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MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
BROWNS WILLS.
w. IL. DEATON. Prop.
Copiah Co., Mississippi.
Great Health and Pleasure Re-
sort.


TIME PROPRIETOR of these justly cele-
hrated Wells takes this method OF in
forming the Public that he is NV prepared
70 receive guests and flatters himself that
he will be able to give satisfaction TO all VINO
NAV come Having bought the place TO keep
he is determined that no one shall leave dls-
satisfied.
These Wells are situated eight miles west
of Hazlehurst Miss. daily line of comior-
fable Hacks will run to and from Hazlehurst
and the Wells. Through tickets can De had
n the office of the n. o., ST. l.. & g. Railroad,
al New Orleans, at a merely nominal sum
The section of country in which the wells are
located is probably as healthy as any portion
of the world. The grounds surrounding the
Wells consists of beautiful grove OF over
thirty acres. There are many cottages, single
and double. with a very large and commodi-
Gus dinin groom. There will be amnsements
of all kinds. Buggies and horses VIII be iur-
nished ut reasonable rates. There VIII be
a daily mail, with newspapers in abundance.
There are two Wells, one known as the Via
Well" and the other the New W ell, the
ANALYSIS Of both is given below. The waters
have been used for twenty years, and nave
heen found beneficial in the cure of the fol-
lowing, well as many other diseases: okin
Diseases, Functional Indigestion. Anemia
Chorea Constipation, Chronic DlarrhoeaI
Chronic Gastritis. some forms OF Dropsy,
Chronic Dysentery, Chronic HepatIs, Chronic
Laryngitis Diseases of the Mouth, OZena
and other Scrofulous affections, elect, Chron-
ic Ganorrhna Diseases of the Bladder or
Kidneys Diseases cident 10 Females, Spi-
nal Irritation, Amenorrh9a, Menorrhagla
and the many forms of Leucorrhea. 1t is par
excellence the place for persons of broken
down constitution Terms TO suit the times
ANY further information can be obtained by
W, b. DEATON.
Hazlehurst Miss.
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Tomatoes.

Burr tells US that the French
mode of raising tomatoes is as fol-
lows:
AS soon as a cluster of flowers is
visible they top the stem down
to the cluster, so that the flowers
terminate the stem. The effect is
that the sap is Immediately impelied
into the two buds next below the
cluster, which soon push strongly
and produce another cluster of flow
ers each. When these are visible
the branch to which they belong is
also topped down to a level; and
this is done five times successfully.
By this means the plants become
stout dwarf bushes, not above eigh-
teen inches high. In order to pre-
vent their falling over, sticks or
strings are stretched horizontally
along the rows, so as to keep the
plants erect. In addition to this, all
laterals that have no flowers, and,
after the fifth topping, all laterals
whatever are nipped off. In this
way the ripe sapis directed into the
fruit, which acquires a beauty, size
and excellence unattainable by 9th
er means.-Boston Globe.
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Insect EsaVa ges.

