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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-01-15
L. j. JACKSON, Major General.
Gen. S. COOPER,
A diutant and TnSn Gen'l C. G A I
II ADOm'f Care If 4 Fake Another
One of E'EIeFa Thar Eurkeys.''

From the Denison (Texas) New Soulful
John Sis the chief engineer of a
six OK team that phys between Denison
and Red River county, and by a few is
vulgarly called bull-whacker. John
was in Denison Christmas day, and after
imbibing freely at our most fashionable
saloons, concluded that he would like to
eat something :and stepped into one of our
restaurants where an inviting dinner was
smoking on the table. John started in at
the front door with such speed IS to make
halt rather difficult land the conse-
quence was he took a seat at one Of the
tables in the rear of the room, upon
which was placed many delicacies that
were to be carried forward to other tables,
% occasion might require. Among other
goc d things to be found on this table was
a large nice baked turkey done To IA
tdrn, as it were-and John took the
carving knife and made a vigorous raid
upon it. The waiter knew that John
was in the wrong pew, and that he was
rak LILY throwing himself on the outside
Of delicious turkey that had been care
fully prepared for other epicures, but
What could the waiter do? John was a
strike out from the shoulder with
about the same result as Il kick from a
mule The waiter interviewed the pro-
prietor. The proprietor pulled aside a
green curtain, stepped to the front, and,
after surveying Johns huge form for
few moments, concluded that ther was no
use III making a fuss simply because a
man had seated himself at the wrong ia
bic. He stood aside, however, and 81
emily looked on as that turkey mbed to
the ravenous appetite of the gentleman
from Red River county He saw loaves
Of nice white bread accompanying that
turkey, while pies, cakes and jelly disap-
peared with fearful rapidly. As John
gave the turkey finishing touch, having
cleared the dish of the last vestige, the
landlord-who had been wondering all
this time where his profit would come in
for this dinner-grew courageous as we'll
as sarcastic, and sharply asked, SIS there
else, sir, that can help you to?
j ohn had never observed his presence I'M
til now, and was somewhat startled, but
his reply showed that he was equal to the
He raised his eyes and voice
and startled the proprietor by saying: 81
don't care if you give me another one of
them thar turkeys" The restaurant man
congratulated himself that he got rid of
his customer without further raid on his
culinary department, and without diff
Guilty, but he wants it distinctly under
stood that he would sell out below cost
rather than take the gentleman from Red
River county as q regular boarder
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Men may laugh with the woman who
sneer> wittily at goodness and right. but
they never respect her; they may loudly
applaud her spirit when che sets aside thr
little proprieties that should hedge around
a womun's words and action, but they de-
spse her in their hearts for So doing
Men have quite enough intercourse with
their own sex and when they seek q W0-
mans society they do not wish 90 hud o.
weak and ridiculous curcaure of them-
selves-even OF their better qualities.
Beauty is potent spell, but take care
that in being
1.-The queen % loveliuess thou 1rt 200 Ie-s
The queen ot modesty aud maiden QIa.e.H
or YOU may chance 10 find that "a palmer
face will have power 20 win the heart
you most c0vet Wit Is "a rare and pre-
cious gift, bat ii is very apt 10 become Be
ter, and make for is poso-sor more lue-
mics than friends or admirers. Polished
manners will soon cease 90 charm 81 they
are joined with q cold and selfish heart 5r
an empty brain. The most powerful us
well rs the most lasting charm which o.
woman can possess is womanliue-s uf
thought, word, and deed. 81 manner.
| looks, and voice
Cultivate every gift YOU may possess,
dear girls, but above ai. cultivate this,
your choicest gift, of womoniu"ss Let
no stain mar It's purity, uO shadow dim Boz
clear luster Strive 90 be such % woman
Browning describes when Dye says
"A woman like dev-dr1J she's sJ purer
than the pure-t
And her noble hrarts tha uob'rsr. les, and
her sure faiths th' -uresr;'
or in the quaint language OF Spenser.
"Thr hp3u OF bcautie -94rkiiug from above.
The flower rt virtue and pure cuH-t|Ue-
The blossom ot sweet jOy Hud perfect loves
The pearl ot peerless grace luJ moInIat
To her your Thoughts sou dtl.ir dedIclfef
To her your heart you uILh.Iic muTlFr.les
To her your love you lowlit du prl-iraies
To be-, your llfr yuu wholIl' -lar,uHy"
Do not imagine that this grace of wo-
manliness can be preserved without care.
Ii the stream of your actions and words
be clear aud limpil, the fountain from
which il flows will De sweet and pure hut
let the fountain become turbid and tho
stream will soon betruy It's impurity. TO
be womanly outwardly you must Doe WOO
manly within. III envy and hatred il
your heart, your manner can not long be
sweet and gentle II your standard of
thought and principle becomes lowered,
rou can not long conceal the change.
Watch yourself closely, guard che outei
wards with care and prayer if you would
preserve sacred the inner sanctuary of
'our heart
II is the womanly women who are $50
enderly reverenced on earth, or lovingly
nOurned and missed when, ''liie's hIul
ever DER, they rest IN peace. The
mothers whose life and memory are Gods
Instruments for the salvation of their
ons, the "believing wives who sancaly
he unbeieying husbands the sisters
lhose influence has power go win broth
r from his evil ways or strengthen him
n the path of right the thousands 81
'omen who have been TO men guardian
nges in very truth, all belonged 90 the
lass Of womanly women lFrom Janu-
nv "Homeand School, Louisville. Ky.)
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ATousIl Ola Couple.

