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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-11-27
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Six ladies' are candidates for clerksbin.
IN the next Iowa Legislature.
Mr.. Peter Burgetr, planter residing
below Memphis, was assassinated Tues.
day.
-Four thousand nine hundred and ak.
teen emIgrants arrived during the past
week. 20
The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks we
no panic.
Minnesota election returns are not all
IN yet, but careful estimates put Davis
republican, majority as not exceeding
The American consul, it is said was
very unexpectedly treated by the Snan.
1sh General for his efforts to avert the
Virginius massacre.
The Postmaster General has issued an
order reducing the registration fee ON do
nestle letters and packages from fifteen
10 eight cents, commencing on the 1st
January next.
Intelligence has been received of a Sc
rlOus CONNECT In Damascus, during which
an lndlgnity was offered TO the British
flag. The British consul demanded re-
paration, which was refused.
The Charleston 6. c. Chronicle, Off
clal journal of the State, official journal
OF the county, and official journal of the
city, recommends reputation as the only
means of self-preservation.
Gen. Merona would have blown M the
Nlrginius rather than surrender her 10
the Tornado, but Capt Fry satisfied him
and the others that the American fac
and registry amply protected them.
The Mobile Register says 4: "While
the amount of colored farm labor in the
South is decreasing yearly from natural
causes, perhaps there are other causes
that contribute much toward hurrving il
along the same road. Prominent among
these are the railroads Almost all the
heavy work on Southern railroads is done
by negroes, and some of the lighter work
is falling into their hands"
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To the Memory of Colonel TheO.
dOre O'Hara.
BY J. s. vAN DE aRAAl

BY J. 8. VAN DE GRAAFF.
Son Of the 'dark and bloody ground
Thou must not slumber there;
Tho sister States thy praises sound
Along the Southern air.
Kentucky g soil should be the grave
Thy native sod thy tomb;
The noble cause you sought to save
With thee is wrapt in gloom!
The Celtic breast was fired to arms,
Regardless of the cost;
A tyrant's acts awoke alarms:
The battle now lie lost!
Thou lent an ear to Honor's voice
True instinct of the brave!
And kindred hearts will now rejoice
To guard hero's grave!
The song you sing DER warriors dead,
The filter requiem be;
For freely. too, thou wouldst have bled,
And smiled at Fate's decree!
Thy gallant life has gone to God
"A soldiers sleep be thine!
Tho stiff the form and cold the clod.
Thy soul was e'er divine!
Then let thy sacred dust be laid
In Nalor's proudest spot;
And may thy Tyre so sweetly PLAYED
BY friends be ne'er forgot;
But tuned by some great m aster-hand
To strike one pensive lay,
And call thy spirit to the land
Made halIowed by thy clay!
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THE SEX.

Somebody says: "The woman who is
Indifferent to her looks is no woman"
Female rate-payers can now vote in
Australia.
The current value of woman in East
ern Africa is two COWS. At Niblo's it's
only two calves.
An elegant and conspicuous widow,
relict of an American General is attract
ing attention in Paris.
A San Francisco miss used up her par
asol on young man who winked at her.
He will probably keep shady hereafter.
Peter, don't sell them nice ounces
short of a dollar peck" were the dying
words of an Indiana woman.
A girl at Green Bay has made a bust
ness of taking the veil. She took two
hundred of them from a merchant at
once.
Miss Rye is still running her woman
express. A fresh instalment of 100 girls
has recently reached Montreal.
Female education finds a public advo-
cate in Madras, in the person of a Hindoo
lady named Miss Steerungambah.
Twenty-six devoted females of Rock
land, Me-, formed themselves into a suf-
frage association on Monday last.
Brooklyn enters for the fasting cham
pionship young woman who is alleged
to have abstained from food for eight
years.
Lydia Sherman is the only female now
quartered in the Connecticut State prison,
SO she can wear her hair as best suits her
convenience.
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fail by their devotion to self, to adorn
and beautify social life. They raise nc
hopes for the future, make no plans for
Others happiness. Neglect to cultivate
the law of kindness, and ignore the
gentler virtues of friendship and love-
They worship either the goddess of fash
ion and worldly pleasure, their daily
ministration are at their shrine. 1t
seems strange that lovely woman, who is
intended by all the graces given to her,
to lure man in the pathway the path
of truth, virtue and honor, should
so far forget her holy mission, as to spend
her life in such questions as these
What shall | wear? Is it the fashion
or others equally significant of her rul-
ing passion.
Do not, fair ladies, understand me as
aiming an anathema against the grace
full adjoining of the person, or In tine use
of those gentle hints which nature gives
to beautify and render charming wo-
man in life association. No, / would
however. have you discard that devotion
to eelf, that prevents YOU from assuming
the higher walks of life, which you were
destined TO pursue, by the fiat of Om-
impotence. Hear what Solomon says
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but the woman that feareth the Lord,
she shall be praised"
What is the blooming tincture Of the skin,
To peace of mind and harmony within;
What the bright sparkling of the finest
eye,
To the soft soothing of calm reply?
Can comeliness Of form, or shape or air,
With comeliness of words and deeds COM
pare,
No, those at first the unwarY heart may
gain,
But these, these only, can the heart retain"
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TIE MODERN MAIDEN.

