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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
EDITORIAL MATTER,
A Matter for the Next Legislature
TO Settle.
From Tri-weekly issues OF Friday & Monda

It is to be hoped that the next
Legislature will address itself to the
devising of some fairer and more
equitable plan for distributing the
fund derived from liquor licenses
than now exists. There are a nuns
ber of counties in the State that re>
fuse to license retailers, exercising in
this right that we oil concede them,
and adopting policy that may or
may not conduce to abstinence. In
many other counties-where, by the
way, intemperance is not more com.
mon than in thor prohibiting neigh.
bors--licenses to retail are issued to
all who comply with the statutes,and
large amount of money is thereby
collected for the public school fund.
This license fee, though heavier in
Mississippi than in most States, is
not as large as we..would like to have
it, for we believe that fully twenty
five per cent could be added without
operating oppressively upon the
dealers, for after all it falls upon the
consumers and man will have liquor
and tobacco regardless of cost. What
we complain of and what we used
every effort to direct the attention of
the last Legislature to, was the fact
that this fund is not distributed
where collected, but goes. into o"hotch
potch 'as the lawyers say,and is doled
out to all the counties in accordance
with their number of educable chill
dren, whether they permit or forbid
the retailing Of liquor within their
bounds. This is an evil for which a
cure should be found by the next
general assembly, either in legislation
or by submitting to vote of the
people Constitutional amendment.
We have no protest to make against
any county prohibiting the retailing
of liquor within its bounds, but we
do most earnestly condemn, as glar~
ingly unjust, the existing law which
distributes large share of the money
collected from licenses in this and
many other counties, amoung those
counties that have forbidden the
collection OF such monies within theil
limits. All such collections should
go to the support of public schools
but the law should be 80 amended as
to leave such funds in the cities and
counties that collect them,a and where
as q general rule in this State, they
are most needed on account Of sucl
collections being largely made in The
counties where the proportion o.
nom taxpaying citizons is greatest
and the cost Of maintaining the
schools devolves chiefly upon the
whites.
| This is q matter that should bt
considered by those who are soon tc
put candidates for the Legislature il
the field in the various counties.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
columbus Oil Wills Column
hES MfEG

Manufacturers of Cotton Seed Meal
Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizers.
Cotton Seed Meal is far superior rs
stock feed to Cotton Seed.
Cotton Seed oil is the best grease for
culinary purposes.
Uur Fertilizer is gaining more conf
dcnce with each succeeding year, ana
those who have tried it are fully couvmc-
ed and satisfied that it Is a far better uud
surcr manure than the Cotton Seed, and
ii will pay the farmers wen to use il in
preference
These facts have been fully demon
strated, and the most skeptic will bc CON
vinCed of its utility by trial
Those who have not given our products
q trial. we simply ask TO DO so, ANA we
hold out special Inducements to Farmers
wishing to exchange Cotton Seed for
either of our products.
For further particulars address us Mt
Columbus Orour Aberdeen Agents, WiUks
< EClliOrd, and G. w. Gibson.
Respectfully,
CoLUMBUs On MILLS,
Columbus. NJ Miss.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

This medicinal preparation is one out
of a thousand of the patent kind placed
before the public which has what il
claims, intrinsic merits, and does afford
relief in diseases like dyspepsia, general
debility, and many kinds of disorders
peculiar to females. 1t has received Che
endorsement Of hundreds of people Of
good standing throughout the country,
and should il sometimes fail to effect n
cure, it may be taken pithou; dcletorous
results 1t has become a staple mo licfuc
with druggists. one or two bottles. used
IN season, may sHte Il heavy bill from ,hr
family physician.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

HENRY Clay Thurston, of Titus county,
Texas, is a sturdy farmer who stands
seven feet and seven and half inches in
his bare feet. We expect that Thurston
is an old-line Whig who registered on
oath-similar to that taken by many
men we have met with long boards and
hair-to let his legs grow until Henry
Clay was elected President, and can't
stop the business now without commits
ting perjury.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
NEW BARBER SHOP.

