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Terms; The Copiahait is pub
lished every Saturday, nt f.1 per
annum, in advance; .wo or more
copies each $:t .10.
Advertisements published at 11
pci square (ten lines or less; for
first insertion, and oO cents e.icti
additional insertion.
Liberal arrangements made with
yearly adverHsoir. All bills due
on presentation.
fjPAll persons indebted to
the Oopinhnn office, are re
quested to call and settle.—
No shenanagiu or donblc
ahuffling. G-tf*
A correspondent of the
Clarion says: “Grenadaconn
tv is in a blaze of exeite
inont. The white people are
fully aroused, and they will
carry this county l*y about
li>0 majority at the least.—
Grenada county has hereto
fore been Republican, but the
negroes are now daily join
ing the Deinocintic clubs.—
Look for good news from
Grenada soon.”
Tho Vicksburg Monitor
saysthat T. Alien Ross, chair
man of tho People’s Repub
lican Executive Committee
•of Washington county, calls
upon his race to join hands
with the white people ‘to up
root the gigantic mass of
corruption which has obtain
ed foothold in their midst.’
Hon. W. IXKelly, of Pa.,
says the result of tlieelCcMon
in Ohio is not a defeat of the
greenback money theory.—
He thinks but for the school
question in that State rhe
greenback men would have
won a glorious victory.
The Braiulou Republican
says the victory in Rankin is
already an assured fact, but
our friends must be watchful
remembering always that vig
ilance is the price of liberty.
ThcSummit Sentinel prom
ises that after the election
Pike, county will forever re
pudiate Radical misrule and
mismanagement. tiodgrant
she may!
--
This is the way the Clinton
Laiy Patriot-Democrat puts in
referring to the recent troub
les in that city:
Now that, the excitement lias
passed ovor, the duty will de
volve upon our peonle of re
straining drunken, cowardly
rowdies. Our people are very
properly disposed to not only
protect, but to encourage the
colored people to work and
provide for themselves and
families. Brave men are al
ways magnanimous, but cow
ards too often take advantage
of excitement to call them
selves into notice. Let ns re
strain sncli, peaceably if pos
sible, forcibly if necessary.
Fourth Hound,
Of Quarterly meetings for Brook'
haven District :
Beairegard ct at Pleasant Valley
Sept 25, 26;
Brook haven sta Oct 2 3;
Providence ct, Camp meeting at
Providence, Oct 7 to 12;
Georgetown at M* Pleasant.16. 17;
Scotland ct at Bethel, Oct 23, 24;
Spring Ridge, Oct 30, 31;
Brandywine ct, at Rehobeth, Nov
6. 7;
Zion mis at Stewart’s >chool house,
Nov 13. 14;
Ifazlehursl sta. Nov 20, 21;
Raymond ct, Dec 4. 5;
Crystal Springs sta, Dee 11, 12.
All the Rei>orta from Church Se
cretarijs, Trustees, Stewards snd
Local Pieachcrs as required bv the
Discipline, we hope will be written
and ready for tlies»*creta> v
H. H. Montgomery, p. e.
TO THE FRONT.
Having after many months’ tri
als, succeeded in settling up my
affairs satisfactory to ah concerned
I hereby announce to the public
my intentiou to not be out doue
in the sale of Groceries. Having
just returned from the city with
the choicest selection of 8taple
and Fancy Groceries m endless va
riety, 1 will offer them to the com
munity at living prices, for cash.
Thanking every body for the pat
ronage bestowed ou me, 1 trust to
merit its continuance by prompt
attention to business, and at pri
ces within the reach of all.
JOHN J CASON.
Beauregard, Sept. Is, 1875— 2t.
MAUTINSVILLE "oLUB.
The Conservative Club of Mar
tinsville holds its regular meetings
on the second and fourth Satur
days ot each month.
JOSlAH H3BTEH, Pres
THOS S-UAYHtK, Soc’y.
