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81. Aoni~ Horse and MuIe Market.

In order TO show purchasers (of whom
unfortunately there are too many when the
adaptation of our State to stock-raising is
considered, the price Of the above ami
mails in St. Louis, we have copied the
following from the Globe. The cost of
.he various qualities described can be ar
rived at by adding SO 90 as the cost OF
transportation from that city to Jackson
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A number Of railroad attorneys, rep
resenting the ST. Louis Il Alton, Ohio d
Mississippi, indianapolis Il St. Louis,
Toledo, Wabash q Western, and Illinois
& South Eastern roads are in council,
considering the legal measures to resist
the payment Of taxes on the assessment
made by the Board Of Equalization of
Illinois.
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The Pilot vehemently declares that it
is not the intention of the proposed
Union Press Association to attempt to
influence the action of the Legislature on
he proposed Judicial Printing bill. The
call certainly does not intimate such a
motive.
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THE VICKsBURGER.- are credi-
bly, informed that this new paper is grow
ing in public esteem and becoming q very
popular institution in Nicksburg It's
founders are enterprising, capable young
men, who are not apt to fail in anything
they undertake worthy of success, and
they will be sure not to embark in what
is not worthy. The paper is edited with
out high-sounaing rretension, but with
ability and force Mr. John Armstrong
one of the most successful newspaper
men in the State, has lately become con-
neeted with the management of the pa
per. Like his associates, he els native
and to the manor born"
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Georgia is going extensively into
"millsS ss a matter Of selfdefense, in-
vesting therein all its spare capital, 10
fact, having found that il was getting in
q box with agricaltura alons.
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BosToN, Feb. 21.-The Supreme Ju.
dicial Court decided that women can be
members Of the School Committee.
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Since the middle of December last
there has been an increase of 1856
Oranges, and the whole number is now
eleven thousand.
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Nv u &KB I'D E04S13 y II tAA0 404A0"AAsE StA
Ge1Iar from a. I. lsru,lz. Esq, President
81 the Mississippi Psess Association call
inz q meetiDg Of the body IN this city en-
Ihs 17th Of March for the objects therein
set ferth. -
BRANDON, Miss. Fen, q, 1874.
To the Members Of Ae Pres association
Of MississipPi.
GRsTIEMES:- Having read the recent
call made by the Radical editors If the
State. for a meeting al jackson, on the
18th of March. rs form s.UuIon News
Association" and believing it to be the
intention of a majority of the signers 10
that call, (who know that we cannot and
will not 90 into ar Association organized
in opposition to the one 70 which we al
ready belong to urge the Legislature,
now in session, 70 pass a law giving the
Governor or the Judges Of the Courts
the right to select a paper in each Judi
ciaI District, in which all executors, adj
ministrators, guardians, trustees, sheritfs,
tax-c0llectors and rangers are compelled
to publish their legal notices, and thus
build up Radical papers at the expense
of our already tax-ridden people.
/, as President Of the Press Assocla-
ton of Mississippi" and the solicitation
of other meinbers. cal a special meeting
of the members II our organization, at
Jackson, on TUESDAY, 4March Il, 1874, for
the purpose of protesting against any un-
just legislation in their favor. and oPpos-
ing any schemes they may devise for
robbing US of the legal advertising to
which we are entitled.
Our organization was formed ''irre-
spective of party predictions, but the
Radical editors Of the state refused 10
join us. They stiII have the privilege Of
meeting with us, and OF participating in
our deliberations. and if they are honest
in their expressions of Il desire to uniteall
parties in an Association for the pr0tec-
ton of our mutual interests. let them ac-
eept our invitation, instead Of attempting
to organize an opposition association, and
asking US to desert ours and join theirs.
Hoping to have the pleasure OF meet
ing every member of the Pres AssocIa-
ton of Mississippi" at the above time and
place, and defeating tue schemes Oi those
who would by law, compel our citizens 4
patronize men and papers they delest, |
remain, FraternaIly yours,
\ J. FRANTZ,
Prest. Press ssoc'n. OF Miss.
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AUGUSTA, February %. The Senate
voted fourteen % twelve, 10 abolish the
death penalty. Only four Senators were
absent.
The weekly clarion., 1874-02-26

