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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
Telephoning Heaven.

Elmira Free Press.
A mother living not far from the
Post Office in this city, tired with
watching over a sick baby, came down
stairs for few moments the other day
to rest for a few seconds. She heard
her little 4-year old girl in the hall by
herself, and curious to know Ia whom
she was talking, stopped minute at
the halls opened door. She saw that
the little thing had pulled chair up in
front Of the telephone and stood UPON
it with the ear piece pressed against the
side of her head. The earnestness Of
the child showed that she was Ia no
playful mood, and this was the CONVEX
sation her mother heard while tears
stood thick in her eyes, the little one
carrying on both sides as if she were
repeating the answers. "Hello" well,
who's there ?" us God thereg7 Yes
is Jesus there?" Yes Tell Jesus
/ want TO speak TO him" "Well2' rs
that You, jesus Yes: what l. it?'
''0ur baby is sick, and we want you TO
let it get well. Won't your" No an
swer, and statement and question again
repeated, finally answers by a yes. :"
The little one put the ear-piece back on
its hook clambered down from her chair,
and with radiant face went for her
mother. who caught her in her arms.
The baby whose life had been dispaired
of began to mend that day, and got
we'll.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18

Az ex-grave robber, of Syracuse, y.
Y, has told a reporter something of his
former ghoulish occupation. He says
that many rural cemeteries in that vi
entity are robbed yearly to supply the
Syracuse and Rochester medical colleges
with dead bodies. Several years ago,
according to his story, the body Of a
young man belonging to one Of the best
families In Syracuse was stolen, and the
suit of clothes on the corpse were beg
ged and caraied off by an impecunious
medical stndeut, who afterwards wore
them on commencement day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18

When Seargent s Prentiss was a
young man teaching school in Mississip-
pi he boarded with a wealthy planter
named Thomas Hall. 1t was upon Satur-
dav in the last days of October when
resting from tke fatigue Of a squirrel
hunt, Hall, after listening attentively 10
Prentiss for half an hour, turned TO him
and in an animated manner said: Young
man, by the eternal c Hall was asJackson
mani you were never made for school
master. You were born for lawyer.
Now listen to me- When your time is
nm over at the widows do you go TO
Natebez and enter Bob Walkers office
and study law. Bob is not the oldest
but he is the snlartest of all the big
hurs about Natchez. He'll make q law
YER of you quick, and if you haven't
rot the money to pay your way have
and YOU shall have il, and | win never
AK You to pay it back. He went and
Iread law rs advised.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18

1t would be an idle task and useless
one to reason long over the decay of
the land of the Saviour or the hopeless
fortunes of the wandering tribes whose
home was the promised land, but whose
tents now are cast III that great dessert
known to them as the inhospitable out
side world. Time and again the ques-
ton has been thoroughly maoted and
in as many languages as he races of
men, and whether We believe in the
vengeance of God as pursuing this peo-
pie, or call it the wickedness of men,
ostracizing them from home and fortune;
CT view their own peculiar religions and
customs as waSring against them, with
holding from them the sympathy -,
snnnart ~ ~ mankInd: or whether we
consider all these causes combined as
working decay, practically speaking, Ii
makes no difference, and we cannot
reach q satisfactory conclusion. The
fact still remains as unchallenged as
ever, the Jews are driven from their
own land, they have nowhere a home,
aud the whole world is in arms against
them. Their very existence after so
many centuries of persecution is
miracle in itself, and as it has been in
the past, so viii this very existence
continue TO be in future, the problem
and miracle Of the world For more
than eighteen hundred years the jew
has been an exile, and from all we
know, and Judging from present indiea-
tions, he is not likely to have a home
this side of the grave. Truly has the
poet sung:
Trib of the wandering foot and weary breast,
How shall We fee away and be as rest
The Wild dove hath her nest, the fox his cave,
Mankind their country. Israel bnt the grave
DRIVEN FROM HOME.
1t would be almost impossible to de-
scribe when the Jews first toek up their
system of wandering from country to
country. So much has been written
about them, so many lands have wit
messed their coming and going, their
settlements for time, their expulsion,
their return at stated periods, that the
Wandering jew has become proverbiaI,
and the genius Of Dore, even if he
never imned another sketch, would be
immortal by the treasure bequeathed
posterity IN his adnirabIe portrayal of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
.TrLL DEATH Us PART"
p5ra DEAN STANLEY.

