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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-20
Fas HONS Latest Absurdity.

And this mention of ladies and dress
reminds me that the other day l beheld
for the first time, with my own eyes,
though | could hardly believe them at
first, lady walking down Piccadilly
dressed in the very newest costume
which is called ''The Hussar." | shall
describe it as well as | can, though |
must own that | am no great hand in
describing the apparel of the fair sex.
The breast is frogged in dim or old gold +;
the hood, which falls from the collar,
hangs, not straight down the back, but
on one shoulder--the left, if remember
rightly the sleeves, which are extreme
ly tight, are deliberately trimmed with
gold lace
The skirt, however, is the most pc
culiar part of the arrangement, and
that which struck my fancy most 1t
is evidently intended to give the idea of
complete military get-up. The dra-
perry is blue, the material satin, and is
pulled" back so tightly that it only
permits the wearer to take step of a
few inches, and a stripe of gold about
three or four times the width of that
down the sides of hussar's pants is
seen on each side from the waist to the
ground. The hat is a busby of beaver,
with gold cords der the chin.
The uniform has other paraphernalia, |
but my recollection of them is not
vivid enough to describe them accurate
ly. Altogether, the dress is the most
truly grotesque that | have ever before |
seen worn on the street by lady,
Correspondence Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Science in Court.
Little Rock Gazette.

Little Rock Gazette.
''Do you plead guilty, or not guilty p
asked the judge, addressing Simms.
Il doesn't blead at all. | isn't no
lawyer. Yer can't ketch me wild yer
pints."
"Look out, you impudent rascal.
Are you guilty or not guilty?"
"Now yer's getting at the facks. has
de honor to state dat | is not guilty"
''Yis he is jedge," exclaimed Cobb.
He hit me in the mouf wild his fist"
II neber fetch de man."
Didn't you hit him in the mouth ?"
asked the judge.
''No, sab; | didn't put my han on
him. In fack, nebber fetch him.
"Judge, ! swar on de bigges' bible
dat he hit me"
CHOW, look heah," said Simms, ode
courts of dis Ian hint technicum enut
When yer jerks a man upon a charge
yer's got to stantiate de charge. Eff dar
wuz noah eddycation 'mong de niggers
an white folks dar wouldn't be half de
trouble in de courts Is my hand
techin' dis table, jedge ?" And he
placed his hand on the desk.
eyes, sir.
"Dar's whareyer's off. Case why {?
'Cordin' to de fl osoy what Use been
studyin' yer can't tech nothing. Oar is
air tween my han and de table Efmy
hand totch de table it would stick dar.
Now look ahear, Ant'ny," and the pris-
oner turned to Cobb "Is yer gwine to
put yerself in such ignorant light
Yer's been a stugent too long not to
know better den dis. Is yer goin' roun'
town branded wild ignorence? Is yer
gwine to add yer weight to holdin' de
cullud people of Little Rock ter de
groun' Now, ez stugent an man
what understands dosofy, did I fetch
yer?R
"Come to tink OBJ HIT" answered
Cobb, 81 doan believe yer did,"
''Now Ant'ny, ez a stugent an man
OBJ science, didn't yer run agin post
an knock dem teef out ~
"Viewin' this subieck in scientific
light, / believe | did"
AN now, Ant'ny, as stugent an
larned man, won't yer withdraw dis
case pendin' agin me, in which yerself
is de scientific 'fendent?"
Yes, win. Jedge, dis man nehber
hit me, an | hereby witkdraws de mis-
take"
'tDat was 'zackly right, said Simms,
as the two men went down together.
EFF all de men ofscience would hang ter
gedder dis way, dar wouldn't be half de
trouble an oneasiness in de worl'.P
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Women in Politics.

