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The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18
OBITUARY.

Doctor J. A. Browne died at Riv
erside, California, December 10
1894, aged 45 years, 10 month
and II days.
All. that sad tenth day of De.
cember, on Which his true sou
went away never to return, leav
ing the hearts of those who loved
him lonely--ah! how lonely
He went so quietly the watch
ers said-not groal, not a sigh
even. TO the last moment, he
smiled into the faces of his wife
and oldest son, as he assured them
constantly of his hope of eternal
life; and by and by, ere they were
aware, he had gone from them to
rest IN the love shining in the ten
der plying eyes of Goo.
Sensitive, tender, retiring, was
lis opposition, So careful was he
not to lntrude en- the perogativcs
of others, that he appeared very
reserved TO those who did not
know INN. But no gentler heart
than his ever beat in human be.
ing; and he was every inch a tvpl-
cal Southern gentleman. With
an intellect far above the ordinary,
he was studious and thouehtful,
and delighted in whatever tended
to elevate and develop the mind;
and never would he allow pleas
uTe to stand in the way of duty.
and he was a firm believer in the
tenets OF Jesus. He was skilled
physician, aid sacrificed his life in
his faithful efforts to save the sick
and the dying; the incessant ex.
posure and ovsrwork to which he
was subjected cutting him off in
the prime Of his noble manhood.
But he loved his profession with
his whole soul, to which his natur-
al gifts peculiarly adapted him.
Somehow he carried healing with
his very presence into the afflicted
homes he Was wont to frequent.
His sympathies went out to the
suffering and sorrowing; and, like i,
unto the great Physician. after
whose character he shaped his
OWN, he W touched with a feel
ne Of their infrmities.
In addition to his regular prac-
ice, he was surgeon of the Aber.
Teen Division Of the Illinois Cen
raj Railroad, and examing physi.
IAN OF the Knights of Pythias and
of Honor.
Thus eighteen busy years were
'a'sed in Kosciusks, and it was .
,rrlble sacrifice to him TO have to
I've up his beloved work on &C.
cunt CT failing heath. But the
ummer land of Southern Califor.
Ia, where he resorted for recupsr.
ton, did not bring him the resto.
alton he had sought there; and y
ne day he crept into his couch
nd gave up his life, all bruised
nj worn with sickness to the great
!eal Ter who would not only give |
i'm health but Immortality. j
June IL, 1877, he was married I
) Miss Bette jackson, of Kos. !,
usko, Miss. She was devoted :
, IT to him. and nurs-d him!faith. r
NY to the -end, brought his i
'dy hume for in'erment. All! n
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18
COTTON GROWERS CONVEN
TON.

1t is probable that the action O.
the cotton growers convention al
ackson last week will pass into
history as another one Of those
Well-meant, but unsuccessful. at
tempts to ameliorate the condition
OF the farming class This had
the sanction of many great minds
and the presence of a number OF
leaders of thought and action; but
there is nothing to show that its
fate will not be the common fate Of
all such gatherings.
However, the scope Of its under
taking is SO immense that if if
should succeed, its success will
but reflect the greater honor upon
It's promoters. If suficiencv Of
Southern cotton growers could be
brought together in a solemn com
pact, and this compact faithfully
executed, the decreased produc-
ton would no doubt be ccmmen
suratc with the decreased ACREAGE
and a higher price for cotton
would crown the conventions
efforts. But, as we say, this is a
Herculean task. Somanv matters
have to be considcd-there are 81
many farmers, they are scattered
over such wide area, SO MANY
tenant crops to be regulated by
landlords-all forming obstacles
that seem well-aigh insurmounta- !
bic.
There i5 one feature of the bylaws
adopted by the convention that
requires elucidation. We refer
to the obligation each farmer is re-
lulred to take-that he will reduce
us cotton acreage for this year
wenty per cent under that of LAST
Fear, and authorizes his county
committee to enforce this agree
ment as they may see proper. If
this involves a destruction of the
crop on the surplus acreage Of
such as violate the agreement,
here will be an "uproar through
'ut all lsrcal' when it is under
akeH.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18

"Sufrenler,' Va, the postoffice
' under the famous apple
Tree. Lee handed his sword to
Grant, Is "Appomatox" orce
more Inc postoilice department
has found a way of bringing about
change oy calm. the new coun.
y seat, formerly known as "Ne.
orl'ka," West Appomattox !"
and restoring to the original An.
pomstt6x ITS historic name
An elaborate Official explanation
accompanying the change shows
mat the selection of the name
surrender was on the advice Of
AR. Henry St. George Tucker.
representative in Congress for that
district. ''"'
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18
Chiffon TIE NOMINEE.
IAat IL tho Decision of Texa.
Democrats.

