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The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-30

There is neither excitement nor
enthusiasm that is usual when an
election campaign is on hand and
a person might travel all over this
section of country and never hear
a word spoken on that subject un-
less he introduce the subject him
self. The people having unani-
mously settled down upon the
principle of restoring the financial
affairs of the country to their prop
er place under the constitution,
and that being the only issue now
before them, have positively moth
ing of a political nature to divide
them, or to discuss or talk about
1t is true that when the "big bugs"
come around to speak to the peo-
/ pie, many turn out to hear them,
and come from such meetings
slightly enthused. | will here give
/ you an ,nSfratlon OF
the effects Of public speaAl,n's at
kosciusko between Mr. Osbol.l
and Hon. John Allen Meeting a
Popuite friend next day after the
speaking, the following conversa-
tlon took place: 81 i'm, you ought
to have been at the speaking at
kosclusko yesterday" "Big
crowd out, | suppose" said I.
"Yes, and that fellow Osborn tore
the Democratic party all to pieces
and scattered its fragments to the
winds. One of the greatest and
best posted speakers you ever
heard is Osborn. | tell you, Iohn
Allen, with all his smartness, was
no match for him." Soon after
this, met Democrat who was
also at the speaking. He was
brimful of Democratic enthusiasm
and approached me thus:
"Well, Jim, why did you not 60
to kosciusko yesterday to hear
John Allen Skin that fellow from
Georgian After giving him my
reasons for not attending, my
friend continued: "You see the
Pops sent away to Georgia after a
one-eycd speaker named Osborn
to help them out in their desper-
ate attemps to carry the county
and the Democrats sent and got
John Allen to meet him. We'll.
! tell you, Allen literally skinned
that fellow to the bone. Allen
opened the eyes Of some of them
Pops and | heard several Of them
speak very strongly against Popu-
lism after the speaking"
The above illustrates the usual
effects Of public speaking upon the
minds of the people who have
studied the issues of the day and
have settled and firm convictions
thereof.
AS to the result of the coming
November election, both as to
State and county tickets, all well
posted people arc agreed that the
Democratic ticket will be success
ful, but differ as to the probable
majority. The majority in Attala
county for the Democratic ticket
is estimated by different persons
all the way from $50 to 400. Your
correspondent has endeavored to
ascertain from leading citizens
throughout the country the true
status of the voting strength of
each party in their respective
neighborhoods, and do not believe
the Democratic ticket will be elect
ed by over 200 majority. This
small majority is attributable to
the fact that there are no vital
State or local issues before the
people. and therefore party lines
will not be very closely drawn in
the county election, as is usual
when there are matters of impor
tance at stake. Yours &c.
JIM,
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-30

Those of your readers who are
fond of vocal music, should visit
Beulah church here in our neigh
borhood any Sabbath evening and
listen to the large singing society
here under the leadership Of Prof.
Cunningham. In the training of
human voice, Prof. Cunningham
has no superiors and few eQuals
in the State. Mr.. J. b. Atkinson
is president of the society and is
himself a splendid vocalist.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-30

Mr.. II. e.. Williams has about
completed uew lanyard at Cen
ter, and will soon be ready to far
nish all the leather and shoes the
country may need. Success to
the enterprise is already assured
for this fills a long felt want
throughout this section of coun-
try.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-30

Our school here under the man
agement of Prof. James Bailey, is
progressing finely, with very
large enrolment of pupils. Prof.
Bailey is splendid teacher, fully
up with the latest methods of i'm
parting instruction, and gives per
feet satisfaction to his patrons.
Our neighborhood has a good,
comfortable school house, and
keep up the school at least s
months every year.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-30
JIM'S LETTER.
HE WRITES OF MATTERS IN HIS LO-
CALITY.
And Many 0rher Things ,of Local and
General Interest.

Center, Miss, Aug. %, 1896.
EDITOR STAR
A view of the crop pros
poets in this section of the county
is not very gratifying to the farmer
who has had to wofhI harder this
year than usual md Ter to get his
crops free Of grass and weeds
The continued wet weather during
the month of June and a large
portion of July, made it impossi-
bic to cultivate the crops as they
should have been, and the result
is that there will. ,be a very
marked decrease in the crops of
both corn and cottan throughout
southeast Attala this. year. True.
there are, here and there, upon
the rich uplands, fine crops Of
both corn and cotton, but they
are rare. All the low land crops
OF both corn and cotton are very
sorry, having been drowned out
or choaked to death by grass and
weeds during wet weather. There
will be at least reduction of 90
per cent. in the cotton crop this
year. The cane crop is howcvor, a
~. 4
very nnt one, An immense amount
or%0dder and hay have already
been saved and if the weather con-
tmues favorable for the next ten
days, hundreds of tons more will
be saved. The fruit crop has been
very large one. and the farmers
wives have availed themselves Of
the opportunity and put up a large
amount for future use in canning,
jellies and by evaporation.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-30

The protracted meeting at Beu
lah church closed last Sunday and,
although there were no additions
to the church, there were large,
serious and attentive congrega
tons and the earnest protracted
and fervid sermons preached dur
ing the meeting by the pastor,
Rev. c. Z. Hollis, cannot fail to
bear much fruit in the future.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-30

NCo0Tnued on page s.
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Crispi,s Bodyguard.

