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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

Ny daughters say. How much better
father il since he used Hop Bitters." He is
getting well after his long suffering from a
disease declared incurable, and We are SO glad
tina; he used your Bitters.-A lady OF Roch-
ester, \. Y.-LtioI Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

The Danville (Va.) Times tells
wonderful story about John b. Bags
dale. who lives in that county. He is
now in his ninetieth year. His hair has
been as white as snow, but it is nov
turning black again.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

DIR. A. 4. PRATT, of this city, says: St Ja-
cobs oil is splendid. All to whom have sold
it, pronounce IL the best medicine for rheu-
natism and pain they ever used.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20
Best Stove We Ever Used.

After many years trial, We are satisfied
thai the CHARTER OAK is the best Stove we
ever used, and cheerfully testify that II is
the best adapted to the wants OF the general
public Of any stove in the market.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

IL a recent charge the Recorder OF Dublin
said that of 9, 40 dwellings let in tenements
in that city :, 800 houses, occupied BY about
3o,ooO people, are reported unit for human
hahifafipn
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

A POLITICAL procession at Dunbarton, ".
H.. was DELAYED while young man took his
sweetheart down from what he considered
her unbecoming position as a Goddess of Lib
city
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

The young man who was kicked out
of his girls house very properly styled
her father free booter
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

He sleeps where he FELL" SAYS a late
ballad; which suggests that he must have
been drunk.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

REDpING's Russia SALvE is the universal
remedy for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, etc.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

MALT BIITERS prepared ,rftsout Fermentation
from MALI HoPs. CALIs.YA and Iron. the richest
Nourishing Agent In the world called = Bitiers for
the Weak Conv alescent. Oyerworked. Nervous Mcan-
choy and sieepess They feed the Body and the Brain.
regulate the Stomach and Bowels. cleanse the Liver
and Kidneys. increase the Appetite and enrich the
Blood. For Consumpiivcs. Delicate Females. Nursing
Mothers sIcky Children and the Aged they vastly
superior to every other preparation OF malt neti
cine. Beware of limitations similarly named Look
for the COMPANYS SIGNATURE as above. Sold
everywhere.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

ALL respecta lie dealers sell Frazer Axle
Grease, because ii Is the Genuine and gives
perfect satisfaction.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

or CENTS cures al your Corns and Hunions.
% Address OLIVER BLISS, NJ D., Wilmington Del
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

For the Cure of Coughs Colds. Hosrsenrss Asthma
Rronrhitts Croup Influenza. Whooping Cough lnctp
tent Consumption. &c. Price oaly b cents bottle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20
new AGENTS GOODS Co., St, h IsHf. ! NO. Go:

| Hlluc Revolver. Illus Catalogue free.
UUU - Great Western Gun Works Pitfsburgh Pa.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-20

&c u e1n per day at home. Samples worth b
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
The Habit OF Self-ControI.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
If there is one habit which, above all
others, is deserving of cultivation, it is
that Of self-control. In fact, it includes
SO much that is of value and Importance
in life that it may almost be said that
in proportion to its power does the man
obtain his manhood and the woman her
womanhood. The ability to identify
self with the highest parts of our ma
ture, and to bring all the lower parts
into subsection, or rather to draw them
all upwards into harmony with the best
that we know, is the one central power
which supplies vitality to all the rest.
How to develop this in the child may
well absorb the energy of every parent;
how to cultivate it in himself may well
employ the wisdom and enthusiasm
of every youth. Yet it is no mysteri-
Gus or complicated path that leads to
this goal. The habit of self-control is
but the accumulation of continued acts
of self-denial for worthy object it is
but the repeated authority of the reason
over the impulses, of the judgment over
the inclinations, of the sense of duty
over the desires. He who has acquired
this habit, who can govern himself in
diligently, without painful effort and
without fear of revolt from his appe-
titles and passions, has within the source
of all real power and of all true
happiness. The force and energy which
he has put forth day by day, and hour
by hour, is not exhausted nor even di-
minished on the contrary, it has in
creased by use and has become stronger
and keener by exercise, and, although
it has already completed its work in the
past, it is still his well-tried, true, and
powerful weapon for future conflicts in
higher regions.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
SUNDRY ITEMS

