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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
The ScandalOssS RuIe of ISmOr-
aMce and Corruption i'm the
Southern States.
From the Boston Advertiser.

1t is impossible for Northern people to
understand the terrible corruption at the
South, which is still kept alive by care
less or designed use of the patronage and
political influence at Washington. We
have organized society at the South up
side down. Ignorance and crime over
ride intelligence and decency. The
great educational, financial, commercial,
charitable and political interests of the
State are entrusted to common field hands
of the South and unprincipled adven-
turers from the North Can you wonder
that these people desire to free them
selves of this tyranny and corruption?
Such state Of things is contrary to Ma
ture, Gods laws, and all the teachings
and the wisdom of mankind. Such Gov
ernments are the most grOtesque trav-
esties they command no respect from
black or white; they are a scandalous
disgrace to them and to US. And does it
help us of the North in any way to have
a lot of men, the natural product of this
condition of things, sent into the halls of
Congress to legislate for us, there to be-
come the tools of bad men, and ready to
combine with vicious elements from the
North and West? 1t certainly is of
some consequence to us that the twenty
four Senators or eighty or more Repre-
from the South should be clean
and intelligent men. We can have them
reasonably so if we desire; but not by
the present state of things.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
No PERSON "a WITHOUT ISE,.rENcE-

No PERSON IS WITHOUT INFLUENCE
Some persons fall discouraged on the high
way of life because they cannot be this or
that great eminent person Why not be
willing to be themselves? No person who
ever lived or ever will live is without in
huenee. Why not make the most of that +?
Since you cannot grasp that which you wish,
why let what you have slip through your
fingers? No person in the world is exactly
like you. You have your own faults, but
you have also your own excellencies individ-
ual to yourself Give them air. Because
you are not poet, should you not be good
merchant? Because you cannot go to col
lege, should you therefore forswear the al
phabet2 Because you cannot build pal
ace, should you not rejoice in your own
humble roof, and that because it is your
ownf Will not the sun also shine into your
window, if you do not obstinately persist in
shutting it out7 If you cannot have a
whole dollhouse full of flowers, may you not
have one sweet rose7
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

GoD GIvETH THE INCREAsE.-An Amer
lean Methodist minister, Dr. Bangs, was 50
discouraged in the first year of his timer
ancy as to mount his horse to give up the
work. The breaking up of the ice ON Grand
River made it impossible for him to cross it,
and compelled him to return. That night
he had a striking dream, which influenced
all his after life. He was plying with pick
axe on huge rock, but making no impress
sion, gave up in despair, when a dignifed
stopped, and received his answer, babe him
strike on; that the work was his, not the
result. He struck again, and the rock was
shivered to its foundation
Here is a lesson for us-we whose souls
are sometimes discouraged, because of the
way" when we do not see immediate fruit OF
our labors. The work is ours, the results
are Gods.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
LAUGHING CHnDREx.-Give me, say

LAUGHING CHnDREN.-Give me, says
the writer, the boy or girl who smiles as
soon as the first rays of the morning sun
glance In through the window, gay, happy,
and kind. Such boy will be fit to make
up into a man-at least when contrasted
with sullen, morose, Grabbed fellow, who
snarls like surly cur, or grunts and growls
like an untamed hyena from the moment he
opens his eyes until he is "confronted'' by
his breakfast. Such a girl, other things be-
ing favorable, will be good material to aid
in gladdening some comfortable home, or to
refine, civilize, tame and humaRize a rude
brother, making him gentle, affectionate and
lovable. 1t is feast to even look at such a
woman girl, and see the smiles flowing, 50 to
speak, from the parted lips, displaying set
Of clean, well brushed teeth, looking almost
the personifcation of beauty and goodness,
singing and as merry as the birds-the wide
awake birds that commenced their morning
concert long before the lazy boys dreamed
that the sun was approaching and about to
pour a whole food of light and warmth
upon the whole earth. Such girl is like q
gentle shower to the parched earth, bestOw-
ing kind words, sweet smiles and acts OF
mercy to all around her, the joy and light Of
J the household.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
A cnrions means of inducing rain vas

A curious means of inducing rain was
recently employed by the people in the
neighborhood of Angora, in Asia Minor.
Prayers had been tried in vain, and no
change taking place in the weather, it
was resolved to try charm. The Lee
want Times says: It was simple, but one
which, for fear of the consequences in
these degenerate days, could not be per-
formed in the ''good old style Ii con-
sisted in cutting off the head of a Chris
trian and throwing it into stream or
pond. AS q live Christian did not patri-
otically present himself, it was deter
mined to exhume a dead one, and TO
make sure the magic rite was performed
with the heads of three bodies, one OF
which had been dead only month. Up
to the latest advices the charm had not
worked, and the country still remains
parched.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

