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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-19
Slavery at Hong Kong.
From the Toxic Times. ]

From the Toxic Times.
ZIGOv. Hennessy, on his return to the seat
of his Government, will have subject de-
handing investigation, and one with which
he will, no doubt, deal promptly. 1t is
hard to imagine, that, in this instance,
any reforms he may insist upon instituting
will be objected to or meet with opposition
on the part of the residents of Hong Kong !;
yet recalcitrancy, as inexplicable as il
would be now in view of recent occurrences,
has before been manifested in the same
locality. The Daily Press makes the
astonishing revelation that, in the island of
fragrant streams, trade in human flesh
and blood is SO unblushingly carried on
that premiums for the recovery of runaway
slaves are openly advertised. A Chinese
placard, whereof tradition is made by our
contemporary, has been publicly posted in
the town of Victoria offering a reward for
information leading to the restoration to
her owner of girl II years ofage who had
absconded. The word used to designate
this child is said TO be an exact equivalent
of the term ''slave," and in no way related
TO that applied to offspring placed by
parents in families of better position than
their own A terrible condition of affairs
is disclosed. Bands of pirates make organ
lied descents upon the mainland, and carry
off all the young women and children Of
whole villages. he cdpClVeS are Jnen put
upon passage boats and conveyed to Hong
Kong, where the girls are drafted into
brothels and the boys sold to tradesmen.
1t is stated that the wretched victims con-
slider themselves wholly in the power of
their captors and allow their bodies to be
disposed of without offering any resistance
Occasionally a case isdetected by the police,
and severely punished in the courts. I'm
munity, however, is apparently the rule,
and conviction the exception, in the case of
the ruffian robbers; for there is much force
in the suggestion that, as the number of
prisoners charged last year before the
British magistrates with abduction and
sale of women and female children was no
less than A, the trade must be extensive
and profitable in order to cover the risk it
involves. The Press goes on to remark
that as persons of position and outward
responsibility are more or less directly con
cerned, one remedy might be applied, name
lv, to make the purchase of children as
dangerous an undertaking as the sale. If
there is a case in which the receiver is
worse than the thief and should incur a
severer penalty, this is such a one. The
attention of the Chief Justice has been
attracted to the iniquitions traffic; and
there is hope that Mr.. Hennessy, act
ing in concert with the provincial authori-
ties on the mainland, may devise some
effective method to remove this stigma from
the record of a colony whose annals are I'M
fortunately connected with the worst
results of the intercourse which Great
Britain has forced upon reluctant China.
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Ancient Pompeii.

A correspondent of Hand and Heart, an
Fnglish periodical, writes: An interesting
faafure of the inner life of ancient PomPell
"a now revealed to view is the appearance
of the frequent signs over the shops, every
trade and business having its own particu-
lar sign or trade mark over the outer door
wav. Thus the frequent wineshops are
indicated; one of these was exceedingly
honest in it's sign-a Bacehanalian reyel,
showing a drunken man in the foreground
Wine lars were here in abundance, some OF
them very large. One that ! measured
required my handkerchief seven and aquar-
ter times round to indicate its girth. A
surgeons house was Unidentified by the sur
gical instruments it contained; baker $
Shop was found with as many as 81 loaves
in the Oven-all overbaked, you may be
sure. by centuriesl These lOaves are now
dispersed throughout the principal
museums of the world A public school
was indicated by its own amusing signboard
a rough picture, representing one boy on
another boys back, and the master with
the birch rod, as my guide said in broken
English, giving him a hckingP And over
one Of the houses saw this motto inscribed
Otiosis locus hic non est Dtseede naorator; to
which l give the following translation
No place for idlers here TO stay
Loupger, arise and 60 thy way
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-19
Overworked Women.

