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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-12

Investigation is as necessary for the pro-
lection Of the human body against disease
when unhealthy influences are abroad, as
iron armor and granite easements are for
the protection of ships and fortresses when
asailed by shot and shell. Hence, it is de-
sirable when those potent enemies of vital
ity, damp and cold, pervadO the air we
breathe, to put the system in the best pos
sibe condition to encounter them. The stO-
mach is the organ by which every other or
gan is nourished aud sustained, and there
fore upon its vigorous and regular action
depends, in great measure, the capacity of
the system to resist the assaults OF the invis-
ible enemies of health and life, by which, at
this inclement season, 1t is surrounded :.
Hostetter's Stomach .Bitters, an admirable
tonic and regulating medicine for all sea-
sons, is never more needed than in winter,
when the torpifying influence of a chilly at
mosphere Affects all the vital functions, and
renders the body extremely susceptible
BY toning the digestive organs, and the liV
er' and the bowels with this unequalled We
getable specific, physical condition is at
tanned which seems to be proof against all
varieties oftemperature, and that is inimical
IN the air Of winter. Defensive medication
sa precaution which should neverrbe neg
leeted when danger is present, and there
lore course of the Bitters at this season is
Particularly desirable, especially for the
Feeble and sickly- AS remedy for bilious
ness dyspepsia, nervousness, and bowel
complaints, there is nothing comparable to
this wholesome restorative.
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Beautiful Extract.

And now, having finished our hurried
sketches in intervals snatched from the cares
and pressing calls and anxieties of busy,
bustling life, we loiter a moment before
saying Vdlei If there is green spot under
the canopy of heaven where the weary
pilgrim may rest, Masonry is our choice.
However the storms of life may buffet us,
and our bark be tossed about and rent in the
troubled voyage of life, we never fail to find
walls of the Craft. A CLEAN of sunshine
dispels the gloom, and points to that final
resting place where the ''wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest" God
bless you all, esteemed friends and CORES
pondents. May our pathway through life
be serene, and your reward that of the just
Our cause is righteous, and, if faithful, our
reward will be eternal.-Cor. G. Council
Michigan.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-12

How TO COURT IN CHURCH.-A young
gentleman happening to sit at church, in
a pew adjoining one in which sat young
lady, for whom he conceived a sudden
and violent attachment, was DESTROYS of
entering into courtship at once, but the
place not being suitable for the formal
declaration, the case suggested the fol-
lowing plan:
He politely handed his fair neighbor a
Bible opened, with pin stuck in the fol-
lowing text: Second Epistle of John,
verse 5-"And now beseech thee, not
as though l wrote a new commandment
unto thee, but that which we had from
the beginning, that we love one another.
She returned it pointing to the second
chapter, of Ruth, tenth verse: "Then
she fell on her face, and bowed herself to
the ground, and said to him: Why have
| found grace in thine eyes, seeing / am a
stranger?'
He returned the book, pointing to the
thirteenth chapter of the Third Epistle of
John: Having many things to write
unto you, would not write with pen and
ink, but l expect shortly to come unto
you, and speak face to face, that our joy
may be full. "
From the above interview a marriage
took place the ensuing week.
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Our Reduced Rntes.

The WEEKLY CLARION at two dollars, and
THE SEMI-WEEKLY CLARION at four dollars
per year, is certainly as low as newspapers
can be published in this latitude; and a
very liberal subscription list, with rigid
adherence to the cash system, can alone
justify the publishers ut such rates. In
opening new set of books with the new
year, we have dropped the names of about
eight hundred who are either in arrears for
the paper, or have rot seen proper to renew.
We hope to have the pleasure OF re-enter-
ing each name. If not, we have the satisfac-
ton of knowing that there are yet a host who
prize THE CLARION sufficiently to advance
the moderate subscription price. In future
the paper will be discontinued when time
paid for expires. Our readers who fail or
decline to comply with our terms, must not
take exception when they miss THE CLAIR
ON at their post Office. Just before time ex-
pires the usual Y mark will be found on
the margin.
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Sd. Johns Day at Osyka.

