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The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
ALL FOR LOVE.
4 Young Uan takes his Dead UiJe's
Clothing IN has arms and Lies
Dotun and Dies.

From the Saginaw (Michigan) Enterprise
Frank Walkey, young man twent-
two years old, was found dead in his bed
at the residence of Mr.. Martin Cramer,
on Jefferson street, near johnson, yes
terday morning. The circumstances of
this death are peculiar. Walkey was a
barber by trade, and about three months
ago was working in this city. At that
time. he made an elopement with the
daughter of Mr. Cramer, a girl of six
teen. They went to Bangor, were mar
ried, and went to Toledo, where Walkey
secured work. Very soon, however, the
young wife sickened and died of diphthe-
ria, and Walkey brought the the body to
this city for burial. He has remained
here since, working in barbershop on Pot
ter street. 1t would seem that his wife's
death affected him greatly. He was low
spirited, and took at times to strong
drink. Whenever he did this his con-
slant talk was of his wife, and at numer-
Gus times he has acted in such a way as
to convince his acquaintances that his
mind was shattered About three weeks
ago. or soon after his wife's burial, he
attempted to commit suicide by cutting
his throat with a razor, but was discover
ed in time to prevent the cOnsummation
of his purpose. A week ago he started
from the shop at eleven o'clock at night,
went to the cemetery and brought back
quantity of earth from his wife's grave
He was constantly talking of meeting
my Rosa this being his wifes name.
When he was found dead yesterday he
was in bed, and in his arms were tightly
clasped dress, shawl, and numerous
other articles of woman's apparel, all of
which belonged to his wife. \ trunk
which had been hers was standing open
in the bedroom, as he left it when he
took out the clothing, and paper which
contained morphine was lying on the
floor 1t was plain enough, and sad
enough. Pressing close to his breast the
garment which had clothed the dead
girl-wife he sought forgetfulness in the
drug, and so faithful heart passed on
across the river
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From the Albany Argus.
'E'!ap Democratic Party.

Republican presses and Republican
partisans have, since the late Presidential
and State elections, been loud in their
expressions Of sympathy, at what they
choose to call the downfall of the Demo
cratic party.
That the party is still possessed Of Vi
tality, and is still very ''lively corpse"
elections held since the late general
election prove. Three city charter cleo
tions have since been held in this State
at Hudson, Watertown and Ogdens-
burg, all of which resulted very favorably
to the Democratic and Liberal nominees.
In The cities OF Hudson and Water
town, Democratic mayors are elected and
in both instances, succeed mayors elec-
ted by the Republican party and in the
strong Republican city Of Ogdensbu-g,
in the stronghold Of Republicanism in
st Lawrence county, the Republican
mayor is elected by the meagre majority
of four votes The city of Boston, III
Massachusetts,, too, strongly Republican
at the late election, now elects a Demo
cratic and Liberal mayor
The Democracy have but to keep up
and perfect their local organizations, and
bring out the reserve vote, not cast at
the late elections, in order to succeed in
the future Liberal Republicans, who
supported our State and national nomi-
nees, will cooperate with them heartily.
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Cour1>hip After Marriage.

