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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
stranger than Fiction.

A North German paper adyertises for
| the American heirs of the fortune OF a
widow lady Of Amsterdam as follows:
1.-THE following heirs of Catharine
Spelling and her daughter Dorothy, both
of whom died violent death in 1892. at
Amsterdam, are requested to send their
addresses Immediately to the Royal Pro
bate Court at Amsterdam: Sophia Ben
rensburg, Otto Kellenaer, Anna Derhing
Joseph Derfing, all of whom emigrated
to the United States since 1854.
ERNEST BELGER, Solicitor.
The story Of the death of the two wo-
men, SO long ago as 1852, and the find
ing Of their murderers twenty years after,
is a revelation of occurrences which are
as terribly tragic as may be found within
the lids of romance. The widow, Cath
arine Spelling, and her daughter Dorothy,
were JOINT possessors of diamonds, money
and bonds, worth s150,Q00, and occupied
a house by themselves on Harlan street,
Amsterdam. One day n the summer OF
1882, placard appeared on their door
saying they had gone to the country.
Six weeks rolled around and still the
placard remained on the door. The sus-
picions Of the police were aroused by the
long absence Of the women, and the
house was entered The placard was
found to be a fearful deception; the
bodies of the two women were found on
the floor; their diamonds, money and
bonds missing, and no clue to the muir
derer or thief found.
In July last the house was torn down,
and in its destruction came to light a
circumstance equalling in horror the dis
covery of the assassination of the two lone
women. Between the house taken down
and the adjoining one was space Of about
a foot, and confined in this narrow cell
was found the skeleton of man, caught
midway between the top and bottom, and
on the ground underneath him were
found the diamonds, the bonds, and the |
money Of the two murdered women. The |
in attempting to escape, had |
missed his footing, fallen between the
houses, and with a strip of blue 81 Ky Wis
ble above the high walls Of his living
tomb had starved to death
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Sealing the Vow.

A correspondent, writing from Jer-
sey eamp-meeting, tells the following:
Many people sleep in the same tent
here, being separated by partition. A
young Methodist fellow from Camden
had become quite interested in pretty
daughter of a religious farmer Last
night, while a dozen of cold-hearted fell
lows were trying to sleep, they heard him
say in low, sweet voice: ''Now, Caro-
line, dear, let me seal the vow, do"
mo, James, cannot What would my
father and mother say2" replied the
sweet, girlish voice. ''But, Caroline, you
have promised to be mine-now let us
seal the vow-let US, do let us-won't
you? Do kiss me" mo, James, can
not, oh, cannot" In moment the
tent partition parted, and a big-whiskered
brother who wanted sleep, shouted
ssFor Gods sake, Carrie, let Jim seal
that VOW. He'll keep Us awake all night
If you don't. The VOW was sealed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Casting Dat The Mote.

The facility with which this is done by
the vast majority of people is simply won
dertuL Every man and woman who has
made of life a failure can tell exactly
why his neighbor has not succeeded, and
the more signal his own blunders the more
accurately can he specify the blunders of
his rivals. Quite otherwise is it with him
whose well-laid plans have been crowned
with wealth and position He is too much
occupied in studying how to fortify him
self against possible disaster and increase
his fortune to waste intellectual activity in
his neighbours management. The same re-
mark applies 10 those who make large ac-
QUESTIONS Of knowledge to those
g. that by due steps aspire
To lay their just hands on that golden key
That opes the palace of eternity"
The soul, eager to gather in the fair records
on the ample page of learning, has neither
time nor inclination to note the listlessness
or stupidity with which others gaze on the
same bright roll, and be who is cultivating
the garden spot Of his own heart, turning
vile weeds into rich fertilizing material,
tending the growing virtues, guarding against
the little foxes, and fencing out the wild
boar from the Wilderness, has no time or
wish 10 note how the thistles blossom in his
neighbours patch, unless for his neighbo1-
good and at his neighbours wish. When a
person has accomplished for himself and in
himself something at least of what is re-
quired he may give attention to others, OF
10 borrow the whole sentence, "A part ol
which we have chosen as a heading, "wheu
he has cast the beam out Of his own eye, he
will see clearly TO cast the mote out Of his
brothers eye"
1t is found that those whose standard in
character Is highest, and whose efforts 10
attain it are most assiduOus, are most leuient
to the faults Of others. They know how
hard it is to walk perfectly, and are ready "a
commiserate rather than ccnsurc the wander
ings of others.
Casting out notes is the great bane OF
domestic and social life. Ii everybody
would change that amusement for the work
Of casting out beams how much happier
families would be, how much more united
our churches, how much greater the aggre.
gate of fine men and fine women!
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
What Breaks Down Young Men.