.Natamoras pa Correspondence of HE
Ne,o York Sun.
The toughest man in America lives two
miles below this place. His name is II.
A. Rose He is over IS years Old With.
in the last ten years he has bad both legs
broken, his skull smashed his hip disIocu-
ted, "a shoulder-bado and three ribs iruc-
tured, AN arm broken, and histeeth knocked
out, all by runaway accidents. He
always drives young and spirited house
before "A wagon over 40 years Old His
harness is patched up and tied together
with ropes and strings. After every one
Of his accidents he has insisted ON getting
around before the broken bones were prop
erIy set. The consequence Is that his
limbs are crooked and not to be relied on.
He is Obliged 10 attend to his work ou
crutches, but still drives fractions young
horses to his dilaPidated wagon. Tho
horse that will not rear and plunge ut
the sight Of the cars is too tame for him,
and he exchanges il for another
Mr. Rose has "a wife as tough as him
self She is almost old as he, and has
been more rr less crippled for years, but
has attended to her household duties with
the aid Of canes and crutches She re-
Gently fell and broke her arm, but she
did not think it worth mentioning, and
went about her work as usual.
Old Mr.. Rose is one Of the wealthiest
men in the Delaware Valley. Together
with his son and two grandsons he owns
two miles Of rich fat along the river, and
as far back as the mountain. lie says
he thinks he will reach a hundred years
if the next horse that runs away with him
does not break his neck Nothing short
Of that, he thinks, will kin him.
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PUMPKINS FOR Cows From 4 peck
of seed dropped and cov-fss in''i,- gr-
of corn field, dairy OF zine COW. has
been kept up to summer milking, and
the quality of the butter is super-excel-
lent; and six heifer calves raised from
the above are fat as moles. The cows are
fatter, too, than majority of the cattle
slaughtered. These COWS have been
making about six pounds of butter per
week, besides supplying new milk and
cream for gentleman's house with six
teen inmates. The pumpkins are chop
ped up in the managers with spade,
morning, noon and might, about half a
b1shel each fine, when cut into pieces.
They eat while being MIXED morning
and night, and they come to the yard
and 90 into the stable for half an hour
at noon Beets, carrots and some other
roots and small ears of corn viii follow,
so as to keep up the milk during the win
teri Correspondent of Country Gentle
man.
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Influence of Females.

