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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10
THE WEEKLY CLARION
The Accountability of the Agent to
His Principal.

DIR. Hunter in his Crystal Springs
Monitor, laws down some abstract truths
on the accountability of the represen-
tatiye, no matter what station he occu-
pies, to the people, which we cordially
endorse:
It is strange dogma that some Of our
Democratic contemporaries are promulga-
ting, viz: That the acts of the Legislature
are to be regarded as party measures, and
therefore improper subjects for criticism by
the party press. 1t is needless TO say that
we do not subscribe to any such new-fan-
ged notion, for the very good reasons that
the Legislature is not the party; nor do its
measures always reflect the sentiments of
the party; nor have its members any COM
mission from the people that places them
beyond the reach OF a rigid responsibility.
In fact it is absurd to suppose that any act
of the legislature viewed either in party
sense or otherwise binds the press to an ac-
quiescent silence or compels a formal sup
port. We will not yield the right to full,
free and fair discussion of all the acts of
our Legislature whether they affect the IN
terests of individuals only, or the great
material or political interests Of the whole
people. We do not expect to find infalli-
bility in any representative body; but at
the same time we feel that although legisla-
ton cannot be perfect the Iaw-giyers ought
to be held to a strict accountability for their
doings. Free criticism may in some degree,
check reckless legislation, and is sure to
give the people clearer and better concep-
ton Of the laws.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10

THE Senate has passed the bill
dividing Mississippi into judicial dis
tricts and fixing times and places
of holding United States District
Courts in the Northern District.
1t divides the State into Northern and
Southern Districts; the Northern Dis
trict is subdivided into easternan west
ern divisions, and two terms of the Dis
trict Court to be held each year at
Aberdeen and Oxford but one staff Of
court officers is provided for the North
ern District, who shall oficiate in both
divisions of court.
The bill is purely local question, and
as it does not conflict witha general poll
cy, and is not opposed by any of the
Mississippi delegation, we presume it
will pass the House without opposition,
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4. On eaeh shooting gallery one month, FIVE
dollars one year, thirty dollars.
=. Each Cotton Compress Company. ffty dol
Is. Each trading car, twelve dollars ard fifty
4. On each dealer in malt liquors, fifty dol
( lars.
| SEC. ,. Aay person or persons wishing to
follow in this city any OF the caliIngs or trades,
i or conduct anv Of Ehe establishments eHumera-
/ ted in this ordinance shall hrs5 pay the taxes
/ therein imposed, to the city collector, taking
sail collectors receipt therefor, which receipt
/ he shall file in the Office oI the city clerk, and
said clerk shall give him IN lieu therefor a Ger
( tIGcate that said tax has been paid, stati8g
/ therein the amount and the time Tor which pay
Iaent has been made; which certificate shall be
deemed and taken 10 be a license, and nothing
7 shall be deemed a license, unless issued by the
/ clerk and signed as herein required.
SEC. 3. II any person or persons shall eAer-
else Z this city any Of the -ealIngs or trades or
e3nduc1 any of the establishments enumerated
in this ordinance, without first paying the tax
| therein imposed and procuring the license
thereby required, he or they shall be subject 70
arrest and 0a conviction before the Mayor, or
other person acting IN his stead, be fined not
more than double the tax imposed by this ordi-
nance, and be imprisoned until said hne and all
costs shall be paid.
SEC. +. Ii any person or persons shall exer-
else more than one OF the calliugs or trades or
-
enumerated in this ordinance, he or she shall
pay taxes Tor each.
SEC. ;. The several taxes levied under the
provisions of this ordinance, shall embrace a
term Of one year, unless otherwise specIhed,
aad licenses shall be issued accordingly, which !
licenses shall not be transferable except by con-
sent Oft Mayor aud Aldermen; and where |
the person or persons holding such license have |
a fixed place OF business, said license shall be /
posted or hung up conspicuously in such place /
0f business.
SEC 8. At the first regular meeting in every |
month he clerk shall submit report OF Hcen- |
ses issued during the month, containing date Of /
license names OF parties ID whom and for what |
purpose issued, and the date Of expiration.
The petition Of Jacques Braun, to tail yinuus
and s3irituou5 liquors, was presented, received |
aad fled.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet Fri
day, May 9th, 1882.
JOHN MCGILL, Mayor,
NJ NJ MCLEOD, City Clerk.
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VOLUME XIV.