II is commonly-receivcd notion that hard
study is the unhealthy element NJ ca.IeE.
life. But from tables Of the mortality u.
Harvard University, collected boy Professor
Pierce from the last trienuial catalogue. It I.
clearly demonstrated that the excess of
deaths for the first ten years after Rraaua
tion il found in that portion Of the class .t
inferior scholarship. Every one who Au
seen the curriculum knows that where
Easchylus and political economy injUr0
one late hours and rum punche- use up n
dozen, and the two little fingers Gre hflF...
than the loins Of Euclid. Dissipation l- 3D.
sure destroyer, and every young man HHH
follows il is, as the early flower, exposed tH
an untimely frost. Those who have been
inveigled into the path Of vice are named
legion. A few hours sleep each night. high
living and plenty Of "smashes' make Har
upon every function Of the body. The
brains. the heart, the nerves, the lunga the
liver. the spine, the limbs, the bones the
aesh, and every part and faculty are over.
tasked and weakened by the terrific energy
of passion loosened from restraint, until like
a dilapidated mansion the earthly house
of this tabernacle falls into ruinous decay
Fast young men, right about.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
The Farmers yIOVemend.-HOw ID
Is Progressing.


| From the \. Y. Herald, Oct g.
Let the politicians say what they please
about it, the farmers movement is going
ahead like prairie on fire out West,
whether the organizations in the East be
Missouri papers at hand speak the senti-
ment of that region. One says: THE
necessity for that reform in political ad-
ministration which the united efforts OF
the farmers of the country. especially of
the West, can alone obtain is so urgent
that it cannot fail to be recognized bv
even the most superficial observer
Another: This movement of the ag-
ricultural interests OF the country has not
commenced bit too soon, and, howev-
er modest and timid may be their first
action, they will soon find themselves
caught up in the whirling tide of State
and national politics, and viii be COM
PEELED, whether they wish it or not, to
consider all the grave problems now be-
fore the country"
Still another The farmers war, as
1t is sometimes called, is destined to
have great political influence"
A Nebraska paper asserts that the
oiC I"BIA Pi'SitSS III
that State. Common cause is there taken
with the farmers of Iowa, Illinois, MIS-
souri,, Minnesota and other States on all
questions affecting the farmers interests.
Another Western paper declares that
"the whole race of dishonest politicians
stands in awe of this great movement,
which is no doubt the truth.
A St. Paul paper says it now looks as
if the "potato bugs" (Grangers) will
prove lively crowd in Minnesota.
An Illinois paper declares the move
ment to be IAN independent one, COM
mitted to no one and to no party, but
itself to all.
The Catholic farmers of Olmstead |
county, Minnesota, although not mem
bers of the Order of the Patrons of Hus- |
bandry, express themselves warmly in
favor Of its principles, excepting its Sc
crecy In short, there seems TO be a
general stampede out West in favor of
the movement, regardless of religious
predictions or previous political attilia-
tons.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

