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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-22
THE AEMPHIN APPEAL
FOR 1886.

The Appcai enters upon It's forty
SIKH year ripe in he experiences Of
the last, aud full of hope for a future
or the whole country, but especially for
this tins aud the neighbsring States
that shall surpass the dreams Of the
NEST sanguine All the question
growing out OF slavery, and which left
tnearly three generations have been set
tied, and the states have adjusted them
selves TO the new conditions in a spir
1t of unity, peace and concord. There
are heretofore, no issues before the
country that are not common to all the
people, and that are not of an econom
lea and national character. There are
no questions before the National Leg
tslature that do not equally affect the
he interestsof the States and that can
not be discussed from a basis Of per
sou, ] welfare by the by the citizens of
all OF them. For the future therefore
egisla on both national and State, is
to be OF business character, and Is
for that reason TO come home closer
aud closer to the individual citizen.
Personal politics is with the bosses, to
be regulated Q the past, and civil ser
vice reform is to secure to the country
honesty efficiency and .adustry in
public places. The political outlook
Is all that could be desired. Presiden
Cleveland has made an abiding impress
sion upon this csuutry, and at the close
of his administration will have recon.
ciled even bis political opponents to a
continyance of Democratic ascendan
ey There is nothing to hinder OF
cetard the progress ofthe country. Al
rhe available lands of the West taken
up, the South NEST for many years be
the favored section for enterprising IN
migrants, and ITS coal and iron field
invite capitalists from the exhausted
mineral lands Of the North and West
4 rapid and great increase of manu-.
facturers must follow, aud this viii
. necessiatea rapid increase Of railroad.
and a corresponding increasg Cf popu
latlon. The Appeal, tn pioneer il
the journalistic fed of the 5 juthwest
always in sympathy with the people
will be found during the year jue
born as full Of enterprise as in the IS
and animated by only the desire Il
keep the lead and prompt its readers t,
the increasing advantages Of our sol
and climate and geographical situation
To accomplish this no expense vii
be spared. We shall continue t.
make most liberal use of the tele
graph and thus keep our readers in
formed Of the advance OF the world
day by day as fast as developments il
any department Of human efforts ar
made public We sail endeavor t
keep the Abpedi up TO its now hig
standard asa newspaper aud leader c
public opinion, and so continue tc do
serve the so far mistaken confdene
ola constituency that is strongest gu
side Of Tennessee, 10 Mississippi, Al
kansas and Alabama.
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with what results we know.

with what results we know.
It was two or three days later before Lucien
heard of Rogers arrest, under the accusation
ofrobbery and murder.
THAT is the widest folly" said he, and
without losing time he went direct to NJ. Lie.
Iard, and he gave Lucien full information Of
The case as far as it had gone, who was un-
sparing in his denunciation of those who had
eonspired to accuse Roger Of so horrible q
crime.
4Returning full Of rage and indignation, he
WAS the first to tell Julia. She grew pale,
but listened without saying q word. Now
she understood. Luversan had killed La
rouette and Roger was to bear the blame.
She exulted over her vengeance. Roger was
lost II she did not speak She was not touched
by the sublime devotion Of Larogue, who
preferred condemnation and almost certain
death to dishonoring Lucien by revealing the
truth. Her hatred was not yet appeased.
She had pleaded so much without having been
heard, had shed so many bitter tears, that
now she wished that her tears might be as
nothing beside those of Roger.