Gen. Louis T. Wigfall ia among the
illustrious dead. He was man of IN
common esnius
The weekly clarion., 1874-02-26

The Conservative papers of Georgia
complain because the able bodied colOred
msn are leawing the State.
The weekly clarion., 1874-02-26

The Cuban insurgents again victorious
is the latest report
The weekly clarion., 1874-02-26

Popular Indignation at the Ad.
1"urnme"t of the H.egIsHaGure So
Attend the Mardi.ReveI fn New
Orleans.
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WEEKIY CLARYoN-Two dollars per year, and
N extra copy 10 getter up Of q CLUB of ten
mere. -,
In fulure paper viii be discontinued when
time expires.
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BRANDON, Miss Fen, 81, 1874.
To the Members Of 1e Pres association
The weekly clarion., 1874-02-26

We arS ii Feseipf II fhe following cir
calar from - r. Frarlz, Esq, President
81 the Mississippi PFees Association call
inr q meeting Of the body in this city en
he 17th Of. March for the objects therein
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LATEST NEWS


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RIVE OUT.v

rHURsDAY, FrBRuAnY 2e. 1874.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
Sowing Wild Rice.

In Minnesota the wild rice thriyes
best in lakes where the water Is from
two to three feet deep, and grows to an
average height Of four or four and n
half feet, ripening towards the middle
OF September. II is gathered by bend
ing the ears over the side Of the canoe
and wiping of the grain with sticks.
Then the grain, still in the hull, is
placed In kettles over brisk fire for
fifteen minutes and stirred rapidly to
prevent burning. When parched 1t is
thrown into blanket.lined holes aud
trodden out by foot, then winnowed.
(The same process, practically, Is fol-
lowed on the rice lakes in Canada, back
of Lake Ontario.)
The Indians esteem IL highly as food,
considering o bushel Of II equal for
nutritiye purposes 10 Ave or SIX bushels
OF wheat. They use II 10 thicken broth,
boil IL with pork like hominy, make
mush OF it, and bake II. During the
summer MI. Collins has used 1t as o
regular article OF diet, and esteems 1t
highly. Experiments made here with
the prepared mealshowed that the bread
or pudding was much darker in color
than that made from ordinary rice, re.
sembling that made from rye. II had
q peculiar but pleasant flavor. and was
abundant in gluten.
There have been made attempts TO
seed down TO wild rice lakes where 1t
had not grown. These succeeded best
when fall sowing was resorted TO. A
notable difficulty here was found In the
fact that in these lakes frequently was
found at bottom q large amount Of un-
rotted vegetation, which prevented the
seed from terminating and taking root.
Wild rice does not ripen equally, and
the heaps are very loose. Mr.. Collins,
who has interested himself in the mat.
ter, believes that by scientific and in.
telligent culture the heads will become
compact, and all the grain will ripen at
the same time. He also believes that
by selecting the grains from the lower
part OF the heads, where they are the
largest and best matured, much more
productive grain may be produced.
bushels 81 iTs to I'll Tie acre, while Southern
rice produces ffty bushels.
The enthusiastic experimentalist has
secured fifty bushels OF wild rice, which
he Intends to SOW in New York State.
He proposes preparing large field ac-
cording TO the Southern plan, sowing
the seed on dry ground, and flooding It
as occasion demands.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
Cleaning bis Chimney.

The Lancaster (Penn.) Examiner
says: Judge Pitman's chimney had
been foul for some time, and when he
mentioned the fact at tho drug store
Mr.. Squills said he could easily clean
it out by exploding q little powder in
the fireplace. The idea seemed to Pit.
man to be good one, and he bought
almost ten pounds OF powder in order
to do the work thoroughly at the flrst
blast. Some men were busy g1aveling
his roof that day, aud iustas the Judge
was about TO touch OF the charge q
workman named Snyder leaned over
the top OF the chimney to call to the
man below TO send up more tar. Then
the Judge LII tho hlow.mateh. The
view which met the eye Of Mr.. Snyder
rs hewent upwas atine ono, embracing,
as 1t did, Cape May, and Omaha, and
Constantinople, and Baltimore, and tho
Sandwich Islands, and when he got
enough OF drinking in the scenery be
came down into the river apparently
with the intention OF exploring the
bottom. When he was fshed out he
was glad TO learn that not only was tho
Judges chimney thoroughly clean, but
that IL would need about four cart.loads
of bricks to repair damages. After
this the Judge will clean his aues with
a brush tied to clUthes.prop.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
What 10 do for the Poor.

