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The Black range., 1884-01-04
Firmness of Senator Wilson.

Senator Henry Wilson was self-con.
trolled as well as self-made man. He
left his New Hampshire home early in
life, and changed his name in order to
get out from the baleful shadow of in
temperance. He began ON the lowest
round of the social ladder, and climbed
up, rung by rung, until he became IA po-
litical power in the nation.
The first step he took in the ascent
placed him on the pledge never to
drink intoxicating liquors. The second
step he took made him an industrious
laborer, third diligent reader.
He was sent to Washington to carry a
petition against the admission of Texas
into the Union. John Quincy Adams
asked him to dinner party, where he
met with some of the great men of the
nation. He was asked to drink wine.
The temptation to lay aside his temper
ance principle for moment, in order
not to seem singular, was a strong one.
But he resisted it and declined the
glass of wine. Mr. Adams commended
HIM for his adherence TO his convic-
tions.
a fter Mr.. Wilson was elected to the
United States Senate, he gave his
friends dinner at noted Boston no.
tel. The table was set with not a glass
of wine upon it.
"Where are the wine glasses y asked
several loud enough to remind their
host that some of his guests did not
like sitting down to wineless dinner.
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Wilson, Using
and speaking with great deal of feel
ing, You know my friendship for you
and my obligations to you. Great as
they are, they are not great enough to
make me forget the rock whence | was
hewn and the PIT from whence l was
dug. Some of you know how the curse
of intemperance overshadowed my
youth. mat might escape fed from
my early surroundings and changed my
name. For what l am, | am indebted
under God, to my temperance VOW and
my adherence to it.
Call for what you want to eat, and if
this hotel can provide it. it shall be
forthcoming. But wines and liquors
cannot come to this table with my con.
sent, because l VIII not spread in the
paths of another the snare from which
| escaped"
Three rousing cheers showed the
brave senator. that men admired the
man who had the courage of lis con-
Vlctions.
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An Aparition.

The nighborhood of Hopewell, Church
near Mexico, Mo-, is much excited over
the appearance in the locality of a
strange creature, which is thought by the
credulous to be a ghost, and which is
a puzzle at least to the most skeptical
The aparitlon is simply that of "a lean
monster man, between eight and ten feet
in height, wearing long cloak, and GO
ing about with his head bowed IN AN
distracted way, but occasionally glar-
ing at those he meets, with small, ght-
teriDg eyes. said to resemble those CT a
cat, or some wild beast. The negroes
believe the aparition to be a ghost, the
white people don't know what to say
There appears little doubt, whatever
the creature may be, that it has actual.
ly been seen number of times. The
school at Hopewell Church is about
abandoned because of fear of the mon
ster, and even sturdy farmers go about
armed, in apprehension of it. Johu
Creary, a well-known old resident, de
clares that recently as he was return
ing from Mexico, to his home, he had a
good view of the queer being, who was
about ilfty yards ahead of him, walking
The Black range., 1884-01-04
An Editors Trousers.