Nothing is more reprehensible and thor
oughly wrong than the idea that a woman
fulhlls her duty by doing an amount OF
work that is far beyond her. She not only
does not fulfill her duty, but she most
signallv fails in it, and the failure Is truly
deplorable. There can be no sadder sight
than that of broken down, overworked
wife and mother-a woman who is tired all
her life through. If the work of the house
hold cannot be accomplished by order,
system and moderate work, without the
necessity of wearing heart-breaking toll
toll that is never ended without making
life a tteadmill of labor, then, for the sake
of humanity, let the work go.
Better to live in the midstofdisorder than
that order should be purchased at so high
a price-the cost of health, strength, happI-
ness. and all that makes existence endura-
BILE The woman who spends her lie IN
unnecessary labor is by this very labor
untitled for the highest duties OF home
She should he the haven of rest to which
both husband and children turn for peace
and refreshment. She should be the care
full intelligent adviser and guide OF the
one, the tender contidant and helpmate OF
the other How is it possible for a woman
exhausted in body, as a natural consequence
in mind also, to perform either OF these
offices? No, it is not possible The
constant strain is too great. Nature gives
way beneath it, She loses health and
spirit and hopefulness and more than all,
her youth-the last thing that woman
should allow to slip from her. for, no
matter how old she is III years, she should
be Young in heart and feeling, for the youth
of ace is sometimes more attractive than
youth itself.
To the overworked woman this green
old age is out of question: old age comes
ON her, sere and yellow, before its time
Her disposition is ruined, her temper
soured, her very nature is changed, by the
burden which, too heavy to carry, is dragged
along rs long rs wearied feet and tired
hand can do their part. Even her aiiec'
lions are blunted, and she becomes merely
a machine-a woman without the time tc
be womanly, a mother without the time
to train and guide her children as only
mother can, wife without the time TO
svmpathize with and cheer her husband, a
woman so overworked during the day thai
when night comes her sole thought ana
intense longing is for the rest and SLEEP
that very probably will not come: and
even if it should, that she Is too tired to
enjoy. Better by far let everything go I'M
finished, to live as best she can, than Il
entail on herself and family the curse o
overwork.-Sanitary Magazine.
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Love in Fiction.

To all great artists, love is the master
passion. Very few are they who have
it in their heart, or their power, to ig-
more its universal potency, or who do
not take advantage of the agency which
works more wonders than any other
among men, to shape their fables by /;
but at the same time, love in the hands
of great artist is rarely the exclusive
interest, the sole turning-point of the
drama Even in that most perfect of
love tales, the story of 'Romeo and
Juliet" the background is full Of a
varied and wonderful life, of all the
gradations of humanity, old and young
carrying on the affairs of the world in
the distance, in lowered and subdued
tone of color, as being far from our eye
and not Immediately necessary to pri-
mary interest, but yet so carrying them
on that greater atmosphere OF being,
wider universe than that of their own
passion, is kept around the hapless pair.
But the small dabblers in the art OF
fiction who are now so abundant are,
perhaps, scarcely capable ofappreciating,
and are quite indisposed to obey, this
wholesome rule of restraint. They are
aware that love is the chief subject OF
fiction, without being aware that fiction,
even in treating its favorite theme.
must, if is to keep any value or power,
be faithful at the same time to those
sober realities of existence which only
the foolish suppose to be antagonistic
to sentiment 1t is not the natural Sc
| lection of the one subject which is most
appropriate to romance which makes
fiction unreal-for this subject belongs
more or less to every life, and never
can be left out of the question; but il
is the exclusive concentration of al
faculties upon this one theme, so that
| if the novelist were to be trusted
| all life would be. confined to one
chapter, and a man or woman's exis
tence gagged by his or her share of it
early agitations and satisfactions. This
it is needless to say, is about as false {
view of human existence as would b
that which should pluck out love alto
gether from the influences that sway it
Especially are women badly used b.
this superficial and unintelligent art
Glove is but part of mans life, but i
is all a woman's," is so universal sen
timent in fiction, that it might be stere
otyped by the printers as absolutel,
certain to recur at least once or twice
in every novel of second or third rat
Importance. - raser's Magazine
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Silent Men.