"a Visitor" has favored US with an inter
esting account of the installation of the Off
GERS Of Rising Glory Lodge, No. 215, at
Osyka, on the 27th ult., on which occasion
the members of the Lodge availed them
selves Of the opportunity to compliment
their WorshiPful Master, Bxe. W. ID. David
son, in the presentation of White Satin
Apron, embroidered with Silver Wreath,
and inlaid with a solid silver Past Masters
Jewel, of exquisite W manship-Zimmer-
mans best. The Apron was presented in a
very neat speech, by Bro. s. A. Matthews,
W.. M. of Sincerity Lodge, No. PA, who
happened to be present, in which he referred
to the faithfulness and efficiency of Bro.
Davidson as Master of the Lodge, as well as
to his usefulness as citizen. Bro. David
son, in appropriate terms, expressed his ap-
probation and gratitude, and at the close eff
his remarks the brethren responded as fol-
lows: "God give him strength and wisdom,
and crown his efforts with success" 1t is
pleasing to hear of such occasions, and we
are glad to record them.
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Grand Lodge of Quebec.

That the Grand Lodge of Quebec is in full
working order, recognized and taken frater-
nally by the hand by large body of Masons
is fact which cannot be gainsayed. Twelve
Grand Lodges, representing over 112,00C
Masons, have already recognized the Grand
Lodge of Quebec, and more will do so al
their Annual Communications. We GER
tainly see no good reason for refusal to re-
cognize so respectable body of Masons, as
those are which compose the Grand Lodge
of Quebec, and we hope that in due time the
Grand Lodge of Canada, or what is more
appropriate, the Grand Lodge of Ontario,
will take back its harsh denunciatiOns, and
take by the hand its sister Grand Lodge in
full fellowship.
The above, from the Masonic Mirror, San
Francisco, expresses our sentiments pre-
cisely. The Committee on Foreign Cores
pondence for the Grand Lodge of Missis-
sippi will recommend the recognition of the
Grand Lodge of Quebec in the Report which
will be submitted to the Grand Lodge, to be
held in Vicksburg next week.
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We heartily indorse the following,
which we extract from an article on
Mechanical Recreations in the Scientific
American:
every man who can afford it should
supply his bows with tools, and a room
where they may be used and cared for.
A hoy takes to tools as naturally as to
green apples, or surreptitiOns and forbid
den amusements; and ten to one if he has
a chance to develop his mechanical tastes
and crafty them to their full extent, his
tendencies to vicious courses will remain
uQdeveloPed. Such result is enough to
compensate for all the expense and trouble
the indulgence We recommend would en-
tail; while the chances that the early de-
velopment of his constructive faculties
may in this mechanical age be the means
by which he may ultimately climb to fame
and fortune are not small"
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BREVITIES.

Motto for an aspiring Mayor-Mulct ZEN
70 parvo-
Good household servants are scarce in Thu
city.
Marriage Market-Dull with downward
tendency.
rry PAPER is the name of the Democratic
,onrnal Of Pittsburg, Penn.
Coo under head OF New Advertisements,
$40 If commissioners sale.
rhs supreme Court is In session-the
- of the Third, or Northern District,
being in order
Mayor selby, of San Francisco, has given
a.. GALAXY for 1870, amounting to 1890, to
ne orphans of that city.
rse Circuit Court for the First district of
nd. commenced its session yesterday
I-Ige Brown presiding
so,oething is the matter with the Govern
-..nt cline pot-they two cent postage
100 don't stick as well as they might.
Nstchez has enjoyed the pleasure of
-.,r;cinaI election. Jackson would like TO
.reone lust for the STUN of the thing"
Washington College, Virginia, Of which
c., &. w. {. Lee is now the President, be-
~ips the Spring term of the present session
= the 1st of February. See advertisement
concerning the same in our columns to-day
Tie Legislature is occupying the Masonic
and odd Fellows' Halls-the Senate in the
latter. the House in the former. 1t is to be
Eoned the purer atmosphere Of their new
CHARTERS will exert salutary influence on
the concern.
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Mrs. Ward Beecher, who has had expert
ence, says:
an buying beef remember that ox-beef is
NE best. The animal should be five or six
years old before it is killed il YOU would
nave the best beef. If well fed il will be
Inc grained; the lean should be q bright
led color, and well mingled with fat. n
1ere is not good quality Of fat running
through it, the beef will be tough, and NOT
Well favored. The fat should be a rich.
Gear white, just tinged with yellow, and
lIfm, and the suet also. Heifer or cow
seef is paler than OK beef, irmer grained,
.ne Fat cleor white, the bones smaller, but
Is not rich or juicy. When the animal in
~ old or badly fed, it is of 4 dark red, the
a skinny and tough, and in very old beef
horny substance will be found running
trough the ribs. When it is pressed, il the
aeat rises quickly from the finger ii is
sod; but if the finger dent rises slewly or
n. At all, do not buy it, it is poor meat.
1esirloin and the middle ribs are the best
~, ~, roasting. fyou buy q sirloin, have it
~ -t,lrom the chump end, which, has a good
aerent of fillet. The rump is often pre-
NE. led by epicures; but being too large to
49, whole, roast is usually cut from
hN is called the 'chump end Porter
S ~ steak is the best tor broiling, but not
as most economical. One rib is too small
SnoS 9aklng; it dries in cooking, and is not
nm economy unless you take ont the bone,
lioa ' u! meat and stun it, when it makes q
ulsh for small family.
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From he Field and Factory.
OUR MONTHLY TALK.