Prof G. V Riley asserts that in
1874 the Southern States lost 500
100000 by the cotton worm in a
single week In 1871 $3O,00O,OOO
worth of grain was ruined by the
chinch bug, and that in 1878, 1874
and 1875 the Rocky Mountain grass
hopper destroyed food to the amount
Of $50,000,000. Bringing in as evil
dence the attention paid by the
French government to the study of
the phylloxera, Prof. Riley states
that they have offered a prize of So
5000 francs for the discovery of a
remedy, and are constructing canal
capable of irrigating 10000 acres
of vine, believing that water will
kill the phylloxera. The attention
of our government having been
drawn toward these insect pests,
Prof Riley advocates that commits
sion, extending over a period of five
years, be empowered by Congress to
study these subjects, as he declares
that in less than that time it would
be impossible to discover the origin
or habit Of many of the insects, or
devise methods for their destruction.
We have a good deal of faith in
Professor Riley, and should be very
glad to see his suggestion adopted
by the government But it must
be confessed that the labors of the
mere scientist have not accomplished
much to aid the farmer in protect
ing his crops against the ravages of
these insect pests. This discovery
of the origin and habits of insects
has not pointed out the method of
their destruction. If this commits
sion is to be appointed, we hope it
will embrace men of practical ex-
perience, as we'll as those of scien-
tific attainments, for however de-
sirable and important we may deem
the investigations oflearned men in
matters Of this sort, they are seldom
so satisfactory as the results Of in,
telligent and carefully conducted
observation-disclosures.
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place in your bright consciousness.
be it the reflection that you are not
forgotten And if our stricken
hearts still plead for consolation
let them listen in the twilight OF
soothed feeling and softened re-
membrane, to the deathless Greek
chanting the employ of the bright
habitants of those blest isles:
"They till not the ground-they plough not
the wave
They toll not. never oh neverI
Not tear do they shed-not sigh do they
heave-
They are happy-forever, and ever"
Nor forget we that our Northern
brethren mourn their dead; and
that like beneficent result will flow
from the discipline born of their
grief, proportionately less splendid
it is true, as their sorrows have
been lighter. But they too mourn
deeply mourn, and the dust OF their
heroes is mingled with that of ours
Scatter. then, bright roses DER "the
Blue and the Gray" The aroma OF
our orange groves-the perfume Of
our magnolia,
''Sweet as Sabean odorz from the spicy
Shore of Araby the blest,"
float, on the breezes of Spring, IN
distinguishingly DER their graves
Let, then, our pure women,
C soft as their Cline"
scatter roses, bright roses, DER both
alike!
And, my countrymen, do you re
alize the deep significance Of those
blended graves? 1t is the work OF
God. He hath blended them to-
gether, in every burial ground of the
land, that ave, the People" when
the factious clamorings Of self-seek-
ing politicians and mad partizans
would distract us with sectional ami
mosities may look to the inter
mingled tombs, where cluster oul
deepest and hottest memories, and
pronounce, in the spirit of mutual
concession and fraternal love, the
fiat consigning them to "the Obscur-
ity for which God and Nature in
tends such petty marrers of oul
peace, and re pledging to each other
our national trOth.
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The New York Times in speaking
of what the Oranges of the Western
States have done, says:
"They have broken the power and
combinations of the pork-packers.
They started out the past fall as they
did the fall before, to buy pork at
about three dollars, expecting again
to get double price when they sold
as they did last year-but the
Changers We're too sharp for them
this time. They said rather than
sell at these low prices, we will pack
our own pork. So all over the West.
the Changers combined, determined
to pack unless they could get what
their pork was honestly worth.
Pork came in slow, not fast enough
to meet the demands of the packers.
The Changers went to putting up
their own pork. The packers be-
came alarmed, and thought they had
better make smaller profits, and so
commenced offering higher prices.
The Changers were firm, resolute,
and insisted on fair prices, and the
packers were compelled to pay them.
The farmers have tFiumphed over
the combinations to wrong them.
Millions more of dollars have been
saved to them than otherwise would
not have been. They needed the
money and have got it. They were
entitled to it, and got only what was
their due. The farmers can COM
bine on a larger and grander scale
than any other class, when it be
comes necessary.
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CITATION.
Estate of John Curran, Decd.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, !
KINDS COUNTY.
CHANcERY list District) CoURT.
CITATION,


Ar RULES, Monday, May y, 1876. J
TTNHE Final Account of John Cleary, admin
Il istrator de bonis non cum testamento an
nexo of estate of John Curran deceased, with
petition for final settlement and an affidavit
or declaration showing that all the parties
interested in such settlement are non-resi-
dents of Mississippi and their post-Ofhce ad-
dresses are S hereinafter stated. having been
filed in Court it is ordered that Publication be
made to ohm Moore, Ashurts, kidney, Coun-
ty Dublin Elizabeth Moore, widow, Knock
patrick County Kildare; Elizabeth Moore,
spinster, Knockpatrick, County Kildare !;
Matthew Moore Knock patrick, County Kill
dare Mary Hayden, widow, Castleroe, County
Kildare; John Hayden, Mageuey County
Kildare; Daniel Kelly and Mary Kellv, his
wife, Baliyraggen in County Kildare; Thorn
as Anthony and Margaret Anthony, his Wife,
Mageney, County Kildare; Luke Gore and
Mary Gore his wife, Castleroe, County Kill
dare; James Caulfield and Elizabeth Caulfell,
his wife, Newtown Ellsworth, County Kildare,
all in Ireland, in the Kingdom Of Her Britain
mic Majesty; and Margaret Moore, Africa,
postoffice unknown; and all persons inter
ested in said estate j follows:
You are hereby cited to appear at n term of
the Chancery Court, for the LIST District of
Kinds county, Mississippi, to be holden at the
court room thereof, in the city of Jack son, on
the fourth Monday of September A. ID. 1876
and show cause If any you can, why the final
account of John Cleary, administrator as afore-
said of said estate, now on file in the Clerk 5
office of said court, shall not be allowed and
the said administrator discharged,
Ordered further, that this order be pub
lished in the WEEKLY CLARION, a newspaper
printed and published in Jackson, Mississip-
pi, once week for four successive weeks, and
copy mailed, postage prepaid, to each of
said defendants at their respective post-of1ice
addresses aforesaid.
Ordered, May p, 1876.
w. T. RATLIFF, Chancery Clerk
By A. G. MOORE, D. G.
May "a 1876.-5w
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Fl. B. LACEY, Sec'y

