 James y Randall
the scholarly odignr Of lhe Augnstai Ga. chron
ia his pocket silver half dollar. just ihe TICK
ct fare back 20 Augusta. AT che conclusion o.
his sermon tie minister ordered a collection oi
bis own benefit. cor course. said De, ~
'specis every pusson @ give gnmeihln' but l'se
told dat Mr. Thomas upde lane wander, had
some turkeys Stole friag night DO 81 waat
any man vho bad hau' in stealth dem tdr
kevs @ put rny money in De hat When tie
bat reached Rascal naf man bad declined and
the rrsaeher's eyes were on him. IT'S hali-dal-
lar went toto tbs hal.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

The Republicans organized the
House on last Monday by the cleo
ton Of Keifer Of Ohio Speaker,
Mcpherson Of Pennsylvania, Clerk
Hooker Of Vermont, Sergeant at
arms; Brownlow Of Tennessee,
Doorkeeper; Sherwood of Michigan,
Postmaster, and the Rev. DR. Power,
of Washington, Chaplain. The
Democrats in caucus complimented
the officers Of the last House by
their votes.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08
THE PUBLIC PRINTING.

The friends Of the Claion, seeing
that the hue and cry agsinst the
"third term" last summer, in which
the editor Of that journal was fore
most, is likely to return to plague
their favorile this winter In the CON
test for Public Printer, are beginning
ito hedge" The Lexington Adver
tiser afIlrms that the reasons why p
Governor should not hold office
more than two terms does not apply
to other officers and the Brandon
Republican desires the Legislature
to re elect the Carton Public Prin
ter to prevent any other newspaper
man from being guilty Of so foolish
a thing as to move to Jackson and
buy material with the expectation OF
making anything out Of the Public
Printing. The argument Of the Ad
vertiser would imply that the Office
OF Public Printer ls, as We all sup
pose, ga good thing" and il so, il
occurs to Us that it STA years was
long enough for model Governor
to hold Office, ten years continuous
feeding on public pap ought to sat.
isfy clever and obliging Public
Printer, and we are in favor Of giving
some other fellow a chance to erev
81 in one shirt while The other is ia
wash" II, however, the Public
Printing is labor Of love, as The
Brandon Republican would have the
people to believe, the sacrifices which
the Clarion has made since the death
Of Alcoru's organ, The Leader" in
1872, is enough to elicit the sympa.
Thy Of generous pablo, aud Tue
Legislature should relieve IL Of tel
burden it jointly assumed with the
Pilot years ago, and has solely sus /
aimed since the hour the Democracy /
,ame into power 10 the State With. |
'ut considering the question whether
reelection OF Messrs. Power &
larksdale would be a third, fourth,
ifth or sixth term, we mildly suggest
here are other as deserving publish
rs, who have had.no "chicken pie,
Litis a "good thing" and il other
Use, we commend to the peoples
representatives. the old a,ldage "A
rec horse should not be ridden TO
cath, accompanied with the infor-
lation that there are a score or two
( patriotic newspaper men in the
tate who are prepared 80 sacrifice
lelr private interest for the public
God, and live and die, ii need be,
the Public Printing Office. Prom.
ent among these is r. X. Mayors,
the Pascagoula Democrat Star,
ID Patton B Murray, Of The Oxford ,
alcon, whom, We trust Bro. Frsnlz
III consent (by the courtesy Of The
egislaiure) SHALL manifest a little
ivotion to the commonwealth OF
ississippi by serving her IS Estate
rinters' for The term Of two years
least, beginning IN January, 1852
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

senator Beck was nominated BY
the nnanimous voteoithe Democratic
cauovs Of he Kentucky esflaiure
for reelection 10 A. United States
Sehs.e. The Democrats Of the
Mississippi Legislature should do
the same thing for Senator Lamar
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

"Ah," said an Englishman the
other day, 81 belong toa conatry on
which The sun never sets And ], -
said q Yankee, belong 20 country
Of which there can he no correct
map--itgrows So lastsurycyors can't
keep up Whit
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

