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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
NIortnII1y rrom snnIee liz.

Mr.. A. Bittinger has submitted some
recommendations to the Indian govern
ment with view 10 reducing the NOR
tality from sssnskc bites. Among them
are the following: "Priests should in
duce people to wear boots; volunteers for
snake-killing operations should be invited
from the army, the police, &c; poison
Gus gases and chemicals should be driven
into snake holes; rent-free lands should
be given to the heirs of people who die
10 the operations against snakes; prison
ers should be sent out TO kill snakes, be-
ing allowed meat and tobacco and prom
ised remission of two days imprisonment
nr every day spent against snakes; fire
and water should be applied to snakes
a blower with portable metal tunnel
should be used for forcing poisonous
gases into nakehOles; ravines where
snakes congregate should be specially
treated, chemicals being burnt without
stint, so that the gases may penetrate
the snake holes and cause asphyxiatiOn
to the snakes; parties Of trained snake
killers should operate in the Ocean alone;
blowing horns, flags and sentries should
be used to keep people and birds and
harmless animals away from places
where snakes are being treated chemical
" by the agency of FIRE; land on the
banks of rivers should be terraeed, and
water pumped out Of the rivers on to the
terraces, so as to drown the snakes or 20
cause them TO come out to their destruC-
ton
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11

In this Crisis-for thy Mission is the
mightiest of Time:
II Is thine to lead legion
Out of every realm aud region
In the glorious march sun ward to rho
Golden Heights sublime.
Rings the trump the drum is beatinoI-
No reti acting mo retreatinglL
1e must tread the straight white patb-
way, that thy pure, proud martyrs
Teaching thus unto the foeman
Th9t We truckle unto no man,
That thy kirkland k"ows no master. save
the One Great Master-God,
Up! and from thy statutes sever.
With firm. swift hand, forever
All the laws antagonistic to thine august
laws of old;
Strike for States-rights! this thy mission.
Till 1t finds full frutiOn.-
Let the BlessingO of the Ballot by Caucas-
ians be controlled.
Up! rebuild thy ruined Affairs,
That were shattered by assaulters,
And beside them swear thy children the
same oath their Fathers swore:-
Thus the olden. ol1en glory,
Flashing through and through our story,
Like the splendor OF a sun-ourst will
fllume southland once more.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
(WAsHIGToN CITY DECEMBER IND }

(WAsHIGToN CITY DECEMBER 2ND)
SENATOR HARRIs's QUARANTINE BILL,
The following is the text of bill introdu-
ced by Sen tor Il trrIs to day:
WHEREAS, The epidemic which has re-
Gently prevailed in large districts of several
States of the Union. has been so destructive
to human lie and the Interests and prosper
itV of the whole country ~ make it the
subject of gravest public concern, and its
prevention in future an i'm portant duty TO
the end that it's return may be prevented so
far as prompt and decided action can pre-
vent therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate the house of Rep
reSentatives cOncurriug, That joint select
committee of four senators TO BE- appointed
by the president of the senate and tiqe rep
resentatives to be appointed by the speaker
of the house. be constituted committee TO
investigate and report upon the best means
for preventing the Introduction and spread
of epidemic diseases, especially yellow fever
and cholera within the limits OF the United
States. That said committee be allowed
clerk. and if in the course of its investlga-
ton it is found necessary, stenographer;
and that said committee have power to send
for persons and papers; to employ experts
and scientists, not to exceed seven in nam
ber and send them to and by "A Sub-com
mlttee to visit recently Init cted localities,
TOR the purpose of obtaining the fullest
and most accurate information, and that
said committee may report at any time
during the present session of Congress, by
bill or otherwise.
SENATOR BLAINE's ELECTION RESOLUTIONS.
The following is the text of Senator
Blaine's bill regarding the recent elections:
Resolved, That the judiciary committee
be instructed to inquire and report to the
Senate whether, at the recent elections, the
constitutional rights of American citl-
zens were violated in any of the
States of the Union; whether the
rights of suffrage of citizens OF the United
States, or of any class of such cit
liens, was denied or abridged bv the action
of the election officers of any State in refus-
ing to receive their votes, in failing to count
them, or in receiving and counting fraudu-
lent ballots in Pursuance of a conspiracy TO
make the lawful votes of such citizens OF
effect; and whether such citizens were
prevented from exercising the elective fran
chise, or forced to use it against their wish
es bv violence or threats, or hostile demon
STATIONS of armed men or ether organiza-
tions, or by any other unlawful means or
practice
Resolved, That the judiciary COMMITTEES
be further instructed to inquire and report
whether it is within the competency ofcon-
press to provide, by additional legislation,
for a more perfect security of the right of
suffrage to citizens of the United States in
all ST ates of the Union.
Resolved, That in presenting these In
Quiries the judiciary committee shall have
the right to send for persons and papers.
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A Question OfCOEmPIeXiOn-Re pub-
Iican Professions 40 be Tested.

