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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
CrOsby's Bond.

Senator Gilmer, of Kemper, has mad
and filed for approval bond for Crosby
the would be Sheriff of Warren. TIL
Vicksburg Herald publishes list of tn
bondsmen (ex-Gov. Powers among th'
rest) with the sums for which they have
severally become liable-and says
Mr.. Gilmer, who presents the bond.
has heretofore borne the reputation oil
being radical Radical, but at the same
time, we are assured he comes among us
with the purpose of doing all that he can
to pour oil upon the troubled waters of
our county affairs. The Herald has
never yet judged man unheard or I'M
tried, and it does not propose to deviate
from that rule in the present case. The
white people of this county has never
asked anything but "a fair show" and
if Mr.. Gilmer gives them that-no matter
what his politics are, no matter how strict
a party man he may be--he will receive
their encouragement and support. The
courts, however, as we have said, will de-
eide who is, or who is not, Sheriff of this
county.
Touching the validity of the bond,
subsequent number of the Herald, in its
editorial columns, says:
From the information in our possession
we do not believe that the bond is good
one, but we shall have more authentic
Information in day or so. which we
shall proceed to lay before the public.
n the meantime, no taxes will be paid.
nd we advise the patriots who are chuck
ing with ill-concealed delight over this
'ond, to moderate their hilarity. The :
eturns are not all in-and it is not safe
or people to halloo until they get out of I
le woods.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10

"A FURIOUS contest is progressing in
the conservative ranks in Louisiana on
the proposed plan of adjustment. The
PIcayune and the Times favor it: the
bulletin opposes. From our standpoint
there Is more passion and abuse than
reason IN the course of those who oppose
IT, The matter had better be left, how.
ever, to the judgment of those directly
interested.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
THE LOUISIANA rpor
"A rian or Adjustment Believed to Hov
Been Agreed Upon.
Ahe Action of the Con serv,t;ve
Caucus.
From the Picayune.1

From the Picayune.l
Although the members were PLEDGED
10 secrecy before leaving their hall il
was understood that a plan of adinst,
ment had been agreed upon the n ar( u''.
tail SPireo III de'
Inc committee, when last interviewed
JUST before the members retired for the
hignt, by our reporters, did nottbink thew
. be able to prolong their stay after
. o'clock this morning. "''''
II is understood that the vote in the
ea; upon the plan agreed upon for an
adjustment stood SO to rs.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
The Governer's Salary and His APP.
preparatory OF flte Contingent
Fund to fffs private Uses.

The Pilot habitually pleads, when the
i present carpet-bag administration is ar.
raigned, that somebody else committed a
similar wrong under citizens rule In
this way, it justifes the persistence by
the Radical spoilsmen in the extravaganza
salary for Governor Ames, on the ground
that the same pay was drawn by Gov.
Humphreys, though it forgets to mention
that taxation under the latters adj
ministration was from one to one and
one-half mills on the dollar, whereas it is
now fourteen mills, Notwithstanding prop
erty has decreased fifty per cent. in value
and our chief staple commands in the
market but little more than third of
what it did during the administration of
Gov. Humphreys.
But the fact still remains that the
Governors salary in Mississippi, the pop
ulation and property valuation considered,
exceeds four times that of the AVERAGE
salary in the Northern States and the
questions still remain unanswered by the
Radical managers, is this right, and what
are you going to do about it?
We showed by the official report that I
GOV. Ames. Notwithstanding his large
salary, and his occupation without cost, !
If house furnished him by the public .
las been in the habit Of using the Con- u
lngent Fund to pay his wood, gas, fork, p
pooh, merchandise and other household
ills, entirely eoithout aoorrant of laaU. Or o.
other words, appropriating for private Ii
SEES money entrusted to his keeping for M
ubllc service. The Pilot does not denv re
he charge, because it is verified by the Sc
.tlclal report-but it flies off at tangent h
| order to divert attention from if nv ce
during what became Of the furniture
hlch was in the Mansion at the BEGIN Ct
g OF the war and the close of Gov. Hum pa
lrey,s administration We can only IN
ply, that in both cases the Executive an
anslon was taken possession of by fed he
al officials, and if the furniture was not the
md in the building when they vacated i'm
the presumption is that it went the wav the
the silver spoons and forks" belong POI
TO the citizens of New Orleans after ma
tier took command. I'm
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10

The New York Herald in commenting
on the discreditable scene in the House of
Representatives on the Sd, says that ''the
" only member who met the matter with
" proper dignity and decorum was Mr..
" LAMAR OF MISSISSIPPI, and he did
himself honor by making his point
= without any bitter words of his own.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
The Changers.

