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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Benton County Denounces the Per-
sonal Attacks on Lowry.

sonal Attacks on Lowry.
ASHLAND, MISS, July Is, 1885.
Editor Commercial Herald.
The Democracy of Benton county
met in convention at this place Mon
day. Resolutions condemning the per-
sonal attacks made against Gov. Lowry
were adopted and our delegates to the
State convention were instructed to
cast the solid vote of this county for
him. The county was also instructed
for Govan for secretary of State, and
for Miller for encouragement
w. A. Mcdonald for the legislature,
and j. W. Winbone for sheriff were re-
nominated by reclamation. R. S.
Robinson was renominated for treas
urer, and G. A. Lovett was nominated
for assessor.
The last named is a Northern man,
and has moved here since the war.
Tippah and Benton counties compose
a flotarial district. The nominee goes
t Benton this time, and it has, by an
overwhelming majority, selected Will
T. Mcdonald, a young lawyer Of this
place and editor Of the Ashland Regis.
ter. BENTON.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Too Much Jersey.
[st. Louis Glob,.D emocras.I

l know farmers who were once pecu-
liarly happy, but since the discovery of
the Jersey COW have lost all peace of
mind. Now a Jersey COW, let me ex-
plain to you, is in the farmyard very
much like a rare bit of china in
the house. It needs more care than
the beast is worth. An ordinary man
is not good enough to milk one.
The owner must do his own milking.
Common food is not the thing for a
Jersey. She must have cotton-seed
meal. Common pans are not good
enough for her milk. The cream easily
gets favors. The kerosene barrel must
be kept in an clubhouse. Some one has
given a turnip to the beast and it has
affected the exact Jersey flavor of the
butter. In time the whole household is
upset and in constant fever about that
Jersey-metaphorically tied to the cows
tail
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

Rrom che French Of WetoF Huaol
Fair maid, II were king, I'd give my
throne 20 thee;
My scepter, chanoS swift end slaves with
Bonded knee
With my bright diadem, and baths Of
porphyrY
And fleets that crown The waves Of til path
less, rolling sea-
For one dear smile from theel
And obi t. VEN CID, the earth, the air,
the sea.
The angeh-demons, took their wills how'd
unto me-
And Chaos with her store Of rich fecundity,
Blue space, the heavens, al words-EtOF-
nifty
For but one kiss from theel
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Fire In the Joliet Penitentiary

JOLIET, ILL, July 18.-A furious
fire ragged within the walls of the new
State p~enitentiary at this place all
night, originating in the copper shop,
it spread SO rapidly that it soon
threatened to eat up all the wooden
structures in the enclosure. The fire
got beyond control Of the prison fire
The mayor was called
upon and he promptly sent a steamer
to the aid Of the prison authorities. At
a late hour this morning the FIRE was
subdued. Loss to the State is at least
$4,000; ]. H. Winter, Botham s.
Sons, contractors loss $4,000. The
prisoners behaved heroically. Tn e
trustees worked like t~rojans in fight
ing the fire.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
nc FLahtlnr rsstlns. IN Nan


-N-H AEE
There is not the slightest. certainty
that any invention, however terrible,
would put an end to war, while there q
almost a certainty that, if such an in
vention were perfected, it would griey-
ously increase the miseries Of mankind.
Taken in the lump, men will face any
means of destruction whatsoever, II
also they possess it themselves. Give
two men pistols, and they will fight
across a handkerchief. They are not
afraid Of death, but only Of death with
out a chance of victory. King Theo-
dore, of Abyssinia, asked his courtiers,
when the ~rocket-sticks fell at his feet,
if he could be reasonably expected to
face things like those, and ultimately,
in pure despair OF defeating science
with u%nscientific weapons, killed him
self, but if he also had possessed rockets
he would have fought on.
No men, not even Prussian soldiers
or English sailors, will face shells with
out shells to throw back, but when they
have shells they face the enemy's shells
as bravely as they did the old round
shot. The methods of war are changed
by science, but wal is not extinguished.
Suppose it true that able chemists and
mechanicians could invent a method Of
throwing an asphyxiating vapor on a
sleeping army, what would be the re-
sult2 First, the adoption Of some pro-
tective covering, such as iron-clad huts
for sleeping in, next, the adoption of a
method Of encamping which spread the
army over a surface too great or too
uneven to be reached; and next, the
use of similar mechanicians and
chemists as the assailing force.
Huxley would march with his fisher
men to choke Tyndall with his Alpine
climbers. War would then consist
mainly of efforts to obtain advantageous
positions, from which showers of death
would be thrown, but wal would not
cease. Forlorn hopes would be organ
lied among chemists or mechanicians as
easily as among soldiers, enormous re-
wards would be paid to the new war
riors, and nations would fight each other
as briskly as ever.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Strange Freak Of Nature.
Gchlcago Herald.I

