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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09
Are women SIInr,.

One of the small sins Of women Mrs.
Linton afiirms 10 be stinginess, and we
are not going to deny the case. Almost
all women are stingy in bargain and in
payment for work, and 50 are all middle
men in general, and women act mostly in
that capacity. They have not often any
money of their own, nor very much at
their disposal; they are expected tomake
it go long way and account for the cx-
penditure 10 another person who would
probably shrink with manly fear from
being slanged by disappointed cabnan
of an exasperated fishwile, but does not
see why his wife should object b il. We be
lieve this recognized stingincss arises from
these causes, and il not by any means the
natural disposition Of woman. Ii any
one wishes TO see place where the SER
wants eat what they like, are literally
paid, and cosseted and cared for in health
and in sickness, where the very horses Dnd
dogs are underworked, where the repairs
10 the tenants house are substantially
made, he must look for it where two or
three maiden ladies live together on "A
fixed and comfortable income, which they
spend in their own fashion, being ac-
countable 10 no man for what they DO
We have seen many notable instances of
this kind, though we are concerned 10 adj
NIT that the servants were all required 10
be Of one way Of thinking as 10 church
and state, and the tenants 10 poll on the
right side at election times, otherwise for
the one and the other there would be a
very mauvais quart dheure indeed, fol-
lowed up, in case Of further resistance, by
a notice to quit. Pail Mall Gazette,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09
The Mys1erious HInn.

Who has not seen the man full of mystic
ries and secrets? He always has something
confidentialsto say to you-some secret OF
great Importance to hint about and talk
roundabout-and perhaps he will volunteer
to reveal it to you, (only you. because it is
important that you should know IT'D But
when he gets through and swears you to Sc
crecy. YOU are as much puzzled to know
what it is all about as you were before ne
burdened you with the precious secret DE
begins mysteriously and ends mysteriously
and If you were not already familiar with
his characteristics, you would feel yourself
nysteri1usly enveloDed in mystery. AS u
is you feel a little dreamy and foggy, and
unconsciously walk cautiously along TIL
you meet something TO divert your atten-
ton and restore you to yourself again.
The sanity OF the mysterious man admits
of good deal of doubt. However, he Il
usually harmless, and, aside from the fact 81
his belonging to the genus button-holder,
may be quite rational and agreeable. Though
character one feels like Stunning. still be
Is an object rather Of pity than of condem-
nation. Hence it Ii difficult 70 shake him
OF. as we can.ot bear to treat him unkincly
SO we gently avid and eyade him, while we
wonder why it Is that Providence allows III
TO be annoyed by his presence, and what
great and good use he serves in the scale O.
animated creation, since nothing 10 made IL
vain. p y e s1
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

There has been quite too much said in the
papers about those swords OF Gen. Twiggs,
Tor which suit has been brought against Gen.
Butler, and yet it is remarkable that the
main fact has been lost sight of. The lille
gality of the seizure by Gen. Butler, and the
Appropriation of the swords by the United
5 ates grows out of the fact that Gen
Twggs was not at the time of the seizure in
the service of the Confederate StateS--he was
entirely disabled from service, and his swords
and plate were not prize of war, and could
not be appropriated by Gen. Butler or the
United States, without a Judgment, eXecu-
ton and sale, by court and its officers
having jurisdiction thereof. But then, as
he United States approved and benefited by
tn and similar illegal acts OF appropriation
of pr waite property by Gen. Butler, the lat
ter will probably call the Government in
warranty u defend his acts therein.-N. o.
Times.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

