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worthy Of their confidence. I've
had no hours Of play here. The
field is large, broad, and an honor
able one, too. But here comes
a new administration, for which
we have fought, prayed and work
ed for years. Many Breakers are
ahead. While have sacrificed no
principle nor sound idea of my
own section l have labOred to be
conservative. / did il for the best
of all, for | ardently and feryently
desired to see our country restOr.
ed, in fact, once more. Indeed you
and l did not want it separated (;
and after all the distress of a cruel
war and the removal of the only
cause Of the war, it should, above
all things, be restored. AS Gov
ernor of Arkansas | had to pass
through some of the very matters
that will beset Mr.. Cleveland, and
| know where some of the Snags
and clouds are. want above
all things, Mr.. Cleveland's admin
istration to be a solid aud perma-
nent success. | believe it due to
him; and about him | can do moro
to this end than in other place ;
and | shall give my powers to it
for the next four years. My labor
will be in the line of what | have
studied. No personal eonsidera-
ton has entered my mind in this.
The Senate is as high and great as
the other, but this place in the
Cabinet opens to me u field of la
Dor, more Immediately needed,
and more important to our people
than the Senate; and as wrote
Gov. Cleveland in accepting his
tender of the office. II shall spare
no pal ms to make your administra
ton a blessing to the whole coun
try" If / can contribute, in the
least to this, | am ready, four years
hence, to quit, and retire from pub
lie life and public gaze.
The almost onenesss with which
Ihave been indorsed for this place
is quite touching to me, and is
treasure at least to be kept ant
valued. No opposition of seri
Gus character has been made.
In surrenderinga trust confidet
to me by my State, so willing.
and so handsomely, | cannot fai
TO nave regrets, Dut 90 III AT ias'
for her better condition, and ad
vancement, as | believe. My hear
overfows with gratitude, beyont
expression, to her for the grea
honor she has done me, and | qui
the political field proper, withou
the slightest feeling of i'll will o
hostility to any living or dead pei
sons, growing our of matters pc
: litical, or contests for place an
position. My heart in this respeC
is at perfect ease. . Wit
, kindest regards, etc.
Your friend,
A. II. GARLAND.
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CUT-OFFS.

GREESyuLE, Miss, March 10th 1855.
DEAR SIR: In reply to your
desire that express my views on
the propriety Of making cutoff
on the Mississippi river above
this place: From observations of
similar situations on this river
with like results deem it entirely
inexpedient F; aud for reasons that
shOnld govern all "eut.offs," viz,
that the river below should be in a
condition, both in capacity and
alignment, to receive the inereas-
ed flow from above; presuming
due regard be entertained for the
interests lower down aud for the
maintenance of a good channel.
On many rivers "cutoffsm have
been successfully made with good
results, under proper conditions,
or in connection with preparatory
works where such were essential
to the stability of the banks.
Iujudieious "eut.offsn damage
the government of a river, are af-
terwards difficult to correct and a
source of much injury.
know ofnone that would prove
more injurious than one if made
at Tarpley, particularly so to
Greenville; the reach below the
proposed cutoff not possessing
any of the essential conditions to
resist the new force created there.
by, or to convey the water sent
down at an increased velocity.
The policy is short-sighted that
would entertain measure involv-
ing so many vital considerations
as to navigation and protection to
riparian property; each of which
would be most seriously affected.
Very respectfully,
II. A. O'HEA, @. Il.
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A swindie.


A man brought home some rat
poison one evening. His mother.
in.law inistook it for something
else and ate quantity of it.
They had a terrible time that night,
but the old lady's life was saved.
at was a close CALL" said the
doctor the next morning. "She
ate enough to kill a dozen persons,
but fortunately the poison had
been in stock a long time and
most of it's strength bad evapora-
ted.r
Some months afterward the son.
in.law was asked il Messrs. Poul.
tice & Co.. were reliable druggists
to deal with.
~ couldn't recommend them,D
he said. "They swindled me once
on some rat poison.r-New York
Tines
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LITERARY RRIC-A-BRiC.


