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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

Since the fan has come to be regarded
ASIAN almost indispensable adjunct to the
feminine toilet, a history Of its origin
NAV not prove uninteresting to the sex
who handle it so adroitly. The Chinese
say that Kan-si, the beautiful daughter
Of one of the mandarins, found the mask
which Celestial etiquette requires to be
worn in public by ladies very oppressive,
as the evening was warm, but her ingenui-
ty was equal to the occasion; She united
her mask and moved it so rapidly back
and forth before her face that it was
impossible to distinguish her features,
while her beauty was enhanced in the
ewes of all the beholders by the tantaliz
ing glimpses afforded by the coquettish
maneuvre. In a moment thousand
fair Celestials, approaching her courage
and coquetry, initiated her example, ant
a thousand masks were .put in motion
before a thousand pretty faces by a
thousand pretty hands. The ingenious
! Chinese caught the idea, and by the mex
Feast of Lanterns fans were substituted
for masks.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23
A Mad World,

From the American Israelite
The world is fairly under way to get
stark crazy. On the one hand pictures
and statues work miracles and derange
the brains OF ten thousands of people
otherwise in good health. Elsewhere
people run stark mad with Sabbath laws
probibitory laws against the sale Of whs
ky. God in the Constitutions, prosely-
thing an baptiz:ns, if possible. every
body and his wife. Again, in Other
places. they rattle in our ears civil rights
bills. social equality of the races, destruo
ton of the pualic schools to carry Out
an abstract idea, end people still claim
being sane and sound.
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'EEre Home of the AIHIOn~.

South Carolina papers stale that the
celebrated Richmond Hill plantation, on
the Waccamah river, III that state, is Of
fered for sale at the low price of 81, 200.
1t has seashore residence attached to It,,
and was worth over 500 per acre before
the war; the Atlanta Herald mentions
that it once changed hands at $3.50 per
acre. 1t is one Of the most princeiy
acre. states in the country, and possesses
ehistorical interest of having been tn
ancient home OF the Alstons and the
scene of THEoDosIA BURR's brilliant
reign 1t is a dismal proof Of the squalor
into which the old commonwealth has
fallen from its former splendor and glory,
that this fine historic estate, one Of the
largest and most fertile in all the South,
should be offered for the insignificant
price of 81, 200.-St. Louis Republic
can.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

From the New Albany Union.
NEW ALBANY, MISS, July 9th, 1874.
10 the Edjto, Of the Union.
BY reference to his letter in THE CLAIR
los Of recent date | find that the
Hon. Francis 4 Wolf would colonize the
negro. This gentleman was extremely
felicitous in selecting subject by which
to attain notorieJy. He, certainly, could
have no other intention than to attract
some attention. There are variety Of
subjects to which he might have devoted
his pen with less absurdity such as the
investigation OF the mental and other at
tributes Of flea or the moral phenom-
ena Of a bed-bug or Mr.. Pickwick,
from the archives Of his club, might
have furnished his insatiate quill with ed
IDLE food. Cololize the negro! You be
hanged ! e., during an election t might
be necessary to your success my dear
Major. Terrible Wolff who proposes to
drive a majority Of the citizens Of this
State into ii hog-pen. Wonderful sagac-
ity-who would have reached this solu-
ton by 50 short process. 1t is Maj.
Francis Wolf he, the dim scholar and
pretentious philosopher, Tippah's edible
son, has solved the veXed enigma Of how
to get rid Of his political opponents.
Does he think that such Il proposition
viii ingratiate him in the affection Of the
people Of Tippah County Does he seek
new lien on their prejudices ? 1t is an
insult to their intelligence, their sense OF
justice, to try that.
In local matters the negroes Of Tippah
County have been voting with her most
intelligent citizens. They are quietly
tilling the land Of her property-holders ;
have materially, assisted IN building up
Ripley By railroad, and are indirectly
paving the burden Of her taxes. Is
Mai. Wolff can't bear their presence.
When a man gets out Of joint with his
surroundings there Is a panacea-he can
90 west-mOvo out crawl in hole ana
pull it in after him-or he can suicide
and not be punished for it here. /
wouldn't commend the latter to the Mayor
as his light may be needed in other quar-
tiers of this globe. Let US alone, Maj
we are peaceable-let not the ghost OF
Civil Rights disturb your slumbers. A
majority OF our former owners are oui
friends, and wish us to remain as long as
we are good citizens.
White men who never owned a slave
sometimes get scared, as you are now
about Civil Rights. \ Southern gentle
man, after a little reflection, don't take
such things to heart We are their friends
we help to educate them, and they are
grateful to us rather than kick us out
they lend US helping hand.
You remember Major, when you came
10 nay blacksmith shop, away up in TIL
hills OF Union County, and you solicited
me to vote for you as State Senator iron
this district. | was moved by your ap
peal, and might have voted+ you II
had gone to the election.
But alas s.! how you have changed
Would colonize or cremate me now
Did your defeat put these woltish thought
IN your brain? 49,,
Ready our Bible, Major.-Learn liti
charitv-tor | am told YOU are, natural
well disposed visionary.
Respectfully,
JOHN PREwITT,
a Negro.
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Grant south Carolina.