1t is better for you to pass an evening
once or twice a week in a lady's drawing
room, even though the conversation Is
slow, and You know the girls song by
heart, than in a club, "A tavern, or the pit
of theatre. All amusement of youth to
which virtuous women are not admitted,
rely on it, are deleterious in their nature.
All men who avoid female society have
dull perceptions and are stupid, or have
gross tastes, and revolt against what is
pure. Your club swaggerers, who are
sucking the butts of billiard cues ali
night, call female society insipid. Poetry
is uninspring to yokel; beauty has no
charms for blind man; music does not
please a poor beast who does not now
one tune from anOthe; but as a true cpl
cure is hardly ever tired of water, sancey,
and brown bread and butter; | protest
can sit for whole night talking to a well
regulated, kindly woman, about her girl
Fanny, or her boy Frank, and like the
evenings entertainment. One Of the
great benifits man may derive from wo-
mems society is that he is bound to be
respectful to her The habit is ofgreat good
e your moral men, deped upon it. Our
education makes Of rs the most .eminent-
ly selfish men in the world. We fight
for ourselves we push for ourselves, we
yawn for ourselves, we light our pipes and
say we won't 90 out, we prefer ourselve,
and our ease; and the greatest good that
comes to man from woman's society is,
that he has to thinkof somebody to whom
he is bound to be constantly attentive
aud respectful Thackeray.
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Tenderness: = sonncs.
BY va. J. DAVIS.

in mid-o.ean rose n rugged elf.
,as lashed It's feet in fury; storm and
wind
pared round its wrinkled head, hoarse,
cold. umkjnd.
iks of wi,d ,ea-bi~ds, fiying over. stiff
ni stark tel headioug down, their life
resigned.
B vapors role about its hoary height
murN} deusiJy. There suns giowered
pdr;
,aaoa nor stars came in the -ba owed
night
rex It's solitude In the far Il 2ht
time men came. and Wifhhu iron bail
Eann 'gain-J his crag Gid laundering
ring.
berock lis lainful stood Atlas a flower,
asphodel, waii on a zephAr'> wtpg.
puchel il la love. II grenausri &" ,ove's
power.
'tolelny Hephestiou, il his geography
Ahe worid, tells Of rock in the ocean,
R"us ID his Hay, which, shaped like "a
E inverted cone and resting on mar
iouudation, resisted the violence Of
DIS and waves an AL human efforts to
Troy its equilibrium, hnt was shaken
Is center 'gH H lis surface was touched
the hide hover called aSphodel -
pm December Home and School, .
uisVile. XIV
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a EshyHnin2 ts oman.

They have got a woman in Toledo who
BIT speak without rhyming. In all her
lversation about the house, even in her
ers to her servant-girls, she uses poet
as the vehicle OF her orders. The
\ ming mania seized her after a severe
bf sickness, and now she can not get
Of it. OF the desperate character Of
disease which AFFECTS her, the follow
/ delivered at public meeting, is a fair
lple
Who helped this woman, she, pray
Who speaks To you to-day a?
1t WAS only a short time ago
She was very law.
When flew the snow,
Given 10 by physicians Of to day,
Str couldn't live, they say.
While strong in heath
Aud prospecting in wealth,
NUu are here to-day.
In The morning You NAV be in the clay.
W iere will you be tomorrow
We shall see
Where in one hour.
II your disposition is sour,
Where will YOU be?
will not be remarkable if those who
E to listen habitually to this sort Of
are in the clay" before long.
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& TURNER'S hBuGy.