An editor in Chicago recently order
ed a pair of trousers from the tailor
On trying them on they proved to be
several inches too long. 1t being late
on Saturday night, the tailor's shop
was closed, and the editor took the
trousers to his wife and asked her to
cut them off and hem them over. The
good lady, whose dinner had perhaps
disagreed with her, bursquely refused.
The same result followed as an apple
cation to the wife's sister and the eld-
est daughter. But before bedtime, the
wife relenting, took the pants and cut
off six inches from the legs, hemmed
them up nicely and restored them to
the clsset. Half an hour later her
daughter taken with compunction for
her uniilial conduct, took the trousers
and cutting off six inches, hemmed and
replaced them. Finally, the sister-in-
law felt the pangs of conscience, and
she too performed an additional surgI.
cal operation on the garment. When
the editor appeared at breakfast on
Sunday the family thought Highland
Chieftain had arrived
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Calhoun.
There has been thirty-three speakers
of the house Of representatives. if we
include the speakers pro tempore.
some of whom served for a full legis-
lative year. AS ninety-four years have
elapsed since the meeting of the first
congress under the constitution, this
would give the average period of SER
vice for each presiding officer some
what less than three years. The state
OF Kentucky has had the speakership
conferred on three of its citizens, who
have held the office in the aggregate
fifteen years. Virginia has enjoyed its
high office eleven years. Next comes
Massachusetts, whose representatives
have occupied the speakers chair ten
years. Pennsylvania and Indiana have
each had three speakers, whose full
service amounted to nine years for each
state. OF the original thirteen states,
Delaware and Rhode Island are the
only two that have not had the speak
erShip at least once.
New York has had but one represen-
tative CHOSEN speaker in almost hun
dred years. The young state of Ken
tucky has had the speakership a dozen
years longer than the Oldest state or
any state in the Union.
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NO. SO.

In a leisurely way along the middle of
the big road. in mud almost knee deep,
his head still lowered and his long
black cloak flowing in the breeze. All
at once. and in the twlnklingo of an eye,
he disappeared in the thick woods as
mysteriously as he came upon the
scene. Mr.. Creary says for the first
time IN his life, although soldier un-
der General Grant, he was really
frightened, and it was all he could do
to control the horse he was riding, so
great seemed its fear of the object.
Mr.. c. Haggert and wife, who were
returning from church Thanksgiving
eve, were surprised by the monsters
peerng with its cat-like eyes into their
buggy and leaning against it, almost
crushing The vehicle. The lady has not
yet, it is said, recovered from the shock.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. both claim on this
occasion white cloak was worn.
A large number of others have seen
the strange creature. and large party
is securing the leighborhood of Hope
well Church, hoping to capture it. No
newspapers of the city are represented
in the searching party, which includes
one or two st. Louisans, and report
from the expedition is awaited with
much interest.
The Black range., 1884-01-04
Mining Stock Deals:

Within a week or so we have noticed
the collapse of several attempted small
SIZED deals in mining stocks. A deal
in mining stock in New York according
to the latest methods, is to get all the
stock together in a pool and then at
tempt to unload them as much as pos
sible on the public through the medi-
um of the Mining Board by a series of
manipulations of the stock, employing
the laundry process to an unlimited ex-
tent. One day the stock is washed up
or washed down, shorts are invited,
when the stock is put up to punish the
adventurous sellers. Should they catch
IA few gudgeons, the stock is depressed
to get the identical stock back at lower
prices. A deal is based simply upon
possession of stock. There is no mine
of merit behind it. Some times a COM
pany possessing what they believe to
be Il meritOrious property are, unable
by reason Of the dullness of thetimes, or
the unsatisfactory showing they can
make, compelled to resort to this sys-
TEN of manipulation to sell stock
enough to secure working capital, but
none have been successful 50 far, as the
record shows.
The engineers of such mining deals
ought by this time, to be pretty well
satisfied that such operations cannot
pay.and only react upon the legitimate
mining interests of the country. An
exchange is place where brokers can
meet, and buy and sell something that
is represented as having some merit ;
the modern deal is only fraud from
the beginning. If the mine has really
any existence it is in the shape of a hole
in the ground with no intention on
any body's part Of sinking foot furth-
er. People will no longer buy mining
stocks unless they are satisfied In some
way that there Is a prospect of some
thing. The Comstocks continue to be
bought and sold. not only because of
their past history, but because they are
being actively worked and there is al
ways the prospect or anticipation that
the next blast may uncover the patti
emily looked for bonanza They are
pr0spectively worth more than the
money they are selling for whereas the
wildcats upon which deals are sought
to be made in the New York market
are not worth the paper upon which
their stock certificates are printed.
Consequently, when we see the col
lapse of Il mining deal pure and simple,
we always rejoice. We rejoice because
another swindle is exposed to public
view. There are plenty of merltorious
mining ropositions for the consider
alton of the investing or speculating
public without having them all handi-
capped by a number of wildcats that
have no standing and should never
have passed muster sufficient to be list
ed on the stock board. 1t is our deter
mined purpose to expose any and all
mining deals that are not backed by
solid merit. either present or prospec-
tive The day for deals has passed.
n. Y. Mining News.
The Black range., 1884-01-04
The Speakership in History.