AB^-The Southern X at J ones X
Ac's drug store, Crystal. ->>>
A friend on the seaboard ;
writing to the Clarion, says:
“You are well apprised of
the popularity and personal!
influence of II. Seal on the j
sea-coast, and in the country j
east of Pearl River general
ly; but the vote ho will re
ceive in all those counties
will astonish you. I havo
lately beer, over Covington, j
Marion, Perry, Greene and
Jackson, awl ever)' man I
met seemed to consider Seal j
under his own particular
care. He is the first real pi- J
ney-woods man ever op fbr i
Congress, and every family j
is npin arms for him. Ma-,
ny colored voters manifest
the same interest, and open
ly proclaim for him. I am
glad to notice this evidence
of gratitude—for he is and
has been the best friend the
colored people have ever had
in this part of the country.1
Letters received here from j
Port Gibson, Meadville, Fay j
ette, Liberty and Natchez,1
speak of the favorable iin- i
pression Col. Seal has made
in that quarter, and confi
dently predict his election.
If it depends on the vote in i
this section, his success is as- j
sured. His vote hero will
i
be nearly unanimous.”
A Holly Springs special of
the 21st, to the New Orleans
Picayune, reports at Holly
Springs one of the grandest
and most imposing popular j
demonstrations ever witness- j
ed in the State. The dis- j
patch says, all day long our
town has been filled with a
gathering of the Conserva
tive masses.
Thousands of men, organ
ized in clubs of fifties and
hundreds, marched into tow n
this morning w ith bands play
ing, binners waving, and rai
sing such shouts of patriotic
enthusiasm as was never
heard in this part of the
world.
Seven thousand men were
in the procession at night;
it is three miles long and the
number of spectators and
men in line will reach near
ten thousand people. Four
brass bands arc playing, can
nons booming, and the entire
town is ablaze with tbe bril
liancy of tho procession.—
Sucb a pageant tells a wol’ul
story. It btings up the aw
ful “sins” of an awful recon
struction. Would that the
people of the North could
gaze at our Mississippi peo
ple here. Would that the
people of Massachusetts
could see them struggling for
liberty, independence and
honest government; they
would call back their Adel
bert Ames and bis little ar
my of political adventurers
who1 have fed and fattened
off tbe life blood of the land.
The people of Mississippi
will soon send them home,
for the Slate is going over
whelmingly Democratic.—
Tell our friends of it. Tell
them we will soon be free,
and Mississippi will once
more rise np in her rformer
pride and glory.
a mu line or Dry Goods sad
Groceries in transit for onr store;
all in need just, bounce a bale of
cotton ami come in and get sup
plied before all sold. Harrison,
Flowers & Co.
—-*---—
10- Iu baying spectacles be
careful to get those that will give
a dear vision; are pleasant to the
eye. and preserves it; such are not
often found, but C. M. Bankston,
agent for Lasaras & Morris’ ;*er
feet6d spectacles, bas them, guar
anteed to possess these qualities,
in.gold, silver and steel frames. A
full sioek „f solid j*o#d and plated
jewelry. Oct. 2ft.
Pennsylvania will vote on '
the 2nd of November. Mr. .
Wright, Chairman of the .
Democratic Central Com-1
inittee of Pennsylvania, has
issued a rousing address, in
which he says:
“The people of Ohio are
an agricultural people. The
great, staples of Pennsylva
nia consist of her iron, her
coal, her manufactures, and
mechanical industries. These i
have first felt the baleful in
fluences of a profligate gov
ernment and a bad svstem of
legislation. Let us stand by
the organization that lias
been formed, and the resolves
adopted by the Democratic
convention at Erie.”
We endorse the following
from the Clarion: We ap
peal to you, friends, if you
wish to redeem Mississippi,
to work night and day until
the election day (November
2dy. Then gather at the polls
by daylight and stay until
dark. Do not be crowded
away from the ballot-box.—
From 18C7 to thisyear, eight
long years, if the authorities
failed to establish sufficient
voting places for you all, you
have stood back, aud, not vo
ting vourselves, have permit
ted the Radicals to have it all
their own way. This year
; let them understand lhat we
must and will have a chance.
