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A Natural Snake Charmer.
From the Toledo Blaze.

From the Toledo Blaze.
Last Friday evening Blude reporter
CHANGED to be in Il small village called
Ransom, in Hillsdalc county eight miles
south of the station called Osseo, on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail
way. A short, medium thick-sct young
man sauntered into the village throng.
He sat down on the platform in front OF
one Of the stores and kept his seat but
moment. Then he struck his coat pocket
quite smartly two or three times and said,
Behave yourself and lie still there" It
was supposed that he had a kitten confined
in the depths Of his pocket, and some one
asked why he did not let him out He
smiled and said coolly to his pet that lie
should come OUT and have some fresh air.
With. the lightning like movement Of
its species, there glided from his pocket
monster snake Of the blue racer variety,
which in that section of the country is
very common. and attains a great size.
1t was full six feet in length and as
it shot out the audience Ictreated in bad
order, and were not for some time bold
enough to come near enough to the snake
charmer to see him perform 1t glided
over him, wound itself around his arm
and neck, and allowed him to throw it
around like a piece of rope. It always
obcyed his bidding, and showed no inci-
nation to get away. He stroked his shin
ing body with his hand, and played with
it as if it had been kitten Finally, he
made it crawl back into his pocket and
carried it away.
A man who saw him capture the snake
said that it was racing through the field
at high rate of speed-for the blue racer
will in his livelicst moments go as fast as
horse can run-when Wilson, the charm
Ell, rushed up to it, and suddenly caused
it to stop and come toward him. Wrap
ping it around his arm, and patting it
tondly meanwhile, he took it to the house.
and from there brought it to the village.
When he sets his captives at liberty it is
with great difficulty that he can persuade
them to leave him, and oftentimes when
he has turned them loose and driven them
away. he has been vexed to find on turn
ng around that they still follow him. He
said that he has always had power to
charm reptiles, and has frequently cap
tured ratt'esnakes, or the more poisonous
moccasin snakes, and kept them under
control. His statements were corrobor-
atcd by several gentlemen present. He
says that he never pulls the fangs out of
snakes, as they sometimes die from the
effects of such treatment, but he is per
fectly able to control them at all times.
and they never bite him. Owing to his
peculiar power and tastes some forbear-
ance is required on the part of the people
who employ him, as very frequently, when
he comes from the field to his meals, he
is followed by one Of his unattractive
pets.
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she bent low over the white face, and
said, in the old girlish way: aass -
"l>alph, ltisI, your little Maggie; don't
you know me dcarl'} a ...fs;4@#
SAT last! at lastl Thank God,s I've
found you, my Margaret, nlyspearl y and
the dying man gazed ut her with q Joy
unspeakablc.
| Then, as Margaret laid her lips on his,
hemurmured:
on forgive me darling, do you?''
The look Of perfect love in her tear
filed eyes needed no words to interpret
it. And then he told her how the few
lines which he had found awaiting him,
five long years ago, had shown his
trcachery, with shock that left him no
thought save to fna his wife and child
and beg her to forgive, and let him make
amends. Tho spell which had enthralled
him was broken forever: the woman who
had enchanted him fled, he knew not
where. '@ss s5s.
"All these years, I sought you, NJ ar
garet, hoping and fearing. I would not
belieNc you dead, yet knew not where to
find you. But now, thank God, that He
has brought you to ;uc.'' .--. r~-.
~ The feeble voice. ceased. Margaret
put her hand in his again. The lamp
f1ared and tlickered and expired. The
sufferers slept: And when at last, the
morning light broke in, it showed a dead
hand claspfngg a dead hand, whileathessun
| threw CLEAN Of glory upon two faces,
Swallowed by the wing of the death-angel.
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The Ohio State Journal tells of village
clergyman who, visiting parishioner
suffering from lingering disease, express
ed to his wife hope that she sometimes
spoke to him of the future 81 do, indeed,
sir" was the reply. soften and often l
wakes him in the night and says, John,
John, you little think of the torture as IS
prepared for you.'"
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sin to die, so she must work to live. Her
heart was still bitter toward Raj phi, and
her only comfort was little Nell's sweet
face; and when at last, she had to lay her
away forever, with the baby eyes shut,
never more to open, she felt as if her final
hope on earth was gone.
But while she mourned and longed for
death, the pillows of war swept over the
land, and Margaret found her way to the
dead and dying. One day, among the
wounded brought in after a terrible bat
tie, was the man whom she had once
called husband! j.
"Hc will not live till tomorrow" the
surgeon said, after he had dressed the
wound and given him into Margaret's
charge. you need give him nothing
but little brandy now and then-it is
utterly useless" and Doctor Maxfeld
walked away, little guessing the tumult
raging in the breast Of his most faithful
| nurse. ~
She sat down quietly, beside the
sleeper. The lamp showed her a worn,
sad face, with deephollows in the cheeks,
and gray strcaked hair, She softly laid
her chin on the curls that in five long
years she had not touched, and wondered,
with an apathy that surprised herself,
when Jeanie Cameron's white fingers had
last rested there. Where was this wo-
man who had set gulf of years between
her and her husbands yes, her husband,
for he was hers now-death was bringing
him back to her-her husband, the father
of her child! She forgot all the anguish
this mans perfidy had brought her and
only remembered the old days, and the
tender words he had said to her away in
the New England hills far from the
dreary hospital. And when the weary
eyes opened and looked at her with a
CLEAN of recognition in their sad depths,
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Sentimental Sayings.