Mr.. JOHN NELSON, formerly of the
Gordon House Barber Shop, has opened
a new Tonsomal Saloon in the room
formerly occupied by the Western Union
Telegraph Office, over McQaiston & Hoi-
sens commission house, and solicits the
patronage Of his friends and former Gus
toners. ia, 1883 If.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

The two students at Annapolis
selected by the Navy Department to
complete at the Royal Naval College
at Woolwich, England, their two
years "post academic COURSE arr
both from the South, one being from
Virginia and the other from Mary.
land,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
General Freight Agent

We understand that the contrac
tors have proposed to turn over by
the lst of May to the Illinois Central
fifteen miles of road bed completed
from this point on towards Aberdeen
provided certain conditions, of which
we are not informed, are complied
with. This looks like business.-
KoSciuSko Star.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

ITALY is completing one of the most
formidable iron clads that has yet been
designed by Naval engineers. 1t is call
ed the Lepanto, and is able, single hand
cd, 10 destroy the whole American Navy,
and batter down every port on our coasts
for good measure.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Our PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT is
FIRST CLASS in every respect, and We
fill Prescriptions MT ALL HouRs of the
Day on NIGHT, with special reference to
accuracy and neatness, using nothing
but strictly pure Drugs and Chemicals
in compounding them.
Liyl7tf. SHELL & TINDALL.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
ClESJIlT COURT.

The State Docket will be taken up in
the Circuit Court on Monday the Both
day OF April and the second week Of the
term Witnesses aud others interested
will do well to take notice and govern
themselves accordingly. BY order OF
His Honor, j. W. Buchanan, Judge
presiding.
Feby. 1G I'd. ANDREW WOOD Clerk.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

GOVERNOR Bate, of Tennessee, has
signed the Bill passed by the Legis-
lature, which provides for the settle
ment of the State debt at fifty cents
on the dollar, with three per cent.
interest. 1t is believed that this will
be permanent settlement of the
long perplexing debt question.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Two fine steamships that have been
running between New York and
Amsterdam for some years, have
changed their American port to Ball
timore, and have already started into
the new trade.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Mrs. Ann Boland, Of Bridgeport, Con-
necticut, while kneeling in front of a
stove saying her prayers, last Friday,
had her clothing to catch fire, and was
fatally burned. Had this poor woman
been dancing instead of praying when
the accident occurred, there would have
been hundreds of people ready to declare
that the flames were "sent as Judge
ment."
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Fresh and pure Sweet Milk is cheaper
than meats and more hemthy. GIVE me
your orders and it will be delivered from
my milk cart to any part of the city
Price low. }. w, Wilson.
Sept. II If.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

ed as benefce to the whole Com,
monwealth that the District in which
he Glanced to live should re-elect
Henry Clay to the House of Repre-,
sentatives.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

my fathers Louse, where he was always
a welcome ard honored guest, and the
evening of that day, sitting on the front
veranda, he himself taught me with bits
of colorud paper how to make a Texas
llAg.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Elegant FIGURED CHAMBER SETS
offered Mt lower prices than at my other
house IN the city, at ISAAC DORCH'S
GROCERY STORE, Post Office Block.
Dec. 22.tf.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

For children Going IN tenement houses and
ero,cacd cities, where they cannot ret the
benefit of pure, eXhilerating, health
giving country air and travel. DR. MoF-
FETr's TEEI1iINA (Ieethiag Pomders) is in
yolpabte
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

THE Meridian Mercury reproduces
our article upon the subject of GA
Fair Assessment of Lands, 'and makes
the following editorial comment on
it.
We reprint from the Aberdeen Ex-
aminer timely and appropriate arti-
Gle upon the subject Of assessments.
1t is as applicable to this county as to
Monroe. 1t tends to demonstrate that
in giving in assessments on lands,
honesty is the best policy. The best
people ought to encourage an inclina-
ton on the part of all the land holders
to put their lands to the assessor at a
valuation they would like for stran-
gers to take their work for if pros
pecting to buy. If their lands are
undervalued to the assessor, it is too
likely strangers will take thier words
for it. If people expect others to
think well of the lands of their county,
they should put a stout value on it
themselves. The value they say they
are willing to pay taxes on it is the
touchstone of their real opinion Of its
merits; and the owner who cultivates
is the most likely of all men to be
a good Judge Of it. Honesty in Civ
ing in land assessments is undoubt-
edly the best policy.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Track laying is to begin on the
Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville
Railroad on the 1st Of June.-Stark-
ellie Times.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

