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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-18

The steamer Acton, in rough weather on
the Atlantic, quiets the sea with oil.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-18

GET Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to
the new boots and they will never run over.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-18

The average salary paid governors,
as shown by the above table, is atrlfe
below %, 300 q year.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-18

Weak and weary Madge Heathcote
arrived in New York, after q journey
OF sixteen hours. The next morning,
after scanty breakfast, she started
to find her old music teacher, In the
hope that he would be able to aid her
in obtaining pupils; but her heart sank
when arriving at her destinations, she
was told that Professor Schwartz had
been dead for more than year.
What was she to do now? She went
from place to place, but without any
success whatever. She was d stran-
ger, alone and friendless, and in all
that great, grand city there was no
place for her.
II will make one more effort" she
said. II will 60 to the great 6ignor
de LAMA and ask him to aid me. and
if can but return to my poor lodg-
ing and make fresh start to-lnor-
row."
Asking the first policeman to direct
her to the residence of the professor,
she started thither. SiGnor de LAMA
listened attentively while shetold him
the sad history Of her poverty and
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-18


you, my queen"
"My early life would be scarcely in
teresting to you, Guy, as it was very
sad one" she replied; "and my career
in public ends with this month. And
''you." she declared, "have told me
nothing of yours. Come, Guy, / am
your confessor tonight. Is there moth
ing in the past that you regret?"
Confession is good for the SOUL"
he quoth gayly. "No, my dearest,
there is nothing I regret or repent of
excepting that I did not meet Viola de
LAMA years ago."
He had utterly forgotten Glenmore
then. If he had only remembered
that she might have had some pity,
but now
'Guy, you are sure you love memo
other woman in the world but me?"
mo other, SO help me heaven!" he
answered, solemnly; viola, when
will you be my wife?"
ri will give you my answer to-mor-
| row; I will WRITE"
Then, as he could not induce her to
say any more on the subject, he took
his departure.
l
never come? He paced his room all
the night through, and counted the
hours which must elapse before he
could receive the promised letter.
At last it came. He snatched it
passionately, kissing the subscription
over and over again; then he opened
it and out fell the old letter he had
sent to the s'nice little girl at Glen
more" 1t bore across the bottom,
| in her hand writing these words;
| have bided my time. As suffered then
you must suffer now. This is the end.
MADGE HEATHCOrE
| otherwise VIOLA DE LANzA.
This was oil; no, not all, for ct his
feet lay two cards-wedding cards
bearing the names of Sir Maurice Con-
| way and Miss Madge Heathcote. This
was her revenge. -San Francisco Call.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Wants g Supe wise Is.

The recently elected Republican
Governor Of Iowa says, in his in
augurll address, that he and h,s
constituents are going Ia look alcr
elections in "SOuth Carolina and
Mississippi lie sayS that the
10Th amendment 10 the COnS,itu.
ton of the United States gives to
the Federal government tile right
Ia adjust and rcc'iiy State elections
and State laws, il necessary
Nav, maybe a fellow who has the
trmrri,y Ia express such views as
the above would do 10 be governor
Of Iowa; hut, TO tell the truth. he
would l.ar,lly make an a, cragc jus.
,icc oi,thc peace in the South. Down
here, when we elect a gentleman
governor, he is supposed to be n
"mighty bls man, ANA when ne
gets mp to talk about the Constltu.
ton he Knows what ii means.
Now, possibly Mr.. Larabc. does
1T mean the Constitution of tic
United States. lie can't. Because
there is no provision therein which
says or in,ima,eS, between the lines
on oihrrwisc-,hat TIE Federal
government shall or can interfere
with u States rights To govern il.
self or conduct its own affairs. And,
Mr.. VIM. Larrabec, the next time
if it ever comcs-when YOU ar
called upon to write state docu.
mcnt, please select theme with
which YOU lave, at least, u limited
acauaintarcp.-S,atc Ledger.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Take of the Shackles.

Tue large attendance OF delegates
from inc west anu Northwest Al the
Interstate agricultural ahn ihuus'
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MANY oi'"c Si'a@e's l''"'''' 'ha'
Eastern manufacturers Wo"'u oe
compelled 10 move thrir machinery
SCUM, or ie'iie from ousiilcSSS' III
resaf" u '"c creamery III" "'''.
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Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
PsrsEapi,s OF All Sorts.