The skirts of promenade costumes are
now worn very close to the figure and
made without any fitness about the hips.
To produce this dresses are heavily firing
ed or have lead sewed in the bottom of
the skirt. In front the skirt il cut sufi-
GENTLY short to exhibit the shoes, and ut
the back train considerably. This, we
are assured, is the very latest French
fashion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07


In Baltimore, on the 18th ult., young
German was found sitting on curb
stone, and appearing to be quite ill, a
policeman took him before a Justice,
who ordered his removal to the hospital.
He was taken to the hospital, when it
was discovered that the German was a
Young woman, dressed in mans attire.
1t appears that some five months ago,
among the passengers on German emf
grant ship which arrived at this port, was
Young German woman, of prepossessing
appearance. Her services were engaged
before she landed by farmer living at
Rock Creek, nearly opposite White Rock,
on the city side of the middle branch Of
the Patapsco. She remained there up to
within a few days ago, when her employ
er removed with his family, to the West,
and she came to the city to seek employ
ment. The singular part of the affair is
that during the entire time she remained
on the farm, she wore male attire, and
being known as Louis Metzinger, her sex
was never suspected. She speaks of her
treatment as kind during her stay on the
farm, and the only reason she gave for
having abandoned petticoats for pants,
was the Convenience of the thing" She
has a severe attack of typhoid fever, and
now lies in a very critical condition.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

Capt. Pease' little daughter, we learn,
was taken % Holly Springs, on Thursday,
and the maidstone, the property Of a gem
tlemAn near Waterford, was applied, aud
a. ID worked lts usual way, 10 Is presumed
that the child D now out Of danger. This
maidstone, it Is reported has cured over "a
thousand persons who have been Bitten
Pilot.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

We have read with pleasure an address
d liveFed before Grange Of the Patrons Of
Husbandry at Dover, Yazoo county, by w.
ID. Gibbs, Esq. Mr.. Gibbs In talent, educa-
ton and energy Is foremost among the
rising young men Of the State.-WinOna
Advance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

The "crushy" look which is considered
bewitching in French hats is said to
obtained BY sitting upon them in an
.tistic manner. We expect great and
idespread ruin of homemade hats will
the result Of this news,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

The great beauty of buying mosaic
jewelry abroad is that If you break it you
have to send it all the way back again to
have it repaired, and mosaics break very
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

A Pittsburg coroner makes no charge
where he sits ON young man who parted his
hair in the middle. He says that his per-
sonal satisfaction is enough, without the
fee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

From the Chicago Republican.


The cause of the co-education of the
sexes has not received very much encour-
agement from late experiences at Zurich,
which was one of the first Universities of
Europe to open its doors to young women.
The decree of the Russian Government
expelling the female students there has
been very generally condemned; but the
latter accounts seem to justify the pro-
eeeding. A correspondent of the Col
ogne Gazette says that more than one-half
of the Russian women-students have been
living SO disreputably that May of the
respectable Swiss families have refused to
receive them in their houses. The Rus
sian women-students have decided in a
meeting that all but two shall leave
Zurich, and they will 60 to Leipsic,
Munich, or Heidelberg to complete their
studies. 1t is predicted that the number
of women-students at Zurich will be in
creased, however, by the German, French
and English women, who have hitherto
avoided the place on account of the bad
repute which the Russian women had
given it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

Flowers made of mother-of-pearl are q
newly-invented trimming for wedding
dresses.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

An Irish paper says that trying to get up
business without advertising is like winking
at pretty girl through pair of green Cog
gles-you may know what you are doing,
but nobody else does.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

Dogs of good social position at the
watering-places wear batiste garments,
embroidered with monogram.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

The fashionable riding habit Of the
summer is quite short.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

In Paris the summer bonnets are ap
propriately called 'jardiss pOtagcrs."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
lSigned)



MY DEAR SIR; l have your lester Of April
%, and should have answered DO sooner, aud
have no sufficient apology for not doing su.
Permit me 10 say that the reply ] have tu
make TO il is not for publication, but per
sonal to yourself and those at whose sus-
gestion you have written. believe the Dos.
tOrical Democratic organization is spoiled.
laundering constantly during Che n-t tru
years and shattered by many atita'-, I.
surrendered finally at the Presidential cI,U-
ton. IL cannot recall that surrender or tu"
confession then made, and has uu Longer
strength enough for victory. lu tNl- DA-
tremity it will b. wise 10 lay aside ihr uIH
organization ana enter new one. The hD"
organization should accept the results 90.
the war. as was done at Baltimore. aud I'
should accept them in good hith su H- ''
command the confidence of the people. l."
new organization should be something Ni-
ferent from a recast OF the old one. lNp..
should be no exCluslvcness about DO uUr
should il be merely Democratic. ~ Should
be made up OF present Democrats, OF iu.-
mer Democrats, and OF all Republican who
are offended By the policy and t,uaDu....
of the present administration. The new U..
ganizatlOn should be the joint work oi
Democrats aud Republicans and '..l
should be equally at home In it-uclthJ Che
guest Of the other.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
= O LIT IC a l.
rae Advocates she Abnudonmert


