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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-01
Saving and UtilizInq

The Southern people are rapidly learn
ing the important lesson Of econonizing,
saving and utilizing. Heretofore their
great fault has been general siovenliness
and wastefulness But in every portion
of the South the tendency Is to utilize
much that was once wasted. This Is the
general tendency Of the whole country.
and IN discussing It the Burlington (Iowa)
Gazette shows that the cotton-seed was
considered nuisance by the planter, and
IS now certain and direct source of pc
cunlary profit. Fortunes have been made
from the refuse of gold and silver mines
and reducing machinery. Paper is made
of the hbres of cane after the juice has
been pressed out. Sawdust and the dust
from coal mines have found a value
when made into fuel, and even the Gin
ders of the furnace have become a
profit. So it is that new uses are being
found for things once considered useless
These things have been brought about
because of the profit and pecuniary re
suit. This disposition to economic, save
and utilize IS one of the most favorable
symptoms as to the future of the South.
showing, as it does, that the turning
point IN Southern prosperity has been
reached, and that the best blood of the
South has turned its energy and mind to
industrial affairs and to fostering their
vast resources. With improved mechani-
cal appliances for cultivating the soil,
which will bring forth its riches at re-
duced cost, and the determination to
utilize and save everything, there will be
d complete revolution in the habits and
modes of thought of the Southern people
The drift Of the Southern mind is in the
right direction. Besides saving and util-
ling what was once wasted, it is plain to
be seen that the cotton produced in the
South will no longer seek Northern fac
tories. Indeed, the cotton loom in the
South IS the sign of the new revolution
For the future, TO find employment the
Northern spinner must come to the
South, the cotton fields There IS al |
ready talk of another Southern exposition. |
That at Atlanta has been electrical, and |
the South viii soon be a garden of pros /
perity, not only in agriculture, but manu-
features of all kinds, from which It's
people will be supplied. In this the
North will try to outrival its new COM
petitor, in which it will find that climate
and local resources will largely favor the
South. While this new era may for a /
time work hardship on Northern manu-
featuring cities, yet the good effect it viii /
have in creating a rivalry in all the in
dustrial pursuits, and the general enlight- !
eminent of the people throughout the en-
tire South, viii be of such character as
TO wipe out all sectional lines and section
al feelings, and will bury in oblivion the
dark pages of political shame inflicted
upon these once suffering people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-01
Mich Cows.

1t is oftener the case when heifer has
her first calf, says the Indiana Farmer,
that the farmer thinks she will not give
more milk than will keep her calf in good
condition, and lets them run together to
teach her the mystery of being MIXED
when she has her next calf In this de-
cision there are two mistakes that go far
to spoil the cow for future usefulness
Cows are largely the creatures of habit,
and with their first calf everything is new
and strange to them, and they readily
submit to be MIXED, and think it is all
right; but suffer them to run with the
calf the first season, and a vicious habit
is established that they will hardly forget
in lifetime If they ever submit to be
MIXED quietly, it is evidently under pro
test. But there is a greater objection
than this. The calf running with the COW
draws the milk every hour or two, so
that the milk vessels are at no time dis
tended with milk, though the, quantity
secreted in given time may be large.
But this is the natural time to distend the
milk ducts and expand the udder to a
good capacity for holding milk. When,
with her next calf, you require the milk
to be retained twelve hours, the udder
becomes hard and painful and the milk
leaks from the teats, or, more likely, ma
ture accommodates the quantity of the
milk secreted to the capacity to retain it,
and the COW becomes permanently a
small mixer. Much of the future char
acter of the COW, therefore, depends on
her treatment with her first calf
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-01
Examine the ootton-seed Pile.

1t would be well for every cotton
planter to investigate the condition Of
his supply of cotton-seed before planting
time. Cotton-seed in bulk are easily
heated, and the grain sometimes injured,
without materially changing the appear.
ance of the seed. Bad stands result from
the planting of such seed, necessitating
replanting and loss of time in getting the
crop under way. Early planting IS i'm
portant How often have we seen early
cotton yield a bale to the acre, while
late paintings were eaten BY the worms
The oil mills are paying higher prices
than usual for seed this year, and this IS
another reason why the planter should
investigate the size Of his seed pile.
Very few planters keep their cotton-seed
under lock and key, and we have known
instances where seed put by for planting
was Struggled off to the oil mills.
Only few years ago the mania for
selling cotton-seed was SO great that there
was not left enough for planting on many
plantations in the river parishes.
When the planters appeared in the
market as buyers of the seed which they
had sold SO cheap, they found that they
would realize what old Uncle Primus
would call a dis-proft of about 400 per
cent. on the transaction.
So, we say again, examine the cotton
seed pile, and see if the seed are good
and sound, and if more than are wanted.
store them away for next years planting.
They will be better than fresh seed, as
the defective seed in two years time dry
up and fail to sprout when planted, leav
ing only the large and perfect seed to
make strong and vigorous plants.
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The Farmer in the Future.