An agricultural paper, In Il discussion,
says "What Is corner in pork amy
way p Well, the man who pickles tho
hams. Isn't he corner in pork ?
A blonde woman in Wallack. elegant
theatre, has been singing song called
old you ever SEQ an oyster go mp
stairs?' Hardly ever, Lillian, but
oysters go down easy enough
The Prince Of Wales two sons ara
somewhat lively, While ON % sea vov-
age recently. the younger was heard to
exclaim, 'eCome, bub, tune mp your fd-
die and give Us God Save Your Old
Grandmother,
Olive Logan says that the first duty
Of girl on finding herself ugIy-ookiu4
and ungainly is to cultivate sucha sweet
temper that some one viii be certain f'
marry her. Olive forgets that we buy
eggs on sight
The husband who mysteriously di-ap-
pears for wears and turns up after bI-
wife has got comfortably settled down
with another man has always been aud
always will be until the public begin
riding him on a rail instead Of weeping
over him.
The Boston Transcript braced mp the
other day and observed "Ihc man
who, while suffering from q tirsi-rote
toOthache, has a smile and a pleasant
word for everybody he meets, may NOT
be Christian, hut his chances for sale
walton are a J."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
Extemporizing in the Pulpit.
Sunday at Home. I

They make great mistake who sup
pose that extempore preaching has been
the law with all great preachers in
fact, We may almost go so far as to say
the reverse has been the case Extern
porizing will often be exposed to diff
culties which only very honest mind
can overcome and make the best of.
When Father Taylor, the American
preacher, once lost himself and became
bewildered in the course of his sermon,
he extricated himself by the exclama-
ton, Il have lost the track of the nom
NATIVE case, my brethren, but one
thing | know, am bound for the king
dom !" And the frankness of such a
confession would be sure to save him
from suffering in the esteem of his au-
dience. But the more stately and dig
nified masters, il is very obvious, can
not deliver themselves in that way.
The most singular instance of this
kind in our memory is the case of
very distinguished man to whom we
loved to listen in our boyhood, a preach
err with IA wonderful command over
every faculty that could give brilliancy
or beauty to pulpit exercises. He al
ways preached without notes, and al
ways broke his discourses into divisions
but once to our amazement and that ofthe
congregation, having travelled through
so far as we remember, two departments
Of the discourse, he caught himself and
said, IL forget the third division. :"
He turned around to the organist, Cor
ganist, strike up a verse" He gave
out line of hymn, and while the or
ganist was playing and the people sing
ing, he leaned in deep thought over the
pulpit; the singing over he announced
the missing link. But" said he, sis
not that Singular" And he proceeded
to show how it was that he lost it. and
how he found it-proceeded in a really
enchanting way to talk upon the law of
association of ideas and the mystery
and marvels of retentiveness and mem
ory as proof of the immateriality and
Immortality of the soul until the time
was gone, and we really had no more
of the sermon after all.
a similar anecdote has often been
told of the late Thomas Binney. DIR.
Harris, the author of "Mammon," had
begged his services for some anniversa-
~, and Binney declared his utter ina
bility to prepare sermon--in those
days he was a strictly extempore speak
er. 1t was urged, Oh, come, and |
preach such and such sermon that is !
ready to your mind !" And so Mr.. |
Binney promised that he would take
the service but he also, having got |
through two heads of the discourse, |
became bewiIdered. Thirdlv-third- |
Iy--Ive forgotten what was thirdly" he
said F.; and he looked over the pul pit to
where Dr. Harris was sitting. Broth
er Harris, what was thirdly" Harris
looked up and said $50 and So" "Ex-
actly," said the discomfitted preacher,
who pursued his way with ease and
happiness to the close.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
A LITTLE FUN.

