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The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09
The Nineteenth Century Club

Our Longfellow afternoon was
one Of unusual pleasure, not only
on account of the inspiring and en-
nobling subject of conversation
and papers, but also on account of
the promptness and satisfaction
given by the members on duty.
Mrs. Harveys biographical sketch
of Longfellow was thoroughly en-
loved, as we'll as the sweet and in
teresting story of "Evangeline, "
read us by Miss Webb. Miss Lii
lie Boswell sang 1.-The Bridges. ;"
We all know this to be one Of the
sweetest songs in the world, but
its beauty was enhanced on this
occasion by her sweet voice. Miss
Minnie Oldham's recitation "The
Wreck of the Hesperus" was
charming. This young member
is doubly dear TO our club, for she
is the only one to favor us with
recitations, which we all so much
enjoy. the Misses Armistead
sang "Stars of the Summer
Night" words by Longfeliow.
II is with great pleasure we head
this article with our new name.
Our circle should have been hon
ored with name long before this,
but not until last "Wednesday were
we able to thoroughly interest the
men bers in its behalf. Many
names we're suggested, but it was
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

favorably decided nothing more
appropriate could have been chos-
en- than the above mentioned.
We were much pleased to have
Mrs. Crane with us at our last
meeting and hope to claim her as
our visitor during her entire stay
with us.
The following is our program
tor next meeting;
TENNNSoN AFTERNOON.
Responses at Roll Call-Ouota-
tons from TennySon.
His Biography Mrs. Dodd.
His Place in Literature Mrs.
Niles.
Sin Memoriam" Miss Fletcher.
ldyls of the King
Enid Miss Lille Young.
Nivian-Miss Lottie Dodd.
Elaine-Miss Willie Armistead.
Guinevere Miss Bette Whyte.
Select Reading Mrs. Earle
Smythe,
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09
THE POPULITE PRIMARY.

The Populites in their primary
last week polled nearly thirteen
hundred votes. More than two
hundred votes less than the Dem
ocrats polled on the third day of
July last, which clearly shows that
they stand no earthly chance to
elect their ticket in November.
Lets anylize the vote of the two
elections and see if we are correct.
The Democrats polled about 1850
votes in their election, ard as stat
ed above the Populites about 1900.
The Populites voted about four
hundred negroes as we are inform
ed, two-thirds of whom as we are
informed, are disfranchised.
The Democrats as we learn voted
about 100 negroes, the majority OF
whom can not vote; and we are in
formed on what we regard as good
authority, there was a greater per
cent of the Popullte white vote
cast in their election that can't
vote in the general election than
that cast by the Democrats. But
admit that the per cent of disfran
chised votes are about the same in
both elections, say 20 or IS per
cent. any one can make the Calcu-
lation and see that the Democrats
are bound to win in November
next.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09
lOSCIUSEO MISSISSIPPI. AUGUST > 1895.

As stated last week, my ConneC-
ton with this paper was made so
short a time before going to press,
that could not give, extensively,
my views on the great question
that is now agitating the mind of
nearly every intelligent citizen of
the United States, and as for that
matter | might say of the civilized
world - that is the financial ques-
sion.
Before giving the matter mature
deliberation, | rather leaned to
the gold standard side, simply be
cause thought such great and
good men as Mr.. Cleveland, Mr..
Carlisle, our own steady and up
right Governor, and other good
men of the party must be right;
but after locking into the question,
and studying the condition of our
country, from the organization OF
the government down to 1873
when silver was demonetized. and
its condition from then til now, |
became convinced that the act OF
1873 demonetizing silver was
''shaped in iniquity and conceived
in sin" by its authors and became
a law through the carelessness OF
Congress and President Grant
believe that unless silver is
again placed on a parity with gold
at the ratio of 10 to I, independent
Of the action of foreign govern
ments, we will never be a pros
porous people, because the volnme
Of currency viii not be sufficient
for the commerce of the world,
hence money will appreciate and
the products Of the country will
depreciate in value, the rich will
become richer and the poorpoorer.
believe that this government is
strong enough to maintain itself
On a bimetallic standard with the
free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at the ratio Of I5 to
/, and that there will not and can
not be any substantial prosperity
in this country until that system is
rc-establi5hed. Hence | will aid
in fighting the battle on that line
until vic DRY crowns our efforts
c. NJ. BROOKE,
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

