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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Senators Blaine
and Chaffe have returned.
Senator Gordon is in his seat to day. The
journey from his home has been tedious on
account of the railroad washes.
NOMINATION OF PosTMAsTERs.
Edmunds, Washington. D. c.; DeForest
Richards, Camden, Ala; Charles 5. Moss,
Va; w. A. Patti, Warrenton, Va; ID. e.
Vaughan, Durham, n. c.; j. r. w. john
son, Wallahalla- N. C.; Thos. McGrah am,
Chester. S. c.; Miss Mary Roddy, Forsytle,
Watson Porter, GAINESVILLE. Fla; J. IL.
Houston, Uniontown, Ala; Thomas III. An
derson, Spring Garden, Ala; VIM. Ii. San .
burn, Greensboro, Ala; w. III. Brister,
Water Valley, Miss; j. ID. Lacy, Alexan-
dria, La; C. DeCari, New Iberia. La; G
Badeaux, Thibedeanx. La; w. Fl. Hith-
vile, Humboldt, Tenn; John Z. Lage,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
James G. Ray was appointed Receiver of
Public Monies, Monroe. La, and Alexis K.
Levisse at Natchi' oehes. La
VIM. G. Henderson was appoinaed
lector of Customs for the Pearl River Col
trict, Miss. Dis
Lucia c. Worthrop was appointed At
ney for South Carolina tor
SUPREME COURT.
WAsHIHGToN, Jan. 14.-In the Supreme
Court the case of Pennington VS. Shelby
county and State of Tennessee. was reversed
This decision leaves the Union and Planters
bank from other than its charter taxes
Strong, Clifton and Field dissented. They
bold that the exemption Of the contract does
not extend 10 shares Of the bank taxed as
property against individuals holding them.
There were four other like cases disposed OF
| by this decision.
The Supreme Court in the case of Person
vs.. Denim, from the Supreme Of Virginia e
the Supreme Court here, hold the Civil
Rights Acts of Virginia TO be void as inter
| ferring with commerce between the States
matter wholly in the Jurisdiction OF Con-
gress. The Chief Justice delivered the
| opinion.
A full statement Of the important civil
/ rights case il as follows: 8 No. 1l7-HA
| admx. of Benson VS.. Decuir, Error to the
Supreme Court of Louisiana In this case,
Benson was master of a steamboat, enrolled
and liscensed under the laws OF the United
States. and plying between New Orleans
and Vicksburg. He refused passage TO the
defendant on account Of her color, and thii
suit was brought under the laws Of the Statl
forbidding discrimination by common car
| rfers within the State on account of race Of
/ color. The defense was that the law Of tn
4 State was void act as IL had undertaken
regulation Of commerce 50 far as the bust
| ness Of draft vessels was concerned, as
/ was engaged in interstate trade aud com
meree, q matter wholly within the jurisdic
ton and control Of Congress. The Stat
i Court held the law valid, and the sam
i question was presen ted here. The starut,
is regarded in accordance with the decision
i below as requiring those engaged Ia Inter
State commences % give AL persons traveiini
u In Louisiana upon she public convevMnce
employed II their business. equal right
and privileges. without distinction on &C
eannt Of race or color. and Il Is said for "a
reason tfe Court has nothing 10 do with al
rs regulation Of internal commerce, Or Il
anaeting ANYTHING else than commerce pc
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
Card.

The matters of personal difference between
Messrs Henry {. Myers and Geo. NJ. Co
van, having been referred to US for settle
m mt. we take pleasure in stating that an
adjustment has been made, in terms honor
able to both, and satisfactory to them and
their friends, and that friendly relation:
between them are restored
J. 3. MORGAN,
f. BARKsDALE.
J. Il. GEORGE.
JAcKsoN. Mss. january IA, 1873.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

MEssRs. GAINES, COLES q Co, at
STAGE Line, Miss, have tile best lot of plants,
fruits aud flowers in the South. Now is the
time 20 send on your orders.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

Our fellow citizen John cs AFhnn, killed
three berksllre pigs, ona day Ia4f week
weighing A,16l puNnda nntt.~n NHA6 mnd
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
Gents and Boy~ Boots and Shoe
OFFICE OF PLANTERS lNs. Co.l
Nc 1879

