The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-04-10
Mississippi in The National MW-
SeuIlS.
WHAT SHE HAS TO DO.

department at w aShlngt0n.We fOund
the agricultural, mining and forest
resources of the States of the South
and West wonderfully and Aatter-
ingly represented, with the single ex-
ception of Mississippi-there was not
even grain of corn Or "a single
there to the credit Of this great com
monwealth though all the sisters who
stood with her in the late war were
grandly advertised, and some Of them
III walks Of agriculture and forestry
in which they are mere piglnies as
compared to our State.
Passing out of this building, we
entered the vast structure of the Ma
tional Museum, feeling reasonably
certain that something from home
would greet our eye meath the acres
of roofing that cover this grand col
lection of the useful and the curious.
| We strolled around for hours we
found every monarchy of Europe
represented every island of the sea
was displaying its treasures there ;
all the Republics Of Spanish America
invited attention to their offerings !;
China, Japan, Siam, all the Indies,
Egypt and all the oases of the Desert
were spread before us as mirrored in
their contributions; the sea, the river,
the lakes, and even the volcano, had
given Of their precious and wondrous
things, while the planets that float
through space were represented by
pondrous semi-metallic masses that
had been gathered from where they
kissed the earth, and added to this
wonderful collection; and then every
State and Territory and province on
this continent was gloriously typifed
by the products Or fabrics it contrib
uted to the needs of man-all save
Mississippi. Our glorious State with
her wealth Of soil, and rivers, and
forests, and multitudinous products,
had no place in that vast aggrega-
ton Of the useful and the curious:
AT least we thought her unrepre-
sented in the National Museum until
at last we approached panel in one
of the dividing walls and found her;
Mississippi was there-a small piece
of a hard looking little tree was nail
ed against the wall, and this segment
of a sappling was pierced by what
seemed the bar from a plantation
gate, and just below it was printed
card that read as follows:
''ILLUsTRArIoN OF FORCE OF TOR
NADO.
GA board driven through white
oak tree four inches in diameter.
During the tornado that passed
through the town of Wesson, Miss,
April 23rd 1883, this board, one inch
in thickness and twelve inches wide,
was driven with sufficient force
against the tree to split it and pass
through it for distance of eight
feet, where it remained fastened as
here shown.
"Gift of John Hopkinson, of Wes-
son, Mississippi"
| Just to think of tin these two
vast museums where every other
State and land sought audience Sin
its Sunday best" Mississippi was
only represented by a segment of a
wreck; by something to make the
| blood curdle or run cold; was only
advertised by a memorial Of the most
dreadful event in her history; by an
object that was as little calculated
to win her population and wealth as
the exhibition of bloody, scaly lock
and new made grave would be to
lure the timid to home on the from
tier.
AT the Exposition in New Orleans
next winter Mississippi will have to
gain high position for her products
and resources in the worlds esteem,
and she will have to begin at the
threshold and work from the ground
up, for she differs from her sister
States in having nothing to build to
in the way of preceding exhibits
but she rs fully equal to the effort,
and If HER SONS BUT WILL IT, they
are invincible, and she can gain a
place in a single year that will make
her peer in the worlds esteem to any
of the sisterhood. Let every Mis-
sissippian make up his mind to win.
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In the Keifer-Boynton matter, the
House Committee made the follow
ing report on the lst inst: @That
the charges against II. V. Boynton
are not sustained by the evidence
, and there is no ground for action by
) the House." This is a virtual con.
viction of Keifer and his chief wit.
nessess, of perjury, for they swore
} themselves blue in their effort tc
, sustain the charges.
THE public debt statement pub,
lished on the first of the month shows
a decrease during the month, O