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The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN song.

Sons Of sires, whose names immortal
Round our country's altar shine,
Sires who fell at freedom portal
Leaving you the gift divine,
Gathering from the past its glory.
Learning from the past irs wee
Rise as freemen, write your story,
Write IN characters that glow.
This is time for strength ana aud action.
Men OF courage hrm ani true
Let no blind, insidious faction
All your nj ighty works undo.
Send 10 front no heart that falters,
Trust no voice that bids you stay
de who paths strsi ghtforward alters
Leads you far from viotory's way.
Shall we be one gIor<2as Union.
State respecting sister Slate7
Equal, each, from fall communion,
Dare one think or hesitate
Shall we az mighty nation.
eakened, bow 70 party force
shall the sovereign people station
BE usurped by cunning course
Lo the graves are torn asunderl
Forth our hero Fathers stand
Echoes far, ike rGmhing thunder,
Censure Ger the recresnt land.
Trace with awe each gha-tly finger.
Pointing there 10 blood and tears;
her 0 er Seventy-six 10 linger,
FIXING wrath Of hundred years.
Democrats from snov-capped mountains
Democrats, from Western plains,
See, have dried wars bloody fountains
Hark re-echo friendliest strains.
Democrats from patm-erowned rivers,
Democrats, from sunny skies,
Lo tae nation throbs and quivers,
EvermGre dissension dies.
Through the coming campaign ticket
United rise in might to bear
Safe the Democratic ticket
Trusted il your honor's care.
May the Cd of nations shield you.
Daughters Of the nation pray
May your faithful courage yield you
Laurels of victorious dap.
Firm Of heart, in full reliance
In the justice of your cause
Bidding every foe defiance,
Forward now nor rest, nor pause,
Mortimer Southmen strong united
Be as one unbroken band
This batfle-cry your faith has plighted
Hancock, English, and Our Land -
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
A Devoted Wife.
Chambers Journal. I


In my fathers poultry yard was a game
cock, the most beautiful bird of the kind |
ever saw. He had several wives, and it was
a curious thing to see the different airs and
graces of the ladies in his train. He was an
inveterate fighter, if he could escape from
the yard, which was surrounded by a high
wall. By some means an accident had hap
pened to his foot, and he became lame. Ny
brother who was medical student, advised
Us to poultice it. Mamma undertaking this.
Ralph came every morning to have his foot
dressed, and, though evidently suffering
very much, allowed her to attend to it,
But no improvement came, and the poor
bird began to droop.
One day we heard loud noise a famous
gamecock had come into the yard when the
gate was left open, attacked Ralph, and had
beaten him severely He was sorely in
jured, though he had defended himself well
Mamma picked him up and carried him
away, but next morning he was ont in the
yard warming himself in the sun. | was
very glad | was there to see what | then
saw, or | could not have believed it. Ralph
had been beaten, He was no longer to be
hOnored by his faithles5 wives They came
first one by one, and then all together, look
ing with all the contempt they could dis
play. One and another pecked at him, and
at last the prettiest, and his favorite, went
straight up to him and gave him a severe
dab near his eye
But there was one faithful friend among
them, an awkward, bustling brown hen, with
no pretensions to beauty, who flew to his
rescue, stood resolutely before the PROSTATE
bird-for he had sunk to the ground, as if
heartbroken-and sheltered him with her
wings. 1t was useless to leave him in the
poultry yard, so he and his faithful brown
her We're placed in the garden, the tool
house being lett open for them through the
night. Some weeks passed, and Ralph grew
weaker, till one morning we found him
dead. \ grave was dug and his faithful
wife saw him placed in it. She was taken
back TO the yard but she never rallied |
and few days after We saw her lying cold |
md lifeless on the spot where the friend OF
Ter pannrnns hnart lay hnrieA
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
A Steam Omnibus.