OF. LOuiS RcpuOiICdH.J
A rumor painful to Republican ears is
according to the Chicago InCer-Ocean, af1oat
in the air of the Federal capital. Senator
Bruce of Mississippi is gentleman OF col
or, and his bride a lady of color. They have
been travelling in Europe dnring the sum-
mer and fall, and are now enroute for w ash
ington, where handsome residence on
Capitol hill awaits their arrival Omcial
etiquette requires that the wives OF all the
cabinet ministers and congressman snaIi
make the first call on a senator's wife, and
the wives of the elder senators are expected
to set the pie. The rumor is that MRS.
Bruce is not TO have the benefit OF this
time-honored rule; in other words, that
the is to be snubbed by the most OF the Re
publican ladies on account of her COIN pick
ion and previous condition of social inferI-
ority. How is s'the prejudice of caste" ever
so De overcome il y lady of African descent
cannot get into the tiptop circles OF Repuo-
lican society? How is the underpinning,
so TO speak. of the solid South ever TO be
knocked out, if the colored wife of colored
senator is thus branded with the red-hol
iron of indignant Republican fashion
How is the social pyramid In the Southern
States to stand on it's apex instead of its
base ii lineal descendant Of first family
in Africa is to be tabooed under the very
nose of a Republican administration? How
are the great results OF the war; to be
protected and preserved, IL blood which
NAV have trickled through the veins of the
ancient kings OF Dahomey Is treated as II it
had run through scoundrels ever since the
fiood?''
We are not without hope, however, that
the Republican queens will rec 0nsider their
determination; and this hope is very much
strengthened by one circumstance which
must not be omitted. Senator Bruce is
rich. very rich; and while in Paris he
bought his wife MAGNIFICENT wardrobe of
the latest style and costliest material, which
she knows how to wear according TO the
latest Partisan mode. II Mrs. Rruce's clothes
will not take her where she wants to go,
then indeed the country is lost past all sal
variOu
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
A Queer Case Under tine Civil
Rights bill.

Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. ga novel
case under the civil rights bill has just
been decided in Virginia. Two negroes
were indicted for the murder of white
boy. The venire for the jury was entire
" composed of white men. The defend
ants demanded q venire of one-third
negroes, which was refused. The ne
groes were found guilty. They sued out
a writ of habeas corpus from the United
States Court, and the jury decided that
a negro had right to demand to be tried
By his peers, and that, therefore, Judge
Treadway, Circuit Judge, violated the
law Of the United States in refusing to
award . summons for special venire,
to be composed in part, at least, of me-
groes, although there was no proof Of
tered il either Court that the white jury
men we're At al prsiudiced 81 incomns-
tent,
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rHE POEr

The poet was not born t. teach
A moral lesson TO mankind,
DE hath no solemn creed q preach,
But, fancy-frec and uncOnfiued,
By sanlit glade or gray sea beach
His Tyre wakes 10 the shifting wind.
And II he be "a minstrel true,
Its evfry sound should charm your ears.
vi ev'ry cloud the changing hue
Should bear some fTuit in smiles or tears.
ana all his songs should watt to you
An echo of some voice he hears.
Thus, true to Nature aud to Art
de htngs his music on the gale.
And even should its tones impart
But gall and bitterness, and fail
To ease his own O'erburdeRed heart
And prove TO yours of no avail.
From love of song alone he sings,
And as his mood is foul or fair
his voice in tuue or discord rings:
No matter so the voice be there
And should his Tyre cen snap its strings
He will not know, he will not care!
London World.
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FRENCH TOILETS.
why French Women are Ghe
NeAtesG i'm Ghe World.

