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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
Two Dollars a lear.

There IS too much OF horror among the
sweetness, too much that appeals 10 the
senses and not enough to the morality. |
scarcely wonder at the callous indider-
ence 10 death AMI suffering among the
populace when 30 much Of agony and
torture Is placed upon canvas that is al
ways open to their Inspection. Still life
and dreary repose in landscape are rarely
met with; all Is life in its fulness and
tierceness; riotous and sensuous: bloody
and cruel life, in rs worst and most hor
rble phases. Dore's great picture of
Moses before Pharaoh" is enough to
make ones pulse stand still with terror.
and yet there is ALWAYS a crowd around
ii who shudder while they gaze, bnt re
turn TO look again
l was walking on the boulevards day
or two ago when procession passed me
headed by two men dressed in the ordin-
airy costume of messengers, wearing high
ollskin covered hats. They had a strap
passing over the shoulders to the ends of
which was placed long white box en-
tlrely covered with flowers. Behind
them came a crowd of women and men
chatting in no very subdued tones, some
without bonnets, some wearing straw hats
and others the white cap of the peasant
ry. | wondered what it meant, until OBJ
serving that the men we met lifted their
hats and the women crossed themselves.
| knew that | was in the presence of the
dead, and as some gendarmes dashed by
on h rseback, and saluted without a mo
ment's relaxation of their speed, |
thought it was almost a mockerv-this
recognition of the silent messenger they
seem in all else to treat so lightly.
HEHsIBAH WIDEAWAKF.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
A PresenIimenI of Death.

A COMING EVENT THAT CAST IT'S sHAD
ow BEFoRE--A MOTHERS GRIEF, A
FATHERS UNBELIEF, AND THE SAD
SEQUEL.
From the Louisiana Journal
Ernest, bright boy Of seven years.
oldest child of Mr. Samuel Templeton,
gate keeper on the Prairieville gravel
road, just below this city, met with an
acci ient on Thurs day of last week which
resulted in his death soon afterward.
About noon on that day he mounted a
wagon loaded with wood, with the in
tention Of unloading it, The lad seized
a stick, and was in the act Of throwing it
to the ground, when he lost his equilib-
rum and fell, head foremost, 10 the
earth. His cries brought his father to
his assistance, who led him into the
house The boy did not seem to be
much injured He was conscious, ex-
planned to his father how he fell, pointed
out his bruises, and conversed nationally
for an hour, when he suddenly lost con
sciousness, and remained in that condi
ton until his death, which occurred
about six hours after the accident.
The night preceding the above sad
accident Mrs. Templeton, the mother of
the child, had strange presentlment OF
his death. Early in the evening, while
the child was asleep, she approached his
i.tle bed aud looking earnestly into his
face, burst into tears.
The grief with which she was over
come was intense and uncontrollable 1t
attracted her husbands attention, who
inquired into It's cause. Samuel" the
the weeping mother answered, II don't
think we will ever raise this child" Il
can see no cause for your fears" replied
the father, 1.-The child is as healthy as
can be-"
Bat this answer did not satisfy the
mother, for a dark cloud hung over her.
Her heart beat rapidly and heavily.
Strange shadows CLOSED her vision an
unseen grief oppressed her; the presage
of some horrible coming event cast a
burden on her soul she scarce could bear
At the usual hour the sobbing mother
retired, but her rest was uneasy. Toward
midnight she arose from her bed and
again sought the couch of her boy, who
slept the deep, sweet sleep of innocent
childhood, all unconscious of the grief
stricken mother who bent over him,
bathing his face with tears and kisses.
Mr., Templeton expostulated with his
wife, ssand assured her that her fears were
a mere within, and begged her to cain
her grief and go to sleep. But no sleep
came to that mothers relief that night,
and day broke to bring her no respite
from the sad burden her bleeding heart
bore The slightest unusual noise about
the house thrilled her with evil forebod
ings. and thus the weary hours dragged
on until the foreshadowed end came in
the accident as above related.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13