There was much more than a mere
/ witticism in the remark Of the old batch
| elor who had paid attentions to a maiden
| lady for twenty years, visiting her regu-
| lariv every night. when rallied for not
| marrying: ''It | were married | should
have nobody to court, and no place to go
at night" He had deeply felt the con
trast between his own delicate and ethe-
real enioyments, and the hard, discon-
tented, tretted life of too many married
people: and his answer was irony. He
saw there was something in courtship
which too often exhales and expires after
marriage, leaving a cold, dull, monoto-
rnous burden where all was beauty and
buovancy before. Let us see what that
something is In courtship nothing is
taken for granted Both parties are put
on their good behavior Love keeps it
self fresh and active by constant express
sions in word and act. But, strange to
say, ,courtship usually ends with marriage.
Very soon both parties yield to the sense
of possession, and the feeling OF security
robs gallantry of motive and extracts the
poetry from the mind. The beautiful
attentions which were so pleasing before
marriage are too often forgotten after
ward the gifts cease, or come only with
the asking; the music dies out of the
voice, everything is taken for granted,
and the love that, like the silver jet of
the fountain, leaped to heaven, denied its
natural outlet, ceases to flow altogether.
Then come dull, heavy, hard days, with
two unhappinesses tied together and
wishing themselves apart, and not always
content with merely wishing. This is
unnatural and wrong. What married
life wants to give it new tone and sweet
ness is more of the manner as well as the
spirit of the counting time. Very much
Of the pleasure Of courtship comes from
the constant attentions of the parties to
each other. Their affection voices itself
in all possible ways. Every sentence is
edged with Il compliment and spoken in
tender tones. Every look is confession.
Every act is new word in the exhaust
less vocabulary of love. Kiss and caress
are parenthetic clauses and gestures in
the dialect of love, and gifts and sacrifi-
ces are the more emphatic expressions of
the spirit no language can fully articu!ate
and no devotion declare. And 1t Is the
fact that affection cOnfesses itself con-
tinualiy in look and word and act, ma
king the voice musical and the fingers
poetic in their touch and doing, that
makes experience so beautiful, the only
Eden many a woman ever has on earth.
Love must have expression or it will die.
1t can be kept forever beautiful and
blessed as at the first, by giving it con-
slant utterance in word and act. The
more it is allowed to flow out in delicate
attentions and noble service, the stronger
and more satisfying and more blessed it
will be- The house becomes home only
when love drops its heavenly mamma in it
fresh every day, and the true marriage
vow is made not once for all at the altar,
bat by loving words and helpful service
and delicate attentions to the end
Golden Age.
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party organizations. Noquestion will be
considered by this Congress of more I'M
portance than universal education. The
erroneous impressions OF former times
that knowledge was not essential to the
farmer is fast diving away. In the West
and in the South many Agricultural Col
leges have been established in the last
few years, and this body will see the i'm
portance Of fostering universal education,
not only as means of advancing the
farmers interest but as tending to
make the people familiar with all parts
and all interests OF our common coun-
try.
In all movements to advance the Ag-
ricultural and Manufacturing interests,
it has been too much our custom TO ig-
more our friends, the lawyers and physi-
clans, because they were not engaged
practically in either farming or manutac-
tures. This Is certainly wrong. Ou
viii bear witness that In every railroad
enterprise, every meeting te promote I'M
migration, and to establish home manu-
factures-your able lawyers have always
been in the lead, and by their zeal and
eIoquence contributing TO our success. =
In this movement we want all the intel
lect and energy of the whole people
We want the lawyers, the doctors, me-
chanics and farmers all pushing on the
car Of progress. We cannot aud must
not fail to add wealth and power to this
beautiful land Of ours The Press of
the South can and will bring into har-
monious action all the different interest
Of the land
Res. .ect.ully, T. j. HUDSON.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
From the Savannah News.
a AOuu. Lady Falls Dead ina n
Church Immediately After
BEING Confirmed.

On Christmas morning one Of the sad
dest and most appalling incidents oc-
Cured at Christ Church that has been
known in this city. The morning seryi-
I ces had been concluded, and the candi-
dates for confirmation, ten in number,
were invited 70 the altar. Of these was
Miss Lizzie Spencer, a most estimabIe
young lady, about sixteen years Of age,
daughter of Captain w. H. Spencer
who was occupying a seat in the middle
OF the gallery TO the right on entering the
church. She came downstairs and moved
up the aisles with the Others, her young
face revealing The deep seriousness which
her heart felt. She approached the altar
with the others, and was confirmed ac-
cording To the rites of the Church by
Right Rev. Bishop Beckwith. After
the confirmation ceremonies, Miss Spen-
Ger returned to her seat in the gallery,
and had scarcely taken it when her head
sank forward on the railing. Those in
the vicinity attached no significance to
this, imagining that it was merely an act
OF devotion, when suddenly the Young
lady sank from her seat and would have
fallen upon the floor, but for the prompt
pew she was sitting,) who caught her in
his arms. Three or four gentlemen i'm
mediately approached and assisted in
carrying her from the church. Consid-
cradle interest was Occasioned in the con-
gregatlon, whose attention was attracted
by the commotion in the gallery, but the
general inference was that the young la
dy, overcome by her feelings had tainted.
Alas such was not the case. The gen
tlemen who were tenderlv carving the
almost liteless form noticed on going
down the stairs that the gasps which now
and then shook the frame grew fainter
and fainter on reaching the vestibule
There life gave way, and the last rosy
breath
Went in that deep drawn sigh
\ conveyance was at once procured,
and the liteless form of the young lady
was taken to her fathers residence on
Liberty street.
The announcement of this sad and
melancholy ending of life Just dedica-
ted to the service of the Lord sent a thrill
of solemn grief through the congrega-
ton.
Bishop Beckwith alluded to this visi-
tation Of Providence in a most feeling
manner, and expressed the hope that all
present might be as fully prepared to
appear before their Maker, when sum
moned, as he believed the young lady
was, who but a few minutes before the
altar in the freshness and glory Of youth
His remarks touching the uncertainty of
life, as illustrated by this sad incident,
were very impressive, and were deeply
felt by the congregation.
But a few months since it was our
painful duty to record the death Of Mrs.
Spencer, mother of this young lady, who
died suddenly at her residence, of heart /
disease, while playing with her little
child. The death of her daughter was
produced by the same terrible disease. |
She has had the care of the little sister
since the decease of her mother, and was
the mainstay and comfort of her father
He was absent from the city on Wednes
day, attending to his duties as pilot,
when the summons Of this terrible affiic-
ton reached him.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
AhOMI EfrR IaIlIHs

