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Year: 1879

- (Aberdeen, Miss, Examiner.l


Several times during the last four
years we have taken occasion to call
attention to the new process of cotton
planting so successfully pursued by Mr..
J. J. Crump of this county. The re-
suit of this process was 1910 pounds Of
ginned cotton to the acre in 1877 1000
pounds in 1878, and this season the
prospects are good for the heaviest
yield he has ever had. For the benefit
of our readers, we will again give Mr..
Crump's formula He prepares his
land in December by digging holes
three feet from each other, each 1e
inches square and is inches deep ;
these holes he fills with manure to
within four inches of the top, and the
remainder Of the way with the top
SOIL At the usual season he plants
with view to having three stalks to Il
hill, and plies the clay from the bot
toms of tho pits AS deep over the tops
as the supply will admit Of, with a
view to keeping down the grass, and
then cultivatcs with hand and hoe,
never allowing plOw to be used. The
preparation is made in December in
order to subdue the fiery qualities of
the fertilizer, and the holes whom pre-
pared will make ut least three crops
without changing their contents the
second crop generally being the best,
and the first and third about tho same.
This plan has gotten beyond the sphere
of experiment, and there is no longer
necessity for a man to scrape over a
dozen acres when he can obtain more
cotton and better cotton by cultivating
two or three by Mr.. Crump's process.
Year: 1879

The Zulus have a matted chair to
which they ascribe supernatural pow
ers. Warriors who sit in it before
going to battle are believed to be in
variably successful, or, rather, they
used to be, for Cetywayo is understood
to have broken the charm by remov-
ing the chair last spring from tho spot
ia which it had stood for many years
Year: 1879

mines of silver and gold At Palisades
we traverse another canyon, though not
quite SO remarkable as some heretofore
mentioned. At one point between these
mountain walls. they threaten to close
together above us. so near do they ap-
proach each other. At another point,
close to the track, plain grave-stone
marks the resting place of some one bur-
led in this wild spot We learn that it
is the place where maiden daughter of
an emigrant was buried years ago, her
grave being marked by a rude board by
her friends. The railroad men when
they came named the place Maiden's
Grave, and caused a marble slab to be
erected. We pass the hot saline springs.
where the enterprising manufacturer has
come to make immense quantities of salt;
culiar interest for hundreds Of miles.
But we are again climbing up to pass
the summit of the Sierra Nevadas, and
the air and white-capped mountains ID
the distance show us that it is very cold
and snowy here in the winter. Here
are the long snow sheds that are erected
over the railway to keep it from being
buried in winter. One shed is said to
be 42 miles long-it is long enough at
least. But we have reached Reno in
the noted mining region, and learn some
thing of the silver this state produces.
We are on the down hill slope of the
Sierras and ere long reach Sacramento,
in California; this is 1776-old Inde-
pendence Day fgures-miles from Oma-
ha and 139 from San Francisco. We
pause here at this capital city of the
state, just for one meal, and are on our
way to the city Of the Golden Gate.
There is not much more of interest to be
seen till we reach Oakland, the beautiful
city across the bay. Here we take the
ferry and are carried over the water to
San Francisco. After a few days in
this magnificent city, l took the steamer
and arrived in Casper, after days ride
on the Pacific.
Year: 1879

sweetheart to his wagon and slowed her
safely therein, and until the goodnights
were said. Riding home it was quieter.
The houses they passed were silent and
the lights all put out. The moon,
now high up, shone with a white light
on the mists in the meadows The air
was growing chilly and the jewellers
were growing sleepy Transcript.
Year: 1879

Fair Nathalie at evening tide


Walked out with her own true love,
The thick green grass beneath their feet,
And the thick green trees above.
Then Zuska said, my own sweetheart,
Give me one kiss before we part"
The listening grasses heard and saw,
And could not the secret keep
The dear. sweet secretl Every blade
Whispered the tale to the sheep
The silly sheep, who were so glad
They straightway told the shepherd lad.
The shepherd told traveller


(For he loved fair Nathalie);
The traveller told a sailor boy,


One night on the lonely sea;
The sailor to his rowing ship
Too quickly let the secret slip.
For the ship to the salt sea waves,


That ever run to and fro,
Said, "When the inland rivers come
TO mix with the oceans flow,
Ask after Nathalie. pretty one,
And if the handsome Zuska won."
So at the last that river heard