We now commence the New Year, with
more gloomy prospects than any year
| Except the frst) since the close of the
late war. Our King has been dethroned-
cotton has fallen below the cost Of pro-
duction. 1t behooves US to turn our at
tention to other crops to enable US to re-
cover lost ground.
A large surface should be sown in oats,
as early as the land will admit. The
Red-oat has been great success in large
portion of Mississippi the past year. 1t
is said to be free from rust, and to weigh
from SO to 40 pounds to the bushel. Oats
will materially help out the corn-crib.
We should now begin to prepare land
for Corn. 1t is an old adage with the best
corn growers in Virginia, ''When corn
is planted the crop is half made;" which
means thorough preparation of the land.
All land intended for corn should be
plowed well and subsoiled with "Nurfee
SubsOI PtoaO," or some other good pillow,
TO depth of at least II or Is inches.
This preparation will almost insure the
crop against drouth. Cotton-seed Is one
of the very best manures for corn, or any
thing else we have ever tried. Plant at
least two acres in corn to one in cotton,
and raise pigs to eat it, and you will not
have to buy bread and meat.
Now is good time to make compost
heaps ON the poor and CALLED places in
your fields. OF woods mould, stable.
manure, cotton-seed, and ashes or lime,
take equal parts of the three first, and
for every ten bushels Gas near as you can
judge of the compost, use two bushels of
ashes or one of lime, taking care to keep
the heap well covered with soil, to prevent
the escape of the gases during fermenta-
ton This will make valuable fertilizer
for corn ; use half an ordinary shovel-ful
to the hill. BY manuring the poor spots
you will bring them to average with rest
of the field.
During the hard weather of winter, your
stock of all kinds should be well attended
to; especially your work teams, so as to
have them strong and active for spring
work. A few carrots or sweet potatoes,
given to your horses or mules once week,
with their dry fodder and corn, will be of
great benefit. Carrots should be raised |
every year, to be occasionally fed to your
horses and mules; they save corn, and
make your stock much more healthy.
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Mark Twain Portrait of King
William.

The Galaxy for January contains
Mark Twain's portrait of King William
of Prussia. 1t is just such picture as a
school boy could draw on his slate, rep
resenting the full face of a helmeted
parsonage, with big moustache and
epaulettes. In the commentary append
| ed Mark says:
Whatever am in art, owe it to the
Galaxy portraits. l ask no credit for
myself deserve none. King William
wears large bushy side whiskers, and
some critics have thought that this pOr-
trait would be more complete if they
were added. But it was not possible.
There was no room for side whiskers
and epaulettes both, and so let the side
whiskers go, and put in the epaulettes
for the sake of style. That thing on his
hat is an eagle-it is a national emblem.
When / say hat l mean helmet; but it
seems impossible to make a picture of a
helmet that a body can have confidence
in.
The following are concentrations of
the portrait:
There is nothing like it in the Vatican.
- Plus TX.
IL has more OI Ildl NdgueIIeSS, lildl
dreamy spirituality about it, which many
of the first critics of Arkansas have OBJ
jocted to in the MurilIo School of Art
Ruskin.
The expression is very interesting
]. w. Titan.
keeps a maccaroni store in Venice at
the old family stand
1t is the neatest thing in still life have
seen for years. Rosa Bonheur.
The smile may be called unique
Bismarck.
never saw such character portrayed
in pictured face before. -DeMellville.
There is a benignant simplicity about
the execution of this work which warns
the heart toward it as much, full as much,
as it fascinates the eye Landseer.
One cannot see it without longing to
contemplate the artist.-Fredrick Will
liam.
Send me the entire edition-together
with the plate and the original portrait
and name your own price. And-would
you like to come over and stay awhile
with Napoleon at Wilhelmshohe
1t shall not cost you a cent William.
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Silent Influence.