While the men are much eXer-
cisca over 70 to I, the ladies are
equally industrious in discussing
the discovery that the man in the
moon is roman This is the
"new woman" We have known
ior some time that woman was TAX
ing the world, but we had hoped
ina, they would give the men the
anoon. But not 50, having gotten
possession of the entire world with
all thu appurtenances thereto, they
rlaim the moon, and nothing left
for poor innocent man bat to
spend his time in discussing the
rifT hing subject Of IS to and
ii noon.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

Before silver was demonetized
there was in circulation more than
seven billions of gold and silver in
the world, and products and labor
brought good prices. With about
half that circulation, silver, taken
'rom the people, wages were re-
duced to barely living, and the
agricultural products of the world,
are beng sold at prices below the
cost Of production or are going I'M
sod. what prospect is there for
prosperity under such state Of
thlnsa.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

We want it understood that
while we are body, soul and boots
for the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver at the ratio of rs to I,
our columns will not be closed to
our gold bug friends, and we will
cheerfully publish their views, as
we believe the people should have
both sides of the question.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

The decision recently made by
the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
MIA, that man or woman may in
herit the estates of parent whom
she or he murdered, seems sin
gular one, yet it is borne out liter
ally by the law which provides
that the children of an intestate
parent inherit his estates, without
regard to the manner of his death.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Pennsylvania and every other
State that has not already done so,
should do like Mississippi, and
have a statute law preventing such
children from inheriting their par
ent'S estate.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09
\ Total Wreck of the Peoples
Party in Attala County.
Fellow-citizens of Alfalfa County:


one among the first to sever my
connection with the old Democrat
ic party, which | did in good faith
for the purpose Of trying to build
up party for true reform, and
free from schemes and devices in
elections; but to my surprise and
regret, after three or four years
hard work for the purpose Of try
ing to organize a new party free
from all such, it appears so plain
to me that the first opportunity
that pesented itself for a county
election, there was a deep laid
scheme to accomplish all that was
accomplished in the late election;
and furthermore, it is clear to my
mind that the greatest work that
will be accomplished in the Peo-
pies party, if any. will be to or
ganize and establish the Repub-
lican party in this county, which |
have said all the while that | would
never vote for or give any aid in
that direction whatever; any man
that can see the palm OF his hand
can see which-way the wind is
blowing. have also said that |
would never vote with the Demo
cratic party, but alas the Peoples
party has fallen SO far short Of
what thought it was designed
for. that ! must say farewell to all
such acts and deeds as was accom-
plished on August ,, 1895. That
days work in my opinion struck
the fatal blow to the Peoples par
ty in Alfalfa.
Some one may say that fell out
Of the ranks because | was defeat
ed; beg leave to say just here
that defeat never drove me out of
any party. When denominations
were made in the convention | was
perfectly willing to fight for sue
cess although thought | smelt a
mouse then, and after this primary
election was over, | was satisfied
that | smclt two mice and 2 rat
thrown il, CUTS, feathers and all.
Now til? reason ] say what |
do about re organizing the Repub
lican party is that every old time
Republican that WAS in the race
was elected by good majority
not one of them left out. 1t is
very clear to my mind that the line
was drawn by the old time Repub-
licans and a.straight edge put to it.
Look in every locality where they
are pretty thick and see what a
majority that each one OF them re
ceived over his competitor. al
though the Republican candidate
may have lived quite distance
from such localities. Regardless Of
all friendship and neighborship
they stuck close to that line; while
the Democratic part OF our party
did not draw any line, as the vote
all over the county will show.
Now in conclusion, ! want to
say to my friends all over the coun-
ty that | feel under many and
lasting obligations to them for their
faithful work in trying to secure
my nomination in the lost cause.
You have planted a spris OF ever
green in my bosom that will never
withcr while time lasts.
hope you all will excuse me
for taking this course. do no,
advise any one to follow me il
you think different from what do
Make yonr own choice. want ev.
cry man to exercise his own judg.
ment and do as he thinks best,
and allow me the same without
any reflection. So good bye tc
the new party. | will cast my 10,
ever hereafter with the Silver
Democrat.
p. I. FITZPATRICK.
August stli 1895.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09
The Populites of Ohio have
nominated Coxey for Governor.

