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THE deadliest foe to mans longevity
is an unnatural and unreasonable excite
ment. Every man is born with certain
stock of vitality, which cannot be increas-
ed, but may be husbanded or expended
rapidly, as he deems best Witl4n GER
tain limits he has his choice to live fast
or slow, to live abstemiously or intensely,
to draw his little amount of life over a
large space, or condense it in a narrow
one; but when his stock is exhausted, he
has no more. He who lives atstemiously,
who avoids all stimulants, takes light
exercise, never overtasks himself, indul-
ges no exhausting prssions, feeds his
mind and heart on no exciting materials
has no facilitating pleasures, lets nothing
ruffle his temper, keeps his accounts with
God and man duly squared up, is sure,
barring accidents, to spin out his life to
the longest limit which it is possible to
attain; while he who lives intensely, who
feeds on high-seasoned food, whether
material or mental, fatigues his body or
brain by hard labor, exposes himself to
infamatory diseases, seeks continual ex-
element, gives loose rein to his passions,
frets at every trouble, and enjoys little
repose, is burning the candle at both
ends, and is sure to shorten his DAYS.
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1t is sweet, sweet song, warbled to
and fro among the topmost boughs Of the
heart, filling the whole air with such Joy
and gladness as the songs of birds do when
the summer morning comes out of dark
ness, and day is born on the mountains.
We have all possessions in the future
which we call sometime" Beautiful
flowers and singing birds are there, only
our hands can not grasp the one, or our
ears hear the other. But 10 reader, be
of good cheer, for all the good there is
golden sometime" when the wear and
fever, the disappointment and sorrows, of
life are over, then there is the rest appoint
ed of God. OIL homestead over whose
roof fall no shadows or even clouds, and
over whose threshold the voice of sorrow
is never heard built upon the eternal
hills, and standing with the spires and
pinnacles of celestial beauty among the
palm trees of the city on high, those who
love God shall rest under thy shadows,
where there is no more sorrow, nor pain,
nor the sound of weeping sometime. -
Prentice.
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year, without interest, for twenfy-thOus-
and dollars and i win give you check,
payable In gold fer that amount.
While / sat gazing upon him with
speeches astonislment, he continued
ssYou don't remember me; but / re-
member you. remember when you
were a member of the experimenting
School Committee of Bradford / was a
boy in the village school. My father was
dead; my mother was poor and but q
shabbily clad child, though clean. When
our class came out ON examination day
you asked the questions. / fancied you
would praise and pet the children of rich
and fortunate parents, and pass me
by.
But it was not as thought. In the
end you passed by all the others and came
to me. You laid your hand on my head
and told me 1 did very well; and then
told me could do better still if I would
try. You told me the way to honor and
renown were open to all alike, no one had
a free pass. All had to do was to be
resolved and push on. That, sir, was the
turning point of my life. From that hour
NV soul aspired, and / have never reached
a great good without blessing you in my
heart have prospered and am wealthy,
and now offer you but poor return for
the soul wealth you gave me in that by
gone time"
81 took the check" said Winslow, and
drew the gold and our house was saved.
And where, at the end of the year" he
added, edo you suppose l found my
note p
sIn possession" he said, with stream
ing eyes, "of my little orphaned grand
daughterl Oh, hearts like that mans
are what bring earth and heaven nearer
together Masonic Review.
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