On the Sd inst, the National Conven
ton of the Order of Patrons of lusbandry
6 began its. eighth annual session, in Char
lesion. The proceedings will occupy
about two weeks. All the States in the
Union, but three, are represented. The
Master, Mr.. Adams, of Iowa, delivered
his address, in which he congratulated
the order on the strength gained during
the past year. At reasonable estimate,
its membership now numbers about
/, 100000, and it continues to increase.
To say nothing of It's other advantages,
it is supposed the order has saved to its
members, by means of their cooperative
system, not less than $40, 600, 900 the
past year.
Among the matters to be decided ct
| the present session of the National Con- |
vention, is the disposition of the large
surplus revenue belonging to the Order.
If it is not reduced in some proper
method, it will stimulate the formation
OF rings for speculative purposes.
The removal of the headquarters of
the Order from Washington City is an
other point to be considered. The
present location at Washington CITY.
isolated from the great agricultural ;;
regions of the country, and in the centre $
Of political influences, is greatly to be !
deprecated. st. Louis is the most eligible a
place |
The abolition of the supplying features r
# the National Grange will be attempted. f
t is charged that ring has made a Il
profit on song-books, seals,
egalia, ETC., and has used the Orders
cal and cash to advance the interests of
EASTERN houses wherein are interested
ertain of its members.
1t is very much to be desired that a
ommlttee, composed of Patrons from all
arts OF the Union, will be appointed to
vestlgate the condition of the South
I'd the real causes of the prostration of -,
II industry and impoverishment. and rio
e feeling of her people on the subject of ter
migration and of fraternizing with an
other portions Of the Union. re- In
TT from such Committee ought to be I
'de at the earliest practicable period. TN TN
lmense advantage to this section would ~ -
'ult from such an investigation !.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
The next vote WAS on Cessna,s :

The next vote was on Cessna's mo-.
to substitute the Senate bill fa 'lci
House bill, and it was rejected To
113, nays 148. yea
The next vote was on INSERTING
preamble to the bill, portion ~ ~ !,
Democratic platform of 1872 ~l: a'
had been quoted by Mr.. Burrows "lca
Michigan. q
Mr.. Potter, of New York, asked L.
to add, as an amendment to the ave
amble, the fourth section of the pr Pre-
platform, as follows: ~"u'a
Local self-government, with INN.
tial suffrage, will guard the rights Of P a.
citizens more securely than any cente4
power"
Objection was made, and the amap1
ment was not received.
The preamble was then adopted.
219, nays 26.
The following is the vote in negative.
Messrs. Adams, Arthur, Bell, Be-
Blount, Bowen, Bright, Bromba,.
Brown, Caldwell, Chittenden, CrossI,oS5
Devils, Eldridge, Hancock, Harris :.
Georgia, Hunter, Mclean, Millika,
Nesmith, Read, Schell, Stone, Willio~,
If Michigan, Wilson of Maryland an
I Dung OF Kentucky.
The bill was then passed-yeas I62
lays 100.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10

1T IS strange that Gen. Butler has
spoken of Southern people as "thieves
murderers and assassins," knowing that
his own kith and kindred are living among
ana upon them; that not hair of their
neads has been touched, and that they are
as secure from violence, or harm of anv
KIND, as ifthey were under his vine and
hg-tree at Lowell, Massachusetts,.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10