Bring a good thing to market. and you
will be crowded with customers. You will
not only get more, but considerably more
on many things.
Look at the grapes of the best varieties
fully grown and ripened, and see what an
advance they will bring. There is no glut
with such grapes. You cannot raise
enough; that's the difficulty. And so ii is
with every product.
If the market is dull introduce a superior
lrticle, and you give it activity. You not
pnly sell (where others fail to sell at all. J
but you sell at a fair advance on the nominal
price. You can sell a superior thing NJ any
time. And when the market is buovant.
hen il is that you are king ofthe board. 1t
is then that the price is advanced, and you
get the benefit.
And it is pleasure to sell a good thing.
whether fruit, beef grain, butter. cheese.
whatever it may be. You not only go To
market with confidence. hut Won hold your
article while you have it on hand 18th the
anne assured feeling. You feel safe. You
ak" bride in the thought that you have the
article.
l. all this nothing. Then sell and it will
he something. 1t will line your pockets,
md get you a reputation. We have known
rhings to be sold on reputation alone
But yOu can raise good quality Just as
we'll as poor. You can raise just as much
of il.
Where do our best things come from
From our best producers. our most intelli
gent, oar most honored men. They see how
&c is. and do accordingly.
1t is an inferior article that gluts the mar
ket: a good one never.
1t is safe then to aim at No. /; II is profit
able; it is reputable.-Journal of Agricul-
ture.
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A PERSONAL ARGu M1Sr-Counselor r

A Personal ARGC MEST.--Counselor r
-, one OF the foremost advocates of the
bar of Central New York was himself a
collegian, and was naturally anxious that
his eldest son should reap the honors of his
own alma Mater. The counselor had been
quite wild in his early years, and Master
VIII manitestlv Inherited "A superabundance
of what the philosophers of the Josh Billings
school would call pure cussedneSs." Dur
ing his first year at college, vii was sus-
pended for some fragrant breach ofdiscipline
and arriving at home, he proceeded to re-
port the occurrence to his father. "Sus-
pended, hey 2" the old lawyer remarked,
laying down the volume of Reports that he
vas peruSing, anG looking reprovingly ct
Will over his spectacles. "A pretty begin
ming you've made of it, l declared" The
culprit put his hands in his pautaloons
pockets aud said not word. well. sir -
continued the parent. becoming angry at
Wills perfect nonchalanee, what have you
TO say about it z" Nothing. SIR Moth
ing, indeed What did the president tell
you when he suspended your" He said /
was the worst young man the college had
ever held-with one exception" ''Aht did
he say who that was :" Yes, sir" ssAh ~
"a slight pause.) And who was it ~ My
father, sir" As may be supposed, the last
reply was perfect non se9aitUr.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09


The late Robt. ]. Walker had firm belief
and of its renown and prosperity in the
future. The following letter TO his wife.
written about thirty years ago. published
for the first time In the Washington Chron-
lele, will be read with interest
STEAMBOAT ExrKEss
NEAR CAIRO, Sept. II lS40.
DEAREST NARY We are approaching the
city OF Cairo. and as my letter from ST. Lou
Is may not reach you sooner than from this
place l write again to say that my health
continues excellent. and the boat on which
we are embarked is large aud comfortable.
The scenery between St. Louis aud the
Ohio river is very fine but l. inferior in
grandeur and variety to that on the upper
Mississippi. | am now persuaded that the
population of the United States at the CEN
sus now taking. will exceed seventeen mil
lions, and by the year 1850 will reach TWEEN
ty-three millions. Nearly one-half of this
population will be west of the Alley ens
mountains at this time. and in 1850 more
man one-half. Tho great European hire is
Just beginning 10 emigrate here. A general
var ia Europe would send us millions
Holland, Belgium. Denmark. Sweden and
NORWAY. Prussia and Austria. together with
Great Britain. will send US the greater part
'fthe emigration. France. Italy. Spain and
Portugal have not vet participated in the
emigrating spirit, and the Russians are no
10 come. Az LOUIS OFeRbn II
spoken of as the Western country, and the
states on the great valley of the Ohio aud
Mississippi will soon be regarded as the
great central region of the republic. fit
lie Mary is spared To the age If her great
grandfather benjamin Franklin) she will
-ee city on the Pacific greater than Phi'a
elphia now is, and pass on a railroad from
DceaR to ocean in less than a week.
Ifyou doubt this, preserve this letter, that
little Mary may read it when an old woman,
and realize he- fathers predictions.
How grateful should we be TO Almighty
God tina. we are permitted to live in an age
# such surprising interest. and in 2 cOut-
Try blessed with so much of human liberty.
K ligion, education and steam are to pre-
-erye free and united people, and to
carry onward this repu bile TO a destiny more
sublime than any imagination has dared to
conceive. Its said. IAN undevout astron-
omer is mad'' but the time is rapidly APP
preaching when the saying will be true as
TO uRderOut americans.
Give my love 10 all our dear friends at
Bordentown, and many kisses TO the two
little darlings.
Your devoted husband.
RI. WALKER.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