An Italian newspaper has recently published in detail the daily expense in- cured by the government in guarding King Humbert's minister of state, which is probably the first time that un- popularity has been measured by a pecuniary standard.
 According to this paper, Crispi's per- son is watched over by two commits saries of police at $1. 60 a day, 22 "agents'' or detectives, at little over 90 cents day for each, and two vice brigadiers at 60 cents each. One would suppose from their titles that vice brig adiers would cost money. A carriage at $2 50 also figures in the bill. The total, reduced to American money, is $26. 10 per day, or $9,526. 50 per year. This. however, is only during the time when the prime minister is in Rome. When he travels, the expenses are three or four times as great, which brings the annual amount up to about $12, 900.
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on In an Indiana Creek Bed.

The drought of the past 13 weeks, un- precedented in the history of Indiana, has caused a creek near Anderson to ge dry. It was noticed a few days since that oil was floating in tiny stream down tho course. It increased somewhat in volume during 24 hours and has been traced to series of old gas wells. which went dry several years ago. A great deal of fear has been occasioned lest the oil would catch fire. The stream is being guarded. The discovery shows the rapid progress with which the In- diana gas belt is turning into an oil field.
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A SEE ERE WINTER.
While We S estcr the ADtipodeans Are
 Having the Coldest Weather.

Mail advicas from Australia say that from all parts of that land word is re- ceived of sev re cold and terrible suffer ing, many running rivers and large har- bors being frozen over for the first time in 80 years.
 On the 4th of July Lyttleton harbor, New Zealand, was covered with thin sheet of ice. Since then the ice has be- come so thick that men and teams are passing to and fro This has not oo- cured before in the memory of the old est settler
 A telegram from Broken Hill district tells of suffering from cold and hunger among the miners The government has sent $1, 900 for immediate relief, and more financial assistance is to follow. From many other mining districts comes the same news of distress. and the sui fering among the poor is worse than it was during the troublesome times of last summer.
 A telegram from Berry, South Aus tralia, states that the weather is terri bly cold, the. thermometer registering lower than it has in 30 years. Berry river is frozen over
 At Bombala the ice is two inches thick on Bombala river. For the first time in the history of the city hundreds of people were skating on the river Fuel is very scarce, and the city author ities are providing for large part of the population.
 At Guildburn, N. & w., all the wa ter taps in the city burst There is a scarcity of fuel and universal distress. The thermometer reached the lowest point it ever reached before in that town.
 At Moruva, South Australia, there is scarcely any water at all for cattle or men. It is extremely dry and bitterly cold. A large number of people are liv- ing on a few drops of water day.
 At Wentworth the weather is very dry and extremely cold. There is not much business being done. Citizens arc helping each other in the struggle for existence through the terrible weather.
 Similar reports are coming in from almost all parts of the colonies Drought is prevalent in almost every place where the cold wave has struck.-San Fran cisco Chronicle
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CURIOSITlES IN WELLS,
Bones of Pure Ivory and Magnetic Water
 Turned Out.

Turned Out.
 While boring for water north of Bur- lington, la, J. F. Jennings, who was running the drill, found it had struck . layer of sand and wet earth in which was thickly mixed seaweed and small shells at the depth of 150 feet. After passing through this the drill struck mass of bones that were SO hard the six inch casing was broken and the drill destroyed. Samples of the bone brought to the surface show it to be pure ivory, and it is thought the bed of an ancient lake and the bones of some monster of a remote period have been discovered. A careful investigation will be made.
 The East Moline company, which is sinking all artesian we'll on its manu- featuring town site just east of Moline, Ills, has been rewarded by striking a good flow of strongly magnetic water. The water is slightly impregnated with sulphur, but is remarkably clear and cool and flows from a depth Of LAO feet The pipe drills are all strongly magnetized from the water, so that naila in almost any quantity on being held near them are seized and suspended by the magnetic current. Samples of the water will be sent to Chicago for chem- ical analysis. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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El Dorado For Title Huuter,.

