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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
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PRAYER A LA MODE.
Give me eye to Others failings blind
Miss Smiths bonnet's quite a fright be
hind

Give me eye to Others failings blind
Miss Smiths new bonnet's quite a fright be-
hind.
Wake in me charity for the suffering poor
There comes the contribution-box once more 4
Take from my soul all feelings covetous-
tl'n have shawl like that make a fuss >
Let love for all my kind my spirit stir
tSaye Mrs Jones! III never speak 10 herb
Let me in truths fair pages take delight
tI'il read that novel through tonight y
Make me eontented with my earthly statc-
Il wish ia married rich. But its too late %
Give me a heart OF faith in an my kind
Miss Browns As big hyPocrite as you'll find ,
Help nae 10 see myself as Others see
This dress is quite becoming unto meN
Let me act out no falsehood, l appeal
Il wonder II they think these curlS are realD
Make my heart Of humility the fount-
Fill me with patience and with strength 10 wait
Il know he'll preach until dinners late p
Take from my heart each grain Of self-coueeit-
( I'm sure the gentlemen must think me swectN
Let sanity wisdom be my daily food
q wonder what they'll have Tor dinner goodN
Let not my feet ache in the road to light
Nobody knows how these shoes pinch and
bite -
In this world teach me TO deserve the next,
Church out. Charles, do YOU rccollect the
text
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
THE LOOM OF LIFE.

All day, all night, can hear the lar
Df the loom Of life, and near and far
d thrills with it, deep and mutlled sound
A. tireIess the wheels 90 always round
Bu-iiy, ceaseiessIy goes the loom.
Iu the light OF day and the midnigbfs oloon
The wheels are turning early and late
And the wool IS wound in the warn of Fate
CLICK, cack there's a thread Of love woven in
Click, clack another OF wrong and sin
What checSered thing this life will be
When we see il unroied in eternity
Time, with a face like mystery.
And hands as busy a. hands can be.
SITS at the loom with arms outspread
10 catch IN its meshes each gIancing thread.
When shall this wonderful web be done?
la thousand years perhaps, or one,
or tomorrow. Who knOweth1 Not Won or .
But the wheels turn and the shuttles hv.
An, -ad-cyed weavers the years are slow
But each one Is nearer the end know.
Aud some day the last thread shall be woven in.
God grant II be love instead Of sin
Are we spinners Of wool in this life-web-savg
DO sc furnish the weaver a thread each day
It wore better, then, Oh my friends 10 spin
\ beautiful thread, than thread OF sin.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
WHAT Ex-Gov. Alcorn Says About
the Exodus.
.etter to a Kansas Correspondent

Letter to a Kansas Correspondent.
Competition for labor guarantees to good
negroes on plantations the hest of treatment.
When they 90 out to vote they meet with
roughs, and generally come ont second best
The ballot-box in this State has been, and is
to-day thoroughly prostituted. Ballot-box
stufhng in this State, while equally, is more
humane than the bulldozing, shotgun policy
of the past In this | take pleasure in record
ing an improvement. Outside the voting
places, aside from politics, the negro is kindly
treated. Before the courts, on the plantations,
in the family, | doubt if in all the broad land
the negro can find more tender and sympathiz-
ing whites.
The cause of the present hegira may be
traced to the politicians. The present unwise
agitation in Congress has been seized upon to
rob the South of its labor. The negro is
volitile, impulsive, emotional creature. | mean
the plantation negro. His fears are easily ex-
cited He Is made to feel that he represents
Gods chosen people, the children of Israel
that the wicked Southerners, Egyptians, are
contriving for his practical re-enslavement;
that he must shake the dust of Egypt from his
feet and hasten to that land of Canaan" Out
of the South the poor negro seems determined
to go. He will consume with relish the good
things supplied him by the liberal hand of the
plentiful North, but when the ''manna" ceases
to fall, when the buttered parsnips shall be
no longer supplied, but bread must be sup
piled with labor mark my prediction, the ne
gro will vearn for return TO his native South.
He will find himself face to face with the white
man in Kansas; he viii find there, as here,
that the white man will sell him goods for all
ee will give: that he viii, there, as here, rent
him land and sell him meat and hire him
mules for all that he i'll agree to pay; that
when he accepted his freedom he lost his
guardian; that in the battle of life he is under
that inexorable white mans law of " every
man for himself" J. L. ALCoRN.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
A TRUE LOVER.

