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


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

Remember the election is on TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4th.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
STATE INDEBTEDNESS.

Deducting the Indebtedness Of
1870 from our present indebt-
edGess, we have an Increase Of 2 GJ 174 10
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

The First Tuesday in November is
the election day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

Register and vote. Four years of the
Ames crew viii wreck the vessel.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

Referring to the heavy falling off in
the Republican vote in Pennsylvania,
and yet the success of the Republican
candidate by 800 in the recent cleo
ton, the Pittsburg Commercial, an Anti
Monopoly paper, says:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

IF you have become of age since last
election, don't fail to register.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

The Yazoo County Fair has been :
poned until the 10Th Of N6vvm7"
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RECEIPTS IN TREASURY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

The Yellow Fever is abating I'D -
phis.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS.
Total in these four years

years. y
legislative expenses for the year
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RATE or STATE TAPATIoN.

u y IHNI UuIIIE 2 IIIIII-
school tax ....$I 25
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

Expenditure for the Judfri.-.
IN 1870, amounted 90
1871, amounted to......
1872, amounted 90 ..
1873, to Sept, i, amounted to
Total in these three years arI
six months ........
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-04-25

scale, int proximity to the farm. Ac-
cordingly we find the soil of New En-
gland, once proverbial for its sterility,
and often taken as a symbol of ex-
haustion from excessive tillage, almost
equal in fertility, in wide range of pro-
ducts, to the virgin lands of the West,
only lately rescued from the wilderness
of nature. Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and Rhode Island greatly exceed the
grain-growing States of the Mississippi
Valley in the per acre yield of wheat,
and realize, besides, much higher prices
per bushel.
Our farmers throughout the West
have pursued a scourging and exhaustive
system of agriculture. They have en-
tered upon lands heavily naanured 6y
nat,ve, and every year are extracting
the fertilizing constituents OF the soil,
in the shape of cereals, which are
shipped away to distant markets. Very
little is returned to the fields to repair
this waste of vegetative elements, and
the consequence is @ regularly diminish
ing yield per acre. Virtually our
farmers are selling, at cheap prices, the
manure of their lands, and are gradually
impoverishing themselves and their
farms. The fertility of New England If
advancing that of the West is decln-
ing.
The tabular statements we present are
worthy of serious consideration, par.
ticularly by our agricultural classes,
showing conclusively, as they do, that
diversified industry, remunerative prics IS
for farm products, and productivity OF
the soil, constitute society of CO.
operative agencies. There is an intimate
connection between the prices for cereals
and development of mining and manu-
featuring resources in the neighborhood
There is an idle factor of agricultural
resources in the coal beds which underly
so much of the surface of Iowa. There
is a promise of rising quotations Of
grain in the whir and rattle of every
new factory which dots the Western
prairies. No truth is truer than this
that the tendency of land and labor tc
increase in value, and of farm produce
to ascend in price, is in proportion te
the diversifcation of industry. Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
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Our Personality i'm Dreams.

One remarkable thing as to the stuff
of our dreams is well worth u moments
consideration-and it is this: OF what
ever stuff we are ourselves made $50 far
as regards our moral constitution and
character, that Isl, of such stuff our
dreams will assuredly partake, i'll a very
great degree, whatever may be the forms
and phases-grotesqu and ridiculous,
or awful and solemn-under which they
occupy the mind in sleep. 1t has been
frequently asserted by writer's on this
subject that the dreamer is at one time
brave as lion, at another q mere pol
toon-at one time a knave, Mt another q
saint, etc, etc. But all such descrip-
tons are false aud baseless-the moral
individuality undergoes no change in
dreams. The coward neucr dreams that
he is valiant or the brave man that he
is q coward the sordid man has no gen.
erous emotions in the land of shadows,
nor does the free-handed, hospital man
become churl in his sleep. The dreams
of the miser will never be visions of
self-sacrifce and benevolence, nor those
of the base, mean, and impure, be q
whit more noble or elevated than the
acts of their waking hours. 1t is true
that in dreams we often acquire wealth,
honor, dignity, reputation, or power in
fact, we may, and it is likely enough
that we do, in our dreams realize, as it
were, in the course of our lives, all those
various longings and ambitions which
we are in the habit of picturing to our
selves in those waking myths and day
dreams in which all men, from the neces-
sites of their nature, indulge more or
less. But, throughout all these changes,
endless as they are, the moral individual
remains the same, and cannot, or will
not, undergo moral change. Again,
in dreams we never lose our personal
identity {; one man never dreams that he
is another man, or ten men, or twenty,
yet each and all of these will be none
other than himself, multiplied he knows
not how. From these considerations
and others which they have a tendency
to suggest, it would appear that we have
ourselves a part to play in furnishing
the stuff of our dreams. To what ex,
tent we are ourselves the creators of oul
dream-life may perhaps be shown in
subsequent chapters. -Leisure Hours.
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Women and Wine.