In a rocky bluff near Gouverneur. N.
Y, there is to be seen a strange freak
Of nature. To all appearances some
wood-chopper has been engaged in cut
ting stove wood, heading down the
block and splitting off. The kerf is per
feet, showing the ak marks, even to the
point where the header was out
straighter to deepen it. The season
cracks on the log are perfectly initiated.
and the whole is in solid rock, resting
on q bed Of the same material, precfnd-
ing the idea Of its p~etrifaction.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

V1oKsBURG can not afford to drive
the shops Of the L., n. Q. & 7. railroad
away. The increase in values in real
estate, the increase in business, fol-
lowing the increase in population that
will result, r needed, and will offset
ten fold the sacrifices required to
secure them, ultimately. A wise man
considers not only the present but the
future.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Cost Of the war.

IN0W AUTK MAI anu ENpreSS.I
The grand total Of known deaths in
the Union army was nearly $50, 900.
Adding as many more for the rebel
losses-probahly not an over estimate
and taking into account tho nayies on
both sides, and the prisoners who died
uncounted, We reach a total of at least
800, 600 mel as the cost Of that war to
this country-nearly one-eighth of its
entire voting population.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Milk In the Cocoanut.

81 consider it a burning shame" re-
marked a lady, 'that the overworked
clerks of this city are not allowed a half
holiday on Saturday"
81 see hat Smith & Smith close at
noon," said another lady.
Il know they do, went down there
late last Saturday afternoon and found
the place closed. l was too provoked
for anything"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
LAKE PROVIDENCE
court and Crop News.
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La, il

The honorable eighth district court
of the parish Of East Carroll convened
this morning, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the report of the grand jury
which had been delayed in conse-
quence Of the illness Of DR.. VIM. Nc
Culloch, foreman of the grand jury.
The report submitted was an able and
elaborate one, carefully prepared and
rejecting great credit upon the Trainer
of the report for the impartial, search
and thorough investigations made by
the jury relative to the acts Of
public officials, rejecting especially
upon the police jury and late State Au-
ditor Jumel for direliction of duty in
failing to compel the late sheriff and
tax collector to make settlements with
the auditor and parish treasurer as re-
CURED by law. Special report was
also made in regard to the acts of two
colored justices Of the peace who had
arrogated to themselves the authority
to impose and collect fines from $40 to
$40 for violation Of law from igno-
rant colored people. The grand jury
investigated ninety cases and re-
turned %fifty-seven true bills, a
majority of which were for carrying
concealed weapons, resulting in the
committing of four murders in about
four months. In the case Of the State
vs.. William George charged with the
murder Of Peggy johnson, his para.
mour, on the Diamond plantation,
about three miles below Lake Provi-
dence, in 1882, Col. Chas. NJ. Pitcher,
counsel for VIM. George, filed a motion
for a continuance until the December
term of court, which being argued,
was sustained so far as to continue
the case until Tuesday, July 81, 1885,
to secure the presence of a witness re.
siding in Madison parish, material for
the defense.
In the case of Della Toms, charged
with burglary and arson, over twelve
months ago in the lower part of the
parish, the jury rendered a verdict Of
mot guilty" ..
Della Toms is a young colored girl
residing in the lower portion of th'
parish, who is charged with entering &
house in the day time and robbinG
and setting fire to a Westinghouse
She is about IL or IL years of age.
The weather continues hot and Their
is considerable sickness in the parish
Much apprehension is felt for the cot
ton crop Of this parish as reports frou
The lower section obtained from relia
BILE and experienced planters indicat'
that the crop will be materially dam
aged, some predicting that the crol
will be destroyed by the 10th day o
September. The cotton cropis very fin
throughout the parish, although it ha.
grown too much in consequence O.
recent heavy rains which has also haC
the effect Of producing rust on sewers
places.
The corn crop throughout the parisl
is considered an average one, although
the season is regarded as having beel
. propitious, and the yield was expects
!. to have been larger. EGEELY.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Two nrnsnnitn Romad,aa-

