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The Value and Pleasure Of Agriculture.

I The chief desire of man or wo-
man should he, first To be useful. and
next to be happy A mans first duty
Is 10 mankind and the next is To him
self; and the greatest happiness 10
good man Is To be OF use Ia and serve
has fellow creatures. In doing this the
man helps at the same time The pro-
duction Of food and the materials for
clothing, is the business of the farmer.
No other employment can be So useful
as this and in this lies the value of
agriculture 10 the world. No other
employment Is so full of pleasure "a
agriculture, when 10 is rightly pursued.
1t Is, then, not labOrious work merely
OF the hands, but a healthful pleasant
labor; full of the most agreeable enioy-
ment; because in the work of the gar
den and the field the farmer IS brought
face to face with the works and the
beauties Of nature; and finds. i'm the
sprouting of seed, the growth of plants
the maturity and ripeuing of vegetation.
the growth of his animals, the delights
OF the changing seasons, which bring to
him eeaseless round of work that is
both interesting and profitable: Ina an
these he finds food for thought and
means for instruction. In short. good
and successful farmer, in his daily prac-
tee, becomes acquainted with many Of
the wonders Of science which appear
to him more clearly than 10 ANY other
man, if he viii only take the trouble A.
open his eyes, and turn his mind 10 the
examination of them Ii is a great
hing 70 think of, that the farm feeds
md clothes the world that of all men
ne Is the most important to the comfort,
wealth and happiness OF the human
ace; that his influence, if il is exerted
or good, increases the enjoyment Of
and that the result of his
work is To set in motion the wheels of
ii the factories and locomotives in the
world; to fill the freight cars TO load
he ships; To give employment in one
'ay or another to every smith and car
enter; to every miner; to every law
er and doctor; to provide in fact for
he means of carrying on every honora-
lie and profitable industry. No youth
I young man or woman can find bet
er, happier, more noble or, when we'll
onducted, more profitable work than
nat Of the farm. But the man who il
mployed honestly is the true happy
IAN. 1t is the idle and vicious who arc
nhappy. We are told by the wisest Of
len, that "the sleep of the laboring
nan is sweet" and no one sleeps and
sSts more sweetly than the boy or
le man who has spent his day ia
re corn field, the hay field or at
he pillow or the girl who has done her
lare in the dairy, in the care of poul-
y, and in her household duties
ural New Yorker.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

Boston Transcript
Mrs General Gaines, now wears a
red wig, and looks more youthful than
ever.
Geranium leaves made Of feathers
are among the choice things imported
by wholesale milliners.
Flounces of gold lace woven in Cham
lilly patterns cost $40 u yard, and are
but twelve inches wide
A small silver bottle Of mountain
dew or Of Bass ale is worn for a watch
charm by English gentlemen.
A new way of using the beaded trim
mings is to sew them upon the gown
and fill in the pattern with embroid-
cry.
Breakfast gowns of pink domask.
made with small round basques and
trimmed with white lace, are worn in
Paris.
Turkey red comes in very dark eolorz
this year, for the benefit Of ladies' who
wish to have picturesque gowns at small
cost.
Light colored evening dresses, worn
by the giyers of ) o'clock teas, are
among the dreadful things to be seen in
New York society.
A bracelet, apparently intended for
circus performer, has six pendants
rhinoeerOs, an elephant, a beagle, fox
hound, camel and boar.
The gowns which French brides wear
at the signing Of their marriage contract
are now made Of the palest pink in-
stead Of bright rose color.
Lockets with raised flowers and
scrolls are coming into favor in England.
The decoration is often so massive as to
look like Indian carving.
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Rugged to Death.
An Iowa Girl OF Sixteen Dies in the Arms
Of Her Lover.

KEoKUK, Iowa.-About 8 O'Clock last
night the family of John J. Rail, living two
miles east of this city, were thrown into in
tense excitement and despair by the sudden
death of an only daughter, Miss Minnie
Rail. sixteen years of age. The young lady
was in the parlor at the time, in company
with Charles Gray, her afianced. The two
were seated on a lounge, and he was urging
her to name an early day for their wedding.
The girl was coy and bashful, and hesitated
and hesitated about it but the lover was inn
Fortunate, and sought in every way to in !.
duce 4 compliance with his wishes. At last
she consented, saying. 4 will marry yon in
April In the excitement and JOY of the
moment, Gray threw his arms around her
waist and drew her TO him with quick, pas
slonate embrace. He was not conscious of
exerting unusual strength, and does not ba-
heYe that he did. But the girl gave short,
sharp scream, and exclaiming ..Oh Charley,
I am gone ~ fell dead in his arms her head
resting on his shoulder. It i the opinion of
physicians that heart disease was the imme-
date cause of the girls death
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MASONIC DEPARTMENT.
Appeal to the Masonic Fraternjty Of
Mississippi.