PoNToToc LODGE, No. 81, f. 81 A. M
January rs, 1871.
Since it has pleased the Author and Fin
isher of our being, to remove from us by
death, on January oath, A. ID. 1871. our dear
brother, Edmund w. Rootes; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That while we sympathize with
his bereaved wife, relatives and wide circle
of social friends, we feel that we have met
with an irreparable loss.
Resolved, That we attend his funeral
services in body, thereby paying the last
tribute of respect to our departed brother.
Resolved, That the members of this Lodge
wear the usual badge OF mourning for thir-
ty days
Resolved, That copy OF these resolutions
be sent to THE JACKSON CLARION, Lee
County Journal and Equal Rights, with the
request, that they Re published in the col
umns of their respective papers.
Edmund w. Rootes, as a member of the
Christian Church, was upright and conscien-
lions in the discharge of his duty, and was
ever noted as a genial gentleman, by all
whose pleasure iL was to know him. Many
friends mourn his loss.
ST.. CLAIR LAwRENCE,l
o. G. CARR, Committee.
T. +. HENON,
j. j, SLACK, Sec'y.
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True contentment is not the being sat
isfed with things as they are, and wish
ing no change. This would prevent all
improvement and reform in individuals
and in society. Dissatisfaction is often
a forerunner and harbinger of better
things. Austin Phelps says, Z" The un-
aspiring soul is a mean one" Content
ment is rather a calm acquiescence in
the present, while waiting for and watch
ing for opportunities to do better for our
selves and others. 1t is opposed to that
restless, anxious, fretful irritable state,
which makes a man chafe against his
circumstances as if held there by an iron
fate
Contentment may be cultivated. If
we have few wants well supplied, we are
richer and happier than with many wants
i'll supplied. Reduce your wants and
thus increase contentment. Look more
at those whose condition is below you
rather than at those above you, and your
requirements will seem to grow respect
able, your possession to increase, and
you will live contented with comforts
and even luxuries almost unknown be-
FORE
more afflicted than yourself If you are
sick, others are sicker. If you have lost
finger, somebody has lost hand. If
you have lost hand, others have lost a
leg or arm. If you have lost part of
your property others have lost all. If
you have lost child others have lost sew
eral. If you are poor, many others are
poorer.
An excellent way to cultivate content
ment is to make list of your blessings.
When you begin to count them up, they
seem to multiply like the loaves and
fishes in the hands of the disciples, or like
the stars of heaven when once we begin
to number them.
By these and other ways we may bring
ourselves into an enjoyable state of con-
tentment, always remembering that we
never shall be perfectly satisfied in this
life; but, looking into the future, We may
say with David, 81 shall be satisfied
when awake with thy likeness.
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MASONIC DISTRICTS,

AS recognized pursuant to section %, Gen
eral and Permanent Regulations:
First District-R. p. Bowen, District De-
putty Grand Master-Chulahoma, Marshall
county.
Counties-Marshall, Pamela, Desoto, La
fayette, Union.
Second District-John Y. hurry, District
Deputy Grand Master-Ripley, Tippah
county.
Counties. - Tippah. Benton, Pontotoc,
Tishomingo, AlcOrn. Prentiss, Lee.
Third District-R. B. Brannin, District
Deputy Grand Master-Aberdeen, Marshall
county.
Counties.-Monroe, Itawamba, Chicka-
saw, Calhoun, Oktibbeha, Lowndes.
Fourth District-W. d. Ferris, District
Deputy Grand Master-Vaughn's Station,
YaZoo county.
Coahoma, Tunica, Madison, Holmes.
Fifth District-John G. Riley, District
Deputy Grand Master-Kosciusko, Attala
county.
Counties.-Ta Sunfiower, Yal-
obusha, Grenada, Choctaw, Attala.
Sixth District-H. C. Robinson, District
Deputy Grand Master-Meridian, Lauder
dale county.
Counties.-Winston, Noxubee, Kemper,
Neshoba, Leake, Lauderdale.
Seventh District--T. ". holland, Districl
Deputy Grand Master-Wo odville, Wilkin-
son county.
Counties. = Warren, Jefferson, Adams,
Wilkinson, Amite, Franklin.
Eighth District-DaYid B. Lowe, District
Deputy Grand Observation-Disclosures, Copiah
county.
Counties.-Hind, Copiah, Lincoln, Rankin,
Simpson.
Ninth Distriet-John F. Mccormick. Dis.
trict Deputy Grand Master-Shubuta,
Clarke county.
Counties.-Clarke, Newton, Jasper,
Wayne, Green, Scott, Smith.
Tenth District-Charles +. Gillespie, Dis
trict Deputy Grand Observation-Disclosures
Covington county.
Counties.-Perry, Marion, Covington,
Davis, Pike, jackson, Harrison, Hancock.
Lawrence.
GEORGE r. FEARN, Grand Master.
Attest: j. L. POWER, Grand Sec'y.
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Standing COmm1ttes--NHasO Dis
tricts.
GRAND SECRETARY's OFFICE,
-