Uncle Peter is not the only old
time Democrat whose better feeling
does not rebel at the thought of re-
turning to Republican raAds.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

Whlstling to keep up courage;
that's the way it loooks to us that
the Populites are acting since their
primary. What else can they do?
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

can? 1880 votes
2 will let the
negro votes.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

Why suffer w:ih Coughs, Coos "t =. -
Grippe fur a week or ten days , ss
Lax alive Quinine will cure IN oor 10, 70,
Put up in uablsts convenient tor 'AN"'
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09

I am heteby authorized by:.the salem
church ss'tender to a'genersus public
their sincere thanks for their all in
erecting their new church
J.J. TEAT.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-09
w. f. Brumby.

The campaign is.o renlng up in earn
est. Get Tux STAR the balance VI the
year for fifty cents and euess thrown
in.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
Air Does Not Kill.

The old belief that projectiles sometimes
kill men in battle without hitting them
must be abandoned in view OF recent sci
entific experiments. II was formerly sup
posed that the air compressed and driven
before the prcjectile and technically called
"thc wind of the shot, was capable OF
striking fatal blow, and even army sur
geons have assented to this theory.
But experiments have shown that the
air driven by projectile, while capable
of being iDstantaneously photographed in
the form Of a wave, does lot possess sufi-
cient energy to produce any destructive
effect.
Another theory which recent investiga-
tions have overturned is that the explosive
effect sometimes exhibited by bullets Is
due TO compressed air driven into the
wound.
Experiment shows that the appearance
of explosion arises from the nature OF the
substance penetrated by the bullet IL this
substance Is plastic or watery, the impulse
Of the proiectile is distributed lateraIiy IN
all directions among lis particles, and they
are driven asunder.
Such an effect has been noticed In battle
when bullets have entered the brain, and
accusations OF using explosive pro;ect.les,
contrary to the comfy of nations, have
been based upon them. By firing bullets
into wet dough every indication OK an ex-
plosion has been produced, although the
same bullets, fired with identical velocity,
into solid substances, like bone, made only
round, clean cut holes
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
SENATOR SCOTS LIBEL LAW.

That is good bill introduced by Sen
ator Scott of Allen county. 1t pro-
vides that no suit for criminal libel
may be had against newspaper un-
less the person who believes himself
libeled has first requested from the
publisher n retraction and it has been
refused. 1t provides that the pub
Usher shall have three days, after the
request for a retraction. to ascertain
the facts, and if Il suitable retraction
is then made the cause for action is
removed. The truth is one-half OF
the character of grievances coming
under the provisions of the proposed
law are almost unavoidable. People
want the news and that is the mission
OF the newspaper. Information ap-
pearing perfectly reliable as to source.
circumstances and all other surround
inCs may prove TO be utterly without
foundation. Not only that but some
innocent party may be injured. There
was no intention of wrong anywhere.
but still the newspaper which would
gladly make a correction is held for
having done something malicious or
ineXcusahle
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
wICHITA'S WINTER WEATHER.