ONLY A CENT lin closing the accounts OF
the National Broadway Bank, of New York
City. there was mistake of one cent. A
draft was drawn by Treasurer Spinner for
the balance in the bank. amounting 70 $lS--
$50 10. which was honored. and In the letter
OF transmittal the bank Cashier notified the
Treasury that there was still due the Gov
eminent the sum of one cent An examina-
ton of the ledgers and cash accounts was
instituted and the error was discovered
The amount should have been $la450 IL
Forthwith Treasurer Spinner notified the
Cashier that he could forward draft for
that amount. A press copy OF the letter
was made and proper record OF II kept
In due time the bank responded, enclosing
draft for one cent. The Cashier, In trans
hitting the draft. adds that be is happy %
say that the transfer was made without dis
turbing financial circles. The letter and
draft we're received. the necessary records
made In half dozen books, the proper In
dorsements obtained, and the money drawn
and Deposited 70 the credit Of the proper
10NQa - sT-.se4 r.r =
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.


a little girl poet. of thirteen. writes tn
,,Ifou,ino verses, entitled Tine Little Peace
maker"
Mamma leaning 'gaiEst the mantle
Win her face all in a pout,
Papa hid behind the paper,
shows there's been falling out.
Ifuv. sitting on the carpet
Fitxen hair and sky blue eyes
Looks from one unto the other
With a grave surprise.
TIL at last she drops her Dolly.
Ri softly from the floor,
passes Pa who tries in vain
DER the daily news to pore.
Catches mammals listless fingers,
Turs away wi h ali her might.
And her baby voice of pleading
Put all angry thoughts TO flight.
Disner-ed angry feelings widely.
a. the winds would scatter chaff.
Mother stopped and kissed her darling,
Breaking il merry laugh.
Papa dropped his paper. Joyous
Caught sweet Lilly to his breast
Now IN stop, for more is useless,
LET the reader guess the rest.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

The Detroit Free Prr.- has fho following
The old family carriHge OF tHe QuaErr
Penn. which has been snrrd aL Doe iruirH
depot Tor the pa-' two years. Hud rriE.f Nr
fri ght chsrKe-. hs- been hHulcd ou tIIr a.k
% b.. shipped o. Cleveland. gentleman uI
That clty having purchased BE- Hs "a curiosity.
Hesttrnpou several laburrrs in thr depot
were grouped around thc ourr earf.HFr.
when one ~ them Inquired ~ whom Do Ur.
iong,d To cid Mr. Penn " reulrd uu8fIrr
who had heard something relative tu fru.r
ownerrhip. And Who was ald Pcnuf rHu-
tiuued the fir. 'Prnn-Penu-lou you
know him? Where wud yr bo tu.dHy no
boy. II Penn hadn't discovered America q
And What did Penn want on thtt u'd
wagonY What else than % ride ahoIt tNr
country ing WELL concluded Tho qurs-
tiOner. giving tho crHzY thluR heavy shake
4 b'laye ia called ~ hack nrstN"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

Use OF LIME IN AGRICULTURE.-The ac-
tion of lime is two-fOld: first, physical, and
second, chemical. AS a mechanical agent
it opens stiff clays, rendering them friable,
mellow. and more easily worked chemical
ly. it acts upon the vegetable matter of the
soil and sets free those stores of valuable
substances which, without the action of this
agent, must have remained inert and useless.
It also enters directly into the composition
of plants, and in many varieties forms large
proportion of the weight of their inorganic
constituents. 1t neutraliZes certain acids
which are often present in soils, rendering
them useful TO vegetation, instead OF being
positively mi furious, which they are in their
original state. The existence of water in
the soil, however, affects the action of lime
very considerably. If the land is Wet and
undrAiued, lime will not exert the same in
fiuence which it would do in the case OF
thoroughly drained land. A greater guam
tity OF lime Is necessary to produce Il given
effect, and thus the neglect OF thorough
drainage entails considerable greater eX-
penditure in Inning than woald have been
necessary, if the land was either naturally
or artifieiaily dry-Cameron's Chemistry OF
Agriculture.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