duty of all person to pay their taxes to the Col
+ lector By or before the 18Th OF December, and
from and after that date the Collector shall add
and collect damages at the rate Of ten per cent
on the amount Of the taxes delinquent.
SEc- IL. said Collector shall assess and collect
taxes on all property in said CITY left unass ssed
b! theAAzSes5or, and ne shall report under oatl
% the said Board 2 true schedule statement Of
all such additional assessments aBd collections
SEC. 10. Said Collector shall cause TO be
printed in duplicate in blank form in a book a
sufficient number OF tax receipts and shall
give 10 every one paving taxes a receipt dated,
numbered and filed up 50 as to show by whom
and on what taxes are paid, value Of land and
personally separately and the per centum OF
tax levy, and the duplicate Of such receipt
filed up 50 as an exact copy OF il shall be left
in its place in the book, which book shall By
him be preserved and exhibited to said Board
on his final settlement, and then be delivered
to the Civ Clerk 70 be kept as q record Of his
Office, and shall be open TO the inspection OF
any person interested. Said Collector shall
keep a cash book in which he shall as received
enter the amounts paid him Tor taxes, the name
al the party paving and the date thereof and
size number Of the tax receipt given By him.
lie shall also enter IN immediate connection
With the aforesaid entries. the amounts of his
payments, 10 the CITY Treasurer with the date
thereof, which cash book shall at all times be
subject 10 the inspection OF any person inter /
cstc1.
SEL. ID All taxes on personal property re- /
naming unpaid On the 10th day oi December +
snail be Immediately collected by the Collector /
3y distress and sale of any property liable /
therefor; such sale o be made at the eastern /
door Of the City Hall in said city, unless the I
property j. too cumbers me 20 b moved, when /
L shall be made where the properly is located. /
i've days notice Of the t,na and place ot the +
ale shall be given by advertisements or written
notices. pat up in three public places ia said
.jty, one Of which shall be said eastern door Of
Hr City Hail On the daT and at the place SO
.drerJiscd said Collector SHALL proceed to sell
aid property at public auction for cash 10 the
highest bidder aud in addition 70 the amount
e taxes and ten per cent damages thereon, he
ball collect and retain the expenses OF removing
.Hi keeping the property and one dollar for
aca s-izure aHd sale. If the property bring
lore an enough to pay the same the excess
hrii bcpaia over t. the former owner.
SEc. Il. After the 18th day OF January in each
ear said Coil SHALL advertise al land in
tid cltyOn which the taxes have not been paid
Ir sale at the front. Eastern, door OF the City
tll ia said city on the lst Monday in March
flowing, such advertisement to be inserted for
lre1 weeks in some newspaper published in
yid city, and shall contain list Of the lands To
e sold IA the order they appear in said assess
lent roll, IN substance as follows:
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The Natehss ana Jaoksoa Road.

The Fayctte Chronicle of the 2sth,
publishes the following:
APEIL - tn, 1882.
The Raymond Gazette sends greeting TO
the FIyette Chronicle. Ia passing, ! drop
you a line to say the cars were boarded last
evening only ) miles this side Of Raymond.
Within two weeks we win have communion
over a bottle ql champagne in my town, and
our good friend, Allen +. Bowie, viii be
with us You're,
SAM D. WAEPER.
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And the following items are copied
from the postal correspondence Of the
Raymond Gazette:

Ia your hasty trip down the line OF the
n. & J. r. R., you would have been de-
lighted to see another embryo town if you
had turned in al the premises OF H. Lowry,
about half way between Raymond aud L Utica.
The name Of the town is Lowry, given in
honor Of its venerable aud worthy founder
and one Of the truest and best men IN Kinds
county, who has lived there for more than
thirty years. The streets, blocks aud lots
are all laid off, and / think the day is not
far distant when il vii. be the JOY Of the
whole community. Buildings are going Up
constantly, an1 already two stOre-houses
have been finished, one Of which would do
credit to a town Of Ave thousand inhabi-
tants. There is also blacksmith and wood
shop, steam mill and gin, and three resi-
dences.
Introducing to the readers Of the Gazette
our Depot, / viii state that its location is
now identified, and is near the birthplace
of American Liberty. Being equidistaut
from Utica and St. Elmo il naturally and
geographically reposes on the eastern con-
fines of Scutchelo's classic hills, and away
to the westward may be heard the ceaseless
roar Of those murmurng waters, that so
long ago lent enchantment 10 the painters
pencil and filed with melody that poets
Tyre"
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Lean sara.

Sara Bernhardts marriage provokes the
comment that it Is not curious that she,
being 50 lean, should 90 to Greece for a
husband.
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Appended to the above, we got the fol-
lowing note from Conductor Bowie:
Rip Van Winkls entered the corporate
limits Of Utica, Hinls county, on WeInes.
day; track 10 depot completed on Thursday.
Bridge over Big Bayou Pierre nearly com
pietei. Adams, jefferson, Claiborne, Copiah
and Kinds, are now united by iron.
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Es@s of Owner Dcs.' Of Laad Amount q raz
The news., 1882-12-26

A Detroiter has been collecting
and arranging statistics of an odd
nature, and if his book is ever pub
lished, readers will find nothing dry
about it. He goes right to business
on page one by estimating the num-
Der of lickings received by the aver
age boy up to his 18th year as 125.
This includes the spanking process
during infancy.
Out of every 100000 people in
this country, 10000 get up cross in
the morning, but only 100 or so re-
main in that condition very long af-
ter breakfast.
Out of $4,000 men only 600 will
put up money on a bet. The rest
will crawfsh around, and finally
back water on their assertions.
Only 10 women out of every 500
who start out on a journey by rail
road consult railroad map or have
the least idea of the direction they
take. 498 worry about their bag
gage; 497 are certain they took the
wrong train; 499 wish they had new
er started.
The risk Of being bitten by dog
is greatly oyerestimated. Out of
over 1000 big and little dogs only
two care to get up a row with the
human race, and those two are ready
and willing to die.
Out Of every 1000 men who get
mad and swear they will see a law
yer about it only fifteen carry out
their intentions.
Only one woman in 5000 pay the
first price asked for bonnet. and
only one milliner in 100000 ex-
poets her to.
The time occupied by the average
man in buying a full suit of clothes
IS just one-fourth the time occupied
by the average weman in buying a
pair of stockings,
The news., 1882-12-26
HOLLY, co, TUESDAY DECEMBER 90

| blave those pancakes are burning,
and she went out in the kitchen. l
drank my coffee, and then took the
big sponge out of the chair and put
the cushion in the place Of it, and
then | put the sponge in the bath
room, and | went up to pa and mas
room and asked them if | should 90
after the doctor, and pa had changed
his clothes and got on his Sunday
pants, and he said, never mind the
doctor, | guess we will pull through
and for me to get out and 90 to the
devil, and | came over here. Say,
there is no harm in a little warm
water is there? Well I'd like to know
what pa and ma and the hired girl
thought. | am the only real healthy
one there is in our family.
The news., 1882-12-26
WRECKED.