1t is a great thing to live in a climate
like the one which holds sway over
this portion of the Arkansas valley.
Wichita has had no winter to speak of.
1t is odd but it is queer. North. south,
east and west Of Wichita, everywhere
on this continent, there was contin-
uous complaint of extreme cold. Gen
orally the complaint was followed up
with the declaration that no such
weather had been experienced in
quarter, and in many instances, in half
a century. All was serene in Wichita,
this center of the Italy of America
True, we had 4 few cloudy days, but
when the sun failed the moon didn't
There were few times between
Christmas and last week wnen lnere
was n slight seeming Of frostiness
observable in the air but it was pretty
much all seeming. There was much
talk about sleighing but the talk was
drowned by sleigh bells, the horse was
in fact dragging the thing of runners
over bare ground. The principal snow
OF the winter WAS half sand. the warm
sand of our congenial soil. 1t was
otherwise everywhere else. Even Cal
ifornia was showed under and Florida
frozen out Wichita will yet become
famous and deservedly so. as the beaJi-
tiful summer haunt and winter resort
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
The Neck and Mid Chinamsn.

The Chinaman, although proverbially
meek and mild Is a man Of dauntless
courage and unfiinching fortitude Voy-
ages over vast tracts Of stormy seas ex-
tremes of heat or cold, prolonged separa-
tion from home and all he holds most dear
and sacred, contumely and wrong at the
hands of men among whom he casts his
lot-nothing of all this can turn him
from his own purpose in life-namely, the
accumulation of little store of dollars
which 90 years forward will make him a
rich man in the country of his birth, will
enable him to provide for his parents and
erect monuments to the honor of his an
cestors and will cause him to be locked
up to and envied by his fellow villagers.
To achieve this he goes everywhere-ev-
erywhere, at least, except to lands whose
hostile laws of recent years block him at
the ports of entry, and in countries where
such laws have been passed the very fact
shows that the Mongolian has already Sc
cured foothold. We are told that there
is no place Of consequence the wide world
over where Scotchman is not to the fore.
For myself 1 expect confidently, wher-
ever 1 wander, to find my Chinaman.-
Nineteenth Century
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
Hawthorne's Granddaughter.

Miss Hildegarde Hawthorne not long
since published a weird sketch in a maya
zine, a literary effort which resembles her
grandfather's style more than does the
work of either oi Nathaniel Hawthorne's
children. Miss Hawthorne is the eldest
daughter of that dear little boy, Julian,
of whom Sophia Hawthorne wrote SO low
ingly TO her mother. All the seven chill
dren thus .'once removed" from the great
novelist are very comely. Hildegarde is n
remarkably pretty, fresh faced girl, with
nothing of the mystic nor even of the
literary in her appearance, which is that
Of bright, vivacious, rather athletic
young woman, whose rosy cheeks are
Drowned by much exposure to the sun,
and who is an adept with tho oar, the sail
or the tennis racket She has been sec
ond mother to all those other children Of
whom her father once said that they made
his, when they were little, "the House of
the Seven Gabbles. s."-Philadelphi Press
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
Sins of Alexander III.

In his zeal to stamp out disafection
Alexander III reintroduced the knout,
discontinued in previous reign, and
practically abolished trial by jury. In
1888 he sanctioned an order, signed by
Galkin Vrasskoi, head of the central pris-
on department, declaring that henceforth
"no difference shall be admitted in favor
of political prisoners in respect OF punish
ment," and that 'fogging with the rod
and with the whip shall be admitted. |"
This annihilated the distinction up to then
maintained between political offenders and
ordinary criminals, since 1t gave to the
executive officer of prisons the right to
fog ''politicals" in his charge, and it was
under this order, sanctioned By the car,
that Nine. Sigida received the brutal beat
Ing that ended in her death.
Another reactionary feature of prison
administration for which the government
of Alexander III was responsible is the
introduction of Imprisonment by admin
istrative order. Previous to 1886 the ad
ministrative exile of political suspects to
various places OF residence in the provinces
and to Siberia was common enough, but
in that year was begun the practice Of
committing these suspects to Jail and
holding them there without trial as "a
preventive measure" at the will and Gu
price Of the executive. A new prison in
st. Petersburg, known as THE Cross,
has been designated to meet the case Of
this kind of offenders--that is, of people
who have not committed any crime, but
are simply suspected of being about to be-
come politically untrustworthy. Ed
mund Noble in Donahoe's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
The Continuity of History.