On last Thursday afternoon, q meeting
composed of some twenty members of
the order of the Sons of Temperance, of
both sexes, was held Mt the residence of
Parson Reese. The object of the meet
ing was made known to the outside world
by deputstion of about fifteen of the
weaker persuasion, who marched two
abreast with becoming regularity, as re-
garded their "dress up, visiting the
city drug store, the drug palace and the
drug store of DIR. Jennings, where the
following "note of warning" was read
to the several establishments-with the
exception of DIR. Jennings. The doctor
was not at home, but an accommodating
opening under the door Of his store ad-
mitted the document, which he no doubt
perused without spectacles on his return.
Here is the note as it came into our pos
session
"You are hereby warned that your
nefarious whisky traffic, under drug
license, behind which you are deceitfully
crouching, is working moral and physi-
cal ruin among our youth and citizens
in which you are violating every princi-
pie of moral honesty, the denial of which
will only add to your crimes that OF
falsehosd. That we feel ourselves and
families, the cause of morality and re-
ligion outraged that we will no longer
tolerate this slaughter of our people.
eve hereby ask you to quit this
business or put away from it all spirit.
nous liquors within ten days, which, il
You fail to do, we will put it out for you
By lawful measures. "-Mansfetd (W.)
Democrat.
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Beautiful Figure.

Two painters were employed to fres-
coe the walls of a magnificent cathe-
dral both stood on rude scaffolding
erected for that purpose, some eighty
feet from the floor. One of them was
so intent upon his work that he became
wholly absorbed, and in admiration
stood off from the picture, gazing at it
with delight. Forgetting where he was,
he moved backward slowly, surveying
critically the work of the pencil, until
he neared the verge of the platform on
which he stood. At this critical mo-
ment, his companion suddenly turned,
and. almost froze with terror, beheld
his imminent peril another instant and
the enthusiast would be precipitated
upon the pavement beneath if he spoke
to him it would be certain death-if he
held his breath, death was equally sure.
Suddenly he regained his presence of
mind, and, Selling q wet brush, flung it
against the wall, scattering the beauti-
full picture with unsightly blotches of
coloring The painter flew forward and
turned upon his friend with fierce i'm
precautions but startled at his CHASTITY
face, he listened to the recital of dan
ger, looked down suddenly over the
dread space below, and, with tears of
gratitude, blessed the hand that saved
him.
SO, said preacher, we sometimes get
absorbed in looking upon the pictures
of this world, and in contemplating
them, step backward, unconscious OF
our peril when the Almighty dashes
out the beautiful images, and we spring
forward to lament their distinction
into the outstretched arms of mercy
and are saved.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-04-25
Josiah Quincy on Newspapers and their
WOrE