To be sad when all are gay;
To think all gone with one away;
To start, 70 thrill, then back TO sink
From expectations joyous brink
Ii al expression proved TOO weak
TIL heart 10 heart and cheek 10 cheek
Alone sUfficed that word 70 speak
Which set the Pent up passions free,
Brought back u the souls tranquility,
And lay the struggling heart al rest.
Dropped like q bird into IL nest
II this be love, as lovers say,
Dear, | have loved thee many day.
II to oppose when suffering most
The pain the opposition cost;
To listen with ayerted face,
Yea years To close with an embrace;
To watch, To tend, to smile. to grieve,
Eeproof 10 bear advice receive:
To work To wait, to pray, To live,
And to give all, and still To give
i this be love, believe me dear,
That nave loved thee many year.
and if, amid the vap'rous whirling
OF men and things that, upward curling
In cloud and mist. come floating by
From the deep gulf OF memory,
One face shines out, one form, one power,
One influence quicking every hour.
speaking profile upward turned,
Or a deep look that through me burned
Ii this be love, love came to me,
And STAYS, methinks, eternally.
From Lippincott's Magazin
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
Keep Singing.

We had a servant once who always
used to be singing whether outside the
door whitening the steps, whether wash
ing the linen, cleansing the tea-things,
or cooking the dinner, she would be CON
stantly singing or humming over some
thing. But | said to her one day,
g Betsy, what makes you sing so ? !"
Well, " she answered, g it keeps bad
thoughts away and if | didn't sing
sometimes | should get so low-spirited
| shouldn't know what to do with nv
selfl" A good deal ef philosophy IN
Retsyi because you know that boys, if
they have to go through a churchyard
at night, always begin whistling to keep
their spirits up.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
ALI Mean Men.

Utica Correspondence Chicago Tribune1
q Yes, said Davie, = knew man
once,-Jake Mason, who went to do
nation where SIX farmers were to contri-
butte jug of milk apiece Well, one
mana very mean man-thought it
would not make any difference if he con-
tributed water in place of milk; so he
filled up jug with water and took it to
the donation. When he got there, he
turned it over the hung, and it ran into
a barrel where all the other farmers had
poured their milk. Now, what do you
thing was the result? Why, every one
Of the six farmers happened to be as
mean as Jake Mason. They oil brought
mater.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
The Almond Blossom.


Dear Mammal said little girl TO
her mother as they were walking togcth-
er in the garden, " why do YOU have So
few Of those beautiful double almonds in
the garden You have hardly a bod
where there is not a tuft Of violets, and
they are a much palmer. What can be
the reason p
My dear child" said the mother,
" gather me e bunch of each. Then ]
will tell you why l prefer the humble
viOlets."
The little girl ran off, and soon re-
turned with fine bunch Of the beaui-
tiful almond and a few viOlets."
Smell them, my love-" said her
mother, and try which is the sweet
err"
The child smelled again and again.
and could scarcely believe herself that
the lovely almond had mo- scent, while
the plain violet had delightful odOr.
Well, my child, which is the sweet
erY
ooh, dear mother it is the little vio-
let
Well, now You know, my child, why
! prefer the plain violet to the beautiful
almond Beauty without fragrance boo
flowers, is, in my opinion, something like
beauty without geutleness and good tenn
per in little girls When any of those
people who speak without reflection may
say to you, : What charming blue eyes
What beautiful curls What q fine com
complexion = without knowing whether
you have any good qualities, and with
out thinking Of your defects and lailiug-,
which everybody is born with, rcmem-
Der then, my little girl, the almond bios
som; and remember also, when your
afectionate mother may not bc there tu
tell you, that beauty WITHOUT gentlcuess
and good temper is WORTHLESS
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
She Took the Cow.
/ the Upton Ind Times. ]

