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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

TRUST CHILDREN. Never accuse a child
Of fault unless you are certain he commit
ted il. Children should not be treated with
suspicion. We should act toward them In
this matter as we feel we ought to act toward
Others, only with greater tenderness-not
less, as is usually done. We should always
put the best construction possible upon their
conduct that il, unless yOu are sure child
4 telling lie. and can prove it, do not show
the least hesitation in believing what he
saws. Far better that you should be deceiy-
than run the risk Of showing a truthful
child YOU do not trust in him. Your simple
trust may make lying child truthful. Your
doubt Of his truthfulness may make truth
full child liar. = rB
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

An Old Woman Turns the Tables
ON Two Disguised Robbers.
From the opelousas tLa.) Journal,

From the Opelousas (La.) Journal.
Down in the parish of ST. Martin an
old widow lady, whose children had all
married off and left her alone, had been
persuaded to sell her little place and live
with them. She sold her land, buildings
and improvements one day for two thou
sand dollars, and received the money in
cash on the spot, in her own house,
where the act of sale was passed before
two witnesses, the number required by
law, and who witnessed also the payment
of the money. In a short time she was
to give possession, but remained in the
house the night following the sale, all
alone, or with no masculine adult in
mates, as was her custom. That night
two negro burglars broke into the house
and demanded her money She gave it
to them, hut begged them to let her
have one hundred dollars of it, as she
owed that amount and wanted to pay the
debt, when she would be satisfied. They
finally consented to let her keep the hun
bred dollars. They then ordered her to
make some coffee for them to drink. In
doing SO she bethought herself of some
strychnine she had In the house, and
quietly dropped it in the pot of steaming
coffee, and placed it on the table with
cups, spoons and sugar, for them to pour
out and sweeten to their taste. This
they did, and drank it in q jolly mood,
each one having nine hundred and fifty
dollars In his pocket. But in few min
utes the tables were turned. One gave
up the ghost where he sat at the table in
his chair, and the other got up, staggered
off a few feet, and tumbled over into
eternity. The good old lady recovered
her money, and upon examining the per-
sons Of the black burglarious robbers,
they turned out to be the two witnesses 10
the act Of sale-both white men, black
ened for the occasion both her neigh
bors, and one was her cousin.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04
Indian Mounds i'm Florida.

A correspondent sends us the follow
ing account of some mounds of ancient
Indian origin, in Franklin county, North
western Florida:
I'm the vicinity of the town of Apa-
Iachicola, Florida, situated at the mouth
of the river of the same name, two In
dian mounds exist of ancient date. They
are supposed to mark the place of inter
ment for the dead of the Apalachee and
other tribes of Indians who roamed over
this section previous to its conquest by
Hernandez de Soto. One of these mounds
was exeavated to a considerable depth
recently, by a party in quest of trinkets
and hidden treasures. None of of these
were found, but a collection Of stone
hatchets, earthenware, pitchers and
vases, some moulded in antique shapes,
bits Of wool deliberately carved, and
other curious specimens of Indian uten-
sils were brought to the surface These
mounds of earth, reared perhaps centu-
ries ago, remain the only relics of the red
man, who once, unmolested, oh ased the
wild deer through these beautiful palm
forests, which now resound to the civil
izing AK of the white settler"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

The new ST. Patrick's Catholic Cathe-
dral, at Armagh, Ireland, is one of the
finest ecclesiastical edi6ces In that coun-
try. 1t has been nearly thirty years in
building, and cost about $3.50. 900, a very
large sum when the price of labor and
material there is considered.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