The Winnsboro' O.. G. > News pub
fishes an account Of Judge r. j. Mack y's
interview with President Grant regard ug
affairs in the Palmetto state Grant
seemed very anxious to know why Nose,
had not been brought to justice, and all
through the conversation manifested 2
complete disgust with the Columbi ring.
He intimated that unless the so.cA.ed
Republicans of the state we're thoroughly
reformed this fall, he and his party would
drop them like hot potato and glve ,nem
cause to fear. 1t would seem from ibis
presidential hint that, in case Mos or
some other rascal be nominated by ,he
Radicals, the Conservatives, If wise IN
their generation, have a chance ofmaklng
flank movement under Grants auspices.
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CapI. spenrs Isemandod.

This gentleman is in jail again. lie
had arranged to 90 up on the fazoo river
Monday afternoon on the steamer Emma,
70 Give attention to some bushes on IBIS
farm. but was met on the boat by an ON
Ger with a warrant for his arrest. He
was taken in custody, and conducted
back tojail 1t appears Miss Saiile j.
Miller, sister of the late Robert ). Miller,
with whose murder Capt. Spears stands
charged, made afidaviti before Judge
Brown that she believed the prisoner was
wrongfully discharged by Judge Fisher,
and praying for his re-arrest. We I'M
derstand the counsel of Capt. Spears sent
a motion for another writ of hGbeas corpus
to one of the Supreme Judges at jackson
Yesterday. which will be heard from to-
-Vicksburger.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

COMPLIMENTS We have heard of
the lady of rare beauty who said upon a
certain occasion that the only real, disin-
terested compliment she ever received
was from a coal-heaver, who asked per-
mission to light his pipe in the cleaning
of her eyes.
Another compliment, true and genuine,
was paid by sailor who was sent by his
captain to carry a letter to the lady of his
love- The sailor, having delivered the
missive, stood gazing in silent admiration
upon the face of the lady, for she was
very beautiful
"WelI, my good man, she said, for
what do you wait? There Is no answer
to be returned
Lady" the sailor returned, with
humble Difference. :. would ike tc
know your name"
& Did you not see it on the letter"
Pardon, lady, never learned to read
Mine has been hard rough life.
'sAnd for what reason, my good man
would you know my name?"
Because" answer the old tar, looking
honestly up, . in storm at sea, witt
danger or death afore me, | would like t
call the name of the brightest thing Il
ever seen in life. There'd be sunshine il
it, even in the thick darkness"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

The worst use that man can make of
his time is to borrow trouble in any shape.
1t is quite bad enough to spend it in
tears and despair when it comes of Its own
irrepressible accord.
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THINGS TO TAKE.