p5Ea 81 DEAN sTASLEr.
rss London Spectator aays;
h. received pc mission 10 print the
A ~, ,......ifll li4es b. the late dean OF
..---.--e-. which can hardy, We think, be
.-.-..-,g. .a some extent, alternating the
.s.... attends so great a loss:
-Til Death US part.
So -u-ake the heart
.,r each 20 each repeats the words OF doom;
II A'N FRf5 blessing and ghro curse,
Fgl better ana Tor worse,
..,-.l be one. t4IL tlat dread hour shall come
o..
LIE. with its tnyrisd grasp.
trr earning souls snail clasp.
...-.....- love. aud -lI.l ekpectant wonder;
Ig bonds that shall endure,
IuIiss3lubiy sure,
4. a.I .u death shall part our paths asun-
der
Iu.
Till death as Join,
d. voice yet more divine!
r..tr.t.. broken heart hreathes hopes sub
Lae-
T4r1 lonely hpHrs
And sla tered powers
A.. ..... lra one, de- ite Of change and time.
Iy.
D-a.H. with bis healing hand,
-HlU once more knit the band
,Hf.a deed. rgt that one link which none
may sever,
Till. t4rJ the only Good.
Ues-d. felt and understood,
..rIE-fa Gli shall make as one forever.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
A BEAUTIFUL. LAND.

Physically speaking she was once
beautiful. She is now in ruins, and
her sterility of soil, from want of cul-
tivation, is in as striking contrast with
her fertility of the olden time as is the
singular glory and as singular disgrace
of her scattered children. The glory
of Zion has indeed departed. !" Rich
and fertile plains, with groves of beau
teous palm trees and fragrant balsams,
no longer delight the traveller as he
passes near the Jordan on his way to
Jerico. If he give a thought to an
eventful blind man, whose eyes saw the
light on his way thithnr long time
ago, in the midst of the desolation he
now views on every side it may occur
to him that this Jew would count blind
ness to-day blessing rather than a
curse. The Lake of Gennesraret, it Is
true, sleeps among the mountains, mir
rored as Of yore in its tranquil beauty,
but its banks are no longer teeming
with happy people.
Lovely Galilee, with its mulberry
groves and forests Of oak, is lovely no
more. The hills are now gray and
bare; the valleys where grew the corn
and maize are neglected Lebanon and
Hermon offer shelter no longer under
their protecting cedars, for the timber
has long since been cut down. Vine
and olive terraces strew the ground in
reckless profusion-entangled, uprooted
and unkept Smiling villages, merry
in the happy crowds that thronged their
streets in busy times gone by, are now
dull and voiceless. Poverty and squat
or have succeeded to thrift and activity,
and solitude. like ghost, fingers in the
former abodes Of men.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18

The sympathy Of sorrow Is stronger
than the sympathy of prosperity.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
AtERCHAN MIS-.

confined to any particular line of trade
nor to any particular country. The
genius of the people showed itself emf
nent in whatever enterprise they ven
tured. Thus, at one time the whole ex-
port trade Of Egypt, especially in grain,
was in the hands of the Jews. They
imported fish from Spain. From Crete
they brought apples. Bithia furnished
cheese, Greece and Egypt were taxed
to supply them with gourds, beans and
other vegetables. The richest plate
that Babylon could manufacture was con-
signed to Jews. Italy supplied them
with wine, not that they were immense
consumers themselves-for the Jews are
notably abstenllous but they purchased
and sold of the best the sunny land
could grow, and their profits were inn
mense. In shawls and dresses from In
dia they were the largest importers. In
return, Palestine furnished her CONNER
cial neighbors with oil. balsam, honey,
figs, surprising them all both in the
supply and quality of her exchah ges.
TEACHERS OF THE SCIENCES.
No one will dispute that the Jews
the Jewish mind is adapted to acquire
and impart science BETTER than any
other in Europe. In proportion TO pop
ulation the jews can boast of more men
of genius and profund learning than
any other people. When Europeans
sat in the darkness of superstition,
when it was a boast among the great
and powerful that they could reithe4
write nor Tssd, .lewlsh r8hhis were
teaching philosophy aud mathematics,
III she S ....o0as OF Toledo and Cordova-
In England, under Henry l., Jews
taught algebra, logic and geometry IN
Oxford. They were looked upon as be-
ing first in astronomy and medicine in
France and Spain al a very early date.
Nor is it difficult to understand how
they had become proficient in all these
branches. Their interchangeable industry
had rendered them masters of the COM
merciaI world They travelled more
than any other nation. They studied
and easily mastered every foreign Ian
guage, and with commendable zeal, for
which the world does not thank them,
they sought out and deciphered and ex-
planned all the Greek and Roman ITSel-
uscripts they could lay their hands on.
When the Moors took possession of the
city of Cordova a new era of eiviliza-
ton was inaugurated. Literature, the
arts and sciences took a new flight.
The Jews at this time enjoyed equal
rights with their fellow citizens, and in
wealth and splendor and in the cuitiva-
ton of taste and the fine arts they not
only equaled but surpassed their old
masters
lie Spain was at one time the mistress
of the world in medicine, in philosophy
and in navigation, she owes it to the
Jews. When she offered them refuge
and home, as she did more than once,
the jews were grateful. In return they
opened schools, they taught the Spanish
youth, they fred the young with their
own ambition of becoming distinguished
in the walks of literature, and un-
der the guidance Of Jewish rabbis and
Jewish professors the Spaniards became
the first nation in Europe. In Spain,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
ABOUT THE JEWS.
Their Works and Woes Home OF the
Race-JeWs in Exile-Their BuOyancy.
THEIR POSITION IN THE WORLD.