On our way, writes French cores
pondent, We INDUCED in brown study as
to Why Parisians have reputation above
every other nation in matters OF toilet.
1t Is not because they are extravagant
IN the choice of materials as a people.
The Americans and English probably
spend twice as much in this respect.
Therefore, we have come to the conelu-
sion that the secret of their success lies
IN these two points: taste in selection and
combination and extreme attention to
those niceties other nations consider un-
important. Then, too, thorough Par
| lslan lady Is so excessively careful of her
wardrobe. She bestows on it nearly as
much care as on her children. One who
can afford to buy only two or three cos
tunes in the year will make as good an
appearance as an American who runs
through half dozen. The French we.
mans bonnet may be simple and cheap,
but never out of keeping with the rest of
her toilet, and however she manages in
the matter of dresses, shabby boots are
never reckoned among her shortcomings.
The gloves may be an inferior quality,
but they fl we'll, and never like button.
The color of her costume may be trying,
but she so lightens it with punches of
lace and pieces of ribbon, she leaves
nothing to be desired in the way of effect
What she wears on the street she does
not wear in the house, for eager little
hands and climbing little feet soon tarn
ish its freshness. Each article is care
fully brushed, mended or folded, as &C.
cAsion may require, and brought out as
good as new when next to be worn
One sees no sweeping dresses on the
streets of Paris. That filthy spectacle
of petticoat pavement-sweeping is reserv-
ed for our own sublime American cities.
French women have been reproached
with untidiness in their homes. "Yes,"
says Mrs. Grundy, ''they live for the
world" Perhaps the reproach has some
foundation; but this is also true An
American, when she marries, unless
moving in the best we should say the
moneyed) circles, becomes negligent of
those little womanly coquetries in matters
of dress that helped to win her a husband.
The Parisienne never does. She is as
anxious that her husband and every one
else should think her 'jolie femme" at
sixty as sixteen, A little of this spirit
is very good. A woman neatly and be-
comingly dressed is certainly a prefera-
BILE companion to one Indifferent in such
affairs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
Holy writ Against shavtnr.

The Cleveland physician who main
tains that shaving Is crime against
health and good looks, has been ransack-
ing his bible for texts. He finds 10 Lee
vitieus the Injunction "Neither shalt
thou mar the corners of thy beard"
He infers that the children of Israel,
while in bondege to the Egyptians,
initiated many of their heatnenish GUS
toms, and the shaving of the beard was
one OF them. Hence the great law giver
condemned it most emphatically, and a
careful study Of history shows that the
Hebrews generally discarded the use of
the razor, and the primitive christians
generally, initiating their example, wore
their boards long, Tertullian, an emf
nent christian writer and father in the
church, says: 'The practice of shaving
the beard is a lie against our face, and
an implous attempt to improve the works
of the Creator" The doctor wishes to
know if David's men, who were shaved,
only half shaved, by the order of Vanun,
looked any better Not then, in their
own eyes, nor in the eyes of King David,
nor in the eyes of all the Jews and
Gentiles of their time, for one reads that
"the men were greatly ashamed, and the
king said tarry at Jericho until your
boards be grown and then return" The
DOCTORS argument is based upon natural
history as well as scripture. The lion
has a flowing beard which distinguishes
him from his weaker companion; and
likewise in man the beard marks most
distinctively the chief peculiarly of the
countenances Of the two sexes. When
man shaves off his beard his face APP
proximates that of woman more nearly
than nature designed. Accordingly he
argues that if men wish to preserve their
ascendancy as the lords of creation they
must put away their razors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
HER WORD OF REpROAcH.
Mrs. Platt % in "A Masqoe Of Poets