Simple prescriptions aid III cooling The
blood. Lemonade, ice cold, made by
adding a cup Of lemon juice TO twice as
much water, sweatened to taste, is a good
corrective OF the blood. A drink made
by pouring boiling water on cream of tar
tar, allowing it to stand till cool, is excel
lent tebrifuge. The simplest and most
effective purifier of the blood is charcoal
in inpalpable powder \ teaspoonful
mixed either with water or honey, should
be taken on rising, followed at night by
any mild cathartic The charcoal alb.
serbs morbid matter from the stomach,
/ Just as it does from water or air, but If al
lowed to remain in the system, is no bet
ter than bali of poison. Charcoal Is
now a favorite remedy with eminent
physicians on the Continent, and there Is
! form of it in lOzenges mixed with su-
gar and gum, that is easily taken, for
acidity of the stomach, or for blood,
| This is sold by the name of ''pastilles du
Belloc," and is worth the whole race OF
blood purifiers and pills. | don 5E-elieve
/ in continually dosing, but the know ledge
of remedy like this often sages ont
/ from complicated disorders. To strength
en- feeble systems, there Is no tonic like
/ the cold bath with spoonful of ammo
MIA added to every gallon of water. L
is the next thing to a sea bath, hardening
the flesh, stimulating, strengthening, and
soothing at the same time. That fright
full scourge, prickly heat, and all crashes
and irritations of the skin are instantly
soothed by a wash of a quarter of al
ounce of glycerine to two ounces of ros'
water, to which fifteen drops of good car
boic acid is added. This heals mosquito
bites also This mixture is well shaken
and applied with sponge or cloth. let
ting it dry on. | have known patient
to Sleep after this lotion was used, whel
nothing else would soothe the raging o
prickly heat. This may be used on ba
bies. diluted with half an ounce more o
rose water.
1 | hope women all know enough t
leave thick corsets off this warm weather
and substitute linen waist or ventils
ting corset The present fashion
| loose redingotes favors the utmost CON
fort in the way of dress. In short, wea
linen next the skin, live chiefly on fruit
protect the head from the sun, use fr'
Quent and searching baths, and see
there is not a marked change in the se'
sons. or at least in your manner of beal
ing them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

Recent arrivals from South Carolina
state that Judge Mackey, of that state,
will endeavor to bring Governor Moses
for trial before the Circuit Court over
which he presides, on charges of conspir
acy, malfeasance, peculation and dishon
eSty.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23
KEEPING COOL.


iShiIley Dare in the Golden Age
There is an art in this as in most
/ things, whose discovery would make three
months of the year tolerable which are
now nearly as good as wasted. Many
people find the summer lost time, in
which they carry on a struggle for mere
existence with heat, lassitude, and incip-
/ lent disease. Children are fractions,
/ though it would never dc to say that
grown folks are so too, when the glass
marks IS degrees in the shade. Servants
are cross, and fail to get on with their
work, men find it hard to fix their minds
on business And mothers. What pen
shall tell what they endure through the
time of tribulation between j uly and Sep
TENDER! Their trials are only exceeded
by those of the babies.
Grown folks first, since their troubles
are more tangible than those of children,
and the remedy lies wholly in their own
hands to make short work of. Nobody
can be cool with from four to six or TWEEN
~ ounces of morbid matter In the veins,
raging in heart-beats, irritating the nerves,
and weakening the frame And nobody
can call himself in a healthy stale when
ing as when he went to sleep, or when the
breath is not sweet as a rose, and the
skin perfectly clear. One may be able
to do days work without positive dis
comfort, walk or 8 miles, and study to
suit himself, yet by these slight indica-
tons named the bodily economy is out of
order. Accompanying these are other
slight signs, more marked in their annoy
ance, headaches when one goes into the
sun, an irritable feeling of the skin with
out any breaking out" beyond rare
pimple, together with fullness in the
veins of the head after exertion. | be-
lieve in the old-fashioned cure for purify
ing the blood in spring as much as | do
in spring housekeeping. These symp
toms which together make up the sum of
discomfort, rise from impure blood, whose
removal would leave the body cool, and
strong enough TO resist the lassitude of
hot days. This one test, the breath, is
enough to determine the state of the sys-
tenn. In its highest state of health, the
human body, delicately cared for yields
an odor like that of flower, subtle yet
attractive
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

A newspaper correspondent says that
Senator Carl Schurz has determined not
to be candidate for reelection as United
States Senator from Missouri, and viii
become editor of a German newspaper IN
New Y rk.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

The following are the names of Che
officers of the Vicksburg and Nashville
r. r. company, elected July 7tb 1874
+. II. Little, President; w. j.. Tucker
Vice President; ID. b. Black, Secretary 4"
Treasurer; Martin q Bates Attys.-Mes.
Senger.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23

A LOVELY face is the more admired if
goodness shines through it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23
- -
rs That So?
atchaz Democrat

From the Natchez Democrat
An old planter whose residence Is III
this county, but who has planting inter
eSfs in Louisiana, says that worms were
never known to destroy the cotton crop
in any year when comet was Nislol'
He also says that the cotton worms were
never known to destroy the crop IN any
year when the grass worms were plenti1ul
and that he never knew the grass worms
to be more plentiful than this year.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23
ABOUT BATHING.