Washingtonnever made a speech. In
the zenith of his fame he once attempt
ed it, failed, and gave it up, confused
and abashed. In framing the Constitu.
ton of the United States the labor was
almost wholly performed in committee
of the whole, of which George Washing
ton was chairman. He spoke twice dur
ing the conventions; but his words were
so few that they could not fully be term
ed speeches. The convention acknowl
edged the master spirit, and historians
affirm that, had it not been for his per-
sonal popularity and the sincerity with
which he spoke, the Constitution would
have been rejected by the people.
Thomas Jefferson never madea speech.
He couldn't do it. Napoleon, whose ex,
ecutive ability was almost without 8
parallel, said his greatest trouble was in
finding men of deeds, rather than words
When asked how he maintained his in
fluence over his superiors in age and ex
perience, when Commander-in-chief o.
the army in Italy, he said, "By reserve
The greatness of a man is not to be
measured by the length of his speeches,
or their number.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-19
Curing sardines.

Another interesting product OF France,
not of its soil but of its waters, is the
sardine, which is borne to every CLINE,
1t is said to belong to the herring fami-
ly, but never attains to a large size.
The uniformity of the size is seen
in the boxes, which are just adapt
ed to packing them, as they are
found to correspond in length. These
little finny creatures are caught in nets
and after being well washed, the heads
are cut off and the fish are sprinkled
lightly with fine salt. After lying for a
few hours they are placed on grids in
rows almost perpendicular. The frames
are then placed in pans containing boil
ing olive oil. This oil is changed as
often as it becomes too black and dirty
for continuing the cooking process.
As soon as the fish are considered suffi-
GENTLY cooked they are withdrawn
from the pans of oil and the grids are
placed ON tables nclining towards a
groove in the center. The oil is thus
carried to vessel prepared to receive
it. Around these tables stand the
women whose business it is to pack the
fish closely and uniformly In boxes.
The boxes being full, the fish are cover
ed with fresh oil, and the lids of the
boxes are then soIdered down. Thus
Theoretically sealed, they are placed in
wire basket and immersed in boiling
water. The smaller boxes are thus
boiled for about an hour and the lar
ger ones somewhat longer, proportion
to the size of the box. The fish are
then ready for the market, and, being
packed in cases, are,sent to the ends Of
the earth. Marseilles Correspondent
Boston journal.
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The Danger of Hypodermic Injection.
From the London Times.

L rum the London Times.
Our Dublin correspondent writes under
date October %: EAn inquest was held
yesterday on the remains Of Miss Frances
chapman, gOverness, who died on Tues
day from tetanus caused bv subcutaneous
INJECTION OF morphia by her own hand. The
case was remarkable one and shows the
danger OF allowing poisonous drugs to be
soid and used by private persons. DIR.
Abraham Meldon, who was called in to see
her on Thursday last, deposed that he found
her suffering from one of the spasms of
lockJaw. She told him she had been in the
haOIt for years when attacked by neuralgia,
to which she was subject, of injecting
morphia under the skin with a needle. and
that she had used twelve grains of morphia
IN an Injection that morning, and she
showed him four papers. The ordinary dose
was from one-eighth to quarter of grain.
Twelve grains was enormous dose and
proved that she had been long in the habit
Of using it, There was no case on record
OF i similar quantity having been used bv
any other person. Two or three wears ago
case of death from 4 wound caused by
subcutaneoue injection occurred in London
but then the dose was only two or three
grains. He was of opinion that the tetanus
in this case must have been caused by
injury TO some nerve by the needle. The
Use OF these hypodermic needles by private
persons was highly dangerous. He knew
of two cases of loekjaw brought on by their
use. He had made a post mortem exami-
nation, and found all the bodily organs in
perfectly healthy condition. The entire
front of her person, however, was covered
with innumerable punctured scars, produced
by the needle-as if, in fact, she had been
tattooed. From Monday until Friday she
nad no power OF swaIIowIng, but on Satur-
day she recovered the power. In answer to
the coroner, who said that several medical
men thought she might have obtained
strychnine i'll place of mOrphia, DIR. Meldon
said he was satisfied that she did not use
strychnine. The spasms of tetanus were
the same as those of strychnine, but in the
case of stychnine, after the spasms pass
away the person becomes quite well,
whereas, after the tetanus spasms the mus
Giles remain contracted. He thought it was
person could 90 to an apothecary's shop and
get ten or twelve quantities of prescrip
ton of the kind. When prescription was
once given any apothecary would give
twenty quantities of it afterward. 1t was
evident that the deceased knew the effects of
morphia, and did not take it for poisonous
purpose. He did not think she thought she
could have been poisoned with it-she had
been so accustomed to it. Her death was
caused by the wound she inflicted on her
self, and was purely the result of misadven-
ture She would have died more speedily
than she did from the puncture of the
needle if the morphia had not been on it.
The jury found verdict in accordance
with this opinion"
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An Ideal school for Girls.
From London Truth.