GRAND SECRETARY's OFFICE,
Jackson, March 2, 1S71.(
In addition to the Standing Committees
on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, and
Foreign Correspondence, heretofore an
nounced) the M. W.. Grand Master an
nounces the following, pursuant to section
13, General and Permanent Regulations:
On Complaints and Appeals-H. w. Wal
ter, r. b. Mayes, T.. N. Martin, A. r. john
son, w. A. Champlin, b. B. Paddock, S. NJ.
Shelton, Richard Cooper.
On Finance-E. George DeLap, j. II.
Mitchell, III. DEMO.
On Returns-J. L. Power, j. S. Cain, John
Armstrong.
On Unfinished Business-D. L. Smythe,
w. III. Fitzgerald, l.. NJ. Lawshe.
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Symptoms off Diseased Liver.
DAM in the right side, under the
il edge of the ribs, increase on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the
left side; the patent is rarely able
to lie on the lef side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder
blade, and it frequently extends to
the top of the shoulder, and is some
times mistaken fol- a rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costive,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with dull heavy sensation
in the back part. There is generally
a considerable los, of memory, ac-
companied with a painful sensation
of having left uadone something
which ought to have been done. A
slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tendant. The patent complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortirude
enough to try it. In fact, he dis
trusts every remedy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few
of them existed, yet examination of
the body, after death, has shown the
LIVER to have been extensively de-
ranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. M'LAHE's LIvEN PILLS, IN
CASES OF AcUE AND FEvER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive
of the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory TO,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them A FAIR TRIAL.
FLEMING BROS, PITTSBURGH, Pa,
PROPRIETORS.
P.S. Dealers and Physicians ordering from
others than Fleming Bros, viii do well TO write
their orders distinctly, and take a0Ee bHt Dr..
&Lan<'s, <refared ~ Fleming By0s' Pitts
6SyRh, Pa
Sold by all respectable Druggists, and Country
Storekeepers generally.
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The eccentricities of fashion are mar
velous. Nature is rapidly reconstructing
itself. There is a rumor that false in
steps and false eyelashes are among late
inventions. One of our most famous re-
juvenators has produced an exquisite life
like enamel for the complexion which is
extensively patronized, and in addition, a
charming blue tint for the shading of the
outer corner of the eyelid another still
darker for the tracing of the veins of the
temple and brow; added to this, fine
dark line drawn beneath the under eye
lashes completes the ensemble. Frizzed
hair, hanging low over the forehead, is
no longer worn by the autocrats of fashion.
The present simple style is alike simple
and elegant, moreover becoming to all :;
drawn loosely back from the brow in
Pompadour style, suits all excepting the
extremely high or projecting forehead.
The front hair can be crimped, but no
longer tightly frizzed. The chatelaine
braids have wholly taken the place of the
chignon, and, it must be confessed, are
picturesque and graceful. with the addi-
ton of feathery curls floating between
the braids. A great deal of latitude is
permitted in the arrangement of the chat
elaine style, as the contour of every face
and throat differ, which important fact
should not be forgotten in any arrange
ment of the couture. Velvet encircling
the neck is now quite obsolete. In its
place we find the gold necklace with its
lockets, crosses, or enameled pendants.
The necklace is broad and massive, ac-
cording to the wealth of the wearer, of
the dead yellow gold some of these are
models of beauty in artistic designs.
Roman and Etruscan gold are very fash
ionable. Also, lockets merely for orna-
ment, without opening, are made of pale
gold, set in bars of turquoise with full
set of jewelry to match, and nothing can
be found more becoming to a blonde
beauty Jet sets are very much worn,
very beautifully and deliberately carved
they form an elegant and appropriate ac-
to the black cashmere and
silk costumes so much affected. New
York Tribune.
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GRAND SECRETARY's OFFICE,
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Feb. IA, 1S71.I