-Four ounces Of cloves, two ounces oil
OF peppermint, eight ounces Persian
powder, four ounces gum camphor; mix;
The preparation is warranted to drive
a musquito out Of the room. If this
fails, hit him With a wet towel.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Appointments by the Secretary of
the Interior.

WASHINGTON, July 18.-The secre-
tary Of the interior has appointed Sam.
N. Holiday, Jr., of st. Louis, Mo-.
and VIM. j. Anderson of Martinsville,
Indiana, as assistant superintendent
of the Yellowstone National Park.
Allen w. Easterly, Of Montana, John
A. Grenn, Of Indiana; Hugh G. Quig-
ley, Of Ohio, N. B. Wharton, Of Ohio,
Jos. N. Smithee, of Arkansas and John
Jones, Of New York, have been APP
pointed special agents Of general land
0ficA.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Agent for the Indians.

WASHINGTON, July 18.-The presi-
dent to-day appointed William H.
Black, Of Iowa, to be agent for the
Indians Of Sac and Fox agency in
Iowa.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

Many Of the French national palaces.
notably those Of Versailles, Fontain-
6leau, Compiegne, Pau, and Pierre
fonda, are said TO be falling into decay.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Way InOondescent Lamps Are Made.
New York SUM-

New York Sum-
'The way that incandescent lamps
are made is very simple" an electrician
said yesterday. There are different
ways of preparing the flamentS, which
are shaped, carbonized and treated at a
white heat. They are then placed in
platinum holders, which are embedded
in glass, and next go into the hands of
the glass blower. The glass bulbs have
round openings at the bottoms and lit
tie tubes at the tops. The little tubos
all connect with a big tube. This is
called a fork, and resembles q cluster Of
blackberries. Two or three dozen bulbs
may be on a fork. The glass blower
places filaments in each bulb at the bot
tom, and YIELDS the glass about the
platinum holders to the edges of the
opening. Then the air is drawn from
the bulbs
THE open end of the big tube is at
tached to an air pump, which has forty
pounds of mercury at its top. AS the
mercury drops it caYvies all the air with
it, and vacuums are created in the
bulbs. The operator then takes q Bun
sen burner, and directs its fame against
the little tubes close to the bulbs. This
closes the bulbs, which are then req
moved from the big tube. The glass
blower finishes them off. The ex-
~hauSting ofthe air from so many lamps
at once makes the cost small. The bulbs
can be made by any ordinary glass
blower, but It requires a man Of intelli-
gence to make the flament."
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
A Noted Banyan Tree.
Chicago Herald

On the banks Of the Norbudda, in In
dia, stands a celebrated banyan tree,
which is supposed to be that described
by Ne.rchus, the admiral Of Alexander
the Great. This tree once covered an
area so immense that it has been known
to shelter no fewer than 1000 men.
Though not much reduced in size by
the destructive power Of floods, the re-
mainder is still nearly 1900 feet in cir
conference, and the trunks, large and
small, exceed 5000 in number.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
ANNouNCEMRNrs.


AWM AaoAaaUAs
aothe Voters Of Warren County.
thereby announce myself as a candidate fol-
tle once OF ASSESSOR OF Warren county. subject
totle action Of the Democratic Convention.
Ul6p i. q. HENDERSON.
FOR TREASURER
40 TIE Voters Of Warren County
! hereby announce myself IS a candidate foE
the o1lee Of Treasurer Of Warren county. sub
Jet 70 TIE action Of the Democratic CoDyen-
lion GEO. p. LABARRk
je&
10 the Voters Of Warren County;
thereby annOunce myself as 8 candidate for
the ONCE q Treasurer Of Warren county, sub
Jet 70 ths action Of the Democratic COnYen-
nQn. JOHN b. CAMERON
ie8e
FOB BHEBLFF.
We are authorized 70 announce Nr. D. n.
HEBRON, as q candidate for Sheriff Of Warren
county, subiectt 70 the action q the Democratlc
Convention.
We are authorized 10 announce ". 0. WOR-
1EIL as & candidate for Sheriff, subject TO the
action a the Democratic Convention.
10 the Voters Of Warren County:
hereby announce myself as a candidate for
che once Of Sheriff Of WarrOn county, subject
% The action Ofthe Democratic convention.
fell CHAS. B. ALLEN.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Q FoR THE PREsIDsNr.

