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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
The Secret of EIoqucncc.

The Pail Mall Gazette says: " An ad
mirer of Mr.. Bright writes 10 a Man
chester paper that he has discovered the
secret OF the power this great speaker
possesses of riveting the attention of his
audience. This he believes TO lie in the
fact that he uses monosyllables largely
The grand passage in Mr. Bright's speech
ON the Burials bill, describing Quaker
funeral, begins " l will take the case
of my own sect, and, on counting the
words of that remarkable grafton, il will
be found that out OF 1870 words. l4g.
more than seventy-five per cent, We're
monosyllables On this it is urged that
those in charge OF youth should teach
them the use OF monosyllables. An
American journal lately mentioned "A
school where such pains had been taken
to instruct the boys IN the art OF public
speaking that If they had learned no.
thing else they had acquired the greatest
contempt tor all the devices OF stump
oratory. The course OF study prescribed
left to the imagination, but doubtless in
cludes the translation into monosyllables
of the ponderous verbiage which passes
current in most political assemblies rs
genuine eloquence. 1t would, however,
be cruel to insist on the insist on the in
PRODUCTION of such teaching into any OF
the standards Many are obliged TO
speak who have less to say than Mr..
Bright, and TO them the sesgupedd}iu
verba are Indispensable.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
Useful Information.

Castor oil is an excellent thing to soften
leather.
Cream of tartar rubbed upon soIlel
white kid gloves cleause- them we'll
\ solution of cyanide OF potassium IS
the best poison TO kin insects of amy
kind.
4 pint Of mustard seed put i'm a barrel
OF cider will preserve il sweet for several
months.
4 mixture of oil and ink Is good
thing 60 clean kid boots with: the
first softens and the latter blackeus them.
a simple remedy for removing frocklcs
Is pint of sour milk and a small quantity
OF horseradish. Let the mixture stand
over night, and use it as wash three
times a day until the freckle- disappear.
The leaves ofgeranium are am excel
lent application for cuts when the skin rs
rubbed of, and other wounds of the same
kind. One or two leaves must be bruised
and applied on linen 20 the part. and tho
wound will become cicatrIzed in d very
short time.
All sorts Of vessels and utensils may ba
purified from longrctaincd smell. OF every
kind, in the easiest and most perfect
manner, by riu-mg them out well
with charcoal powder, after the
grosser impurities have been secured
of with sand potash. Ohio Farmer.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
Burying tho Hatchet at Little
Rock.

LITTLE Rock, June 6.-To-day has
been the most memorable in the history
of Little Rock. Federal and Confeder-
ate, White and Black, united in joint
decoration of the fallen dead on both
sides. There were at least three thou
sand persons in the procession, which
moved from the State House at nine
o'clock, to Oakland cemetery, where
sleep the dead soldiers of both armies
side by side. The State departments,
courts, county and city officers, and
stores were all closed. The speakers
stand at the grounds was erected half on
the Federal and half on the Confederate
side, a rock wall only dividing the two
cemeteries. Hon. H. G.. Caldwell, Uni
the States District Judge, presided. Ad-
dresses were delivered BY General Edgar
ton, on the part of the Federal, and by
MajorGeneral A. Gallagher, on the Con-
federate side. An original poem by
Mrs. S. r. Allen was read, after which
the graves were strewn with flowers. A
Ratchet carried by an ex-Confederate sol
der was buried on the Federal ground
ses were through with at this cemetery,
/ the procession reformed and moved t
/ Mount Holly cemetery, where there are
/ about eight hundred Confederates bur
led. After decorating their graves, {
Federal soldier buried a Ratchet there
Everybody united in the ceremonies
high and low, white and colored
ex-Federal and ex-Confederate, Demo
crat and Republican. 1t has been hol
iday throughput the city to-day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

There are said to be ffty-two species
Of fishes which have vocal powers, some
Of them emitting musical sounds.
1t il announced that corn il now ship
ped in sacks from New Orleans 10 Ger
many.
In 1873, France produced 22,381, s3S
bottles Of champagne which is four
times more than it produced thirty years
ago.
1t is estimated that the total agricul-
tural products Of California this year
will reach nearly 800, Oo0,O 900.
Silver and copper mines have been
discovered near Providence, Il. /.
Chattanooga, Tenn, has thirty nail
machines This is one of many tokens
Of the progress Of manufacturing enter
prise in that region.
Speaking of Angora goats, the Yves
tern Rural mentions that "many have
lost large sums by purchasing at high
prices. and that ''last Fall a lot were
sold in Illinois, some at not more than
fifty cents each"
A tablespoonful of nitre, (per gallon
Of milk, dissolved in as much water as
it will take, and put in the pail before
milking, will lessen the taste Of turnips
or other vegetables in the milk.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
BETTER THAN GOLD.