THE national banks of the city of New
York ut the closing of the weeks busi>
ness, Saturday March 18th, held n re-
serve of $6 TO 875 loss than the law
requires. The weekly statement showed
the following amounts of decrease for
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
MARCH DRAWING,

i''N llsId'' sssssts... .et.,.At Eg.tnO
whole Tick A,H2. HnlFTic e!AsI p7 TjeL,,ssso
S5 Tickets 100 nolInr.,
Remit Money or Bank Draft m Letter or
send hy Express. DoI't send DR. Re0istcred
letter or POStO2ice Oydel'. Orders of ~ and
upward by Express, can he ses Mt our expence.
Address all orders TO K. NJ. BOARDMAN
Courer-Journa Building, LoUIsviLLR, KY
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

ga5" --latest Novelties in Black and
colored Worsted Dress Goods, Linen,
EFyptiau and Union Lawns, at
m2l I'm. STERN BROS.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Trains on the Georgia Pacific now
run sixty miles from Columbus. There
is plenty of iron on hand, and Capt,
Parrish's train is kept busy transport
ing it. The weather of late has been
good,and work has progressed rapidly.
Parrish informs us he has no doubt
that by next Saturday week trains
will be running to the Walker coun-
ty lino.- CoL0mbuS Dispatch.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

The rates of interest were from to
II per cent, and general stringency
prevailed. No such unfavorable condi.
tion of the money market has been re,
ported since the resumption of specie
payment.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

r5mMillions of packages of Diamond
Dyes have been sold without single
complaint. Everywhere they are the ia
vnrifr Dyos
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

The town of West Point, Miss, has
donated the right of way and depot
grounds for the Canton, Aberdeen &
Nashville Railroad. The reports from
North Mississippi, indicate that con-
siderable progress has been made in
railroad building during the past
month. 1t is stated that within the
next twenty days track laying will
commence on the Canton, Aberdeen
& Nashville Railroad.-N q. Times
Den1acrdt.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Landreth's fresh TURNIP SEED for
sale by SHELL & TINDALL. Iiy17tf
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

DIR. MorFETT is daily receiving the
thanks Of par nts whose children have
been saved by TEETHINA (Icc'h,Ug Eo,C
dtrSl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09

THE excuse that is usually made for
the ferocious blackguarding of President
Garfield, which is still going on, is that
after his terrible suffering and tragic
death he was over-praised, and presented
to the country as a perfect man.
There is degree Of truth in the as
sertien that there was excessive adula-
tion Of the second martyr President. but
it is not true that this excess was great
er than is customary when distinguished
men die under circumstances command
ing public sympathy. 1t is not true that
Garfield was held up as man without
fault, and above all others the mode,
for American youth.
The gross form in which the hostility
to Garfield is carried oR is upmistaka-
bly, composed of overheated malice and
cold-blooded political calculation. Gar
| field was not perfect man, but there is
not one of all who are making . busi-
ness OF abusing him worthy to be named
with him, and the very fact that he is
pursued into his grave as no other pub
lie man has been, is testimony that he
stood when shot down for that which is
missed and mOurned by the American
people.
A good deal that isSaid seems actual
ly to be aimed at Blaine.-lCin. Com,
GaZ
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09
A TOOth-Pick Factory.