ROr bnt one kIss frOm theel
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09
Cincinnati Post.l
As to Advertising.

A firm in Cohoes, N. Y, had a
unique experience the other day.
They advertised, for the purpose of
attracting attention, to sell "three
yards Of silk for 1 cent" The success
of the advertisement was far beyond
all expectation. The crowd that re-
sponded, and its eagerness to secure
bargains, raised veritable riot, and
the police were necessary to restore or
der to clear the store. There was
never such testimony to the power of
the press. 1t showed conclusively the
truth of an assertion often made by
newspapers, and often denied, even by
advertisers, that people do read adver-
tisements. The demonstration was
ocular in this case, only because infu-
encing nearly every reader, which an
advertisement is not ordinarily expect
ed to do.
Money may be easily thrown away
in advertising. A bare announcement
except where the main object is to
keep the advertisers name familiar
is seldom of much value But if the
advertisement, like the news item in
the next column, has a story to tell,
and tells it well; and again, if by its
persistent appearance, it insists on be-
ing noticed, it is not only read, but
impresses the reader with belief in
it's truth. And that rounds out its
perfect work. Its mission is accom-
plished. If it tells of bargains it is
sure to bring customers. People who
want bargains hunt them up. And
more people want them in dull times,
when dollars are carefully counted,
than in flush times, when they are
careless with money. A very success
full business man gave as one of the Sc
crets of his prosperity that he doubled
his advertisements in dull times, when
his competitors Withdrew theirs, and
so caught those wishing to buy to the
best advantage. His logic was both
irresistible and commendable.
The value of an advertisement will
vary with the paper in which it is in
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09
WHOLE NO. 1872.

serted, that paper being the most val
liable, as rule, which has the largest
circulation. In the beginning of
1884 Chicago firm resolved to spend
$4,000 that year in Advertising, and
to spend half that sum with the paper
in Chicago which had larger circula-
tion than all the rest combined.
They did so, and not only did all the
advertisements pay, but the returns
showed that the one paper with the
large circulation paid much the best.
Had they expended the whole of the
$4,000 with it alone, they would
have prcfted more than they did by
dividing half that sum among all the
other papers.
All these are facts that can not be
gainsaid. Their application may be
made in Cincinnati. 1t will be if our
merchants have the proper apprecia-
tion of them. The Post has a larger
circulation in Cincinnati than any
other paper The proof is ready for
any one who desires it. It's rates for
advertising are greatly below what
any other paper charges for the same
service rendered. The people who
need bargains and hunt for them read
The Post. 1t is at once the best and
the cheapest advertising medium in
the CITY.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09

STAMPING OUT DIsEAsE.-The Sha-
kers believe that nearly all diseases
can be prevented by maintaining per-
feet digestion. They never employ
doctors becaus as soon as the diges-
tion becomes impaired they take a
few doses Of the Shaker Extract of
Roots (Siegels Syrup and health is
the result, for it is marvellous rem
edy for dyspepsia. Mrs. Hettie Hauck
writes from Mormon Grove, Grayson
Co., Texas, Aug. 2, 1884: II am fifty
years old this month, and | must say
your medicine has proved wonderful
medicine to me- When l first receiv-
ed it | could not sleep nights, and /
had futtering in the pit Of my stom-
ach, could not bear my hand or the
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throbbing and a roaring in my head.
| was afraid if it continued | shonld
lose my mind. / oftentimes thought
| was too far gone to try anything,
but your medicine has proved bless
ing to me. The pain and miserable
feeling in my head has gone My
head is clear and / sleep soundly every
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| am sure they can find relief in your
medicine The Shaker Tar Capsules
cure coughs. march26-1m.
Waverly wants new Town Hail.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09

Messrs. Chris. Evans, Alexander Johns
ton and Thomas Lawson, Cincinnati, have
issued a circular relating to the situation
in the Hooking Valley. The men resolv-
ed to go in at the reduced price, fifty cents
per ton, and although many are at work,
there is still much suffering and need of
relief. All persons who desire to aid in
relieving the sufferings of these people
who have made such adesperate struggle
against reduction of wages, should send
contributions to Samuel E. Davis, Box
1872, Shawnee, Ohio.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09
The new Rink will be the largest build
ing in the County, under one roof.