That flowed by Nathale's cot,
And the maids mother one fine day
Went there with her water.pot,
And heard the tale, and told the maid,
And many an angry word was said.
Nathalie blamed the river much,


And the river blamed the sea,
The sea said with an angry roar,


"The ship is to blame. not me."e
The ship, tossed wildly to and fro,
Creaked out, "The sailor told me So"
The sailor said, 1.-The traveller


Is the one that should be blamed"
The traveller said, the shepherd boy


Should never the tale have named;
/ surely thought, so far away,


No harm can come from what say"
The shepherd blamed the tattlin9 sheep.
The sheep cried, "Oh and alas
So much Of grief and quarreling come
Because of the tell-tale grass.
What on earth did it see amiss
In little Nathalie's parting kiss ?"
Year: 1879

Two boats rocked on the river,
In the shadow Of leaf and tree;
One was in love with the harbor;
One was in love with the sea.
The one that loved the harbor
The winds of Fate outbore;
But held the other, longing.


For ever against the shore.
The one that rests on the river
In the shadow of leaf and tree,
With Nistful eyes look over


To the one far out to sea.
The one that rides the billows,
Though sailing far and feet,
Looks back to the peaceful river,
To the harbor safe and sweet.
One frets against the quiet


OF the moss-grown shaded shore;
One sighs that it may enter


That harbor never more.
One wearies of the dangers


OF the tempest's rage and wall,
One dreams. amid the lilies


or the faT-of snowy sail.
OF all that life can teach us


There's naught SO true as this
The winds Of Fate blow ever,


But never blow amiss.
Year: 1879




WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENoY.-If
a person falls in fit and begins to snore
loudly, with very red face, it is apo
plexy. Let him be seated. SO as to favor
the blood going downwards, away from
the head apply cloths to the head, or
cushions of equal quantities of snow or
pounded ice and common salt If the
person is perfectly still, face pale. and
there is no preceptible breathing, it is a
fit of fainting. Lay the person on his
back, loosen his clothing, and slightly
elevate his head. The faint is caused
by momentary cessation Of the circula-
ton of the blood to the head If there
is very violent motions of the hands and
feet and all sorts of contortions, it is
| epilepsy Let the man comfort until he
is tired you can't hold him still all
that ought to be done is to keep the un-
! fortunate man from hurting himself
there is no suffering felt, for as soon as
he comes to and finds himself lying on
| his back he will want to know what Is
the matter. Dizziness often comes ia-
simultaneously, and we begin to reel be-
fore we know it. Shut the eyes whether
you are walking along the street, looking
over the precipice, ascending ladder, or
climbing to ships masthead; the fear
of dizziness disappears instantly if you
look upward.


RULES FOR ACQUIRING WEALTn.-Be
honest. If Satan tempts you to defraud
your neighbor, it is only that he may
rob you of your ill-gotten gain in the
end.


Be temperate. Liquor has made more
paupers than all other vices combined.


Be industrious. Incidence, debt and
disease are brothers.


| Let your word be your bond. Good
credit is fortune to begin with.


Limit your expenses by necessity and
comfort, leaving good balance for mar
gin saved.


Invest your funds carefully and in
teiligently Beware Of brilliant bubbles
that are blown up to tempt ingenious
spectators.


| Give your personal attention to your
business. To do this, keep brain and
body healthful.
Year: 1879

all of whose communities fall at once
within the provisions of the act.


The act creating taxing districts
confers the legislative powers of the
new municipal government upon a
legislative council, consisting of three
commissioners and FIVE supervisors,
three of which officials are to be
appointed by the governor, with the
consent of the senate, one by the
Quarterly Court and four to be elected
by the qualified voters Of the district,
all to hold Office for two years, and
after the expiration of the first term,
to be elected by the qualified voters Of
the district.


Held, that the first appointments
were provisional and within the com.
potency of the legislature, and that
the permanent organization was en-
tirely free from constitutional objec-
ton. In this State the legislature
may reserve to itself the right to
directly impose the necessary taxes
for the support of municipal corpora
tions. The effect of what has been
done in this case on the rights of cred.
itors is not before the court and nc
opinion is expressed.