The result of Mr.. EIison's experiments
with the electric light, which he j. confident
of being able To divide and distribute in
such a way As to make it available for all
the ordinary purposes of illumination. ia
awaited with great interest. Meanwhile. it
viii not be Improbable TO recall what has
already been accomplished in the appliea-
uon OF electricity to the lighting of streets
and buildings, and to refer to some Of the
experiments now in progress or IN cOntem-
platian. Most important among the latter
Will doubtless be that determined upon bv
the London Board of Works. some time
ago committee of that body was directed
to consider and report upon the adViSa bilitV
OF trying the experiment OF lighting the
famous Victoria En- bankment on the
Thames by the new process An offer was
received from the French '.Societe Generate
d Electricite" 10 furnish the necessary bat
terry, with twenty lamps and fittings, on
condition that the board provided the motive
power and betrayed the Incidental expenses.
The committee has made favorable report.
and the Board OF Works has decided to
carry on the experiment for three months
on the Thames Embankment, and extend il
To Waterloo Bridge, if it is considered eX-
pedlent after the trial is fully inaugurated .
This will afford practical test from which
valuable results may be expected. 1t comes
somewhat early in the development or the
subject. as there are acknowledged Difficult
ties to be overcome upon which science and
ingenuity are now at work, but the practi-
cablity of using the light on public grounds
and thoroughfares may be fairly tested md
much done toward solving the important
question of cost, about which there is much
dispute. The way may also be prepared for
adopting i'm prOvements, and new impulse
may be given to the efforts of those who are
engaged in solving the difficulties that now
obStruct the progress of what bids fair to
be a revolution that shall relegate gas to
the DO OF discarded devices to keep
company with the candles and lamps of our
fOTetatherS
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
Human HXbridftX.

Many Americans seem to think the
mulatto specially a native product, and
largely confined to the United States.
They who think so, plainly, have not
travelled. He is more numerous in the
West Indies and Portuguese and Spanish
America than he is here, and he is not
uncommon in Arabia, India, Persia,
Turkey, and on all the costs of Africa
The people called the Griquas in South
Africa are mulattoes, sprung from the
Dutch and Hottentots, and the inhabi-
tants of Egypt and the Barbary States
have been from early ages of mulatto
origin. The Dominican republic-part
of the Island of Hayti--the oldest civil
lized community in the Western Hemis-
phere, is composed almost wholly of null
attoes. These and other mixed races
are not yet understood as to
their physical phenomena, thought
it understood that conjunction of
individuals of different races are gen
orally prolific, and that their offspring is
prolific likewise Thence is deducted
an argument in favor of the unity of the
human family. Hybridity is very in
teresting question, and little is known of
it as yet, though we hsve in this hemis-
phere ample opportunity Tor observation.
In North and South America we have,
besides mulattoes. quaaroons and octo-
rooms. mestizoe@; the offspring of whites
and Indians; chinoes, from Indians and
negroes; chino biancoes, from whites and
Chinese; zamboes and mameoleoes, from
Indians and negroes; zambo-chinoes,
from negroes and Chinese; chino-choloes.
from Indians and Chinese, and many
other mongrel varieties.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
Fall Flowing.

Many farmers pillow land in the fall for
spring wheat and barley, and sometimes
oats. but for corn they defer it till spring.
We believe that on heavy clay soils the
corn crop is greatly benefited by having
the land plowed in the fall. One Prin-
cipal cause of pour crops of this gram IS
blowing the land wet in the spring, and
thus locking up its fertility. BY pillow
ing in the fall any trouble from tins
source is removed. Such land, If
plowed properly, need not be replowed
in the spring. The weeds that started
up can be easily destroyed by the harrow
while putting the land in order. The
evils of late planting are also removed
by fall blowing, for if the land is ready
there is not one season in twenty that
the corn can not be put in as early as II
will be safe. Land can be narrowed
without injury when it would not do to
plow deep. and it can be plowed Wetter
in the fall than in the spring, as the
frosts of winter carrect the injury whlcn
vould otherwise occur. In the case OF
corn stubble, fall blowing is not so advl-
sable or essential, and in most cases not
80 practicable, but for everything else,
in tough clay soil, we should try TO pillow
in the fall. The spring tooth harrow
racantlv introduced. Is said to be most
excellent implement for loosenIng up
fsll-plowed land in the spring, as II cal,
be set to any depth, and stirs the grouno
evenly and thoroughly. A common
surface harrow or cultivator should foi,
low after to thoroughly cover up All
weeds.-Ohio Farmer.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
FO2 LOVES SAKE ONLY.

