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THE AMOUNTED.
How Mr.. Barnes New Religious Wrin-
kIe Worked at Monticello.

Courier-Journal, 49,.
A gentleman in this city, know
ing that MI. Barnes had Amounted
423 persons at Monticello, Wayne
county, some time ago, and being
anxious to learn how the oil had
"taken," wrote to a fair minded
friend in that little mountain town
for information on the subject.
The following is the reply:
MONTICELLO, KY, February 18th,
1882-My Dear Sir: Yours of Janu.
airy % was received in due time,
but l have delayed my answer till
now that l might be able to answer
you more definitely.
have asked quite a numberSSthat
M. Barnes snointed whether they
have been benefited or relieved. A
very few say they think they have
had relief. There were one or two
cases that ! have watched very
cfosely--one Of a l;!tle boy about
eight years of age, who is severely
afflicted with sCrotgla, whose pa
rents had him anoiated. AS this
was oao of the "casss' thai Mr. B.
desired, / visited the p&tisl. Yester.
day, ard vas sorry 10 fnd him as
he was before the anoi.tiag. As.is
the case generally ofthings novel,
quito a number Of persons were
anointed without much thought or
g%olemnity, hence, did not expect
any relief, For instance one young
lady was anointed for a corn on her
foot, another for laziness, still an
for the taste of tobacco, and
more such trivial matters, and they
make very light Of their own acts
the matter. So with the men. !
have heard a few say they were
anointed for the lcure Of the taste
or whisky, but they expected the
Lord t oremove 1t without any effort
IN their part.
Should | learn of any permanent
lures 1 will write you sgain.
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Mlssis slppi Legislature.
Special to the Appeal

Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, Match 7.--Senate.--
Passed: The House bllI apportion-
ing students in the Agricultural
and Mechanical College according
to the edncable. white children
among the different counties.
The bill to erect a new insane
asylum at Meridian passed both
Houses.
The Governor sent in a message
advising the Legislature to memo
riaIize Congress to repeal the land
grant of1S54 for tho construction
ofthe Gulf and Ship Island railroad.
House.--A bill was introduced
by Mr.. Montgomery, Of Bolivar, ia
protect the crop in the submerged
counties without fencing. Passed.
Also, a bill to exempt factories from
taxation; also, a bill to reduce the
State tax to two and one-half mills
on the dollar; also, a bill appropri-
atlng $ll5,0 600 for the Agricultural
and Mechanical College; also, an
immigration bill appropriating $25.
900; also, a bill to erect a new in.
sane asylum at Meridian.
A congressional apportionment
bill was reported by the joint com.
mittee of the two Houses.
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--fhe Daily Clarion OF the 9Th.
says: ''Mr. Field. the able Chair.
man of the House Committee Of
Ways and Means, reported a bill
yesterday reducing the State tax IT,
24 mills on the dollar, accompanied
by a luminous and statistical re-
view of the financial condition O
the State, and showing it to be
highly satisfactory. The bill pass
ed"
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-03-11

Elective Judiciary might have
been a good thing in the days Of
John A. Quitman, and then be a
very poor thing for these days.
The observant mind can readily
take in that the Mississippi constit.
uency of John A. Quitman's day
are not the Mississippi cOnstituen.
cy of to-day, nor like unto it; argu.
ments to the contrary, notwith.
standing.--Exchange.
Not wholly like it. But the prin
ciples of civil and political liberty
which constituted the basis of our
government in Quitman's day are
still the same. 1t is not right to
rob intelligent and capable froemen
Oftheir privilege Of suffrage because
it may be exercised by the ignorant
and unworthy. If the people are
capable Of electing a Governor to
appoint Judges, it is logically true
that they are capable Of electlng
the Judges, and if the argument be
sound that judges ought not to be
elected by the people because there
is an incapable element in the
body polite, it will apply with
equal force to every other class of
public agents, and the logical infer
encs is that our popular system
ought to be abolished and an Oligar-
Chyreared upon its ruins. The issue
is between aristocracy and democ-
racy; and nothing else can be made
Of lit. We are not prepared to ad-
vocate an aristocratic establish
ment in place of democratic in
stitutions, however much we may
/
regret that a class of voters are not
educated up to the proper standard
of qualification for the responsible
Ties of self. government. When
the people come to elect another
we suggest that they
make the issue distinctly upon hav-
ng the right secured to them of at
east deciding for themselves
whether they shall have an cleo
i've judiciary orinot. The conflict
|, irrepressible. 1t is the old fight
etween democracy and privileged
rders.--Clarion,
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The special committee of the
House to audit the expenses of Gar.
fields sickness have agreed to re-
port in favor of paying Drs. Agnew
and HAMILTON $4,000 each, and DR..
Bliss $4,000. The doctors had
agreed to present no bills, leaving
it to the committee, but it is said
that DR.. Bliss expected $4,000 OF
$50, 900 at least, and, now that he is
put down at $4,000 less than the
others; he will astonish everybody
if he does not "raise sand" about it,
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A YEAR IN NEW YORK.