Philadelphia Press.
The Government of Great Britain,
within the past few days, has asked the
United States Government to join with
the powers Of Europe in seeking to
obtain some measure Of clemency for
the prosecuted Jews in Russia. Before
this note, however, was sent by Earl
Granville, the authorities at Washing
ton had already instructed our repre-
sentative at St Petersburg to inter
fere in a conciliatory manner in be
half of the Jews. Once more the jew
ish nation Is undergoing its season of
persecution. Once more the friends of
England and America, are
joining hands in the good work Of help
ing the down-trodden and the homeless.
This time it is in behalf of a small but
well-known country. Palestine, in old
en- times the Gland Of milk and honey"
the glory Of all lands, is by no means a
large country, being about the size of
the State of Vermont. A trifle larger
than Belgium, it is smaller than Hol-
land, covering an area Of only 10000
square miles. But if Palestine can not
boast Of a wide domain, she can claim
to be the mother Of great race, the
most distinguished, perhaps, that has
ever been seen or ever will exist on the
face of the globe.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
DEATH OF THOMAS A. SCOTT.
The Railroad King Expires at His
Country. Seat Last Night.

Col. Thomas A. Scott died last night
at a quarter of IL o'clock, at his sum
mer residence, Woodhurn, a short dis
tance below Darby, Delaware County,
Pa He suffered third stroke of par-
alysis on last Tuesday week, h1s.recov-
cred sufficiently to be removed from No.
1899 Rittenhouse Square to his Darby
home on Monday last. On the evening
following the removal he suffered re-
lapse and continued to sink until yes
terday morning when he fell into a
semi-Stupor, a symptom which his
physicians accepted as fatal to all
hopes of recovery.
Colonel Scott was born in London,
Franklin county, a small village on the
Chambersburg and Pittsburg turnpike,
December %, 1924. In this place he
passed his boyhood. He received
good education. After he retired from
school he continued to study, so that
when he began his struggle with the
world he was well known in the section
in which he resided. Among other oc-
cupations of his father, was that of
making the well-known London whips
in use by the ConeStoga wagonerS in
journeys over the rugged Allegheny
passes. On the first of August, 1871,
deceased received an appointment as
clerk to the collector OF tolls at Colum-
bia, where freight was transferred from
he State canal TO the Philadelphia and
Columbia Railroad. With the subse-
quent life of Col. Scott and his services
to the country during the rebellion the
public is familiar.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
New YOrk's SenatOrshfp.

ALBANY, N, Y, May 19.-The Sena,
torial situation to-day is unchanged.
The Administration Republicans say
they are ready to 60 into an election to
fill the vacancies, but will have nothing
to do with any caucus. They feel per.
fectly able to defeat the return of either
Mr.. Conkling or Mr.. Platt unless the
Democrats go with the other side.
But they will take the chances, believ-
ing that If the Democrats fuse with
the Conklingites they (the Admins
tration Repubicans) will beat both at
the pools next fall. The Conklingites
are strongly in favor of going into an
election as soon as possible, and say
that Mr.. Conkling is out of the race; that
he will not be a candidate The Demo-
Gratis are opposed to an election, claim
ing that the question should be left to
the people to decide at the next election.
The probabilities are that there will be
without any preliminary caucus on the
part of the Republicans. Governor
Cornell and Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew
are mentioned as candidateson the part
Of the Republicans.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
IHE SUPERIOR COURT,
The Case of Murine VS.. the Wash.
ingt0n Lodge Concluded.