In the future cultivated farmers, as
well as cultivated farms, viii be the rule.
It will require quite as much sound
knowledge, horse sense and general cul
ture to make successful farmer, sue
cessful mechanic or successful stock
grower. as it viii to command success IN
any other employment or business in
life. The time for condemnlng all the
bright boys to practicing law CT medl
cine. and all the dull and heavy ones to
tie farm, has gone by, and gone forever,
Neither lawyers, doctors, preachers nor
farmers can be made by arbitrary rules.
Each in his proper place, if eminent at
all. must become so because of those pc
culiar talents, tastes and habits OF life
that fit him for his position. An attempt
on the part of the parent to force a boy
to some profession or business in life for
which he has neither talent nor taste, IS
4 great wrong, and / protest against It
Do not prematnrely stimulate his ambi-
tor. Offer him no false hope of emf
nence in his profession or business for
which he has exhibited &c Taste, and for
which he has shown no talent. DO not
picture to his mind wealth, fame, ease
and eloqueace in the pulpit, or the Office
of the lawyer or the doctor. If he ac-
cepts your theory. influenced by the con-
sideratioa named, his life is failure al
its very thresnhold and as the years roll
on the fruits of the error viii be bitter
and blasting. If possible, raise hiai Up
an The farm with a love Of the farm
with admiration for lis manly simplicity
and earnest frugality.-H0n. /osg Mar
tin.
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Rice Crop.

J R. Sample, in Southern Live Stock
Journal
The straw from the rice crop furnishes
an excellent rough forage for cattle and
horses, equal to the best hay, which is
not the case with any other grain where
it is cut at maturity. Thus the value of
the straw from the rice will compensate
for the labor necessary to cultivate the
crop. The grain should be sown
9ngly in drills, about the first of
~ The drills, where the land is
should be about two feet apart !;
Thin land greater distances should be
given. After the rice is up, it should be
thinned by chopping through with hoe,
leaving five or six stalks in place and
the punches about foot apart. An oc
casional hoeing over to keep down weeds
and grass, is all that's necessary. Where
the land is fresh a crop Of corn may be
grown with the rice, without materially
reducing the rice crop, by planting the
corn in alternate drills, three or four feet
apart
Why should our people pay eight to ten
cents per pound for rice, and only use 1t
as a luxury, when it may be grown so
cheaply? In fact, if we take into ac-
count the value of the straw as food for
stock, ii may be had at no cost at all.
Cheap and durable machines, within the
reach of the poorest families, may be had
for preparing the grain for the table.
The teeming millions of China Subslst al
most entirely upon rice Why, then,
should we be deprived of this, perhaps,
the cheapest and most salutary article of
food with which man has been blessed /?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-01
A Invigne Field for Immigration.


Mississippi IS al inviting field for I'M
migration Lands with good improve
ments can be purchased at less than the
original cost of the buildings. We know
Of plantations thar cost before the war go
TO $50 per acre, that can now be had at
from IS TO Sac Mississippi offers great
inducements to all IN search of homes.
Its climate IS mid and genial neither
the scorching rays of a torrid sun, nor
the freezing blasts of northern winds de-
stroy the labor of the husbandman No
season is too warm to work in the open
air, none so cold that the farmer Is kept
within doors for weeks at a time.
A better farming country than to be
found in Mississippi does not exist. It
has vast areas of very fertile land and a
great variety of crops, fruits and flowers.
Cotton is not the only staple Of the soil,
as many suppose; but wheat, oats, corn,
sugar cane, rice and the grasses are
among its products. Stock of all kinds
can be raised in abundance, and twenty
per cent. cheaper than in the Northern
and Western States. At least, this is the
opinion of DR. A. G. Stevenson, one Of
the largest stock-raisers in Indiana. Con
siderable attention IS now being paid to
sheep husbapdry, and SO far, with the
best resuis Indeed, all kinds of stock
do well, and with care and attention a
farmer can accumulate a fortune by stock
raising more rapidly than by any other
business. = 00i1ttSSz0att 0f Immigration.
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SENATE FORrY-FOURTH DAT.
FRIDAY, February a, 1882.