Ia than grandeur, better than gold,
"a rank and title thousand fold,
MIf4frhy body, a ind at ease,
~ sfauie pleasures that always please:
81 tbat can feel for neighbours woe
III Share his joys with genial glow,
slmparhies large enough to cnfold
me- rs brothers, IS better than gold.
Ker than gold is Il conscience clear,
r. toliug for bread in an humble
kpNerc,
M ble-t with content and health,
- by the lust ofcares or wealth.
flv living aud lofty thought
Mr. ana eHnOble a poor mans cot;
Enlan and morals, or Natures plan,
Mtue genuine test OF gentleman.
LIZ than gold is the sweet repose
h. sons ut toll when their labors close /:
HE than gold IS the poor mans sleep,
II the balm that drops on the sIum bers
6eep.
Ahr .ieepiug draughts TO the downv bed
kre luxury pillows his aching head;
simpler 0piute labor deems
korler road TO the land of dreams.
.ler than gold is a thinking mind
III IN the realm OF books can find
Measure surprising Australian ore,
II i've WIN tlc = Ic'tJ anu SOou OF 5Ofe.
BAG lore and the poets lay,
#glJries OF empires past away;
NWorlds great drama viii thus enfuld
IA yield pleasure better than gold.
Der than gold is u peaceful home,
tre all the charities come;
Shrine of love aud the Heaven of life,
iow ed by mother, or sister, or wife
never humble the home may be,
Nriel by sorrow with Heavens decree,
BLESSINGS that never were bought or
Bold,
n centre there, are better than gold.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
THE SOUTH AND THEsPRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
The CoIOrcd Vote Whether Cast
for the Democratic Ticket or
mot, viii Indirectly HeIPto
Elect Ia.
Cincinnati Commercial CRep.}l

/ Cincinnati Commercial (Rep)l
+ The acknowledgements of the blacks
gives the South more potent voice in
the election of President than she has
ever before had The Southern States
will next year cast 1873 electoral votes,
or within torty-six Of enough TO elect a
President. There are in the thirty
seven States of the Union 500 electoral
votes, making 1S4 necessary to elect
If the Democracy carry the South solid,
they need but forty-six votes from the
North and West to elect their candidate.
Ohio and New York, should they 90
Democratic, will give the required mum
Der and eleven to spare.
From present indications and past ex-
perience, there is no doubt but that the
following Southern States will go Dem
ocratic: Alabama, Georgia, Delaware,
North Carolina, West Virginia, Arkan-
sas, Kentucky, Maryland Missouri,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. These
States, courted certain for the Democrat
lc candidate, east one hundred and
eleven electoral votes, or within seventy
three of enough to elect New York,
Indiana and Ohio east seventy-two votes,
or within one of the required number
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
Permanent VVhitcw".r,.

Take half a bushel Of freshly burned
lime, Stake il with boiling water
cover il during the process, To- keep
in the steam. Strain the liquid through
fine sieve, aud add 10 it Z lbs. Of
salt previously well dissolved iu warm
water; 3 lbs. of ground rice, boiled
To a thin paste, and stirred in boiling
hot; ! ID. Of powdered Spanish whiting.
l ID. OF clean glue, which has been proyi-
ously dissolved by soaking il well and
then hanging it over slow fire, in IA small
kettle within large one filled with water.
Add five gallons of hot water 10 the
mixture, stir it well, aud let il stand
few days covered from dirt. IL must be
put on hot. For this purpose it can be-
kept in a kettle on Il portable furnace.
About pint of this mixture will cover d
square yard.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
MR.. BANCROFT's LETTER.
No. 80 EATON SQUARE,
T,nNnnG 1tb T,I 10 4