During 1881, 98,e24 deaths oc.
Cured in New York city, and IS, OOC
births were reported.
For the education of children
some $4,000 900 were expended.
while the drinking places, of which
there are 9,2l5, absorbed, it is es.
timated, the enormous sum of $780,
OOO, 1000.
OF the army of wine bibbers who
cast their substance into this pool
1891 were committed to the
Tombs.
The amount expended in public
amusements of all sorts amounted
to $1,000, 900.
In the police stations 12O,O84
persons asked for and we're furnish
ed with lodgings, and $1,000 out,
door poor were relieved.
In the police courts 67,135 per-
sons we're arraigned.
Crimes of violence were commit.
ted by 5,810 persons.
Charity sent to the almshouses,
hospitals, nurseries, schools, and
asylums 1871 ,765 persons.
OF our immense population of
nearly a million and a half 172,777
are females between the ages of Is
and 80 years; 10000 of whom are
help.--N. Y. San.
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Quick and Sure,

Many miserable people drag
themselves about with falling
strength feeling that they are stead
lily sinking into their graves, when
by using Parker's Ginger Tonic
they would find a cure commencing
with the first dose, and vitality and
strength quickly and surely coming
back to them.
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Monday night, in addition &c

Monday night, in addition to
other matters of public interest,
the Legislature passed the Immi.
grafton bill and the appropriation
for the A. and d. College. The
legislative apportionment bill has
been approved by the Governor
and will be published in our col.
umns at an early day.-TDaily Olar-
ion, 9Th.
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ASK YOURSELF

Does your system need nOurishing
and strengthening9 Are you recov
ering from some low feverg Dc
you suffer from dyspepsia or indi.
gestiOn9 Are you troubled with
urinary disorders Remember that
Browns Iron Bitters will surely
cure you. They have cured thou
who we're given up to die by
physicians.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-03-11

Another fire occurred atJack-
son, Tenn, on the morning of the
7th inst. 1t had its origin in Will
liamson's grocery store, burned
the Taylor Block, together with
several stores adjoining Loss
about $4,000. The origin Of the
fire is unknown, but it is supposed
to be incendiarism. 8 qs
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Anu-POlygamy.

Senator Edmund's Anti. Polyga-
my bill which has passed the UAit,
ed States Senate, and will proba-
bly, become a law, relates to the
local or Territorial offices. A pc.
lygamist is disfranchised and de-
clared ineligible to any office. The
bill declares all registration and
election Offices vacant, and then
provides land here we have the GEsT
of the whole law) "uiat each and
every duty relating to registration
of voters, the conduct of elections,
the receiving or rejection of votes,
and the canvassing and returning
of the same, shall, until other pro
visions be made by the Legislative
Assembly of said Territory, be per-
formed by a board of five persons,
to be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, all of whom shall not
be members of one political party.
The members of this board are to
each receive a salary at the ratio of
$4,000 per ,annum, and they will
have supreme power until a Legis-
lative Assembly shall be elected
not containing any potygamists. -
Jackson CLARION,
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Mr.. Horace Servill, Of Altoona,
Pa, says: my wife and l are up
ward OF seventy years of age. OF
late we both have begun to feel the
infirmities of old age. Nothing
seems to revive, exhilarate and
strengthen US as does Browns Iron
Bltters. We would not do without
il foI ten times its cost"
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SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1882.