II thou must love me let II be for naught.
Except for loves sake only. Do not
say
Il love her for her smile--her look-her
way
OF speaking gently--fo a trick Of thought
That falls in well with mine. and certes
brought
A sense Of pleasant ease on such a day.'
For these things n themselves, Beloved
NAV
Be changed, or change for thee-anJ love so
wrought
MAY be unwrought 30. Neither love me for
Thine own dear PHYS wiDing my
cheeks dry
Since one might vel forget to weep who
bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love
thereby;
But love me for loves sake, that evermore.
Thou mayst love on through loves
eternity.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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stock Farming i'm Mississippi.

Live OlOCh OOuTudl.I
One branch of live stock breeding is
neglected by the Cotton States, which is
of immense Importance and which is
available to the average farmer. We
refer to raising mules. If the cotton
crop was decreased one-half, and good,
heavy, able bodied mares exchanged for
the present mule or horse teams, and
bred to large or medium sized jacks, the
profits of our farmers would be much
greater than now.
1t is burning shame that we South
ern people are so utterly ignorant of our
interest as 10 continue purchasing our
teams from States 50 inferior to our own
section for the breeding of such stock.
Will we never learn that it is our true
interest to raise everything needed in
the way Of farm stock and provisions,
when it can be done so much cheaper
than our Northern neighbors can afford
to do for US?
Now is the time to practice the most
rigid economy, and We should cease to
become the slaves of people who agri-
culturally possess country far inferior
to our own in point of soil and climate.
We are glad to note that the importation
of fine jacks into the South is be-
coming of more frequent occurrence, and
cherish the hope that those who have
introduced them may not lack for want
of patronage.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
A REVERE.

In the golden CLINT of the Summers sun
In the crimson glow of a day nigh done
On the banks of stream, with its waters
clear
At the side of the one my heart holds dear
How beauteous is this life!
N the past with memories dim or bright
In the siIvery sheen of the pale moons
light
On the snowy banks of a stream Ice-bound-
Bereft of NJ y loved ons-all sorrow around
How sad, how dTear--this lifei
In the future with promises golden bright
Ia the morn that follows the darkest night
Now borne on the dark stream-now near
ing the shore
To part from my loved one-ahl never
more
How dear--Eternal life.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
u. .. Supreme Court,

DECISION IN AN IMPORTANT COTTON CASE.
Press Dispatca to Daily News
WAsHINGToN, November 4.--The Su-
preme Court to day decided the case of
Washington Ford, plaintiff in error, VS..
james Surgett, error to Supreme Court
of Mississippi, the question being
whethea owner of cotton burned by Jas.
Surgett under orders of the Southern
military authorities can recover from
said defendants the value of cotton so
destroyed. The court holds that destruc-
ton of cotton under orders of insurrec-
tionary military authorities, in order to
prevent it falling into the hands of the
Federal forces was an act of war, for
which the person executing such military
orders was relieved from civil response
bilitv.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
Tribute to the Late w. J. Adam.
Enterprise Courier. ]

enterprise OouTleT.I
Among those who have fallen victims
TO the plague now depopulating the
country we find the name which heads
this article. When the fever appeared
at Lake, his brother in-law, DR.. @. G.
McCallum, was among the first who fell;
he FASTENED to the side of his grief
stricken sister, but she soon followed her
husband; two Of her children died; his
Younger sister, Miss Eliza Adams, was
then carried to the grave, and next the
grim monster laid his icy touch upon his
heart and all that was mortal of w, j.
Adams was laid away to await the dawn
of resurrectiOn's morn. How sad that
he should be cut down in the summer of
life.
w. J. Adams was born at Paulding, in
Jasper county, Miss, some time in the
year. 1S49, we think, aud consequently
was about 81 years old. At an early
age he learned TO set type in the office of
the Eastern Clarion, then published at
Paulding, by his father, Simeon E.
Adams When the war closed he went
TO New Orleans and worked on the Plea
vune. aud was connected with that paper
as compositor, and for time one of
the local reporters, until the latter part
of 1871, when he came to Enterprise. In
January, 1872, he purschased the COur-
rier from Messrs. Walker Il MCGEE, and
on the goth of that month his newspa-
per career in this place began. He con-
Quoted the Courier with signal ability
and great success until March Z, 1877,
when he disposed of the paper to its
present proprietor. Since he retired
from the proprietorship Of this paper his
business has been that of an advertising
agent and general newspaper correspond
ent, with headquarters at jackson.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
How TO Make Cows Give MIX.