The Horticultural Societies Of most o
the Western State recommend for gener-
al cultivation the Concord and worden
grapes. Afterwards are naaed the
brighton, Delaware. Martha, Niagara.
Lady Agawam, and Others. We have
cultivated successfully the Champion and
Brighton.
AZ u recent Pear Conference held In
London, there Was on exhibition GJ5C
dishes of pear. aud go varieties.
Alta recent fruit exhibition In Los
Angeles. California, there were 23j
Is ofapples alone, Is Of grapes, ~ Of
pears. Besides there were dates, Japan
persimons. quayas. pomegranstcs, bs-
nanas, English walnuts and figs.
4 strawberry grower Of rioga county
New York, produced 1900 quarts o
strawberries from 20 acres. The va
rieties planted We're Crescent Seeding,
Wilso ms and Bidwell. lie used stable
manure as n fertilizer.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
What the Picket Thinks.

The Raymond Gazette goes for
the \. & N. college AMI wants II
abolished. II says the college has
now O,cn in operation five years
and has accomplished nothing, but
Oh the contrary has cost the tax.
payers of the State over halt "a mill.
ion dollars. The Gazette thinks
the college building should be Oc.
cupied by convictS and the fields
cultivated by their labor, rs the
most profitable way out of what it
thinks bad bargain. We differ
with our good friends of the Gazette,
for we bslicvc the college has been
OF great benefit 10 the youth OF the
State and promises to be of still
greater, Yes, far greater than any
other institution within our borders.
We 10 not believe that II was ever
contemplated. that the college
should be .clf.sustaining. Had
such been the case 1t would not
have been located on sucl poor soil
rs the one it occupies. That soil,
however, is being rapidly improy-
cd and We predict that in another
two years its products and that of
the dairy will surprise both the ca
emies and the friends OF the college.
To get a clear understanding of the
operations of the college and an in.
sight into what it * accomplishing,
one must visit it. 1t is unfair to
shoot at il at long range. In our
opinion it il the college of all 9th.
ers in the State that ought TO 10
sustained even at the peril Of the
others.-Canton Picket,
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
A Texas TraSely.

Kingston, Tex. March CIV. b.
Howard. editor Of the Hunt County
Chronicle, deliberately shot a. X.
Russell Oh the street near noon YES
tcrday. Howard disc largcd both
barrels Of Il shotgun ut ltasscll. The
stray bul cts hit a spectator named
Ovrrholt aud a boy named Fitzpatrick.
Howard left Immediately on horse.
back. lie was pursued half IN hour
later by the sheriff. Russell, Over.
holt and Fitzpatrick are all fatally
wounded. and will probably lie with.
in twcutv-four hours. a. II. Russell
is city marshal Of Kingston.
Howard was IN eccentric young
man. As an editor hc bitterly assail
cd the saloon keepers in his paper,
charging that Marshal Russell and
other officers were gamblers. This
caused Russell anda couple Of saloon
keepers to visit Towards Office u few
days ago and cliastise him. Smarting
und r the redress, Howard threaten
ell to attack Russell on sight. Several
occasions Oh meeting both men came
near drawing their weapons and fir
ing. Icstcrl V when Russell was
returning from the postoilicc Howard
suddenly emerged from the office,
and fired both barrels at Russclrs
back.
Russell and George Overlolt are
both at the point of death. Many
citizens defend Howar,l's action and
say he is liighstrlng, and was driven
an desperation by tic saloon Keepers
and their friends.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Death ora Good Nan.

