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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-16
H. WI. TAYLOR,
Carpenter and Builder,
SASH, DOOR and BLIND MANU
FACEERER.
Pearl St., Jackson, Miss.

rs PREPARED to do work in his line with
Il neatness and dispatch. planning of all
kinds done at short notice
Also on hand and for sale MOULDINGS OF
DIFFERENT PATTERNS.
large lot of SASH, BLINDS, and DOORS
on hand that will be sold cheap.
UNDERTAKING
METALLIC CASES, CASKETS, and Wood
en- Collins of all descriptions.
Call and examine, before purchasing else
where.
Oct g. 1S15-tf
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JACKSON ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. S. HAMILTON & CO..
LesSeeS Mississippi Penitentiary,
jackson, Mississippi.
CONTRACTORS for the Build.
jackson. Mississippi.

CONTRACTORS for the Build
Of PU BLIC BUILDINGS, COURT HOUSES
JAlLS, CHURCHES Ere, ETC. Also for
BRIDGES, TRESTLES, RAIL ROAD AND
LEVEE WORK. All work fully guaranteed.
WAGONS, NO TOP BUGGIES,
SPRING WAGONS, CARTS,
PLOUGHS AND WHEELBARROWS,
For SALE, MADE TO ORDER, REPAIRED.
All Kinds of Fancy and Plain Wood an
Iron Work made to Order.
BEDSTEADS, PLAIN and TURNED,
COTS, WASHSTANDS, CHAIRS,
BUREAUS, DESKS, SAFES
TABLES, PICTURE FRAMES,
MATTRESSES, Ere, ETC
Made to Order and Repaired
BOOTS, SHOES AND BROGANS, For Sale
and made to order in any number. Planters
aud Merchants supplied. All Work guar
anteed, and most reasonable charges mad
OAK, POPLAR, WALNUT AND PINE LUM
Der, Seasoned and Dressed, for sale.
aza-A Liberal Discount to the Trade~sa
Highest Price paid for Shucks, Moss, Wool,
and Hides
Also Grind CORN ON WEDNESDAYS and
SATURDAYS.
BOIted or EmbOited Zeal.
Jan 2. '78-tf
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All Kinds of Fancy and Plain Wood an
Iron Work made to Order.
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Monday, the 25th day of February, 1878,
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

In the Circuit Court of the United States for
the Southern District of Mississippi
Washington Jackson,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-16

"OULD respectfully call the attention of
w the public to their large and well-select-
| Il Il e
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Il. j. K to provide for an amendment to
the Constitution to be submitted to the peo-
pie to provide for biennial elections Mr.
Street moved that the resolution be recon-
United with in ,tructiOns to provide for eX-
tending the first terms of all officers elect
ed in 1879, and whose terms of office is two
years to three years. Carried.
Mr.. Bird. chairman, reported HI. B. to
amend section 1850, Code of 1871, in rela-
ton to public roads, properly engrossed, and
the bill passed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
No More Questions for Him.

The Rev. DIR. Richie, of Edin-
burgb, although a very clever man,
has met his match. When exsmin-
ing a student as to the classes be had
attended, he said:
"And YOU attended the classes for
mathematics ,"
"Yes."
How many sides has q circle ?''
1.-TWO" said the student.
"What are they ?"
What laugh in the class the
students answer produced when ne
said: "An inside and an outside. y
But this is nothing compared with
what followed The doctor having
said to this student;
"And you attended the philosophy
class also ?"
"Yes."
"Well, you would bear lectures on
subjects. Did you ever hear one on
cause and effect ?"
Yes"
docs an effect ever GO before a
cause.'
Yes
Give ne an instance.
"A maD wheeling barrow
The doctor then sat down, and
proposed no more questions
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
why Mckee wain't In.
is Mr.. Mckee in ?''