One summer day. 8 farmer 81 boy
Was hoolnF out the corn
And m0odily bad listened long
To hear the dinner horn.
The welcome blast was hfHrl nm
And down De dropped Dr. I..
But the good mau shouted Boo ...
Ny boy, he 0ut YOU'RE
Although hard ono was IAr I...
To use pioughman phr1..
And the boy, as Sailors have Ii
beginning we'll ~ "hafr
Il can. be- said. aud maunIlT
Again he SEIZED BITS hoe;
And the good man smiled t0 eco
The boy hoe out his row.
The lad the text remembered
Aud learned thc lesson We.|
That perseverance a. tHe cUI
At last will uobly tcIl
Take courage MAN. resolve VHH .I..
And strike "a Wig r0us blow
In LIFE vide field 0t varied $3.50.
Away shoe out your row.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

At picnic of railroad employees at
Hartford, lately, the men had three
legged race. The contestants entered in
couples, and had their two adjoining legs
together, so that the pair had one double
leg and two single legs to run with.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

The Poughkeepsie Eagle states that it
has been resolved to return to the old
methods of Furnishing refractory prison
ers in Sing Sing, by tying them up by
the thumbs or placing them in dark
coll
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

Two singular accidents recently hap
pened at nearly the same time in differ
ent parts of Paris. Two little girls, with
plate in their hands, running in the
street, fell; the plates were broken, and
the earthenware cut their carotid artery.
They bled to death in few minutes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

A reporter for Western paper, speaking
of a certain fair creature, remarked that
sfthe profl=iOn and color Of her hair would
lead one to look upon It as though it was
spun by the nimble fingers OF the easy hours,
as they gIided through the bright June
days, whose many sunny rays OF light had
been caught in the meshes, and were con-
tented to 20 no further This is better than
saving the girls hair was red.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

The actress known as Little Nell, re-
Gently applied for an injunction to stop q
New York theatrical manager from using
the ''nitro-glycerine and galvanic battery
sensation, which she claims is part of a
play of which she owns the copyright.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

John Van Dahm, Of Fort Wayne, says the
Cleveland Leader, was playing with pistol
in his house, the other day, when it went Off
and made an eyelet hole in his hip. II be
was named Jones he might be called a Jones
fool; II his name was smith lac might be
called a Smith fool; but unhappily his Is
another name.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

A Philadelphia lady is said to have
spent several weeks at one of the Sara
toga hotels, and when the time for de-
parture came it was discovered, to the
inexpressible horror of all the other
ladies, that she only had one trunk.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

A late novelty in feminine dress is q
ribbon two inches wide crossed on the
back like a gentleman's suspenders and
having the ends cut short and hanging
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04
Color in I1ae Array.

According to a statement made by the
Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Post, Secretary Belknap will assign
colored graduates of West Point exclu-
sively to commands in white regiments
The Secretary explains that the law
leaves no option; he is required to officer
colored regiments with white men, and
therefore, he must assign colored West
Pointers to duty i'll white regiments. If
the law really leaves no choice to the
Secretary but to place white officers in
command of colored regiments, then it
follows, of course, that the eolored off
GERS must 60 into white regiments, if as
signed to any regiment whatever. We
can only say that this law, which we can
not find in our compilation, does injustice
to both races, and will be unpopular with
both, and viii cause poor state OF dis
cipline in regiments thus differed by men
of color different from that of their com
mands. The blacks would ask why a
black man is not good enough to be otfi
Ger over them and in precisely the same
spirit of race feeling, white soldiers will
want to know why negroes are put above
them. The effect of the law will be to
stimulate prejudice, and both races have
reason to be offended at it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

1t is said that glycerine mixed with the
water in steam engine boilers prevents
the deposition of lime salts, and c0nse-
quently protect the boilers from incrusta-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

Josh Billings says: II have often been
told that the best way is TO take a bull by
the horns; but think, In many instances,
| should prefer the tail hold
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

A Western paper tells ua that o. lay1uta
hotel is to be kept this season at one of tle
watering places. "by the widow OF 1lr. H-
who died last summer, 0n "a new improved
plan.n
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