There is no flock however watched
and tended, but one dead lamb is there !
There is no fireside, however defended,
but has one vacant chair.-Longfellow.
We know that we are endued with ca
pacities of action, of happiness and mis-
cry; for we are conscious of acting, of
enjoying pleasure and suffering pain
Butler.
Venerable to me is the hard hand
crooked, coarse-wherein, notwithstand
ing, lies cunning virtue, inGispensably
royal as the sceptre of the planet
Carlyle.
After all, the head only reproduce
what the heart creates and so we give
the mocking bird credit when it initiates
the loving murmurs of the dove.-C. w.
Melville.
There are many people the brilliancy
of whose minds depends upon the heart.
When they open that it is hardly posi-
BILE for it not to throw out some fire
tDesmahia.
If you hate your enemies, you will
contract such vicious habit of mind as
will by degrees break upon those who are
YOuA VI tAlOcN "AAS stAS AAN'tAi~A SA@N
to you.-Plutarch
The heart never grows better by age, !
fear worse always harder. \ young liar
will be an old one; and young knave
will only be a greater knave as he grows
older Chesterfield.
The hand is the minds only perfect
vassal, and when, through age or illness,
the connection between them is interrupt
ed, there are few more affecting tokens
of human decay [Tuckerman.
How easy it is for one benevolent per
son to diffuse pleasure around him; and
how truly is kind heart fountain Of
gladness, making everything in its vicinity
to freshen into smiles !-[W. Irving.
The thoughts we have had, the pictures
we have seen, can be called back before
the minds eye and before the magma
ton; but the heart is so oblong, it does
not reproduce It's pleasing emotions.
Goethe.
A sapling truth, with earth at its
roots and blossoms on its branches, or a
trenchant truth, that can cut its way
through bars and sods, most men, it seems
to me, dislike the slight entertainment of.
Il Ruskin.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-17

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Supervis-
ors of Noxubee county to settle and COM
promise a certain judgment rendered in he
Circuit Court of said county against W. NJ.
Common and his sureties on his official bond
as tax collector of said county, and for
other purposes.
SECTION J. BE IL enacted BIZ the LEGISLATURE Of
the State Of Mississippi That the Board of Su-
pervisors of the county Of Noxubee be and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to
compromise, settle, and dispose of certain
judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of
said county on the 9Th day of September
1876 for the of said county of Noxubee
against VIM. NJ. Connor late tax collector OF
said county, William Z. Common. and William
NJ. Common. James W. Heron, and Robert W
Heron, his sureties his official bond
tax col ectOr of said Noxubee county, and all
county for the of said county of Noxubee
against the sail William NJ. Connor and his
said sureties on his said official bond, said
Board of Superyisors are hereby empowered
to adjust. compromise and settle the same
upon such terms as they may believe 70 be for
the best interest of said county Of Noxubee;
Pro03ded said compromise shall be made and
agreed upon or before the first day of jan
uary next.
SEC. 2. BE 1t further enacted. That said Board
of Supervisors are hereby authorized and en-
powered to settle or compromise with and re-
lease any one Or more of said sureties from
said Judgment and said sui now pending in
the Circuit Court of Noxubee county, bur such
settlement or release shall not affect the ri CHIT
or remedy of the said N0xubee county against
the other debtors for she amount remaining
due and unpaid, and shall not operate to re-
lease any of the other of the said debtors.
either of principal or sureties.
SEC. 3. BE Ufurther enacted, That this act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, January IL. 1877.
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The Weekly Clarion
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY II. 1877.
Southern Sentiment AS Ex pre>se.s
by Senator Gordon.