After careful observation and consd-
cradle experience ! find that, for all
general purposes the light Brahmas are
the best fowls | have yet found.
First-They do not roam all ove, the
premises, which to those who value a
good garden is considerable Of an item -
My Brahmas never think Of crossing an
ordinary board fence.
Second-They are more reliable Law
ers, and lay larger eggs and more Of
them.
Third-Notwithstanding others testi-
mony, | find them to make good settlers
and most excellent mothers.
Fourth-Ihe young chickens mature
quickly, for those who raise spring chick
ems for the market, or table, l. great
consideration.
Fifth-When grown, one has as much
meat as two ordinary chickens.
| believe many Of the failures Of those
beginning to raise chickens are caused by
lack of knowledge of a few general
rules, and it may help some if give from
my experience a few:
l. Never set a hen in box above the
ground or floor of the chicken-house, II
possible, as the eggs dry 100 fast and lose
their vitality. If possible to set hens on
the ground you will have much better
success.
Never set more than fifteen eggs,
no matter how large the hen. Some sci
only ten or twelve, but under ordinary
fowls thirteen or fifteen will hatch ae
readily as a less number-though more
are waste.
3. Always be careful to mark the egg,
set with the date of setting, as other hens
often lay on the same nest with a setting
hen, and when the brood is ready to come
of, extra unmatched eggs are left in the
nest, which you cannot account for, and
do not know to dispose OF except by waste,
not knowing when they are laid.
4. Keep a memoranda of all hens set,
with dates when they should come off
that you may have coops and proper food
prepared for them. Also take the young
chicks from the hen as they dry, because
sometimes they may run over their time
little, or hatch earlier
5. Better let hens come off their nests
for short time for food and water, than
to cOnfine them and feed on the nest
Two boards nailed together at one end
with stats of lath across in the form of an
A, make an excellent coop.--Prarie
Farmer.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
From the Southern Farm and Home.
Rotation of Crops.

Mn. EDITOR You would be aston
ished to know how few Southern agricuI-
turists understand the benefits of Il rota-
tion Of crops, and yet in the whole econ
omy Of nature there Is no truer principle
than is involved in it. The growth Of
one crop prepares the soil for the pro-
duction of another by gathering plant
food suited to that particular crop A.
for instance, the production Of cotton, if
the leaves, stalks and seed be returned TO
the. land, more than sufficient supply of
potash is furnished TO the succeeding
crop of corn or wheat, while if successive
crops of corn or wheat were raised for
series Of years, the soluble potash of the
soil would become exhausted, and the
crops tall away almost TO nothing.
The essentials to a maintenance Of fer.
tility in the soil are phosphoric acid, nj.
trogen and humus, and these can be sup
piled in adequate quantities bya iudicious
rotation of cotton and the cereal crops
NEAR NASHVILLE, Dec, 1872
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16