is Mr. Mckee IN :"
The gentleman who asked the
question was q wild hammered indi-
viduaI, and resemtled a clergyman
in appearance. Mr.. Tasch, of whom
the question was asked, replied in
the negative.
evil be be in ," asked the meek
cne.
Il think aot, SIR" answered Mr.
Tusch.
II have not seen him in some
time, and I'm afraid I wouldn't
know him. 7"
Hes no doubt changed q great
deal since you saw him." returned
the moGosyllabie Tusch.
"Do you know where | would be
likely to ind him ~
"He did not say where be was go
ing"
is there any place thar be fre-
quents 2"
"He is no doubt in two or three
places, but they're a good ways from
here and be probably would not like
to be disturbed"
"Can | sit down and wait .r asked
he gentleman
"Oh. certainly. John give the gen.
tleman a chair
THE gentleman waited for some
time and then became uneasy; hnally
he asked:
as there any possibility of bis be-
ing in today ?"
NO, | think not"
How long since be was 10
"Six months"
How is that ,-
Hes dead ["
"Why the devil didn'. you say so
then 2"
.You didn't ask me-
Then the gentleman pulled out
two quarts cf hair, and kicked over 8
table. John fell of the Office stool.
struck the floor with bis school ED,
and made dent the shape Of two
butter crackers in the floor, and Mr.
Tuscb, remarking that some people
didn't know enough TO ask for what
they wanted ,Iwent into executive ses-
zion with the man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
Proverbs, New and Old.

Never sacrifice safety TO large ex-
peeted returns.
Never make loan on importunity.
Never loan borrowing friend more
than you are willing 70 lose if be
can't pay
Never speculate deeper than you
are abls 70 lose if you lose it
all.
Never borrow money TO speculate
with
Owe 60 man anything
Be satisfied with a moderate rent
to a good tenant
Keep well insured, and watch
your policy.
Never consult q man on business
who does not manage well his own
Avoid a second mortgage fr a
fresh loan
He tnat maketh haste TO be rich
is not wise
Poverty is not bar to marriage
If both p.rt:es win work aud
save.
The gods help themselves-men
or women.
God promises nothing to idleness
A man must ask if be NAV be
rich.
Little coins, Ike little drops Of
water, will Gil bucket.
As we SOW 10 temporal affairs We
shall reap
Short settlements make long friend
ships
Fortunes are made by earnings and
savings
Money easily gotten is soon
spent.
Money earned is money valued
1t is easier to loosen up good prop
ertv than to re-establish it,
In discussing business disagree
ments keep cool.
Less wisdom is required to make
money than to keep it securely when
msde.-Harper's Bazar
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
A short C0urtshtp.

The Omaha Republican of the 22d
ult., says: Bernard Volk IS a well
to-do farmer, living in Addison Co.,
Iowa. He is native of Germany
and is twenty-five years Of age He
visited Omaha on Tuesday a single
man, with no intetion of committing
matrimony, and before night he was
married to young lady whom he
had never seen before 1t happened
in this wise, He imbibed quite free
ly Of liquor. and in this happy state
made up his mind TO hunt a wife. In
walking along Tenth street be saw q
young girl washing in a room be-
tween Farman street and No.
Engine house, and walking up to heI
as she was, be asked her If she was
married, and if not, would she marry
him! She saw that he meant bust
ness, and calling in the other women
in the house, they made an immedi
ate Investigation into his ability tc
support a wife. He showed them
that be had considerable ready cash
with him, and a good farm in Iowa.
She gave her consent, and. proceed
ing to the Office of Hon. W. o. Bar
tholomew, County Judge, q license
was obtained, a1d Bernard yolk anC
Annie Fisher were made man and
wife The bride is nineteen years o.
age, and was born in Sioux City
Iowa
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Among the Men Who XIII

The process Of killing beef cattle
in the Jersey City Abattoir. New
Jersey, is thus described by g late
visitor 10 tha, place;
There are ten or twelve steers in q
pen, some lying down, some stand
ing. A man takes q stout rope about
one inch in diameter and three feet
long with loop st each end. He
makes q slip moose Of this aad fas-
tens it on the left hind leg of steer,
sbove the second joint, and attaches
the loop at the other end to a hook
on a rope Of the same size which goes
over the wheel overhead A crank
is turred and the animal is slowly
but surely drawn from the pen. The
doors of the pen are closed, and the
animal, in endeayoring to keep his
feet, falls and bis struggles cease.
He is hoIsted until all his feet are
clear Of the floor, < hen the butcher
puts bis left hand on oae norm, turns
the head around, and With a very
sharp knife cuts the throat clear
across A pan made Of galvanized
iron, about two feet 10 diameter and
six inches deep, catches the blood,
which is poured into large iron box
on wheels with tight cover, to be
used ia refining sugar After the
animal has hung eight or ten min
utes it is lowered, laid on its back
and kept 10 position by iron-pointed
sticks on each side. The hide is ia
ken from the head, The tongue is re-
moved aad the head and horns are
chopped of with ansx, leaving the
horns attached TO the hide, which is
then detached from the belly and
sides; he feet are cut of at the knees
and thrown into another.large box "a
wheels The animal is then hoiste d
by a second wheel, a stou. stick
about four feet long having been
placed in the sinews of the hind legs.
The belly is opened from end to end,
the entrails are removed and denuded
of their fat and the heart aud liver
are taken out and hung on hooks
The carcass is then almost divided,
and hoisted still higher, when the
stick on which it is suspended rests
on two beams running across the
building at every wheel, and it is
slid away from the place Of killing
The whole carcass Is then thorough
Iy washed aud the division into sides
is made complete The meat is then
allowed to cool and harden until ear
ly next morning, when it is taken to
Washington Market OF course, sf-
ter the FIRST two OF any day stock are
killed there are three animals in
preparation all the the time until the
entire number is killed. The aver
age number uf cattle slaughtered az
this place daily is. at this season OF
the year, about $50 head, but in the
fall and winter it is much greater
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
No Bankrupt Law For Him.