HARPERs' WEEKLY saws that Grants
aspirations for the third term, on his
tacIt admission of the charge that he
would accept it, is one of the causes Of
the Perils of the Republican party. The
people are not willing to depart from the
example of Washington and the traditions
OF the government, and to convert it into
an empire.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10

Mr.. STREETS proposition to reduce
the State tax to 3! mills on the dollar
presents the issue of Retrenchment and
Reform squarely. During Gov. Humph
reys Administration it was from l to 4
mills.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
The Daily Ciarion
From the winona Advance

we are glad to see THE CLARION give
evidence of prosperity. The DALI :; i
abe as usual and is gaining addition y
support every day. A new engine hna
been received, and the paper goes to wn n,ls
freshed. giant re-
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10

The bayonets that drove the duly
elected members out of the Legislature
Halls of Louisiana have pierced the Re
publican party to the heart.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
WEDNESDAY, : FEBRUARY 10, 1875.

THE Chickasaw Messenger says that
good many negroes have left that commu-
nifty and gone to the bottom lands to try
their fortunes.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10

WEEKLY CLARIoS-Two dollars per year, and
an extra copy to getter up of club of ten
more.
DAILY CLARION One Dolla er Month
la future paper will be scontinued when
time expires.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

white finger, and the moment he had done
so the tree slipped from between Uncle
Grum's hands as if it had been a creased
pole, and whisk, wig, splash, bubble,
bubble, went Uncle Grum headforemost
into the deepest Of the water, where he
kicked and floundered, gasping and
gurgllng. You should have heard the
water-elves laugh. They came all crowd
ing to the top to pull Grum's hair, 10
pinch at his arms, to pull at his toes, and
to splash him every time that he got mis-
head out of water. He was very near
ly a dead Uncle Grum before he got to the
opposite bank; and such a cold Uncle
Grum-such a wet, stiff, sticky, misera-
bic Uncle Grum, with such a dreadful
pair of shoes, that marched him straight
OFT through the forest, over stones, and
through briers, slipping, stumbling, get
ting scratches, trying to hold back, call
ing for help, and, what was strangest of
all, all the time thinking of frankie
Mitchell. Somehow he could not ret the
boy out of his head.
As they marched along through the for
est a frog began to croak; and this is what
it said:
That's right; hurry on the old sinner;
He'll makes good stew for the giants dinner"
Guess how frightened Grum was at
that! And hardly was the frog quiet when
the %honey-bee came buzzing by, with:
Look! look! Here's something new;
GrUn1 - rCinr 70 ha Ool-o - .+o-
Before the bee was out of sight Grum
saw a monstrous castle, with a flight of
200 steps leading up to the door, in which
sat the very giant he had told frankie
Mitchell about-great eyes, long nails,
bushy beard, big teeth-everything.
Chow did you come here ?' roared the
the giant.
q didn't come" whimpered Grum.
My shoes brought lie. They are be-
witched."
"Stuff!!" said the giant THAT was a
favorite word of Grum's); "you needn't
tell me- (another favorite ejaculation of
Grum's); "shoes are never bewitched.
You are a spy. ] see through you. l
shall have you made into a stew. That is
the way | treat spies"
Then Grum began to shrek and beg,
but the shoes marched him up the steps,
and the giant, picking him up, hung him
up by the heels in the pantry till he
should be ready to eat him; and Grum
was screaming and struggling, when he
woke up-choking, and with all the
blood in his head.
/ hope he was Differentiated after that.
l think he might have been, don't you-
N. 7. World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

pigeon-matches to Lords, and from
Princes to Richmond, that they had no
time to think of such things. However,
the average seems to have been made up
according to natural laws afterward, if
one may judge by the number of fashion
able marriages which have taken place
during the autumn, and there are several
still to come off. A newspaper with ex-
ceeding bad taste takes upon itself to as
sert what number Of proposals one of
these brides elect has received. We need
not ask if the old etiquette that a lady
does not publish her reflections hass with
other good things, gone out of fashion;
for of course it was only the penny-a-
liners inventive impertinence.-London
Saturday ReU5eU.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
The DisObliging Boy.