Let them know in words plain
enough to be understood,that
Democrats and Conservatives
intend to vote this election,
come what may. Don’t sub
mit to any of the old “back
to breast” arrangement; or
long lines of voters in which
you have hitherto had to
take the rear. If that game
is tried again break the line.
After you have carried the
day at the polls, submit to no
throwing out of votes or of
boxes. Put vour votes in the
boxes and see that they are
counted and returned proper
ly afterwards.
Be prudent, be calm, but
bo determined. Your vote is
a guarantee for freedom. He
who attempts to deprive you
of it, attempts to deprive you
of your voice in the govern
ment. He isthefoc to Amcr
lean fieedom and year per
sonal enemy,
“Once more to the breach,
dear friends, once more!!
THE ELECTION.
The ATeTomb Inte l gencer,
independent, speaking of the
election which takes place
next Tuesday, the 2d of No
vember, says: We may safely
predict that a Legislature will
be elected in which capacity
and integrity will take the
place of ignorance and venal
ity
Which will reduce taxes
one-half below the present
rate.
Which will curtail the ex
penditures of the State gov
ernment in all its depart
ments.
VV bich will reduce salaries
and lop off supernumerary of
fice-holders who like swarms
of locusts that have been in
festing the Western States,
have eaten the substanoe of
the toiling people.
Which will hold fo rigid ac
countability all officers hav
ing control of public monies.
Which will substitute bien
i nial for annual sessions of the!
1 Legislature,and by this means
alone save at least $150,000
to the tax-payers.
Which will place whoTe
1 some restrictions on the tax- j
ing power of the county gov
ernments.
Which, by the abolition of
unnecessary officials, will re
duce fftc expenditures on ac
count of pnblic schools andat
the same time increase their
efficiency.
Which will encourage im
migration by holding out the
inducements of low taxes and
an intelligent and economical
administration.
Which will foster peace and
good-will between the races,
and cultivate a spirit of fra
tornity between the people of
the twosectionsof theUnion.
These are the paramount
objects to be attained in the
coming election; and good
men irrespective of past par
ty affiliations will work to
gether for that end
CONVICTS NOT VOTERS.
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Judge E. S. Fisher has re
cently decided this question
in a case whore a negro in
DeSoto county was refused
registry because he had been
convicted of grand larceny,
although pardoned before the
end of his sentence. He ap
plied for a writ of manda-’
inns beforo Judge Fisher.—
Regarding the Judge’s opin
ion, the Hernando Press and
Times says:
Judge Fisher delivered an
oral opinion, in whio!i, after
reciting the provisions of the
constitution, and of the sev
eral statutes on the subject,
by the terms of which dis
franchisement is made the
consequence of conviction of
a penitentiary offence, lie con
sidered Iheeffecl of a pardon
in restoring eligibility. He
held that while at common
law a pardon operated as a
complete defence, and a res
toration of the convict to all
bis common law rights, yet
that it could not have the ef
fect of giving to a party a
right expressly denied to him
by statute. That the statutes
of the States having express
ly declared that no convicted
person could register, it was
not within the power of the
Governor to render this stat
ute nugatory by the exercise
of the pardoning power. In
other words, that theahsence
of conviction was one of the
essential qualifications of an
elector in this State, which
could not he supplied by any
aet of the Executive.
This, important decision
settles the question of the
right to vote of quite a num
ber of active Radical politi
cians in this county.
SHELLING CORN.
Tom Evans in Yicksbnrg
Herald: The Tar-beel Con
vontionist knows a thing or
two besides making Consti
tutions. He can beat all cre
ation sbellihg corn. The
other evening a strolling ped
dler bad a newly patented
corn sbellerhawking it about
Raleigh, and was showing a
crowd on the street how fast
it could shell, when an old
member from the mountains
walked up, dressed in bine
jeans, and a cob pipe in bis
month, and said be to the
peddler:
‘I can beat that thing shell
ing cofn, myself.’