In an address by c. G. Langdon at the
lleox County (Ala.) Fair We find the
loving " | recently saw it stated in
etter to Northern paper, written by a
iorthern man IN Alabama, that. of the
'literS OF the State, there was not one
I hundred who ever read newspaper.
lW, Is this true, or is it false? All,
friends, | fear it is but too true. /
pW that this class of people delight in
ser'ng at the South that they have
ltten many infamous falsehoods or The
rpose OF injuriug our people. But
Fehood is generally harmless and we
stand it. The truth it is that hurts.
futs to the quick. Ii this statement
''rue, or approaches truth, what fear
SUBJECT for contemplation 1t is the
'at evil OF the times, and must be rem
ed. oh, what a field for missionary
por Is here-right here, at our own
prs
Every farmer in the South should take
read regularly, one good political
"Spaper, and one tifst-class agricultu-
paper or magazine. 1t will cost him
more than five dollars year, and
'fe Is not man who tills the soil, even
ough 1t be but cue acre, who cannot
G !, "a to pay that amount for papers that
\ furnish information worth to him, in
20, ten times that sum, besides furnish
Intellectual food to himself and chill
en-. There is not a man who does not
'o~ away, every year, in whisky, to-
eco, and other supertiuities, several
les that amount. 1t is useless for any
n who has the means to supporta fam
+ TO say as we often hear it said, that
cannot afford to take a newspaper.
might, with as much propriety, say
cannot afford to live, and voluntarily
down and die"
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Next to the inquiry What becomes
Of the pins? an interesting question would
be: " hat becomes OF the sons of success
full men? A few men and few firms are
in the hands of The founders; but these
are exceptions The old name and the
old trade generally pass into the hands
of others. ''Do you see that man SHOW
cling in coal? Well. his children, and
children like his, will jostle your pampered
sons aud rule this land" said an old New
Yorker, the other day. The old names
have ceased in the pulpit. The famed
men of the bar seldom have successors.
The eminent jurists carry their honors
with them to the grave. Merchant prin-
ces are obliterated. The reason is clear.
The fathers laid the basis Of business one
way and the sons build another. Men
who earned their fortunes by hard work
and diligence, and who knew sixteen
hours toll by personal attention, who
were their own bookkeepers, statesmen,
cashiers, and often porters, are followed
by sons who do as little as possible; who
delegate to Others all the work they can,
and who know more of the road than the
ledger. Famous hotel men we're gentle
men, men of intelligence, men who were
the equals of the best in the land, and
never sunk the gentlemen in their trade.
Young men, who fling the example of
their sires to the winds. find it easier to
squander valuable name, run through a
fortune quicker than it was earned, find
themselves, while young, at point from
which their fathers started. One thing
is quite marked in New York. It is the
fact that the heavy business is getting
into the hands of foreigners. The heavy
importers, the great bankers are foreign
ers, and much of the trade of value is
slipping out of the hands of Americans,
as the trade of England got into the pow
err Of the Lombards - New York Letter
TO Boston journal.
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New and old.

New little feet
Pattrr OH the floor;
Nea liz. be face-
Peep t4guag.i the door;
<,a i tie -otIs
Utv.. cu errd iHto life;
NV lite .u9ces
Sd * 10 ioHe "r strife;
Nea lite fingers
Tightly clasp oar o"hs
Nm HIli- tendrIi7
Round our hearts have grown
SuH the old voices
+ ho i'm ene'- ear,
And the Dad faces
Hai Owed are aud dear;
Sciil the old rleuds
VINO nave passed away,
Live in our affection
Love has no decay
And the Old words,
Spoken long ago,
Keep the heart tender,
Make the tears How.
TINS New and Old
MiBglC ~ ONE
Each la. its blessing;
And When life Is tone,
Old face, old friends
Will meet us again.
Treasur long buried
We shall regain
All thar i lovely,
All That Is true,
VIII live on forever.
The ola and HE New.
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and effect upon the enemy throughout the
long and bloody day that the Federal
army was driven from the field, routed,
into Chattanooga was Hood who won
/ the battle of Chickamauga-those who
saw him that day will never forget his
martial air and knightly bearing. Al
ways in the thickest of the fight, when it
was required to assure his men-his form
towering here, his handwriting there, he
seemed to be the incarnation of valor and
leadership. This action, standing fore
most, butnot alone in heroic life, called
forth all praise, and /. was promoted to
be Lieutenant General. In Virginia, he
had long before attracted the quick per-
eeption of jackson, and won the conf
dence and friendship of the great Lee.
We give the letters of General jackson,
Longstreet and Lee below, in full:
LETTER OF sToNEwALL JACKSON.
HEADQUARTERS AND DISTRICT,
Sept. 81, 1862.
General = [ respectfully recommend
taat Brig. Gen. j. b. Hood be promoted
tc the rank of a major general He was
Under my command during the engage
nlent along the Chickahominy, commend
ing on the 9th of June last, when he
rendered distinguished service. Though
not of my command in the recently hard
fought battle near Sharpsburg, Nd, vet
for portion Of the day | had occasion to
give directions respecting his operations,
and it gives me pleasure to say that his du-
ties were discharged with such ability
and zeal as to command my admiration.
| regard him as one of the most promis-
ing officers of the army. am, general,
your obedient servant.
I. j. JACKSON, Major General.
Gen. S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Insp. Gen'l c. S. A.
Let our people fortify themselves
against the animosities and jealousies
growing out Of the past, and condemn
with unreserved and wholesome censures
those who attempt to stir up the dregs in
the bitter cup we have Sc deeply drank
Of, and leave it to the calm and impair
Lial historian standing far down in the
aisle of Time to chronicle the deeds of !
the great leaders who held the armies of
the mightiest nation on the globe at bay
Tor four years, and often compassep their
overthrow. 4.
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- 49,
Items 3 Esssus Giae <sA~.