Twas thus she fell; and the people turned
And coldly spurned,
Old time friends with studied care,
Passed her by with stony stare,
All day long in solitude
She brooded oser the pleasant past,
And from the future shrank aghast.
Twas a sight. "Her heart was dead"
The pastor said,
And pleaded, with lengthy prayer,
Unto the viewless beings of air
That they should help and comfort her,
Yet, In the driving rain and sleet,
With heavy heart she walked the street.
No one to lead. Dreading to meet
Her soul in sleep.
"Charity's" door she passed that night,
And scalding tears obscured from sight
The beautiful cushioned room within.
Cheerlessly. helplessly, up and down,
She walked the streets of the slumbering
town.
Could we but know what Christ's own
hand
Traced on the sand,
Beside the sea No doubt he wrote
For such as her sweet words of hope,
We cannot know, SO let it be.
Up and down, with wearying feet,
She travelled the deserted street.
Before the morn her soul had fed,
They found her-dead,
Toll toll ! toll the sad voiced bell,
But not for such as her, It's we'll
So sinned against and desoluie,
In the first blush of womanhood.
Beside the chartless sea she stood.
The news., 1882-12-26
INVITATION.

Strangers are invited to visit
our store, when in Philadel-
phia, to leave packages there,
and to make a convenience
Of it generally. It is a handy
place, right by the new City
Hall, at the very center of the
city. 1t answers our purpose
to welcome you, and to pro-
vide for such of your wants
as we can.
The store is about twice
as large as it was two or
three years ago; made so by
digging under ground and
building overhead, and by ex-
tension on Chestnut street.
Parts Of the store are about
as comfortable as any place
can be; and one of the most
comfortable parts is now be-
ing got ready for the rest and
refreshment of strangers.
One of the pleasant things
about the store always has
been the fact that you can
walk all over it, either alone
or with a guide, without ever
being asked to buy a thing.
We know very well that most
of you come to us for a good
share Of your supplies; why
should we spoil your visit by
intruding goods upon your
attention, when you come to
see the place
Bur perhaps you are. not
coming to Philadelphia just
now. Very well; take a cool
er time It's cool enough in
the store, when you get here.
You can write for any goods
that you may happen to
want; and get them, proba-
bly,, just as well as if you
were on the spot. Any how,
you know, you can return
whatever you get that you
don't Ike.
We sell more sorts of
things than we can put into
an advertisement. So, what
ever you want, suppose you
drop US a line. Well help
you if we can.
john WANAMAKER.
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market
streets. and City-hAll square,
PHILADELPHIA.
The news., 1882-12-26
LIFE In THE FAR WEST.
Editing a Paper In Arizona and the Pleas
ures of Cow Boys Criticisms.

Mr.. John P. Clum, until recently
the editor Of the Tombstone, (Ariz.)
Epitaph, now in the east, tells high
ly interesting story of a personal ad-
venture, from which it would appear
that, next to running faro bank,
editing paper in the uncivilized por-
tlons of the West is about as danger
Gus an undertaking as a man can
well engage in. He went to New
Mexico in 1871, and in 1874 was
appointed Indian Agent for the Apa-
che tribes, at San Carlos, Arizona.
In May, 1880, Mr.. Clum started the
Tombstone Epitaph as a weekly. 1t
is now a hourishing daily. He was
first made Postmaster, and after
wards Mayor. As Postmaster he
had hard time of it, but as chief
magistrate Of the village, brought,
as he was, into almost daily contact
with the rougher and most desperate
elements, he grew accustomed to
write his editorials in sight of his
trusty Colts six shooter.
In attempting to preserve order
he made enemies of the COW boys.
This was the first step in long and
protracted warfare which lasted off
and on for more than six months.
First, there occurred drawn battle
at midday, between Mr.. Clum's chief
Of police and three officers and four
COW boys. Three Of the officers were
badly injured, and three COW boys
killed outright. The fourth, who
happened to be armed, ran away and
escaped. After this Citizens Com
mittee was formed and paraded the
streets day and night, armed with
SIX shooters, needle-guns and Henry
The news., 1882-12-26
OUR OWN.