Senator Gordon has published letter
on the Presidential question which re
fleets the opinion Of the leading Southern
members of Congress. The following is
the substance of it:
He thinks that Governor TiIden was fair
", Leacabiy, constitutiOnal1y elected. Such
i the conviction, he thinks. OF tire country,
of all Dem crat7 and OF a large body OF Re-
publicaEs who supported Mr.. Hdye, How
any unprej udiced man can doubt IL o. how
his Inauguration can be de Gated with any
show OF compliance with law seems To him
beyond comprehension.
In view OF the reasons which Senator Cor
don gives lie Is almost ready - say Mr..
Tiden VIII be peaceably inau2uraLed. lie
has faith that tile power OF truth au1 reVeF-
.uce Tor law will control such a body as the
United States senate. J. l. uu secret that
there are Il republicans ia both Houses o.
Congress who viii never consent That the
Vice President OF the United states shall
exercise the extraordinary aud Dangerous
powers which the extremists seek To confer
uBon hun, and he knows OF no other method
by which Mr.. Hayes can b. counted in. The
very act OF appointing JOINT committee To
report plan would seem 10 b. an ADAM
donmcnt of such "A scheme and a recognition
OF the constitutional power Of the Two mouse,
OF Congress over the entire subject.
The Constitution provides Tor all cOnt1n-
gences which have arisen. aud for all likely
TO arise, ia this case, and the surest guar
antee OF peaceful settlement of this grave
question is an answering adherence 20 thu
law Of the presidents. lie concludes Will
the remark that the great mass Of the people
Republicans and Democrats, are honest an,
Iair-nlinded.
lie rep0ses with great confidence on tb'
power OF public opinion, whi ch Is cry-taIlz
ing in the direction lac indicates That /
may be potent enough 70 secure the peace
;ul inauguration OF Mr.. Iiiden he believe
TO be the wish OF a very large majority 0
the people, and he knows OF many homes
Republicans who love country more thar
party.
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Trustees Sale .

DY VIRTUE of a Deed of Trust, executed
ID by David W. Jones, on the 1st day of
August, 1872 and duly recorded in Vol. 3, pa
ges l52 and l53 Of Record of Deeds of Kinds
county, Mississippi, ], the undersigned Trus-
tee, will sell on Saturday, the 10th day of
February, 1877, and within legal hours, before
the front door of the City Hall in the town of
highest bidder for cash the followin property
situated in the town of Jackson, Mississippi.
to-wit; Lots numbered seven and eight in
square number eight FORTH and breadth Of
ffty-four feet six inches off the south side of
lots numbered five and six adjoining said lots
seven and eight and in the same square said
premises fronting south on Hazoo street and
west on Congress street, together with all
tenements and appearances thereto belong
ing. Said properly is sold to satisfy a note
described in said Deed of Trust. | will CON
vey such title only is vested in me by saia
Deed of Trust, which is believed to be good
GEORGE WHITFIELD Trustee.
Jan. 10 17-5w
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Commissioners Sale.