An interesting experiment was recently
made in Paris with a new steam-carriage.
This new vehicle will prove invaluable to
country places where local interests do not
warrant the construction of a railroad. 1t
consists of an omnibus having outside ac-
commodations for forty passengers. The
engine is in the rear ; in front is platform,
upon which the conductor stands, and there
is room for five or six persons. This en-
gine, which is of forty-horse power, will
draw car with a load of a couple of tons
at rapid rate up steep hills 1t is easily
worked, and can be slackened in speed, or
pulled up with great promptitude. On the
day of its trial the engine and carriage
travelled at an average of twenty miles an
hour. 1t was ascertained that during its
run of three hours the engine consumed 22O
gallons of water and 10 pounds of fuel.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
Dress Mad.
THE MODERN YOUNG LADY AT TWO
PERIODS OF HER LIFE.


PERIODS OF HER LIFE.
New York Graphic.
Behold her at eleven
Her limbs unfettered by the long skirts
of conventionality, she runs, she romps she
slides on the ice ponds, she rolls hoops, she
climbs fences, she leaps, she kicks, she runs
races, and is as fleet of foot as the boys.
Her appetite IS good, her cheeks rosy, and
her movements unconsciously graceful.
But all this must cease.
Behold her again at twenty. No more
does she run or jump or roll hoop, run races
or slide on the ice. 1t is not proper now
nor lady-like, and she couldn't if she would
for she is fettered by long skirts, tight shoes
and tighter stays. Her movement has no
longer the freedom and unconscious grace
of childhood, for now, when she walks
abroad, she walks to be looked at, which
now, in her estimation, is the main object
of walking. She is already in delicate
health, and has doctor who prescribes ex-
penslye advice and prescriptions for her,
and ascribes her complaints to anything
but the real cause. That is simply the fet
tering of her body with fashionable clothes.
Physically she is now prisoner. At
eleven she was free.
The doctor advises travel but ne doesn't
advise her to take off and keep off her fash
lOudplS l6bIeTs. ECQH WOuldu 10 SO II ne
did, and he wouldn't advise her if he knew
it would bring relief for she would no lon
ger believe in a doctor who would make her
dress like a guy; and being dressed like a
guy" is dressing different from the style
prescribed by a Paris Modiste Diana
never could hunt in trailing skirt, mar
row, tight, high-heeled CATERS, and
pinched, corseted waist but Diana with a
belted tunic and unfettered limbs would be
bounced off Broadway by the nearest police
man.
Dressing for health and freedom of limb
and body is one thing, and dressing for
fashion quite another. A man couldn't en-
dure the pinching and encumhranees pecu-
liar to feminine attire for an hour, and
pretty spectacle he'd make rushing about
in such during business hours. Yet the
weaker sex" wear double the encum-
brances of the so-called stronger. To
dress" at all after the style uses up half
woman's time and two-thirds of her
strength.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
A Brides Flight from the Alter.

New York Times.
Miss Kitty Minugh. - prepossessing
blonde, who resides Oh ST. Pauls avenue
Jersey City Heights and is employed in
LoTiiiard's tobacco factory, was 70 have
been married to respectable young man
who resides on Pacific avenue. The ap-
pointed time and place for the ceremony
were o'clock Sunday afternoon and St. Jo-
seph's Church, on Baldwin avenue At
that hour the bride and groom and a few
intimate friends repaired to the church.
As the officiating clergyman was about 70
pronounce the solemn words which would
make them man and wife, the bride sud-
denly turned and fed out of the church at
the top of her speed. The groom and spec
tators were filed with CONSERVATION, but
nothing was left for them to do but to re-
turn home and seek an explanation. What
transpired at the brides house is not pub
licly known, but in the evening the bridal
party returned 30 the church, the thread Of
the ceremony was taken up where the
brides sudden caprice had dropped it in the
afternoon and carried through to the end
without further interruption.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
A Young Widow.
Albany Argus. 7