A New York correspondent states that
that CITY has nuo'her woudcr, being she Dare
gest hotel in the world except one. To D.
I,n1trRe Hotel on Broadway. near Amity
street. The new edilce Va eight stories lIgh
aud the Broadway front VIII be suFnountrd
by three gothic towers. he WIN have aiE
hundred ro0ms, and - Intended t0 acc0m-
MEDIATE 1900 guests. The furmtaro aiouH
will cost SiO0JO0 and the whole work O. 10
cost $1,000 OOO. There will be seven acres
u carpetinR.
A new market-hOuso lg also % De- erected
at the foot Of Thlrty-fuurth street. north
river. which IA alec 20 b. 500 fert bong ana
200 feet Wide. covering nn entire square
Tie appearance viii % granf me immenao
roof being sloped like a dome, and aur-
mounted bv q tall clock-tower Ga thr centre.
aud TWO Others. one on each end.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

DRESS IN THE SANDWICH IsLANDS.-The
costume introduced by the missionaries,
nearly fifty years ago. is still the dress of the
native women. IL consists of long skirts,
high waists, immense coal scuttle bonnets,
and apparently no under clothing. The
effect was laughable, as we met troops OF
pretty girls mounted astride of ponies. and
dressed in the costume of our grandmothers'
Portraits, chattering and laughing gaylv as
they cantered along, their bright colored
dresses huttering in the wind, and scarcely
coneealing their weli-rounded forms. Ii
was not without much difficulty that the
missionaries succeeded in making thest
children of nature adopt any dress whatev-
er, even for decent attendance at church
Even now, have been told, on some of tht
Islands the people bring on Sunday all theil
clothing in a bundle TO the door of ths
church. where they dress. and after service
dothng their costume, carry it homewarC
under their arms.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EGGS. white
of an egg has proved Of late the most efica-
eious remedy for burns. Seven or eight sue
ce sful applications ofthis substance soothe-
pain and effectuslly excludes the burned
parts from the air. This simple remedy
seems preferable to collodion or even cotton
Extraordinary stories are told Of the healing
properties of new oil which is easily made
first boiled hard, aud the olks are then re-
moved, crushed and placed over a fire, wherr
they are carefully stirred until the whole
substance is just on the point Of catching
fire, when the oil separates and may De
poured OF. One yOlk will yield nearly TWO
teaspoonsful Of oil. II Is In general use
among the colonists OF south Russia as \
means Of curing cuts. bruises and scratches.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL APPRoPRIA-
TONS The Chicago Tribune makes up the
following list of schemes in preparation for
the coming session of Congress. looking TO
the obtaining of appropriations of aid or
subsidy from the general government -
proven.ent, SIS 000,00 Upper Mississippi.
Sl2OO0OO0 levees Of Mississippi $40 900 600
Ohio river, S10,OO0.0O0; LOUSY iIle and Port
land canal, $6,O60,O0O; Memphis and Fl Pasc
Pacific railroad, $4,000 600; four lines q
road bonds, guaranteed by the United
States. $60.O00OOO; Northern Pacific rail-
Hcrd, $60,QOoQOO. Total S34o,0eO,0QQ.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF BALTIMORE
SrEAMER-The Baltimore steamer Helen
Brooks. which our readers will remember
left Baltimore on the 5th day of August
1863, arrived at her destination few days
ago. after the following extraordinary voy-
age: She left Baltimore By the Chesapeake
Bay, and passed through the Delaware
Canal, up the Delaware River to Trenton.
n. j., through the State of New Jersey by
canal, down Raritan river TO New York city.
up Hudson river 70 TROY, through the State
OF New York by the Erie Canal to Buffalo.
thence by way of Lake Erie 20 Chicago.
down through the Illinois Canal to the IlIi-
nois river, and thence down the Mississippi
to the place of destination, after circuitons
tourney Of over three thousand miles. The
Helen Brooks f. q small steamer Of light
drafs for nse In the 0ayoRs-sN O. Picaynne.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