| have long had as an idea the creation
of a girls school which shall be organ
lied on exactly the same plan as public
schools for boys-Eton, for instance.
The girls should reside by twenties in
the houses of married masters, whose
wives would act as ''dames;" and there
should in each house be a resident gov
erness to discharge the functions of
monitors. The girls should each have
their own private room, where they
might take breakfast and tea singly or
in messes of two and three, as they
might prefer, and they should dine and
sup at their tutors and DANES tables.
The classes should be held in the school
rooms of the college under the direction
of male or female professors; and the
girls should attend services all together
in their college chapel. As for recrea-
ton, such a college as | propose would
become a little township, having its
walks and parks where the pupils would
have liberty to roam and play as they
please under certain restrictions as to
hours of lookup. If ina college of this
kind music and drawing were treated as
extras, and the general education were
confined to the three Rs, modern Ian
guages, history, geography and sewing,
I am convinced the school would turn
out very creditable pupils indeed, and,
what is equally to the purpose, would
render the school life of the girls happy,
which seldom Is at present. | hope to
see this idea carried out some day by a
group of paterfamiliases having money
to embark in an enterprise which would
ultimately pay well in more senses than
one
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For THE CLARIoE.1
THE THREE sCOURGEs.

iva. in q dream the spirit came and led me
by the hand,
To the summit of mountain that o'erlooked
smiling land,
Where peace and plenty reigned supreme
But yon cloud ~ she said?
1t was gathering in the North, and soon the
skies it overspread
And then it took fearful shape, demon
shape, trow,
with blood bespattered garments and the
Cain-mark on his brow.
All the land the demons shadow black envel-
oped like pail,
And the bravest and the best went forth and
persisted at his call
And the glare of burned cities thro the pail
like shadow broke,
And the lightning of artillery and the lurid
Revealing armies struggling on the blood
polluted plain
And wives and mothers wailing Ger the
bodies Of the slain.
TIL gorged with blood, the war fiend from the
desolate land withdrew,
Then the spirit Of the dream said "Lo.
another comes in yiewl'
And 1 saw monster gliding, like serpent
from tomb,
Ter the affairs and the hearthstones Of the
land still wrapped in gloom,
Devouring or defling what the nobler fend
had left,
Tin the robbed aud outraged people seemed
ofhope itself bereft,
And stood they were paraIyzed with horror
at the sight,
Till, recovering they gathered in their
might
And the demon called corruption, wildly
bowling, turned and fed,
Then, Behold the one most terrible of all p
the spirit said.
In n gem-like island mirrored in the radiant
summer sea,
Where the stately palms nodding to the
waves soft lullaby;
Meath the shadow OF the mountain down
whose sides the bright cascades
Are leapne midst the shifting Of alternate
lights and shade-
From the clouds forever passing on the per-
fume laden air,
Lay the demon care, Pestilenee, like a tiger
in his lair;
fiji stealthily advancing from his island in
the south,
He passed the slumb ring warden at the
mighty rivers mouth.
Then cry of and terror from the shudder-
ing land up-rose,
As fell like leaves of summer meath the
demons deadly blows,
In city, town and hamlet, and the forest
shaded cot,
Ola age, and youth, and manhood. and the
babe that needed not.
And evil passions broke their leash and swelled
the demon train
Base fear and heartless selfshness and the
curst love of gain;
But heroism, oftenest clothed in woman 5
bcauteous form,
Stood and vainly barred, alas her glorious
bosom to the Storm
And heaven descended charity in vain her
offerings spread,
While the land scooped with shallow
graves that hardly hid the dead.
J. r.. EGGLEsToN.
Dry GROVE, Miss, Nov. 9th, 1879
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HE KNowErH THE WAY THAT TAKE
/ know not-the way is so misty
I'll. 80 -, - --;.r, :, Hi k-;.-