j. l.. Power, ESQ, Grand Secretary
MY DEAR BROTHER: Mr.. Power, of Hick-
DRY Lodge, will have to try again.
In the first place: We have no Hickory
Lodge, No. 215,
In the second place Ne Hickory Lodge
at all.
In the third place: No Lodge at Hickory.
Then: We have Hickory Plains Lodge.
But, LIST, That Lodge is No. 50.
End, 1t IS at Hickory Plains.
3nd, 1t is in Prairie, not Benton county.
Again: Our No. 215 is called Elisabeth ;
and that Lodge is in johnson, not Benton
county.
Now: We have Lodge whose p. o. is
Hickory, in Benton county, but the name is
Springtown-the No. 222, the location,
SpringtOwn. That Lodge was chartered in
1869, and the returns of 1869 and 1870, say
nothing of Mr.. John Power.
Yours Fraternally,
l.. K. BARBER
Grand Sec'y.
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ELLIOTT, the Representative-elect Of
the Columbia District, South Carolina, i
an African of unsophisticated origin A
stack of black cats would produce the eff
feet of comparative ightness beside his
intelligent face. He was educated in
England. and since the reconstruction OF
his State has been member of the Leg
stature and Assistant Adjuant General
of the militia He Is reported the ablest
orator Of his race I'm the South.
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Macauley had such wonderful mem
DRY that it was said he could repeat
Paradise Lost from beginning to end
while Person could, after very little
study, have repeated whole books back
wards. A greater than either In this
respect has been discovered i'm the person
of q Jewish girl, fourteen years old, resid-
ing at Brody, in Galicia- Her name Is
Amalie Ebstein, and it is stated that she
not only remembers every thing she once
read, whether in Hebrew, German,
French, Russian, or Polish, but can re-
peat it word for word. 1t Is to be hoped,
poor child, that she has not read much.
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A swindler, under the very respectable
name of Henry Morrison, visited our
celestial neighbors last spring, and con-
tributed the following to the "assets" of
the Lodge:
CANTON, March %, 1870.
Received of J. M. Lewis, Wor. Master Of
anton Lodge, No. q, ten dollars, which i
1mise to return to him at as early day as
liable
HENRY MORRISON,
Johns Lodge, No. 1, n. Y. City.
Set, Henry hasn't found it
sto return the money; and no
aBcn is know or recognized by St.
ans Lodge. Who is the next victim
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GOLDEN PROLIFIC
COTTON SEED |!


DuRAxT, Miss. Dec. IL, 1870.
We, the undersigned, residents Of Durant
and vicinity, take great pleasure in recon-
mending 10 our friends and the planting COM
munity generally, the
GOIdem Prolific Cotton Seed
We believe this seed to be superior to the
Dixon" or any other seed we know Of
We also eheerfully bear testimony to the
fact that our friend, John c. Davis, made nine
bales of cotton from Golden Prolific seed, on
seven acres Of land, and that land not the best
by any means. The chief points OF excellence
OF the GOLDEN PROLIFIC COTTON SEED
are
First-Ths foliageis smaller, making it best
for bottom lands.
Second-The seed are fully one-third SMALL
er, consequently more lint
Third-fhe staple 10 much inner and longer.
Fourth-The yield is fully double that Of
any other cotton.
We cheerfully recommend the seed offered
for sale by John B. Davis, and parties order
ing of him may rest assured that they viii get
genuine seed, and be fairly and honestly
dealt with.
Capt. Saml. W. Red, W. A. Loekhart,
Capt. II. II. Wynn. Murphy & Davis,
Capt James Hays, J. F. Allen,
A. W. Mcdonald, DIR. c. 7. Murphy,
Wynn & Co., VIM. B. Williams.
For Sale by
JOHN b. DAVIS s. C. SIMON,
Ddrant, Holmes Co., Miss.
Price, 90 90 per Bushel.
January &c, 1871. w3ms
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Expulsion by Harmony Lodge,
No. 4.
HARMONY LODGE, No. /, F.. and A. MI
NATcHEZ, Feb. a, 1871.

HARMONY LODGE, No. /, F.. and A.. MI
NATcHEZ, Feb. "A, 1871.
Bro. POWER AT regular meeting OF
Harmony Lodge, No. j, F.. and A.. NJ.
held in this city. Aug. 7th, 1869, Mr.. Dan'l
Essig was expelled from all the rights and
privileges of Masonry for gross unmasonic
conduct. At that time It was not deemed
necessary to give the expulsion publicity
through the press, but no Mr.. Essig has been
attempting TO impose on the Gran. ! have
been instructed by this Lodge to officially
notify you ofthe expulsion ofthe said Dan1
Essig, and request that you give the infor-
nation to the Graft through the columns OF
your widely circulated and valuable paper.
The said Essig has slight foreign accent,
being Of German birth, ford complexion,
dark eyes, weighs about 140 or $50 pounds,
and stands about feet inches.
Fraternally yours,
w. Fl. STEWART, Secretary
Ha rmony Lodge, No. j, F.. and A.. M.
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This College, founded in 1882 and chartered
Iy the Legislature of Louisiana, has full and
,ble Fsculty, and separate Professors for each
branch of Study, so as to save the time and
money of Students, and fit them at once for
business. They can take the Commercial
Course, or the Modern Ancient Languages,
OF Mathematics, Book Keeping, or Pennman-
ship alone, or the whole course of the College.
They have a LIFE SCHOLARSHIP, in all
The Departments they enter and never pay but
ONCE.
@-Persoas from II to 90 years of age at
tend.
N. Boz all our numerous Graduates, for
the past 38 years, NOT ONE is now out of pro-
itable employment, Sc far as known. Those
OF LAST YEAR ARE NOW RECEIVING FROM
$1,000 TO 5000 PER AENUM. We have ample
arrangements for board, from SIS to $50 a
month. When Clubs of Three or more enter
at the same time, ten per cent. deduction is
made.
There are no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. can begin
at any time. Those who begin soon will be
able to fill good situations in the Spriu &; when
Merchants make their changes.
For Catalogues, address
RUFUS DOLBEAR,
febl0w1y President.
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COMsIIssIONER's SALE.