AoNDON, tln July, 1915. J
My DEAR SIR Il hold it of good
augury that your letter reached me bv
the Herman just in time to be answered
this morning. You may be sure that |
have spared no pains to discover in the
British State Paper Office a copy of the
resolves of the Committee of Mecklen.
burg, and with entire success.
A glance at the map will show Won that
in those days the traffic of North C's,.vIi.4o
i'Ink "a snutI, o~ls, i'll, "A people III
Charleston, and sometimes in Savannah,
knew what was going on in Charlotte
Town" before Gov. Martin.
The first account of ''the extraordina-
ry resolves by the people in Charlotte
Town, Mecklenburg County," was sent
over to England by Sir James Wright,
then Governor of Georgia, in letter OF
the 22d Of June, 1775. The newspaper
thus transmitted is still preserved, and is
No. 498 Of the South Carolina Gazette
and County Journal, Tuesday, June 10,
1775. | read the resolves, you may be
sure, with reverence, and Immediately
obtained copy of them, thinking my
self the sole discoverer. | do not send
you copy, as it is identically the same
with the paper which you inclosed me
but L forward to you transcript of the
entire letter of Sir James Wright The
newspapers seem to have reached him
after he had finished his dispatch, for the
paragraph relating to it is added in hi:
own handwriting, the former part Of the
letter being written by a Secretary Oh
Clerk. | have read a great many paper,
relating to the Regulators, and are having
copies made of large number. You
own State ought to have them all, anC
the expense would be for the State insig
nifcant, if it does not send an agent OF
that purpose. A few hundred dollar
would copy all you need from the Stat,
Paper Office on all North Carolina top
! les.
l shall always be glad to hear from
you and to be of use to you or YOU
/ State. Very truly yours,
/ GEORGE BANCROFT
/ To. Hon. d. L. SwAINE.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

A few days ago a couple in Ottawa
county were married by local Justice Of
the Peace, and retired 10 their room at
the hotel Immediately after the cerem6-
ny. 1t was not long until the careful
j. l.. discovered that the man and WOE
man he had just united ia the holy bonds
were first cousins, and knowing that the
laws Of the State forbid the marriage 81
cousins, he at once FASTENED 10 the hotel,
accompanied by friend, routed up tho
newly-wcdded pair, and Informed them
Of the illegality Of the marriage. or
course his voice was husky, bis friend
could not speak for the same reason, and
the eyes Of the newly made husband pro-
truded like the bowsprit of "a new spring
bonnet, but the bride was more calm.
She simply raised her head-shorn of its
stupendous chignon-from the snowy
fold Of the downy pillows and remarked.
"Why, William, you know It's too late
now, and what's the use Of asking what
to do about it," William culled pre-
cursatory tear from his sun-bronlod check
and promised 10 content himself until
morning, when it was arranged that they
should 90 10 Missouri, where the law Is
is not 80 strict, and have the knot re.ticd.
We hope they are haPpy-thcy ought TO
he
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

The following Is given rs the costume
Of fashionable lady in 1909, per ye last
ship from ye port OF Bristol, England Co
his majesty plantations in North Amer
lea a black silk petticoat, with red
and white calico border cherry-cOlorei
stays, trimmed with blue and silver
red and dove-colored damask gown, flow
cred with large trees; yellow satin
apron, trimmed with white Persian mus
lin headcloths, with crowfoot edgugi
black silk furbelowed scarf and spotted
hood
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

IRISH AGRIcULTURE.-Th agricultu-
raj statistics of Ireland for 1874 show an
increase in the quantities of agricultural
products, although decrease in the acre
age under crops compared with 1873.
The number of emigrants who left Irish
ports in 1874 was 74,779, a decrease OF
1928 when compared with 1873. This,
together with the increase in the products
of the country, seem to indicate crafty
ing degree of prosperity in the Emerald
Isle,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE.
The Letter of MIR. Bancroft Re-
ferred TO by Gov. BrOGden.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
RALEIGH, MAY 6, 1875.