James X. Polk, says the New York
Graphic, was the only speaker of the
house of representatives who was elec-
ted president of the United States. Polk
was speaker for two terms. The only
man filling the Office of speaker who
was elected vice-presldent is Schuyler
Colfax, of Indiana. Colfax was speaker
for three terms. Henry Clay, of Ken
lucky, held the speakership for the long
term of ten years-the longest service
on record. Andrew Stevenson of
Virginia, filled the office of seven legs-
lative years. Stevenson was Richmond
lawyer who had received training as
speaker of the Virginia house of repre-
sentatves, of which body he had been
twenty years a member. He was sub
sequently sent as minister to England,
his successor in that Office being Ed
ward Everett Nathaniel Macon. Jas
G. Blaine and Schuyler Colfax were
each elected three successive terms
and each served SIX legislative years
Macon, of North Carolina, was in con-
gress thlrty-seven years, serving the
larger part of the time in the senate
No one in our history has enjoyed thus
far so long o period of congressional
service. Nathaniel Macon fought
bravely as private soldier in the wal
of the revolution. having declined the
cffer of an officers commission. He be-
longed the state sovereignty school OF
statesmen, constituting sort of con
Meeting link between jefferson and
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to one; can use all you can bring of it.
The Colossal, Silver Monument,
Dreadnaught and Midnight ore mixed
gave 1928 per cent. copper, Az ounces
silver and one-tenth Of an ounce of
gold. To run properly and make fair
test about fifteen tons of each kind is
required.
The Black range., 1884-01-04

A dispatch to The New York Mining
News, Dec. 9th, states: "E. ID. Porter,
a prominent mining man. and 4. D.
Farron have just returned from the
Ceur d'Alene mines. after trip Of ter.
rible suffering. They state that the
trails are in terrible condition now.
The snow is several feet deep and the
trail will soon be absolutely impass-
able. They state that there is not a
particle of feed OH the road for ami
mails and not enough provisions in the
country to last till tile roads open
again. All the mines are shut down
and there are more people there now
than can live off the miners. Flour is
$25 per 100 pounds, bacon forty cents
pound, coffee one dollar a pound, oats
thirty cents a pound and lumber $3.50
per 1910 feet. They advise all people
to stay away until late next spring"
The Black range., 1884-01-04
Good Manners.

Good manners are among the greatest
charms person can possess, and every
body should cultivate them, especially
young people. They are something
money cannot purchase, for there is
only one way of obtaining them, and
that is by habitual practice.
We know good mother who used to
say:
always use good manners at home,
and then when you go among strang-
ers you need never be alarmed for 1t
will be perfectly natural to be polite
and respectful"
This is true and we have always
thought that the best and easiest way
to do anything right was to get into the
habit of doing it right.-Ex.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-08-02
nOrsrf LiNp sNlNpLrnu.