/ fear thee modern maiden,
With thy lean and lengthy shape,
For know thy slim proportions
Are uiade OF wire and tape;
Yet surely there is something,
A-so 10 speak-per Sc
BUT what that something is remains
A mystery TO me.
Tight sloves pinch up thy little hands,
And boots thy feet distress:
Though small thy head, It's smaller made
By fashions last com press;
Thy skirt is drawn so snug by bands,
That thou canst scarcely walk;
Thy redinEote does fit SO close
| marvel thou canst talk.
Judge that thou hast bones and blood,
And flesh to keep thee warm,
But hidden are they now in that
Attenuated form.
How tlost thou shrink upon myself,
nd 80 diminish all,
That thou .houldst from massive maid
Become exceeding small
So. fear the, modern maiden,
With thy lean and grewsome shape,
And wonder how a walking-stick
SO closely thou canst ape. g4
Rut seeing thee thus lank and long,
And thinking on thy state,
grant, at once, in foOlishnesS
= Thou canst be very great.
New York Graphic.
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Absent-SIinded.

The Boston Traveller says that Sum
day in one of the churches OF that city
a steady church-going man became abb
sorbed in some train Of thought, not exc
actly suggested by the sermon, it BE- pre-
sumed, took a cigar from his pocket, put
it in his mouth, folded his arms, leaned
contemplatively back IN his seat, and
was only aroused from bis reverie Boy tbo
courtesy of friend, who happened to
sit near.
Another story is told by the Hartford
Courant 1t says that a gentleman OF
that city, who was riding in The smoking
car on a train from New York t0 New
Haven, noticed that a man sitting di-
rectly in front Of him gave the couduc-
tor a So bill % pay bis fare. Some
change was 10 be given back, but lho
conductor handed the passenger "a roll OF
bills, and passed on. The man who ro-
ceived the money appeared no less aston
ished than the Hartford gentleman, and
was about TO follow up tho conductor
and return the bills, when tho Hartford
man suggested 10 him 10 hold ON
a little while, and see what the ticket
puncher would do. When the train
stopped at Bridgeport the passenger said
he would step into the reireshmont room
a moment and would return, but did NOT
make his appearance again, having per-
haps forgotten, in ft Of absentmind-
edness, that no had the money This.
Of course, made the Hartford man feel o.
little queer, as he had stopped the fellow
from paying back the money, though
with the best intentions in the world
Very soon after the conductor and the
brakeman came through the car togeth-
or, and made a very careful search for
something, and it is probable that the con.
ductor still thinks he dropped the roll of
bills in that OF some other car, or chat
some rascal stole it. Instances Of alb
sence of mind rarely tako this form
among railroad cOnduclOrs
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InGnnfIclde.