A late number of the Cherokee Adj
vocate. Sept. 9th, introduces an able
editorial on the Grange by brief refer
ence to the speech of Mr.. S. M. Smith,
at CarIinville. H., from which the Advo-
cate makes liberal extracts. The strong
and urgent appeal of the Advocate, to
have the organization introduced into
that territory, will, we are persuaded,
meet with prompt attention, and tend
still more TO augment and consolidate our
growing power. Says the Advocate:
1T evident now to all eyes that the
Grange is a strong institution, and 1t
consequently gets from every side the re-
spect chat strong things never fail to at
tract. And strong as it is already, there
is no telling how strong it may become.
The unions of the different trades,
against the extortions and expressions of
capital-the great parties could afford to
treat them with the contempt of indltfer-
ence, or at most with passing curiosity,
and perhaps now and then with little
lofty caution and advice; but the great
est trade of all, that of Agriculture-that
is different thing especially when 1t
offers place within its ranks to workmen
OF every GAZING 10 advance 10 LLe GREAT
battle for the rights of labor. 1t Is not
to be presumed, if the farmers know
themselves, that they will stop short of
an organization which shall include every
sensible husbandman of America. Their
object is TO do what has not been done,
and what they cannot expect others to do
for them-see to their own interests; and
they must combine their whole strength |
to do it. This they are doing by means
of the Grange organization, which even |
now has control of some powerful States,
and is sweeping onward with the resistless
force and swiftness of hurricane.
We look upon this movement as
illustrating the perfect adaptation of the
American form of government to the
progress and development of an intelli-
gent people. -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
The Men that Women Like Best.

We know that men naturally shrink from
the attempt TO obtain companions who art
their superiors but they will find that
really intelligent women who possess most
desirable qualities are uniformly modest,
| and hold their charms in modest estimation
/ What such women most admire in men, is
/ gallantry; not the gallantry of courts and
! tops, but boldness, courage, devotion and re
! fined civility A mans bearing wins ten
superior women where his boots and brains
win one. If man stands before a woman
with respect for himself and fearlessness of
her, his suit is half won.
The rest may be safely left to the parties
most interested. Therefore, never be afraid
of woman. Women are the most harmless
and agreeable creatures in the world to
man with soul in him. If you have not
the spirit to come up 10 a test like this, you
have not got that liz you which most pleases
high-souled woman, and you will be
obliged to content yourself with the simple
girl, who in q quiet way, is endeavoring to
attract and fasten you. But don't be in a
hurry about the matter. 1t isn't creditable
To you. Especially don't imagine that any
disappointment in love which takes place
before you are twenty-one years old, will be
of any material damage to you. The truth
i that before man is twenty-five years old
he does not know what he wants himself
So don't be in a hurry. The more of man
you become capable of exhibiting in your
association with women, the better wife you
will be able TO obtain; and one years pos
session of the heart and hand Of really
noble specimen of her sex, is worth nine
hundred and ninety-nine years possession OF
a sweet creature with two ideas in her head,
and nothing new to say about either OF
them. SO don't be in hurry, we say again
You don't want wife now, and you have
no idea of the kind of a wife you will want
by-and-by. Go into female society if you
can find that which will improve you, but
not Observation-Disclosures Advertiser.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Autumn Flowing.

In all heavy clay soils and heavy CLAW
loans, autumn blowing is of great adj.
vantage. The Winter frost is a mecbani
cal pulverizer and disentegrator of such
soils, if We will put them in proper con.
dition to be acted upon. Potash is one
of the elements of such soils. and with
them one of the chief values for the small
grain. The mineral is found under two
conditions, one fixed and the other free
The free potash is slowly dissolved in
water-it thus unites with sand to fo,n,
the coating of the straw In the Other
condition mentioned, it is fixed, and ~
that is insoluble in water, and. ILL.,
humus, is unfit for food of plants. To
prepare the fixed potash in soil-that i
to disentegrate tive must expose it -
air, moisture and heat hence we mpst
pulverize the soil by the winter frost. h
admit of these conditions. Autumn
blowing is supposed to kill insects; that
1t does this to some extent, is doubtless
true, but we apprehend less than it has
credit for. 1t can be done at a time
when the teams are strong, the weather
cool, and so much of the spring work is
out OF the way; while for spring wheat
and barley it is almost indispensable.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
UNsAID.