From the Upton 1nd.) Times.l
Over in WindfaIl, recently, a man
and his wife got to that point of disa-
greement so graphically described in
Betsy and l Are Out" They decided
to separate, and the assets of the part
nership were divided up until only the
baby was left, when the father said,
eff you will leave the baby with me l
will give you q COED cow" The mother
considered moment, and decided that
a good COW was worth $25, and a baby
well, pretty poor property. So she
took the COW.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
Demonstration Fraud.
Memphis Avalanche. I

The relteEation recently In Congress of the
stale falsehood that silver decentralization was
openly accomplished; that it was not an I'M
derhand trick, and that the country under
stood it at the time, is calculated to profound
" impress the public with the intelligence and
honesty of the average N. C. President Grant
has admitted that he signed the bill without
then as now Republican leader in the House.
confessed two or three years afterward that he
did not understand the measure. 1t was a
trick performed in altering the Revised Stat
utes, understood only by the lobby on the out
side Of Congress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
Sea Birds.

Passengers ON ocean steamers find
considerable amusement in watching
Mother Carey's chickens" The birds
invariably follow in the wake Of the
vessels for the refuse that's thrown over
board, and often in theirgreediDess come
very near the screw. They have been
known to follow steamers for hundreds
Of miles, resting occasionally on the top
Of the water, or at night on the mast
head. Sometimes passengers attempt
to shoot them, but no one has ever been
known to hit the acknowledging, but
graceful birds. Sailors consider them
ominous, and are opposed to the shoot
ing. They have a peculiar cry, and
beautiful wings which the ladies would
like in their hats.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
THE EMIGRANTs IN KANSAS.
HOW THEY ARE TREATED AT TOPEKA
A SAD STORY OF DISTRESS, SICKNESS
AND DEATH.
Special to the New Orleans Democrat

Special to the New Orleans Democrat
Topeka, Kansas, May 24.-Yesterday the
negro child of refugee, farmed out by the re-
lief committee, died here from starvation and
bad treatment in the cellar of a house
The negro politician Weir is now in jail.
To-day the Capital Republican newspa-
per, published an account of the condition Of
the negroes at the Fair Grounds, showing gross
in humanity, distress and disgraceful treatment
of the sick there. 1t accuses the committee of
culpable negligence and demands an investiga-
ton; reports cases Of fearful restitution and
sickness.
The committee has plenty of money, cloth
ing and blankets TO distribute 10 the most nee
dy n.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
Vicksburg CommerciaI.7
CRIMES AND CALAMITIEs.
LYnch Law in Ohio.

Cincinnati, William Ammen, Alias
Storey OF 81 Louis, recently eloped with Jen-
ME Atchley, the wife oil F. 4 Farmer OF Bata-
via, Ohio. He was captured and placed in
Jail at Batavia Early this morning Il mob
entered the jail seized Storey and hung him to
one Of the timbers of the bridge over the Lit
tie Miami. Alter hanging few minutes the
rope broke and Storey dropped into the river
and succeeded in gaining the shore, whence he
was taken to a hotel. where he remains
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
The True Policy.
CEhickasaw Messenger.l

We observe that some of our State exchanges
are discussing the question, whether or not
the Democratic party shall hold conventions
and nominate candidates for the various county
officers A few, to our establishment, express
thems Ives in favor of scrub race, but the
great majority, we are glad to note, advocate
the policy OF a strict party organization, and
the nomination of candidates for every Office
from Constable TO State Senator and District
Attorney This latter is the true policy It
is impossible TO maintain party organization
without il.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
KILLED HIMSELF IN AVENGING HIS
WRONGS.

acknowledgement w. r. Hall, OF the
United States beacon-light steamer Lily, lying
near the village OF Waynesville, Ohio, for
some time past has suspected his wife with
improper relations with DIR. J. b. Hough his
family physician. This morning he surprised
them in the parlor, and drawing a large sized
revolver fired at Hough but without effect He
then began clubbing the doctor with his pistol,
and while doing so it was discharged, the ball
entering Halls heart and killing him instant
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
Miscegenation Don't Thrive in India

Terrc Haute, May.-Wm. Nelson, negro
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year,
for marrying a white woman. The prosecu-
ton originated in spite. but Nelson was CON
victed under the law OF 1886 which Judge
Long held to be valid through a decision of
the Supreme Court
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
A Wife Murderer.

the case OF the State against Wesley W. Bishop,
charged with the murder of his wife and with
completely in the murder of Charles Cobb, was
called up. Bishop pleaded guilty to murder in
the second degree; the plea was accepted, and
the prisoner sentenced to states prison for
life.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
TUxTA.