1t will be remembered that after the
Jewel was suspended by the death of Bro
Wheeler, that the subscription list was
transferred by his estimable widow to Bro.
Melish, editor of the Review. at CINCINNATI
he. or the publishers, agreeing to account 10
her for every subscriber to the Review. ON
her account, one dollar-the price of the
monthly being 81 per annum.
Several subscribers were obtained at the
Grand Lodge at Jackson in 1880. for the
Review, but owing to some peculiar circum-
stances the effort was not made to secure
new subscribers and to get renewals from
the old-leaving it to each individual to
attend to it for himself
The beneficiary being a lady, and the
very nature of the business being one She
could not attend to in person, and the pro-
posed benefit not being limited to one year.
it seems, in the opinion of her friends, that
an effort on the part of the brotherhood
should be made to get renewals and new
subscriptions to the Review in order that
she may reap further benefits from the sale
of the list above referred to.
We hope the Masons have not forgotten
the sacrifices Bro. Wheeler made for his
brethren, and in about the third epidemic,
through which he passed to serve them, fell
a victim, and in some of them his bereaved
widow shared his tolls and dangers. We
do not appeal To Tennessee and Arkansas,
but we have right to call on Mississippi
Masons to aid this good lady by subscribing
for the Review.
]. NJ. HowRY.
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VARIOUS THINGS.

The telephone has developed an en-
tirely new school of hello-cution
Philadelphia Bulletin.
An avftlllY sarcastic Ohio paper
brushes the great Senator from Illinois
by printing him 'sdaviddavis"
An extensive fire Is raging In the
woods between Gloucester, Mass and
Rockport, which threatens to burn over
q large area.
The LeaEenworth Kan. Times
claims 70 have discovered q defect In
the Pruhibitory Liquor law passed BY
ders il unconstitutional,
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MY LOVE OF LONG AGO

The rose has faded from thy cheek
And furrow i is thy brow.
Thy sparkling eyes, that seemed o. speak
Are dull aHd heavy nov
The locks on thy beloved head.
That once were like 20 golden Thread.
Are white as winter snow.
Yet is my love for thee no. dead.
My love Of long ago
1 too am old, but 40 thy voice
l burn with youthful fire.
Us music makes my heart rejoice,
And throh with fierce desire
lis tones seem echoes Of the time
When We were both ia life : glad prime
Sweet sounds, though faint aud low.
Like some far-disiant wedding chime
My love Of long ago.
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7, lot apptIIAht'
u n ~
- ffte tts
ITO be reported. ]

koTr.-The sbYve is but a short synopsis Of
N able opinion Of the eourt, in which a care
and ell tborate review is made Of the auth
pies bearing upon the interesting question
Folved.
the case arose while art, %, p. $50 Of the
pc of 1857 was in force, under which infants
ne no, concluded by decree until three
Rrs after attaining majority but the de-
BON : important in its application 10 Z Zoo
BE Code Of 1871 and 1855 Of the Code OF
IVY, giving one year L. b.
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AI. I. FRNNElI,
wARD McGowAx.

RwARD MCGOWAN.
Error to the Circuit Court of MarshTll
Nnnty, Hon. J. w. @. Watson, Judge.
alconer borrowed from McGowan $500
HI gave his note therefor, depositing as col
era security the note of Stith for 81 500.
osequeutly stith paid to Falconer the
punt OF his note, knowing it had been hy-
.hecated to McGowan, but relying on
lconer e take it up and surrender il,
Rlcn was not done. MCGOWAN sold and
lorsed the Falconer note to J. d. FennelI,
agent for II. I. Fennell, and with it de,
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Avoob Khan, Of Afghanistan, has
caused his three sons to be put to death
because they attempted to seize the pal
ace in their fathers absence. Emulat-
ing Brutus and becoming . brute,
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The last. best fruit, which comes late
TO perfection, even IN the kindliest soil
Is tenderness toward the hard, forbear-
anee toward the unforbearing, warmth
of heart toward the misanthropic.-
Richter.
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MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY. APRIL IA. 1881.
HOPE