Come on Sikesby, les go down
to the river and stone Mother Flsh-
erty's geese" yelled one newsboy
across Third sueet TO another, the
other morning
Can't go Just yet. Biz Hold on
a little WHILE was the reply.
why, what's to hinder You've
sold out. amt you z" asked Bill
"Yes, int | must hold on a few
MINUTES"
What yoa waitia' for ?"
I'm lsyin' low for that feller with
a waller mus1aehe lis about time
be was comm along. and | don't
want him 70 dodge ne He owes
me for four days papers, and the
house be clerks in is busted. He
don't come no 'signmeut business on
me; not if | can spot him sfore be
hears the news-jast charge your
mind with that--Cincianati Break
fast Table.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
WHOLE NO. l4O2.
a Condensed Sermon.


We Cad this oddly ia the Edin
burgh FagiIive Piece, ty W Green
F. 4. s. Abridgement OF Sermon
which took up an hour in deliver
ing, in these words;
Man is barn Of trouble
MY friends, the subject falls nat
urslIy to be divided into four heads
|. Mans entrance into the world
2 His progress through the world;
J. His exit from the world and
4. Practical reflections from what
uay be said
First, then:
/. Man came iuto the world na-
ked and bare.
His progress through it is
trouble and care;
3. His exit from il none can tell
where,
4 But if be does well here, he'll
be well there.
Now, can say no more, nv
brethren dear,
Should preach on this subiec.
from this time to next year
Amen"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
CAPTIVE QUEENS IN THE MARkET.

As up and down the ecity's ways went,
/ found place ofstiil and strange delight,
Where the warm air was sweet wiihmany : scent
And tender green the light
A languld lotus land Of dusky green,
SIN with sweet heasiBess Ofsummer hours;
A little kingdom for fairy queen
The market-plaee Of flowers.
20 fragrant souls - I sail, swi,hout stain,
How musical were speech your leaves am0oz :
Then a sweet edar a sweet voice became,
Signing in SAD, proui song:
II am Queen Rose In bright lands FAR away.
grew in royal gardens of delight;
Soft winds and sunshine woced me III the day,
And nishtingaIes at night,
20 wondrOus moons Of Asia would fAin
Bloom ever shushan. or with rapture lean
Upon the breasts Of girls IN Eehatane,
Their captive. yet their quees-
The pale large Lily lips then music woke
sweet was my life upon the Niles rich shore
o sacred stream. my golden heart is broke
Ny empire Is no more.
No more upon thy placid breast sway,
No more see dusky faces to me lean;
In moonlight beauty DER the werii stray,
a captive exiled queen"
"Ah itwere sweet, some perlumed brea u replied
TO see nv home low IN the greenwood set -
And STOPPING 70 tho NOISY ground. spied.
a sweet blne Violet
IF l could nestle mid the leaves ami know
The golden sunshine and the silver rain.
And hear the birds above ne singing los,
l should be glad again,
-Renemb ring nausht sfan the days gone by
But loving eyes that sought my blossoms lue,
And loving hearts that breathed my faintest sigh.
Blessing me as grew.
The voice in periGme ceased: then l. who held
golden charm Of mighty potency,
said, @viaIst, thou hast IN love excslled,
Come, fw!ll make thee free
50 TO the fresh wet woods It0ok the flower
And fed by golden sun and silver rain
Hearing the singing birds in every bower,
II was 80 glad again.
That many passer paused with happy eyes
To breathe the incense from It's blue and green.
Blessed unaware by such sweet sacrifice,
As angles bless, unseen
MARY A. BAsE. ia Harpsr's M0ga-iae for Juas.
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naif-Breed's Goodness and Revenge