To the Editor of the Ne,c York Times
In the Times of the 1st inst, appears
an editorial notice of Gov. Brogdens
letters concerning the Mecklenburg Dee
laratlon of Independence. In said letter
Gov. Brogden referred to a letter from
Hon. George Bancroft to the late Gov.
Swain, OF this State, dated at London.
July 4, 1913, in which Mr.. Bancroft
states that he had himself procured from
the British State Paper Office a copy of
the Mecklenburg resolves. BY a typo
graphical error, Mr. Bancroft's letter is
made to date from July 4, 1873, instead
Of July 4, 1S46.
As the matter is attracting public at
tentlon at this time on account of the
centennial celebration at Charlotte on the
18th inst, inclose you correct copies of
the letters of Mr.. Bancroft and Gov.
Brogden. | am very respectfully,
j. B. NEATLY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

A practical farmer writes: 81 think
they must be poor farmers who allow their
fences to drive them into the middle Of
the fields. | have good many rail fences
but they do not occupy much ground, for
get good many loads of hay out of the
corners Of my fences, and of the best
quality. Good high fences serve for
windbreaks, and crops are always better
along fences than in the center of large,
square fields. A man Who will allow a
fence TO occupy ten feet in width of
ground, should turn his attention to
something else but farming. The conve-
nience of small fields, the greater growth
of grass and grain along the fences, il the
corners are moved every year, (and no
farmer will neglect that, will pay all the
cost of keeping up fences. A rail fence
ought not to occupy more than elght
inches of ground at most,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
Two Dollars a Y ear.

Wendell Phillips aud Mr. Blaine will adj
dress to Southern white men the same
style of courteous oratory a was used by
our Southern speakers in Northern climes
| can safely promise them a hearing as
respectful and epithets more polite.
III. III. CHALMERS.
HERNANDo, Miss, April "a, 1879.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

Thirty-one ladies Of a southern town
have banded together not to resist but to
aid the tyrant man. DESTROYS Of promo
ting economy, and, as they redundently
hoping by prudent retrenchment in their
households to Tighten in some measure,
the burdens Of their husbands nj fathers,
they pledge their lives, their fortunes,
and their sacred honor, that, for one
year, they will not purchase any material
for wearing apparel the cost Of which
shall exceed twenty-five cents per yard.
Further they will observe strict economy
in their household affairs, and cheer
fully add "by those delicate sacrifices TO
the general stock of home comforts too
often dispensed with, for the frivolous
outside adornment Of the body"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09
10 Removc stains from MARBLE.

Take two parts Of common soda, ono
part Of Pumice-stone, and one of finely
powdered chalk siit II through fine
sieve, and mix il with water; then rub
it well over the marble. and the stains
will be removed. Wash the marbloufter.
ward with soap and water
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

VALUE or TmE-As nothing truly
valuable can be obtained without indus
try, 50 there can be no preserving indus
try without deep sense Of the value of
time. The childhood shows the man as
morning shows the day. A man cannot
expect half IA loaf when be loafs all the
fine
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

ACCORDING to the Springfield Mass.
" remarked. with virtuons emphasis:
"Spencer goes, or l 60. I can endure
a BOBBY, but won't stand thief" Now
the country wants to know how many 9TH
er members of the United States Senate
take this sensible and practical view
of the case.-St. Louis Republican,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

KooPMANscIIAr, the famous coalio im-
porter, has turned up IN New York on
his way to Europe. lie has contract
to supply Brazil with several shipload- of
Mongolians lie looks upon Chinese la-
Dor for the Southern United States as a
failure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

The grain spectators of Chicago have
come to grief. A sudden depression in
wheat, corn and oats, has been too much
for them. Serves them right, will be
the popular verdict.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-09

To. Hon. d. L. SwAINE.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-02
A Terrible Affair.