Austin, Tex, Jan. 14.-At \
democratic caucus today it was
decided to make Horace Chiffon
tfe nominee of the Democratic
psrty for United States Senator al
the election to be held here Janua.
ny y. John A. O'Connor. Of San
Antona' will be his opponent, run.
ming ON the Populist ticket.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18

The eolored agriculturists of
Aabama have called meeting to
be held at Birmingham, for the
'urposc Of taking steps looking to
ne reduction Of the cotton acre
age among the farmers of their
face and alsS Introducing and en-
couraglng the Use of new methods
and systems Of planting and farm
ing.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18

Capt. W. ". Stone was ap-
pointed president of the Cotton
Growers Protective Association for
Mississippi.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18
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a car load Of provisions was
shipped to the Nebraska sufferers
from Savannah last Monday.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18

me largest photograph ever
, !. WAS seven feet long and four
feet two inches wide.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18
OUR AGENTS.

In order to save our patrons some
trouble in making settlements, we
have established agencies at the be-
low-named places. Parties who desire
to see their accounts, pay their sub
scriptions, or make renewals, may see
the agent named at their postohice.
The free press., 1895-08-01
A Clever Smugglcr.

New methods of swinlding have
Just been unearthed at the interna-
tional boundary in North Dakota.
With connivance or because of the
ignorance of the customs inspector at
Bottineau hundreds of cattle have
been driven across the line in defiance
of quarantine and customs regula-
tions, paying no duty. One herd
Just driven over saved $3, of du-
ties.
Opium is being smuggled over in a
new way. Old cattle are bought, fed
with opium balls wrapped in lead foil
in such n way as to be swallowed
whole. They are then driven across
and killed, when the opium balls are
extracted.
Two old oxen brought over opium
Saturday that should have paid 50, 800
duty. One firm of smugglers has
made $40, 900 since fall in this way. -
Cleveland Press.
The free press., 1895-08-01
Anthrax In Human Beings.

Some extraordinary statements as to
the ravages of anthrax, and the atti-
tude of the Board of Agriculture in
relation thereto, were made at a re-
cent meeting of the Leicestershire
County Council, England. The dis
ease broke out on tho farm of Mr..
Warren, at Arnesby, and not only
the cattle but human beings and all
kinds OF animals were attacked. The
farmer and sixteen men were i'll at one
time, one man dying at the Leicester
Infrmary. A woman in passing the
plague-stricken spot was stung by a
fly and died from anthrax. Cats,
dogs and birds in the neighborhood
also died. Scientific American.
The free press., 1895-08-01
The Arctic Musk Ok.

But there is one large bovine animal
on our continent which is not des-
tined to be snuffed out of existence
like the unfortunate bison, and that is
tbe musk-ox. He is under the pro-
lection of the Frost King, whose game
pastures are seldom penetrated by
white poachers. On the map OF Arctic
America you can put your finger
down almost anywhere, SO that 1t be
and north of the Great Slave Lake,
and east of the Mackenzie River, and
say, "There lives the musk-ox," with
out fear of successful contradiction.
Just beyond the limit of trees and
bushes, even the smallest and scanti-
est, on the silent, desolate, and awful
Barren Grounds northeast of Great
Slave Lake, at GA degrees north lati-
tude, the musk-ox draws the line
marking his farthest south.
A man who can endure cold like an
Eskimo, travel like caribou, live for
weeks on frozen caribou meat, starve
as cheerfully rs a Yellow-Knife In
dian, aud endure the companionship
of vermin- covered natives, can reach
the southern border land of the musk
OK, and possibly get back alive with
49, .1.;,o Mr Uorbvrtop
Pike, Englishman, can do and did all
those things no longer ago than 1880,
and his book on"The Barren Grounds
of Northern Canada, is most inter-
esting and valuable contribution to
our knowledge of that very desolate
country.
The musk-ox is perhaps the rarest,
and to white men the most difficult to
secure, of all our land quadrupeds.
Robes are by no means uncommon,
and often sell for as little as S15 each;
but of mounted skins there are in our
country exactly seven. Three OF
these constitute group in the Nation
al Museum; two are at the American
Museum of Natural History IN New
York; and the museums of Philadel-
phia and Cambridge have one each.
Although during their long sojourns
in high ATTITUDES Gen. Greedy and the
members of his expedition party killed
many musk oxen, you will notice that
they were unable to bring back even
so much as single horn. st. Mich
olaS
The free press., 1895-08-01
The Wrong Tip.