The House conCurred in the
Senate resolution to adjourn on the
9th inst. The presumption there
fore is that the legislature adjourn.
ed Thursday.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-03-11

The bill which passed tke Legis-
lature to re-apportion the State,
provides for the election Of 100
members to the House, and 40 to
the Senate--the extreme limit al.
lowed by the Constitution.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-03-11

President Arthur has received
from Mr.. Conkling a letter deelin-
ing the Associate Justiceship of the
Supreme Court.
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FARMERS LOOK E r
MAKE YOUR own GUANO

Shun these guano dealers and manu-
facture your own fertilizers. Most OF
the material is on your own farms and
easy to be had, and the balance can be-
had at your nearest town.
One receipt for quickly manufactur-
ing guano, far better than the spurious
stuff sold byiunscrupulous dealers, will
be mailed tOyou on receipt Of
ONE DOLLAR.
The directions are simple, no tools or
apparatus needed besides what a farm
er already has, and the cost does not
exceed THREE DOLLARS Der ton.
Three hundred pounds put on an acre
win make q better crop than any guano
you can buy. Send your order and
one dollar by mail, at my risk, with
post1oflce plainly written, to
H., j, EDENFIELD,
SSaiusburO, Ga.
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STRANDED.
"There is a tide in the affairs Of

AhStO 40 q AANO IA NAP @l0AAS Va
men
Said one whose lips were touched
with living fire,
(Which leads to fortune" 1t is
true, but then
Each life has tide-marks whence
the waves retire.
We take the waters as they rise, and
float,
Hope for a guide against a stormy
sea;
Each dancing wave that rocks our
little boat
Brings nearer to the port where
we would be.
Some gain the haven that their
spirits crave,
The tide may ebb, but they abide
secure;
While some are stranded by the
highest wave
On barren beach, with bleeding
wounds past cure,
The tide GIBBS out hat bore them to
their fate,
And leaves them WOUNDED, LONE
AND DEsOLATE!
l nave been stranded thus; my boat
set out,1
Freighted with hope and love, to
cross lIfe's sea,
But waves have washed my precious
cargo out,
And winds have shattered Sboth
my boat and NE!
hadgRot skill enough to guide the
boat,
had not strength enough to use
the oar;
So all my treasures on the waters
float,
And l am stranded on a barren
shore!
| cannot place the blame on wind
or wave;
MIGHT have journeyed safe, with
thought and care;
But failed the hope that once did
make me brave, =.
CRUSHED OUT the love once holy as
a prayer!
The tide eObeG out and left me to
my fate,
Weary and wounded, sad and desc
latel
Forlorn | wandered on that barren
waste,
A wretched vagabond for dreary
years;
No hope, no love, no faith, within
my breast,
My heart the seat of recklessness
and fearsl
AT last, the flowing Of the wished
for tide
Lifts up my shattered bark from
off the strand;
Am I WORTH sAvINGl Then, o, Fa
Their, guide
Me in my voyage to the "better
land!"
Shield me in storms, protect from
rocks and shoals
Of life, strewn with such CHASTITY
wrecks Of souls!
Sail Thou with me; never more let
ne be stranded,
But safe, at last, in HEAVEN 'sHAR
Dor LANDED!
EXPERIENCE.
A YEAR IN NEW YORK.
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Fer the ADvERrIsER.l
To Mr. < Mrs. II. A. Stubbs, Jr.


Adown life's rugged mountain side,
Through beds of gold and pre-.
cious stone,
Through dells Of peace and sorrows
vale,
Two streanlets glided, each alone.
Far, far apart they glided on,
Not dreaming that some future
day.
They'd meet and mingling into one,
Flow on along lifo's lhorny way.
But they have met--these placid
streams
Have softly mingled into ore;
No more to glide in different ways,
Adown liIe's hillside all alone.
God bless this newly welded pair,
With Heavens rareSt gems of
love;
And give, Oh give, to each of them,
Thy blessed peace-branch from
above.
Ripley, March 10, 1892. ..t
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We have just received a sup
ply of business cuts, several fonts
of.new job type, suitable for print
ing posters, bill heads, letter heads,
cards, etc. Send IN your orders.
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p. N. Savery, Esq, Of Baldwin
MISS, was in the city this week, and
gave the Advertiser Offices call.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-03-11