VIOLENT TREMoRs CAUSED BY To
BACco.-The trembling, which is one OF
the usual symptoms of acute, is also a
common result of chronic, nicetism. A
very distinguished Partisan physician had
hands which shook so much that he could
not write. Whenever he remained with
out tobacco for any length of time, these
tremblings disappeared. Another case
mentioned by Blatin is noteworthy. A
man of forty-fve years consulted him re-
specting violent and numerous attacks of
vertigo. When he felt one of them ap-
preaching he was obliged to lie down
wherever he might be in order to avoid
falling. In the country where he had
plentyof exercise, they were less frequent
than in the town, where his occupation
was ssdentary. Cessation from tobacco
and a tonic regimen quickly restored
him. A physician of fifty-two was af-
fiicted with similar disagreeable symp-
toms, and was also cured by abstinence.
Habit had become so strong that he could
not resist at times the temptation to slight
indulgence. Finding that these returns
to tobacco were Immediately followed by
his old painful attachment he renounced
it forever.
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or policy. will have to be carried ont now,
however unfit the mass Of negroes in the
South NAV be Tor the exercise OF that as
sumed right or privilege. The evil
might be neutralized to some extent, and,
as We hope, To give peace 10 the South,
if the Federal Government would let the
several States have absolute control over
their own affairs, and in case of such
difficulty as that in Louisiana, TO leave
the solution Of it to local laws; If IT would
concede complete amnesty, so as to give
the most intelligent portion Of the com
munltv voice and influence in public
matters; if it would, in short, help to
restore the SouthcTners to office and
fr0wn down the carpet-baggers and scala
wags who make all the trouble. Such
corruption and anarchy rs exist now III
the South are not only injurious to that
section; not only check its progress and
material interests, and therefore prove
damaging to the business interests Of the
North, but they are infectious aud must
i'm the end demoralize the whole Repub-
lie It is, in fact, long step toward
Capitalization, despotism and military
rule II is the way in which all nations
have marched, the liberties and instltu-
tions Of which have been subverted or
overturned.
From the New York Evening Post
1t is vain to moralize on the causes Of
the present deplorabIe condition Of South
ern politics. The sudden and radical
changes il the social and political condi-
ton Of the South, consequent upon the
late war, would undoubtedly have had
similar effect anywhere, aud the adyen-
turous carFet-baggers have been merely
an aggravation Of the natural disorder
The restoration OF respect for local al-
thority depends greatly upon the resiora-
ton Of good morals in politics.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
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Tall Hen.

As a country becomes settled. and cs-
pecially in cities where great numbers OF
human beings are crowded into compare
lively IA small place, men degenerate IN
height, and the women are not only pro-
verbally shorter than in the country. but
they are less muscular. A there are
thought to be exceptions to all rules.
there are both tall gentlemen and ladies
in old cities. A majority of them, how
ever, if traced TO their birthplace, will be
found to have come from the country
Kentucky and Tennessee produce the
tallest men in this country young
boy taken from the city, whose parents
are below the usual height, and reared
in either Of those States, would probably
quite overtop any Of his family. The
material abounds in the grains and meats
of those splendid regions for developing
the bones
The Patagonians have long been celc-
brated for Deing the tallest race Of men
in existence. Magellan's associate, gives
their average statue at seven feet four
inches, Commodore Bvron's officers
seldom saw one below seven feet, and
some exceeded that measure At the
polar circles, especially north, the Esqui-
maux rarely towers above four feet and
a half to five feet. As whole the Eng
lish are finely developed, tall and oner-
getic. Americans are a compound Of all
nations on the globe, varying in size,
strength, height, weight, mental capaci-
ty, and energy according TO the predom-
nance Of blood from any particular
source. A milk diet, Of all food, is most
favorable for large, tall frame in early
life.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
From the Southern Cultivator.
Oats.

We trust our readers sowed largely of
oats in the early autumn; if any have not,
portion Of land should by all means be
apportioned to that crop. We have
made excellent crops with the brown rust
proof variety, sowE in February. In the
warmer portions of the Gulf States, say
below 81 deg. latitude, it is said that the
early part Of January is the best time to
sow late oats. In this region latitude
33 deg. elevation above the sea between
500 and 900 feet-from the middle OF
February to the first of March, j. regard
ed as the best for the spring sowings
1t is greatly to be hoped, that the prac-
tice of former years-to-wit, selecting
for the Oat crop land too poor to make
anything else, will be entirely Y abandoned.
The Dat crop should be the leading grain
crop OF the South and the best Of lands
devoted to it. Should the crop fail
there is an opportunity to make up for
the loss, by cultivating peas on the same
land after harvest.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
ARM AND no Me
From the Southern Farm and Home.