DT VIRTUE Of a decree rendered by the
ID Chancery Court OF Kinds county III the
First District thereof. in the case of James Key
nolds vs. Lugenia Lynch, No. 3U4, on the 29th
dav of September, A. ID. 1876, the undersi gn-
ed as special commissioner appointed in said
case will proceed 10 sell al the front door of
the Civ Hall in Jackson, Mississippi, at pub
lie QUERY for cash, 10 the highest bidder, on
Tuesday, the 6fh day of febuerv, 1877, the
following described lands and tenements ~
ing and being In said county Of Kinds, and
St,te Of Mississippi, or SO much thereof as
nav he sufficient 10 satisfy the amount Of said
decree. to-wit: 4 certain lot or parcel OF land
situated III West jackson, in section four
township FIVE range one east, and more par
ticuIarIv descr bed by the following netes
AMI bounds: Beginning at "A stake On the
north side Of The Clinton road al the south
west corner of a seven acre lot or tract of
land sold by Lucy G. lerger and VIM. ).
Ierger to James Lynch. on the lOih
day of August, 1871, and known as the
residence OF the late James Lynch, de-
ceased. thence with said Clinton road north
SO 40 west three chains to a stake on said
Clinton road thence north 800 east J42 chains
to a stake on the Nicksburg and Meridian
Railroad: thence south $40 east with said rail-
road thence south 30 degrees west 462 chains
to the place Of beginning. Acting as Commits
sioner | shall only convey such title to the
purchaser as | may lawfully convey under
said decree.
G. MOORE,
Specal Commissioner.
Tan . '77-3O l(uriu fee SD 5tO
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Trustees Sale.

DY VIHTUE E of the provisions of a certain
I'D Deed of Trust, made by Andrew Crudup
William CrudUp, Aibertne Crudup, wife of
William Crudup, on the 2Sth day of June, A.
ID. 1866, to secure Thomas Rigby on account
of certain Indebtedness mentioned therein
the said deed being duly recorded in Deed
Book l. pages No POI, DOB and BOB in the
Chancery Clerks office of The County of Scott,
and STATE of Mississippi on the 1lth day of
August, 1866, the undersigned will proceed
TO sell, to the highest bidder for cash. at pub
lie cutlery, in front of the south door of the
Courthouse. in the town of Forest in the coun-
~ of Scott on the p day of January, A. ID.
1877, the following described parcels of land
lying and being in the county and State afore-
said, or much thereof shall be sufficient
to raise the amount Of the Indebtedness Sc
cured by said Deed in Trust aforesaid, togeth-
er with the appurtenances thereunto belong
ing follows. to-wit: + = of NW4 and w =
of NE14 and SEA, See. four ~, and NE14.
Sec nine 90 and W Z of NE14, See. 10. SEI,
Sec thirry-one (3l), and E12 of NV See
eleven I'D, and E1z of NE4, Sec four A.
Township five, Range eight, east; also, f = of
SW4, and VIZ Of SEA, Sec. thirt three (33),
Township six, Range eight, east.
The title to the above property IS believed
to be good, but shall only convey such title
as is vested in as trustee
c. ". TAYLOR, Trustee
Deco, 16-jw. [prs fee $4,000.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Trustees Sale.

VIRTUE of a Deed Of Trust, esSSeece ute1
Is on the pa dav of February, let", by
HenyT Dtyis and Laura Davis. his wife and
recorded reeo in Boo. Of Record of Deeds Of Kinds
county. Mississippi, No. 3, page l9s, / me
rndersigael Trustee, will sell on oe'urua ~
S wont do door Of the CRY Hall, in the city of
jackson. Mississippi, and within iesai hours rs
d lie highest bidder at public auction FOR
~, r,,,,,tv Of Kinds State of Mississippi, to-
vii: The northwest quarter. Of northwest
ana,ter Of section twenty-eight- township
seven. range wes'. together with all imp eve
rl.ut. thereon. This property : sold TO ratls-
fv n uotc described in said Deed OF Trust
will convey such tide only as Is vested IN
I,e bv said Deed Of Trust which Is believed 10
BE- good. ALEAANpEh 49,,
Jan I0-'I7-5w Trustee
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Citation.
ESTATE OF WV. H. ALLEN, DECEASED.