Washington Cor. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Shrewd lookers-on in Washington al
agree in the powerful influence O
women in politics, not at the ballot-box
but in the home not by taking part
in the fight, but by girding her hus
bands armor, sharpening his weapons
and frightening his shield. Women
have more to say in the councils Of
politicians than the world supposes,
and their influence is generally for good.
A party of gentlemen, whose familiar
| ity with the occurrences behind the
scenes gives their opinions Importance,
were discussing this question the other
night, and agreed that Mrs. Logan, Mrs
Hendricks and Mrs. Hayes were perhaps
the most successful and influential politi-
clans that their sex had furnished of late
years, Mrs. Logan, being conceded the
leader of the womanly triumviate.
They all conceded her to be tactician
of unsurpassed powers, having done
more for her husband by reason of this
than he could possibly have done for
himself. Surprise was expressed that
from a modest young countrywoman
this magnificent specimen of the genus
IL
rich poisoning of our Conservatives
were not the outgrowth Of modest flow
ers of the wildwood.
Mrs. Hendricks was said nearly to rival
her in her remarkable powers, but that
their development was the result of
different cause. In her early married
days Mrs. Logan discovered herself to
be the wife of man greatly ambi-
tious of political distinction, and as
true wife, whose being was merged into
her husbands in the broadcast, most
genuine sense, every talent, every ener-
gy, every pulsation of her heart and
brain was at once devoted to the one
purpose of making his ruling passion
success, because to do so was to afford
him the chief qualification of life
With Mrs. Hendricks the reverse is
the case. 1t was she, not he, who had
the craving for place and power, the
slum bering passion, perhaps undreamed
of before, blazing into life and burning
with a steady, overmastering fame on
finding herself the wife Of man of
marked ability. And he became her
helper, reluctantly it may be, for if left
to his own desires, leading position in
the profession to which his taste in
clined, and for which his talents so en-
inently fitted him, would, doubtless,
have filled the full measure of his am
bition.
1t was she who had urged him for
ward. sometimes leading, and it may be
at times even pushing, when, with the
recol of nature constitutionally OPP
posed to, he drew back from the devious
by-paths, the mud splashing, the rude
jolts, the notifying bruises, the sharp
gashes that mark the highway to polit-
ical preferment, but which, with her
eye fixed on the much-coveted goal be- |
yond, were of less Importance than the
dust atoms on the hem of her skirt 1t |
was her tact and sagacity that secured |
Senator McDonald's pledge to her hus-
bands candidacy in the Cincinnati |
thus causing the good |
hearted Senator to lose ''the tide that, |
taken at the food" might have borne |
him to the Presidency.
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Gen. Grant IN Boston.
HE MAKES A SPEECH UPON THE SUBJECT OF
OUR TRADE RELATIONS WITH MEXICO

BosToS, Oct. 13.-At reception given
by the Mechanics Association of this city
70 Gen. Grant to-day, the latter made a
speech of considerable length upon the
general subject of foreign fields for Ameri-
can industry aud trade. He referred par
ticularly TO Mexico as a country which
offered great inducements to American en-
terprise and gave the results of his recent
observations in that country and the sub
stance of his private conversations with
many of its leading men. He said he told
the Mexican people that their fears of forci-
Bile annexation of portion of their terrific
ry by this country were groundless, now
that slavery has ceased to exist in the
South, and that they had everything to
gain by the cultivation of closer CONNER
cial relations with the United States. Gen.
Grant expressed the opinion that Mexico
could produce nearly all of the $500, 900
worth of tropical and semi-tropical products
which we import mostly from other sources,
and would take our manufactures in pay
ment therefor, thus greatly beneftting both
countries.
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Our Exports.

The exports Of the countFy's products
continue to be immense, increasing the
big figures of last year and exceeding
even the increased imports, Ten thous-
and bales of cotton were sent out from
New York last week, against l, 400 in
the corresponding week of last year, and
1907 ,841 bushels of wheat against
], 243, 900 the corresponding week oflast
year. In the past four weeks the total
of exports has been $40, coo, 900, against
S27, 200, 900 last year, Will the imports
have been $50, 285, 900, against 800, 847, :
671 last year A flow of gold from
Europe to America again 10 the next
thing in order. i is true the excess of
exports over imports for the twelve
months ending June 80 will be only
about 1856, 900, 900 against the $780,
000, 900 last year, but we have no lon
ger the public debt bonds in Europe
that We had, 5000, 900, 600 worth having
been paid off last year, and the gold
coin-not bonds-has got to come to
settle the balance due US.
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The following twenty men are estimated
o be worth the sums following their names &.
advice to Young Men.