OFFICE OF PLANTERS ms. Col
JACKSON, MISS, Jan. 8, 1873.
A meeting of the Stockholders Of the
Planters Insurance Company Of Mississippi
VIII 1e held at the Office of the Com pany
IN the citv Of jackson, on Saturday. Janu-
Try 26, 1873, between the hours of 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. aad O'clock. p. NJ.
NJ. A. VANHooK, Sec'y.
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WOULD respectfully call the attention Of
w the public to their large and well-select-
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WASHINGTON.
RErnRN OF sEHAroRs

RETURN OF bENAIORS.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-Senators Blaine
and Chaffe have returned.
Senator Gordon is in his seat to-day. The
journey from his home has been tedious on
account OF the railroad washes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
AN OPEN LETTER. It speak. for Itself.


RoCKPoRT, MASS, April I'd, 1877.
MIR. EDIToR:-Having read in your paper
reports of the remarkable cures of catarrh.
l am induced to tell what l know about
Catarrh," and l fancy the snuff" and -" in
haling-tube" makers (mere dollar grabbers)
would be glad if they could embIazon a sim,
liar cure in the papers. For &c years 1 suf-
fered with catarrh. The nasal passages
became completely closed. " Snuff" "dust, !"
ashes" inhaling-tubes and "sticks,"
wouldn't work, though at intervals I would
sniff up the so.called catarrh snuff until
became valuable tester for such medicines
L gradually grew worse, and no one can
know how much | suffered or what a miser
able being | was. My head ached over my
eyes so that was confined to my bed for
many successive days, suffering the most in.
intense pain. which at one time lasted contin-
uously for los hours. All sense of smell and
taste gone, sight and hearing impaired, body
shrunken and weakened, nervous system
shattered, and constitution broken, and l
was hawking and splitting sevenseighths of
the time. l prayed for death to re ieve me
OF my suffering. A favorable notice in your
paper of DR.. Ssge's Catarrh Hemedy induced
me TO purchase package, and use il with
DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douche, which applies the
remedy by hYdrOstatic pressure, the only
way compatible with common sense. Well,
Mr.. Editor, it did not cure mo in three
fourths of second, nor in one hour or
month, but in less than eight minutes l was
relieved, and in three months entirely cured
and have remained so for over sixteen
months. While using the Catarrh Remedy,
L used DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov>
cry to purify my blood and strengthen my
stomach. also kept my liver active and
bowels regular by the use of his Pleasant
Purgative Pellets. If my experience will
induce other sufferers to seek the same means
of relief, this letter will have answered its
purpose. Yours truly, S. D. REMICK.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
One Thing Deaf Mutes do Well.

Mr.. j. G. Davis, of 302 West Thir.
teenth street, advertised yesterday for
one hundred deaf mutes, to be made into
telegraph operators. Nine years ago, ne
says, he taught deaf mute named Hoff
man telegraphy. Hoffman learned the
art IN less than three months and became
one of the most expert operators in the
country, being at the time of his death
the chief operator in the Mobile telegraph
ono. Mr. Davis has since taught TWEEN
ty deaf and dumb persons, and says that
they are almost invariably much quicker
to learn than persons who can speak and
hear, and make far better operators. "I
had call from one to-day" he said,
who told me'that he had been a book
olnder. lie was at first very skepticaI,
bus convinced him of the ease with
which hecould learn by giving him one
lesson. In three quarters of an hour he
knew more tnan half of the Morse alpha
bet, and by referring occasionally to the
alphabet written out for a guide. he
could talk with me on the instrument
with case. OF twenty that l taught in
Philadelphia, sixteen are now in London,
where number of them are in the tele-
graph department. of the general postof-
hee. Two of them have positions in
Philadelphia and one in Montgomery or
Mobile. | don't know which. 1t is mar
velous that deaf mutes should be able 10
use their sight as they do. There was
one of my pupils with whom I could
talk with my eyes. They are wonderfully
quick and accurate. While they are
receiving dispatches, which, of course,
they do either by sight or touch, thew
are not disturbed by sounds or conversa-
ton, and are consequently less liable to
make mistakes than q sound operator. /
begin with this ittl instruments
sounder-and teach them 20 hold the
hand over the key in receiving, so that
they may learn by the touch first. OF
course there is one requisite to a first
class operator that do not teach. He
must be rapid penmau. After going
through course of three months tut
ton, he must spend week or two in an
office to learn the manner of doing
business in that efice. Then, if he is
rapid writer, ne is a coed operator I
am teaching, of course, as a matter OF
business. IN T. World.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Care ofCOws.