There Is q star that shineth
Above the thickest gloom,
And the sorrOwing heart divineth
It's light beyond the tomb.
With steady, constant ray it CLEANS
Upon the path of youth,
And tingeth all its golden dreams
With colorings oftruth.
Far out upon the ocean
It's cheering light is shed,
Yet hath no mortal seen this star,
The living nor the dead; -
Bur in the heart and in the soul
Where death and danger cope,
Assuring with firm control
Doth shine this Star of Hope
Rear Admiral Stevens
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why He couldn,t Keen Hsr.

4 young Iowa farmer writes to his friends
in the East, who have been urging him TO
marry, that he cannot keep wife On ssthin
wind and pond water and sleeping in rail
fence
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Glove goes not where ii is sent
Nonsense 1t more often goes wherelt
Is 3 dollar than where it is cent. Dos
ton Transcript.
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Y OF a misery man somebody wrote
bis head gave way. but his hand never
did His brain softened, but his heart
eouldRt.
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1t is always better to keep out Of q
quarrel than to make it up ever 50 am
icably after you have got into one.
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DREAM AND MEMORY.


Like a radiant cloud Of morn,
Like n music in a fame
Like "a rose without thorn
Like "A fountain without stain
Like the moonlight silver CLEAN;
Like an image an stream,
Are the dreams Of love.
Like sweet doors in the air,
Like the light in Beauty's eye
Like the SKY at eve ming ere
IT. .erai e0iors die
Like "a solitary star
Earning steadfastiy afsr,
Are the dreams Of love.
II.
L.1-e the mist BpOn mountains
Like a shadow from cloud;
j Ike the darkness o er a fountain
L5ke.A maiden in her shroCdi
Like "a meteor lonely light
Failing through the depths Of night
Are lov = memories
Like dream from which we Waken
Tremui0us from dark emotion
Like "a heart forever shaken
on The waves Of sorrow ocean
Like whispered words with dying breath
Like kisses from the lips Of death,
Are loves memories.
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OXFORD, Miss, April 10, 1881.
An ImpOstOr.
HALL OF CLARKE LODGE, No. 81, \. Y. NJ
LOUISVILLE, KY, April s, 1881.


HALL OF CLARKE LODGE, No. 81, \. Y. NJ
LOUISVILLE, KY, April s, 1881.
il. POWER, GRAND SEcRETARY:-A
man claiming to be a member of Clarke
| Lodge No 81, and Edwards Chapter No. 4
of this city, and who passed at one place BY
| the name OF H. A. Dunton and at another
II. A. Burns, is a fraud. Please notify the
Lodges in your State to look out for h m
| think he should be arrested for getti ~
money under false pretences. [ have re-
ceived letters from Alabama, Georgia and
Mississippi making inquiries about him
The last place he operated was at Crawford,
Mississippi.
There is no Edwards Chapter No. here
nor is Clarke Lodge No. 81. Please answer.
Fraternally,
J. B. FIsHBACK,
Sec'y Clarke Lodge No. 81.
NoTE.-We dislike to publish such notices
as the above, because it advertises the guilt
bility of Lodges and Chapters, and because
the "fraud" will go on his way rejoicing in
some other atlas. We think it is a shame
full waste of the charity funds of Lodge or
Chapter, to expend it on these Masonic
tramps Were we the Master of Lodge we
would not give cent to any stranger, on
his claim as a Mason, unless he could prove,
by documentary evidence, that he was affil,
lated with some Lodge or Chapter. These
tramps, dead-beats, frauds and expelled Ma
sons, who have determined to make a living
by their genius, are brighter" than the ma
jority of Lodge officers, and if that sort Of
evidence will suffice, the swindling of Ma
sonic bodies must continue. If Lodges or
Chapters, have funds to spare, it will not be
hard to find worthy objects close by-wid-
ows and orphans-who often suffer rather
than let their wants be known. Again NC
say, it is a shame and a sin to waste it on
able bodied tramps.
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UPRRMB COURT DECISIONS
OCTOBER TERM, 1880.