If a sheet of paper on which key has
been laid, be exposed for some minutes
in the sunshine, and then instantaneously
viewed in the dark, the key removed, a
faded spectre of the key will be visible.
Let this paper be laid aside for many
months where nothing can disturb it, and
then in darkness be laid on plate of hot
metal, the spectre of the key will appear.
This is equully true of our minds. Every
man we meet, every book we read, every
picture or landscape we see, every word
or tone we hear, leaves its image on the
brain. These traces, which, under ordi-
nary circumstances, are invisible, never
fade, but in the intense light of cerebral
excitement start into prominence, lust as
the spectral image of the key started
into sight on the application of heat. 1t
is thus with all the influences to which we
are subjected. Educational Journal.
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ADDRESS BEFORE HARMONY
LODGE NO. L.
by e. Geo. DeLap, W.. Master.
NATCHEEz, January 3, 1871.

NATCHEEZ, January 3, 1871.
Bro. POWER: At stated meeting OF
Harmony Lodge No, 1, held on the Sd day
of December, A. D. 1870, Our W.. M. e.
Geo. DeLap, caused to be read before the
Lodge, the accompanying address. Upon
motion committee was appointed as super
intendents of its publication, consisting of
Bro. Doug. Walworth, Chairman, Bro John
S. Holt, Bro. G. +. Merrick, Bro. Il. S.
Dixon.
We the committee respectfully ask the
publication in the Masonic Column of the
JACKSON CLARION.
Respectfully and Fraternally,
DOUGLAS WALWORTH.
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Observation-Disclosures.

We are now printing form of agreement
between merchant and planter, completely
securing the former for all indebted
ness by the latter, existing on the Isl
January, 1871, and operating as a lien
and mortgage for such supplies
as may be advanced during the present
year. The form has been carefully prepar-
ed by an attorney skilled in such matters,
and fully meets present requirements.
Price 81 per quire. Send orders for Ag-
ricultural Lien, No. 2. Address CLARION
Office. sw&wtf
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

DURSUANT to decree rendered in the
IL District Court Of the United States for tho
Northern District Of Mississippi on the 18th
day ofyDecember a. ID. 1870 in the suit in
Equity numbered $50, in which A. Y. Lacey et
al are compliments and Lucinda Evans OF oil.
are defendants, / will sell for cash 10 the high
est bidder, in front Of the Court House Of the
County of Bolivar, on the 18th day Of Fobru-
airy in the year 1871, the following described
tract Of land, situated in the County Of Boli-
var and State Of Mississippi, containing about
400 acres, consisting Of Lots No. IL, 10, ~, ~,
y, and %, containing 40 acres each, purchased
by N. ID. Shelby from Godbolt, and Lots ~ y,
20, and 80, containing 40 acres each, purchas-
ed by said Shelby from j. J. Pearson, all boz
ing in Section one, Township -, Range 9,
west. The sale will commences OF II o'clock,
NJ.
CHARLES SCOTT,
Commissioner, etc.
Jackson, Jan. 10, 1871. w5t
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By using DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER
in the preparation of biscuits, rolls, pastry.
etc, over any of the ordinary baking pow
ders in market. This is occasioned by the
fun net weight in each package and the fact
that il is composed of articles strictly pure,
healthy and nutritious, which insures salts
factory results every time. BY using DOO-
LEY'S YEAST POWDER, thirty pounds
more bread can be made from q barrel OF
ncur, than by any other process of raising
dough. A trial will. satisfy any one of its
standard excellence. For sale by Grocers
generally.
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We're Nearer God. Wy BairnIe.
BIZ Mrs. JANEs MORTON.