"A bill passed the Mississippi
Senate Tuesday to amend the ballot
law in the Code of 1880.
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Having secured the services of MR.. W.
II. kAGGETI, OF England, who is
an experienced SILFEkSallrli anu
MATCHMAKER, this department
will have his especial attention.
None but the BEST materials anu most
experienced workmen being employ
ed, | am fully prepared to guarantee
that all work done by me will be just
as represented.
| will be glad to see my friends and the
public generally atmy OLD STAND.
May IA, 186l-lv.
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The bill to make adequate pro
vision for colored deaf mutes, and
for the erection OF a separate school
building for same, has passed both
houses Clarion, 3rd.
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By Notjce.1

uN0SaSCH -A
have set in for another year
IN Ripley and, feeling thankful to my
customers Of the past, | am again
ready TO do any and all kinds Of
House Painting, cralning, Inn
Itating OF Marbles, Bug
gy, Wagon and Car.
Rage Painting.
Es- Furniture Vanishing and Paper
Hanging viii be a speciality with me
this year.
Prices always in keeping with the
times, e. =. I. WILEY.
Jan. Z, 1882.
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R. r. FORD, Editor and Proprietor.
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j. w. COLEMAN,
General Passenger Agent,
New Orleans, La,
J. G. MANN,
SupI. North Division,
Jackson, Tenn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-09

saw his father in the canoe sw;fs,
padding along the shore, peerioo sba.Iy
ly for his boy. But the spot oecu Ir,s',
by the panther was around little cp prvu
in the bank, where she would not W s se
the man until he was close upon har ''e
Before Mr.. Smith reached tbia ,,ioo.
he saw the lads duck hat" and DcG
contrived to Lift one hand cnrai 2'In
above the water and point where tIS
creature was dining. '"'
The father understood the sjpnal md
giving the canoe strong pull. seiznJ
the gun, and prepared to fire the instant
he saw anything to fire at. A moment
more the rifles sharp crack rang ont
the panther spraug into the air, and
fell back among the ducks, dead as thew
were.
Even yet Dick, now elderly s.Mr
Richard Smith" delights in telIing
how he escaped in duck hat from ;
panther. -HWpcr'S Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-09
For Young Readers.
BE TRUE TO YOUR B0THO0D.

In the days of my youth, remember
A blithG mower sang me tn S rune:
The aftermath of the Septemb r
Is not the sweet clover of june
And he said: "Whate'er be thy profession.
Whatever thy hands may employ,
Start out with lifes foremost procession,
And he tr c to your boyhOod, my boy"
And he whetted his scythe, the old farm
And cut the tall grass to the rune
The aftermath of the September
Is not the sweet clover of June
And once when the autumn was smiling
met the old mower again.
The thin swaths of the aftermath piling
Where the round rows of clover ha lain.
"'Tis the Jew lead the world, not the many;
Ills the few that life's blessings enjoy;
And your chance is as good as is amy;
BE true to your boyhood, my boy"
And ne Whettcd his scythc, the old
farmer,
And cut the thin grass to the rune:
The aftermathO of the Sept mbcr
Is not the sweet clover Of June"
Let the weak and the aimless have leisure
But count Ot3it not in thy plan;
In life's purpose and struggle lind pleasure
That is worthy the heart Of a man,
And hold as the wles of the tempter
Whatever thy effort debars-
The lamps of the gay billiard palace
Are not the bright lamps OF tn stars
And ne whetted his sCythc, the old
And cut the thin grass to the rune;
The aftermath of the September
Is not the sweet clover of June"
" In the old time We're wreckers in Cornwall:
And false lights they set on the coast,
And the sailors bchCld the bright beacons
And steered for the reefs, and were lost
And sin like fair lamp is cleaning
In secret thy soul to destroy;
False lights are Is proftless pleasures;
Be true to your boyhOod, my boy"
And he whetted his scythe, the old
farmer,
And Cut tn "a thin 3. asa 70 tho r,1Da.
&" The aftermath of the September
Is not the sweet clover of June"
"Then early be active and earnest;
The youth that is Chary of toll
is like the Improbable sOwer
That spares the full seed to the soil.
And remember the great h pes of Heaven
Were meant for the young to enjoy,
And they may have harvcSts immortal
Who are true 10 their bOyhoOd, my boy
And he whettcd mis- scytho, the Old
farmer,
And cut the thin grass TO the rune:
!" The aftermath of the September
Is not the sweet clover of June"
Hcze5jah BHttGrU0rth, in Christian Union.
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Projected Canals in the Old World.