The night she heard Of this she went to q
secret drawer in her bureau and taking there
from a photograph Of Roger, she looked at
stwith burning eyes, and then with half
SSsrVaya gesture she seized a small poiruard
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, VENTRILOQUIsTs AMONG AM
MALs.-Many birds form theirsounds,
without opening their bills. The
pigeon is a we'll known instance of
this. Its cooling can be distinctly
heard, although it does not open its
bill. The call is formed internally in
the throat and chest, and is only
rendered audible by resonance. Sim
liar ways may be observed in many
birds and other animals. The clear,
loud call of the cuckoo, according to
Nicolardot, is the resonance of a note
formed in the bird. The whirring
of the snipe, which betrays the ap-
proach of the bird to the hunter, is
an act of ventriloquism. The frog
also is said not to open his mouth in
croaking, but to create his far reach
ing sounds by the rolling of air il
his intestines. Even the nightin-
gale has certain notes which are pro-
duced internally, and which are au-
dible while the bill is closed. So
even the art of ventriloquism (if we
may call it an art,) but which in
former times was highly esteemed,
has been taught to man by the ami
mails.
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DIVISIONS OF TIME.-A Solar Day
is measured by the rotation of the
earth upon its axis, and is of differ
ent lengths, owing to the ellipticity
of the earth's orbit and other causes !;
but a mean solar day, recorded by
the time-piece, is twenty-four hours
long.
An Astronomical Day commences
at noon, and is counted from the first
to the twenty fourth hour. A Civil
Day commences at midnight, and
is counted from the first to the
twelfth hour, when it is counted
again from the first to the twelfth
hour. A Nautical Day is counted as
Civil Day, but commences, like an
Astronomical Day, fronshoon.
A Calendar Month varies in length
from % to 81 days. A Mean Lunar
Month is % days, - hours, A min
utes, 2 seconds and 5.24 thirds.
A Year is divided into 365 days.
A Solar Year, which is the time
occupied by the Sun passing from
one Vernal Equinox to another, con-
sists of 363.24244 solar days, or 365
days 5 hours, 4S minutes and 49.536
seconds.
A Julian Year is 365 days.. A
Gregorian Year is 365.2425 days !;
every fourth year is Bissextile or
Leap Year, and is 366 days. The
error Of the Gregorian computation
amounts only to one day in 3571 .42SO
years.
Every year the number of which
is divisible by four without re-
mainder is a leap year, except the
last year of the century, which is
leap year only when divisible by
400 without remainder. Thus, the
year 1900 will not be leap year.
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"Honor fcrbids."
Rogers head dropped. Lucien kept silence
a moment, but he watched Roger closely, and
then with nervous laugh exclaimed:
II will bet you that know"
Roger shuddercd "Lucien your gayety
hurts me-"
"Divc your secret with mo and l will
weep with YOU, if you wish. Only last night
I was talking with Julia aud told her l was
sure there was woman in this"
"My God! My God!" murmered Roger, 4
prey to the most inexpressible gloom
ga married woman, doubtless" said Lu
Glen, continuing his torturing questions.
am disappointed in you, Roger, but must
pardon. But tell me who she is and I will
20 to her secretly and find out what she
knows of whence the money came"
"Have mercy, Lucien."
"Roger, must think not only of you, but
of Henriette and Suzanne. So, it being mar.
ried woman, you fear the husbands anger
will fall en- her and the dishonor for all par.
ties. 1t is always so, sooner or later, in these
matters. Were you friend to this woman's
husbands"
Roger thought a moment, and remember
ing that at that time Lucien was scarcely
knownto him, he said no. But, in spite Of
all Lucien could say or do, Roger would moi
divulge the name.
"You are very wrong. know you are in
nocent, and fear the worst if you persist
Come, will leave you to reflect, and in the
meantime will so about your vindication
and shall sec you before the day OF trial"
Lucicn went away after more consolatory
words, but the noise his crutches and wooden
legs made OH the marble hall outside seemed
just so many blows struck on Rogers heart
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In REGARD TO EXPLOSIVES
The prevailing opinions in regard to
explosives are, in the main incor-
rect. The statement that the main
force of q dynamite explosion is
downward will 90 uncontradicted in
almost any company that has not CIV
en- explosives special attention. But,
in fact there is no shooting upward
or downward or edgeways with one
explosive more than with another.