If there is any season when a dairy COW
requires good care and generous treat
ment it is just at the setting in of winter.
The change from succulent pasturaee to
dry feed is a trying one to any animal,
but peculiarly so to a mich COW. She
has to supply a double drain upon her
systematic demands of the pail and
those of the growing foetus. To neglect
a cow at this critical period is not only
inhuman, but it "does not pay" The
cows should have a good comfortable
shelter, plenty of pure water with the
chill taken off is better) and plenty of
good nutritious food. To see group of
disconsolate cows standing "humped
up" in the storm, without even a shed
to shelter them, marching once or twice
day in melancholy procession to some
distant brook or pond where a hole has
been cut in the ice, and when feeding
time comes fighting for the scant supply
of course hay or cornstalks scattered in
heaps around the barnyard, is enough to
move one to mingled indignation and
pity at the brutality and folly of their
saittless owners.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
Potato CnIaure.

Experiments in potato culture, con-
Quoted OF late in Germany, but described
in French agricultural paper, are said
to have demonstrated that The vieor of
the potato plant is always in direct pro-
portion to the weight of the tubers used
for ssed; and not only do different tubers
vary in productiveness, but also different
"eyes" in the same potato The "eyes :"
In the top of the potato produce much
liner offspring than those lower down or
at the bottom; and in planting, agricuI-
turists are therefore advised to cut them
horizontally, instead of vertically, and
use the lower part for cattle feed. The
best plan, however, is 10 set them whole,
cutting out all the eyes except those at
the top From careful statistics of the
experiments conducted by Prof. Gantz,
it appears that from tubers divided YER
tically, only five tons per acre were pro
duced; from whole potatoes, seven and a
half tons; and from those cut horizon
tally, nine and three quarter tons. In the
last point, however, other scientific OBJ
servers do not agree with the results of
Herr Gantz's experiments, as they insist
that, other things being equal, whole
potatoes will always produce more than
halves, however cut.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
THE vENUx OF mILO.

Venus, II triumphant so serene and tender,
In thy calm sfteT-boom of lie and love-
more lar than when of old thy sea-borne splendor
Surprised the senses of Oiympian Joye
Not these the lips, that kindling into kisses.
Foured subtle heats through Adon's laneuid
frame, eU'o
RaIned on mis- sullen lips their warm cares=es
Thrilled 70 his heart and turned its frost to aroa
nv soul, transcending PASSIONS wild illusion
Its fantasy and fever and unrest
Bioodstenderly IN thoughts devout secIusion
Oer some lost love-dre2m lingering in thy breast
my lace seems touched with pity for the anguish
III VI earth's dlseonsolate and lonely hearts;
TOT AZ the ioIn and Ioneless lives that lsnguish
Al SOLITARY homes and sordid marts;
=" TN pity for the fsithlessness and feigning
m, me VAIN repentance and the long regret
An at perIumed lamps in lonely chambers waning
Inc untouched fruits on golden salyers SET
With pity for the patient watchers yearuirg
AhrouEh gllmmering easement over midnight
Thrilled by the echo of far feet returning
through the blank darkness of the emptv doors
With sorrow for the coy, sweet buds that cherish
Ia virgin piide loves luxury of gloom
ana IN their fair unfolded beauty perish
Fading like flowers that know not how to bloom
with sorrow for the overblown pale roses
Ihat yield their fragrance to the wandering air =.
For all the penalties that life imposes
On PASSIONS dream, on loves divine despair.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
EcIipses for 1873,

There will be four eclipses during the
year 1873, two of each Iuminary, as
follows:
An annular eclipse of the sun near two
o'clock in the morning of February End,
which will, therefore, be invisible to the
people on this part OF the earth's surface.
1t will be partially visible from nearly
the whole of Australia, but from neither
of the continents, its northern limit being
south of the southernmost capes of Asia
and Africa.
A partial eclipse of the moon in the
morning of February 18th, visible from
the United States. The moon will enter
the earth's ahadow at 3h. 525m. a. NJ,
and leave it at 6h. 483m. a. N. At 5h.
2lm. the middle of the eclipse, 0S4 of
the moons diameter will be obscured
The time is not favorable for general
observation from this section.
A total eclipse of the sun, July %,
visible to all parts of North America.
The line oftotality runs through Kams-
chatka, Behring' Straits, Alaska, British
America, western Montana, western
Wyoming, western Colorado, passing
about one degree southwest of Denver
City, and across Texas to the Gulf of
Mexico, near Galveston city.
A partial eclipse of the moon in the
afternoon and evening of August II
The moon will enter the shadow at Al.
52m. p. m, being then below the horizon.
and will leave it at IN. 44m. D. ~,
when she will be little more than half an
hour HIGH
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
Indian Names for Our War Shlus.