|ported for The Clarion by L. Brame, Attor-
ney-at-Law Jackson, Miss
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FAINT & FAINT, for plaintiff in error.
Strickland q Wooten, coHtTa.
To be reported.
II. c. MEDFoRD, ET. AL,

IL I. NlEDf DttD5 FL ALI !
Y
J. L. FRAZIER, TT Al.
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lee
County, Hon. l.. Haughton, Chancellor.
On appeal from a decree overruling de
murrer to a bill the following opinion was
delivered
CHALMERS, c. J.
None of the grounds of demurrer are we'll
taken The only one which demands spec
ial notice raises the question whether it IS
admissible in a bill for partition to pray for
an account for rents against such Of the co =
tenants as have been in possession of the
common property. This question, though
of first impression here, is well settled else
where in the affirmative. Freeman on Co
tenancy and Partition, jl2, and cases
cited
The occupying cO-tenant will not be liable
for rents unless it be shown that he has oc-
cupied more than his just proportionate
share of the common estate, and then only
for the rent of the excess.
affirmed; sirty days 10 anStCer.
II. c. Medfo1d aud J. L. Finley, fer aps
pellants.
j ID. Williams, contra.
To be reported.
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VOLUME xiv.

livered the collateral, Stith, note. Fennell
held both notes until the Stith note had be-
come barred by the statute OF limitations.
j. d. Fennell having died, the admins
traitor Of his estate, for the use NJ. T. Fennell,
sued MCGOWAN on his endorsement Of the
Fslconer note. Judgment was rendered in
favor of defendant in the court below, from
which this writ Of error Is presented.
CHALMERS, c. J.
He'd
l. The learned Judge below rightly in
structed the jury that payment of his note
bv Stith to Falconer at a time when the
former knew that it had been hypothecated
to Mc(fowan was nudity 50 far as mellow
an was concerned, and that the latter could
have compelled Stith 10 pay it again, that
this right passed unimpaired 10 3lcGowan. :
assignee Fennell, and tina. Fennell by fail
ing to take steps 70 collect and allowing 1t
t. become barred by statute or limlta-
tions became liable to McIowan for It's
value; and as that value exceeds the
amount due on the Falconei note, IL con
stituted a perfect defence to this action.
He rightly refused to instruct the jury that
these facts were no defence, If McGowan
knew of Stth's payment at the time he
transferred ltlc uDtF u tUutlls DJlii bt1taNHC
there was no proof which tended TO show
such knowledge on the part of AlcGowan,
and because, as such knowledge obtained
by McGowan after the payment was made,
would not have defeated his own right to
compel Stith TO pay again, 50 it would not
hove defeated FeaneiPs right to do tie
same thing.
2 There was no error in permitting Ale
Gowan to testify. The fact that the result
Of this suit may cause the institution Of
suit bv NJ. r. Fennell against the estate OF
j. d. Fennell, for failure Of the latter to
deal properly with her collateral held by
him a. agent for the former, does not dis
qualify McGOwan 10 testify in this case.
In such a suit Mc(iowan will have no in
terest, and in this suit J. D. FennelPs estate
has no interest To work a disqualification
of an interested witness the estate of a de-
cedent must be directly affected by the
pending suit. That it may be ultimately
affected in some other suit is immaterlai
Stone U.s. Lore, 30 NJ, 447.
Judgment affirmed
FAINT & FAINT, for plaintiff in error.
~trick land q Wooten, contra.
To be reported.
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JOHN ;. SowELL,