ESTATE OF WIN. H. ALLEN, DECEASED
The STATE .oF MISSISSIPPI. Chancery Court,
1881 lst Dist. Sept.
KINDS COUNTY. Term A. ID. 1876
TINE Final Account of E. Watkins Admin
i istrator of said W. II. Aliens Estate hav-
ing been filed with accompanying vouchers
and it appearing by affidavit filed, that Flor
enee w. Allen, the only child OF said deceased.
and Mrs. E. I. Allen, his widow, and guar
dian of said Florence W., are both non-resi-
dents of the State of Mississippi, and reside
at Marion, Alabama which is their postoffice:
1t Is ordered by the Court that said non-resi-
dennts, and all other persons interested in the
said estate, do, on or before the first day of
the next Term of this Court, to be begun and
held at the Chancery Court oom, in jackson,
Mississippi. on the Fourth Monday of March
why such account shall not be allowed, and
the Administrator discharged. 1t is further
ordered that the foregoing order be publish
ed, once week Tor at least thirty days, in
The CLARION, newspaper published in the
CITY of Jackson, TO be ended more than one
month before said fourth Monday in March,
1877, and that the Clerk. by mail, send GER
titled copy of the foregoing order to each of
the Dersons aforesaid, at Marion, Alabama
but if said parties shall be in Kinds county
Mississippi, then citation may Issue 10 them
according to the statute.
A true copy from the minutes.
W. T. RATLIFF, Clerk.
BY A. g. MOORE d. o.
Jan.lO, 19-6w4prs. fee $4,000
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ACT authorize the Secretary of furnish the
Code of 1871 to certain officers.


Of the State Of Mississippi, That the Secre-
tary of State be authorized and he is hereby
required to furnish to any officer of this State,
of any county in the State, who, by law. are
entitled to the Statutes Of the State copy of
the Revised Code of 1871, and the Acts of the
Legislature passed since 1871, in every case
where such officer shall apply to such Secretary
of State therefor, and present with such applica
ton an affidavit made by such applicant, stating
that such officer either never received of the
State or the predecessor of such officer such
Code and Acts, or either of them. as the case
may be, or that such Code or Acts, or both, or
any of them, are so mutiated as to be worth
less; PFori3ed, the number of such Statutes
required by law to be kept in the State Library
shall not be diminished.
SEC. ,. BE Il FURTHER enacted, That this Act
be in force and take effect from any after its
passage.
APPROVED, January 9th, 1871
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WHEREAS. at Rules on Wednesday, De
w cembcr 9th, 1876 OF Chancery Court of
the First District OF Kinds county, Letters Of
Executorship Of the estate of DR.. {. O. Hell
wig. deceased were granted to the undersign-
ed by the Clerk of said Court: Now, all cred
itors of the deceased are hereby notified TO
have their claims duly probate ed and registered
a the Office Of the said Chancery Clerk of said
county. within tle time limited by law, else
they will be forever barred; and all pe.sons
indebted TO said estate must come forward and
make immediate payment
}. J. HALBERT, Exctr.
Dec. u 76-3w-4w pr. fee Sc. OOl.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Chancery Notice.
In the Cha ~rery Court for the First District of
Hinas county, State of Mississippi.
Sarah Sharkev,

In the Cha ~rery Court for the First District OF
Hinas county, State of Mississippi.
Sarah Sharkey,
1901 Is
John j. Simmons Ell al.
ON OPENING the sworn cross bill OF COM
" plant fled in this cause ard II appear
ing 10 the satisfaction Of the Court that " IL
liam T. WIthers AID Martha 5. Withers, his
wife are not residents OF the State of Miss =
sippi but reside beyond the limits thereof,
to-wit: Lexington. IN the State of Kentucky.
so that the ordinary process of this Court
cannot be executed against them. II i there
fore ordered by the Cont. that said m T.
WIthers aud Martha :. Withers, do enter
their appearance hereio. on or before the
Fourth Monday Of March, A. D., 1871, the
same being a regular Term Of said Court, at
the Court Room thereof in the City of Jackson
Kinds county, Mississippi, and plead, answer
or demur 10 defendants eros Bill, or the sew
eral allegations thereof will be taken for con-
tossed as to them. 1t i further ordered that
This order be published in the Weekly Clarion,
a new spaper published in the city of Jackson,
once week for four consecutive weeks, an
that a copy Of this ord r he forwarded, post
age prepaid by the Clerk of this Court to the
address of said W. T. and Martha ). With rs
Ordered this January 81, 1877.
W. r. RATTIFF, Clerk.
Bv A. q MOORE. d. c.
Jan 3 IS77-4w. tUr fee $1,000