The Memphis Appeal, in an article
entitled "Local Option" makes the
following statement
"In Sweden, Norway and Russia,
the aim Of the temperance people is
20 license only q small number OF
houses, have them held we'll IN hand
90 As 70 prevent dehauchcry. and
leave Il t0-the interest Of those who
have q license 70 ferret out and pros
ecule those who sell. yet have none.
They do it for their own sake il Is q
matter Of self defesse with them. A
.faw saloons, and they paying q heavy
tax Tor license, and well watched and
held accountable, that Is the system
70 reduce 70 its lowest terms what
cannot be eradicated. Russia Is nov
following Sweden in adopting this
system, aud Il Is led to do so from
several considerations. Iutemperance
there has become 80 frightfullv
common that something must be
done to check it, whether society
likes TO interfere or not The evil
has reached q hight that admits of
no longer neglect Il 10 found that
when persons drink on the sly, ow-
ing to the sales Of liquor openly be
ing disallowed. the liquor supplied
is ofvery pernieious qualities. There
IL 40 opposition dealer to check /
and the risk The seller
runs makes It necessary for him 10
gain q large profit, which e partly /
made BY selling inferior trash Where
liquor Is bought By lhe qnantity and
kept 10 The house, the habit Of drink
me becomes constant and confirmed
10 private q man drinks 10 an extent
he would net indulge ID before
and acquainiances"
From which re conclude that The
,nly way to prevent lmicmperanee ls
" 3 veil regulated license system.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

A Young willow was asked
why she was going to we'd so seen
after death of her first husband.
Oh, Ia, said she, Il do it TO pre-
vent frcttind myself to death on ac-
count OF dear Tom"
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

A safe and sure means ofresloiing
the youthful color Of the hair is fur
nished by Paiker's Heir Basam,
which is deseryedly popular from IFS
superior cleanliness
noA2I I'm
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

The Yazoo Herald says Holmes
county minister interested . three
card monte man The minister
didn't bet with the gambler, hut be
lost s2l2 alice samoe
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

The trial Of the assassin Guiteau
Il sin progressing, but Is becoming
70 a large class Of newspaper readers
undressing The result. It Is now
predicted, will be q mistual
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

The Holly Springs South ssy' The
Fusionists a Marshall have aled 90.
,ices that they vii contest tbs cleo
ton Of their opponents 70 The county
onac,a.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

The boilers in the oil mill at Va
zoo City exploded With terrific force
one day last seek aad wounded
twelve persons, three, itis thought,
fatally
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

Whiielaw Reid, che neely.maried editor o.
ne New York fsibuni. is thus done up DO the
society column uf ieHna paper fsfie cor
respondent ol the Now York Herald Nr. BE 4
has married Miss Mills. with a doWry offlas.
600. o00."
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

Soma Of the Kentucky counties have a ready
nominated tiakits Go ths election ia August,
1881
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

Women now veto ii Aushisn Croatia i
municipal elections. Tie oihcg dag oFcr 500 q
them turned ont az Aeram and tossed tlseir ball
lots into lhe urn.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

Rev. Dr. Tlamage's Thanksgiving
Day sermon was filled with erieult.
ural statistics, and IS 10 nbody
bis Idea palmetto trees. c0lols plaats
shcaves Of rice, wheat andfle, stalks
Of sugar cane, punches 81 hilk- white
ears corn with the huslxs tuned back,
blocks Of mineral, bun 81 ban
anas, grapes. and haaa - fruits
decked the pulpit ca slm hld the
pastor from sight
Pain and Weafess q llaa liver
kidneys and ur1 afy organs relieved
by using Browse Iron Bliiels
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-08

A Texas man was lynched ipr riding q mule
on SUNDAY. L was another mans mule, bY tie
way.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07
A New Western Industry.

There was laid upon our table yes
terday, by Jesse Mcdowell, specimens
of mohair taken from the backs of
Augora goats, which measured one
foot in length, and was as fine as silk.
They shear about five and one-half
pounds per head, and their hair is
worth from 81 to $1.25 per pound.
These aniloals live and do well on
most all species of vegetation, are very
prolific, almost entirely free from
disease, become quickly adapted to
almost any climate, are very hardy,
and easily handled. MCDOWELL has
about one hundred of these animals in
Wyoming, it being the largest flock of
thoroughbreds in the United States.
These animals are worth from $4,000
to $500 per head. He has goats in his.
herd that cost $500 per pair. C. r
Baily of California purchased from
one Importation pair that cost him
$1,000. California has about one
thousand thoroughbreds, and has more
grades and thoroughbreds than the
remainder of the United States. At
present there is quite a general in
terest manifested in the business by
parties seeking new fields for invest
ment. We think that the growing of
mohair goats is destined to speedily
become one of the leading Industries
of the West DendaOo0d Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07
luxurious Effects of Tobacco.