A Boston story is told of JONES'
whose idiosyncracies are altremendous
desire for good service at dinner, and
an equally tremendous aversion to
clipping" Now, one day recently,
Mr.. Jones left Boston on business
trip to New York. He is not accus-
toned to New York, and he does not
know the New York restaurants.
Therefore it is not surprising thatidin
ner time found him in one of the
worst OF the many bad Bowery eat.
ing houses. The dinner was vile, the
waiter homely and clumsy. He
stepped on Mr.. Jones corns, he
dropped soup on his head, and when
Mr.. Jones rose to go, he rufllcd the
latter's silk hat. Mr.. Jones was not
disposed to alter his rule about tips.
But the waiter pursued him to the
door, and at last cried out despair
ingly.
"Don't forget the waiter, sir! !"
NO." replied Mr.. Jones, "I'p not
likely to. One doesn't forget mug
like yours in a hurry. New Orleans
Picayune.
The free press., 1895-08-01
An Irish Mud Cabin,

It consists of two rooms and posi-,
bly, small semi-detached outhouse
which is used as store-room for per-
ishable articles. There Is not chink
in the walls or thatch save narrow
chimney, which seldom fever answers
its purpose; the doorway faces the
east and emits the smoke. What little
light penetrates inside through the
tiny window discloses the deep choco-
late stain from the eternal turf-reek
which pervades the atmosphere of the
interior, and literally paints walls,
roof and furniture q uniform color.
The furniture is rough and also scanty,
few stools atoning for the occasional
complete absence of chairs.
The mud floor is always more OF
less wet from the patter of the chill
dren's bare feet or from the animals
which have free access to the house.
At night there is a goodly company
within the walls of this spacious
mansion. In the inside room
there are two or three box
beds or berths, where the children
sleep, according to their age
and sex from nine to twelve is not IN
uncommon number in a family. In
the state berth in the calliogh, OF re-
cess at the side of the hearth. the
father and mother repose unscreened
from the live stock of the farm, and
breathe the same atmosphere as some
eight quadrupeds beside the poultry,
Pigs, cattle, dogs, cats, and probably
a horse or donkey, have their bed
space, respectively, and jealously re-
sent any encroachment by a bedfellow.
Astonishing as it may appear, there
are hardly any disagreeable odors.
The overpowering smell of the peat
smoke evidently acts as a complete
disinfectant, and fortunately it is in
noxious to the inhabitants of the
hovel. Equally astonishing is the fact
that the whole community are in COM
parative harmony, and even the babies
rarely cry. There is plenty of occu-
patton for all the family who are able
and willing to work, the mother doing
little else but nurse the youngest in
fant.-Cornhill Magazine.
The free press., 1895-08-01

The friends of Billy McHale, who
is popular with the bankers and bro
kers along Third street, are having n
quiet laugh at that young mans ex-
pense. One of McHale's friends,
while passing hat store during one
of last weeks sizzling hot days, no.
ticed him inside negotiating for the
purchase of straw hat. Now, Billy
is particularly tidy in his dress, and
like most people possessing that char
acteristic, is somewhat sensitive re-
garding adverse criticism. Knowing
this, the waggish friend determined to
play practical Joke. Despite the
broiling hot sun the joker visited
twenty or thirty of Billy's friends
in different parts of the city and re-
lated the fact of the purchase of tho
hat. He then arranged to have
McHale at certain resort that even
ing, ana instructed all tne lflcnuS 10
drop in one at a time, and remark
in an off-hand way: "That'sa a nice hat
you've got, Billy, but it's too old for
you. That shape was intended for a
man so years old" Billy started in
to explain to the first six or eight
friends; that he was tired of fippant
straw hats, as they made one look SO
giddy; then he swore at the salesman,
but finally, when twenty-five friends
had criticized the new headpiece, Billy
grew furious and tearing the unlucky
hat from his head, he dashed it to the
floor, and with wild yell jumped
upon it. "There's the hat, take it,
keep it, and you can all go to thun'
der!' The next day Billy appeared
in his old hat. Philadelphia Record.
The free press., 1895-08-01
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