BROTHER Gardner's Lime Kiln Club
eff | had son dat war gw.ne out ia
de world to seek his fortin' began the
old man, as a hush crept down the hall,
Il should say to him not To talk too
much, nor vet he too silent Dat class
of men who am allus shootin' Oft de
mouf am no %uss dan de class who sOt
an sot ar' look as wise as owls, but hev
muffin TO say. De one talks bekase he
doan' know how to keep still. De ODD
der keeps still bekase he doan' know
muffin to say If dar cher vas time
when man who sot an rolled his eyes
an puckered his mouf an kept his
tongue still was taken to be some great
gun of a filosofer, dat time has skipped
an will neber return. l neber bet ON
a man who talks too much, an 1 neber
trust de man who doan' talk at all
What sarch fur am de happy middle
ground. Dat is, fur a man who knows
when to talk an when to keep his head
sbet. When find him / hitch right to
him with chain an paddock. We will
now amulate according to de reglap
program"
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NUMBER ~
Fashion Notes.

Mutfs are to be larger next winter
Old fashioned side combs are again
worn.
'Varnish yellow" is to be one of the
fashionable colors
Careless hairdressing is to be the
French style, the curls and braids seem
ing ready to fall.
Plum colored handkerchief suits with
pheasant brown borders are accounted
very stylish.
At a recent English wedding the thir-
teen bridesmaids wore mob caps. pulled
sleeves, long mittens and paste buckles
Quilted satin petticoats will be worn
this year.
Mulberries are the newest ornament
for mourning bonnets.
The choice between dressed and nm
dressed kid gloves runs very evenly at
present.
Poke bonnets of drawn silk or satin
are now worn with flower trimmings,
both inside and out.
Plush, with an exceedingly long pile
IS at present the principal material in
finest millinery.
Many of the light cloth costumes are
embroidered IN Russian embroidery with
blue or red crowels.
Long sprays of ivory laid around all
the principal dishes make a pretty deco
ration for the dinner table this season.
The black straw hats and bonnets for
fall are profusely trimmed with feathers
and great deal of jet and chenille.
An audacious French milliner puts
cotton illusion strings on a bonnet in
stead of silk web and charges for the
former the price of silk.
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Lexington (Miss.) Advertiser: "On Mons
day evening last two young persons, seem
ingly boys, passed through this place and
went to the house Of a gentleman living
about seven miles west of here and remained
all night. They left early next morning in
the direction of the swamp, but were soon
oyertaken by two men who were in pursuit
of them, and it developed that they were
two girls from one Of the eastern counties,
who, for some cause best known 10 them
selves, had left their homes in the disguise
Of boys. They declared that they were ON
their way to the swamp with the intent 10
engage in cotton picking Their friends
took them in charge and carried them back
TO their homes, where it is to be hoped they
will remain, and not again indulge in such
folly"
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Another senatorial scoundrel.

Washington special to the Cincinnati En-
quirer: "A prominent Republican southern
politician has been taking uppublie subscrip-
tions for lady, who is represented to be in
distressed circumstances because of her re-
fusal to entertain an infamous proposal
from q certain Senator, The gentleman
interested states thai the woman is a lady
with three ehileren, of very respectable
family, and greatly wronged. It was open
ly discussed In the hotel Hobbies tonight,
and much speculation exists a. to the iden-
tity Of the Senator. Another very nm
pleasant sensational scandal Is likely TO
grow out Of Il, as the aecussr Is well known
and reliable and not easily imposed upon. :
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Hurnor.