An intermittence Of the beating of
heart and pulse is one of the results Of
tobacco smoking. It is enough, in
certain eases, to suspend or at leastre
duce the use of tobacco in smoking to
see the irregularity in the functions Of
the heart disappear entirely or dimin-
ish. Young people who smoke show
generally a sluggishness of intelligence
and strong or less pronounced taste
for strong drinks. Invery young per-
sons who cease to smoke and who are
not affected by any organic lesion, the
disorders Of the economy which have
just been mentioned disappear, often
very quickly and almost always with
out leaving any trace.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07
Glittering Generalities.


IT is enough to arm; you must hit.
WoULDyou be strong, conquer your
self.
LITTLE in time makes heap in
time.
THERE is no sanctuary of virtue
like home.
THERE is no good in preaching to
the hungry.
BETTER free in foreign land than
a slave at home.
Do NOT consider any virtue trivial,
and so practice it.
IT is the little man that seeth no
greatness in trifes.
The men that hope little are the
men that go on working.
The scenes Of childhood are the
memories Of future years.
IDLENEss wastes a man as sensibly
as industry improves him.
CHARITY gives itself riches, but
covetousness boards itself poor.
EVERYBODY knows a good counse
except him that hath need of it.
A. GREAT part of our existence
serves no other purpose than that of
enabling us to enjoy the rest,
THE idle should not be classed
among the living; they are sort of
dead men that can t be buried.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07
Stage Traditions.

A mere stage accident may be made
by blunderers to take the place of an
! accepted tradition, however unmean-
ing and irrelvent to the point. Here
is an instance:
When Frederick Lemaitre was
playing Georges, in ss.Thirty Years Of
a Gamblers Life, y with Nine. Dor
val as Amelie, in the third act that
lady wore a cap made of lace or some
other inf1ammable material, in the
scene where Amelia takes from
Georges hands, to sign it, the deed
by which she makes over her dowry
to him. Nine. Dorval leaned so close
to one of the candles standing on the
writing desk that her cap caught fire,
and a serious accident was inevitable
had not Frederick, without saying a
word, instantly tore the cap off the
actress head, extinguished it between
his hands and put it in his pocket.
The act was 80 spontaneous, that
Nine. Dorval, quite unconscious of
it's real cause, stared at him with
stupefactiOn.
Those of the audience who had per-
ceived the danger applauded and
next morning a journal complimented
Frederick on his presence of mind,
adding that any other actor in his
place would have shouted 'sFire!''
and called for the engines.
But among the spectators who had
seen and suspected no more than the
action of a man simply snatching off
his wife's cap and stuffing it into his
pocket, was a provincial actor, who,
hearing the applause, said to himself:
"That is an effect never should have
thought Of
Sometime afterward, having to play
the Gambler in the chief town Of one
of the departments, the aforesaid actor
took good care not to forget the cap
effect. The instant Amelie ap-
preached to sign the deed, heviolent-
ly pulled her cap off her head, and as
adriotly thrust into his coat-tail
pocket.
The public taken by surprise, NUT
tered audibly and looked about uneas-
lily, fearing case of sudden insanity.
The actor, hearing no applause, said
to himself, not in the least discon-
certed: ssThe stupid fools They
dom appreciate it! .
Two days subsequently a subscriber
to the theatre, after complimenting
him on his remarkable personation Of
Georges de Germany, . ventured to
ask: s. But what the duce, in the third
act, do you tear off Amelie's cap 20
"Ah, you do not understand. =
Not the least in the world
" Why it was one Of Frederick
~ oc+ ,>ox,,orf1,1 ofeoo +o
ssOne of Frederick's effects? - ex-
claimed the subscriber. Sc Well, GER
tainly I should never had suspected
it,
And that is how some few traditions
arise.