Commander George P Ryan is the
second of the class or 1861 of the United
States naval academy who has lost his
life by shipwreck, Lieutenant comman-
der William F. Stewart, of Pennsylvania,
who was the executive officer of the sloop-
of-war Oneida, being the other, who per
ished IN the collision of that vessel with
the British steamer Bombay in the bay
of Yeddo, Japan, in 1870, when only two
officers and ffty-seveu men out OF
twenty-four officers and one hundred
and nfty-two men were saved from a
watery grave. It is peculiar fact that
all OF the unfortunate national ships lost
within the last decade were named after
the tribes of Indians, viz: Saranac,
Saginaw, Idaho, Oneida and Huron, in
all of which there was a fearful loss of
life.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
Length of Whales.

Mr.. Scoresby, 81 very high authority
on this subject, declares that the COM
mon whale seldom exceeds seventy feet
in length and is much more frequently
under sixty. Out of three hundred and
twenty-five whales, which he assisted
personally in capturing, not one exceeded
sixty eight feet, and the largest of which
he knew the reported measurement to be
authentic came up to only sixty.seven
feet. Two specimens of the rorqual or
razor- back whale have been observed of
one hundred and five feet in length.
One of these was found floating lileless
in Davis Straits, and the skeleton of the
other was seen in Columbia river, and
must, tail and all, when alive, have
measured one hundred and twelve feet.
Other specimens have measured a hun
dred, and many others fr0m eighty to
ninety feet. One cast on shore at North
Berwick, Scotland, and preserved by DR..
Knox, was eighty-three feet in length.
These instances seem to establish Inc
average and extreme length of these
huge animals. But, with considerable
credulity in earlier accounts, Baron
Culver, the eminent naturalist, saws
stoutly: There is no doubt that whales
have been seen at certain epochs and in
certain seas upward OF three hundred
feet long, or one hundred yards in
leppth .
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
i Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1877 of the sterling Medi-
cal Annual known as Hostetter's Almanac is
now ready, and may be obtained, free of
cost, of druggists and general country deal
ers in all parts of the United States and
British America, and indeed in every civil
lied portion of the Western Hemisphere.
This Almanac has been issued regularly, at
the commencement of every year for over
One-hfth of a century. 1t combines, with
the souudest practical advice for the p. sser-
Walton and restoration of health, large
amount of interesting and amusing light
reading. and the calendar, astronomical
calculations, chronological items, etc., are
prepared with great care, and will be found
entirely accurate. The issue of Hostetter's
Almanac for 1877 will probably be the
largest edition of a medical work ever pub
lished in ally country. The proprietors
Messrs Hostetter & Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa,
on receipt of two-nent stamp, will forward
copy by mail to any pers n who cannot
procure one in his neighborhood.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
Use of Rockets in Sieges.

Experiments have been recently made
by the German artillery with a new
rocket, which is intended to temporarily
illuminate the siege or other works of an
enemy. Fifteen of these rockets were
issued about two months ago to each
regiment of fortress or garrison artillery
in the German army, and the reports
sent In a short time ago announce that
the results of the trials made with them
were exceedingly satisfactory. The
head of the new rocket contains fifty
seven large and seventy-two smaller
magnesium stars, which burn for fourteen
seconds. The range of the rocket is
1000 metres but it can be fitted to ex-
plode at any desired distance from its
point of departure. The stars when
burning give a white light of so great
intensity that surrounding objects are as
distinctly visible as by day. When it
is desired to illuminate the enemy's
works for a longer period a number of
rockets are fired at intervals of six or
seven seconds, two troughs being ar
ranged for the purpose ten metres apart.
The weight of the rocket is about twenty
six pounds. 6oU Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
About tic Size of II