‘Well, sir,’ said the ped
dler, ‘I’ll give you a machine
for nothing, it you’ll do it.’
‘Good as wheat,’ says Con
vontionist, and he searched
over the pile for a red cob,
made a boy take it to a fire
and burn it a little, and then
squaring himself on the side
walft, be seiaed the red cob
with regular old plantation
grip in one hand, white he
held the ear of corn between
both legs w ith the other, and
waited for the word ‘go’from
a little man in the crowd,
who held the watch to tiiuo
them.
‘lior cneg the :eliow, and
at it they went.
But the little peddler was
so excited in the start that
his sheller got choked, and
while he Mas scuffling to un
choke it, the old mem her
coolly got up and pitching
his half shelled ear into the
pile, said he to the peddler:
‘I ain’t got time to shell j
against that thing, mister; it'
would make me slow oration-1
ed for life,’ and he stepped
away lively, the crowd shout.-.
ing, and the peddler mad.
ROSEBANK NURSERIES.
fid*- CoinahaH:—In your
issue of ftitf 16th Inst., I no
tice your remarks concerning
Rosebank Nurseries, of which
I am its regular authorized
General Traveling Agent, in
whuli you to myself and the
standard old Rosebank Nur
series great injustice.
As to the genuineness of
the recommendations shown
yon last May, in reference to
the firm of Truett’s Sons &
Morgan and of myself, it
wodld have been very easy
for you to have ascertained
the truth or falsity of She
same by writing to the par
ties whose names were given,
yon. The Rosebank Nurse
ries are the oldest establish
ment in the South, the busi
ness of which extends over
tbirtaen States, and never be
fore siuce my connection
with it has there been such
willful and malicious false
hoods circulated for no other
purpose but to injure the rep
utation and good standing of
this well known concern.—
These falsehoods are indus
triously circulated by bad ar.d
designing men in the interest
or otner ana rival nurseries.
However much we uiay be
falsified and denounced by
these parties,it is the determi
nation of the proprietors of
Rose bank Nurseries to fill
every order which has been
made with them to the very
letter, and are as fully deter
mined to see that no party
escapes from, his voluntary
obligation.
Now, as you have copied
very liberally from the Far
mers’ Vindicator, in support
of your remarks, please do us
the justice to copy from same
paper' of 21st iust., several
articles which gives another
side to your readers. And
as you feel solicitous in re
gard to your readers having
made orders with Agents of
Rosebunk Nurseries, we here
extgnd a cordial invitation to
yourself and associate edi
tor to visit Roscbank Nur
series, and ascertain Mie fact
as to (he existence of such
nurseries. Come along and
we will gbully foot the ex
penses of the trip. In fact
we extend the same invita
tion to you as was extended
to Maior Wall and staff.
Hoping you will copy the
several articles in Vindica
tor, 21st inst., and thereby
show your fairness as a jour
nalist, 1 am very trulv vours,
(r. W. King.
Nashville, Oct. *23d, 1875.
Rosebnnk Nurseries — Tlic
Strawberry Question Again.
Farmers Vindicator.]
For the pastscvcral months,
prejudicial verbal reports have
been circulated, and publica
tions have periodically ap
peared in print, in reference
to Rosebank ^Nurseries, of
Nashville, of which I am a
regularly employed agent, in
which m}r name has been pret
tv freely used and with gra
tuitous familiarity. A state
ment from me in reply is due
to the public—to the old es
tablished Tennessee Nursery,
of which I am a representa
tive- and to myself, person
ally. It is now apparent that
arstudied effort has been and
is being made to prejudice
the business interests of the
above mentioned nursery in
Mississippi, and that I have
been singled out as the medi
um through whom (he attack
is to be made upon its good
name, the motives for which
I need not stop to analyze,
further than to remark that
where competition is lively
human nature is not always
nicely scrnpuluus,andtheeud
is made to justify the means
with the weaker competition.