On last Fril V our church n; Wcs-
son, Mis-, was called on To meet II
heavy ailliction in the death OF their
beloved pastor, Rev Jalllccl Wood
bridge. Bro. Woodbridge, after a
short attack of pneumonia, laid down
his mortal cares AMI duties AMI en-.
tered into rest. Readers of his paper
have often been attracted by the zig.
nature Of lircviS. IL il Il signature
attached Ia some 81 the brightest and
mos attractive contributions which
have appeared in our columns. We
We're often asked. "WhO is" l,lcvis?"
Mas. his pen is row laid aide. Bro.
Woodbridge was great reader, IN
acute observer, a keen and original
thinker; and 10 these essentials Of q
good writer, he added II fund of genial
humur, that made nis articles both
spicy and instructive. lie has en-.
tered into rest, after fighting good
fight. And il was long one, rs well
~ good one. Ills work and his
life bclorged TO the synod Of Missis
sippi. He possessed the esteem and
confidence OF tina, body. which was
shown by their choice of him rs Mod
orator at Brandon, few years ago.
lie was always listened To with at.
tention. And we all vencra,cd aud
loved him. The Synod was organ.
lied in the fall Of 1880. The name
of J. Woodbridge stood ON the roll
Us member of the presby,cry Of
Louisiana, and stated supply Of Pts.
gah church in 1887. In 1896 he Is
reported az doing evangclls,ic work
III the bounds Of the same Synod;
commission November 10Th, 1886,
for twelve months at Ricllland Hill,
LL This would Indicate n connec.
ton with Synod almost fifty years.
ago. During the past few years he
has had several severe spells Of sick.
ness. lie had vacation last year,
which benefited Inn much, and
which ho greatly enjoyed. Bvt heidi
not regain his health entirely; and
his recent attack was too mulh for
his enfeebled frame. His memory
will he cherished as that of dcvout
and faithful minister aud n good lnan.
He leaves three sons in the ministry.
Bro. Woodbridge. Of Rodney; our
missionary in China: and u son who
IL pastor Of u church in Chicago
Southwestern Presbyterian
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
To Reduce Judiciary Expenses OF
Counties.

A bill, introduced by Senator
Guyton, passed. The Senate last Fri
day night, by m almost unanimous
vote, ITO acquire Justices Of the
peace 10 enforce the criminal laws,
m! TO reduce the judiciary expenses
Of The counties" 1t provides that
in such cases mIis,lomcanurs as are
specified in Art. |, see. II Of the
Constitution. il shall he within the
discretion Of the grand jury to pro-
cccd against the accused either By
indictment or To give information, Ia
the justices of the peace Of the coun.
Is. In case oi information heinz
given 10 Justices Of the peace, u RI.
ccrl Of the whole matter is provided
for. anil justices are required 10 dis
charge the duties under penalty.
1t il claimed that, ifihis bill becomes
a law it will reduce the county TX
pen.cs, secure the suppression oI
.etty expenses: relieve the people
from attending circui; courts in sGc!l
cases, make itpoSsiblc to reduce the
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Farmers Convention.

The great farmers convention
assembled at Jackson, Tenns last
week to suggest ways and means to-
protect farmers from the intrigucs of
sharks anil spectators who operate
so heavily within the United States.
The convention was well attended,
there being about two hundred dc lc.
gates present from all over the coun-
try. Some very sensible rcsoluti ms
were adopted in the interest Of tie
farming classes to better their gen.
cIal condition. 1t occurs to us tha:
the farmers could uni together and
protect themselves against specnla
tors, who are sucking the very life
blood Of the country. IL these com
pac:s were formed all over the coun'
try, the farmers could dictate WIN,
prices their pro lucts should c,m.
mand, whereas, II Is now dictated by
Spectators anl sharks. Who pu,
lr!ccs up or down ju,t rs it suit
them. These resolutions also al.
dress themselves tn the raising OF lii
yersllied crops and not rely always
on cotton We have written much
Oh thi, suffice; before but it sec stu
he hard TO convince our people that
there is more money in anything that
you can plant than in co,ton--OS'
ford EARLE.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Celebrating Sunlight.

IL is known that yeast increases
indefinitely in volume amid dark.
ness and damp, Will" in sun'igh,
the reverse is true. Exposed to the
rays of the SUI for n bricfperiod the
poison of,hc deadly cobr. became
harmless. Patients occupying hos.
pi,al wards having sunny exposure
recover mnch more quickly than in
those facing north. a boarding.
house keeper observed that her
guests in comparatively dark rooms
:. leach rightout.' Domestic servants
who spend most of their time in
Easements or kitchcrs, usually def
cient in sunlight, suffer especi $ Is
n consequence of such sombrc quar-
tiers. a New.York physician having
repeatedly noticed the injurious
effect of heavy curtains, lambrequins
and other drapcries as light.eyclu,l.
crs aud dust.ga,hers, aboli.hed them
FROM his windows and doors. These
aud similar facts, compiled by Mr..
Wingatc, a sanitary expert, 50 to
show that human beings, ike plants,
II denied sunlight, pine and wilt.
The same is true of animuls--a fact
which farmers should bear in MUD
when providing winter quarters for
their stock. Humanity and ccouomy,
unite in demanding abundant 8 IS
for barn rs we'll Is house.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
17-77"777---77-77-7--I--7-
Fine Stock In the South.