A majority of the court merely
holds that the previous charter of the
city Of Memphis has been validly
repealed, and that the same people
and same territory have been consti-
tutiOnally reincorporated under a gen.
eral law providing for the organization
Of municipal corporations.


Judges Freeman and Turney, in
dissenting opinions, hold that the re.
pealing act is valid, but that the act
creating the Taxing District is un.
constitutional and void.
Year: 1879

Is is related that a young fellow in
Iowa was married under some diff
culties the other day. The parents of
the young woman refusing to allow
hin to see her, he had himself arrested
for breaking into building, and then
subpenaed the girl as a witness. BY
this means he secured access to her
long enough to accomplish his object,
by the friendly help ofa minister.
Year: 1879

tFrom Boston Letter TO Springfield Republican,


Murray, as one of his nearest friends
puts it, one who has known him about
as intimately as one man can know an
other,--has insisted on being a law
unto himself md is now paying the
penalty. lie knew the danger he was
running III his free intercourse with
women, for il was pointed out to aim
often enough. But he has said en-
phatically tnat he would not conform
30 the worlds opinion or body else's
standard in such matters and that he
would leave public life when any wo-
man in Boston bigh 49, lev, 5s'tiili not
come 10 him, at any hour day OF night,
for advice, counsel, or assistance. He
used his amanuensis like a machine /;
and was perfectly Indifferent in lunch
ing and travelling with her. She was
devoted to him, and he appreciated her
devotion but as one would a faithful
clerk, or perhaps a devoted sister. But
she is a very pretty woman, with "wOn-
drOus dark eyes," and you we'll know
how the world can talk when it sets
out. Financially, Murray has been in
more or less hot water ever since he
left Park street church, and it has been
the one aim of his life to clear himself
from debt. He was not extravagant in
his living. His personal expenses were
slight. For three years his bed was an
old lounge in his little den of an office,
in the Golden Rule rooms, on fremont
street opposite the Common and dur
ing that time he knew nothing of what
the world calls the luxury of living
Nearly all of his salary, when editor Of
the Golden Rule and what profit there
was of that enterprise when it was
profitable, went to pay these debts. He
had great faith in the blackboard, his
friends have faith in it now,-and he
hoped to celebrate his birthday THU
year free man, free from debt. What
crushed him was his stock farm. Il
was most expensive affair, and the
parson knew as little about its financial
conduct as a child. There were rows
of stalls full of horses, splendid fellows
to be sure, of which any owner might
well be proud but they were eating
their heads off; and there seemed tC
be always large gang of help, retain
ers, and hangers-On about the place
1t is the assertion of his friends, thai
the parsOn is not nearly so deeply in,
vOlved as he was two or three years
ago, and that with his money earning
capacity unimpaired, it is confidently J
believed he will yet meet all his obli-
cations.
Year: 1879

On the curb-stone up Brush street the
other day sat girl of nine or ten, full
in the hot sun, but so busy with a woe
begone rag baby that she seemed not
to mind the heat and the glare. One
arm had been torn from poor "baby,"
its head fell over to one side, and the
sawdust ran from the dilapidated feet
every time it was lifted about. AS the
child sat there, trying to make "baby"
whole again with an old darning needle
and bit of twine, boy of fourteen
halted on the walk and sneeringly said ::


"That dolls bin sun-struck, an all
the doctors in town can't save her life.r


The girl made no reply, and, after
moment, the lad advanced, snatched
the doll from her hands, and flung it
high above his head, laughing loudly at
her efforts to prevent him.


"Is your mother dead p asked the
girl, as her eyes filled with tears and
her chin quivered.


mot as | knows On.n


"But mine is, and she made that dol
ly for me when her hands trembled SO
and her eyes had so many tears that |
had to cut the cloth for her,"


'Whewm m whistled the boy below
his breath, and walking into the street
he picked up the plaything, carefully
busted it, and as he placed it in her
hands he said:


81 remember now bout seein' the
Grape on the door, and Pm sorry was
rough. This ere linin' in my cap will
make that baby hull dress, an if you
won't say nothin' to nobody of how /
acted I'll give it to ye."