II is such a pity to be obliged
to give up Craddock, Inc was such
charming man. Tall and slen-
der, with soft, neutral brown tints
as to coloring, aud quiet, observ-
ant eyes. A man of wide mental
culture, to be capable of the pro.
found sympathy, and with a cem-
prehensioA ofthese strange, rough,
honest meuntaineers, who roamed
constantly among the mountains
he painted with so loving touch;
stopping in frequently for rest at
the rude, isolated cabins aud from
these scant possibilities Of study
generalizing with the accuracy of
genius.
Where Is that delightful figure 7
A few days ago he was one of the
list of our most valued friends,
when, presto! change! young,
small and delicate woman evolves
from his evanishing outlines.
Charles Egbert Craddock is a girl,
a Miss Murfree, from Tennessee,
and now a resident of st. Louis.
Probably no literary secret has
been better kept than this one,
for even Aldrich, her publisher,
was dumb with astonishment when
Craddock was announced, and
this youthful female appeared.
just at first one is hardly recon.
ciled to thu change; those shad'
owy outlines of the pleasant young
man still linger family in ones
memory, aud as yet there is no
satisfactory reality to take its
place, but one is full of admiration
of the girl who has made so deep
u study Of her neighbors and
drawn with so mastery q hand.
This deceit has been practiced
frequently enough in the past to
have put one on gard as to repo.
tition, but who was to suppose
that Mr.. CraddOck-due amount
, of requisite middle name, too
should be aught that appeared up
: on his signature, and there was tC
+, be repetition of the Currer Bell
7 George Eliot and George Fleming
!. fraud7
The most admirable feature o
:. the whole business is that thu
+ South has produced a woman wh'
0 is worthy to stand by the side o
n any female author whatsoever, il
}. this country, and to be easily up
o on a plane with Cable and Harri
= in talent.
G "Her" last installment of tn
T "Prophet of the Great Smok
e Mountains, in the Atlantic TO
d this month is probably the strong
l. est thing of hers yet seen, If
Q had not been for George Eliot on
d would think this was far too pow
8 erful to be from q woman's pen.
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The Antiquity OF Jests.

There is indeed metompsycho-
sis of professional jokes, A mer
ry jest about preacher or play
er or q physician is reincarnated
in every generation. 1t is like
royalty, it never dies-Le roi est
mortl Vive 10 roi Garrick's
death eclipses the gaiety Of nations
but the stroke of humOr which
told for or againt Garrick, soon
tells for or against Grimaldi. By
sort Of apostolic succession ance.
dotes about a popular clergyman
pass to the clergyman who sue.
ceeds him in popularity. Two of
these perennial tales one about a
player. the other about a preacher,
have an exceptionally stong hold
on life. In the first, severe
hypochondriac consults q physi.
clans, who advises recreation
"You should see Liston!" 81 am
Listonw answers the severe by.
pochondriac. This is told of
Grimaldi and Of many another
comic performer before and since
his time. The earliest instance
have been able to find is in con-
nection with Dominique, the IA
nous harlequin of the Comedie-
Itallenne under Louis XIV. Ar
lequin Dominique was ready Of
speech, as an ancedote proves
which has yet only one hero. The
monarch was fond of the mimic,
and seeing him thirsty one day,
bade q servant give him goblet
filed to the brim. Now the goblet
was of gold, so Arlequin silly
queried "And the wine, too, your
majestyf' But this is a digres.
sion,
The second story relates to a
certain popular preacher, who, on
a sultry summer morning, arose in
his pulpit and wiped his forhead
and said: at is damned hot y
And whom tho congregation was
properly shocked into wakeful
ness, he said: "Such were the
words which met my ears this
morning as | entered this house
of worship! and then he proceed
cd to preach vigorous sermon
against the sin Of profanity. III
the article which an important
London weekly devoted to the
celebration of Mr.. Spurgcon's fifty
years Of ministry, this saying ant
this sermon were placed in th,
mouth of Mr.. Spurgeon. In thu
United States, Mr.. Henry Ware
Beecher is generally supposed tC
; have said them-there are no
wanting those who declare tina
they heard HMM spite Of tn,
3 eloquent protests and denial o
his sister, Mrs. Harriet Beech
er Stowe. But Rowland Hill
preceded both Mr.. Beecher an,
Mr.. Spurgeon as the protagC
mist of this little sacred pla,
, and Robert Hall appeared /
I, the part before Rowland Hill
Who the real originator may b
will not be known with certaint
until the authentic Jest Book
appears. .-Longman's Magazine.
lr--D--r a.---
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The BlainCs COnyalcsSing.
Especial to the Appeal j