CINCINNAII July %, I-...
To Judge Collins:
My DEAR SIR: ! feel very much uH.I -..
20 yeu aud the gentlemen ~ DO called tI-uaI,
for the honor you proposed to confer upon
me; but will not reconsider the answer +
then made; will not accept nomination
tor tire ONCE Of Governor. While This B. -..
| warmly sympathlze In what you propose
70 accomplish. and hope tmt the ume Is
near when present Democrats aud former
Democrats and all dissatisfied Republican
shall be cordially united under d single ur-
ganizatiou. l don't think there j. anything
sacred In mere party organization. They
are only machinery which should Or ru-
paired when out OF order and renewed when
too much worn. A constitution of govern
ment Il a more sacred organization fhgu
that OF political party; Yet We do NOT N,--
itate To pull down a constitution boo order tH
put up a new one. We have e convention
at Columbus now engaged iu that work.
l give you the letter to which lou Iti"r-
red. IL was written 90 gentleman Boo New
York before your movement began, lul
without reference 20 10. IL was not written
Tor publication. aud not exactly us ] would
have written " with that view but you age
&C liberty to publish il 90 you think DO may
contribute la the least degree 40 "a closer
and flrmer union Of all those who IIc uU-
posed TO the present administration.
Very respectfully,
(SiVnedO W. =. GEuEsuECk.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07

You ask what should be It's name. Call by
the Liberal Democracy, that Will lead t1 Ihe
free, uAselfish government Ot the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
oprOs1TIoN no MONOrOLY.

concur In what else you suggest. Tho
new organization should oppose ull forms
Of monopoly. This Is TOO plain Go need ar.
gument. Monopolies are au outrage and lu
Ofiense against the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
DARK BLUE LINEN.

Dark blue grows in favor, and can now
be purchased for fifty cents yard These
blue suits are more stylish when made
without any white except the large pearl
buttons that are placed down the front of
the polonaise. The skirt has kilt-pleated
hounce about three fourths of yard deep,
and the long belted polonaise has merely a
hem. with revers. collar. cuffs and pocket.
morocco belt and bag usually take the
place of a sash with linen suits
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
Causes Of Death,

The last publication of the Brit
ish death-rato and its causes is Gu
rious reading. One man died from
the bite of a cat; and two more
from the bites respectively of a for
ret and an adder. Another was
stung to death by bees. A man
and y boy died of falling from ve-
locipedes, and an old lady was kill
ed by injuries inflicted by that
agreeable machine. The swallow
ing of u she'll, a screw and cher
ry-stone put a period to the lives
Of three infants, while two died, the
one putting a stone, the other q
bead into the ear. Swallowing
bones sent three people out of the
world, swallowing coins finished
two, and swallowing a pin quickly
pricked on grim death for one. A
scratch from a thorn killed a wo-
man of middle age; improper med
icine poisoned eight people, and
improper food five. Four hundred
and forty four young children were
smothered by bed.clothes; and $50
persons during the year lost their
lives by railway accidents. The pro-
portion of suicides to every millions
OF the population is about seventy
the deaths by hanging, the knife,
and drowing being the most. Heart
disease the years record shows to
be increasing-a state of things
which is said by eminent physi-
clans to be caused by tho greater
wear and tear of business, and the
increased. mental activity Of the
age. .5i.- 80
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
DALLAS DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 26, 1877

Who will grid us in the armor of
the Invincible.
Who will guide us to the light
house of virtue, and open the dia-
mond gate guarded by whito-robed
Astria? Who can fathom tho wiles,
tho hypocrisy of man2 How they
smile, pray and weep when their
heart-chambers are strewn with the
souls they have wrecked whose
walls are black and disfgured by
vile arts whose floors arc GRIM
som with crime, and at every por-
tai stands sentinel whose clammy
touch stains the guileless, ,unthink.
ing child. Why are somo human
beings so pure and good, and others
so impure and degIaded2
u, Who, is not astonished at the
baseness Of human nature2 Who
can believe when prayers and
curses are breathed together?
When the white drapery Of love
sometimes conceals the hideous Ii.
centiate, whose vows, though utter.
ed in lute-like tones, are so foul
that the angels must wonder why
every false oath docs not freeze the
voice and form ere they fascinate
the gentle victim2 Who will be
the d" Nemesis of the innocent ?
What can atone for a blighted life
and shrouded future? Who can
comprehend the depth of deceit ?
When shall the weary race end !?
When shall the heart walls cease ?
When shall we lose this strange
unrest? The soul of Genius, whose
face is white with pain and hope
less crying for knowledge, who
would fain take the veil from the
irtellectual world, who sees in tho
distance the curtain of wisdom
in all it's varied splendor, but who
dares not lift the heavy folds that
hide the Arcana of mystic love,
living amid the grandeur of the
" Unreal,"-when shall we attain
the poets glorious "Real." When
shall we find the "pearl and the
When shall we leave
this chaos of wickedness, toll and
strife, to dwell in a sphere of unal-
loyed bliss? When shall we wear |
the starry crown, the jewelcd scep-
ter and the snowy robe? When
will the angels call us home?
'''"' FANNIE S.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26