Court reassembled at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
The case of Anthony Reybold VS..
Jesse Lane ct al. was postponed on petit
ton of counsel for ordefendantS, one of the
defendants, Jesse Lane, having died.
The following cases were continued:
Brennison, Schwenk and Geigle vs.. w.
H. Quinn, also case ia (the Same),
and John Glenn VS.. Isaac Dillon.
The examination of witnesses in the
case Of Murine VS.. the Washington
Lodge and st. Johns Lodge was contin-
ued. After all the evidence had been
taken and the case had been arraigned
by the counsel, the jury, at go o'clock
retired and the court took recess.
The general jury We're discharged
from attendance until Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
At $50 o'clock the jury in the case Of
Mulrine VS.. Washington Lodge and St.
Johns Lodge returned with verdict
for defendants.
The jury was then discharged for the
remainder of the term.
The court then adjourned to meet this
morning at 10 o'clock.
To-day's session was devoted to aTgu-
ments and delnurrers.
The first case to be tried Monday
is that of Susan Sherwood vs., the estate
of John Wood.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
A Card OfHhank9,
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ), 1SS


For the benefit of others, who may
suffer as | have, | write to say, that on
Thursday, October 2lst. | was attack
ed with the most severe and cXcruCia-
ting pains, apparently rheumatic or
neuralgia, on the left side of my neck
and head, accompanied with stiffness of
the muscles. The paroXysms of pains
would come at intervals of two or three
hours day and night, from which lost
sleep and suffered Intensely. After try
ing various remedies, meal and hops,
belladOnna plaSters, crude petroleum
and turpentine, ,chlOrotorm liniment, etc.
without experiencing any apparent re-
lief, having seen your advertisement
in one of our daily papers l concluded
OH Sunday to try st. Jacobs Oil, though
not having much faith in so-called pat
ent medicines. | was presented with a
bottle by a friend, to whom had stated
my intentions, and TO say that its ac-
tions were magical" does not to me,
convey what | would express. 1t was
simply wonderful. Applied and thor
paroxysms would stop SO to express it,
like flash, and by constant applica-
tion, the last of which was Tuesday, 4,
A. NJ, the pains were entirely subdued,
and l have not had return Of them.
To say am thankful and feel the great
est gratitude to God, and through Him
to man, for the means of obtaining such
relief, is but feebly expressive Of my
feeling, and l deem it my duty to let
others know of, and obtain relief from
the same source.
FRED w. WARD, 2004 Titan street.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
Result of a Sparring Match.

Officers Mccormick and Cannon, yes.
terday afternoon, arrested two Young
colored men, Lewis HyronS and Charles
Green, for unnecessarily obStructing the
sidewalk at Front and King streets by
engaging in sparring match. AT a
hearing before the Mayor, last night,
thew were each fined 81 and costs.
HSroaS Yves then fined S25 and costs for
carrying a concealed blackjack. After
the Mayor had imposed the fine and
costs Hyron's mother stepped forward
and said that her son was not perfectly
sound in mind. She did not think he
knew the use of the weapon. He had
found it, she said, in a hay NOW. She
had beSought him not TO carry il, but he
would not hearken unto her. He was
her sole support, she said. He had been
working on Randolph Peters farm and
had, during the wet weather, come to
town to see his sister.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
lab Lives Lost.

LONDON, May 19.-Advices from St.
Vincent state that news has been
received there of the disaster to the Brit
ish sloop-of-war Dotterel, which was
blown up at Sandy Point in the Straits
of Magellan on the Goth uk., involving
the loss of 143 lives. There were two
explosions. The first is supposed to
have been the bursting of a boiler used
in cOndensing sea water; the second
was in the forward magazine. The ves-
sci went down bow foremost in eight
fathoms of water in three minutes, and
nothing was seen after the second ex-
plosion except a few planks. The sur
vivors saved their lives by jumping
overheard after the first explosion.
They were rescued by boats from seal
ing schooners and from the yacht of the
Bishop ofthe Falkland Islands. Com
mander Evans jumped througha port
hole and was taken from the water
much lacerated by broken glass and
wreckage The engineer who escaped
was not on duty.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
The CrOnS In Kansas.

LOUISVILLE, Potawatanie Co., Kan
sas May 1S.-In this part of Kansas
the wheat crop is better than many eX-
pected, although it suffered through the
extreme severity of the winter. Very
nearly all the corn is planted and some
little of it is already up; while oats look
fine. In fact, the farmers are happy
and expect good harvest in due sea-
son. There is scarcity of farm laborerS
and carpenters at this point, and, as for
girls for household work, it is almost
impossible to engage them. There never
was time in Kansas in which the gen.
eral health of the people was better than
at present. Chills and fever, that form
erly acted as a bug-bear to drive qeople
Oft, are now almost nnheard of.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
Fashion Notes.