Spcclal 10 inc Appeal.
Washington, March 14.--It
seems that there is to be o good
feeling between the Blaine family
and the Presidents household,
which was Unexpectedly inaugu-
rated yesterday by the call of Mr..
Blaine at the White House. AT 8
o'clock this afternoon a carriage
drove up to the front steps Of the
mansion, and Mrs. Blaine alighted.
She went swiftly into the White
House and was conducted to the
reception.room, where Miss Cleye-
land, the Presidents sister, re-
ceived her with the utmost cordi-
atty. The two ladies chatted
pleasantly for nearly an hour, the
President in the meantime drop.
ping in and being presented to
Mrs. Blaine. Miss Cleveland saw
her guest to the door, and Mrs.
Blaine departed all smiles. Both
the ladies expressed the warmest
admiration for each other tonight
and Mrs. Blame, who kept away
from the White House during
Arthur's regime, will doubtless be
a frequent guest there in the fu
ture.
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have seen it to be fascinating,even
to unmilitary readers, while the
sketches Of the great Generals in
both Northern aud Southern
armies whom he knew as subal.
terms is something the like of
which has never been written by
such an author in all history
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The Banana.

BY descent the bananafs a de-
veloped tropical lily, not at all re-
motely allied to the common iris,
only that its flowers and fruit are
clustered together on a hanging
spike, instead Of growing solitary
and separate as in the true irises.
The blossoms, which, though pref
ty, are comparatively inconspicu-
Gus for the size Of the plant, show
the extraordinary persistence of
the lily type; for almost all the
vast number of species, more or
less directly descended from the
primitive lily, continue to the very
end of the chapter to have six pc.
tails, six stamens, and three rows
of seeds in their fruit or capsules.
But practical man, with his eye al
ways steadily fixed on the one i'm
portant quality of edibility-the
sum and substance to most people
of all botanical research-has con-
fined his attention almost entirely
to the fruit of the banana. In all
essentials (other than the sys-
tematically unimportaut one just
alluded to), the banana fruit in its
original state exactly resembles
the capsule of the iris-that
pretty pod that divides in three
when ripe, and shows the delicate
orange-coated seeds lying in triple
rows within-only, in the banana,
the fruit does not open; in the
sweet language of technical bota-
ny, it is an indehiscent capsule
and the seeds, instead of standing
separate and distinct, as in the
iris, are embodied in q soft and
pulpy substance, which forms the
edible and practical part of the en-
tire arrangement.
This is the proper appearance
ofthe original and natural banana,
before it has been taken in hand
aud cultivated by tropical man
When cut across the middle, il
ought to show three rows of seeds
interspersed with pulp,and family
preserving some dim memory Of
the dividing wall which once sep
arated them. In practice, howev
er, the banana differs widely from
this theoretical ideal, as practice
often will differ from theory fol
it has been 50 long cultivated ant
selected by man-being probably
one of the Oldest, if not actually
quite the oldest, of domesticatet
plants-that it has all but lost thu
original habit Of producing seeds
This is a common effect of cultiya
ton on fruits, and it is of course
deliberately aimed at by horticul
turists, as the seeds are general.
a nuisance, regarded from th,
point of view of the eater, ant
their absence improves the fruit
as long as one can manage to ge
along somehow without them. II
the pretty little Tanglerine orange
: $50 ingeniously corrupted by fruit
ersrs into mandarins), the seed
have almost been cultivated out
in the best pineappies, and in tn
small grapes known in the drie
state as currants, they have quit
disappeared; while in some var
eties of pears they survive only /
the form of shriveled, barren an
useless pippins. But the banans
more than any ether plant W
know OF, has managed for man
centuries to do without seeds a
, together. The cultivated sort, es
pecially in America, is quite seed
less, and plants are propagate.
entirely by suckers. Cornhil
Magazine
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NVILLETIMES.
'rRMs, 4TH DISTRICT
nRCUIT COURT.