JOHN ). SowELL,
WILLIE McDoNALD.
Error to the Circuit Court of Marshall
County, Hon. j. w. G. Watson, Judge.
The facts are stated in the opinion which
is given in full.
GEORGE, J.
The plaintiff in error was sued in tresPass
for an assault and battery on the defendant
IN error. The Jury assessed the damages at
one hundred dollars. A motion for new
trial was Overruled. 1t is now insisted that
the verdict should be set aside, because the
court rejected evidence offered by the plain
tiff in error of his good character for peace
and good order. The evidence was rightly
rejected. The character of the defendant
was not involved in the suit. The charac
ter of the parties was wholly irrelevant, and
evidence thereof was therefore inadmissibe
There are some exceptions to the general
rule excluding evidence of character in civil
actions, but this was not one Of them. See
l Wharton on Ev. Z A, ct. seq. / Green
leaf Ev., 40.
The verdict WAS well warranted by the
evidence. The defendant in error was an
infant about FIVE years of age and had just
committed a violent and brutal assault and
battery on the plaintiff in errors child only
eighteen months old, when plaintiff in error
caught him and whipped him severely.
There was great provacation but nojusti-
fcatiou for the whipping. The right to pro-
tect his own child did not confer on the
plaintiff in error the right to punish the
party who had maltreated it.
judgement affirmed.
FAINT & FAINT, for plaintiff in error.
Watson Il Smith, contra.
To be reported.
This concludes the report ofcases decided
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On motion of T. F. Sessions it was further
resolved that the committee reporting the res
olutions be requested to procure and present
to the Board Of Supervisors of Franklin
county portrait of Judge Cassidy with the
request that the same be suspended in the
Court room.
1t was further resolved theat the newspa-
pers at Jackson, Miss, and those published
in this judicial district be requested to pub
lish these proceedings, snd then, on notion
1.-the meeting adjourned.
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Died From Jumping the Rope.

This concludes the report ofcases decide
at the last term.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-24
Short and New.

The average nearer is the tolling
man or woman. tired and burdened
with cares and troubles, to whom the
Lords day is . blessing because it is =
day Of rest. Church service, both upon
Sunday and weekday, should be rest
full and helpful. The prayer-meeting
or the sermon which is not both
restful and helpful is generally q failure.
A prayer.meeting which brings o sense
Of relief when tits done. or . common
sermon Which wearies the average
nearer are doubtful means Of grace. A
little boy once ran home to his mother.
exclaiming: 1--WE had . bully SER
mon tonight; the minister said some
think new and was short."
Va once were travelling, and spent the
night in . New England city with 2
Distinguished college President Of cool,
Unconditional temperament. and the
nuestion arose whore we should spend
the evening. The papers announced
two lectures: one BY . scholarly, meta
nhysical divine; the other by . sharp,
emotional Methodist preacher TO young
people. The decision was LETT TO the
President, and His quick answer was.
II am tired tonight and want some
thing to rest me; let us 60 and hear the
Methodist man. =
Il tie learned President, who Do
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ichted in thoughtful themes, crsved

lighted in thoughtful themes, crsve6
something restful, because he was tired
how much more the common peopae
who come to our prayer-meetings and
sermons, with weary limbs. must crave
the helpful and restful. We. DO not
often put ourselves in their places and
speak to the real people; but we put up
an imaginary man, some brother
minister, and talk to him, and
the good people fall asleep: Work
hard in the mill, or upon the farm, all
the week, and then sit down in .;
cushioned pew upon Sunday morning ming
to hear an essay read upon "Ihe %
iective influence OF Truth" and see
how soon you will slide into the land OF
dreams. We have an increasing SYM
pathy for sleepy hearers, and wonder
more and more at the patience Of tho
good people as they struggle to keep
awake.
A minister was once interrupted in .
sermon by little lad who exclaimed:
"You said that three times afore:"
Were the people as outspoken as the
! children how many times should we
hear o like remark. There is so much
in Gods Word. such variety (though
we had a century in which to preach We
could not reach it ally, that it seems
quite excuselcss for the preacher not to
hnd something new. Perhaps one So
cret why young preachers are more pop
ular than old ones is because they have
a new way of presenting the truth. bue
man is young as long as he grows;
and it is noticed that the ministers who
grow, remain or are called to larger
field. Growth is always new; and the
new is always short, because it gives
way to something more new, which. like
the new leaves upon the old trees, ara
constantly coming forth in fresh beauty
and power.-G0ltlc,, Ru'e.
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Religious.
As THY DAYS.

Not for some future year,,
Within whose misty length
May lie shadow of great woe and tears,
A burden sore of care and fears,
He stores His promised strength.
Not till my weary feet
Dark pillows stem,
Or from my life have fled my treasures sweet
And the days come when sadly repeat,
II have no Joy in them
But az the mama fell
Each day from Heaven,
And for the host Of waiting Israel
Did the fierce hunger Quell,
So, too, Is freely given
Strength for the daily life,
A blessed store,
For the small worries. and the petty strife,
With which each hour Is rife,
Some less, or more.
He hath His great supplies
For all our ways;
For tempests dreaP, or for the sunny skies,
Whether we weep. or songs of Joy arise,
Strength for our days.
Lucy X. Fleming, IN Interior.