UMBRELLAS IN THE PERFECT CIY.-A
funny thing happened a. We lett the play.
a sudden April shower had sprung up and
80 we found the p0Fchrs aud passage ways
lined with close stacked umbrellas; they
looked like muskets ia AZ armorv. Every
gentleman took one. aud those of the ladies
who needed Angelides handed one o. me-.
IL seems that the city owns and provides
the umbrellas. Wien | came 10 Ire inn.
put mine IN the hall aud that was the lasf
I shall see IL. BIT / have Inquired. and 90
seems Mat as soon the rain h over. III"
agent for this district will come round ~ a
wagon and collie Z them. IL it rain any day
when i am here a waller from the Inn VIII
run aud fetch me one. shan carry " Till
| the rain Is over. and then leave IL anyN here
| [ choose. The agent for the district will
| pick II 10, aud place IL IN the umbrella stand
| for the nomos. In case % "A sudden shower.
As this TO night IL l.. Of course, their busi-
| ness 10 supply churches or theatres.
have noticed another good thing about
| umbrellas. A man Ga front Of me that day
! IL rained had letter TO poet az a box which
was on a street lamp. Ii lac had had 20 hold
his umbrella with one hand-to open the
box with another. aud TO drop In "A letter
with third, IL would have been awkward.
for he had but TWO hands. So they ha,.
made the cover Of the box with N ring handle
he opened IL with his umbrella hand.
catching the ring with the hook Of the UNI
brella-and posted his letter with his other
haRd.-Edward Everett Hale's ''Nisit 70
Sybaris."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09
ToM HOODS LAST POEM.

r,rewell Life, my senses swim:
And the world is growing dim;
Thronging shadows cloud the light,
like the advent Of the night
colder. colder, colder still
inward steals a vapor chill
Strong the earthly odor grows
I smell the mold above the rose.
welcome Life. The spirit strives:
strength returns and hope revIVes;
Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn
Fly like shadows at the morn
DER the earth there comes a bloom
sunny Ii ght for sullen gloom.
warm perfume for vapor cold
I smell the rose above the mold.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09

The Western Pacific Railroad employed
man as switch-tender who IN the WORDS o.
the despatch, although having timr-tabie.
could neither read nor write. and diu not
know WEIGH train had the right OF track"
Az the Ignorance OF this man sixteen per
cons were hurried into eternity. IL 10 graf
flying 20 know that the switch tender W un-
der arrest, and that the man who hired him
Ia not.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09


PURCHASING POULTRY FOR THE TABLE,
A CORES pondent of Moore's Rural New
Yorker offers few words about purchas-
ing poultry for the holidays, and we COM
Tend his remarks to those who are not good
judges of poultry. He saws Fowls are Kill
led and prepared for market with much
adroitness and care by some alers, and
many devices practiced to catch the eye OF
the unsophisticated purchaser-the best side
OF the poultry being shown to the greatest
advantage. Every sort of fowl is killed,
plucked and put on market about Thanks
givi"g time, and If the purchaser buys an in
terlor article at an eXhOrbitant price, he has
only himself to blame for SO doing.
1T Is easy to judge of the age of pluck
ed fowl. whether old or young. simply by
the legs. 1t the scales of the legs of a hen
are rough. and the spur hard, you can set it
down for a certainty that she is old, with
out seeing the head still the head will cor
robOrate your observation; if that of an old
hen, the bill will he stiff aud hard. and the
comb rough and thick. The scaIes on the
legs of a young hen are smooth, glossy and
fresh colOred, whatever the color may be
only the rudiments of spurs are observable;
The claws tender and short, and under bill
soft, the comb thin and smooth. An old hen
turkey has rough scales on the legs. callosi-
ties on the sOleS or bottom of the feet aud
long, strong claws, while a young turkey
has the reserve of the marks. A young
goose or duck can be readily told by the ten
dernesS OF the skin under the wings, the
strength of the joints and legs, and. the
coarsenesS of the skin.
III the foregoing directions are strictly
followed, in purchasing poultry, we will
venture the assertion that the 'good-house-
vile will have o fault to find with the
length of time it takes to cook. or the tough
ness of her Thanksgiving turkey, goose or
chicken. This mode of finding out old fowls
is infallible.''