Women in search of titles might do we'll to go to Poland. It is said that in Warsaw alone, with population of 500,- 900, there are 30, 726 persons belonging to the hereditary nobility and 9,257 personal nobles," people entitled to the distinction by reason of office or dis covery. There are said to be as many princes in Poland as in Russia. In tho latter country they are found plying every trade. According to the last cen sus, there are now living nearly 1000 Princes and Princesses Galitzin. There are hardly sufficient names in Russia to distinguish them and great confusion results. New York Tribune
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A FARM ON FIRE.
anxuiar specs,cie Seen by Hundreds In
 Indiana.

4 singular spectacle is presented on the J. H. DoweH farm, near Montpelier, Ind, which attracts hundreds of visitors daily. It is the curiosity of farm of GO acres which literally is being destroyed by fiN. Much of the land ill the vicinity of the Dowell place is muck to q depth of 12 or IA feet. the vegetation having accumulated and slowly decayed for many years. The recent dry weather has made this peat as infiammable as tin- der, and when fire reached ita few days ago it ignited and has been burning slowly ever since.
 Altogether 50 acres have been burned over, 35 acres having been consumed, while 25 acres are yet burning. Tho flames do not break out from the soil. but the whole surface is covered with dense smoke, the ground at times as- suming the dull red glow of burning brick. It is utterly impossible to extin- guish the fire, and the energies of the neighboIs are directed to saving adja- cent property
 The fire on the Dowel1 farm is more disastrous i'll financial way than is popularly imagined. The 25 acres now being consumed are three feet lower in the center than when the flames began their ravages. The peat, or muck, dried out by the intense heat, will continue to burn until the water line is reached, the fire will then die out, and when the ashes which are left blow away there is nothing left but large, dry pond, aa unproductive as an abandoned gravel pit For the next two or three genera tions the land is worthless, and it ac- quires value only as the vegetable growth again collects and forms new coat of soil
 Near the burning muck, separated only by ditch which workmen ara now laboring industriously to widen, ii tract of 110 acres, an unbroken area of peat. Should this take fire from the land now burning it will be impossible to save any part of it, and ITO acres al- together of MT. Dowell's land will have been consumed. Wabash (Ind Letter
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UP TO DATE STRIKE.
Replete With Songs and Regular Strike
 Newspaper.

 In consequence of the recent strikes among the different garment makers unions in New York strike literature has appeared. It is i'll both prose and poetry and deals of course with the fight between the garment workers and the contractors. Jargon is the language in which it is printed, and Jewish boys hawk it along the streets Part of one of the songs, roughly translated, is as follows:
 The conflict has been long and fierce. We have fought for our homes and daily bread, They have fought that they may grind theiF
 riches from our toil. In the right we have fought and won the bat
 tie.
 Children of labor, with the right we shall al-
 ways win.
 Our needles shall be daggers and our scissors
 swords.
 In the good time to come we shall sweep the
 oppressor away.
 Some of the songs are distinctly an archistic, but these are printed on small CT sheets. A strike newspaper has been published, and it is strange to hear the east side newsboys shouting out their long announcements in jargon, conclud- ing with the familiar "Extry, extry. ,
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PILLSBURY'S CHESS VICTORY

It is great achievement and great and well deserved honor to the Brook lyn Chess club, albeit it's young cham pion is not Brooklynite by birth, but Bostonian, and learned the intricacies of the game first in Massachusetts, The peerless game has no more faithful stu dents than in Brooklyn, and the honor that has come to the Brooklyn club through the prowess of it's young cham pion can hardly fail to increase the in- terest of the game in this city. Brook lyn Times.
 The outcome of the Hastings tourna- ment indeed makes it logical and prac- tically inevitable that Lasker and Pills bury must meet in struggle for championship honors. Possibly the lat ter, who has not known the chess moves for ten years as yet, may be beaten at first, but the rare skill and deep insight shown in his play still make his career 8 wonderful one and mark him as the coming champion. Boston Advertiser.
 There have been many international congresses, but never one before in which practically all the leading players of the world, and certainly all the worlds greatest players, were partici pants. There have been many tourna- ment winners, but never before one so young. In previous years tho United States has been represented creditably in international contests, but this is the first timG that native American has won tLe honors tEat Henry N. Pills. bury has guined. --Itochester Post Ex. press.
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cLEvELAND'S KINDNESS.
He Gives Helping Hand to an Anbs-
 tious Youth.