To any one disposed to use some oon-
science in his reading, there comes this
perplexing question What ought do
about newspapers? To which inquiry,
Mt least this partial answer may be con-
fidently returned: You cannot do with
out them. Doubt any ones good sense
who speaks scornfully of newspapers.
There is much in them that is trifiing,
and, perhaps, demoralizing = but, in the
best of them, how much that is wise and
noble What wealth of enjoyment and
instruction they may bring to every
home where they are rightly selected
and rightly read have few choice
volumes on my shelves, among them an
Olivet Cicero and O folio Shakespeare !;
but l would save my newspaper scrap
books before either of them. 1 have no
volumes that contain 30 much sound
thought, good English, good sense and
important knowledge. If you ask for
wit, L will agree to match every jest and
sarcasm in "The School for Scandal"
with something from my scrap-book
quite as good in the way of epigram,
and flashed upon some mischief which
1t is important should be seen. Here
are full reports of lectures on history by
Tyndall. Here are Mills speeches in
Parliament, his free-trade letters to New
York admirers, and Mr.. Greeley's reply
to them. You will find capious extracts
giving the heart of the best modern
books, and intelligent summaries of the
systems they advocate. Here are occa-
sional sermons into which leadingAmeri-
can dlvlnes have put their most earnest
thought. Here arevigorous expressions
of the best political intelligence clipped
from the leaders of the best newspapers.
And, quite as important, here are little
crisp criticisms Of laundering political
work from indignant citizens whose daily
duty has brought them face to face with
absurdities of legislation. Take the
best newspapers by all means-as many
of them as you can afford-and then
take nine-tenths of their reading mat
ter for granted. Some of it is good for
nobody; much of it is good for some
body; but only small part is wanted
by you. But how precious are these
fragments, if wisely chosen If you are
interested in the investigation of any
political subject-and every American
citizen should have some study of this
sort-you will find in almost every news
paper an illustration of some aspect of
it. Remember it is better to subscribe
to first-class newspaper, that you may
read ut home with scissors in your
hand, than to glance over a score OF
them in public reading ROOM Almost
everything that it is good and useful to
know gets said or copied or suggested in
some column of our free press. Vener.
able absurdities are exposed by thinker,
of acknowledged ability and institu.
tons worth preserving are defended
against the assaults of the foolish. SO,
if newspapers may be put to noblest
uses, they may be 80 used as to ener.
vate, and even to generalize. Let us
love them wisely, but not too well.-
Old and Ne1U.
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Turpentine for Headache.

DR.. Warburton Begbie advocates the
use of turpentine in the severe headache
to which nervous and hysterical women
are subject. "There is, moreover, he
says, "another class OF sufferers from
the headache. and this is composed of
both sexes, which may be relieved by
turpentine. / refer to the frontal head
ache. which is most apt to occur after
prolonged mental effort, but may like.
wise be induced by unduly sustained
physical exertion-what may be styled
the headache of fatigued brain. A
cup of very strong tea often relieves
this form of headache, but this remedy
with not a few liz perilous, for, bringing
relief from pain, it may produce general
restlessness, and, worst of all, Danish
sleep" Turpentine is also highly rec
commended for external application in
sore throat, pleurisy and kindred COM
plants.
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Girls Should Learn Domestic Duties.

A mother has no right to bring up a
daughter without teaching her how to
keep house and if she has an intelli-
gent regard to her daughters happiness,
will not do it.
By knowing how to keep house, we do
not mean merely knowing how books
should be arranged on a center table,
and how to tell servants what is wanted
to be done. We mean how to get q
breakfast, dinner, supper; how to
make n bed ; how to sweep room how
to do the thousand and one different
things which are requisite to keep q
home in order and to make it pleasant.
y person who does not know how to
do thing well, does not know how to
have it done well. No number of SER
wants makes up for the want Of knowl-
edge in mistress.
A family employed girl to do gen.
eral Homework. She came just at
night, and the first thing assigned to
her to do was to wash the supper dishes.
She washed them in cold water, and
without soap
A gentleman sent home a roasting
piece of beef and quantity of cut por-
ter-house steaks! When he sat down to
dinner he learned that the new cook had
roasted the steaks!
Yet many boarding-school miss, at
the time of her marriage, might make
either of these mistakes.
Not one woman in thousand knows
how to make bread as good as it can be
made. And sour tempers, seedlings,
dyspepsia, with its indescribable horrors,
and even death itself, not unfrequently
result from bad cooking.
Mothers, whatever else you may teach
your daughters, do not neglect to instruct
them in all the mysteries of housekeep-
ing So shall you put them in the way
of good husbands and happy homes.
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There is volume of meaning in these
figures. They show that, in the latter
States, nearly three times as many per-
sons are engaged in agriculture, in pro-
portion to occupations, rs there are in
the former States. In one case only
about fifth of all are employed in the
production of food, while in the other
more than half are devoted to the same
pursuit. At the East, the growers of
breadstuffs and the producers of pro-
visions constitute less than one-fifth of
the consumers; but Mt the West these
classes represent very nearly 54B per
cent. of such consumers.
Let us now see what effect these differ
ent conditions have upon prices of agri-
cultural products. We compile the fol-
lowing tabular statement from the
Agricultural Report for 1871, that for
1872 not yet having been published.
For the several States named is given
the average price in each State for GER
tain representative growths of the soil
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Diversified Industry, Prices, Produc-
tiyitv.