The entire mass of tobacco which is
annuslly consumed in smoking, snufipg
and chewing on the earth is 600, 900 600
pounds-manifestly too high an estimate
Tor from 1,200, 900, 600 to 1 500 COZ. COO
Inhabitants. Let US take the hall a. the
more probable, and let us suppose the
tobacco leaves transformed into roll
tobacco, a tobacco serpent is created
which, with diameter of two inches
and following the direction of the equator,
could wind itself around the earth thirty
times. Let Us suppose that the tobacco
is formed into tablets similar to the
chocolate tablets, and which, indeed. is
the shape which the chewing tobacco of
sailors and Yankees takes, and we have
a colossal pile worthy of being placed
beside the third largest of the pyramids
of Gizeh, that of the Mykerinos and as
massive and as high as that old regal
edifice. Let us grind all the tobacco into
snuff, end let us picture to ourselves the
sad case that an evil equinoctial wind one
fine morning blows the snuff over the
ocean, and showers it on one of our Ger
man states, we are certain more than one
OF the Lulliputian states would have
much difficulty in recovering its ex ,stencc
by shoveling away the snuff. --Copes
Tobacco Pidat.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
After Wild Honey.

The senses OF the bees are very acute.
By the aid of smell they fnd the sweet
est flowers, and thus the delicate cleanI-
ness of the hive is preserved. While
certain odors are very attractive to them,
Others are excessively repuenant. This
fondness for certain perfumes is used bv
bee-hunters in discovering the nests of
wild bees. When wild bees are seen
lettering around, an upright stake, to the
upper end of which is attached a small
horizontal platform, is planted somewhere
near on this platform is placed a bit of
full comb, and in front of it is suspended
an open vial of annis, an edor they par-
ticularly love. To expedite matters. one
of the strange bees is frequently captured
by inverting over the flower from which
1t Is sucking a small cylinder with glass
over the end. The bsa flies up to the
Lighted end the lower psrt is covered by
the hAnd, and the cylinder placed over
the boney-cOmb on the platform, AS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03

soon as the cylinder is darkened. by
putting something over the top, the bee
goes down to the honey and fills his
honey-sack. When fully gorged, it is
released; a bee, with its honey-sack
filled, always makes Decline" tor the
hive. When the load of stolen sweets is
deposited, the little pilferer comes back
usually with a companion--guided by
the scent of annis both alight on the
platform, and are held in mild captivity
till they are filed. One is then released,
the direction it takes is noted the stake
is then carried to some distance to the
right or left of its former position, and
the second bee released. The point at
which the two Declines" cut each other
is the position of the nest.-Scribner.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-03
Selling Hogs.

For the benefit of young farmers like
myself, l will give my experience in sell
ing hogs, which on foot or dressed will
pay best, when one has the chance of
doing either. | know it is owing to the
price, age and size of the pigs, to great
extent. The price here last season was
four cents and half on foot, six cents
dressed. The question with me was
whether 1T would pay best TO sell dressed
or on to9t. L tested the subject as far as
my opportunities would permit, not
having anything to weigh with but a
beam. l weighed the pigs, each one,
after killing and bleeding, then dressed
and cleaned, and after hanging an hour
weighed again, with the following result:
First pig before dressing, two hundred
and twenty-four pounds, after dressing,
one hundred and seventy-fve pounds :;
second pig, one hundred and ninety
pounds before cleaning, after, one hun
dred and fifty-tour; third pig, two hun
bred and thirty-eight beOre cleaning
after, two hundred. 1t will be seen that
the first pig lost forty nine pounds, the
second thirty-six pounds and the third
thirty eight pounds; in all, one hundred
and twenty-three pounds. Weight of all
pigs before dressing, six hundred and
hlty-two pounds; at four dollars and
nifty cents per cwt. would be twenty nine
dollars and thirty-four cents; after dress
ing, five hundred and twenty-nine
pounds; at six dollars per cwt would be
thirty-one dollars and seventy four cents
"a profit of two dollars and forty cents,
which would hardly pay if You had to
spend one day to butcher and one hauling
to market. If sold on foot it takes but
one day to deliver, but in selling dressed
1t leaves two dollars and forty cents for
one days work, which in these times
would be more than enough to pay for
some good paper, such as the Farmer
W. r., IN Ohio Farmer.