ur'fHiiaHs iHeHtlhed ~ Hhieb Oih sol.
diifs We. neIHa ueffHudsd ~ ttnif
itnd 'iHiHis Agaluai the uutcfnmea'
ITO iiastais Arrested apd llsiita Ansvef,
llHaHa nAN, luY z,
a gigantic had fmul In Dakota has
iusi hutn made pablio by the arrest Of
captain J u wnoka Ia this cliy satnr'
day Tic case was worked hy T. N
jamcs, Special Agcm u thc Interior
Department year since, N II alleged,
Wrcks hrflHHud With H. r. Cummings,
Oi Chicago, 10 pruCare Tor him soldiers,
dccIauluy statements 10 cover 100 acres,
aud paving siNtron dollars iOf each
drulnraloD statement Both men were
oid solhlyrs, mrmhvrs ot The Grand Army
OF the licpubic, aud ot considerable iuiu.
enca n the ofdcr. II is said Cummings
g. Il Chicago people he was engaged in
getting possession OF largo tracts oi
DlhOla lands II soldiers would give
bim their dcclurllory statements aud
sgn relnqui-hn w bank he would
attend 10 the hllinps, aud In six months
they would get from $500 70 $500 for
each tract entered.
AZ the end OF SIX months the soldiers
began writing tbs Uutcd states Land
Oillco lnqurlng about their Hlllngs The
Inquiries were soiroqnant that the mat.
ter was thought worthy Of investigation.
Cummings said Weeks had the papers, he
wa an attorney at Huron, and all was
light The matter was referred by the
officers OF tho laud Offices here 10 special
agent james. II was found that as
Weeks secured customers for these
lands hG illlcd out the relinquishmonts,
acting as attorney Tor the soldier aud nc.
companyng each flling with his own AZ
ildavlI 70 tse effect that he had no per.
sonal interest lp the transler Of the land
Because Of these facts and the ALL.
davitS, Assistant District Attorney Mur-
ply sworr out u warrant, and Weeks
was arrested and taken before United
States Commissioner Taylor IN this city
last saturday evening, who held Weeks
N bonds Of 81 ,oDO'to appear Tor trial on
Tuesday, sta
Weeks has operated quite extensively,
having acted as attorney and tilcd two
declarations Ia tho name OF Herman Tai
lunNt ollc Ut tuc M 'lNHVll uulSo w Jahu-
iry last, aud the other ut tho Huron Of
dee last August, and did tho same for
Patrick king-lcy. The Land Office rec
ord is being searched to learn the mag
nitudc Of the swlndle, which so far prom
lses to be the greatest known In the Ter
ritory. This receipts IA the hauds OF
United States officials;
Received Of !. h. weeks 500 for sixty sol.
1lrrs declara,o dos nid $40 for blanks.
SO anxiou were the Chicago soldiers
to realize tho promised $500 or 300 from
their decIaratorlrs, that they paid to
Cummings from el0 TO $50 TO hurry
their cases. TrebJmts, partner oi
Weeks, was arrested, but released on his
own recognizincc, II being believed That
be has had no haud In the matter. III &
case has caused much excitement here.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-08-02
A BAFfLED MOB.
Increctuni Attempt of n Mob at sfInne-
npoli-. Minn., to secure aud Lynch Three
Prisoners Charged with the Murder Of n
Policeman.


Inerectuni Attempt of u Mob at nfInne-
npolis. Minn., to secure aud Lynch Three
Prisoners Charged with the Murder of n
Policeman.
MISSEApoIIs MIsS.. July -.
The murder OF Policeman Robert
Laughliu by Tony Cau,leny, Mart Cor
mln aud James Parker, ronghs, created
intense excitement. Crowds gathered
saturday about ithc jail whore the prls.
oncr, were conilucl, aud threats OF lynch
,ng were openly inidt. An extra police
force was put on guard. by nlghtiall
crowds began TO guther In the streets aud
about the jail. II was evident there
would be trouble, and the Mayor ordered
thr police to be armed with rifl-s and
sabres, and Tie military u rest under
arms and to be really for action at a
moments notice. At midnight, the mob
around the jail had Increased 10 thous-
and, aud a systematic effort on the on.
trance was began. A huge beam was
brought from lumber yard, aud the
outside door WAS. battered In ln q few
moments. The inner door was strOng ger
aud refused 10 yield. The shouts aud
cries 81 The mob could be heard NIL over
ihe city. 1asf D as I1' rf. IlaH
IN the cage where the cells are situated
L strong aTlued force ot police was sta
toned. The excitement ontslls was lu.
icnsc. lIy one o'clock the mob falling TO
effect an entrance began to weaken, and o
gradual retirement began. Chief of Po.
ice West was hit On the head wltha stone
aud knocked down, but not badly hurt.
lie addressed the crowd later, asking
them 10 observe the law and help him
preserve the police. In this good advice
the majority acquIesced an went away.
At | $50 the outer rUom OF the jail had
Dcen cleared and no iurthor trouble was
apprrhcnded.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-08-02
A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.