CHARLES JONES, Mary R. Bell Bell ct si AL
MARY r. BELL ct al. Charles Jones.
DY VIRTUE and in pursuance Of the final
I'D decree rendered In the above styled
cause, in the District Court Of the United
States for the Southern District of Mississip-
Pi, at the December Term, 1870 thereof, will
on Saturday, the LIST day OF April next, 1871,
proceed TO offer for sale in front Of the Court
Of the county Of Bolivar, and State Of Missis-
sippi, TO the highest bidder for cash, and be-
tween the hour Of II o'clock NJ. and o'clock,
p. NJ, the following described real estate ly-
ing, being and situate in Bolivar county,
State Of Mississippi, to-wit: The north east
quarter and east half north west quarter and
east half of south west quarter and south east
quarter of section nineteen, and lots number
one, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
eleven, twelve and thirteen Of section thirty
four; and the south west quarter Of section
thirty-fve, all in township twenty-five GU,
range eight (S) west, containing 916 acres more
or less.
CHARLES SCOTT,
Commissioner, etc.
W. & J. r. YERoER, Soils.
Jackson, Feb. 10, 1871. w5t
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A SCHOOLGIRL In Indiana writes about
one of her teachers, who Is addicted to III
temper: 81 don't blame her, because she
accidently shot the young man she was en-
gagged to, and it naturally makes her leel
lind Of cross especially on cloudy days. >
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CANTON, March %, 1870.
HENRY MoRRIsON.
In1eresting CorrespOndence.

LIBERTY, MISS
Feb. 8, 1871.
Bro. J. l.. POWER, Grand Secretary Please
do me the favor to look at last report of pro-
ceedings of Co.. L.. of Arkansas and let me
know IL the name of John Power appears
az a member Of "Hickory LIZ No. 2l5,"
Hickory, Benton county, Arkansas. Your
compliance with this request will be receiv-
ed as a favor by
Yours Fraternally,
Z. Stafford.
M. of Liberty L., No. 81.
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ssS'oM Right, S'r''--Which ID yVasn't
at All.
From the Worcester Spy.

From the Worcester Spy.
A man passing up Pleasant street late
Saturday evening saw some one leaning
against the door of the Baptist church,
and, on looking more closely, observed
that he was in the act of taking a drink
from bottle. On seeing the man ap-
proach, and probably thinking him to be
a patrolman, the fellow reeled around,
and, taking hold of the door handle said /:
''S'on right, s'r. board here, sr, and
aIlus tak'r drink tor 60 to bed"
The man called his attention to the fact
that the building on which he leaned for
support was Baptist church, and sug-
gested that he had best go home before
the bottle had him in the gutter, where
upon tipsy corked his bottle and said,
discouraglngly:
"This ther third time'f been mistaken,
an eff find many more Baptis' meetin'
houses that look like my boardin' place,
bottle won't hold out. Glad you amt
p'leceman, ST."
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE

nv vt-,,..fo d.or.eoe o,e ChanesrI ..,
ID Of the First District OF hll' ..rr isl
Mississippi, made a. the Januell .fs- of OH
thereof, the underaiFned Admin, I'm on a.
Fatafo az James Barr. deceased, WV fIL
turdmy che nth day Of Mhfph tsrsit "a
seribed' is he city Of Jackson, 2. t.iitr
sale a public auction, % The hi !, i-fsrra' OF
for cash, the undivided one-hlli lrfait
said deceased I'm the following rec ~ rsl.h
viii. Lots 2 and 81 Court Square
en- the City Of jackson. ..rff.
.,svs. SAMUEL .1dalal,iFiiel