eounty-Begins on the lst
March and October, and may
judicial days.
ccunty-Begins on the End
March and October, and may
judicial days.
eounty-Begins on the 4th
March and October, and may
J judicial days.
\ eounty-Begins on the 2nd
II the 4th Monday of March
n. and may continue IL ju-
. county-Begins on the 9Th
Ter the 4th Monday of March
b, and may continue l2 judi
hon county-Begins on the
\ after the .4th Monday of
October, and may continue 80
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iANCERY COURT.

4 county-Begins on the LIST
|April and October, and may
judicial days.
hon county-Begins on the I'd
|April and October, and may
] judicial days.
|ounty-Begins on the lat Mon
land November, and may con-
bicial days.
county-Begins on the Sd
|say and November, and may
, judicial days.
II ceunty--Begins on the LIST
bune and December, and may
judicial days.
county-Begins on the 2nd
Dune and December, and may
/ judicial days.
meetings are held by the
as follows: Bien-
|Nonday Of January to elect
hmissioners. Annually first
brarch, to receive Tax-Collec-
y Of delinquent and insolvent
)nday of August to receive and
the Assessment Roll; lst Mon
kptembeF to levy taxes /; I'd
/ December to pass upon the
personal and poll list; and on
next succeeding each term OF
krt.
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Presbyterian Church

Preaching at n 4, IN and y NJ. every sunday
Communion lst Sunday IN Februsry, May, An-
gust und November. Puyer-meeting every
Wednesday night, \, Archer Pastor. Sunday
school at o.. sam. Brown sup.
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According 10 Promise.
[Clarion.l

Clari0n.I
Our friend of the Chickasaw
Messenger has at last concluded
to mention some of the items
which go to make up his charge
of extravaganza against the pres
ent State administration, and, ac-
cording to promise, we will under
take to show, that his figures do
not support his charge. Coneed-
ing as we do, that the administra-
tion preceding Governor Lowry's
term was admirable, the Messen.
ger invites comparison between
the years 1880 and 1881. during
which Gov. Stone was in Office,
and the years 1882 and 1888, when
Gov. Lowry was in Office, of the
expenditures on account of CON-
missions for assessing taxes and
the amounts paid the Public Print
er.
The commission paid for assess.
ing taxes are thus stated:
1SS0-S1 $2S,25S.S2
1SS2-S3 S50,372.0O
This shows an increase in the
last named years of 500. .113.SS;
but if the Messenger had consult.
ed the assessor for Chickasaw
county, that officer could have in
stantly explained the reason for
the increase, and saved us the
trouble. Everybody knows, or
ought to know, that realty was as
sessed in 1888, and was not as
sessed in 1880 or 1881 and as the
labor was therefore greater in 1888
than in 1880 or 1881, compensa'
tien was greater and ought to
have been. The Office Of assess
or is one of the most important
and laborious in the State, and we
hope that the meagre compensa'
tion now allowed assessors will
not be further diminished. When
realty is assessed they get on an
average $3.50 year; but as realty
is only assessed once in four years
their average yearly compensation
does not exceed $3.50.
The amounts paid the Public
Printer are thus stated:.
lSS0-81 S21 ,209.SC
1928 $24, ,20j 90
This shows an increase in the
last named years of s2,206.75
which it is not necessary to ex
plain, because had the Messenger
examined moro closely he would
have discovered that in 1880 anf
1881 the Public Printer received
S34, ,499.S0 instead of 81 ,900.S0, ant
that would have been the end o
comparison. SO far from the com
| pensation of the Public Printer
having been increased during thu
present administration, 1t has beer
reduced 20 per cent, and this, too
on the recommendation of Gov
Lowry.
If more has been paid out il
+, one year than another. it is no
because the compensation ha
been increased, but because th,
work performed has been greater
+, Our esteemed contemporar,
also refers to the fact that som
repairs were made on the Execu
Mansion. If repairs were neces
! sary to preserve the building o
make it habitable, why should the.
r not have been made9 That tn
r repairs were necessary is abund
t antly shown by the testimony Q
Gov. Stone.
In his last public message to th
Legislature he said: "Sicknes
!, in my family prevented the repair
i contemplated by the appropris
> tion made in 1SSOl. They ar
!. much needed and recommend a
J. adequate appropriation for tha
purpose"
q We are rather obliged, than otl
erwise, to the esteemed Messel
ger for its figures and its dedu'
tions, since a very plain statemer
8 shows both to be erroneous.
SEyiTOR GARLAND.
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Methodist Church