/ The IuGia1 prides himself upon
taking good or Ill in the quietest OF
ways, and by tale told in Mr. Mar
shall's Canadian D0minicn,H his
civilized half brother would seem to
be equally unemotionaL Thanks
mainly to q certain Metis or half
breed in the service of the Hudson
Bay Company, a Sioux warrior was
found guilty Of stealing horse and
condemned 10 pay the animals value
BY instalments at one Of the compa-
ny's forts, On paying the last install
ment he received bis qnittauee from
the man who bad brought him to
justice ard left the Office. A few
moments later the Sioux returned,
advanced on his noiseless meeeasins
within a pace of the writing-table
and leveled his mnsket full at the
bsif-breed's head. Just as the trig
ges was pulled the Netis raised his
hand with which be wss writing aud
touched lightly the muzzle OF the
guu ; the shot passed over bis head,
but bis hair was singed of 10 a broad
mass. The smoke clearing away,
the Indian was amazed to see that
his enemy still lived The other
looked him full in the eyes for an in-
slant and resumed his writing The
Indian silently departed unpursued,
those who would have given chase
being stopped by the half-breed with,
"Go back to your dinner and leave
the affair to me-"
When evening came, few whites,
curious 70 see how the matter would
end, accompanied the Metis to the
Sioux encampment At certain
distance be bade them wait. and ad-
vsuced alone to the Indian tents.
Before one Of these sat crouched the
baffied savage, singing his own death
hymn to the tom-tcm He complain
ed that be must now say goodbye
to wife and child, TO the sunlight, to
the gun and the chase He told his
friends in the spirit land to expect
him that night, when he would bring
them all the news of their tribe
He swuDg bis body backwards and
forwards as be chaated his strange
song, but never once looked up-not
even when bis foe spurned him with
his foot tie only sang on and
awaited his fate. Then the half
breed bent his head and spst down
or the erouching Sioux, and turned
leisurely sway-a erueler revenge
than If be had shot him dead
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22


The killing Of bultocks ia connned
at present to the southern side of the
building, which is intersected By .
passage-way about twenty feet wide,
designated as Main Avenue. Part
Of the northern side is devoted to
the slaughteriLg Of sheep and lambs.
The entire second story ia arranged
for this purpose and the sheep pens
exclusively. The process Of convert
ing sheep into mutton differs materi-
allY from that pursued in killing cat
tie, being much simpler and easier
4 butcher enters the pen where the
animals are, sizes one, lays il upon
its side with its head over 9 gutter
that conveys the blood to the river,
eats its throat and with dex,erous
thrust Of the knee breaks the spinal
column, allowing the carcass to re-
main until seven or eight are dispos-
ed Of 10 the same way The hind
leg are tben tied together with
piece Of stout string, and each car
ea.s is hung from a peg fer SHINING.
dressing, &c. The meat is carried
away to cool in another part Of the
building. and goes 10 market during
the night The number Of sheep
killed daily varies from one thousand
to two thousand, secording to the
season.
The butchers are mostly Amer
leans and Irish-Americsns. With
sprinkling Of negroes rs helpers
Their ages range from tweaty-two
to twenty-five, with q few veterans
and several boys. Their wages va
" from eight TO thirty dollars 5 week.
They are jolly, good-nstured set
Of fellows, fond of their work Al
most sny of them viii tell you that
they are never i'll, and that il is about
the only decent trade going While
al work theyIwesr thick wooden shirts.
trousers thrust into rubber or stout
leather boots and wooden caps. Each
man has q steel hanging al his left
side, on which to sharpen bis knives.
which are kept, whea not in use, 10
sOle-leather pocket about six inches
square, fastened on q stout belt, and
placed behind him. The knives used
have blades six or eight inches long.
and curved like e sabre The other
implements, such as elesyer, saws
and axes, are disposed Of in places
convenient to their reach when need
al
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
Reading.