On or about the 15th of May
last, en route from Canton to
Jackson* in jompaiy with
Mr. T. E. Minor,ills.) an ag’ut
of Kosehauk Nursery, I met,
at Madison station, Madison
cpunty, Dr. H. E. McKay,of
that place. Having introduc
ed ourselves as agents of Hose
bank Nursery, of Nashville,
Tenn, the Doctor remarked
that he had purchased some
of the Montrose strawberries
i
from an agent of tbatnnrsery
only a few d^vs previous “I
bave a berry on my place,”
be added, “very similar ta
your Montrose.” He remark
ed farther that he would be
in Madison the following
morning, and would bring in
samples of bis berries for our
inspection. He did so, and
they were certainly very fine,
the species being, I believe,
those known as the ‘Wilson’s
Albany’ and ‘Kentucky Sha
ker.’ It occurred to me, in
stinctively, that specimens
like these practically illustra
ted bow successfully such
fruit might be cultivated and
developed in this region.—
"Wfth this view I pnrciiased
these samples from Doctor
McKay, and immediately
shipped them to an old friend
and customer, Mr. W. K.
Dougherty, at Coldwater,
Tate county, Miss, as the Ex
press receipt books of that
date will show, if Doctor Me
Kay himself should find it
convenient not to remember
tire circumstance. The pur
pose for which they were pur
chased was succinctly stated
to him when I bought them
from him in his brother’s
drug store at Madison, to
which place he had brought
them. 1 procured the bottles
in which tliay were subse
qnently shipped from this
drug store, and also the alco
hol iu which they are now
preserved. A cousin of Dr.
McKay’s—I cannot now re
call his name—kindly assist
ed mo in the packing, and
even marked the address for
me. They were shipped to
Mr. Dougherty,at Coldwater,
within twenty or thirty min
utes after tfiey were purchas
ed. They were duly received
by Mr. Dougherty—are now
in his possession, and I hold
his letter acknowledging re
ceipt of the berries.
As I was about leaving
Madison, Doctor McKay, ob
seiving how favorably im
pressed I bud been with his
berries, stated that he could
gel some much larger spoci
mens soon, and could seud
me some of them. I told him
I did not want them for my
self, bat I left with him the
address of Mr. W. II. Dough
erty, Cold water, Miss, paid
him in advance for the prom
ised larger specimens,and di
reeled them to be forwarded
as soon as procured—to Mr.
Dougherty.
Sometime after this can
vassing agent, of Rosebank
Nurseries in the vicinity of
Crystal Springs were occasion
ally encountering vague re
ports that were being indus.
triously circulated to the ef
fect that 1 had purchased
sample berries from Dr. Mc
Kay’s place and had substitu
ted them for Rosebauk sam
ples which were emptied out
of the bottles to give place to
McKays samples on which
and by which to solicit or
ders for Rosebank plants,
and t. hat orders had been se
cured upon such a misrepre
sentation. Whereupon by
direction of our chief, Major
Yi. W. King, General Agent
for the Rosebank Nurseries,I
went back to Madison about
the 15th of last August to see
Dr. McKay in reference to
statements accredited to him,
out of which the above prej
udicial reports were believed
to have originated. To my
surprise I found, upon arriv
ing at Madison, that the ber
ries Dr. McKay had promis
ed to express to Mr. Dough
erty for which I had payed
him, had not been forwarded.
They were packed in a bottle
at liis brother’s drug store,
but had not been shipped as
per agreement. I got them
from the drug store, placed
them in my valise and car
ried them away with line.—
But in every other respect
the visit was fruitless. Dr.