From the Brookhaven Citizen.
A horrible crime was perpetrated by
a negro woman living few miles west Of
here last week. 1t appears that the wo-
man was left alone in house while her
negro attendant went to the field. Du-
ring the absence of the nurse, the woman
gave birth to a child she deliberately
threw this offspring of hers to a lot Of
hogs near the yard, by whom it was
nearly devoured before the return Of the
nurse. OF course it died.
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TEST OF A MARRIAGE LAVA suit
is about to be brought in Indiana to test
the question whether the statute forbiding
persons with visible mixture of negro
blood to marry white is or is not in
conflict with the civil rights law and re-
cent constitutional amendments. The
suit is in behalf of Edward Brown, Of
indianapolis, convicted last Spring Of
marrying a white woman, and sentenced
to FIVE years in the penitentiary. The
result will be looked for with interest, as
there are several other States in which a
similar law exists, and some in which it is
enforced.
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~-9o Sl
HE Vas.

London has 50, 900 homeless ones.
The explosion of bottle of tomatoes
came near killing a Maine lady.
Talleyrand's villa on the St. Johns
river, Fla, is for sale.
Sleghing has begun in Wisconsin. The
voters did big business at it.
St. Clair, Mich, has its mayor under
bonds for habitual inebriety,
A Brooklyn detective is no man at all
unless he can wear diamonds, drive fast
horses and keep wine in his cellar.
Only twenty thousand claims remain
unsettled before the Southern and Next
can claims com ission.
The oldest timber in the world is in the
ancient temples of Egypt. 1t is 1000
years old and is perfectly sound.
The New York Tribune finds that the
reports about the great dearth of employ
ment there have been greatly exaggerated.
A benevolent lady of Memphis has
adopted fifteen orphans so far. Outside
parties will stand a poor chance at this
rate.
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LOsT

The branches are waiting, wail'ng,
The winds are heavy and chill.
The shadows. aalliug aud sailing.
Go chasing over che bin
10, lul faint and fOrlOrn,
Maddencd and sore afIrighted.
Rushes like ore henlxhtrd.
Aud the masses Of clouds She croraaa.
To LEFT and 10 right she tosses.
With glimmering, golden horn.
Oh Heart thou art stricken and aIIIur.
watching aud waiting for MORN.
While the night Is 10 weufilV waning.
But useless Is Lliy mplaiulug,
Thy sorrow is unavNlug
To call back the UnrruruIng:
And foolish thy fond cnJpaV0r
To fan again Into burning
The cold aud desOlate ashes
To kindle again into flashes
A fire that has vanished forever
III. X. Warner, in Galaxy Tor Dec
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Sleep as a Medicine.

The cry for rest has always been louder
than the cry for food Not that be a moro
important but il is often harder 90 obtain.
The best rest comes from sound sleep. or
two men or two women, otherwise equal
the one who sleeps the best will De Che most
moral, healthy and efficient sleep will dn
much 10 cure irritabiity Of temper peel
vishness, uneasiness. IL will restore ta FiE
or an oyerworked brain. IL will build zap and
make strong "A weary body 10 Will cure "a
headache. II will cure the heartachc. To-
will cure a broken spirit. II will cure sYr.
row. Indeed we might make a long IIst of
nervous and other maladies that sleep will
cure. The cure Of sleeplcssncss requires h
clean, good bed, sufficient exercise % pro.
duce weariness pleasant occupation good
air, and not too warm a room, "a clear STONE
ach, clear conscience, and avoidance of
stimulants and narcotics. For those who
are overworked, baggarcd, nervous, who pa.-
sleepless nights, we commend the adoption
Of such habits as shall secure sleep, other.
wise, life will be short and what there BE- oI
it sadly imperfect.
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The Trials Of IN RaiIrOad Com
6uctOr.