The constantly increasing use Of steam
to the sdpersession of sailing ships,
renders canals of more practical import,
ancc than formerly A sailing ship, un.
aided by fair wind, would naturally
make very slow progress along a narrow
cut of water, whereas a steamer-on ac.
count of the smoothness of the surface
shows tc better advantage there than on
the sea. Hence we have ambitious pro.
iects of ship canals in various quarters
France desires to ilandize herself by cut,
ting broad deep dixie from Bordeaux to
the Mediterranean; Germany proposes a
waterway from the Baltic to the North
Sea, across Holsten, thus rendering her
self independent of possible Danish
blockade of the sound; Manchester
plans TO become a seaport, to
bring the briny ocean close to
Market Street, and leave her old
rival. Liverpool, stuck in the mud. This
latter project is to be achieved either by
canal from the Merseg, or. better still,
by utilizing the neglected estuary of the
Dee. And if Manchester succeeds in
her scheme, why not extend the canal
on to Birmingham and thence to Lon
don? Before many years we may see
one of the monsters of the deep which
are owned by the Cunard Company or
the Z. and 0. steaming through the
green meadows of Warwickshire. Lon-
dO11 GraDhic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-09
The Old Families Of New England.

Some twenty years ago We used to
hear great deal about ''mudsills' and
''F. I. V.'s'-slang terms impl ing that
the people of Virginia, or of the south
ern States in general, were OF more aris-
toCratic origin than the people of New
England, and were accordingly entitled
to look down upon them. eve are the
gentlemen OF this country" said Robert
Toombs in 1860. The assumption WAS
thoroughly baseless. In point OF fact
the English ancestors of the Washing
tons, the Il ndolphs, the Fairfaxes and
the Talbots We're no higher in social pO-
sition than the families of the Win
throp5, the Dudleys, the Eatons and the
Saltons,alls. The foremost families
which came to England were OF pre-,
cisely the same rank with the foremost
families which came to Virginia, and in
many instances there was relationship
between the former and the latter
so TAR as mere names 90, this is well
illustrated in Bishop Meade's list
OF old Virginia families, i'll which
occur such names as Allen, Baldwin,
Bradley, Bowdoin, Darlington, Cooper,
Dabney, Davenport, Farlel, Gibbon,
Holmes, Hubbard, Lee, Morton, Meade,
Nelson, Newton, Parker, Russell, Sci.
den, Spencer, Talbot, Tyler, Vaughan,
Walton, Ward, Wilcox and Wythe
every one of which is name of frequent
occurrence in New England Two
thirds of the names in Bishop Meades
list occur also in Sayage'S Dictionary Of
The Scttl rs Of Netc ERgiand. Most OF
the leaders of the Massachusetts col
onsts were country gentlemen Of good
furtune; several of them were either re-
lated or connected by marriage with the
nobility; the greater part of them had
taken degrees at Cambridge, and &C.
cording y one of the first things that
naturally occurred 70 them was to found
a new Cambridge in the New World. II
they had remained in England, many oil
them would have gone into Parliament
with Hampden and Cromwell and would
have risen to distinction undcrth Com
monWealth. John FISic, IN HarPerS
NdOd. inc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-09
Coal in China.

The geological investigations made
by Baron Won Richth fen in China ShC"
the existence Of vast coal districts in Jhe
west and northwest The VIII lie sur,
face OF northern China is covered Dy
rich yellow earth. to n depth OF lV"
and 1000 feet, which Oyerlics all tnc
coal fields; and the great p ain OF emma
~ bordered on the west by vas. lime
stone wall, 1000 to 5000 feet high on
the top of which extends y plateau o'
coal in a superior state of preservation
owing to its capping of hard limestone,
which has resisted denudation. lhe'V
are here $4,000 square miles OF corr
bearing ground of the best Qualily' ~
which the coal beds lie perfectly ho'Lf
zontal, thirty feet thick, for o lengIa -"
200 miles. According to this authors,
these coa beds were deposited primal,
~ around mountains of me'am'rPn'
and primary rocks, which then cOu,'IL
tuted the land, and have lain horl40h'TT
" and undisturbed eNcr since "
Sun.