AiodHE Argus
certain census enumerator of this city
called upon woman the other day, who
resides not far from the Capitol, and pro-
pounded the usual questions as by law di-
rected. The woman said she was widow,
her age was twenty-five aud her husband
died two years ago. The faithful recorder,
on receiving the name of the womans
deceased husband and his occupation when
alive, surmised that he must have been a
relative, if not the same Mr.. B, who
was a member of the One Hundred and
Seventy-seventh New York Volunteers
during the war. conversation ensued.
when finally the enumerator innocently
asked if her husband was the same Mr..
B who died during the war, saying that
he himself was member of the same regi-
ment, and that he was well acquainted with
the man. The widow, in a modified tone,
replied "Oh yes, but that was a long time
ago" The amusing part of the affair Is
that the man has been dead about seven
teen years, and il the woman Is only twen-
ty-ive, she became a widow at the early
age of eight years.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
Mrs. Hancock.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WIFE
OF THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
New York Graphic. I

New York Graphic.
Mrs. Hancock, the wife of the General, is
a few few years his junior in age and as
woman Is as imposing in appearance as he
IS man. Tall and well proportional, with
most wins0me smile, a manner that puts
you at your ease at once, and pair of eyes
that animate every line of handsome face
she is still a beauty, although her hair is
becoming streaked with gray. She was
married when the general was but young
lieutenant doing duty in the far West 1t
entirely a love match, and neither of
them has since regretted tin fact, their
home is one of the happiest imaginable.
Mrs. Hancock has always been opposed to
her husbands becoming a candidate for the
presidency, and she is even above the weak
ness of wishing to be the mistress of the
White House. She breads the worry of the
canvass, and if her husband is elected she
thinks that the honor which the position
brings will be dearly purchased by the re-
nunciation of all domestic life for four wears
to come and of his position as senior Major
General, and his chances of soon becoming
chief of the army While she prefers her
own home existence, however, there is no
one better qualified to play the hostess on a
grand scale than she. A society belle, even
after her marriage. she has all the selfconf-
dence and resources needed to entertain the
most varied company. There is nothing in
the range OF conversation about which she
does not know something. Her greatest
charm, however, is-and it IS the generals
also-the art of making every individual
atom feel as if he were the one sole object
of her attentions.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

.BI w.p raLTos, aos4G0uERr- ALA.l
Hail 90 tae Chief AL bail 10 theE
AMI lhs Constitution r,ytDfut rstyS
Now BE- clio starry emblem, FAC,
Calls forth Na,ian= anthem peal
DER Union tha, -Ae NississjPpI
Cnaiu-iH links ~ harmonious Sts-eSs
Keep it aI.E. w5r4 proud hurraH
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

DRAG, driven by an elegantly attired
lady, with trim and neatly-qressed colored
boy perehed on the footman's seat behind,
was passing through the street, when it
was espied By an old negro woman. 'Bress
de Lord!' she exclaimed, raising her hands
as she spoke, Bress de Lord | never
'spected to see dat. Wonder what dat
young culled gemman pays dat young white
oman for driving dat kerridge? / know'd
it'd come, but never 'spected to live to see
it. Dis nigga's ready to go way now"
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07
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mi,.ioners Tor the Civil Courts.


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The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

Lord Houghton gave to his sons bride the
other day divers beautiful flowers of dias
monds, which she wore at her marriage
The old point lace which covered her satin
dress was once the property of the bride
greom's great grand mother. The Arch
bishop Of York performed the ceremony.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

A sNoB abroad, named Livingston, has
been in the habit of driving team of six
teen horses in the streets Of Florence. Re-
Gently Livingston's team ran away with
him and the authorities of Florence forbid
the unsafe man to appear on the streets
again with his horses. Driving horses is,
perhaps, the only accomplishment the poor
fellow has, but there is no further opportu-
nifty for him to make display unless he
gets q situation as conductor on the band
wagon of a circus.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

The bad Shepherd, Cowley, who is in pris.
on, would like to handle the "fresh air fund"
collected to make excursions for childen.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

The English people like Vic Woodruff,
and so do the American people. They like
her to stay there.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

Letter TO the Radical Governor Of
Texas.
The weekly clarion., 1880-07-07

Hasugr&Hrra. TIrru NLrAEI DISTRICT
EEw 9RlEAs-. LA-- March @ lo1s
, 1880-11-28
HUI NOR.