rhe Application Of Eiectriciiy ms o Motor
on srcet Hailwnys Successfully Demon.
siraicd at Cleveland, Ohib-A Sensation
iu Electrical Circles.
CLEVELAND. o.. July y.
The first successful electric railroad
n America was started into operation in
this city situtdaSlDy the Eist oleeclan !
street Railroad Company, who have Just
completed mic road and ron cars on 1t
'or the ilrst time. The experiment was
20 successful that the company expect to
change their entire syslen, epmprising 9
iYer Twenty miles, Into the electric roads
rhe system used WAS combination OF
he Brush and Knight & Bentley sys.
rns, and the CURRENT was carried
N underground conductors laid IN
.ondults Ike those Of ths cable road
sars were started and stopped and re.
serscd with the greatest ease, and With.
Jul the dl.agreeablc jerking Incident 10
able aud horse roads. The, economy Of
.unnng Is ciaimrd 10 be greater than
.aat OF the cable roads, aud cost Of con.
truction less than one.third. As great a
lumber Ql cars as fifteen eau be run at
)ne time ON single Circuit, aud from one
machine, which Is result not attained BY
,ny OF the Europeah systems now IN OPP
ration. The SUCCESS Of the new road
las made great sensatlon In both street
allroad and electrical circle, and II cx!
lectcd TO greatly extend tho held oi
lectrcal deyelopemtnt as well as en.
iance the value OF street railroad proper
ies.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-08-02
eLtTE NEWS lTEas.

SECRETARY FxkLIsGHuYsxx on the
2ssh rcctssSd tho following telegram
from Consul Mason Mt Marseilles,9 con.
cerning the cholera: "There Is marked
Improvement al Masseilles and -Toulon.
Cholera deaths thore from a daily aver.
age Of sixiy fell to foriy.thres welnes.
day. forty eight Thursday, thirty eight
Friday, fifty-eight Saturday and tLiriy-
SIX Sunday--last night thirteen in
twelve hoafs. The mortality in all eaaes
is also declining. At Toulon the average
fell from forty V fifteen" a
THERE has been an ouibreskof typhus
fever IN yosgex. France. OF forty per.
sons attacked ten died. RS
THf Commissioner Of Internal Rev.
enus refuses 10 rescipd The order dis
connnuhg the collection Of the tax on
whisky by assessments after September
1st.a
Atss-IoAp Of 800 cattle Arrived !. a.
Chicago on the 10Th, from Texas. Forty
sir q tho number were dead, and seven.
iy.Assof the survivor we're .nfTerina
from mysterious malady. The affected
cattle we're Immediately killed, and sn
invssaeAiion win be had 20 determine
the einfactsr Of the disease. n.
HIcKom Gsovn, Norfolk county, Va,
was visited by cyclone On the 2slh.
which destroyed everything in iis palh.
400 ysrdA in width. The largest trees
we're carried away, houses and barns d
ssrs6 u md cattle killed. VI
Tdf6bonE Dssrsks, . painter, ieTI
from third -story window At Louisville
on The Goth and uss instantly killed.
THrRE vas three inches Of rainfall In
eight hurs At Columbus. Mia. on the
2elht. The Tombisbes dver rose ten
feet Ssif .frts frs N ss * self
A cui+fasoceA Dispatch Of ihe 10th
says: "A horrible affair occurred two
days siacc in Rbea county. A party Of
seved ncn came 10 tbc hease Of Mrs
Robert buchanan At night. She Il .
re=rseAzbIs ssash, living alsas On her
farm with her daughter, sl<antiful girl
Of .sassnseen- The Williams forced an
sntnnsc into tho hosss and fsvrihly esr.
ried Oh the mother and daughter 70 .
den=s iorsrs and outraged ihsn by turns
during The entire night A man named
t;ilharst vas arrested and made . full
eonfs-=inp. A mob was organised 70
hans him"
The Panola weekly star., 1884-08-02