THE AUNT's REMEDY.-The Du-
buque Herald says of resident of that
city: HE and bis new wife visited his
good old aunt, apd she asked hundred
questions on the all-important subject to
her. He was profuse in his answers, be-
ing only too happy to extol the good
qualities of his young wife. He concluded
the eulogy by telling the old lady that his
wife had wonderfully sweet voice, and a
'mezzo- soprano of extraordinary COM
pass The good aunt looked over her
spectacles with concern in her eyes, and
said 'Hez she Well, now, yer aunt
Lucy used to be troubled with that a
long while ago, and she used to put a
mustard plaster to the soles of her feet
and take catnip tea and it give her a
sight of easiness. just have your wife
try that and I'm sure she will git BETTER
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-06-07
Diversified Crops. "

One great drawback on he
Southern people is that hitherto
they have had but one 'money
CROP" viz, cotton. What we great
Iy need is crops that can be sold for
money at different periods of the
year. This we can do with little
effort. And as all the labor on the
farm outside of what the farmer
| does himself has to be hired, it is
important to raise largely of those
| crops which require the least labor
All know that wheat, rye. oats.
corn and barley require much less
labor than cotton, and comes into
market at a differet season of the
year, and are as much of a ''money
crops as cotton. It may be object
ed by some, that wheat and oats in
this climate are subject to rust. This
is true of some kind of oats, but we
have vet to hear of the first case of
the red rust proof kind having rust a;
| and their yield is quite as large as
any other kind usually grown by u.s.
As to wheat, it is said that from one
bushel to one sack of salt according
to quality of land, sown on the land
with the wheat will effectually pre-
vent rust. We have not tried it
ourselves, but have it from relia-
BILE gentleman who has been testing
it for years without single failure.
The salt also more than pays for it
self as a fertilizer. AS to rye, bar
lev. corn, etc, where the land was
suitable and it is properly put in,
there is never any failure, and even
if there was, the rye and barley, if
sown sufficiently early, more than
pay for themselves as winter pas
turage. There are also other crops,
such as early fruits, Irish and sweet
potatoes, grasses for hay, root crops,
etc, that can be raised with profit.
The greatest profit, however, in
many of the crops consists in feed
ing them to stock on the farm and
marketing the stock, and, by the
droppings of the stock enriching the
farm. BY system of this kind any
farmer can be receiving his income
ali through the year and thus have
money all the year round.-South-
ern Plantation.
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Useful Receipts,

To Cook RICE.-The best way to
cook rice, or, indeed, any other fart
naceous food, is to boil it in a double
kettle or in pail set within ket-
tie.
BEE STINGs.-Any absorbent will
give relief But perhaps nothing is
more eff,ectual than lean raw meat.
The sting of a wasp or bee may be
almost instantly relieved by it. 1t
is said to cure the bite of a rattle
snake, and to relieve erysipelas.
PLANTs.-It is a decided mistake
to suppose that plants are unhealth-
full in sleeping apartments or sitting
rooms Healthy growing plants alb
sorb the carbonic acid in the atmos-
phere, and keep it pure and agreea-
BILE. They are, in fact, the best dis
infectants that can be employed.
OUR GARDEN.-One little ''garden
patch" of ours has been very profit
able this season. The snails ate up
the cucul2 bers-the chickens ate VI
the snails-the neighbors' cats ate
up the chickens, and we are now in
search of something to eat mp the
cats Can any Of our agricultural
friends tell us ALA. Planter.
COvERING-Never use anything
but light blankets as a covering
The heavy impervious cotton coun.
terpane is bad, for the reason that il
keeps in exhalations from the pores
of the skin, while the blankets allow
them to pass through. Weak per
sons are often distressed by great
weight of bed clothes, which often
prevent their getting sound sleep
To KEEP HAMs.-There is no bet
ter way to keep hams through the
summer, free from faint and insects
than by hanging them up in the
smoke house, which is Of course tc
be kept perfectly dark. Where
there is no smoke-hous or dark
room, sew each ham up in canvas
bag and thoroughly whitewash it
We have also kept them perfectly
by rubbing into them wood ashes
packing them in barrels and cover
ing them with ashes.
New WHITEwAsH--A pound of glue
dissolved in hot water and diluted
with four gallons of water, to which
is added six pounds of whiting, will
be found to answer a better purpose
than common lime. Woodwork can
be washed with this glue size, and
one coat of paint on it would last
for years. A little chrome yellow
will give a light, lemon colored tint
to the wash. A cheap paint for the
floor can be made, which a strong.
smart woman could apply TO any
floor five pounds of French ochre,
One-fourth of pound of glue, and a
gallon of hot water. Dissolve the
glue in a small quantity of hot wa
ter; when wholly melted, add the
rest of it, stirring it slowly until well
mixed. Then stir in the ochre, and
apply while hot, with a good sized
paint brush. When well dried, APP
ply one or two coats of boiled lin
seed oil. This paint dries very quick
ly, hardening in from fifteen to TWEEN
ty-four hours.
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LOUIS WILLIE
AND
GREAT SOUTHERN
RAILROAD LINE.

