The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-02-02

Post.
In will admitted to probate in
Philadelphia the other day, the
testator made the not unusual re-
quest that his funeral be very sim
pie, and that all unnecessary dem
onstrations of mourning be avoid
ed. To this was added an unusual
clause, that he wished TO bear ties
timony against useless extrava
gance and vain show at funerals.
Mrs. Hastings, over in Brook
1 Ign. says that her boy Joseph's
hand was torn by a neighbours dog
and that she is afraid he is "dying
Of hydrophobia." There is very
good reason to fear that Joseph may
die If that sort of talk goes on
around him. The dog is not mad
but il is not difficult to scare a tim
id boy to death.-Mail aud Ex-
press.
Judge Dewey knows how to treat
burglars. He sentenced one at
Pittsfeld yesterday to fifteen years
in the State Prison. This is a good
example TO follow by other judges.
The prisoner is said to have been
paralyzed by the severity of the
sentence. That's what courts are
for, to paralyze such scoundrels as
the professional burglar.-BOston
Transcript.
The forty-seven Arab paupers
who have been detained at New
York for several weeks have been
declined without thanks by the
United States. Their Impressions
Of this country are not favorable
neither were this country's impress.
sions Of them. With such mutual
dissatisfaction it was necessary
: that either the Arabs or the coun'
try should 60. New York Sun.
The legal executions during last
year IN the United States were
} seventy-nine. OF these only two
! can be recalled as occurring in this
State. A large number of jails il
the State holds two or more pris
'oners awaiting trial for murder
and within the last decade the in
. crease OF capital crime, encouraged
f by unmerited pity, disgusting sen
D timentalism and snail-paced justic,
4 has become terrible to contemplate
r Albany Journal.
.' It is the custom of people whC
live in the Northwest TO declar'
S that although the cold of that re
}, gion is extremely severe wheI
9 measured by the thermometer, i
}. really causes less suffering thai
e the variable temperature of lowe
K ATTITUDES. This is all very we'll a
matter ofhumorous conversation
! on a warm summer day, but it
force as an argument is material.
, injured by the nimble blizzar,
which destroys hundreds OLIVES
indianapolis Journal.
Al Ii is not difficult to re-echo Gen
l. Rea's remarks. To every soldie
who Tough. its battles in the lat
war this government owes an evei
lasting debt OF gratitude, and t
. every soldier who became perm,
:. nently disabled in its service
should afford the means of livsl
hood, not as a favor, but as RICH
The able-bodied veteran, however
has no Just ground upon which I
ask a pension. The war left hil
es no worse off than when it began
II and during its continuance his SCI
10 vices were paid for. He and th
Ill government, in a financial wa
Il, are quits.-St. Paul Globe.
One Of the most sensible recon
mendations of the State Railroa
" Commissioners is the proposal thi
" a law be enacted preventing raj
roads hereafter constructed fro
y crossing highways at grade an
= authorizing a change Of grad
= where a commission appointed
Z" the Supreme Court shall deciC
fhof THE ~ a paoacosfrr -. -