September weddings are by some regard
ed the luckiest." That all depends on whom
you marry.
1t is shocking form now 10 speak Of the
baby;" it is ''our inianta,' aw.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Ice cream merchants disapprove Of this
weather. but oystermen say it stew their
advantage. Philadelphia Record
He who has ridden in a country STAGE
coach knows how cream feels when it rs
being churned into butter.-Boston Tran
script.
Embroidery is more stylish than lace for
trimming wash dresses. What's that for
Plain calico is best for wash days.-OuC City
Derrick.
There are 5000 more words iu the Eug-
lish language than ia the French, and yet
more unclean things can be said iu French
language than in all the others put together
Boston Post.
A German Life Insurance Company.
called Der uugsgcselischaft
complains of the irregularity Of the mails
Yet one would suppose it got all of its let
ters.-Andrew's Queen.
In an Arkansas town. one Sunday. ono
clergyman prayed for rain and another Tor
fair weather, and Providence got out of the
dilemma by sending them an earthquake
Boston Post,
Women have cheek enough 10 wear mems
hats on their heads, but there rs one thing
they dare not do: Not one of them dare
remove her hat in public and dust off tho
bald spOt.-DetrOit Free Press.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29

From the Springfield (Mass) Republican,
"Oh DEAR" sighed young woman
after exploring the festoons and furbe-
lows of her new spring suit with a des
perate air for some time, 81 do wish
dressmakers would put in pocket. Or
/ wish [ was man. Bob, how many
pockets have you got ?" Brother Bob
after some seconds Of profound arith-
metical effort, answered with delibera-
ton tinged with sadness "Well, let
us see, four and three is seven and four
is eleven, but I mean to have another
put in nay vest right away and an inside
one on both sides of my coat would be
handy. Father carries things some
times in his hat, but | can generally
get along with about dozen pockets. :"
We submit that pockets are a
privilege which must be opened to the
sex. The Inconvenience of feminine
attire for business purposes are
barren ofpockets. Trimming is most
all pockets nowadays, except that they
seem to be put on wrong side out
Even the ladies' purse has to be carried
in the hand, or is exposed in a shallow
outside bag with mouth gaping to the
passer-by. We can scarcely recall a
woman's right of which the sex is in
more dire need than the right to
pockets 1t is a concession which will
not be gained perhaps till rung from
dressmakers by campaign at the bal
lot box. But it viii have to come.
When it was once decided to teach
women the alphabet, all other exclusive
immunities of mankind were thrown
open to her, and in due time pockets
right side out and receptacle of the cur
rent impedimenta of immortal souls
shall be devised both to improve and
adorn the attire of womenhood. What
would man be without pockets
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
REUNITED AFTER SIXTY YEARS.
"ALTHOUGH YOU DON'T KNOW ME I m YOUR
BROTHER"

Richmond va, Dispatch.l
On Saturday the 21st of August, a stran-
ger came here and and made inquiries re-
garding the whereabouts of Mr.. John
Woodwork, a worthy farmer, who owns
the place formerly the property of Lewis
II. Frayser, Esq, on the Williamsburg road
about four miles from this city. The stran-
ger had the appearance of wellto>do
farmer, and was evidently not familiar with
our localities. He, however, soon found
Mr.. Woodwork at a stable on Eighteenth
street hitching up his team and getting
ready to go home. He entered into CONVEX
sation with Mr.. Woodwork, asking him
several questions, to which Mr.. Woodwork,
supposing him to be sewing machine or
lightning rod agent, returned evasive
answers. Presently, however, becoming
more earnest in his manner, he startled his
nearer by remarking, 81 am going home
with you tonight Although you don't
know me know you. | am your brother Will
liam" Mr. Woodwork was dumbfounded at
this remark and disposed to be distrustful but
his brother recalled incidents of their child
hood which were distinctly remembered by
him, though he was only three years old at
the time, and convinced him that he who
thus addressed him was indeed his brother.
1t seems that about ga years ago their faith
er and mother, with their children, named
in the order of their ages, Catherine, Will
liam, Margaret, John, and Absalom, were
living in or near Albany, n. Y. The death
of the parents following close the one upon
the other, when Absalom was a mere infant
and John only years old. caused scatter
ing of the family, kind friends taking the
little ones and ministering to their wants.
The boys without home attachments or
home influences to restrain them, wander
ed of early in life to various portions of the
country. John was the only one whose
wanderings could be traced; for when Is
years after, the sisters visited the scene of
their early childhood his whereabouts was
easily discovered, and communication en-
tered into with him. No knowledge could
be obtained of the others. A short time
ago that feeling which has "a Judgment in
every human breast, to visit the old home
stead, induced William to go to Albany and
see once more the place of his infancy and
the friends of his early life. Here he found
his sisters and heard that his brother John
was also alive and living near this city.
The whereabouts of the younger brother.
Ahsalom, even should he be living, is un-
known,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
The New Waltz
AND ITS EFFECT UPON A NOVICE IN THE
HANDS OF AN INITIATED YOUNG MAN.