Boston Con,n.erchi Bulletin
Bound, to succeed-A new book
Clothes connectfous-A pair of braces.
A calico wrapper-The dry-goods clerk
The common law-"Keep ut the grass
Electric belles-Femaie telegraph opera
tors.
First Base-No, the Lo tos Club is not
baseball organization
L woman wears her watch at Der g1rdlo
because she is used to waist time.
'''Tls but little faded four said the edE
tor when he absently dipped his pen Id 1l1'a
paste-pot
Il travelling printer, who for want OF en-
farm, came in one day to ask his employer L.
hen should be setsolld.
Mysterious conversation Of three new
boys: First" Suppose we calls 1t oala4
Barnard. All them opperers has false names;s
you know" Second. 'Talnt Barnard lfs
'ra RnEn hesrts lheard Hera!d man ,a' say ycant
talk Eyetalian; They calls her Sorry Bone
yard lHNew York"
It maybe little early for a Fourth OF July
story. but the following regarding HarvaLu
student is too good to keep. lie had .h. H.
turned to his native village to "spehu u.o
Fourth and among other little lionlzns "s
lnVlteQ 70 participate III ne celcDla.1on. III
the ausplclous day he encountered an /, oto ~
The village aud WHO greeted hin with. WIKI
John, how do you dew; I've heern. ts..
you're to college down in Boston" JONI
modestly admitted the fact, anu his nlen4d nlad
Us suthin' to-day, Joili,.h Tie eelleSian e. e.
planned that he was to read the Declaration
of Independence, and the old Fentlelln:,,
standing back little and looking attmi1lnggg
at him exclaimed: "Sho! ye don't say ~
naow? SuQain' uc 1oTn ycTserT' -
, 1880-11-28
ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.
Report of Adiutant-Gseneral Eallliafd-
A Fine Exhibit.

4 Fii,c ExhIbtt. :.
5peesa{ Df.patch to 1ne chtcaoo 7-tnc,mA ~
qpprcr,r,n IN Nv a-S,rha h;a,r,,t
o.sur 1h-o, t1n' No,' -tno n'eallla.
report OF den1y Hllllaru' Ad1ntant-GenerA
Of the Illinois National Guard, has been sub
mitted to Gov. Cullom, and, having received
his approval, will soon be in the hands of the
p1n.'o4 70 . eonpie iencneNo uosams.s' ~.
CONTAINING 1huch OF general interest 70 Ln3
public. Gen. Hillaird expresses the belief
, 1880-11-28
NOVEMBER %, l880-EIGHTEEN PAGES

foundation OF the structure. The water will
How over In q thin sheet nearly two miles in
width It will thus be seen that this first step
Of the Drainage Commission to check the tow
Of debris into the rivers and its deposition IN the
valley embraces system OF stopping the mat
width, by spurs described and by restraining
dnn same nine miles above the mouth Of the
river, which shall become by the action OF the
as it Is topped BY the advancing slums; and also
by II system Of loyees to con1ne the rivers to
their natural channels. Tho dam has cost about
&100.OU0. Tho plans were prepared BY State
Engineer Hall, and had the approval and arnend-
ments Of Capt Eads, and have been carried out
under the supervision OF Resident Engineer G.
being the engineer In charge at the works. The
commission under which the whole work has
been done consists Of ". Il. Parks. Of fuba;
SAcramanta,
, 1880-11-28