CHARLIE HOYT, as pleasant a fellow as
any IN the old district school, was a good
scholar, diligent and studious, and always
ready to join a friend on an excursion OF
pleasure. He was not naturally disOblig-
ing, but acquired the bad habit in this
way.
I've heard a playmate many a time say
Lend me your knife, Charley, viii
you?" 81 can't, for l haven't N.Y.; and
besides, [ want to use it myself" he
would reply. Or if they said, "Let me
see your knife, Charley, will you?" he
would take it out and show it to them,
and then say, "There, you've seen it,
and then back he would put it in his
pocket.
He always refused in such a pleasant
way that they were rarely if eve offended,
and it was a long time before they dis.
covered how often he disobliged them.
One day when he was absent from
school the boys had a public meeting,
and agreed unanimously that they would
convince him how d%isobliging he was,
and in such a way that he could have no
excuse for being angry. The next day,
when he came, nj of the first things that
he said was: where is the lesson to-
day." q can't, for [ haven't any; be-
sides, L want to use it myself" was the
reply. He asked another, who, holding
the book up at such a distance that he
could not read it, said: "There, you've
seen it." Every question he asked was
answered with one Of his old answers.
At length he began to grow angry; but
when he got to his seat and thought Of it
he was surprised to recollect how often he
had disobliged his friends. Now that his
eyes were opened, he felt really sorry that
he had disobliged persons so much, and
ne determined not to be angry with his
schoolmates, let them disoblige him as
they would. He tried not to ask them
any questions, but he constantly forgot it,
and received as In answer to all his in
qulrles: can't, for l haven't any; be-
sides, l want TO use it myself"
He CAM to school in the afternoon in
5iOot AAOuIdC1Ou. ne was al the mead OF
his class IN arithmetic, and felt very anx-
lous to remain there; but in his lesson of
this day there wa a sum that he could not
understand. In vain he applied to one
after another to explain it; all the answer
he got was: 81 can't, for I haven't any,;
besides, l want to use it myself" There
was n scholar who came late; to him he
applied, and, to his great surprise and iov,
his friend did the sum. But oh, how pro-
voking! Just as he reached his hand out
for the slate it was Withdrawn, and the
old words, "There, you've seen it." was
the answer. He could bear it no longer,
but burst into tears.
His schoolmates really liked him, and
when they saw how his feelings were hurt
were very sorry hat they had carried the
joke so far. After school theya all came and
shook hands with him, and told him why
they die it. He acknowledged that he had
done wrong, and after that he seldom re-
fused to oblige a person when it was proper.
If he did, we had but to say, 81 can't, for
L haven't any; besides, I want to use it
myself" and he would instantly oblige US.
-ChriStiGn at Work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
THE VIPER AND THE LEIGH.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

PY JOHN G. SANE.
"STRATGEi' said a Viper to a Leech,
How differently by men we're rated;
Tell me, my %neighbor, 1 beseech,
Why you are sought and am hated"
g" You said the Leeeh, in prompt reply,
If Fame be not a false detractOr,
Men deem their enemy; while [
Am cherished as their benefactor."
= What mighty difference they see,
That you should be the more inviting
The Viper answered, " puzzles me;
Since both alike are fond of biting!''
I've both are biters, to be sure"
The Leech replied; but let me mention.
You bite to kill, and l TO cure;
The difference lies in the intention"
MORAL.
To those who pain us with intent
To do Us good, we should be grateful:
While those on spite and mischief bent
We well may shun as base and hateful.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

The intellectual and fashionable young
men of New York are generally wearing
1.-The shirt-pin squirt" This beautiful
work of art costs about twenty-five cents.
1t consists of a hollow breast-pin, con-
nected by a rubber tube with a small
globe filled with water and concealed in
the pocket of the wearer. The pin is
generally in some grotesque shape. When
the attention of anyone is attracted to it,
and he leans over to examine it more
closely-whizz! fzz! a small stream of
water proceeds from the staring eyes or
gaping mouth of the pin-head straight
into the face of the fnquisitive person. 1t
is a noble amusement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

AN old gentleman, who was always
Boosting how folks used to work n his
young days, n day CHALLENGED his two
sons to pitch on a load of hay as fast as he
could load it. The challenge was ac-
cepted, the hay wagon driven round, and
the trial commenced. For some time the
old man held his own very creditably,
calling ont: More hay! more hay!" At
length, struggling to keep on the top of
the disordereo and ill-arranged heap, it
began FIRST to roll, then to slide, and at
last off it went from the wagon, and the
old man with it. "What are you doing
down here ?" cried the boys. q came
down after hay" answered the old man,
stoutly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
The Young Lady Of Long Ago.