\ Scotch mother in Edinburgh paid
dollars postage to send her son, at
Paul. knit shirt which he could have
fchased for forty cents.
CoNsoLArIoy. -Housemaid: ''Pm
n 10 hear you've lost your uncle, Ma
NJ Yes, it was quite sud
P. But-ain't it real comfort, as l
that black dress instead of the green
! you wanted me to buy"
uIla Ward Howe says that ''there is
lhlng but dumb submission for the wo-
n' Ihere isn't, eh? She ought to
Hnder through this State and look up
Inc spllatered rollingpins and battered
iato-mashers. - Detroit Press.
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Key West, our great naval rendezvous,
is an island, four miles long and one and
a quarter broad, bounded on one side by
the Atlantic, and on the other three by
the Straits of Florida and the Gulf Of
Mexico 1t has a population Of 5000
souls. The houses are Of wood, with ca
pacious piazzas, shaded by cocoa and al
mond trees The harbOr is capacious,
where the largest ships can ride IN safety.
It is protected by fort, has barracks,
wharves. etc. Cuban refugees make up a
majority Of its inhabitants since the troub-
les between Spain and Cuba.
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A correspondent of the Waterloo OBJ
server tells a story of a man who went to
a new town In the West. When he ar
rived with his wife the town was building
q hotel. She being the first women there,
the town stopped work, gave three cheers,
and engaged her on the spot to mend
their clothes for two dollars day and
board.
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Imagine the modification of Jeiier-
sonville young lady to discover chat she
had been walking up the street with
playcard pinned to the back of her dress.
upon which was printed, - 600 children
wanted. p Inter Ocean.
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small plumber.

The Springfield Republican states that
after Acknowledgement Williams had ia
ken 81, 600 OF public money to pay 70 a
stylish carriage for his wife, he took $3.50
more to buy her pair of horses.
Plain people cali the taking of other
peoples money stealing but perhaps
such stealing does not constitute any rea-
son why the thief should not be appoint
ed chief justice of the United States
n ". Sun.
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DEATH ora FORMER MIssIssIPprAN.

DEATH OF A FORMER U4IsSISSIFPIAN.
We clip the following paragraph from
4 IateDumber of the Jefferson Tribune.
eve regret to hear OF the death Of ex-
Governor r. III. Runnels, which took
place at his home in Bowie county on
Christmas day. Governor Runnels was o
native AIississippian, and member 6fthat
family thar gave to his native State Gov
ernor and fnrnishedm prominent men
n the good old Gnse-bellnn days.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-28
STRUCK DUMB.
Remarkable Occurrence at Plea.
SAINT Ridge.

We ale called upon to chronicle a mos
remarkable oct urrenoe which took place ID
Salt Creek Wiley day bsfore yesterday
Mrs. Chapman, wife of Samuel Chapman,
Of Plessan. Riige, went into the pasture
adjoining the hoUse for tho purpose OF itch.
ing horse which she desired to drive to town
with. In less than half an hour she WIS
seen making her way back to the house wsv.
ing her arms above her head. and making all
sorts If lud:c-ou5 gestures. Her husband,
who was siandn, on the porch. thought il
WIS remarkably strange that his wife, ordi.
anrily SO staid AID digniisd, should be act
Ing so sirangel,, but took 10 further 10 ice
of her, supposing she was making fun of him.
Bn. wh,n she finally reached tie house, a
very serious matter was developed, and
all the strange ACTORS fully explained. The
woman bad by some unaccountable means
been sruck speeches., and has not, up to
last accounts, been able ID speak word or
make known The cause Of her misfortune.
Ii is the gener4l opinion that the spell was
either brought on by lit, or some terrible
fright VIII en- The woman received while in
the pasture, and the nature OF which her
ftiends have IS "; been unable to learn.