- ~ 49, = NNsN
Rev. John Hall, Of New York, in bis
suggestions on the poor and what 10 do
for them thii winter, baSs;. Two
things have to be thohght of-the pre-.
vention OF want and the supply oil II
when 1t Is inevitable. ofthese two the
former receives least attention, and
ought now TO- be looked d. Itia trte
that less employment will be given in
the city this winter, III oil probability,
than in prosperous years. But happily
there ID little or no special pressure in
the country districts. Take for example,
Western New York. II Would be q
great surprise to me to find any inabiI.
" among the well.to.do farmers OF that
rich and rising region to employ labor
II IL could be had on reasonable terms.
The same remark applies to much OF
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and illinois. But
we had ample evidence last winter that
{" hands" were SCARCE In the farming
counties Of this stat5 not that they
could not be sometimes obtained, but
that they would not accept work at the
prices farmers can afford to pay.
Anything, therefore, ia a benefit that
brings together the unemployed and
the farmers who require hands for jobs
and such work as arises during the win.
ter, and who, il they do not give large
money wages, give homes and mainte-
nance, and usually value obliging and
sensible men who will make themselves
useful, take no airs upon them, and
"haye nononsense.P A good man, out
Of employment in his regular business,
would surely be better In health, com
foit, and aelf-respect, in such situa.
tion than in seeking precarious living
from charity In 0 city Good sense
and good temper will enable almost any
man to be useful on q farm, and il is an
open question how far "the republic. y
Is bound TO provide for those who have
such openings and will not enter them.
On the other hand, the majority Of the
farmers Of this country, It appears TO
me, have more land than they have
hands TO work, and would often draw
larger return from ten acres adequate
ly worked than at the present rate from
fifteen. In fact there are large sections
OF the country where farming Ia going
ont, or going out Of American hands,
mainly because the occupants will not
work themselves, and cannot get others
to do 1t. They rush 10 overcrowded
cities, intend TO "live by their brains, I"
and desert one Of the safest and surest
forms Of industry in the country.
This, however, is by the way. An:
other gain would be made II Che work.
ing men could be persuaded to accept
the situation, take their share OF the
burdens Of the community in q manly
way, and, il they cannot have 81 q day,
work for So or 50 rather than go into
dependence on the commonwealth.
Here and there may be found cases OF
selashness but as o general thing
American employers are fair.minded
and anxious TO do their utmost for the
employed. 49, .sln1,I H57e
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
The Lockiaw.

A young man named Samuel Eich-
oltg died al his lodgings in Washington
from lockiaw. A short time ago he ran
a rusty nail into one OF his feet, the
wound giving him much pain Tor
several days. The pain ceased, and he
thought he had quite recovered. He
walked out into the garden adjoining
his lodgings, gathered some flowers,
and carried them 10 his house. While
on his way back he suddenly felt the
cords Of the back Of his neck commence
drawing his head backward, and he be-
came aware that his jaws were setting.
He remarked in o laughing way, but
too true, that he was getting the lock-
Jaw. His relatives made light OF the
remark, and supper was announced
shortly after but when Mr.. Eicholtz
tried 10 drink some tea from q saucer
he found he could not get the saucer
between his teeth, and even then II was
only thought he was suffering from the
effects OF cold. However, they at
length came TO the sad conclusion as to
the nature Of his disease, as his jaws
were set 10 open no more.
The nearest physician was sent for,
but the case was a hopeless one, rs
spasms had already set in, and they
continued more frequent and severe,
until they were incessant, when death
stepped in and relieved the poor man
from the most horrible suiferings, not
excepting hydrophobia, on earth. De:
..aa,aa MAS nniy thirty yanfa of nee and
had been married but few weeks.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
How Eels Live,