A French photographer has re-
Gently been able to photagrapk ~. ects
under water.
biologists say that all known
species of wild animals are gradually
diminishing in size.
1t is probable that in q very few
years it will be common thing to
sell electricity in jars like milk.
Paper is being used as an insulating
ngent for three main telephone wires
that are being laid i'll Nottingham,
England.
DR.. Schott believes that even in
violent storm waves fifty-fve feet high
are rare, and even those forty feet are
exceptional.
An engineer has figured out that an
inch of rain falling upon an area OF
one square mile is equivalent to nearly
l6, 900, 900 gallons, weighing 145, 2O0,-
900 pounds, or $4,000 tons.
In a paper read before the Paris
Academy, M. Hericourt and Oh. Richet
announce that they have applied the
method of injecting serum in the
treatment of cancer. Two patients
only have undergone this treatment,
one of whom is said to have been COM
pletely cured.
Professor Forel, who has written
two volumes on Lake Geneva, Swift
zerland, has come to the conclusion
that the color of the water depends
not merely on the quantity of minute
mineral matter present in a state OF
suspension, but also on the amount
present IN solution.
As a result of the demand for plati-
mum in electrical industries the Rus
sian mines are now exporting about
/ 1900 pounds year. The mines in
the Ural district of Perm were actively
worked as long as Russia coined plati-
mum as money, but when the coinage
was discontinued the price of platinum
fell, the mines were closed and were
not opened again until recently.
Captain Asbury Adams of the United
States Fish Commission says that last
year the work of Matching lobster eggs
was begun at Ten Pound Island, and
100, 600, 600 young Holsters were
Matched and liberated. He says he
has seen eels suck eggs from Holsters
in an aquarium, and he has become
convinced that the greater part of lob
ster spawn is destroyed in this manner.
The free press., 1895-08-01
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Is the burden heavy? Don't try to
bear it.
Tact wins where great gifts without
it would fall flat.
Thinkers have their hands on the
wheels of the world.
It is never hard to believe when we
get on believing ground.
1t is the wolf in Sleeps clothing
that has the sharpest teeth. -
Gold never stops looking bright be-'S
cause somebody calls it brass.
Give thorns the right to live, and
you make law against killing snakes.
The lazier man is the greater
things he is going to do when tomor-
row comes.
You take something from the bur-
den of sorrow when you give it some
thing to do. ~.
Satisfy one desire, and You VIII ma
that it has brought large and hungry
family along.
1t is more needful to be able to suf-
fer long and be kind, than 1T IS to
! preach with the tongue Of an angel.
Only the wise can profit by the ex-
perience of others. A fool has to find
out for himself that fire is hot
Rams Horn.
The free press., 1895-08-01
Africa Needs Railways.

The Paris Figaro publishes an ac-
count of an interview which its Lon
don correspondent has had with Mr.
II. M. Stanley on the subject OF Afri-
can colonization. Mr.. Stanley is
represented to have said III the course
of the interview:
"The future of Africa belongs to
those who shall the soonest and the
quickest act on the simple truth that
what is wanted is railways to bring
travellers back in three days from the
Western Soudan to Algeria. The con-
struction of such railways would not
cost more than Sc, 600 per kllometer,
and with some Tirailieurs as an ad'
vance guard the Tuaregs would leave
the working parties alone. When you
have 1900 miles Of uavigabls water.
The free press., 1895-08-01