There Is an art in bathing, too. The
sponge bath of cool water, suffered to
partly dry before wiping, leaves the skin
cool, and if linen is worn as it should be,
next the body by those who suffer with
heat, the delicious GOODNESS will last for
hours. When the blood is heated, cold
baths are dangerous, and sponge bath
hot as can be borne leaves one cooler than
if dipped in ice-water. Try this when
you step from u railway journey, covered
with dust, and feeling as if the blood
boiled in the top of your head. The mo-
ment after plunge into cold water one
is warm with the reaction. After a hot
bath q gentle, restful GOODNESS takes pos
session and does not change for two or
three hours. If you want a cool temper
ature quickly, all you have to do is to lay
wet sponge on the back of the neck.
This is the great nerve-centre from which
the sense of GOODNESS flies over the body,
and in a moment, no matter how gasping
warm one is, a delightful shiver runs
over one like that felt at the first fall Of
rain. People who work in hot rooms
should keep sponge and basin Of water
at hand, applying cold frequently to the
back OF the neck Cooks will find this
little prescription of advantage. The
sponge should be laid on wrists and be-
hind the ear to cool the blood which
courses through the arteries there, and
spread the GOODNESS over the body. |
hope everybody knows enough by this
time not to venture into the hot sun with
out a wet sponge in their hats, on the top
of their heads. A grape leaf is not as
good a protection, for it does not send
off evaporation as a wet cloth or sponge
does, and cannot keep this sensitive por
ton of the brain cool The sponge may
be suspended by cords run through it, and
sewed 10 the rim of the hat SO that it will
not fall out any time when the hat is care
IessIy removed.
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FLOWER AND FER>-. -Na.Hu- H.'.
tifas a room more -eu-I1Iy Cham o. .er
plants or flowers hsteiIIIy arranged. j.
summer. flowers are aIway- available.
and I'm winter their place may 1e aa
liable supplied by sprs- Of evergreen
dried grasses. or immortei.e-. A .o#
creeping plants or ivy can De obtained H.
anv time during cold weather aud i."
twig, Of these brought into u-a whenever
required Those who keep hou.ou .H6..
always have the material "a. band for
table decoration, and they should h. Hs.I
literally and constantly varying .H"
arrangement. a. often and u- widely Pei.
possible a charming house ornament
il supplied by o fon-ca-e, which may a'
constructed quite cheapIy while 5he
plants required, being indigenous to oar
woods and meadows. can oe easily ea.
lected so that the pleasure of having "a
case ven filed with fueIyTowa pim.-
can be enjoyed by those who do NOT wish
TO evpend largely for this purpose
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Woman a. lawyers ana n- SOI-
siiers.

From the Albany Law Journal
MIR. Justice Mott, in delivering the
opinion of the Court OF Claims upon the
application Of Mrs. Lock Haa. 70 be ad-
mitted to practice as an attorney, threw
out some hints that may lead such am
bilious women to turn their energies in
another direction. 50 have BEEN" he
saws, " at the bar and in the military SER
vice, and my experience leads me to the
conclusion that women are as we'll fitted
for the one as the other. Another person
having had similar experiences may reach
an opposite result 1t issad that modern
ideas have brought down many occu-
pations within the reach of women which
were supposed to belong exclusively to
men; but in nothing have modern ideas
done so much Of this leveling as in the
art of war, In the hand conflicts of
antiquity women were manitestly unable
to cope with the physical natures of men,
and from necessity were exempt But
hand to hand conflicts are rs obsolete as
the wager of battle The light breech
loading carbine demands activity rather
than strength. Woman rs a soldier
would have little to DO besides marching
and shooting and being shot. 1t is said
that Il well-bred, intelligent, honest
woman will make Il better attorney than
an ignorant, vicious, INSCRIPTIONS man.
This IS true but it is equally true that
healthy, active woman will make better
soldier than decrepit man. Some consld-
erations Of public policy also intervene IN
favor of the latter course.
FEMALE SoCIETY.-It Is better for
YOU to pass an evening once or twice in a
ladv'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
amusements 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 having gross tastes,
revolt against what Is pure. Your club
swaggerers. who are sucking the butts
of billiard-cues all night, call female so
ciety insipid Poetry IS uninspiring to a
yokel; beauty has no charms for blind
man; music does not please a poor beast
who does not know one tune from another;
but as a pure epicure is hardly ever tired
of water, sancev, and brown bread and
butter. I protest l can sit tor whole
night talking with a well-reguIated, kindly
woman about her girl Fanny or her boy
Frank, and like the evenings entertain
ment. One of the great benefits man
may derive from a woman's society Is
that he is bound to be respectful to her.
The habit is of great good to your moral
men, depend upon it. Our education
makes of US the most eminently selfish
in the world. We fight fer ourselves.
We push for our selves, we yawn for our
selves, we light our pipes, and we say We
won't 90 out; we prefer ourselves and our
ease; and the greatest good that comes te
man from woman's society is that he ha
to think of somebody to whom he is bounC
to be constantly attentive and respect
ful-Thackeray.
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CAE's- S0HEE'% NEGRO C0s.-
ONaZA'TzON SCHEME