Ye're nearer God, my bairnie!
Than when ye were wi me;
And though we moo haze pairtit,
It's only for 4 wee.
An ilka NIGHT that lie doom,
Before 1 steek my e'e,
My heart giles thanks that hae como
a days marsh nearer thee.
Owre guild vert thou, my bairniel
Owre guild TO bide WI me;
only got ye, bairnie,
To baud ye for wee.
An while l held We to my heart,
sac dear vert thou TO me,
/ thocht If We were askit back
My bairnie (! 1 wad dee.
wearied fer the sunny days,
i wearied for them sair;
! watched the dreary winter CLUBS
WI silent dread an care.
Dark fears cam creepin' owre me,
Whan cam the frost an shaw;
But bitter, bitter woe was mine,
Before they gaed AVA.
Twas awful sair, my bairnie-
WAS AMIu salT 10 part,
An o, it's awful sair TO live,
An haze broken heart.
But safe are We, my bairnie!
The gentle hart % thine
Will never, never ken the woe
That rings this heart o. mine.
The warld's moo dark, my bairni0-
It's dark an drear to me
For game is a the happiness
That haze haen wi thee.
Although ken ye'er faulded safe,
An Wisdom says To me
That ~ sud gladly thole what's glen
Sic happiness TO thee"
It's i'll to see through blindin' tears
A truth sac sair to learn;
Fain, fain wad / haze kept thee,
My bonnie, bonnie BARN.
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song.
BAYARD TAYLOR.

Gather the garlands of autumn now,
Meet for the marriage day,
And the golden leaves on the faithful brow
Shall cover the tresses gray.
For the blossoms of promise that, long ago,
Were twined for their nuptial dawn,
Crowns of fulfillment we now bestow-
Crowns for the summers gomez"
Time, that has left them so much Of youth,
The blessing of age shall leave,
OF joy in life, and the love and truth
They gave, and they now receive.
Past is the sorrow and shared the pain:
Shed is the measure of tears;
But peace and contentment and love remain
To brig hten their golden years!
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MISSISSIPPI MANUAL.-The third
edition Of this work Is now ready, and Is
being mailed TO such as had filed their or
ders. 1t contains forms and data useful to
all public officers. The Public Acts of the
late Legislature, State and Federal Constitu-
lions, Rules Of Supreme Court, Rules and
Forms for Chancery Courts Directory Of
the Courts and Public Officers, stamp duties,
postal rates, etc. Price two dollars. adj
dress this Office.
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~ "eres! KNAvEslI SWINDLERSi!
Use are mild terms with which to desig-
a. Nose adventurcrs who have been in
oy the high reputation which DIR.
~ Catarrh Remedy has won to offer for
NJ. worthless imitation OF this celebrated
,,.- 'clne. Remember that DIR. Piercs's pri-
ebs. stamp, which is three and : half in
Ia -Ong and has upon it his portrait, and
op,., @oras 70. s. Certificate of Genuine
sols Is upon every package Of the genuine.
Az druggists or by mail sixty cents.
s'S Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, NY.
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4 TRUE MAsoN.-If Masonry is in your
heart, you will be moral, TEN perate and
prudent man, keeping guard over your
lips and actions. You will abhor profanity
and intemperance, and reprove those
faults in Masons who may be guilty OF
them. You will be affable and courteous,
treating all good Masons as your equals,
paying due respect to those in office, regard
ing the opinions and making allowances for
the prejudices of every place you visit.
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SPECIAL THANKs.-Our special thanks
are hereby rendered Mr.. e. f. Mimms, of
Utica, for the active interest which he man
ifests in extending the circulation Of THE
CLARION. Through his efforts, mainly, we
have a large list OF subscribers in "good
and regular standing" at his office. He
viii always be ready to receive and receipt
for monies due us, and he has our full au-
tbOrity for so doing. Mr.. Mimms keeps for
sle the third edition of the Mississippi
Manual, and will fill orders at our office
mice
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The American surgeons and the Ameri-
can ambulance system are preferred 70 any
! Others In Paris. The American surgeons
practice resection Of the bone instead OF am-
putation-a fact which causes every Fre1ch
soldier who Is wounded 70 be carried TO the
American ambulance.
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MASONIC BLANK Books AND STA
TIoNERY.--Our assortment is now complete,
and our facilities for filing orders equal to
any possible demand. Lodges, Chapters,
Councils, or Communicates, desiring ledg-
ers, minute books, or blanks of any kind
would do well to send their orders by dele
gates to the Grand Bodies. Circular price
lists sent to any address on application.