McKay,for some unaccounta
ble reason, declined to make
any effort to correct reports
of an injurious character
which could have emiualed
from no other source. The
canvassing agents of Rose
bank Nurseries had no other
alternative but a vindication
or refutation over their own
signatures, by affidavit* in
prints.
This is literally the sum
and substance of the wl*4e
matter. I have been1 thus
specific in the statement of
apparently trivial detail be
cause there seems to hp.ve
been adroitly given to a per
fectly natural and perfectly
legitimate transaction, a sus
picious significance not war
ranted by the facts.
The Rosebauk Nurseries do
not require to be advertised
through attempted deprecia
tion of the products of rival
nurseries any more than to
thfivp after years of success
ful existence upon misrepre
sentation and fraud, Butcer
tainly, in no event, should
the frandulent proceedings of
an agent, affect the establish
ed and tested merits of the
products of a standard nurse
ry, and justly involve the bus
iness lecfitude of its proprie
tors, who of course never re
tain in tbeir employ such a
representative, only so l>ng
after a knowledge of bis un
trustworthiness asatelegraph
ic dispatch or special messen
ger could suspend his opera
tions.
R. N. Gardner.
Major Q. IF. King, General
A gent Jlosebank Nurseries:
Dear Sir : Your letter of
recent date to hand. In reply:
About the middle of May
last I received several bottles
of strawberries, per Express,
shipped by R. If. Gardner,at
Madison Station, Miss. Mr.
Gardner’s letter accompany
ing these berries stated they
were grown by Dr. H. E. Me
Kay. The bottles and berries
are now and have been in my
possession since received.
Yours very truly,
W. R. Dougherty.
Coldwater, Tate County,
Miss., October 12th, 1875.
- * 4 » i *— - —
To the Democrats anti Con
servatives of Mississippi.
At a meeting of the Exec
utive State Committee held
on 24th ult., it was resolved
to recommend to oar friends
to vote at the ensuing elec
tion for all three of the Con
stitutional Amendments,and
1 was directed to issue a short
circular on the subject.
The amendment proposed
to Section 5, Art: 12 of the
Constitution, prohibits the
Legislature from making any
provision for the payment of
the bonds of the State issued
on account of the Union and
Planters Bank.
Section 6, Art. 8, of the
present Constitution,requires
the common school fund ar
rising from the sale of for
feited lands, lines and forfeit
ures, licenses for retailing,
to be invested in U. S. bondh
the interest of which alone
can be used for schools. The
amendment requires these
monies to be paid into the
State treasury, and divided
pro rata among the educa
ble people of the State.
By Section 17, Art. 6 of
the Constitution, Chancery
Coarts are required to be
held lour *111108 a year in
each county, and chancery
districts cannot be larger
than four counties.
The substitute for this re
quires these courts to be held
twice a year in each comity,
and leaves the Legislature
the disci etion of fixing the
number of courts for eban
cerv districts1.
lire Committee deem all
these amendments as proper.
No form bas been prescribed
bylaw for voting on these
amendments. To save our
friends trouble on this point,
I suggest that the following
be printed at the end of all
tickets:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENTS:
For amendment proposed
to Section 5, Art. 12 of the
Constitution:
(Prohibiting payment of
Union and Planters’ Bank
Bonds.)
For amendment pioposed
to Section f>, Article 8 of the
Constitution:
(delating to com mou sc bool I
fuutl.) I
*
Fur the proposed ftubeti'
lute for Section 17, Anicia?
O 01 tile UOTIwiTinww™
(JJelafrntf W Gbfrtteorj
Courts and CbaHceilors.)
J. Z. GEoaoja, CUnin.
AMENDMENTS*T(> TUB CON
STITUTION.
A Joint) Resolution in Relation to
the Union' awl PUmleis’ Bank
Bowls.