A recent letter to the New York Sun
from Long Branch saws There was
the usual influx of visitors Yesterday to
stay over Sunday, and the Saturday
night balls were large and gay at the
principal hotels. Some of the Waiting
was of the new kind, in which the dan
GERS slide three times one way as fast and
far as their legs will let them, and then
three times the opposite way. A couple
divided against itself cannot stand that
sort of capering. The partners must
slide, sway and whirl exactly in unison,
or trouble comes. Take one of last
nights instances for an illustration !:
The young gentleman was brawnv
and demonstrative. He was up in
the new waltz, and eager for it.
The young lady was tall, stately and
sedate. She could not waltz in the
new way, and deemed it an improperly
agile and athletic diversion. The old
style was plenty lively enough for her.
But there was no such unders nding
between the two when they stood up to
gether to dance. The new waltz begins
without premonition, scooting off sud
denly sideways like tremendously
accelerated crab. Such was the ini-
tial movement Of this Young gentle
man. Encircling the young lady firmly
with his muscular right arm, and grip
ping her right hand with his left, he
measured off about half the width of
the parlor with three vigorous filings of
his long and stalwart legs. 1t was a
complete surprise to his partner.
She was carried off her feet ut first.
Then her slippers beat quick tattoo
on the floor, in her struggles to regain
equilibrium, and she Rugged her partner
desperately. The sweet smile on her face
gave place to an expression of annoy
ance, and from that to terror. As
for the young gentleman, he thought
it was thus far all right. Away
he went, three jumps in the con-
trary direction. She accompanied him,
and in a dreadful manner. Her nose
bored itself into his shoulder, and then
violently wiped itself obliquely across
his shirt front; her hair caught in
button of his coat, and was torn from
its fastenings a corset-steel parted with
an audible snap; a bouquet at her waist
flew into many more pieces than it had
flowers, and her Louis Quinze slippers
scraped violently along the floor, raking
how many cOrns no spectator could
expect to know She frantically clasped
her hands back of the young gentle
mans neck and sank into his arms, an
utter wreck. There are few ill-brcd |
people at the Branch, even at this dis
tance from the days of Jim Fisk, and
it happened that several of them were
among the spectators. They laughed
with exceeding rudeness, and the young
lady hurried off to her room for repairs"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
The Pint Law.

The last Legislature passed law allowing
any person to sell liquor by the pint-about
two good drinks-who first paid the privi-
lege tax. No bond or petition is necessary.
The license is issued by the Sheriff upon
the applicant paying the privilege tax
which is 800. The merchants cannot per-
NIT the liquor sold by them to be drank in
their stores Purchasers must go around
the corner where the gaping public cannot
see them. The law must be bad one and
will have a demoralizing effect. Every
cross road viii have its pint grocery, and
many dry goods stores will be turned into
whisky saloons.-Brookhaven Ledger.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
Natchez and Jackson Railroad.