From the Beauregard Herald.
On Sunday mornings train, which was
under the charge of Conductor Nc
Shane, there was an old lady who had
evidently ''seen a good deal of the
world" Mac called on her and said
"Your fare, madame"
81 know I'm fair" she said; "the man
on the Central told me the same"
Il want your ticket, said Mac.
81 gave it to the man on the Central, ;"
said she.
'But you only paid to Cantor you
must give me your ticket for New Or
leans"
The old lady dived down into her bas-
ket and brought forth a card. Mac held
it up to the light and gazed, while we
were peeping over his shoulder, upon the
following:
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BENEFIcENCE.-We have a,ways believed
in systematic giving; have always advocated
IL and it seems 10 Us the only just way ui
bestowing ones contribution And yet DO H
about the last transaction in which people
generally use system. One likes ~ be melted
into pity, 70 be touched by some sad uuIu
story 70 have his heart stirred by hungry
face; to see bare feet and immagine their
cold to look upon rags and cJutcmplate
their insufficiency then IL becomes such
pleasure TO give, such "A delight t0 wipe away
tears, such a happiness 10 smother shlver.
such a comfort 70 Danish rags-ah, then It iT
20 easy TO give, one feels so noble in himself
1t is then that ono feels 70 give is more
blessed than 10 receive. One sees smiles
cover wan faces hears songs replace lah-cn-
tations; knows that bare cupbOards are nuw
supplied that shelterless ones have h0meH
provided the fires burn on hearths long
ignorant Of ashes; and one says: 81 did aII
this, not boastingly, but 70 himseli-'l
have brought about this change 4 have
cared for the widow and the Gtherleas, bow
BEesssd is it TO be able 10 give" And alI day
long one has sunshine in bis heart because De-
has brought gladness 70 the heart of Others
because such good deeds have been pore
formed WOOd's Magazine.
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"Gentlmen," said an auctioneer, who
was selling a piece of land, "this lie the
most -deliuhtful land. 1t is the easiest
land to cultivate, it is light, 80 very
light. Mr.. Parker here will corrobOrate
my statement; he owns the next patch,
and he will tell you how easy it is work
ed" eyes, gentlemen" said Mr.. Par
ker, "it is very easy to work, but it is a
plaguey sight easier to gather the
crops."
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FEARFUL SUFFERING AMONG THE
FARMERS.

DEsMoINE ), IA, Nov. 23.-Reports
continue to come here of great suffering
among the homesteaders in Osceola
county. Twisted hay and seed-grass is
the only fuel that nine-tenths of the
people have, while their food and cloth
ing are insufficient for the necessities of
life Several women have died in child
birth from a want of proper food and
exposure to the cold. Many families are
leaving on foot, having sold their cattle
and horses to keep them alive. The
Homesteaders' Protective Association of
that county appeals earnestly for help at
once, or many must perish by starvation
and cold.
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A COIore ii Woman Being Elected
from "A Ladies' Car, Receivers
Damages.

WASHINGTON, Nov. lin the case
of Catharine Brown (colored) against the
Washington, Alexandria & Georgetown
Railroad Company, to recover damages
for personal injuries in being put out of
a ladies' car, the Supreme Court to-day
affirmed the judgment for plaintiff, hold
ing that the Court below had jurisdiction,
and that the action was properly sustained
against the company. This does nos-de-
eide the general question of the right of
railroad companies to make regulations
separating races in their cars IN the alb
sence of charter provisions prohibiting
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[Col. Theodore O'Hara, a KentuckTau by
birth, (Who has written one OF the finest
poems in the English lan9uage), died, and
was buried At Columbus, Ga SUBSEQUENT TO
the late civil war. The Legislature of his
native state has recently appropriated funds
tor his re-interment at Frankfort. Colonel
O'Hara was ut one time captain in the
United States army, and served on the Tex
as frontier under Gen. r. Z. Lee, then
lieutenant colonel of cavalry.I
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Wanted FRAZER"
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
At one of the hotels yesterday was a
family travelling West from Vermont
The wife was continually badgering the
husband for his method of doing this
and that, evidently supposing that every
body else was noticing his unaristoeratic
ways. At the table she passed him the
potatoes, and he took off a small noun
tain. and in three minutes held his plate
for more. She winked at him, but he
was determined, and he shouted !:
g Elizabeth Jones, you may wink and
blink all day, but I'm going to have some
more later or bust the bankl" He got
some.
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Extraordinary BarbnrIty Of the
SPanIards.

AsPINwALL, Nov. ia dispatch
from Kingston says it is rumored that
Ryan and Verona not dying easily aSpan-
sh officer thrust his sword through Ryan's
heart, and that the bloodthirsty mob sew
cred the heads from the bodies, placed
them on pixies, and marched through the
civ
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The Democrats of St. Louis held a
meeting and "resolved that we do not
consider it necessary to hold any public
demonstration over the recent elections.
Sensible.
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HO! For Cuba!