IL IL only during tho last few years
that much intcrcs, has been taken in
raising fine stock In the South. IL
was believed for long time, that only
common stock would flourish here,
but experience has proved different.
Now the finest b.OOded Jerseys, IlOl-
stein aud other imported breeds can be
reared here much cheaper than ut the
West, and further North.
An experienced Georgian says, that
he wOlld rsthcr own u farm with y
10 head ~ fine Jerseys than n place
with tie same number ~ negroes, ~
before the war. II il wcll'known that
a mortgage has never been given on a
well conducted stock farm, while cot
ton plantations ere mortgagcd with
out number aud the poor planter be-
longs TO his merchant or to the bank.
The writer spent three years in the
blue grass regions Of Kentucky, where
people rolled about in beautiful carri-
ages drawn by fast troitcrs over pike
roads, where the lands We're worth
one hundred and fifty dollars per acre
with stone fence, and the farmers had
line barns, aud magnificent residen-
ccs and we wondered then what made
them ~ prosperous.
The secrc, Of their great wealth and
prosperity were fine blue grass pas
lures and fine cattle .nd horses.
Mis-l.siprit o-day i,a better s.ocl;
country than Kentucky. Tie climate
is mil'lcr, and the grapes will thriv.
just II. luxuran;ly ~ there.
Stop raising ~ muck cotton at sew
Ell cent. per pound, and diversity your
crops. Ina few years the effect, will
be felt all over the South.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Local and Distant gr:sr.o,.

Encourage the hOme nursery and gain,
will come Ia from many directions. RI.
nur-eryman will be- induced - try rll
promising ncw fruits In your own air and
soil at no cost ,o yor. but toy our great
profit when you come a. choose and
plant. levi ! grow Tor only the sorts
thar succeed will In liz rcgi-n. Then
You can see AMI select the trees and plants
yourself; and &C., thru home NIthouteN-
po,nrr and fatal drying Of the roots; and
you can have the prime i;Ll.,g! ~
planting early in the season - that new
rootlcts will be- ready Ia issue before any
buds open 10 make draf, Opon the roots.
And besides all this Jon pay no cx-
travagant price. and ~ ug-nt'. per cent
age. and You have recourse IL you find
any mistake mad, ~ 10 sorts or sizes.
Never trust such an important matter ~
the choice If trees will De- yours for life
10 wandering. unknown AMI irrespOnsi-
wv lN's iNs W 'N'il w i'N'h
who do not themselves GROW them; II can
deal directly with - respectable nursery
man-snd all uurscrymrn are respectable
something in the nature Il their husi-
nc,' or In their tcEdeucy do select II.
gives assursncc ~ sound moral worth.
\ nnrscryman sometimes substitute,
another varicry ,ur the ohc ordered hy
mail. But how il he t. anow whether he
will not be blamed IL hc fail, 10 I'LL the
order with a tree u nearly rs possible
like the sor, named, and 10 - before the
season passes and IL Is too lat. 10 plant
any tree. The majority fail to order un-
Ill there l. no time left for inquiry. II i
easy I, state with the order whether
tina, variety and no other /. wanted.
Some retailers do what II much worse
than the substitution complained Of.
II, say. Blush apple IL wanted and there
Is no tree Of Blush left. q Blush lsblo Is
tied ON some other sort and that Is
SO, mt to satisfy the rcquircment,-[lIort-
n las.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Judge Watson's Fee.

At four o'clock on Tuesday tie
IlOnse resolved itself into commit.
tee oi the whole for the purpose OF
considering the Senate amendments
the house bill, which looks to the
compensation Of j. W. T.. Watson
for Lis services in the Mississippi
railroad eases.
The Senate amendment strikes
out $1,000 and inserts $4,000
Judge Watson, upon invitation al.
dressed the ommit,cec, and made
an elaborate and able argument in
favor of the Senate amendments
passed by the Senate, and made an
earnest and logical argument in
support of his position.
The committee of the whole rec
commended that the House DO not
agree to the Senate amcndm MS.
Mr. Williamson, OF Carroll, spose
against the motion to disagree, but
the motion prevailed, AMI II com.
mitiee circumference will likely he
asked for.-State Ledger
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Repeal OF the Lien Law.