The eel season is now ut hand ; the
recent rains having started them IN the
Susouehanna and all the creeks ana
streams on their fall journey back 70
tide. water, and the consequence Is Snat
large numbers have been caught In dit
ferent parts OF the country within the
past iew days. The eel travels up
stream IN tho spring, and returns down
TO the salt waters in tho fall, always go.
inp in large schools. There are q great
many peculiarities connected with the
eel that but few people know Of. For
instance, there are some eight or ten
kinds oi them, Of which several never
enter into fresh water. Some OF the
varieties are, when full grown, ten or
twelve feet In length, weighing one
hundred pounds. The kind here, the
common fresh and salt water eel, IS
usually from twelve to twenty .iour
inches in length. Eels, Il has been
proven, have both sexes in one, and
spawn somewhat after the manner OF
other flsh. Like the turtle, they can
travel out Of the water for some dis.
tance, from stream TO stream, so that
in almost every riyulet, however small,
they can be found. The gills, or
breathing organs, are covered up " q
most delicate curtain, which acts like
valve and reservoir for water, SO 10
speak, to keep It's gills moist during the
time Il Is outoi the stream. II has a
heart in It's tail, the same as is known
to exist In the salmon, with pulsations
al about ninety.four to tho miuute.-
Ne,o York Paper.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
rhe Question Of YentllntIon.

The important subject Of ventilation
was thus treated by DR.. Ezra Hunt, Of
New Jersey, before the American
Public Health Association
Questions Of ventilation are not oil
above ground. Bad air stagnated in
the ground Is hurtful there In all that
constitutes salubrity by interfering with
normal and healthful affinities. Even
the rain, as IL passes through the at.
mosphere, becomes aerated and carries
with Il TO the soil more oxygen than air
itself, TO oxidize organic matter, II only
the spaces are not already filed with
stagnant water or foul air to 0 degree
that interieres. It Is believed that one
OF the causes Of the prevalence Of such
fevers as typhus and typhoid in the
winter is that the greater inner heat OF
houses causes the currents Of air from
the surrounding ground 10 set 10 them,
under the general law Of currents Us af.
fected by heat. II the soil air Is pol
luted by sewerage or only by the inter.
ruption OF those processes which nature
las instituted for purifying it, we are
Sharers in that uncontaminated air.
The fact OF water in the ground is more
apparent than that OF air, but still its
relations thereto are underrated in its
sanitary bearings. There Is o depth
varying with the soil and locality at
which the ground water is in general
intended TO fill up the space between
earth PARTICLES. But in several feet OF
the ground nearest TO the surface Il Is
intended that the soil should have both
air and water in circulation, Between
them and heat there ia d correlation
and conservation which are conducted
as wonderfully as scientifically below
ground as above il. This condition
when uninterrupted tends healthward,
but when suspended contaminates the
ground. The capacity Of the ground
Tor air is already shown, and by expel-
ling the dir from dried earth, or, in
other words, by pouring intoit water,
we, find It's capacity for water. Such
grounds as We arc familiar with will
thus take in 90 per cent. In volume Of
water, and even most marble will hold
4 per cent. And now in bold contrast
we must recur to the fact that q habita-
ton or city is an artificial construction,
which, In Its chiefeat characteristics,
interferes with all these natural condi-
tions Of ground. The ground when IL
evolves unhealthy decompositions also
evolves It's enormous vegetation TO dis
pose of them. The city does not pre-
vent the decomposition, but does away
with the natural process OF disposing |
.of II. The ground, which by rs trees
Of herbage shuts out sun heat, has It's
millions gof leaves TO absorb noxious
material, and even uses its woods and
Us herbage to regulate temperature.
The city has no such compensation.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
ANYBODY CAN DO IT.
d mind ReSdingn Ia Within the Reach
OF the .numhIsst eltiEen--IIow TO Ae-
eSAiptlth Az Il

