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Show wonderful resources of Mississippi and the opportunities oppor-tunities it presented to the earnest and energetic man. Then his tone changed and he told of the sorrow he felt at seeing ho many talwart men he-fore he-fore him who once had been citizens of Mississippi Then he assured. his audience that hia sorrow was accentuated by the belief that if they had remained re-mained in Mississippi and stood trial, quite a number of them would have been acquitted. Now, as to going to Mississippi to invest in Isnd, we think, from our imperfect knowledge, that men who have the means to buy and carry on a small or large fsrm ought to do well; but we would not advise any poor man to go there depending de-pending upon getting work, unless he might he a skilled mechanic; for. while the men of Mississippi Missis-sippi are a generous race, as a rule their only experience ex-perience in dealing with hired help has been with plantation negroes,-and they do not know how to manage a self respecting white laborer. MISSISSIPPI AND IMMIGRATION. Tbe governor of Mississippi wants immigrants to come there and help develop the state, and, referring re-ferring to the thousands who have left the old northwest to find homes farther west or in Canada, Can-ada, the Mississippi Land Development company announces officially that "our land is better, cheaper and in every way more deairable. especially espe-cially so when our balmy climate is considered." ' Which reminds us of what "Honent Private" John Allen of Mississippi said to the Arkansjs legislature. Allen wss one of the government commissioners tn the St. Louis world's exposition, and went down to Little Rock to try to convince the Arkansas legislature that it should make .in appropriation that would enable Arkaasaa to make .a reputable showing in the exposition. When he arrived at the Arkansas cspitol tha first thing the legislators did waa to pick him up. conduct him tc the speaker 'a desk snd demand a speech. He began by picturing in glowing paragraphs tbe |