After all, marriage Is but q confidence
game when the confidence is gone, the
game is up,
The man who capped the climax
didn't know it was loaded, or he
wouldn't have done it.-Boston Trans
script.
In concluding an article ON the last
corn crop an Alabama editor remarked,
We have on exhibition in our sane
tum magnificent pair of ears"
Question for a country debating sOs
eietywhich most needs shingling, the
long haired man OF the hald-hea one 2
Boston Transcript.
A Iouisiana journal speaks of a
meteor about the size of peck measure.
Its tail must have been about as long as
piece ofstring.
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New York Times.
sThere is very interesting synopsis
on the first page of last weeks Chris
tian Union of the discoveries made by
a committee of the Massachusetts wo-
man suffragists in examining the public
schools of that State. 1t makes startling
revelations of the morals of many of
them. The Wanted compulsory edu-
cation law, by the way, is a dead
failure there, and also In New York.
The morals of some New York schools
are indicated by the fact that an inves-
tigation some years since disclosed that
In some schools trustees had put their
kept mistresses in as teachers, and in
more than one case trustee or other
school official has been sued for breach
of promise, seduction, or even rape, the
victim being teacher or pupil under
his authority. With 1900 women in
the public schools of New York as
teachers, and with their means of bread
at the mercy of men of the kind who
commonly get into office in this State,
the moral tendencies of the system may
be imagined. Some time ago the charge
was merely intimated that many teach
ers IN Brooklyn were politicians, mis-
tresses, and the howl of rage that
followed from Mclaughlin and bis gang
showed that some one was hit. A large
portion of the teachers In this State.
especially the women, are employed and
dismissed IN pursuance of political bar
gains, and not on account of merit. 1t
is well understood in Albany, New York
and elsewhere, that girl who has fitted
herself for q teacher cannot get place
unless she has political influence to help
her. The school boards In the cities,
too, have a base trick of keeping the
teachers at their command by electing
them for a year at time, and electing
every teacher at the request Of the com
missioner of her ward, 50 that his
displeasure, however provoked, results
in her dismissal st the years end, with.
out cause or hearing, by the easy means
Of selecting' new teacher
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The Word to EmbIazon ON our Banners.
From W. s Groesbeck's Speech in Cincin-
natl ]

From W. s. Groesbeck's Speech in Cincin-
natl.
Write nation with a capital NJ" said
Gen. Garfield the other day, and his press and
many of his party are so writing it, rejoic-
ing in the change. Let US ever write it as
our fathers wrote it. May we ever write it
as it is written in the Constitution, the
sacred scriptures of our politics. Yester-
day the State was boastful its pride has
been humbled. That was right. To-day
the Federal Government is boastful be it
ours to humble its pride also, aud keep it
in its true position. What of the Federal
Government and-w of the state? They
are the work of our hands and made to
serve US. We worship neither. We look
down upon them from higher sovereignty
than theirs, and should be careful not to
magnify them. Write nation and state,
both of them, in small letters / care not
how small, and write People, every letter OF
it, in shining capitals. This is the word to
emblaZon on our banners
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49,
Adele.
Chambers Journal. !

Courageous was woman Of the Com
mune who, during that terrible rising
had worked day and night in the hos
pital, assisting certain surgeon, whose
services were freely rendered to men
with whose cause he had no sympathy.
When the instruction was quelled, the
doctor was arrested and marched off to
be tried by drum-head court-martial.
As he approached the door of the tri-
bunal, he met his late female assistant
coming out between two soldiers.
fWhy, Adele ~ he exclaimed, show
came you here ?" Looking hard at him,
with unrecognizing eyes, she replied /:
81 don't know you, Sir J" denial he
sat down to fear of acknowledging the
acquaintance Of doomed man. Not
little to his surprise, he got off and was
set at liberty, to learn that Adele had
been shot, and was on her way to death
when she had repudiated all knowledge
of him, and forebore appealing for his
aid, rather than compromise him, and
render his chance a desperate one.
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second Congress, before the Poland Repub-
/ lfcan Congressional Investigating Commit
tee They are as follows:
/ Oakes Ames. in January, 1865, got Tor
| Garfield ten shares of Credit MobllIer stock
Ames paid for the stock; Garfield paid
nothing for it. Ames sold the bonds for
S7I6. and he received a cash dividend on
the stock of 1000, leaving due TO Garfield
1929. after paving for the stock, which
amount was paid 10 him in cash. Ames
made oath to this state of facts. After Gar
fields disgrace became public, he begged
Ames to modify his testimony by calling
the transaction a loan, so that he (Garheld)
might ''get off as easily as possible. Ames
stuck u his original statement and repeat
Ell II aerer Iodned Garfield any money, and
he reuer asked me to loan him any. He k1teae
rery aceH that it lcas a diridend." Garfield
went before the Committee and stated, un-
der oath:
II never owned, received or agreed to re-
ceive any stock of the Credit MObilier or of
the Union Pacific Railroad, or any dIvi-
dends or profits arising from either OF
them"
The Republican Committee did not be-
lieye word of Garheldis statement. Read
their unanimous report to Congress, made
under oath:
''The facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield, as
found by the committee, are that ne agreed
with Mr.. Ames to take ten shares OF the
Credit Mobilier stock, but did not pay for
the same Mr.. Ames received the eighty
per cent dividend in bonds and sold them
for ninety>seven per cent, and also received
the sixty per cent. cash dividend, which, |
together with the price of the stock and
interest, left a balance of 1929. This sum
was paid to Mr. Garfield by a check on the |
Sergeant-at-arms, and Mr.. Garfield then |
understood this sum ucas the balance Of diui-
lends after paying for the stock"
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eff the Lord Complains. ,,