SPEAKING of high life in England in
the last century, a writer says: The young
lady, no longer under the strict guardian
ship of'the lady chateZaane, is taken by her
mother from the country as too dull an
abode to shine at court and in the metrop-
oils. At sixteen her figure is imprisoned
In stiff, iron stays, and her head delivered
over TO the management of a hair-dresser.
Her department., mex to dress, her first
consideration, she learns to walk IN high
heeled shoes and to manage gracefully
her hoop and her train. The dancing
master instructs her in the stately mjnua
and gagitte, and she has lessons from an
other professor in the management of her
fan-hOw to handle, tiutter and furl this
necessary adjunct to the toilet. She
troubles little about the ~antiquated occu-
patrons of her predecessors, of gathering
herbs and compromising mysterious drinks
for ailing old women or sickly babes.
She gives no thought to the quaint cook
cry recipes carefully treasured up in the
cramped hand of perhaps a great grand
mother. Her only care is to compose
washes to increase the fairness of her
skin, paste to whiten her hands, and To-
lions to counteract the effects of tight
lacing and late hours. The great study
of her giddy head is how she can best
adorn her person, possess costly Mechlin
or Brussels Primers and %ruf1es, and rus
tie in brocades and satins to captivate her
admirers. At length she succeeds, and
becomes the bride of some respondent
beau, with wig, patches, snuff-box, cane
and breloques.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
gm Daung Readers.
WILKES STOCKING.

OUR Willie knit a stocking
A beauty, red and white!
And what do You think he knit it for?
Why, just for Christmas night.
While Frank was rolling marbles,
And Charley playing ball,
Our Willie was at mothers side,
The happiest boy Of all.
AT first he knit but slowly,
And all about the top
Were little chasms where, 1 think,
He let the stitches drop.
But mother kindly helped him,
And, when a week had flown,
Why, Will could knit almost as well
As any woman grown.
1t took a month TO knit it
He made thong and wide,
That Santa Claus might stow away
A host of toys inside.
But Frank, the rogue, said slyly.
Now what a lovely pack
This sock would make for Santa Clans
To wear upon his back!'
viii heard him and took warning,
And when the merry elf
Came round to fill it in the night
Twas nailed against the shelf!
Think his kind lips diL.pled,
Think his gray eyes shone,
To see how shrewd and worldly-wise
dis little boy had grown.
Hhen Willy rose next morning
There was no hint nor trace
OF the mammoth stocking to be found.
But a note hung in its place.
Dear Billy boy wrote Santa,
My gifts are on the shelf;
l have left you just a stocking-full-
And have taken that myself.
"IhOpe you'll like your presents
As well as l do mine
Hope you'll like your toys and games
And your books and pictures fine.
81 thank you for this stocking,
And when next year l call,
I'd like to find the mate to it
Nailed safely to the wall.'
How Willie's round eyes opened!
Now this, indeed, was fun!
And before another day had passed
The mate was well begun.
Now Willie longs for Christmas,
But he thinks he knows the elf
Who waits so patiently to find
His stocking by the shelf.
ia Whippke Benhdna, in Youths C0mp0nit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

An association of officers of National
Banks in Vermont was formed at Mont
pelieT, in that State, recently, to provide
for better protection against burglars and
for the speedier punishment of those who
commit crimes against banks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

A CONVICTION Ky man says that he
bought Gladstone's great pamphlet on
"Vaticination' in order to learn how to
escape smallpox, but the blamed book
didn't say a word IN the subject"