President Cleveland has done something
which will go far toward convincing a
vast number of Democrats that he does
not know what he is about. To be Post
master at New York-the largest Post
office in the United States-he has reap
pointed the present incumbent, Pearson,
a son-in-law of ex-Postmaster General
James. To wait twenty-four years for
Postoffices, then see the largest and best
paying ones remaining in the hands of
the Republicans. is more than the good
Democrat can bear, with patience
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09

By lack of open air exercise, and
the want of sufficient care in the mat
ter of diet, the whole physical mech
anism often becomes impaired during
the winter. Ayers Sarsaparilla is the
proper remedy to take in the spring
of the year to purify the blood, invig-
crate the system, excite the liver to
action, and restore the healthy tone
and viuor
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09

Elder Pagan announces that he has
found better method of TEN perance
work than voting for Second Amend
ments, or any other kind of voting. 1t is
by means of religious revivals. The
Church work at Circleville is said to have
made it decidedly lonesome for the sa-
looms, and the same result was apparent
in the Gallipolis revival. Men are asham-
ed in the face of the sacred influences sur
rounding a religious revival, to be seen
about the dens of Satan, and when you
get the victim once ashamed OF his mas
ter, he will use every effort to keep away
from him. The most effective method of
temperance work is to use every effort to
make the doggeries appear as contempti-
BILE and disgraceful as they really are.
This is easy 1t is only necessary to call
attention to the men who go to the dog
geries, and make them feel that they are
the objects of public and private
contempt There is not man anywhere
who goes into doggery without the con-
sciousness that he is going into very
nasty, wicked place. He should be made
to realize that his friends and acquaint-
ances are taking the same view of his
conduct that he himself takes, and that
they cannot regard him as fit to move in
respectable circles of society, until the
visits to the doggery are stopped.
A man who goes into drawing-room
with his breath tainted with the miserable
stencil of the doggery, is as much out of
place as a hog would be in parlor. 1t is
not only ungentlemanly, but an insult,
for any man to go into respectable society
with the faint of the Devils Den upon
his person. When this matter comes to
be treated in the proper light, it will
prove the most effective line of temper
ance work
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THE SIGN-BOARD.

will paint you sign, rum-seller,
And hang 1t over your door;
A truer and better sign-board
Than ever you saw before.
will paint with the skill of a master,
And many shall pause to see,
This wonderful piece ofpainting
So like the reality.
1 Twill paint yourself rum-seller,
Asyou wait for the fair young boy,
Dressed in the morning of manhood,
A mothers pride and joy:
He has no thought of stopping,
But you greet him with smile-
And you seem so blithe and friendly,
That he pauses to chat awhile.
will paint you a sign, rum-seller;
will paint you as you stand,
With foaming glass of liquor
Extended in your hand;
He wavers, but you urge him:
Drink, pledge me just this one"-
And he takes the glass and drains 1T,
And the helltsh work is done.
And next, 1 will paint a DIR unkard;
Only year has flown,
And into that loathsome creature
The fair young boy has grown.
The work was sure and rapid.
And I'll paint him as he lies,
In torpid drunken slumber,
Under the wfntry skies.
will paint the form of a mother,
As she kneels at her darling's side,
Her beautiful boy, that was dearer
Than all the world beside.
/ will paint the shape of a coffin.
Labelled with one word: Lost.
1 will paint all that, rum-seller,
And win paint 1t free of cost.
The sin and the shame and the sorrow,
The crime and the want and the woe,
That Is born there in your workshop,
No hand can paint, you know:
But I'll paint you sign, um-seller,
And many shall pause to view
This wonderful swinging sign-board
So terribly, fear fully true.