Where do the tooth-picks come from ?
A Maine newspaper states that the little
town of Ssbec. at the outlet of Sobec
Lake. Piscataquis county, in the interl-
or, has one of the best water powers in
the State, but has never been fully de-
velOped. A tooth-pick factory there Is
doing large business, using over a
thousand cords of poplar and birch
wood annually, turning out two-horse
lead oftoothpicks daily, and employing
from twelve to fifteen girls and eight or
ten men. A private letter from the
place states what the newspapers omit
ted, that "the tooth-pick mill gives EN-
ployment to as many girls rs can afford
to pack hundred boxes for % cents
and feed themselves" This seems very
small wages for women, but board is
cheaper there than in Boston, and prob
ably many Of thom board at home. and
would be unable TO earn as much other
wise. The little stream was damaged
and used for fulling-mill, grist-miIl
and saw-naill, sixty years ago; later for
a shingle- mill and clap-board mill, and
more than forty years ago wooden cloth
mandatory was erected there, which
within the past year has proved a fail
urs, the company offering Is per cent to
the creditors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09

THE island of Ischia, the scene Of the
earthquake, has been noted for its health
restoring baths for centuries. 1t lies off
the southwest coast of Italy, Is miles
from Naples, and during the summer
tourists and invalids can take any one
of the several steamers which run from
Naples to the island daily. In the win
ter communication is less. frequent. Its
coasts are steep and rocky. Near the
volcano Epomeo, $500 feet above the
sea; its last eruption was In 1901. There
are also twelve smaller volcanoes. The
intervening valleys are Of extraordinary
fertility. This land was originally peo-
pied from Asia Minor. -.
In its general shape the island resem-
bles an egg. Itis sixteen miles in cir
cumference. and it lies directly west of
the Bay of Naples. The inhabitants all
told number $4,000. The leading towns
are anicciOla, where the greatest
number of live, were lost. situated
something over a piile from the landing
place for steamers on the north shore /;
Forio, on the west coast, AID fschio, on
the northeast coast. Isehia is nearer
Naples than either of the other towns,
bnt the landing place is not COED. and
hence Casamicciola is the terminus OF
the steamers trips. Casamiccisla lies
at the foot and north Of Mount Epomeo,
which commands a beautiful view of
the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius
The general direction of the elevation
is east and wsst-with the island Both
Forio and Ischia are north of the noun
tains, and Lacceameno Is small vii
lage near by.
The chief business of the people on
the island is fishing and grape culture,
but the place has become famous thro'
its medicinal baths, warm and cold
springs being abundant, and possessing,
it is asserted, great healing powers, par
ticularly for people afflicted with weak
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09

lungs, skia diseases and similar chronic
ailments. These bathing establishments
are grouped around Cassmicciols. where
there are several hotels, and in the sum-
mer the place is favorIte resort. When
10 its normal c0ndition Casanicciola has
population of about 1920, but this
number is swelled at this season Of the
wear by those who go there 10 try the
effect of its baths. Furio, to the west,
has nearly twice AS many inhabitants,
and Ischia has over 6.O00.
This is not the first time that the place
has suffered loss Of life from earth
quak.s. As recently as 1881 over 100
lives were lost and Hesrly 800 houses
destroyed in Cssamlcciola, which was
visited by.two earthquakes eleven days
apart.
The last great earthquake occurred
in April. 1881. when the villages in the
island Of Scio, in the Egean Sea, were
destroyed by a succession Of shocks, re-
sulting in the death Of 1000 persons,a and
in destitutien for those who survived.
Among the persons lost some, proba
bly,, were people from this country. II
is stated that of the foreigners staying
At CasamiociOla only those were saved
who were at the thsater Saturday night.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09
Things 10 Mink.

| Great thinSs are not accomplished hy
idle dreams, but 10y years OF patient
study.
They that do nothing are in the readieSt
way to do that which is worse than moth
ing.
BE happy If you can, but do not desPiSe
those are otherwise, for you know not
their troubles.
Every person has two educatlonS-one
which he receives from others and one
more important. which he gives hihiSell-
Ii many times falls out that We deem
oursrlye, much deceived by others be-
cause We first deceive ourselves. He who
is false to present duty breaks thread IN
the loom, and will find the flaw when he
NAV have forgotten its cause.
III you are going 10 do good thing, do
it now; if YOU are going To do u mean
thing. wait till tomorrow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09

DEMOCRATIC newspapers throughout
the country are reciting their woes over
the way Indiana was carried by the
Republicans in 1880. They are disgust
ed nearly as much AS they were in 1876,
when it was clear that the shotgun had
not made the South absolutely solid.
The truth about Indiana is that the way
for the Republicans to carry the State
was prepared by the Hon. Thomas A.
Hendricks, who first refused to acqui-
esce in the old ticket, and then declined
TO give way for Mcdonald, and was pun
ished for his stolid vanity by the nomi.
nation Of Eagllsh. Then the trouble
was to persuade the Republics. cam
paign managers to make the fight for
Indiana. They consented finally, and
have had an exaggerated sense of their
own Importance ever since. Mr.. Hen
bricks is the man who converted Indi-
ana into Republican State.-[Cin. Com
GaZ.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09
Gems Of Thought.