He had it out with one pull, tossed
two coat buttons after it, and went
away, saying:


"When gals mother is dead, that
beats me, and any time that ere dolly
is toOllen sick you can count on me to
run for the doctor and sit up nights.
Good bye, Tab"
Year: 1879

lFrom the Burlington Hawkeye.l


But down at Musquash. Last SUNDAY
night we all went to church down at
Musquash, and heard Mr.. Hopper
preach, Il pleasure that all Burlington
will envy us. Mr.. I'll. was down there
helping the rest of us enjoy ourselves,
and the Baptists of Musquash Just
pressed him into their service for one
day. Well, l had been trout fishing all
the day before and had waded down
the river a few miles, and Saturday
night | poured bushel and half of
oats into each of my boots, and all the
bright, sunny Sabbath day they set out
in the sun and basked, while lounged
around loosely shod in slippers, and ex-
tremely happy. l went to church in the
evening, and you can't imagine how
easy and comfortable were my slippered
feet. L thrust them out before me and
admired them. In moment or two a
mosquito came sailing along, humming
the refrain of Il hymn the congregation
had just ceased singing. This startled
me little, but not very much, because
L always believed that the st. John
mosquitoes cOuld sing if they would.
Well, this fellow sailed on, passed me,
then he turned and came back, and /
observed that he had rather wicked
look in his eyes, although, l reasoned,
that was no more than one might ex-
pect of mosquito that flew around on
the Sabbath. Presently, still humming
"BrOad is the road that leads to death,n
the bird made few circles and lighted
on my slippered foot, making his land
ing about an inch above the slipper.


"Now, son." said, "'this is little
too much. l admire cheek, but you
fairly gorge my admiration. | am sor-
ry for you, because know your harm
lessness and your stupidity. But your
impudence is more detestable than
your imbecility is touching, and | am
compelled to mash you"


L lifted my other foot to crush him,
and hope / may live thousand wears
if that mosquito didn't get the drop ON
me.


l haven't felt anything like it since
seven years ago, when tried to mend
the family wash-bOiler, and poured a
tablespoonful of sizzling, glowing,
bubbling solder down inside my shoe.


AS am truthful man, when l felt
the shot, l looked down, and that mos
quito had his hind legs bent under him,
his front legs stretched out and braced
against my foot, while the venomOus
wretch, holding his mouth full of cpl
dermls and stocking, leaned back, and
pulled, and shook his head savagely,
like bull terrier, without ever break
ing his hold. just before l kicked him
ne let go and sailed around behind nv
head, while he Joined the congregation
in singing =


Brethren while we sojourn here,


Fight we must, but need not fear" :"


sat in silent enduring agony won
derlng what manner of bird the Mus
quash mosquito was, when suddenly
another one came behind me, caught me
by the heel, and thought in my soul it
would pull the leg off me before
could shake and kick it loose. And
then 1T lodged about my ears, swapping
at them as it went by, and humming
with great affectatiOn of feeling, 81
Would Not Live Away" l was glad
that 1t felt that way about it. 1t lived
Year: 1879

Tobacco Is a fragrant, soothing and
delicious drug-nOt equalied as lux
ury by any other plant that grows. 1t
Is peculiarly welcome to one who is
away from homo or lOnely--as some OF
the soldier boys and several millions
more can testify. 1t is the poor mans
luxury, aud there are few kind hearts
that would rob the laborer of his eve
ming pipe. Many persons have used
tobacco from youth TO old age without
any aPpreciable injury to their health.
--ErchGnge.
ment cannot stand alone, but there are
other facts which we should ponder.
1t is probably safe to say that not one
man in ten can use tobacco temperate
ly and that, of ssudents-that is, edi-
tors, ministers, lawyers and all seden-
tary people-there is no example on
record of any one of them using it
moderately. The result is, that we
have no doubt the number of years OF
human life lost by the use of tobacco is
greater than the years of life lost by
the drinking of alcoholic liquors. 1t is
a great misfortune. every way, for :
young man 70 contract the habit. He
stands nine chances out Of ten to have
his life shortened by it, and ten chances
in ten TO have his usefulness impaired.
The tobacco user is often subjected to
great annoyance, Inconvenience and
sometimes to shame and he can hard
ly hope to be as agreeable or useful to
Others as he would be without it. The
effort to break the habit, when once it
is fully settled, involves so much pain
that few persons have sufficient endur-
ance and will-pOwer to persevere in it
and yet the alternative is liable to
come, to the student-stop be insane !
or die! And one may wake up to the
alternative when it is too late to choose.
Boys, take the advice of one who is no
fanatic, and never touch the weed. 1t
may be said just as truly of it, as of
another drug, though it moves more