If | bad known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind
said when you went away.
| had been more careful darling,
Not to give you needless pain;
But we vex our own
With look and tone
We may never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me that kiss of peace,
Yet we'll it may be
That never for me
The pain of the heart should cease
How many 60 forth in the morning
Who never come back at night;
And the hearts have broken
For harsh words spoken,
That sorrow can De'er SET right.
We have careful thoughts for the stranger
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for our own
The bitter tone,
Z Though we love our own the best.
All slip with curve impatient;
All brow with the look of scorn,
& 'Twere cruel fate,
" Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn.
MARGARET E. SANsTER.
The news., 1882-12-26
GIVE WHILE YOU LIVE.

Give while you live :
i as tie Scriptures say,
The good we give away
Brings us a richer store
Than We enjoyed before
OF blessing and of peace,
The blessed secret learn,
And see the glad return
or golden seeds you SOW
On fields of human woe
The time to give is this,
And reap pleasant bliss.
The news., 1882-12-26
MS PA is DIscouRAGED.

Say, you leave here mighty
quick said the groceryman to the
bad boy, as he came in with his arm
in a sling, and backed up against
the coal stove to get warm. EVERY
thing has gone wrong since you got
to coming here, and | think you are
a regular Jonah. find sand in my
sugar, kerosene in the butter, the
codfshis all picked off, and there is
something wrong every time you
come here. Now you leave"
81 amt no Joner," said the boy
as he wiped his nose on his coat
sleeve, and reached into the barrel
for snow apple. 81 never swallowed
no whale. Say, do you believe that
story about joiner being in the whales
body all night? l don't. The min
lister was telling about it at the
Sunday school last Sunday, and
asked me what thought joiner was
doing while he was in there, and l
told him | interpreted the story this
way, that the whale was fixed up in
side with upper and lower berths,
like a sleeping car, and joiner had a
lower berth, and the porter made up
the berth as soon as joiner came in
with bis satchel, and joiner pulled
off his boots and gave them to the
porter to black, and put his watch
under the pillow and turned in. The
boys in the Sunday school all laffed,
and the minister said / was bigger
fool than pa was, and that was use
less. If you go back on me, now, /
won't have friend, except my chum
and a dog, and | swear, by my hall
dom, that | never put no sand in
your sugar or kerosene in your but
ter. admit the picking off of the
Goldfish, but you can charge it to pa,
the same as you did the eggs that l
pushed my chum over into last sum
mer, though | thought you did
wrong in charging Christmas prices
for dog-day eggs. When my chum's
ma seraped his pants she said there
was not an egg represented on there
that was less than two years old.
The Sunday school folks have all
gone back on me, since put kyan
pepper on the stove, when they were
singing Little Drops of Water and
they all had to go out doors and air
themselves, but | didn't mean to let
the pepper drop on the stove. |
was just holding it over the stove to
warm it, when my chum hit the fun
ny bone of my elbow. Pa says
am a terror to cats. Everytime pa
says anything, it gives me new
idea. | tell you pa has got great
brain, but sometimes he don't have
it with him. When he said l was
a terror to cats | thought what fun
there is in cats, and me and my chun
went to stealing cats right off, and
befor, night we had eleven cati
Gagged. We had one in canary
bird cage, three in pas old hat boxes
The news., 1882-12-26
MALvINA,s EXPENSE ACCOUNT.


The colored people are very eager
to take advantage of their education
al opportunities, and, having once
learned to write, never lose an op-
portunity Of expressing themselves
in black and white.
Maivina, the colored "cook lady"
of white Austin family, insisted on
handing in every day an itemized
account Of her expenditures at the
market, and here is sample mem
orandum
"OsTEN, Angus 9teen.
One D scent coop bone..........10 scentces
Two 10 scent loves of bread. 80 scentces
A quarters wuff OF termatersus. 80 scentces
Which makes one dollar and 5teen scent
ces."
As her mistress only gave her
dollar, Malvina asked for the other
twenty cents.
The foregoing document reminds
one of some of the Star route ac-
counts.