Theodore Hook once said to e. man aL
whose table publisher got very tipsy, "you
appear 20 have emptied your wine cellar iH-
% your bookseller
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

al chief Of police in Japan was dis
missed the force and bis estate confscated
for exfDrting fne of VI from eoolie.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

A Philadelphia lady had pet canary
bird which lived to the extraordinary age
of 10 years.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

Texas deceived 12O, 600 emigrants last
year, OF which number 80, 900 were from
Europe and the rest from other States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

Memphis i complaining that its citi-
gems spend So, 900, 900 away from home
every summer.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

Mobile, Ala, has just constructed her
first steamboat since the war.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

The largest farm in England is 5000
acres in extent
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-22
THE PUMPKIN.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

Oh greenly and fair in the lands of the sun,
The vines of the gourd and the rich melon rum
With broad leaves all greenness and blossoms all gold
Like that which DER Ninevehs prophet once grew,
While he waited to know that his warning was true,
And longed for the storm cloud and listened in vain
For the rush of the whirlwnd and red fire-rain.
On the banks of the Xenil the dark Spanish maiden
Comes up with the fruit of the tangled vine laden;
And the Creole of Cuba laughs out to behold
Through orange leaves shining the broad spheres of
Yet with dearer delight from his home in the North
On the fields of his harvest the Yankee looks forth
Where crnokneeks coilng and yellow fruit Shines
And the sun of September mets down on the vines.
All lon Thanksgiving Day. when from East and from
West
From North and from South come the pilgrim and
guest,
When the gray y-haired New Englander sees round his
board
The old broken links of affection restored
When the care wearied man seeks his mother once
more.
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled
before
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eyea
What calls back the past like the rich Pumpkin pef
Oh l-fuit loved of boyhooa !-the old davs recalling.
When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts
were falling
Glaring out through the dark with candle within J
When we laughed round the corn-heap, with hearts
all in tune
Telling tales of the fairy who travelled like steam,
In pumpkin-shel coach. with two rats for her team
Then thanks for the present ! sweeter better
Fer smoked from oven cireled platter
Falrel hands never wrought at the pastry more fine,
Brighter eyes never watchedo er its baking than thine
And the prayer with my mouth is too full to express
Swells my heart that thy shadow may never be less
That the days of thy lot NAV be heightened below
And the fame of thy worth like pumpkin-vine grow
And thy life be as sweet. and its last sunset sky
Goden-tinted and fair as thine own Pumpkin Pie!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-22
CO-PARTNERSH RUM
SELLERS PROPOSAL TO
THE DEVIL.

DEAR SRI have opened apart
ments, fitted up with all the cnticements
of luxury, for the sale of rum, brandy,
gin, wine, beer, and all their compounds.
Our objects, though different, can be
best attained by united action. | there
fore propose co-partnership. ALI |
want of men is their money. All else
shall be yours.
Bring me the industrious, the sober,
the respectable, and will return them
to you drunkards, paupers and beggars.
Bring me the child, and | will dash to
earth the dearest hopes Of the father
and mother. Bring me the father and
mother, and will plant discord between
them, and make them curse and re
proach to their children. Bring me the
young man, and | will ruin his charac-
ter, destroy his health, shorten his life,
and blot out the highest and purest
hopes of youth. Bring me the mechan-
ic or the laborer aud his own money!
the hard earned fruits of his toll shall
be made to plant poverty, vice and igno-
rance in his once happy home Bring
me the warm-hearted sailor, and will
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-22