Mrs Piatt p in "A N asque of Poets-"l
We IN ust not quarrel, whatever we do;
For II was but | was notD wrong,
dere are the tears for il, here are the tears
What else has woman to offer you?
Love might not last for thousand years.
You know, though the stars should rise
SO long.
Oh, you, You talk in mans great way =
so, love would last though the stars should
fall?
Why. yes. If it last to the grave, indeed,
Alter the grave last on it may.
But-in the grave? Will its dust take heed
OF anything sweet--or the sweetest of all ?
All, death is nothingl 1t may be so,
let. granting at least that death is death,
pray look at the rose. and hear the bird),
Whatever it iS-we must die to know
sometimes we NAV long TO say one word
Together-and fad we have no breath.
All. me, how divine You are growing again
How coldly sure that the Heavens are
sure.
Whiher too lightly you always fly
To hide from the passion of human pain.
Come. grieve thai the Earth is not secure,
For this one highland forget the sky.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
How the Princess LOOked-AIsO
LAOrme.

Halifax Letter: The Princess lunched
with her brother, the Duke of Edinburgh,
and returned to the Samaritan late in
the afternoon. The dress of the Princess
was of black silk, trimmed with fur, and
she wore a knowing little Astrakhan cap
with red pompon, which was the only
bit of positive color in her toilet. The
Princess is certainly more comedy wo-
man than any of her royal sisters. None
of her photographs do her Justice. Her
eyes are of dreamy blue, her hair of a
rich brown, and her figure is as graceful
as that of Princess should be. She is
not very tall woman, but she looks as
she were by the side of her husband,
who is unquestionably rather short, and
for one so young unquestionably rather
stout. His face has not only broadened
since he was in America twelve years
ago, but the lines have grown stronger
and manlier. The very light, reddish
hue of his slight sidewhiskers and his
hair, at the first glance, might lead
a careless observer to think him older
than he is, as it might be taken for a
positive gray. But upon closer inspec-
ton he appears even younger than he is,
by reason of his fresh, smooth complex
ion. Though the day was bright with
sunshine and rather warm, the Marquis
wore this morning top coat richly faced
with fur. The Princess expressed her
great delight with the appearance of the
bay and the harbor scenery as she saw
it this morning, and the spectacle was in
deed charming.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
DOMESTIC MELANGE.
From the Inquirer, Rep.

From the inquirer, htp.
That wonderfully wise and fair Supreme
Court of-Florida is at it again. 1t has de-
cided that the votes thrown out by the DEM
ocratic canvassers must be counted, ana tue
Inference il that Hon. Horatio Bisbee, Jr,
will be reelected to Congress. This action
looks well enough on the face OF It-Just
like the decision of this same court earlV IN
1877, which indicated the choice OF the
Democratic electors for President; but
then as now, the decision came too Iate-
The present Governor of Florida, Is q Dem
ocraf. Upon the first returns Mr.. Hall. ne
Democratic candidate was elected, ana ne
will receive his certificate in due form.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
when 90 Pop.

Young men contemplating marriage
have so frequently called upon US to ad
wise them in the manner of popping the
all-important question. that we have con-
cluded to give our opinion once for all.
Mover propose to young lady after a
hearty meal. The blood is needed to aid
digestion, and her imagination is chilled.
Nor should it come just before meal,
for the longings of an importuned sys-
tenn conduce to anxiety and irritabiIily,
and the shock may prove hazardous 1t
would be better 10 select the evening,
and invite her to some entertainment
which you know she wants to attend,
and then propose to her just as she il
ready to start This will be greatly to
your advantage, for she will easily sea
that rejection will upset an evening"
amusement.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
An Unhappy bridegroom.

A French manufacturer of imitation
gold and silver jewelry for expectation,
and consequently made in styles which
are not in favor in France, sometime
since found that he was being robbed,
and he was trying to trace the thief and
manner of theft when he received tele
gram from friend who is spending the
summer in a village in the environs of
Paris. The friend acquainted him that,
having accidentally been called that very
morning to the mayors Office of the vii
lage, he saw the marriage procession of
one of the manufacturers workmeh, and
noticed that bride and trademarks wore
pIofussion of iewelry which unmistak-
ably had come from the manufacturer
workshop. The manufacturer at once
remembered that some time before this
very workman had quilted him, saying
he was going to marry and to set up for
himself in the country. He had noticed
the embarrassed and confused manner
of the workman, but attributed it to
fear of meeting with a disagreeable re-
ception. Several other incidents con-
firmed his suspicious. He at once took
the railway, reached the village at night
fall, called on his friend, went to the
head of the police, and all three went to
the restaurant where the marriage feast
was spread. When they entered the din
ing room the bridegroom turned pale as
death and every limb convulsively trem
bled The bride tainted. The guests
fed. The bridegroom's lodgings were
searched and great many stolen goods
were found in them. He was carried of
to prison, there to spend his marriage
night. 1t will be long before he reioins
his bride.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
FIX. senator Clingman OF North
Carolina ON ahe Next Pres1dem-
GfmH EaecafOm.