For days and weeks upon the llp hss hung
i A precious something iOr an aDaenE ear
some tender confidence bot lately sprung
some dear confession chat bot one muaf
hear.
The heart repeats &C. over day by dsy.
Ana fancics how and when thc words W.|.
what answering smile upon DIE nee win
What tender light win liuger over an.
But eager eyes that watch Tor one alone
May grow reluctant; for The open gate
Lets a. With him. pcrehance guess uu-
On whom .low words Or cour.oly mn..
wait.
Or when the presence waited flr has como.
u may De dull or cold, too sad. ur light.
a lSoS that shows The heart away from
Can OFTEN put the dearest words ID afglt
Perhaps the time Of meeting. or the form.
May chill or wither whatwe'ye logged l9
What rs the sunshine will 90, at che
What blends with twilight, JAn the boon
Again. when 'll thing. seem our wish 90
Full OPP .rtuuity may s.dsc us dumb
Nay SINK our precious ,huugufs Boo Ur..
rtsrrNr.
Aud 70 thc surface btd thr ugHo.t come.
And often ere our friend D. outof ..If.
We tart ue thiHg can SCARCE Ue .-.I-
Ne have been silent. orour.uorJ been tr..r.
ANA here's fhr dearest IIiI.f lf Il. ...
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
GIVE THE CHILD A CHANCE.
some of Isae Mistakes Made by
Parents.

Very often child gets the impression
that there is something in his physical,
mental or moral condition, unlike that of
other children, that places him at a dis
advantage, and he is disheartened by the
thought. Very likely there may be some
popularity, but the point is to overcome,
and to teach him to overcome that dis
advantage, and to rise above it. IN
happily, however, we often aggravate
and increase the trouble by our course of
treatment. We deal with the child as
rude and thoughtless persons do with one
who has a blemish on his face, or some
other bodily defect, noticing and com
menting upon it is made tenfold more
hard to be borne, and the sufferer made
sensitive even to look upon his infirmity.
A soldier who had lost leg wrote out
some fifty questions with which he had
been pestered by Impairment persons
concerning his loss, how and when it
happened and how much he Suffered.
And sometimes when there is any
obliquity in a child, parents and brothers
and sisters will bear down upon it, and
twit him with it in a way to aggravate
and increase it rather than to cure it.
They will say before his face that he is
an odd one in look, that he is peculiar,
that he is foolish, that he has not the ca
pacity of the rest for learning, and that
he will never be or do anything in the
world, until the child himself believes
it, and grows up under the discourage
ment there f; and so the prophecy works
out its own fulfillment, and he grows to
manhood the very eccentric or useless
character it was foretold he would be
If iudicious friends had noticed lightly
his peculiarities, and taught him he was
not so very unlike or inferior to the rest,
led him to look more hopefully upon his
case, and appreciated and drawn out as
his real excellencies, he might have out
shone all his kin. The reputed Ounce of
the family and the school, has often risen
to high honor, to the establishment of his
compeers. Beautiful is the story of
The Ugly Duck, that when a fedge-
ling, was picked at and prosecuted as a
strange creature by barn yard fowls, but
which, at last, when grown, proved to be
swan and took its place with arched
neck and snowy plumage, among its own
kind on the lakelet, admired by all
Many a person, no doubt, has been
helped on to the lunatlc asylum by hav-
ing his eccentricities of mind increased
by wrong treatment, until the full result
was insanity. How many person has
been kept down in low station of life or
driven TO evil habits and companions by
some fancied or real hindrance or disad.
vantage not treated wisely at first. Even
born idiots. under skilful training learn
10 know God and so reDay toll for IL:
good; and maniacs are sometimes re-
stored to reason, while many might have
been kept from madness by wise care. If
one feels that he has the mark of Cain
upon him, he will like Cain, be apt to feel
that his punishment is greater than he
can bear, and flee to a distant place
though it is to be observed that even
Gains mark was set upon him in mere,
by Godfrey. VIM. H. Lewis. il
Churchman.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
How 40 Get Along.