Every laboring man in the Republic
Can best afford to treat every enemy OF
the Sabbath as his enemy.-N w Chris
tian Advocate.
| How narrow our souls become when
absorbed in any present good or ILL., II
! is only the thought of the future that
makes thsm great.
We should 10 mole lament that VT
are growing old than Til. husbandman,
when the bloom AMI fragrance Of spring
have passed away, should lament that
summer or autumn has euihe.
| We have Ovsr-abundance of discus-
sion. What avails it the repetition,
over and over again of old plans, old
recommendations OF measures, unless
they are practically adopted and carried
into effect? What we want is more
work and less talk.-Rev. T. L. Guy
Ter.
He who Is godly is both diamond
and a losdstone-x diamond for the
sparkling VI his grace, AND lOadstone,
for his attractive virtue in drawing 9TH
ers 10 the love OF Gods presepts; good
man benefits others mere than himself.
You that are parents, discharge your
duty; though you can not impart grace
TO your children, yot you may lmpart
knowledge. Let your children know
the commandments of God. Ye shall
teach them your children. You are
careful TO leave your children aportion !;
leave the oracles of Heaven with them 4;
instruct them in the law Of God. III
God spake all these words,yOu may well
speak them over again TO your shlldren.
II. Watson.
If thy vessel be but small in the ocean
Of this w.rld, il meanness of possessions
he thy alietment ON earth, forget not
those virtues which the great dlsposer
of all bidds thee to sRterialn su6uls-
sion humility. content OF mind, sSd III
duslry. Content may dwell i'll ali Sta
tions. TO I've low, hut above contempt,
may be high enough To be happy. But
many of low degree may be higher thsn
computed and some cubitS above the
common cummenSuration; for IN all
states virtue gives qualifications and al
luWances, which make out defects
Rough diamonds are sometimes mlstak-
en- for pebbles. and msanness may Gs
rich in accomplishments, which riches
desire-Sir Thomas Browne.
The name OF Oliver Bennett ought to
he long and gratefully remembered III
the West. He was Il st Louis merchant
who decided, in lSIT. To found and help
needy Sabbath schu"is, by paying six
dollars towards library. II IL school
could be got together ot not less than
live teachers and twenty-five ScEIlars.
which would contribute MI equal Su'n.
And, If the school should have ten
teachers aud ifty scholars or more. he
would give twelve dollars towards =
twenty-four dollar library. The result
was that in twenty years, 3,S29 schools
were organized in Missouri, Kansas, H..
etc, with Is. sos teachers and Ill. +So
scholars. Think of the good done, ant
the indictments to Christian ScIiritH
which this wise merchant aroused. h'
thus investing twenty thousand dollars
for Christ Who will do likewise
Golden Rule.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09
The Oldest Tree.

The oldest tree in the world, so far as
anv one knows. is the Bo tree of the Sa-
cred city Of AmarapOora, in Burmah. 1t
was planted aaS B. C, and is nov 2,1IO
vears old. Sir James Emerson Tennet
gives reasons for believing that the tree
is really OF this wonderful age, and refers
to historic documents in which it is men
toned at different dates, rs 1872 y. d., ~
4. d.. and so ON to the present day. TO
il" says Sir James, ~Kings have even ded-
icated their dominions in testimony of the
belief that it is branch of the Identical
fig tree under which Buddha reclined ut
Uremelya when he underwent his apoth-
eOsis." Its leaves are carried away rs
stresmers by pilgrims, but it is too sacred
to touch with knife. and therefore they
are only gathered when they fall The
King oak in Windsor Forest. England. IS
1000 years old.