The proportion which the number Of
persons in agriculture bears to the num-
Der in all occupations, in any State or
section of the country, is an unfailing
index to the prices of agricultural pro-
ducts in the vicinity Of the farm, and to
the productivity of the cultivated land
itself This important truth cannot be
too often or too deeply impressed upon
the minds of our Western farmers
Diversified industry is the key to home
market and local prosperity. To give
practical illustration to our proposition,
we have compiled the following compar-
alive tables. First we give an exhibit,
prepared from the census of 1870, show
ing the number of persons in all occu-
pations. the number in agriculture, and
the latter's percentage of the former, in
the States specified:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-04-25

This table, in conjunction with the
other two, is exceedingly suggestive and
instructive. 1t is whole commentary
on the traditional stability of the soil of
New England. There nature has been
literally subdued to the use of man.
John Adams, of Quincy, Mass, in n
letter written to Elkanah Watson in
1912, says: Full fifty-fvc years have
L observed, inquired, read, and tried ex-
periments to raise wheat in New En-
gland. The result is total despair. >"
But persistent, intelligent effort con-
quered the difficulty, so that in 1871 the
per acre production of wheat in Massa-
chusetts largely exceeded that of the
virgin soil in Iowa and Kansas. It is
especially noteworthy in this connection
that the diversification of employments
has been signally operative in New En-
gland since 1912, the comprehensive sys-
TEN of manufacturing industry, with it's
wide division of labor, which now dis
tinguishes and prospers that section,
having had its rapidly expansive devel-
opment almost altogether within the
past sixty years. One important Sc
quence of the change from foreign COM
merce to the reproductive arts has been
a steadily increasing productivity of the
soil throughout New England, since the
improvement of land through the rota-
ton of crops and bestowment of more
labor is certain result of bringing
manufacturing industry, on an extensive
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FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Country Children

Country Chtldren.
Little fresh violets,
Born In tho wild wood.
Sweetly illustrating
Innocent childhood;
Shy ~ the antelope
Brown ~ . berry
Free ~ tina mountain air,
Rompins and merry.
Blue eyes and hazel eyes
Peep from the hedges,
Shaded by sun-bonnets,
Prayed at the edges,
Up in the apple troes,
Heedless OF danger,
Manhood in embryo
stares ut the stranger.
Out In the hilly patch,
Soaking the berries
Under the orchard trees,
Fassting on cherries;
Tramping the blossoms,
Down 'mong the grasses,
No voice to hinder them,
Dear lads and lasses.
No grim propriety-
No introduction
Free rs the birdlings
From city restriction
Coming the purest blood,
STRENGTHENING each muscle,
Downing health armor
Gainst hfo's coming hustle.
Dear little innocents!
Born in tho wild wood;
Oh, that all little ones
Had such a childhood!
Gods blue spread over them,
Gods garden beneath them;
No swester heritage
Could We bequsath them!
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CRITICS. PAY.

Critics on New York papers must have
a good thing of it, if the following, pub
lished in the Stage, be true:
1t may be of interest to our readers to
know what impartial criticism costs the
York theaters. We have, therefore, OBJ
tanned from the Collector of Internal
Revenue the salary lists of all the thea
tiers, and from this we learn that the
critics of the Times and World receive
the following sums regularly all the
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A eerale price per busheL.

In these two tables very remarkable
set of correspondence is to be found.
Those States in which the general prices
of farm products are highest are exactly
those in which the numbers of persons
in agriculture is smallest in proportion
to the numbers in all occupations. This
fact is quite as conspicuous in the States
West as it is in the States East. The
entire range of prices in Michigan is
much higher than the similar range is in
the same group of States; and there it
is that the percentage of persons in
agriculture is least of all the percentages
belonging to that group. Without
further pointing out the significance of
these tabular statements, We leave them
to the study of our farmers.
Next we give a comparative exhibit,
compiled from the Agricultural Report
for 1871, showing the average yield per
acre of hay and certain cereals, in the
States already specified
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garden with her night-gown on? How
stran &c the child looks. believe she
has been walking in her sleep.
Some time after Rosy told her NAM
ma about the queen of the morning
glories, but though mamma listeneda and
looked astonished, Rosy fancied that
she believed after all that she had been
only dreaming.
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The Herald and Tribune average one
third more. The Sun and Erentn9
Mail about one-half as much. The ques-
ton is whether this money goes into the
pocket of the critic or the proprietor OF
the newspaper.
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NAsHvrLLE's oldest inhabitant is much
interested in Bryant's Homer" be-
cause, rs he says, although he didn't
know Ajax personally, he was very well
acquainted with A. Jackson and voted
for him for President.