Be it resolved by the Legisla
ture at the State at' Mississippi,,
two-thirds of each Heme concur
ring thereto, that the folkming
amendment lo the Ooustitutiou of
the State of iriedssippi lie, and
the mm* is hereby proposed and
submitted t» the electors-to be vo>
ted upon1 directly for or against at
the next general election held in
the htate of Mississippi., subse
quent to the year 1873; viz:
Add to section f» of article 12,.
the following words, to-wit;-, -“Nor
shall the State assume, redeem; se
cure or nay any indebtedness or
pretended indebtedness claimed t;>
be due by the 8Cate of Mississippi
to any iierson, aesociath'iK ov cor
pora* ion whatsoever claiming the
same as owners, holders; or as
signees of any bond or bouds now
generally known as Union Bank
Bonds
Joint Resolution- proposing air
Amendment to the Coiistitutioir
of the State of Mississippi:
Resolved by the Legislature of
the State of Mississippi, two-thirds
of the members of each House
agreeing thereto, That it be and
is hereby proposed, to the electors
of this 8tate to vote at the general
election to be held in' November,
1875, upon the approval or rejec
tion of the following amendment
to section 6, article 8 of the Con
stitution of this State:
“All proceeds of laud now, or
hereafter vested, in this State by
escheat, or purchase, for forfeiture
for taxes, and the clear proceeds
of all fines collected in the several
counties tor any breacn or the pe
ual laws, and all monies received
for licenses granted under the
laws of the State Jtor the sale of
intoxicating liquors, or keeping of
dram shops, shall be collected in
legal currency of the Uuited States,
and to be paid info the Treasury,
to be distributed pro rata among
the educabie children of the State
iu the manner to be provided for
by law.”
A Joint Resolution Relative to an’
Amendment to The Constitution
of tbe State of Mississippi, for
the purpose of reducing the’
number of Chancellors:
Be it resolved by the Legisla
ture of the State of Mississippi,
two-thirds of the members of each
House agreeing thereto’, That it
be, aud is hereby proposed, to tbe
electors of this State, to vote at
the next general election, upon the
approval or rejection of the follow
ing amendment as a substitute for'
the section 17, article 6, of the
Constitution of the State, to-wit:
The Legislature shad divide the
State iuto a convenient number of
Chancery Districts. Chancellors
shall be appointed in the same
manner as the Judges of the Cir
cuit Courts. Their qualifications
shall be regulated by law and they
shall hold their office for the term
of four years. They shall hold »
court in each county at least twice*
in each year, and shall receive
such compensation as may be pro
vided by law.”
FARM A«D FIRESIDE.
A box for transporting eggs
lias been invented. It lias
light iron wire springs be
tween eaeb of the trays in
which the eggs are placed.—
The box cover, when put on
compresses all tho strings of
the various tray a, and holds
the load firm without injur
ing the elastic cushions oh
which it rests.
Walnut Stains.—As many
of the eountry boys will be in
the woods now after the blacks
walnuts, it may be as well to
remind them that if th eir
hands become stained and
blackened by tire juice of the
(mils, the stains may be re
moved by rubbing the hands
with slices of apples, and es
pecially sour apples, but un
der no circumstances use soap
in washing the hands, in try
ing to get rid of the discolor
ation,as the alkali of tin? soap
fixes tire dye in the skin; Let
the hands be washed in clear
water and then rubbed with
the apples.
Eggs are now plenty, but
Christinas is combing and
they will then scarce and
high, Every on® who has
plenty of laying liens should
preserve the egg® for the
scarce season. This may be
done by several methods, but
the Ereneli Journal dePhar
macle says that, after many
scientific experiments the
best and readiest method of
preserving eggs for a month
wr two is to r*b some vegeta
ble oil—olive, rape seed, pea
nut, cotton seed or best lin
seed oil—on the egg, and lay
ing carefully away until wan
ted. Caistor oil would doubt
less be the best of all,
and though it would not ef
fect the interior of the egg,
would prove disgusting to
many.
Bakers are a crusty set of
fellows, and foml of loafing.
If a man won’t act on the
square, the bes*, thing is tt>
act roundly with him.