Preaching At n a. m and Tp IN every Sun
day. PRAY meeting every "Wednesday night
sunday school, $50, r. NJ standifsr; Pastor.
W, X Trigg, supt
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SENATOR GARLAND.
Gives His Reasono for Accepting the Prefer
ed Attorney -Gsneralship.
little Rock Gazette, 4th.I

Little Rock Gazette, 4th.
LITTLE Rock, March 3, 1885.
To the Editor of the Gazette:
| have recently received a pri
vate letter from the Hon. A. II.
Garland, written in the freedom
of a correspondence between old
acquaintances and friends, and
never intended for the public.
There are, in it, however, some
expressions which | am sure ev-
cry citizen of Arkansas will read
with pleasure-the more so as
they are marked by the sincerity
which usually characterizes mere
private intercourse. | will there
fore risk annoying him trife, by
giving them publication.
Respectfully.
JNo. r. EAKIN.
Extract-Relative to the good
and kind things you say of me, l
wish to observe: 1t is understood
| am TO be the Attorney-General in
the next administration. In leaving
the Senate | have not concluded
without serious reflection and de-
bate. | was placed In the Senate
aud have been kept there by the
most singular Endorsement of our
people; aud I have worked hard
day aud night to prove myself
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Regular morning service at II a m evening
service, : y. m, every sunday. Communion
arst SUNDAY, n each month. VIM. Cro.s,
Rector sabhaih-school at 9.45 q, m. I'M
Moore superintendent
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
ST. jane. Epi.oopaI Church

High Mass at 10 O'Clock a. M and vespers al
p. m. ilrst aud third sundays. Catschlsm
every Sunday at 0a. m + e. Bohmert Pastor
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This list of distances is procured
from the latest official surveys and
mans.
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jewish Synagogue

Services Friday evenings st ~ and Saturday
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supreme Court
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|ber.
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OCNTY OFFICt~Ls.

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rEMBEIs or Legislature.
Pencer, j. r. Parker,
Gilbert Horton.
kAron rnos 18TH DISTRICT.
II. Jeffords.
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TOWN OFFICIALS.

Town Council meets on the
nday of each month.
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-02-28


Soft-headed girls have begun te
go back on coachmen and elope with
professional roller-skaters, and the
monotony may be considered broken,
The maidens Of Mexico eat ice
cream made from icethat is brought
from the top Of Popocatapetl. 1t
comes high to the Mexican young
man.
If a man is coward who carries
concealed weapons, what are you go
ing to call q pretty girl who hides
her eyes behind pair of blue glas-
ses /?
A Cincinnati editor says that he
has seen petrified girl. That's
funny. / she was petrificd she
couldn't talk, and certainly il she
couldn't talk it wasn't girl.
An Indian girl sixteen years old,
at Fort Keogh, ate six pounds of
meat, five of bread and four of pota-
toes at one sitting, and her name
was Minnehaha at that.
Girls, cheer up! Don't rush into
matrimony. You've plenty of time
before you. The Philadelphia Ne,cs
makes this encouraging statement:
IAN unmarried woman is girl until
she is forty. After that she il an
old maid.n