Be honest.
Be vigilant.
Pay as you go.
Trade in money.
Aid, but never beg.
Never fool" in business matters.
Learn to think and act for yourself
Keep ahead rather than behind the
times.
Do not stop to tell stories in business
hours.
Strive to avoid hard words and person
alities.
Have but few confdants, the fewer the
better.
Use your own brains rather than those
of others. 4
A man of honor respects his word as
his bond.
Do not NEEDLE with business you know
nothing of.
Have order, system, regularity, liber-
ality and promptness.
No man can get rich by sitting round
stores and saloons.
If you have place of business, be
found there when wanted.
Help others when you can, but never
give what you cannot afford, simply be-
cause it is fashionable.
Learn to say mo" No necessity for
swapping it out dog fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully.
Do not kick every stone in your path.
More miles can be made in a day by GO
ing steadily on than stopping.
Never buy an article you do not need,
simply because it is cheap, and the man
who sells it will take it out in trade.
Readers, cut this out, and if there be
folly in the above suggestions, let us
know. Our best wishes are with you.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
The Canvass in the Carroll Sena.
tOriaI District.

From the Conservative.
DR.. Simpson Parks, the nominee of
the Conservative party for the State SEN
ate from this District, addressed our citi-
zens in the court house, on Thursday
last. The Doctor pitched into the thieves
wing of the Radical party and handled
them without gloves. He exposed their
rottenness, and showed the fimsiness of
Ames' pledge to veto any legislation hav-
ing for its object the payment of the re-
pudiated bonds. He also paid his re-
spects to his opponent, Post-ofice Parker,
(who was advertised to "discuss" at the
same time, but failed to do SOL Parker
was proved to be nothing but an adven-
turer, seeking to foist himself upon the
people in order to fatten at the public
crib.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
The Farming Interests of the
United States.

The farmers do not seem to have kept
equal pace with their comrades on the
road to wealth during the last census de-
cade:
In 1860 the farmers constituted about
one-half of the working population, and
owned about one-half Of the wealth of the
whole country. The aggregate value of
all property, real and personal, in 1860,
according to the census returns, was
81, 1S2, 1876, 068, exclusive of slaves, of
which $3.50, 493, 063 was the value of
farm property.
In 1870, out of 10, $50, 635 male work
ing population, ), 425, SOB were farmers,
rather more than one-half According
to the census returns of 1870 the aggre-
gate value Of all the property in the
country was $50, 068, 518, SOY Of which
only 81, 124, 958, TAI was farm property,
but little more than one-third of the
whole amount. If the farmers had held
their own from 1860 to 1870, their part
OF the whole property would have been
ST, 439 900, 600, instead of 81, 124,-
908, TAI, as above stated, making a diff
ference of over $4,000, 900, 000-more
than twice the amount of the national
debt. !. In 1860 the farmers owned So
per cent. of the whole property in the
country, but in 1870 they owned only 81
per cent. of it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

John Plowman once said: 81 never
knew good horse which had not some odd
habit or other, and l never yet saw a min
ister worth his salt, who had not some odd
crochet or oddity. Now, these are the bits
of cheese that cavaliers smell out and nib
BILE at /; this man is too slow, and the other
too fast; the first is too howery, and the
second is too dull. Dear me, if all Gods
creatures were Judged in this way, we should
wiring the doves neck for being too tame,
shoot the robbins for eating spiders, kill the
crows for swinging their tails, and the hens
for not giving US milk. When a man wants
to beat dog he can soon find a stick, and
at this rate any fool may have something to
say against the best minister in England"