Dn. T. H RAucH, of this city, who .i has
recently returned from the South, says that
.so snihorities and citizens CT New Orleans
are doing all in their power to prevent = re-
currence OF the. yellow-teyer epidsmilc .n.s
.s.,. ss & Tnaintained, and he has great hopes
tIat The city Will escape yellow fever this sea-
aon.-C chicago journal.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

fernando Press.
The wheat crop Of this section l. pronounced
to be looking excellent. and forward But
there = a very small acreage planted.
On Tuesday, 18th inst Mr. Kim Armstead
deputy Sheriff of DeSoto county. killed Leon
Neims, colored, Tor resisting arrest.
Grenada New South
Pursuant to appointment many Of our peo-
pie met, on last Saturday, at the court house
IN this city to consider the subject of establish
ing cotton factory al this place According
10 previous appointment Gen y NJ West was
present and made most appropriate and IN
tcIlieent speech, or talk, a. h. would style H.
HIS points were wei taken and well sustained.
Winona Advanced
T. c STANDBY, Esq, recently elected to the
State penitentIary, says II j. advisable to mar
~, but that one wife at a time j. enough for
any man. His constituents are not prepared
to say whether he will Be candidate Tor re
election not, a. his present term Is Of seven
years duration
Nicksburg Commercial
The notice in this mornings Herald. men
tioning Mr. 4. /. Pierce as one OF the civil
engineers OF the Ship Island railroad, Is an
error. JOS Porter, has been appointed aud
confirmed by the board OF supervisors at their
last meeting and Major Porter Will have sole
charge OF the work as engineer OF the road.
Concordia Bolivar co.. Leader
We learn that Mr. John Burrus, son Of Judge
Burru~ killed a man named Phillips on Egypt
ridge, this county. some days since He was
killed with a shotgun, and WAS the result of
previous difficulty
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
The Panier.

Fashion IS poised up5n a pivot, and
has no more stability than the wind, and
it Is fortunate that human tastes are
yielding and easily transferred. The
panier, scarcely more than limited at
three months ago, has developed like %
politicians pet measure, and takes IT'S
place without so much as hesitating for
the favor Of acceptance. It is simply iu
fashion, and the rest goes without say
ing. The extent to which the panier is
represented is left entirely to Che iudi-
vidual, for as it is chiefly produced 10y
drapery, pleats and trimmings, it inter
feres but little with models or designs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
UXORICIDE IN BUFFALO.

Buffalo.-The coroner's jury in the case OF
Barbara Dinkel, who was murdered by her
husband, found that she came to her death at
his hands by hanging The prisoner was ia
ken to Jail to await the action OF the grand
jury, which will meet in three weeks.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
KILLED HIS WIFE.

Elkmont, Ala May 23-John w Bailey,
whose wife had left him on account OF bad
treatment, went to persuade her to return.
She refused, and he shot her dead and fled.
An excited crowd is pursuit, and if caught he
will probably be Ivnched
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
A SHOOTING AFFRAY.

Baltimore.-A special from Culpeper says
I'm difficulty here to-day between u. NJ. Ream
editor of the Culpeper Times, and Phillip NJ.
Jones, and G. w. Jamison, seven pistol shots
were fired by the different parties. Ream was
shot in the abdomen, and it is thought fatally
wounded
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04

Free kirk elder preparatory 90 pre-
senting a tract:) ''My friend, do you
know the chief end Of man Y Piper
> Ma, I didna mind the
chune; can We no whustle it2'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04

A one thousand acre plantation near
Natchez, Miss, recently sold for $500.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-04
4 MOTHER KILLED WHILE SEEKING TO
SAVE HER CHILD.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Out on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, yesterday, a little child of Mrs.
Mary Billet was crossing the track before an
approaching train and the mother attempted
to rescue it. Both were killed.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-26
County News
NE " IA ZEN.