know not-the way is so misty
The joys the griefs il shall bring,
What clouds arr o'erhanging the future,
Whist flowers by the roadside shall spring
But heres One who viii journey beside me,
Nor IA veal nor in woe will fOrsake;
And this is my solace and comfort
He knowetn the way that take.
stand where the cross roads are meeting,
And know net tbe right from the wrong;
No beckoniBg fingers direct me,
No welcome floats to me in song;
But my guide will soon give me token
By wilderness, mountain or lake
Whatever the darkness about me-
He knoweth the way that take.
And / know that the way leadeth homeward
To the land of the pure and the blest,
To the country Of ever-fai Summer,
To the city of peace and of rest
And there shall BE- healing for sickness,
And fountains. lies fever to slake
What matters beside | go heaven ward,
He knoweth the way that take.
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Customs up North.

These two paragraphs are copied from a
Northern exchange One presents sPecta-
Gle of shocking inhumanity and the other
of the most CALLING slavery:
The Rev Henry Morgan has been per-
sonally investigating Boston's wickedness.
One Of his latest fields was baby farming.
He saws that woman kept a nursery adjoin-
ing a popular hotel. She procured barrels
of cold Yictuals for her babies from the re-
fuse of the hotel. The infants cries dis
turbed the MOTEL boarders and the proprie-
tor petitioned for her removal. She went
to another place, leaving three dead babies
in her bureau drawer. Her old mother
complained, before they moved, that she
couldn't sleep in the same room with the
dead infants, so they were put outdoors and
covered up in wash tub. The Board OF
Health were put on her track, when, fearing
trouble, she applied for a license, which the
Board of A ldermen refused to grant. a
powerful official took up her case, demand
ing she be licensed, and it was done. She
was again ordered to move, and simply went
to a central locality, where her business
increased At last she was arrested, but the
only penalty was a fine of 81 and costs
LIFE AMONG THE FALL RIVER mill oper-
atives is pictured by the Boston Herald as
round of drudgery. They live IN crowded
and often cherries tenements, although the
common laws of health are not generally
disregarded, and some of the homes are
heautified with pictures, carpets, and flow
ers. Men, women, and children work to-
gether in the mills, and the home is lit
tie more than lodging in most cases,
and mothers are bound to perpetual sla-
very. They work as hard as anybody IN
the mill, and, when the mill day is over,
their duties become terribly onerous. Upon
reaching home supper is to be swallowed,
and then, while the rest of the family find
rest or recreation, all there is of hOusekeep-
ing is performed by the wife, occasionally
assisted by her children, if they are old
enough. There will be no time the next
morning for cooking breakfast, and 1T must
be looked out for over night. Dinner is to
/ be taken to the mill, and its substantial
materials must be cooked during the even
+ ing. While the kettle is bubbling, or the
/ frvingpan Sizing or the oven baking, or all
/ together are sending out their heats, the
washing of the bed and personal clothing
of the household may be performed, the old
mans trousers mended or the children's
| clothes made or repaired. If one of the
brood is sick it may also receive attention
at the same time. The wife and mother
tolls thus for her family living life the
like of which no Southern slave ever
dreamed about. Intemperance too common
ly adds its sorrows to the rest.