We have learned that the mission of Gen
Martin to New York to negotiate the sale OF
the first mortgage bonds of the Natchez,
jackson, and Columbus Railroad Company,
is still unaccomplished- Not because there
is any doubt of the success of their sales,
but because of the absence of monied men
from New York, and also because capitalists
are oSercautious in making Investments
during the political excitements incident to
the present campaign. We think it q good
time for our citizens to agitate the question
of our city subscribing to the extension of
the road, particularly as the mortgage bonds
Of the road can be hypothecated to secure
the city against any loss.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
Opening the Eyes Of the Negroes.
From the Norfolk Landmark

7 IoAA tI4c 4NVLtUIA 41auunaAIAe
The eyes of the negroes are beginning to
be opened in many places. In the local
elections q great many negroes that own
property vote for the Democrats, for they
have something at stake in stable govern
ment, and have lively recollection of the
times when, under Republican rule, the
owners of land or Of anything else were so
akinned by taxation that property was not
worth possessing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
The Funny Man Done For.

n. Y. Express.
The Springfield Republican is authority
for saying that "Horr," (the Republican
funny man from Michigan in the last Con-
gressl who has been stumping Vermont, was
forced to withdraw because of charges that
he had peddIed out his patronage for money.
It win be remembered that Mr.. Cox har-
pooned this particular Horr, who is whale
among minnows In comparison with ordinary
men, for his blubber.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
THE EVENING STAR.

Along the grassy slope | sit
Ana dream of other years;
Nv heart j. full Of soft regrets
Nv EYES Of tender tears.
The Wild bees hummed about the spot.
TIE -heep-bells tinkled far,
last year when Alice sat with me
Beneath The evening star.
The same sweet star is Ger me now,
Around the anne soft hours.
Egf SItca molder- in the dust
Wifh all the las years flowers
.it alone. and only hear
The wild bees on The steep,
And distant bells that seem 20 float
From out the folds Of Steep
Richard Henry Stoddard
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
washington COUNTY Canvas.
GreenviIIe Times. I

IfeenVlIIe Times.
Mr.. G. H. Smith, Chairman of our Coun-
~ Democratic Executive Committee, has
requested and appointed Messrs. w. A..
Percy, ]. r. Terger and Ino. w. Shields
to aid Gen. Chalmers, our Congressional
nominee, and Jas. f. Stokes, District Elec-
tor, in what speaking and canvassing may
be required prior to the November election.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29

I like Jeferson's way az Inauguration +
it suits our system. He rode alone on horse
back to the Capitol tied his horse io q IaiI
fence, entered, and was duly sworn; thea
rode "a the Executive Mansion and took
possession. -Haneock,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
An Old Editors Experience.

ANdICIICA DCllOCEdssJ
Here is very truthful utterance from
Frantz, of the Brandon Republican, Praise
or puff man in every issue of your paper
for twenty years, aud he will think you are
a tolerably clever fellow, provided you don't
charge him anything for it, but just inti-
mate once that he is not Solomon, and he
is your enemy for life
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
Coed Par.

Chicago Journal.
The General Of the United States army
(Sherman) receives salary of 81, 800 per
annum. The Lieutenant General fSheri-
dam receives $I1. 900; Major-G Generals re-
ceive 81 800. and Brigadier Generals 81. 500.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
Ninetr-Slx Years OLD.
Brookhaven Democrat

BroOkhaven Democrat.
Theoldest gentleman Ofmy knowledge was
in attendance at Justice McDauiels court
Franklin County, last Saturday, aged 96
years He is the father OF DR.. j. III Mc-
Daniel Who knows an older man
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
Very Able speech.
WoodviIle Republican.

" oodFlIIe hepubIlcAn.J
THE CLARION publishes Chalmers speech
at Yonkers, New York, in full. It is a very
able speech and a powerful vindication Of
the Democratic party of the South,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
Gowns Up.n

~. Mcoardle in the Gommercial-1
We were a "UniOn shrieker, in is5l, and
l,eaned ID defeat Mas JET for which We
have been sorry ever since.