N. Do,.
slo,, $500 - '"o'@" '''' ''"' "es'
'"oP "'ioS' INC ioau'
Among the excitements of New
Haven are walking matches, the quick
est time made, as yet, being about nine
Pi"ye' "'ec,i"g has oeeh starteu
~ Tue acaue!hy. Inc meetings are neiu
Mohuay hlghts lhmeuiately after
SCHOOL,
Mrs. Judge Human was appointed
last Sunday as O delegate to the
w. G.. T. u, held at Vcrgenpes We'd
nesdav and Thursday of this week.
,>.,..,, r-te
''e"''
Several Of the scholars attending Beeman
Academy are boarding at the hotel.
Tho A,oo.,o., r,,,,o,, m.,.,,. n.
hs,r ,r,ras ,,,rorn,, ~ ras W
sa,n,Sav -. 49, ~. ,,'', 'I'' r""' anu
-, ~. ~ W. "'"''
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-26
BRISTOL.

Deferred items.
Weather decidedly cool.
Bristol Academy has thirty six pupils this
term.
business at the shops has almost ceased ON
account Of low water.
Mrs. John Gregory is fast improving in health.
Mrs. e. Abernethy is still very low.
"A. NJ. Gibson OF Rutland is quite sick at the
residence Of ii. p. Sherwin, In this village.
Miss Mary Harlow has opened Select schooi
at the schoolhouse. She has twenty six scholars.
Another horse gone to that country from
whence no good horse ever wants TO return, THE
property OF L. p. circuit.
The Champlain Mutual Insurance Co. has sued
j. II. Wright, one OF its victims here. "Stin
there's more TO follow"
Quite a number OF our citizens attended the
State Fair. and u good delegation went to Mid
dlebury to attend the County Fair. and came
back.
Rev. l.. A. Stone Of Casteton preached an
interesting sermon al the Baptist church last Sab
bath. He also spoke in the evening at the same
place.
The new street, so long in controversy. is at
last opened and being fast put in shape for travel
When opened from North to Maple street. it will
be one of the pleasantcst streets in our village.
We understand that H. c. Munsil in his ex
plorations towards the center of the earth in pur
suit of water. has been brought to standstll by
striking a rock. That will settle the question of
water on The plains.
We understand thai A. j. Eastman has let his
butter tub building and machinery to A. Il. Man
UNI, and is going TO buying and selling lumber.
Mr.. Nahum will go into the manufacture Of bee
boxes more extensively.
&C. S. Brlstors new barn is being rapidly hn
ished. J. Il. Dumas will build one. Mrs.
Growers house is up aud partly enclosed. We
hear Of other sales OF building lots in embryo.
and other buildings soon TO go up.
Hiram shatiuck, drugglst, was brought be-
fore Justice Knapp and states Attorney Slade
last week, for violation OF the prohibitory law.
| He plead guilty and appealed. The court was
| adjourned until Wednesday. but there seems Ia
1 be hitch somewhere
IN Arrangements are now being made by Lib.
trlt meeting held here some time next month
Il. N MARINES, ID. ID. G. NJ. There will be a meet
ing Oh the Lodge Saturday evening, also on Tues
day evening Of next week.
Prof. Benton Of the Bristol Academy. pro
poses to let his school stand ON its own merits for
patronage. having released the town from their
| obligations. Mr.. Benton is a good teacher. aud a
live, wide-awake man. and deserves the patron
age Of all who have the education of the young
| at heart.
News came up here Monday night, that Frank
Emory was again at liberty. which had the effect
Of sending Sheriff Dunshee post haste to Middle
bury. Tuesday night we heard that he wss
caught and once more In jail. II seems 10 US that
Emory must be uncommonly smart or there is q
screw loose somewhere In the management Of
our county boarding house.