They all explode alike, and the va
riety of effect is caused by the diff
ference in their power-that is, the
rapidity with which they explode.
The explosive power Of powder,
which, Of all explosives, is best un-
derstood, is about &c, ,000pounds to the
square inch, and other explosives are
measured as being given number of
times stronger or weaker than pow
der. This force of that explosive is
generally believed to be upward,
when, in fact it is equal in all direc-
tions. But it burns slow enough to
allow the air to get out of the way.
Dynamite, on the other hand, ex-
plodes so rapidly the air cannot be
displaced in time to prevent its force
downward being much greater in
proportion than that of powder. 1t
is because dynamite will break
stone beneath it that the people
think its greatest power is in that
direction. 10 prove that it is not,
suspend a large stone in the air and
suspend the dynamite charge to the
underside of it. The work of des-
truction will be as complete as
though the stone had been under
meath.
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A STATE GOVERNED BY WOMEN.
Among the colonial possessions, or
more correctly, dependencies, of Hol-
land, there is a remarkable little
state which in its construction and
original costume Of its inhabitants,
surpasses the boldest dreams of the
advocates of women's rights. In the
island of Java, between the cities of
Batavia and Samarang, is the king
dom of Bantam, which, although
tributary to Holland, is an indepen-
dent state. The king is entirely de-
pendent upon his state council. The
highest authorities, military COM
manders and soldiers are, without
exception, of the female sex. These
amazons ride in the masculine style,
wearing sharp steel points instead of
spurs. They carry a pointed lance,
which they swing very gracefully,
and also a musket, which is discharg-
ed at full gallop. The capital of this
little state lies in the most pictu-
rescue part Of the island, in a fruit
full plain, and is defended by two
Well-kept fOrtresses.
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country's history. His remark was
to the effect that the greatest danger
to the western world existed in the
Chinese empire. 1t only needed an
other Tamerlane to set in motion
another invasion comprising perhaps
2O,O0O,OOO Of the harder races of
Northern China to overWhelm Eu-
rope, not by their military strength
or skill, but by mere force of num-
bers. If 2O,OOO,OOO were not enough
to do the work, then 20,O0O,OOO more
might follow, drawn from popula-
tion that is to all intents and pur-
poses numberless.-,Sm Francisco
Chronicle.
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ENOUGH CHINESE TO INVADE THE
WORLD.-A remark of the car shows
that he is not ignorant of the Chi
nese question merely as it relates to
his own dominions, but to the world
at large. The Russians were in the
track of the Mongol inyasions under
two great chieftains, who desolated
Europe, and it took hundreds Of
years for the slav race to recover the
territory then taken from them. He
has carefully read this portion of his
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UNEMPLOYED COUNTRY.-Mo-
rocco is sometimes called the "China
of the West" for it is fully as much
behind the times and is more OF a
mystery. There is really less known
about some parts of it to-day than
there is about the centre of Africa.
Its area has never been accurately
computed, and its population has
been variously estimated at from
two and a half to eight millions; the
very names of the tribes that COM
pose it being unknown. Its high
mountains, the loftiest on the Medi-
terranean, are uneXplored, and many
of its inland cities have never been
entered by a European.
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A RELIGIOUS CONUNDRUM.-Dur-
ing the last winter a circus visited
the town of Ayr, and in connection
with a prize conundrum scheme Of its
proprietor, local liquor dealer with
a view of advertising the excellence
of his favorite brand, gave a prize
which was to be bestowed for the best
answer to the query, why the whis-
ky in question resembled the bridge
across the Water of Ayr. The prize
answer was handed in bya poor boy,
and ran thus: because it leads to
the poorhouse, the lunatic asylum
and the cemetery" The publican
must have paid his money with a
very Wry face.
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WHAT ARE THE EARTHS ?