1t is terrible thing to tell, but
how can we help it? Thursday
night charming young lady, who
lives out on North street, being on a
lark with several other. charming
young ladies', put on their brothers
clothes and walked around the block,
but at the first corner she met tall
Irishman very drunk and belliger-
ent. Frightened nearly out of her
wits, she forgot that she was a man
pro tenn, so she gave the tipsy man
one of her sweet smiles to soften his
rugged beart, and tried to go past
HIM. But the insulted roisterer in
dignantly demanded of the supposed
man who in thunder he was grinning
at, hit her u dip under the ear that
knocked her halfway across the
street, and when she got up, shrek
ing and whooping as only a woman
could shrek and whoop under such
he pasted her a most
ugly one under the right eye, and she
hasn't got through seeing stars yet.
Neither will she 90 to church to-day,
and neither again will she take that
green patch off her eye for week,
and neither also will she play man
any more until she learns better than
to be sociable or concilliatory with a
stranger on a great big nine-story
drunk. You can't always Ten hUw
cross it does make some men when
they fill up.-Burlington HaDkeye.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-02
The AdmjniStratiO Work
Against the Whisky Ring.

From the New YORK lrlDuIle'l
When Secretary Bristow took hold
of the matter seriously and in earn
est. men wondered what he was driv
ing at. or if anything would come Of
it. We do not misrepresent public
sentiment when we say that there
was 40 general expectation of any
thing but disgraceful compromise
or conspicuous failure in the at
tempt to break up the Ring or pun
ish the thieves. The Ring men
themselves were confident or AFRO
giant, and boasted that their connec
tions with high officials were suffi-
cient to warrant them impunity. The
people looked on and doubted
whether conspiracy so strongly in
trenched could be routed. 1t was
only when the Ring itself began to
fall IN pieces and turn States evil
dence that public confidence in the
suceess Of the attack manifested it
self. The sentence of Joyce increas-
ed it, and now that Mcdonald has
been convicted by jury confidence
becomes almost certainty. 1t is
triumph of truth and honesty and
good government at which honest
men everywhere will rejoice; full as
important a victory over corruption
and greed as any that has been won
these five years; and we give un-
stinted praise to the energetic Ad-
ministration to which we owe it.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-02
How a Woman Got Rich.

From the Laramie Col Sentinel.
Six years ago Mrs. Mary Ahart
was living in a little tent on the
edpe of a town. Her whole worldly
consisted of this tent, a
straw bed, two or three boxes which
served as chairs and table, little
seven or eight year old girl, and two
COWS and calves. She sold the spare
milk of these two cows, carrying IL
around town with tin pail, and with
the product, and from work which
she did for her neighbors, supported
herself and child. When she could
get So or So ahead, she would BUY
another calf or yearling. 1t is not
our purpose to trace her progress up
to the present time, mlnuteiy; ouU
the result is, she now, in less than
seven years, has several hundred
head of cattle, fine farm, with nice
buildings and improvements, a COM
Portable even luxuriant home, and'
instead of carrying milk around by
hand. rides in her own carriage. Her
dauohter is a young lady, educated
and accomplished. To-day Mrs.
Ahart's property is valued at from
$40 600 to $4,000. And she has
made it all by honest industry ana
good management. She never had 4
Government contract nor fell heir 10
any property.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-02
NUMBER 3
Window Pane Picture.

&AhOtnOA w IL aflC Il
The stories of mysteriously- ap-
pearing portraits on window panss
have been revived once more by the
following, from the Charlottesville
Va. Chronicle of last week: with
In the last two weeks singular dis
covery has been made ut the house
OF Jesse Garth, for many years de-
ceased. 1t is said that distinct and
accurate likeness of Mrs. Garth, who
has been dead for twenty wears. can
De seen on a pane Of glass in the up-
per sash of one OF the windows pre-
senting very much the appearance of
a photograph negative. The dis
.covery is said to have been made by
woman who was washing clothes
in the yard, who imagined some one
was watching her through the win
dow. and went inside to see who it
was. We gather these facts from DIR.
Charles Brown, who has himself
seen the singular picture. DIR.
Brown remembers that about twenty
yeags AGO Mf.. Gartlfs.te4d him that.
his wife wiiile Standing at that wins
dow was stunned by sudden fash of
and the Doctors theory is
that the outlines of her features were
photographed on the window pane at
that time. The youngest daughter
of Mr.. Garth, and others who were
well acquainted with Mrs. Garth,
have seen the picture and pronounce
it a striking likeness. 1t is said to
be more distinct about nine o'clock in
the morning and three in the after
noon than at any other times of the
day."