The Mississippi Legislature has
lone u wise and bcnlncent act in
the repeal OF the law which, for
nearly twenty years, in one form
and another, has allowed the hy.
l,othecation of crops before they are
planted. Tho experience OF all
ages was against il when it was
passed, AMI the experience Of Mis-.
sis.ippi emphasizes the wisdom Of
the common law which treated such
u scheme ~ u nulli;y. IL has le,l
Ia more extravaganza, more cheat.
Ing and stealing, more III blood be-.
tween the planter AMI employers.
than any law ever devised 1t.
original enactment wis justified on
the ground that there was turn
eel loose IN the South four million
of people who hal not u ioot OF
land, not u dollar in money AMI
who, IL is thought, might Staryo II
they could not mortgage their mus.
Gle. But experience has taught
that these psoplc have bccn It's cs
pecial victims, ant by their cxtrav,
agancc and want of thrift AMI 81
gacity and education, have not only
involved themselves AMI lost heart
AMI hope under its grinding effects
bat have dragged down their EN-,
ployers with them.
For twenty years il has been
tried until the Sc,cnIim. dealers ia
uSurious interest have placed a
mortgage on nearly cverythin. OF
value in the State. IL has almost
come to pass that a man, however
honest he may be, can confluence |.
crop he is expected 10 mortgage il
giving to the mOrgatee the right {,
sell him his supplies, aud fix III,
price, and finally Ia sell him ont u,
public auction Ia the hishcst bidder
IN ten days, il he fails TO pay a
maturity ~ his debt These deed.
never contain Il stipulation Us I,
what profit the merchant shaI
charge on his goods az Tor his al
yaEccS; AMI the fact is that the Ia
borcr having placed himself III th,
mercy of his supply merchant, pay.
fifteen cents Tor meat, when il i,
worth eight or ten; five dollars pei
barre! Tor meal, when il should br
bought for three, and other thing,
in proportion. No wonder, will
cotton az eight cents u pound. he i
deeper in debt every first Of Jan
nary. No wonder, all over ,hi
MISUNDERSTANDING its benig
nant climate aud fertile soil-,h,
wolfe il NJ the poor mans door.
Now let Us he iu>t To the mcl
chant. La this Wild speculation
upon aLd about a thing that In,
existence in fact, the mrrclan
takes great IiSk. One of his Gus
toners fall short, AMI he il compel
to",lis" those who 10 pay, in oi
der TO secure himself Tor the losse
OH those who 40 not pay.
The whole scheme, as it has cx
isted aud been practiccd in Missis
sippi for twenty Years, is yiciOu
and has led to bad results.-Stat,
Ledger.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11

The committee appointed by the
Legislature TO investigate the State
col) Normal school ut Holly
Springs, wac in session ior the Cd
lust, examining witnesses. While
Hlghgate, the principal, was being
examined, in abiding 10 an article
Published in the Marshall County
Register, lie pronounced it villain
Gus. The editor OF that paper be-.
ing present, seized Il two pound pa
per weight and threw it ut High.
gate. Parties inierfered aud put
an end TO the difficulty,
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11

We are truly panied to learn that
Mrs. III. q Bridges, met with quite
y severe accident In Kansas City,
Mo-, during the col spell. She nc.
cidently fell OH the icc AMI sprain.
ell her right wrist in such a man
ner that fears ale entertained that
abe will lOse the usefulness OF that
arm, thus destroying her skill us II
musician. Information also reach.
es MS that little Della, one OF the
twins, Is now very low with pncn.
inonhl. We sincerely hopo that
both Mrs. Bridges aud Della will
coins through their present trouble
successfully Summit Sentinel.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11

Ut is reported that Major Miles
Merriwethcr, engineer, is now at
work drawing plans for the proposed
bridge across tee Mississippi river at
Memphis, Tenn, and that the nee
essary funds' SIS, 100000, has alreadp
been subscribed and is how in bank
in New York City.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11

A. N. Parsons was found dead in
a mullato wOman's house in Vicks.
burg OH the Sd inst. The evidence
indicates suicide, as several bottles
ofmorphine we've found near the
bed,