The surface of the earth is COM
posed of various mineral and vege-
table substances, most of which are
remains of that which has had life in
some of its myriad forms, and all of
which contain in some degree the
elements of life, and under favoring
conditions are capable of giving life
to some form of vegetation. Seven
named minerals compose rocks, to-
sWit quartz, 5rnicas felspar, horn
blend, tale, serpentine and carbon
ate of lime. These are the rocks
which form the crust of the earth,
and it is out of these by the action of
the sun and rains, vegetation comes,
as we'll as other named minerals,
salts and grasses.
Geology accounts for the present
condition of the earth by the suppo-
sition of a great heat sufficient to
melt the matter Of the earth, and by
the combined action of fire and wa
ter to both form and distribute.
But for our present purpose, the soil
is the farmers chiefest cosideration,
and to US all soil is primary, and the
underlying rock does not affect the
vegetation which covers it and food
plants are successfully cultivated on
every variety of rock foundation.
Without attempting to enumerate
the changes wrought by chemical
action of vegetation upon minerals,
suffice it to say here that acid sill
Gates and alkaline bases unite to
form potash, soda, lime, magnesia,
alumina, iron and maganese, and
urets of carbon, sulphur, phospho-
rus, silicon and numerous salts, all of
which 90 to make up the mineral
portions of the soil, of which there
seems to be a sufficiency in all soils
for the use of agricultural purposes, if
they could only be induced to give
up to the plant the right element at
the right time. The great want of
the most soils in the older settled
States being vegetable remains, or
the material out of which is builded
the fiber, it is abundance of this veg
etable and animal remains, in pro-
portion to the mineral matter, which
constitute "virgin Soils" and the
disproportion the other way, the So
called poor soils. But, besides this
common difference, there are soils
in which neither the mineral nor
vegetable matters are soluble in
water, though both be present in
sufficient quantities. These are the
soils which need stimulants to set
the whole in motion, and this is the
fort of the agriculturist when he
comprehends the chemical situation.
The reason that a coat of barn yard
dung is so uniformly efficient is, that
it contains both the mineral and veg
etable matters in a fully soluble con-
dition. The farmer who is mere
operator can we'll put reliance upon
dung, and by experience may find
lime useful sometimes; but this not
sufficient for the person who has
poor land and but little dung. To
such a one a thorough knowledge Of
agricultural chemistry is equal to
fortune; for he not only learns what
his soil is composed of but he knows
what will cheaply enrich it, by caus-
ing the elements of plant life to
come out of the insoluble mineral and
vegetable matter to his crop.
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and child were in deep mourning. An in
tense inward fever burned in the child's
veins and showed in her cheeks and her great
blue eyes, which fairly blazed with light.
She looked at the judge with terrified air,
and he took her by the hand gently and
kissed the pure white forehead.
"And you, my little one, will you be more
reasonable to-day than you were yesterday
Has some one told you that you would cause
your father great trouble If you told what
you saw your birthday night when you were
on the balcony with your motherl"
II saw nothing, sir. I don't know any,
thing and wish they would let me alone. I
am sick, and did not want to come. 1
don't know what they want me to do, nor
why my mother cries all the time, and
can't tell you what I didn't see My mother
says it is wrong to tell lies"
She began to shiver, and her little white
teeth chartered together in severe chill, and
from red her cheeks turned blue.
II see," said the judge, "that you will say
nothing. You are very courageous, and
will neither persuade nor threaten you nor
try to show you that the worst thing that
could happen to your father is for you to re-
main silent. No, my child; another than
shall undertake that charge"
sAt a sign from the judge Henriette was
brought back. One glance showed these two
that they had kept their compact.
"Bring Laroque in," said the judge in
whisper, and an officer went for him and
brought him. The court room was badly
lighted and Roger stopped on the threshold,
at first seeing nothing. Then his eyes fell
upon his wife and child and he clasped his
hands, and his face frightened as he gave
low cry of joy and sprang toward them with
open arms.
"Susanne! Henriettel My daughterl My
beloved wife!"