People who live out in the country
don't paint their barns now they leave
them alone awhile, and the patent med
icine advertisers do it for them.
The market is very well supplied with
berries. The new worm that comes with
them this year is rather acid in flavor,
and not altogether unpleasant.-Daa-
bury Neaos.
There is bridge in Japan made en-
tirely Of bamboo. It is single span of
sixty feet, hundred feet above the wa
ter, and without railing. 1t sways in a
manner which tcrrifes nervous pedes
trians.
sis that clean butter?" said friend
the other day to farmer, who had
wagon full of butter. '.Guess it onght
to be-, replied the farmer-"it took the
old woman and three boys all night to
pick the hairs out on't.'
Cerebro-spinal meningitis is a tough
word. for telegraphers to get hold of on
the wires. A Sioux City lightning
jerker wrote it out ''Carabo Spencer's
Menagerie
A Troy gentleman and his wife went
home little earlier than they were ex-
pected to, the other night, and as they
were passing the parlor windows, the
half-smothered voice of their daughter
was heard, crying: Now don't, Char
lie; just see how you've mussed my
hair"
Scene, Drug Store. Enter
Frenchman.-'.I don't been pretty
we'll some dis two tree day, spose you
give me some isick. don't it %
Druggist-"Yes Sir. Will you have
salts or pills q
F.-s.Vat it cosht, dat salts ?''
Doh, ten cents
F.-s.How much it cosht, dat pills p
D.-"Same price"
F.-(After looking over his pocket
book and finding few pennies.) "Say
you don't got some of dose second
hand fisick pills, don't it?"
FIVE YEARS AFTER.
| did not love your yellow hair,
Or skin of fanny hue;
| never said your hand was fair,
Or that your eyes were blue.
l did not call your figure fine,
Or praise your tidy feet;
I Nor. when to song you did incline,
Declare your voice was sweet.
did not WOO as others WOO,
With vows both weak and rash
For every charm | saw in you
Was told in one word--Oash
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-22
enough in one place for the nuggets that
will surely enrich us.

enough in one place for the nuggets that
will surely enrich us.
We lack in that higher morality which
frowns down venality and elevates and
encourages purity of life, probity of con-
duct and a scrupulous regard for good
and honorable name.
We do not teach our children that
they must, nor how to. earn their own
living, and are too willing to commit
them to life of easy unscrupulousness,
depending on their skill as make-shifts
rather than their solid requirements as
men and women.
We roll about too much like stones
that gather no moss. enriching corpora
tions and speculating capitalists, and
defraudlng ourselves of the profits of
our own industry.
We are devotees of show rather than
substance. and pay homage to the glitter
of a success which is but robe cov-
ering filth. rottenness and corruption
social, commercial and political.
We build too many churches, and cul
tlvate the Christian virtues and spirit
too little
We have too many schools and too
few real teachers.
We are too undived in certain direc.
tions and not enough so in others.
We adhere too closely to what we
ought to depart from, and refuse to take
hold of that to which we ought to cling
In short, we are too much what we
ought not, and not enough what we
ought to be.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-22
WHAT CAUSES HARD TIMES.

Too many spend money, and too few
earn it.
Too much money is spent wastefully
and needlessly, and too little saved and
made productive and accumulative.
We buy too much abroad that we
ought to produce at home
We buy too much that we do not pay
for cash down-too much of what we
buy being what we do not actually
need.
We are too wasteful, know too little
how to economize, and have too little
disposition to do so.
We are too speculative, unscrupulous
and actually dishonest in our efforts to
make money.
Too many Of US prefer idleness to in
dustry, and too few of us know how to
work and derive pleasure and profit from
our labor.
We spend too much time learning
what is not useful, and too little inform
ing ourselves upon the best methods of
promoting our material prosperity.
We know too much of politics, spend
too mnch time and money as politicians,
and know too little about political econ
omy and the science of stable, econom-
ical, successful public policy.
Our actions are governed too much
by passion. prejudice and partisan feel
ing, and not enough by broad, intelli-
gent, liberal and patriotic conception of
the duties which American citizenship
involves.
We are too superficial aud impatient,
and lack the clear purpose and persist
ent, patient application necessary to
permanent success
We depend too much upon our sharp
ness and "cuteness, and readiness to
take advantage of circumstances. and
not enough upon earnest, honest labor.
| We talk and read too much, and
think and act too little.
We spread ourselves over too great
a surface, and thus fail to dig deep
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-22
HOW AN EDITOR WENT RATH-