:, a writer in the Southern Farmer says
.aat his COW gives all the milk that is
s wanted in family of eight, and that
rom s 1t, after taking all that is required
Iof other purposes, 26O pounds of butter
were were made this year. This is, in part,
MS treatment of the COW: If you de-
afe to get large yield of rich milk,
give your COW every day water slightly
va warm and slightly sailed, in which bran
n's been stirred to the rate of one quart
!; y Two gallons of water You will find,
i you have not tried this daily practice,
INA. mat your COW will give % per cent more
:; .alK Immediately under the effects of
:. = ana she will become so attached to
.ue diet as to refuse to drink clear water
' ualess very thirsty. But this mess she
WI drink almost any time, and ask for
mofe; The amount Of this drink neces-
s:sly Is an ordinary water pailful at a
A@e' morning, noon and night.
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: Sy i-~ f;ncoch Arden of Viog-uG
(haracler.
Geneva Correspondence of the London

Geneva Correspondence of the London
Times.
\ romance in real life. ending in what IS
not an kelly 10 prove a tragedy, Is reported
from BeTne- A good many years since a
man uained Bohren left his wife and
his native commune and Went 10 America.
For 4 long time nothing was heard of him,
s,id iss wife. thinking her husband dead,
aud beng conf med in this belief by in or
~ .Jiou She received from SNitzer who
tad returned from America, accepted an
uIfrr of marriage from Herr Zun brunu.
president Of fhe tribunal Of Wimmis. (chef
towns OF 4 district OF he canton B-rne.) A
fen weeks sitoe Bohren, 10 the surprise of
every body. came back and claimed his wife
Bur according To the laws of Berne IT, was
no. quite clear thai Frau b phren or Zum-
DruDu, " hIch ever may be her right name,
Was his WIFE The president declined 10
give her up. and she. on her part, decidedly
preferred he husband she had Il him who
bad So long deserted her. So the lady be-
came the subject IT a lawsuit, and the mat
TER X now before the courts. Unfortunate
iy. however. b nhreu ioes not ZEN 10 have
brought back with him from the CHired
: ats any great respect for the laws of his
ntiy- ana, and on Saturday last he en-
deavgred u put a summary end To the dis
pate b. taking the lie % his adversary.
H shot the president with pistol, serious
Is WonuGiug him in the arm ami chest.
immediately after this ext plot Bohren gave
himself up 10 the police. 1hus, While a
civil conrt is engaged in ascertainirg 10
which of these two men Frau Bohren, or
/umbrunn. i legally wedded, "A criminal
,urt viii be occupied with the trial of her
first u~band for the attempted murder of
her second, and in the event of her being
declared the wife oi Bohren, and If. "a Is
likely enough. he should be condemned TO
Imprisonment for life, she will be in the
singular aud unfortunate position of bav
ing Io,t her SECOND hush md, and found her
first only TO lose him, and without posi-
biijty Of marrying another 50 long as the
latter may live. But divorce is easy in the
Protestant cantous, and should the lady find
herself ia so unpleasant a matrimonial fix,
ii is not likely that the courts would refuse
her relief.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
Eseausy sse>1.
A HINT TO LADIES ON THE BANIsHING OF
WRINKLES.


WRINKLES.
The London Pail Mall Gazette saws:
"W hat should the lady DO who perceives
the first trace OF a crows foot In the face
reflected by her mirror? She should
lerd an ear 10 the Confess de B4ssan-
vile, edItress u the Almauach du Sa-
voir NIgre. In the number for tne year
1879, just issued, sound advice i otter
Ell as 10 the best means OF opposing the
ravages of time. Crows feet, indeed,
cannot be altogether removed, but there
Is no reason they should assume too
prominent an appearance if nature own
most agreeable remedy be resorted to.
When you are past twenty FIVE says
Mime. de Bassanviile (and her counsels
are rendered to gentlemen as well as
ladies' never let more than five or six
hours pass without closing your eyes for
a short time-say ten minutes; not ne
cessarlly 10 sleep, but 70 respose the
muscles Of the eye OF course every
movement and the play of the face ne
cessa'ily tends to fatigue these muscles
whether 1t be a smile or the expression
of surprise or fixed attention. The clos
ne Of the eyelIds ut intervals IS there
fore recommended as beauty rest
The muscles, reposed, lose their tenden-
cy TO nervous contraction which trans
lates itself into wrinkles. | might.
however, be objected to this prescription
that IN our busy age few persons can
find leisure to close their eyes at odd
times during the day; that to many en-
forced inaction-a condition Of absolute
respose without sleeps intolerable;
and, finally, that if man or woman hap
pens to be tired, a ten minutes nap may
develop into forty winks, or a long doze,
which is refreshing enough at the time,
but loses a precious slice of the day and
insures sleepless night. Few, inie-d,
share that enviable popularity Of the
late Baron Bunsen, who could 90 to
sleep for three minutes, and then wake
with powers restored and single heart
ed appetite for Egyptian chronology or
any other light work
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
NIassachusetIs NuIlfficalfon-s-
IIeanuess and FnIsehOOd
Added 60 Ia.