one tha ,- Way.Lto wiring the last shilling mt -
We Mtetched tenants, to first denrira ~ 1tI OF
q th laelr ancient privileges, and then chnea h.em
et every available % iSt icb beSsfFe1sing 81 them
to cattle farmer, whose herdrrs H. PASTURE
EoGd care that the cotter's COW ,oas 1e sery
tne run OF the m0untain' at their ra ~. eee
expense. ' ~4A''' masters
oha hear on very good authority that thu n,,,
cnaser OF part OF one Of the old estats, .s PVT VI
acquired an unpleasant notorietr in hs ,ra.I aas
aseMeht " the land. am compelie1i - 1alt- ~
;'e, LII u the olu period the peasants ~
}pyeu tneir little holdings at yery Iow rant S.s'
nretf n .nes5 hold:s were not ali 'smeas
phrased it, but were often coui pospd ~ fan1 t,ns
or more patches, bits Of producrire la,sSo Up
I2ken here and there on the rough il,o,,nta;', @
Do!otless this arrangement had its incnn.-.
~ T. aIt ,i pas .ae people were accustoued
me mountain, which they had, It serms sa a.,t u
1oyed Without let or hindrance firm, t;M.. ~ SF
memorial. The first act OF tie ueW maN,as W
ment was to ..'sthripe the land on 'unl.a tTs+
81 20 mafk u ont m lnto &holdings, each IL
which to the ordinary mind hardly snneaass
unreasonable, was epe"ae
CONSIDERED OPPRESSIVE BY rHr rt-x,,
who submitted, however, as was than ~
manner OF their kind They had stiil 10 10
mountain. and could Craze their cow Or two
or the1T t.! haif.dozen sheep upon it and they
valuable part Of their holding, inasmuch' h'os ~
it paid their rent, clothed theIl, and snnnilad
them with milk to eat with their pofatn.s
In these days OF alimentary science It Is nerd.
l less to remind readers Of the Daily Ne,cs
dant potatoes and milk is a perfect meal.
containing all the constituents Of hun,ans
food-fat, starch, acids. etc. Thus many n
the tenants were, as they call it, 4ssn1R.1
, 1880-11-28
REGRETS.
For The C]!ttt1go Tribune.

For The Chicago Tribune
Could but now recall the empty days
sight,
Id ask each wasted hour to chant thy praise,
Aud flood thy spirit with Loves sweetest light.
Life is at best too short for Friendships spell
Those pictured landscapes pass too quickly by;
That once did not love thee much and well,
Tor1aents me now with many painful sigh.
Could recall those moments. once so dead.
Back to that heart thnt deeply loves thee NOW,
I'd place loving hand upon thy bend,
And press repentant kisses on thy brow.
Alone, alone, wandered here and there;
saw no loved Que III the crowded street;
My life was hut Il silence or oare-
No morn was beautiful, no evening sweet.
As by some magic. thy dear form arose,
A perfect world Of beatty and of rest;
And now. when storm Of toll or sorrow blows,
fly for safety to thy ohildllke breast.
II thus too late. too late, you came to me-,
And happy days were, wasted by my heart,
Theu must our future love the longer be,
Aud hearts that met SO lnte must never part.
D,
, 1880-11-28

The following story from the New York Trib-
it'le reminds us OF the little girl who wrote
story about twins, and she said that one was
years old aud the other y: !" Not long ago little
girl Of Il literary turn Of mind, residing in
large Western city, sent u short story to prom
forts Of young novelsts, its chief fault was bold
originality. The plot Of the story was US fol;
lows: A certain little boy was exceedingly fond
of ccrtuin little GIRL and as soon as they could
get their Troublesome school-books out Of the
why ami see the great world fairly before them,
they were made rnan and wife in the most orthe>-
dox fashion. But it happened that the parents
of the young husbunl moved away from the city
and settled farther West, and they took hin,
along with them. The little wife was too young
to leave her mother, and reulainad behind.
However, after three years haul elapsed, the
faithful husband shook OF the Tyranny Of the
pArcntal home and returned to his expectant
bride. The first meeting WAS very affecting.
'See,' said he, 'iu token OF my love bring you
five t1nc hoys-' And she, with equal pride, ex-
claimed. I, too: hare not been idIe:I have seven
small children!' This work OF fiction is signifi-
cant, as t reveals a tendency on the part Of the
rising school Of imaginative authors to break
away from the tEammcls of realism and science
and to seek aftcra truly edlfying optimism.