There was a regatta at Geneva Lake,
Wis, on Monday last, and among the
Chicago spectators was Mr.. Charles Will
son, the esteemed editor and proprietor
of the Evening Jonrma. Mr.. Wilson
has long taken a practical interest in
the charming resort in question, and, as
may be inferred, was prepared to speci-
ally enjoy the festivities of the regatta.
He was standing upon the bridge wait
ing for the boats to start, when he was
somewhat rudely, though it appears un-
Intentionally, jostled by strapping
gentleman just at his elbow.
The latter individual, although totatl-
ly unknown to Mr.. Wilson, was really
almost as much of a character as the
editor himself. being no less distinguish
ed parsonage than ''Red Handed Mike"
noted bruiser in training near Geneva
Lake for forthcoming prize fight.
Annoyed at having been so carelessly
pushed. Mr.. Wilson turned a gaze of
scorn upon the unknown so marked and
severe as to stir at once the latter's dis
gust.
"Maybe you own this bridge" quoth
Michael of the nominally CORY palms.
"Well," sneered Mr.. Wilson, II prob
ably paid as much for the building of
this bridge as you or .any other man up
on il"
Perhaps you own the whole lake,
too ?" continued he of the sanguinary
paws.
II certainly have done more for its
improvement than a dozen like you, q
retorted the somewhat justly incensed
editor.
There was shade of sadness in the
voice of Red Handed Mike" as he re.
piled:
"Then you had better light over into
it and see how it is getting along" al
the same time laying his brawny fists
upon the astonished journalist and heav
ing him plump into the water.
Friends promptly jerked the involun
tary bather back to shore, where, hav
ing obtained dry suit and learning
that he had been ''chinning'' to a pro
fessional bruiser, he sensibly saw th'
magnitude of the joke and now enjoys {
mention of it as hugely as any one else
-Chicugo Times, Aag. 20.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-22
ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS

Finally, u great secret for acquiring
knowledge of strange peoples and under
standing their ways is contained in that
advice to "put yourself in their place"
We will find that, if we were in their
place, we would do just the same, or per-
haps would not have done so we'll as we
find them doing. and it will prevent us
forming very wrong impressions of
government or people. For instance,
when travelling in France, we were SUBJ
jected to some inconvenience by the po-
lice regulations, and were tempted to
think the French narrow-minded, sus-
picious timid people, until some one re-
minded the rest of the surveillance our
Government had felt itself constrained
to exercise on the line of Potomac, the
suspension of the habeas corpus, and the
Imprisonment of editors under our own
flag; and we were persuaded that France
was also excusable, filled as she was with
the adherents of three contending politi-
cal parties, and her territory in part oc-
cupied by a conqueror. When We notice
something apparently inconvenient, we
must wait and see what is the corre-
spending advantage. Thus, one may
dislike the brick and marble floors of
Italy. Let him wait till Summer. and
he will like them or let him reflect on
the immunity from confagrations which
is due to them, and then say if the adop-
tion of this flooring instead of wood Is
not cheap price to pay for safety.
During residence of thirty five years
in Florence, | knew not a single house
to have been burnt" This is what HI
ram Powers, the sculptor, testifes. In
like manner, Dickens was not very much
taken with the narrow streets and pecu-
liar build of Genoa the Superb, yet he
adds: 81 little thought that, IN one year,
would love the very stones of the streets
| of Genoa" When he reached Switzer-
land, on his return home, he was no
doubt pleased with the neatness of the
people, etc.. but still -. 1.-The beau
tiful italian manners, the sweet lam
guage. the quick recognition Of a pleas
ant look or cheerful word, the captiva-
ting expression Of a desire to oblige in
everything, are left behind the Alps.
Remembering them, 1 sighed for the
dirt again. the brick floors, bare walls, ,un-
plastered ceilings, and broken windows. .
Catholic World.