, 1884-01-31
PickingS.

It IS estimatpd that of 1Ei~sissippi's
sixty or seventy colonies in the lite
var not m Irh th n two thousand five
hundred now remain.
It having been rumored that The
MormLns are about tc send mission
lrips to Texas. the Houston Post, o.
that Stltp. recommended the elders to
send up no men that cannot he per
manently spared"
The Ohio temperance women hrvp
selected Hon j. hn B. Finch, of Ne
br SKI. as their champion fer Il series
Of public debates with DrDll Levi ,
N prohiI iiion. Dio is Il strong IN
'crauce man. but does not favor pro
hibition by legislative enactment
Carlyle wro. e: TO day Is not yes
terdly" Pro5IHIy the gcelt p ,iIpso.
per conc lived t!.is gorgeously beauti.
nj Original thonght while sitting Oh
the he'd in the morning, yawning IL
it trying to swallow the room, and
fceiing his head to see il it was small
enough to fit in his hat.
A bin is now pending III Congress
luthoiZiug national banks in villages
of less than two thou ard pouulation
TO make loans to the ex'ent Of their
capital stock on mortgages on real rs-
tate. The reason why any national
rank should he prohibited from max
ing loans except upon personal spcur-
Ity does not appear to rest upon any
>oli / foundation.
When a Boston girl gets miffed at
he" husband s1e says: ''B tSn tyrant,
[ shall leave thee and fly to my
iather" When we-tcra girl
)rcomns similarly affected she ra-
marks: Old man, an going t. get
mp and get, aud if you don't like it
Just climb up on your eyebrows and
ee If you ean st p me"
A pictorial paper published in New
York has Il very hard rap in it. The
picture is donbe one. In the up
per portion is Il brutal looking ma ,
jGcarcerated for mIr.ler, with a hcv
# ladies around him, giving him
.muquets, fruits. ''Iie,' etc In In
over p r.ion is Il womln sitting on a
g I, who is also incarrer foI
nur. Ter But about her there Is no
5evy of ladies symrathizing with bar
She sits wringing her hands. soiit L
nd alone. Will the other sits happy
lmd contentedly smiling. fhe pic5ure
'urTieS its own lesson.
Dis mai reuorfs come from the
5rIin districts of 9 Iii iJruia Tna run-
all of the whole season has been l"ss
han five inches, and fields are suffer
ing all the ills of an early droatn.
There Is 4 Oh tnco left, CT course, but
Is the season wears away Wi thout
rain, farmers are becoming seriously
'oncerued. the only effect to us ol
/ failure n California wodld be on.
# adyantige-thlt OF reducing
treightS. Prospects here con.inut
.zce lent. Fields ara in good con-
-lrion everywhere. The clear wealth
T of the past two weeks has not
,rUZen cut the grain anywhere. and
he ground is nov 50 dry that only
severe cold weather could DO 1t nurGl.
-OregoaiaR,
The report Of house committee on
public lands, declaring the forfeiture
+ the land grant of the Texgs Pacific
RAJ I ,;d, Is the work oi Represents IL
i've Payson. OF Illinois. 1t Is an *
nauat.vu history OF tIe long b tie
between Col. Tom Scott and Q. Z.
Huntington, and the subsequent in
trigues OF the latter to secure for the
Southern Pacific railroad this great
grant from the public dOmain. The
rep pJrt says that he lOIg struggle be
.wean these two corporations was
e.ided in November, 1881, by a con
Jract between them. j Y q nit hav
ing succeeded ) -ott IL 1he control OF
-. Texas Pacific The report en-
phasizrs tie fact that ii WIS Clearly
me intention OF Congress in the act