Spanish laces are used to trim parasols
and wraps.
The latest in gloves are the new shades
Delorme, which may be bought at Ken
nard g. Co.
New designs in lawns at Kennard &
Co. ; 12.!a cts.
Mercedes parasols at Kennard & Co.,
from $2.65 to $500.
Navy blue tiannels and cloths for suits
at Kennard Il Co.
Elegant styles ginghams at Kennard
& Co. ; 15, 1S, % and 81 cts. per yd.
Figured Swiss muslin, Linen de India,
linen lawns, striped and plaid muslins,
at Kennard & Co.
Kennard & Co. show some fine all
linen hemstitch handkerchiefs at l24c;
also beautiful line of colored bordered
hemstitch, new designs at 81 cts.
Large assortment of laces at Kennard
& Co. large line of fringes, black ana
colored, at Kennard & Co. =; nice assort-
ment of beaded gimps and passemen-
teries.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
A CRUSHED ROMEO.
A Wilmington FavOrite In TrOu.
ble-Atkins Lawrense's Suit for
DeseritOn.

Atkins Lawrence, the well known
actor who is former Wilmingtonial
and great great favorite here was ar
raigned in Philadelphia yesterday tt
show cause, on :he application of his
wife, Mrs. Louise Lawrence, why lie
should not contribute towards her main.
tenance. Mr.. Lawrence was represent.
ell by counsel in the person of Thomas
j. Diehl, Esq, while James II. Hever-
in, ESD, acted in similar capacity for
Mrs. Lawrence.
Mrs. Louisa Lawrence, the wife, on
being sworn, testified that she was
married TO her husband three years ago
and that he deserted her in July of last
year. Il last lived with him in July,
$780," said the witness, "and on the 7th
or Sth of that month he left me to 60
down the river with II party, including
a lady on North Twentieth street. With
his permission | went to Atlantic City
where remained nine days. In my
return not finding him home, J went to
Baltimore to visit sister Of mine. Sub
sequently, on my return, | found my
goods had been removed from my room:
afterwards | met my husband and |
started out on his winter theatrical ell
gagement. This he refused to do, be-
cause | had parted with a diamond
ring which he had given me. AT that
time he admitted being down the river
for six weeks with Annie Giltillan, |
asked him why he had taken her on the
trip, and he said that it was because |
had refused to go with him..
"Wher did you next see him?" asked
Mr.. Heverin.
at was in LAWYER Shields office,
when had him summoned there for
support AT that time he promised to
pay me S10a week towards my main
tenance
"Wel,, did he pay this money to you.
"He sent me one $40 bill, that was all
that | ever received from him, except a
letter, in which he stated that ! would
have to get the money the best way that
| could.
"Haye YOU seen him since that time.
81 met him on Chestnut street, on
Friday last, when he offered me home.
'Well, what did you say to that
IL told him that | could not live in
the same house with this woman Annie
Gilfllen. "
"What is your husbands business. y
"He is the leading man with the
Mary Anderson travelling theatrical
"What salary does he received a
week ."
$3.50 believe; that is the sum he in
formed me that he received.
"Where do you reside, Mrs. Law
renee ?" asked Mr.. Diehl on cross-eX-
81 reside with Mrs. Fisher at No. 1Oll
spruce street
Whereabouts down the river was
7our husband on this trip you refer to
n July last ?"
"ln Pcnnsville
"You made no effort to hear Of him,
ither in person or by letter, did you -
"No sir. "
"Did you want to find him ."
81 didn't try to find him.
"But did you want to find him ."
After the testimony of an unimportant
haracter had been submitted the case
vas continued until next week in order
o allow additional witnesses to be sum
noned, Mr.. Lawrence, in the meantime,
eing allowed to 60 on his own recog-
lZanCe.
Daily Republican., 1881-05-21
A Dangerous Practice.

The p, w. & B. r. n. Co desires
the employees of the Harlan & Hollings-
worth Co. to understand that they will
most surely be arrested and punished if
they do not discontinue the practice of
jumping on and off of the railroad com
pany's cars. The employers at Harlan's
usually jump on and off of the cars
which pass the works at II, and &
o'clock. The railroad officials are de-
termined to put an end to the danger
Gus practice.