way on the Niger-that is to say,
almost the entire commerce of that
great river--then you will have ivory,
copal, skins, gold, india rubber, etc.
There is indeed, as great q wealth of
resources in Africa as in France, as has
been proved by the results obtained
since 1926 by the English in the South,
where gole, diamonds, and the rest
today bring England in $2,000,00O a
year.
"Why," Mr.. Stanley is reported to
have continued, "has France still
done nothing with the Niger, although
you have many French explorers in its
vicinity? The French are very good
explorers, and thanks to them, you
know perfectly the topography OF the
country. But how many years will it
be before you know what there is
underneath? Surely there is gold,
surely there is coal, perhaps diamonds,
but they have to be sought for. To-
day the French may dispise the Sou
dan, but the Soudan is for them the
means of arriving at the Niger basin,
which is marvellous garden provided
with very luxuriant vegetation, and
filled with charming spots watered by
countless tributaries, which will pour
into the great river which is yours
the immense wealth ofttheir banks"
In conclusion Mr.. Stanley is re-
ported to have said: "The French
are still engaged in the policy of an
nexation. Explorers are always on
the move, but the time has nov come
to set to work. You have established
q military station at Timbuctoo, but
that is an isolated post connected with
no point of the Frepch colony. The
river is waiting for the steamboat, and
the country for its railway. Without
them all these conquests of yours will
remain barren"
The free press., 1895-08-01
In Sun or Shade.

fair boat lightly seeks the sea.
Whose waters blue are crested white;
The filling sails in buoyant glee
Are bearing forth into the ligh,
And like an angels wings are bright,
From every earth-stain free
Another tack, and, turned away,
The white sails, shadowed, are but dark
So good deeds look like Ill the day
That idle ISLANDERS set their mark
Upon life's fair sailing bark,
Needless as clouds at play.
But ISLANDERS are like shadows, all,
They shift, or pale and die;
Meath rudest blame we need not fall
Face we undauntedly the sky,
And light before the storm winds fly
At only duty's call.
HELEN SMITH, in Independent.
The free press., 1895-08-01
A Historic Playground.

In the city of Parchim, in Germany,
is group of thirty three lindens--the
most frequented playground for the
children. These trees were planted to
commemorate the visitation of the city
by "the plague" or "black death, "
400 or 500 years ago, when only thir-
ty-three men were left. They formed
guild, which exists today, and cele-
brate yearly their anniversary, when
they also march under the lindens.
The free press., 1895-08-01
The Fisherman and the BullfrOg.

"The bullfrog," said fisherman,
"seems to like to have its back
scratched. reached over one the
other day that l came across sitting
quietly in the bullrushes and scratched
it's back gently with the tip of my fish
ing rod, and when 1 drew the rod
away it put up its clumsy hands as
much as to say, More 7 Now York
Sun,
The free press., 1895-08-01
Healthfulness of Sunshine.

A sunbeam is small thing, yet it
has power to fade the carpets and
curtains, to rot the blinds, and for
this reason some people carefully ex-
clude the sunshine. What is the
result? The family is always ailing /;
The young girls have waxen white
skin and weary, pinched expires.
sion OF countenance. Their appe-
tites fail; they fall into such bad
state of health that the doctor
is called in. In olden days he would
have shaken his head, perhaps, and
friends would have whispered that
dreadful word "decline" !" Nowadays
he notes the pale gums and waxen skin
and says san@mia;" prescribes iron
and milk, fresh air and exercise, and
often change. If he knows nothing
about the darkened rooms he will be
puzzled as to why no permanent i'm
provement manifests itself, and pos
sibly hepatient will seek other ad
''yice. New York Ledger.
The free press., 1895-08-01
New Treatment For Burns.

A Paris medical man of resources
and alternatives had in hand case of
severe and extensive burning, caused
by boiling water. So deep was the
injury that the healing process was
greatly delayed. The patients family
objected to skim grating, which
seemed to be the only way
to accelerate the process of recovery,
and the doctor as an expert
ment, applied the internal membrane
of the hens egg-the white film with
which everybody is familiar. The in
jury must have progressed beyond the
suppurative stage, and shown signs of
healthy healing. A freshly laid egg is
broken and the membrane Immediate
ly cut into narrow strips and laid care
fully across the raw surface, then an
tiseptic dressings are applied with car
bolic solutions, and the whole is cov-
cred by tin-foil. In a number of cases
this procedure has been eminently
satisfactory.