y. Y. World
"Governor Rice, of Massachusetts,, is
doing what he can to disgrace that com
monweath, and it may be doubted
whether Ben Butler, if chosen to fiji Mr..
Rice's place, could have written meaner
letter than the epistIe sent by the present
executive Of the State to Governor
Hampton, of South Carolina. II will
not do for Governor Rice to hide himself
behind the general reputation Of his
State. His act is like that Of a fellow
who snatches down a herc's shield to de-
fend himself in the commission Of ras-
cality 1t Is folly to speak Of courtesy
to the representative Of South Carolina
when the excuse given for liberating
Kimpton was an imputation upon the
whole government Of that State. il is
| cowardice TO make the attorney general
responsible for the insult II is prevari-
cation to keep talking Of Kimpton's re-
lease as a matter Of legal right, when
the most ever claimed by Mr.. Rice him
self was that, in spite of ;he Federal
Constitution, he might exercise his dis
erection about surrendering or hberating
the prisoner. 1t is petulance to refuse 10
receive Governor Hampton's letter.
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FEMININITIES

What vale is without mountain? A
aig's vail.
A pretty face in is the most important
ptrl %. bonnet trimming.
A son uet-Your neighbours pretty
dalgatcr.-Bostou Transcript.
Going thes rounds of the press-the
1.r who waI'zes.-Utica Observer.
Weeds would be out of place on a
widow She is still in the hay day OF
lIe
The Keokuk Constitution wants to
know IT girl can chew gum and belong
ton good family.
Marriages by telegraph may be ro-
mantle. but some day widow may dis
cover that they are not worth shucks to
hg.i property by.
4 couple of dressmakers announce,
"AII dresses cut by US This warns
custamrr- to- 20 elsewhere if they do not
want bias cut.
A great curio.ity-The woman who
can drive nail without hitting her fng-
d nine time, out of a possible ten
HacAen=ack Republican.
Any fashionable woman is perfectly
wiling TO wear a satchel chained to her
belt, would be indignant at the idea of
carrying home package.
Takeit out i'm California, for instance,
and mp woman ever falls over a cliff or is
run away with but she IS mentioned as
that beautiful and winsome-'
\ pretty girl down East is "mind
reader. She said To bashful beau the
other night: "Ha. l believe you are
going 90 kiss mel She was right.
Areigung belle of St. Louis to marry
the Mayor of Honolulu in January.
From this started the story that she was
to marry Tiiden.-Detroit Free Press.
APorter on a sleeping car says that as
srule the woman who loses a fifty cent
oTeas,pIu makes more fuss than the one
who loses whole set of good jewelry.
The strongest propensity in wo-
mans nature" says careful student of
toe sex lis to want to know what is
gong On, and the next thing is to boss
TIE job.
Grit tree around with bands of steel
and 1t will die Lace a woman in a cor
SCI and she will outlive all the doctors
Tho warned her against it.-Detroit Free
Press.
The first thing some women will do
when they get to Heaven will be to look
and see it their wings are cut bias, while
olas, while the wings of other angels gre
goFed.-keokuk Constitution.
4 credulous woman hearing a great
zeal about preserving autumn leaves,
pat up some, but afterwards told a
heighbor they were not fit to eat, and she
might as well have thrown her sugar
away
timii Bostonian has married a
young lady whose weight verges closely
upon 200 pounds My dear" says he
e her, shall helpyou over the fence?'
40, says she to him, ''help my fence. :
SAID Mrs Fitz Maurice: "The dear
enid Is such an ETHEREAL creature, and so
ue'IGate. You will scarcely credit it, but
sne lost hair pin out of her head one
I4y last week. and she has had fright
ful cold ever since.
g., When we were a boy, children were
brought up now they are raised. ;"
mere an old maid observes that some of
mem ought to be raised-by the hair.
out then, what do old maids know about
bringing up children?