A recent trial at Shan Ting
shows that a Chinese Judge is near
~ as sentimental as the average
French juryman who finds eek
tenuating circumstances" for the
acts of the worst criminals. The
assassin of a high official, murdered
twelve years ago, gave himself up
to the authorities, and when placed
on trial avowed his act in these
words: 'sThs man." he said,
swhom i assassinated, caused
twelve years ago the death of my
father by giving false testimony
against him. Since the day my
father was beheaded i have follow
ed everywhere, step by step, the
perjuror whom / had sworn to kill.
Ifall that time / delayed taking
revenge, it was because, in the
event ofmy being condemned for
murder, there would be no one TO
render funeral honors to my mo-
thcr, for / was her only son she
died three months ago, and l have
killed my fatber's murderer. If /
hare delayed surrendering myself,
it was because had important af-
fairs TO arrange" The judge did
not reproach this candid criminal
with taking the law into his own
L.,Is Iuf ruuoh a a. a oofs c+so~
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
QUERIES.

Why do our hearts faint, oul
souls sicken, our feet grow weary,
while treading the mazy path Of
existence? When grouping amid
the gloom of shadows, why do we
still clasp the night flower Of ir.
resolution Knowing that the
sea Of error is teeming with
schyllas charybd's; that the shore
is strewn with wrecks, also shroud-
edin heavy opaqueness-the breath
of drowned beings-knowing the
tolls, the peris Of the voyage, why
do we launch our fragile vessels
out in the sable waters, and un.
clasp the pearl fingers of the weep
ing angel who would fain pilot us
through the crystal stream to the
port of happiness? Why is the
gfttering- chalice held to the beau
tiful, the innocent? Why do the
basilisk eyes of the tcmpter turn to
the sweetest flowers ? Why do ar
rows of venom, concealing golden
showers, pierce the gentlcst heart7
Why are the fingers Of the wicked
permitted to strike the delicate
chords ofthe souls harp and turn
to wailing the music which was as
soft and sweet as the song of an
gels? Why do we pray to Heaven
and still sin-still fall ?? Why are
our prayers when borne to infni-
tude, ,grasped by demons and turned
to hail? Why does experience
take us by the hand, lead us up
softly, show us the splendors Of the
White Throne, then leave us to cry
eternally at the barred gates-help-
less and anguish stricken, till we
sink into a night darker and gloom
ier for having our eyes dszzled?
When weary of life, tired of sin,
and the soul is robed in sack cloth
and ashes, who will show us lu-
minous path2 When oarless, ruder-
less, ont in tho storm, who will
show us the haven2 Who has not
felt at times that they were alone
in this world, in life's great conflict,
and the heart has ached over follies
past2 Who has not experienced
that hopeless yearning for peace,
that vague longing for "land un-
known that ideal realm which
CLEANS. in the distant "Elysian
plains2" s-
Who has not heard of an "Aiden, I"
Of goodness and purity where tiny
seraphs with pearly wings sing in
their graceful hoverings, where
balmy breezes watt sweet perfumes
through the groves, where wander
fair beings whose silvery voices
whisper Of naugh' hat innocence
and truth, where cked passions
never throw THEN adows. When
daily erring, de- forming new
resolutions-only be broken
who does not fce. zoe most wret-
ched Of beings, and experience a
nementary- inferno Of despair ?
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
siguinea,iou of the wedding Ring,

The materials aud devices of
tho wedding rings are scarcely "
more various than he explanations
given by learned writers of the
significance of "the pure and per-
feet arrabo." That tho gift OF n
ring was held by the ancient peo-
pie of the earth to be q token of
the giver's affections for the conf.
denco in the person to whom he
gave it, the illustrators prove by
references to sacred scripture and
classic literature. 1t follows, there.
fore, that the bridal hoop embel-
ishes the groom's devotion to and
perfect trust in the bride. 1t is a
single object, and, therefore, signi.
fies the perfect oneness of two
persons united in wedlOck. 1t
having no ends, the circlet is a
type of the endless and perpetuity
of matrimonial love. 1t denotes
the fidelity with which the man
weds the woman; oven as the
Episcopal ring tokens the faith
with which a bishop takes the
church of his spouse.