NORFOLK, Nov. 16.-The United
steamer Worcester, flag ship of the
North Atlantic squadron, has dropped
down from the navy yard to the naval
anchorage, off Town Point. She will
probably sail for Cuban waters early on
Tuesday.
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Tunica county gives Ames TAI, and
Alcorn, Democrat, IL. ''Hail Colum-
bia. = jackson Pilot.
Pearl county gives Ames one vote.
'.Hail Columbia. 81 Handsboro Dem
ocrat.
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An honest farmer, looking over q bin
found, "To lbs sugar. To 9 lbs ditto. '-
He went TO his wife and said "here ia d
pretty charge What on earth have you
done with 90 much ditf0P She declared .ho
never had any ditto IN che house in her Il1
So back the farmer posted % the store and
reported, and received an explanation. On
his return, his wife asked him it ho hna
learned what Il meant "4ol," he said "it
means that Pm q darned old fool, and you
are ditto"
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Gen. Sherman opposes going to war
with Spain about Cuba. He denounces
the Virginius passengers and officers as a
set of pirates, who met deserved fate,
and thinks it national folly for us TO
get excited over the matter.
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A young lady in Fond du Lac, while
out walking with her lover, was attacked
by a savage dog, who seized her by the
breast and tore it from her body. The
lover tainted with horror at the sight,
but the young lady, much mortified,
went for the dog with picket, remarking:
THAT ere cost me a dollar and half,
and want made for no dog to cha1 up.
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Il l. not until the flower hna fallen on
that the fruit begins 20 ripen. So in hl
Il IL when the romance ia pass that $40
practical usefulness beglna
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The Legislature of Alabama is in ses-
sion. The State Ia financially bankrupt.
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Chinese labor has not proved the sue
cess that was hoped for it in Louisiana.
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DOVER, N. H., Nov. Is. Hon. John
p. Hale, the original free-soiler, died at
8 o'clock this evening.
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E8- None others are authorized to solicit
Business for THE CLARION.
3. K. NILES, .--''-'.' DostoA
s. NJ PETTISGGLL Co.,. Boston
W w SHARPE & Coa..........New York City.
GEO. T. RowELL & Co., New YORK.
BATES & LOCKE, ......-.s.......-... New AoTK'
GRIFFIN & HOFFMAN Baltimore
Gov WErdERILL7k Cox.-..... Philadelphia
+ DIRaLE & Com. Louisville
NAsTz, MARcHASD & Co., Loulsvllle.
DEGoLYER s. RICHEN, ...........-.-.- Cincinnati.
THOMAS MCINTYRE. Orleans.
Remittances should be by registered letter,
money order, draft, or by express. When 9th
erWise. the Office cannot be responsible.
All business communications should be adj
Creased to Power j. Barksdale, jackson, Miss.
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Dessitu1iSn in the North-VVeSt.
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TO THE LADIES.

And now, fair women of Mississippi,
wish to address a few words to you, in
order to direct your attention especially to
the influence you can give in building up
some of the industries and social life con-
templated by
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And whilst rejecting upon something
that might say that would encourage
YOU to renewed efforts in giving eharac-
ter to home industries, l met with that
beautiful poetic waif that has been float
mo upon the sea of letters, entitled the
ssfThe Golden Side" and have concluded
TO. adopt the following stanzas, as giving
EXPRESSION to some thoughts that would
have YOUR hearts and minds imbued with !:
Tbare Il manv q rest on the road o. life,
Ii we only would stop to take it;
And many q tone from the better land,
If the auerulous heart would wake it.
To the sunny soul that Is full OF hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the wi11try storm prsvAiieth;
There il many gem in the path Of life.
Which we pass with an idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the ieweled crown,
Or the misers boarded treasure.
Better to weave IN the web of life
bright and golden filing,
And TO do God viii with ready heart,
And hands that are swift and willing
And how can you. weave in the web
of life bright and golden filing" unless
you make social life, by your influence,
enioyed by all who come within your cir
cIe-unless you contribute to the happi-
ness and pleasure of others unless You
give rest and enjoyment to those who
look to you for these blessings2 And
this you can do only By making sacrifices
for others. a wise man has said that,
g Life does not consist In the things ne
possess, but In the manner IN which they
are enjoyed. And whilst the true Wo-