Mr. EDITOR II think have di-eov.
cred the secret of planting IRISH potatoes
IN our latitude. ! plant always under
straw, using plenty of it, and the uaaper
l cover the seed the more abundau the
yield. | plant al any time from now
until March. | break the potato land as
deep as | can, manure it well, no. too
heavily. with well-rotted stable manure
or cotton seed, open burrows four or five
inches deep, two feet apart. fill the fur
rows nearly full of cotton seed. and then
plant the sets on the manure. cut side
down, about ten inches or or foot apart.
l cut my seed a week or ten days before
planting. When the sets are planted
the furrows should he covered with earth.
forming a ridge over the seed, and then
| cover the whole with straw OF any kind
pine straw is rs good as any-and as
deeply as | can afford The advantage
Of this mode of culture i that the straw
is beaten down by the rain, moisture Is
kept up near the soil, the temperature Is
even, the potato Is kept cool, and il thus
acquires that drv, mealv quality, which
is so desirable Ne matter how deeply
you NAV strew the straw be sure that the
tops will make their way through il in
search Of light, and the potatoes will
form and mature as high as the moisture
reaches.
Another great advantage of this mode
of culture is that there Is no need for any
further labor no blowing, hoeing or
cultivating. All that is TO be done after
planting is gathering the crop, which |
have always found 10 be more abundant
and Of better quality in this way than in
any other.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
The Age of Public NIem.
From the New York Times

Mr. Greeley was much younger than
many men whose names are associated
with his own in American political history,
or who have been on the stage of public
life during the whole or a portion of his
career. Mr.. Seward lived to the age OF
II, and Mr.. Thurlow Weed still lives at
the age of 70. Mr. Webster was 20
when he died, and Henry Clay, to whom
Mr Greeley was devotedly attached, was
10. ''Old Ben Wade" enjoyed very fair
health at the age of r. Mr. Chase is 81,
and Mr.. Sumner is only Mr.. Greeleys
age. James Gordon Bennett was Il
when he died, and Martin Van Buren,
was so. The newly-elected Governor OF
New York is older than Mr.. Greeley by
thirteen years. five look too other coun-
tries, and turn to the men who have led
very active and hard-working lives, we
find the comparison equally striking.
Theirs is 10, Lord Brougham lived to the
age of 83-no doubt aU exceptional Mr..
Gladstone, 50, and his great opponent,
NJ. DIsraeli, is 81, six years Mr. Greeley
senior Palmerston lived to the age of IS,
and the present Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Robert Lowe, is only Mr. Greeley
age, and is expected to do a great deal
of hard night work, to say nothing of his
incessant attention to office duties during
the day.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16
The Human Eve.

Many tender and beautiful things have
been said Of the eyes; yet how inferior to
the sweet things uttered by themselves ,
A full eve seems to have been esteemed
the most expressive. Such was the eye
that enchained the soul of Pericles. The
American writer, Halliburton, declares
that he would not give piece Of tobacco
for the nose, except to tell when a dinner
is good, nor farthing for the mouth, ex-
cept kennel for the tongue; but the eye,
study that, and you will read any man
heart as plain as book. If there is any
feature in which genius always shows it.
self, it is the eye, which has been aply
called the ''index of the soul"
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16

GOOD Men MAKE GOOD HORSES. -
A horse is never vicious or intractable
without direct cause. If horse is
restive or timoroGs, you may be sure that
these faults arise from defects in his edu-
cation. He has been treated either
awkwardly or brutally. Commence the
education of a horse at his birth accus-
tom him to the presence, voice and sight
of man; speak and act gently; caress
him, and do not startle him. All chas-
tisement or cruelty confuses the animal
and makes him wild. They are good
men who make good horses.
The weekly clarion., 1873-01-16

A HANDSOME young Yankee peddler
made love to q buxom widow of Pensyl-
vania, but accompanied has declaration
with an allusion to two impediments t0
their union. Name them, said the
widow =" The want Of means 10 set up
a retail store is one Of them, he replied.
They parted and he widow sent him am
pie means. When they met again thc
peddler had hired and stocked his store
and the smiling fair one begged to know
the other impediment. 4" / have wife
already, cried the peddler.