slowly. "At the last it biteth like


serpent, and stingeth like an adder


Interior.
Year: 1879

A STORY OF WOMAN's DEVOTION
Twenty years ago, as the story goes.
there was a wedding. The bride was
of good family, and she loved her hus-
band with the characteristic devotion
of a wife. But she found herself griev-
Ously disappointed, for in time he in
tiicted series of studied injuries that
eventually ended in the loss of her
character and separation. She drift
ed to this city and became the proprie


tress Of house of bad repute, in which
terrible business she remains to the
present day. For years there has lin
gered in her heart memories of what
she was and what she might have been
but for the wretch whom at one time she
owned as husband, and she had moth
ing but curses for the irreparable ruin
he had wrought. The husband contin-
ued at his old home and prOspered, and
the world treated him as an honorable
man. He surrounded himself with new
domestic ties, and apparently prosper
ed, but the old saying, "that the mills
of the gods grind slowly, but they grind 4
exceeding small,n y had illustration in mis-
case !; for with reverses in business
came disease, and disaster followed so
swiftly that in a few years there was
none so poor as to do him reverence
Consumption incapacitated him from
making living, and the public hospi
tai was his only resort. There it was
that the deserted and cruelty treated
wife, whose life of degradation had
been of his own making, sent for him.
and he was brought here, and is now
lying on his death-bed in a residence
apart from her own, but surrounded
with every luxury that can possibly
smooth his descent to the grave. One
OF the leading physicians of this city. q
gentleman high in the profession, is his
constant medical attendant, and there
is hardly an hour of the day or night


but this woman is watching over him


with the tenderest solicitude. This i,
no fiction.-Indianapotis Journal.
Year: 1879

1t was to be expected, of course that
YazoO Democrats would try to clear
Barksdale from the consequences of his
difficulty" with Dixon by asserting
that the latter was the aggressor. AS
it is known that Barksdale had been
lying in wait for his victim, that he was
armed with a gun while Dixon had
only pistol, and that he hailed Dixon
and shot him before he had got within
pistol range, this pretence is exceed
ingly shallow. The following is the dy-
ing declaration of Dixon, which bears
the stamp of truth in every word, and
is entirely in accord with the account
published at the time of the shooting:


81 was walking down street, near
HOusemarie's saloon, and the first thing
L knew was that | was shot. Wheeling
round l saw guns pointing at me from
every direction, and l turned and ran
up a stairway, when Jim Barksdale
shot me in the back, having already
broken my wrist. | reached the stairs
and fell. l then drew my pistol and
with one hand holding to the steps,
fired my pistol with the hand that had
the broken wrist and broken finger.
The attack was entirely unprovoked on
my part. | denounce as base lie that
L had plotted the assassination of
Barksdale. l wish Jim Barksdale was
here to see how brave man can die.n


The Yazoo correspondent of the
Memphis Avalanche Southern dem
ocrat, writing in Southern democratic
paper gives the following account of
the affair:


"Dixon was shot five times in the
back, not bullet in the front. There
are thirteen shotgun bullet holes in
the back of his coat. Dixon lived from
9 o'clock in the morning until 4.3O in
the evening. He leaves wife and six
helpless little children. If he had had
fair showing he would have left his
mark, but his enemies feared this. and
did not wish him to live until the meet
ing of the Independents the next day.
The democrats openly boast that Barks-
dale will be acquitted from any
blame in the shooting of Dixon. 4
plot was made to kill Flanagan the
night previous, but he ircumvepted II
by going home a different route than
that usually taken by him.
Year: 1879

The experiment has been tried in
Iowa of sowing in the fall, upon one
acre of land, two bushels of wheat
mixed with one bushel of oats. The
oats shot up rapidly, and were of course
killed down by the frost. But they
furnished a warm covering for the
earth, and when the snow fell among
the thick stalks and leaves they kept it
from blowing away. This covering
prevented the winter-killing of the
wheat, and the rotting oat leaves and
stalks afforded rich topdressing for
the crop the following spring. The re-
suit was an abundant yield of wheat,
while land precisely similar alongside
of it, and treated in the same manner
with the exception of omitting the oats,
was utterly worthless.