tolNur lndstIliHOf.nt nt thu loai
mmhHa ir catching Wn Et.|Unm
Nii.l d. IInt nut aiiWlrl with good
wauiH nj iltr large lsh Wlu mif Seldom
Caught lu That Wtt 10 h il'rgnl io
an.tt 0r nri lhr mnakhlluhHo lWi v Va
lil oNn prot Hiah generally ARnlpfl
hullf she spear aud lhr uel. its cunning
and aVll.ii hr'uf nlmhni lntaIHllr o.
mnlph if lho skill n ihuae vito brnp
the Illrgnl methods against " The
man Whn surcNris N 4prnrluW u musk
hlunqr hhs cnrhel the prize No. matter
II \ be- gained w hirbnrrut pn0licn.
II is related D., well known nuglor
iur musknllunge that In o pool whcfc
number VI thtsr iisll " thu largest sIgr
we're known Ia lutk some llYlicfmcn de-
tormthpd io draw 4 srn, ns m effort 60
catch any of the fish hy legitimate
munns had failed The seine was drawn
through this pool time aud TINT again,
hut not mllaknllongc was taken The
angler who relates the incidcut iuok his
position In n boat, and. holding by one
Of the buoys Of the soinc, was drawn
after II over the surface toI'the purpose
of Investigating how the ish managed
to eludo the net. Lying with his ince
close 10 the water, he says he could SEQ
the iish on hcboltnm plninly, and as
the net approached them they plowed
their wcdgc-shaped heads Ia the sand
and mndc \ passage lindcrlhe sein along
] tku h,tt..a - tha nnpI
In trolling for muskallonge, three
hooks tied ON II strong copper-wirc
SHELL eight or nine inches apart, NJ the
end Of sixty VI seventy feet Of line, are
used The tcmcrty Of the fish renders
It unnecessary for the troll 20 be- ns fnr
away from the boat rs when trolling
for bass, A bright spoontroll Is used
by many fisherman, while others claim
that tho minnow is most killing. Tho
boat must be rowcd sharply. aud the
speed doubled when fish u hooked.
Much depends on the skill and deXtcrty
Of the man at the oars In successfully
landing u muskallongc II the fish Is d
bgo The writer had guide wllf
seemed 20 attach more Importance tc
rccounting p,'i exploits of his owl
in killing muskallongc than he did I,
furtheriig the present efforts Of his en-
ployer in the same line and the latlol
had the pleasure Of losing the only isl
be- hooked in the days fishing he wai
enabled TO enloyla mskal0ngc tina
would have tipped the beam ut twenty
live pounds ut least He Jumped scv
cral times from the water at least teI
feet clear aud shook his head IN vari
bus efforts 10 release himself from th'
hook. while his ewes glarcd like tigers
He was rcelcd nearly within reach o
the gan-hook, when the man at the oar
had his attention attracted tD somothln,
else. The boat swnyrd -ruund..- Tn
line slackcncd. and the iniurated iisl
turned like n flash and darlqd dow
stream. There was IN insIants slow
Ing up IN his speed as the line wa
again drawn talil. and then he went IN
leaving the angler scmi-circular picc
~ his Jaw ns mcmcnto " the day
Clayton fM T. Cor. ~ y. Times. :