But Susanne and Henriette, surprised by
his sudden appearance, drew back with a
horror so visible that the judge shuddered.
Instinct was stronger than will, and they saw
in Laroque not the adored husband and
father, but the assassin-the man with burn
ing eyes, with bushy beard, with great
powerful shoulders and hands, whom they
had seen strangle that poor old man. And
Roger understood this terror and was troubled
byit.
"What," he stammered, "you fly from mel
In what have T changed! Is 1t because an in
sensate accusation hangs over me, as ridicu-
lous as it is unmerited, that I am neither
your father, Susanne, nor your husband,
Henriette3n
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A LOYAL WOMAN's TACT.-A
well-known poet of Spain, deserved
ly famous for his work, was at the
same time a man Of most advanced
radical opinions, and Waged such
bitter and open war against the re-
gency that he was at last arrested,
tried and exiled. He was but scan-
tily endowed with this worlds goods
and the wife and children he left be-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-18

The RULE OF SUCCESS. 1t is as.
tonishing how many of our success
full business men attribute their good
fortune neither to luck or general ex-i
cellence of judgment, but will tell
you how strict adherence to some
single rule has done it all for them.
Commodore Vanderbilt's receipts
for making millions, with certainty
and celerity, was never to sign a
note. William E. Dodge would not
hold any pecuniary interest in any
enterprise that was at all attractive
on Sunday, and he firmly believed
that his wealth was reward for con-
scientiously observing the Sabbath
day; the first John Jacob Astor's
charm lay in investing in nothing
aside from his regular business, ex-
cept in real estate; and Alexander
T. Stewart would have anticipated
misfortune if he had wantonly brok-
en- the smallest personal engagement.
Men of success can afford to practice
their theories, and even become
slaves to them. Men of failure can
not indulge in such luxuries of con-
duct,
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hind soon fell into absolute poverty.
The poet petitioned Queen Christina
for pardon in their behalf, and was
at once permitted by her to return
to Spain and to his family. He OBJ
tanned an audience and went in per-
son to tender his thanks to the SOW
erign and offer the expression of his
gratitude and homage. He was
graciously treated, less as the enemy
that was than the future friend.
Suddenly the queen said: "You
are not rich, senior; literary men of
merit seldom are, and you have a
large family, have you not?"
II have six children, your majes-
ty."
"Six," continued the queen "then
there are three for you and three for
me-"
From that day the poets three
daughters were cared for and educa-
ted at the queens expense, who con-
siders them as her special and per-
sonal charge.
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DEBTS ON THE BANK OF SENSE
The way to have a good credit is to
keep out of debt.
TO be Intelligent is to be honest,
kind and good.
You have as much right to put
your hand into another mans pocket
as your nose into another mans
business.
A kind word costs you nothing,
and the return of it may come at a
time when you need it most.
Trust no mans appearance. The
roughest bark covers the soundest
tree and the thinnest ice has the
smoothest surface.
He who longs after good precepts
is quickened in his Imagination and
strengthened in his expression. The
vine which grows in the sun is the
fullest of sap and sweetest of fruit.
A good souled child is a fortress of
strength between its parents and sin.
The barest stump is beautiful when
overrun by the honeysuckle.
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PEASANTS IDEA OF EMANCIPA-
TIoN.-The peasantry of Russia has
not yet fully managed to understand
the meaning of the law of emancipa-
tion promulgated by the late car
thirty years ago. The peasants think
they have claim to the land pos
sessed by the nobility, and that it is
by stealth and force only that they
are kept out of their own. No Won
der they should try to enforce their
claim. In order to remove an obsta-
Gle public meeting of the inhabi-
tants of village in the district of
Inssar, governments of Pensa, decreed
the death of the agent of the estate
adjoining their land and proceeded
to the execution of the unhappy
man. Thirty of them were indicted
for murder. The court condemned
fourteen to death and the whole COL
lege of elders and the head Of the
village administration to three or
four years in the penitentiary.