Bill Apps "Reminiscences of Judge Underwood,
of Georgia.
One day as the judge came out of the
court house, our preacher, who wanted
to raise money to build a new brick
church, presented him the subscription
list and in modest way asked what he
thought of it The judge looked at it
carefully and read it all over and hand
ed it back, remarking: Its all right,
sir-all right--that obligation will bind
EN-" ''But," said the preacher, Il
thought perhaps the Lord would put it
in your mind to help US little, and so
I" ooh, that's it, said the Judge.
Il didn't understand you. Why GER
tainly | will help. When are you going
to raise +? I'll send up a couple Of hands
most any day. Have you got the logs
out?" "Dear sir" said the preacher,
eve want to build brick church-one
that will do honor to our Lord and
Master, and be "a" ''Beg your pardon
for my dullness, but you see we worship
in log churches down in Polk, and the
Lord seems to be contented with EN-.
Suppose you try one of them, and if the
Lord makes any complaint. just let me
know, and I'll help you with brick
one"
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New Albany Democrat
The CLARION binding and printing estab-
lishment turns out first-class work, compel
ing IN finish with northern shops. Our in
dustries are surely improving,
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St. Louis Republican.
What object save the success of the Re-
publican party could Mr.. Weaver have in
repesting TO Northern audiences the vilest
of the ISLANDERS against the South and trying
to defeat the Fusionists in Maine
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THE lotus plant grows plentifully in
China, and is priced for Its seeds, flow
ers and roots, all Of which form part of
the rood of the people, and also figure
among their popular medicines.
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''THERE that explains where my
clothes-line went to y exclaimed an Iowa
woman. a. she found her husband hang
ing IN the stable.
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THE DE GoLYER BRIDE.

Garfield corruptly sold his official inhu-
ence to De Golyer and Mcclellan, of Chica-
go, for FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. He
confessed this under oath. He made an
argument in favor of worthless patent
pavement by which SEVEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLAR job was secured at
SO so per yard, when in fact, it cost but
81 30 per yard. He was, at the time,
Chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
ti5ns, and through him the jobbers obtained
every dollar of their plumber. BY this
corrupt course he became liable to proseca-
ton and punishment by confinement in the
penitentiary two years and fine Of $4,000,
under section 1882 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States page $40. He was, by
this criminal act, under the statute referred
to, rendered forever thereafter disqualified
to hold any Office of honor and trust under
the Federal Government.
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A GREAT many men are cottage-built !
that is to say, they have but one story.
And they are forever telling it.
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SHOOTING aIligators for their hides
has become a recognized industry in
Louisiana,
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A RELIC OF THE PAST.
One OF Gen Andrew Jack sons Hitherto
Unpublished Letters Unearihed.

SAM HOUSTON ACCUSED OF WANTING To BE
EMPEROR OF TENAs-II~ DOMESTIC
TRoUBL ES-A GLTNfPSEoF THE soUTH-
WEST HALF A CENTURY Ago.
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MORALS.

AND POLITICS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK-LO !!
THE POOR WOMEN.
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Samuel Houston, Esq.
INDUCING in Folly.

Tennessee, of which Houston was Governor
at the time of his domestic troubles.
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CREDIT MoBIIIER

was the corporation that built the Union
Pacific Railroad. Oakes Ames handled its
stock, and bribed members of Congress TO
whole Of the facts came out in the Forty
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Assistant Secretary National Committee.

WAsHINGToN, D. G., Oct. 6, 1880.
The foregoing letter was drawn out
by the reply which was made by Wea-
yer and others to Lum's statement that
Weaver is in the pay of the National
Republican Executive Committee and
that the Greenback canvass is manipu-
lated and conducted in the interest of
the Republican party.