TRAIN No. from Mont gomery connects at
Calera with s. r. & D. r. R.. ; at Decatur with
NJ. s C. R. r. for the West. No. 2 from Mem
phs, connects ut Humboldt and Milan, for the
West; also from points South for Louisville;
at Guthrie with St. L. s. S. f. Ry.; at Lebanon
juno. with Knoxville and Richmond Branches;
at Cincinnati juno, with L., c. & L. r. r. for
the North and East; at Louisville with u s.
Mail Boats for Cincinnati, and with o. & NJ.
Ry. and j., NJ. & l. R. r. for the North, East,
and West
TRAIN No. 4 runs daily from Montgomery
and daily except Sunday from Memphis, hav-
ing direct connection from Little Rock, and all
points in Texas to Louisville, connects at De
catur with Memphis and Charles town Rail-
road at Guthrie, with the St: L. & S. E. R'y;
at Gin. juno. with L. G. & L. r. r. for the
North and East; at Louisville with o. & NJ
and J. NJ & l., for the North, East and West.
ALL TRAINS connect at Cave City for
Mammoth Cave.
This Route offer superior inducements to
Visitors to THE CENTENNIAL. Direct con-
hections made in Louisville with cars
which run direct to Centennial grounds.
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In order to act intelligently against
the cotton worm, Southern planters are
advised by Professor 4. r. Grote to act
in concert. He further recommends
that, whatever agent is employed to de-
stroy the worm, be used against the first
brood that appears in the locality, so as
to prevent IFS spreading farther. 1t is
highly desirable that the life-history and
habits of such insect pests should be
thoroughly studied, with a view to their
determination.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
commissioners Sale of Land.
In chancery Court for First District of Kinds

In Chancery Court for First District OF Hinds
County
MARY A BARRErr ct ais.
vs. mo. 1875.
" B. JELKs ct ais.
By virtue aud in pursuance of the maj de-
cree of the Chancery Court OF the flrst Us
trict of Kinds county, in the above entltleu
cause rendered the Sth day OF august a.
D. 1874 the undersigned sheriff of said coun-
tv as the commissioner of said court deslg-
mated in said final decree, will, on the
FIRST MONDAY IN JULY NEXT,
At the front door of the City Hall in Jackson.
and between the hours prescribed by law, ex-
pose to sale, at public auction 10 tne hlgn1ess
bidder for cash, all that part of lot No twelve
of the Cohea survey in West Jackson, as lald
out and designated in the original map anu
plat thereof made by ii, c. Daniel, and con-
bv Mary Barrett, widow, and Thomas Mary,
Edward anil Willie Barrett, heirs-at-law OF
Thomas Barrett, deceased, and John Douthi',
to nav and satisfy the amount decreed 10 De
due by them to the defendants, with interest,
and which amounts have, under said decree,
and to prevent the costs of sale, been paid by
the omplainant, the Vicksburg Meridian
Railroad Company. That part of said lot Il
claimed by the said widow and heirs Is de-
scribed as follows, to-wlt:
Beginning at a point where the Southern
Railroad crosses the southern boundary line
of lot II of the Cohea land, as surveyed ny H.
C. Daniel, thence east TO the southeast corner
of lot II. thence with the line ofthe east bonn
dairy of lot u to the southeast corner OF
Gains lot, thence west with south boundary
of Cain lot $50 feet to his southwest corner.
thence north with west boundary line of
Gains lot 200 feet TO Cain northwest corner,
thence west with north boundary line of lot
II to the point where the Southern Railroad
crosses said line thence with the said line of
railroad to the place of beginning, con aiming
10 25-l00 acres. And that part of said lot =
owned and claimed by said John Douthit
contains two acres. lies in the northeast cor
ner of said lot and along the line of the New
Orleans, St Louis and Chicago Raill Dad, and
includes that part of said lot II not claimed
and owned by the said widow and heirs of
Thomas Barrett, deceased, and the said Vicks-
burg & Meridian Railroad Company.
s. b. THOMAS,
Sheriff and Commits siOne r..