II you are fond of reading. so much
the better; bot don't pursue the
amusement ipjudiciously. Sit up to
the table when you read; easy
chairs abolish memory. Do not read
the sane b ok o. long at one sitting.
If you are really weary Of one subject,
change it for another. Read steadily
for three hours day, for 6ve days
q the week, the use Of wet towels
and strong coffee beirays ignorance
Of how to read Test the accuracy
of your work as soon as you have
finished it. Put your facts in order
as soon as yon have learned them
Never read after midnight. Dc
not 60 to bed straight from your
books. Never let your reading inter.
fere with exercise or digestion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
Poison.

1t IS estimated that no less than
eight hundred tons of Paris Green
were used throughout this country
last year as a destroyer Of the posa-
to bug. In some sections its use
was attended with appalling eonse-
quences Reports Of poisoning from
this source have been numerous. en-.
bracing serious Illness and deaths of
adults-criminsl poisoning OF ha-
man beiDgs-poisoning of wells, su-
icides, and losses Of cattle. horses.
hogs, hens, &c. 0nly FIVE or six
grains of this deadly poison are re-
quired to produce the death OF an
adult, and the least possible quan-
tity is injurious to health. Add to
this the fact that poisoning with
Paris Green may not be observed for
months and even years, and there is
cause for widespread and universal
alarm. Who can measure the evil
consequences TO this nation, which
would result from q general poison
ing Of the blood Of its people War,
pestilence and famine, are insigsili-
capt By comparison Tfe greatest
possible danger lies in the fact that
the poisoning with Paris Green is
cumulative in its effects; that is, an
exceedingly minute portion taken in
to the system day by day, viIl, when
the quantity reaches q cerl a amount,
produce death or symptoms Of lood
poisoning the same as if it were .s-
ken in one dose. All people ev sFy-
where should deaOGace ana disc az
age the use of Paris Greel DJn't
have it about your premises, on any
account whatever; ifyou do, yon hold
out an inducemsnt TO some 6end ia
human form to poison your family
and your herds without fear Of de-
lection.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-22
Lsresxs Dow sad Gabrief's Hers

Lorenzo Dow, whose name is still
fresh in the minds Of many Of the
The older Inhabitannts, il is said, wa
on his way to preach in South Caro-
lima when underneath an old spruce
tree be overlook q colored lad who
was blowing a large tin horn, and
could seud forth blast with rise and
swell. and cadence, which walked the
echoes of the distant hills Calling
aside the blower, Dow said to him:
What's your name ?"
"My name-Gabriel. sir" said the
brother in ebony
"WeH, Gabriel, have you been to
Church Hill ~
"Yes, mssss, Use been dsr many q
time"
"Do you remember q spruce tree
on the bill ~
"Oh, yes, msssa. / knows dat
tree"
did you know that Lorenzo Dow
had an appointment to preach under
that tree tomorrow ?"
"0h, yes, N mssss, everybody knows
that"
well, Gabriel, am Lorenzo Dow,
and if you'll take your horn snd go
tomorrow morning and climb up 10
that tree and hide yourself among
the branches before the people begin
to gather, and wait there till / call
your name sad then blow such q
blast with your horn as l heard you
blow a minute ago, III give you
dollar Will you do il, Gabriel :"
"Yes, massa, / dun take dat dol
lar.
Gabriel was bid away in the
tree top in due time. An immense
concourse of people of all sizes and
colors had assembled at the appoint
ed hour, and Daw preached on the
judgment Of the last day. BY bis
power Of description be wrought the
multitude up to the opening Of the
scenes of resurrection and sssize, at
the call Of the trumpet peals which
were to awake the sleeping nstions-
",rhen," ;" said be, suppose, my dear
friends. suppose you should hear at
this moment the sound Of GabriePs
trumpet! z"
Sure enough, at that moment the
trumpet of Gabriel sounded The
women shrieked and many tainted;
the men sprsng up and stood sghast;
some ran, and sll felt for time that
the Judgment was set aud the books
were opened Dow stood and
watched the drifting storm, till
alright abated. snd some one diseoy-
cred the colored angel. who had
caused the alarm, quietly perched on
limb Of the old tree, aud wanted to
get bin down to whip him.
Then be resumed bis theme, say
ing, iftr rbid ell persons present from
touching that boy ur there. IL
eclOred boy with . tin horn can
frighten you most out Of your wits.
what viii you do when you hear the
trumpet thunder from the srchsngel,
How viii you be able to stand in the
great dsy of the wrath Of God.