What st So!"red Esau says Sbouu
"a.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-17
WILL PEOPLE BE WARNED IN
..... TIME? -..r-s-s-as.
we think. eat, write, trade, plan

We think, eat, write, trade, plan
and progress with electrical velocity
and restlessness. and with steam-like
force and rapidity. We are all the
while on the wear, and the wonder
is that we do not wear out sooner
than we do, and that more OF US do
not 60 early to the grave : mere
wrecks of human beings. In days
gone bv, these rushing methods Of
existence We're confined to the men;
but nowadays the women enter in
the race, and contend Tor the prlvil-
eye of choosing for notoriety and po-
siti0n with as much clamor, and as
much wear and tear of mind and
body. as is possible. Some of them
have shown that they are by no
means contemplate competitors.
One of the results of this universal,
pell-mell, torrent-like expenditure OF
vitality. is seen in the alarming in
crease of sudden deaths, and the
wonderful prevalence of diseases
diagnosed as having their centre IN
the heart. Maladies having their
nucleus and formation in the ner-
yous system are also fearfully rife,
and are all classed by nomencla-
ture that was unknown to the med
ical faculty twenty-five years ago.
Paralysis is dreadfully on the in
crease; softening of the brain and
insanity are very common, where,
formerly. they were 50 rare, as to be
marvellous. Continually new forms
of brain disease are being manifested.
The fret and worry Of lite sufficiently
account for all this, and this fret and |
worry are daily growing greater. |
Nobody is exempt. Education Is
now acquired by the examining pro-
cess. If the victims of this PERM |
cious strife for wealth-which they
cannot take away with them into the
other life. and for notoriety that is
not worthy of consideration, and for
honors that are evanescent and un-
satisiactory-cannot break from such
snares and illusions altogether, at
least let them go away from such
trials for month or so and rest, and
in a measure divest themselves OF
business harness.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-17
ELECTRO MAGNETISM !!
IT'S ADVANTAGES !

II can be controlled SO as 10 admit of its
being administered to the debilitated infant
as well as the most robust sufferer in rheum-
atism.
It restores the sufferer from Paralysis. as
well as the shattered nervous system Of the
delicate and supersnnuated female.
In the treatment of FEMALE DISEASES it
has proven to be a SPECIFIC and can be re-
lied upon FOR A SURE CURE.
. WIVES that have SUFFERED, and HUS-
BANDS who have SPENT FORTUNES. make
a note pf the above, for it as INFALLIBLE.
9TOMACHS that have long since ceased to
respond to the action of medicine, will now
have an opportunity to rest, except in isolated
cases where certain combinations are neces-
sary to reach certain chemical results,
But the Medical Faculty have too widely
employed Electricity in the treatment OF Dis
ease and that with too frequent success to
admit of its being denied place among the
important therapeutic agents by any respec-
table practitioner. The only question concern
ing it now are those which relate to the YER
Stability of its power, the SCOPE of it's
useful applicability, and the PRINCIPLES
which should guide in the administration
of it.
The difficulty heretofore has been how to
MANAGE the electric current as to make
it subservient to the wishes of man, which
has at last been accomplished through