A month ago 1 stood in the cathedral OF
Lisieux in which, when the mortar OF the
church was hardly dry, Henry III OF Eng
land married Eleanor q AQuitaine. That
marriage gave the kings OF England a
great domain in France and entailcd long
wars between the two countries. This
struggle, lasting throughout the four
teenth and fifteenth centuries, was the
chief cause Of the barouial anarchy which
eliminated in the years of the roses. The
Tudor despotism was tie outcome OF these
wars, and in trying 70 maintain that des-
potisrn the Stuarts lost their throne. Tho
revolution which overthrow the SsUsr,s
gave supremacy to parliament ard led d.
rectly to the union.
Finally tbe parliament OF Great Britain,
after proving its capacity by creating .hs
British empire and defeating Napoleon,
formed the model for constitutional gov
ernmept throughout the civilized v7c-id-
Thus the effects of the marriage OF Henry
III are felt to this day throughout the civil
lied world. And so we may-nay, we
must--treat any great historical event uo-
I'll the ages are bound each 10 each BY
natural piety" This Is what IS mean; by
the continuity of history Re-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
Official Printing.

Leavenworth Times: Official print
ing is not of the same value in all pa
pers. The value of such publications
depends almost wholly upon the cir
culation of the paper in which the same
is published, so If the present law is to
be amended this question of circula-
ton should be settled. The law now
provides that such papers shall have
general circulation, but the law is not
not complied with, and printing usual
ly goes to the party paper that wins.
The Leavenworth Times. for instance,
has had little or no public printing
for the past ten years, because the city
and county have been Democratic. Yet
the Democratic organ did not have
one-fifth the circulation of the Times,
but they got full legal rates. Now the
value of commercial advertising in the
Times is worth five times as much as
it is in the columns of our Democratic
neighbor, and our rates which we
charge and obtain are five times their
price for the above good reason. 1t
costs the Times five times as much to
run its paper, to supply its large circu-
lation and ii is but just and fair to
charge for it's circulation value. The
readers of a newspaper do not, as a
rule, understand this fact.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
HIT. TOO. BY THE GOLD BRICK.

The silver resolution introduced into
end passed by the reichstag of the
German empire, was not introduced
erat, but by a member Of the COnserva-
tive party. Count Won Mirbach sees
that something must be done in the
interest of the worlds values. which
are going to pieces in Germany as
elsewhere. Germany holds a vast
amount of American securities and he
sees and understands that the annual
gold production of the whole world
is not sufficient to keep up paying the
interest on American holdings in Eu-
rope, and that, therefore, if America
is forced in the end to pay silver also,
and nothing done in the meantime to
save TO silver its original value, that
Germany. not only, but that all Europe
will be forced to accept in the end
deprecated value for both interest and
principle. Besides Germany has big
debt of her own, the interest of which
is being paid in gold.
If the single gold standard can be
enforced for ten or twenty years longer
England will own and rule the civil
lied world, for money is a greater
power than the sword and maintains
its rule where armies fail Are the
liberties of the American people
threatened today? Instance Cleve-
land and his late bond dicker. and his
further proposition of half billion
dollars Of gold bearing bonds. If the
American people fail to shut out the
gold game, effectively and permanent
ly, and that very soon, the govern
ment Of Washington and Lincoln will
have become one of plutocrats and of
industrial slaves.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
A Garden Wall.

I do not dislike garden walls. 1t Is some
times good and consoling thought to re-
fleet that one is in a well secured inclo-
sure, alone with perfumes, flowers, trees,
the air, the sun, the stars, remembrances
and reveries, and to know that nobody can
come and disturb you. / like walls, but
do not like white walls. / like nothing
but old walls. l have one here which
pleases me much. 1t is just as old as it
ought to be. If it were little older, 1t
would be given over to the mercy of brick
layers, who would introduce all sorts Of
new bricks and white stones. As it is, it
is gray and slack and diversified with the
subdued tints of 90 species Of moses and
lichens. 1t is crowned with yellow wall
flowers and ferns, which root in the crew
ices on its summit, and its base is but
tressed by pellitory and nettle in masses
of richest green.-Alphonse karr.