More than three months ago a re-
porter, says the 81, Paul Press, spend
Ing the evening with a party Of young
ladies' and gentlemen, first saw the
aaths feat which Mr.. Brown, the mind
reader, performed upon bis fitst e2-
pertinent shown. A young lady Of the
party was blindiolded. One Of the
party then took small table mat and
carried II into ahother room, placing II
upon stand. Returning, the lady
biindfolded took with her left hand the
right hand Of the person who had
placed the mat in tile other toom, aud
she tlitsd hef Hight hand Tor few
minutes upon her companions fore
head. After standing in this position
for o very short time, the right hand
was removed from the forehead, and,
raising the left hand OF her companion,
still holding IL In her owp, 10 hpt fore
head, abe went directly through ihtri-
cate passage ways ID the very article.
Aftet this experiment the safie was
tepeated with other members of the
party, the articles each titre being dif-
fersnt and placed in place unknown
to the person blindfolded. The re-
porter was one OF the number who took
the character Of the "bltnd goddess"
for the pefiorntantc Of two expert.
ments. Alter being blihdiolded ard
the articles hiden, he begat 70 search
for 1t, going. directly 10 II at first, and
unconscious OF his relative position in
the house, and believing he was still
going forward in o straight line, he
suddenly came TO a pause, aud ex-
perienced the strangest feeling ho had
ever known in his life. II is hard TO
explain It, but IL was more like en-.
deayoring TO Ay, without knowing how
to begin-=a seeming effort to go up
after something. This sensation 10 ex.
planned by the fact that the article
secreted had been placed some distance
above his reach. Instead OF going
directly forward, as he had supposed,
he was told he had continued to walk
by the article without stopping, going
from IL for O short time, but immedi.
ately returning. The experience during
tho second experiment was much the
same. He is told that he passed the
article more than q dozen times, then
pausing before II. The article was
placed below his head. and he only re-
members feeling sensation similar 10
some one pressing gently on tho back
OF his head, and realized that his head
was pressed upon a book--tho article Of
which he was in search-sately de-
posted in the lap Of q young lady.
The only conditions necessary are
that the person who the then blind
folded person leads should keep tho
mind intently on the object and where
1t Is hidden. The "mind reader"
must as well keep his mind intent on
the fact that he searches for something.
The experiment is q decidedly amusing
one, which does admirably to while
away M evening. While the reporter
has never seen the other experiments
tried, he has NO doubt that they can be
reformed by almost any one as well as
by Mr.. Brown.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-30
Items Of Interest.

One bad thing about gOld-not hsv-
ing it, 1u4
"My Sunday evening mail" is what
she calls him in Detroit. Dit
Ladies' are not called "Mum" be-
cause they talk so little. 7
The cats left on Desolation Island
have increased rapidly, and are de-
scribed by the whalers as being large
and fs.Ce, with tails more bushy than
the domestic cat.
Il "a asserted ~ o well known chem.
ist that meat will net putFefy in COM
pressed air, and even whGo putreiaetlon
has begun IL may be arrested by plae'
ing the meat in compressed air.
The sensitive boy lives in Delaware,
He arose at midnight, footed 1t half a
mile and awoke o store clerk and pur'
chased fine comb. He didn't want to
have sny one hear him ask for 1t.
When you throw useless article
from q fifth.story window, see that no
one's head II likely to obstruct its pas
SAGE. That's what o man in Chicago
didn't do, and his doctors bill amount
ed to sl7.
II must be dry in Kansas, II y be
true, as q local paper says, that tno
suffering catfish lies stranded on the
blistering bottom OF his late happy
home, waving his tail in the CRISP
breezes as signal Of distress
There is in the Island Of Skye min
| lister Of one OF the parish churches who
occupies the pulpit which his father,
grandfather, aud great.grandtather
have filed In succession, and who is
training up a son to be his nuccessor'
The average female is Just now crazy
over hats. II she hasn't got a soft felt,
with rakish crown, and thieyish
looking brim, she is crazy to get one,
and II she has got one she is mad be-
cause she didn't get the other pattern.
Baggs got up too early one morning,
and began TO scold the servant girl.
His llttic six.year.old, who had been
iistenipr attautiyely during the CONVEX
sat;on broke Ia with, "Father, stop
scnldinp: YOU needn't think that James
your wife," '.
An old Frenchman, very rich, was
about 10 cut off his nephew "with q
shilIins" as q good.for.nothing ; but
upon learning that in the five years dur
| ing which they had not met the nephew
| had succeeded and grown very rich he
left "the dear boy" his whole fortune.