 A gentleman in Baltimore has re- ceived letter from a friend, telling how young man without political iu- huence obtained an appointment as . naval cadet from the president. The in- cldent illustrates the manly way Presi- dent Cleveland has of appreciating man. hness Ill others. It also shows that the president, although always busy with the affairs of state, can still find time to interest himself in and sympathize with young men and help them to realize their ambitions when it lics within his power. The father of the young man who received the appoint ment from the president was 8 chief engineer ill the navy and had an excel lent record. He is now dead. Two of the fathers brothers were in the Con- federate service. Here is the young man own account of how he got the appointment:
 After failing to get political infiu- ence to help me secure an appointment as naval cadet I determined to go to the president myself and personally lay my case before him. All my friends, with one exception, my teacher, Mr. Blackburn Of Alexandria, smiled at this plan. He gave me letter to MT. Cleve- land. l went to the White House four times before l got into his office. The crowds waiting to see him can only be imagined. Finally my name was called, and l entered with about 90 office seek CTS.
 As soon as possible I made my way to MT. Cleveland and told him my name and business. l told him that had ne political influence, and that I only had four letters from old friends of my father, and one other from friend of my own. Mir Cleveland took the let ters, put his hand on my shoulder in . fatherly way and said, Young man, I am told that I have no more appoint ments for this year, but I will do all can for you He also said he would sec that my papers were filed if would leave them with him. My heart was too full of gratitude for words, but took his big hand and squeezed it with both of mine.
 ''Six months passed, and I received an alternate's appointment from the president. This did me no good, as my principal passed the examination and was enrolled. I again applied to the president, this time by letter, and his secretary replied, saying that Mir. Cleye- land would do what he could. That was last fall. In March received my ap- pointment. There never was so happy boy as was when I received that ap- pointment. Sixty-eight boys took the examination, and 37 or se passed. | was seventh on the list and one of the 15 who passed on the first examination.
 "The president understood my posi- tion and helped poor boy. I have no politician to thank, but have written to MT. Cleveland, not, however, being able to tell him what I feel for him. ''
 The young man is IS years old and was born in Norfolk. Baltimore Sun.
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Life In a Country Town.

Wild cherries are ripe and furnish good returns to gatherers, who find ready sale for them.
 Thousands of migratory potato bugs line the roads and footways of the Thirty fifth ward
 The breathless and angry man in futile pursuit of a flying straw hat is a familiar figure on Chestnut street these windy days.
 It is bad enough to have barb wire fence in the country fields to maim and kill horses and cattle, but there should be q stringent law against its use in 8 city. -Taggart's (Philadelphia) Times
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National Mexican College of Medicine.

The homeopaths in Mexico City arc jubilant over securing governmental recognition for their school of medicine. It is now two years since General Diaz became interested in homeopathy, on viewing it's successful use in his family, and gave his consent to establish . homeopathic hospital in that city. Tho hospital has shown such excellent re- suits as to greatly gratify the president. He has issued decree giving govern mental sanction to the establishment of 8 national homeopathic college of medi- cine and surgery, which will be finely equipped and in which students may have the same severe and ample course of training as in allopathic colleges of medicine New York Times
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Hope For Patriots.
0 time is near at hand, alas,

The time is near at hand, alas, When orators galore Will stir our patriotic hearts From the convention floor. They'll nominate that famous man. The man "who'- as of old. With virtues only less than Jobs And barrels full of gold. Their "firrl allegiance to the faitn' Their past was sanctified, They will affirm in fiery tones, And they will npoint with pride. The ship of state will calmly wait Until the people vote, And if the ins stay in she'll swim. And If they don't she'll float.
 Chicago Times Hesa5o.
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Oldest Known Twins.

John and Richard McGriff, the oldest known twins in the United States, neither of whom ever wore glasses or walked with cane, celebrated their ninety first birthday at Geneva, Ind. recently. Three hundred persons were present. They are in excellent health and as chipper as bOys
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Chicago Preachers, Club.

The ministers of the various denomi- nations of Chicago who used to hold tho informal Monday neetings have organ ized the Undenominational club, and, beginning on Oct. 1, will hold monthly meetings at one of the down town thea ters, when the great problems of the day will be discussed. Cincinnati Com mercial Gazette.
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Was His Hat on straightq

The Connecticut "wild man. wore q skirt upon his latest appearance Can it be possible that this is the new woman? New York Recorder
 How can any one tell if you cannot give more exact account of the cos tune than that furnished above?-St. Louis Star Sayings.
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Verdi Composes a Mass.

Verdi has just finished mass for tho seventh centenary of St. Anthony of Padua, which falls next month. He IS setting to music number of hymns to the Virgin written by Gignor Boito.
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This Reporter Had the Corrected Time.

"Dying about p. m., says the Ma rion co. ) Star, speaking of recently deceased citizen, shis spirit took its flight in good time to attend the even- ing service in heaven. 7
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No Bull Fight.

There is to be no bull fight at tho Att lanta fair. This is a fortunate thing for the fair, tho city, the United States and the age. New York World.
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They Would outrival Donnybrook Fair.

They WuuIu Ou1fIsHi DoHnyDfooK NHsxs
 One good way to make some games of baseball really interesting would be to dispense with the umpire altogether and let the players fight the decisions out among themselves. Washington Star
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Why. Roast the Marnates.

A baseball umpire has sued his critics. Now who is there left to have sport with? Chicago Post.