.W.ll. I think Thurman will be accepfa-
Bile TO he Democracy of the South gener-
orally. don't know OF any other man who
would be more 50, excepting Hendricks,
They are very partial TO him, because they
are confident he will strive 70 do better Il
he got the nomination for the people. BE
Il well known To al Of them. They will be
relieved from all doubt Is 70 what his prln-
ciples CONSIST Of Il Is very probable that
the candidate for presidential hon0rs Will
be Western or Northern man and ne are
fatisile1 that L shall b g.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
Quite Enough Married.

An Incl lent of crossing the plains, in
early days, was told by clever lady at
the breakfast table one morning in Fris-
co. A Dutchman and wife had travelled
west aud arrived at Salt Lake, where
they halted for few weeks. The Nor
mons got around the old Dutchman and
coaxed him to join their canvass covered
wagon bed, the good Dutchman broke
the matter to his better half, limiting to
her that the Mormons told him he had
better :" stay, settle among dem, and
take some more wives" GLOW many
wives you tink you want % asked Kath
rina. The Dutchman thought " FIVE
more would make a half a dozen al
ready" whereupon the old wife got down
her bodice, and slipped from it what the
Dutchman called the ''prestboard, vich
vas made from Wisconsin hickory, was
very tough" and she laid the hickory
fierce and fast upon the old man, who
shuffied out of the wagon and fell in a
ditch. The old man got up, said his
stomach vas very cold, but his back vas
warm" His wife cried out Chow many
wives you want now, old fool ?" But the
Dutchman felt and expressed that one
was enough.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11

THE latest fashion of velocipede, or
bicycle, as they prefer to call it nova
days, really seems to be a useful thing.
Its chief poculiarity, as contrasted with
the old machine, IS th,t the tire of the
weeels is ma he of Iu,ii, rubber, enabling
the rider to travel over rough or sandy
roads, and to go up hill-a thing impos
sibe with velocipede wheels having a
tire of steel. Another popularity is that
the rider sits over the center of the driv-
ing wheel, propelling it by an up and
down motion of the leg, instead of one
backward and forward, as formerly.
With this sort of apparatus men really
make journeys in the country about as
fast, if not as handily, as with horses.
liz England some physicians travel about
with bicycles upon their professional
rounds, and in Massachusetts the young
fellows go off with them on pleasuse ex-
cursions. 1t would be curious if the
method of locomotion which was so much
talked about a dozen years ago, and was
then abandoned, should after all prove to
have some practical utility.
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a Ware Iamp- Twen.y-three Feet.

From the Reading (Pa.) Times, Nov. "a
On Friday night the sorrel mare
Maud and two-year old bay mare,
owned by Mr.. Geo. Leiper. of Leiper-
vile, Chester county, broke loose from
their pasture and got upsn the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road track at Eddystone. An up freight
train overlook them naer Patterson's
culvert, Just below Crum Greek The
colt was killed this side of the culvert.
The mare Maud jumped the culvert,
which is twenty three feet wide, but for
all this noble leap she was struck and
killed. Maud was the fastest running
horse in Delaware county, having re-
cord of :58. Mr.. Leiper refused an
offer of $500 for her last week.
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Memphis Avalanche.
Willie and Carrie Moon, the two children
for whom search has been made tor seEeFai
DAYS. as stated In the Avalanche Sunday,
have not been found. Every friend who
could give any information of them has diej,
and these two children either died and were
buried Auucared for, unknown" or LETT the
city alone when the great fright or august
came They are lost--one of the mysteries
OF the great plague, and sad commentary
ON ira devastation.