Senate met
Leave Of absence was glaEted from day to
day to Senator FitzGerald.
Senate bill No 3ll-To amend an act to
incorporate the Port Gibson, Utica and Crys-
tai Springs Railroad Company. Passed.
Senate bill No. 184-To compel the L. s. N.
r. 4. Company 70 fence their track. Passed
with amendments.
Senate bill No. 82-An act TO provide for
caneeling certain entries Of swamp lands.
Passed.
BY Mr.. Cowan--
Resolved, That each evening session Of the
Senate the roll of Senators shall be called, and
each Senator allowed to call up two bills for
consideration Of ths Senate. Adopted.
Senate bill No 233-Eo amend section 1945
Of The Revised Code Of 1880 Passed
Senate bill No. 266-To prevent trespasses
on eer.ain personal properly, indefinitely
Senate bin No. 2sl-To authorize and re-
9uire judges of the circuit court to open courts
On Sunday to receive yerdicts IN cases of
felony Lost on third reading
Senate bill No. 302--For the relief Of persons
whose lands have been illegally sold BY the
Ieyee commissioners. Laid over for engross-
meEt-
Mr. VI. A. Roane introduced Senate bill No.
316-To incorporate the Pittsboro bar and Law
library association. Passed
Mr. Cawan introduced Sanaie bill No. 81 r.
To amend the charter Of the city Of f1cks-
burg. To Committee on Corporations.
Mr.. BRENNAN introduced Senate bill No. 81
TO authorize the board Of supervisors Of
Adams county to have county roads worked
By con tract. To Committee on Counties and
County Boundaries
ar. Wilson introduced Senatesbili No. 322
To prohibit the sale Of liquors ii The town Of
Houston 70 Committee on Humane and
Benevolent IustitutiQns
Mr. ". A. Koane introduced Senate bill No
32l-To amend section S96 Of the Revised
Code. TO Judiciary Committee
Mr. Brown introduced Senate bill No. lis
Is incorporate the Meridian Water Works.
70 COMMITTEES On Corporations
Mr.. LoHgino introduced Senate bill No. 319
To regulate he trial Of causes p the circuit
eonrt tax. = y y appeal from Justices court To
Judiciary Committee.
MF. agles ialrSduced Senate bill No. so
To provide Tor lie electfonof Superlnfeu dents
Of public edueatiGn
A number 81 House ii we're taken mp and
referred 70 appropriate eemmiIfees
Senate adjourned.
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TELEGRAMS.
MOORE -AndIgr TIE FLOOD.


MEMPHIS, Feb. 23.--Washington, Issa-
quena Bolivar, Coahoms and Tuniea eoun-
ties, Mississippi, in fact, the whole shore
line between Memphis and Yicksbarg on
the Mississippi side, and the whole eastern
shore of Arkansas, are either under water
or threatened with inaudat!on.
The inhabitants of a vast ares Of country
are in great distress many have been
forced from their houses and are sub
sisting best they may on RATS, and some on
knobs or parts OF old leYees.
VIcKsBuRG, Mss, Feb. 23.-From of
fcers of the steamer Kate Dickson. which
arrived at II o'clock to-day, we learn that
telegram was received at Hays Landing
yesterday, stating that Bolivar Leyee had
also broken from Greenvilie down. On the
Mississippi side the levees are still intact.
and it is hoped they will be able to stand
the heavy pressure.
NATIONAL GREENBACK CONVENTION.
ST. Louis, Feb. "a call for a national
convention of the Union Greenbaek Labor
Party, to be held at st, Louis, March 8lh.
was issued there yesterday. It is signed BY
Hugo Pryor, as chairman Of the party.
THE SUPREME BENCH VACANCY.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2S.-H is
stated that Senator Edmund's name will be
sent in in a few days to succeed Justice
Hunt, lately retired,
FATALLY SHOT.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. ga very exciting
and probably fatal affair took place this af
ternoon on Jefferson street, between sixth
and seventh, in which John Wyatt, a fa-
nous ex-government marshal, who has bagg
ed more moon-shiners than any man in the
country, was badly. no doubt fatally woun-
ded by Jessie Cunningham and Thos. J.
Cornell, two deputies of the city court.
CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS.
ST. Louis, Feb. 2s.-Reports are that
Hon. Thos. Allen, member Of Congress from
the second district, this city, who is lying
seriously sick at Washington, has sent his
resignation to Governor Grittenden.
NEGRO gAvIsHER HANGED.
DALLAS, Feb. 28.-lIiles Thompson, the
negro who ravished Mrs. Johnson, a white
woman, and killed her father, who attempt-
ed his capture. some months Ago. was hang
ed at BelIeyille yesterday in the presence Of
several thousand people. He made con
fessiOn on the gallows. and said he deserved
bis fate but was prepared 70 meet it
RAILROAD SUPERVISION.
WAsHINaToS, Feb. 2S-0n Friday the
House Commerce Committee viii begin to
hold a series Of sessions to hear arguments
on the intertate commerce question. There
Is pending before she committee large
number of bills containipga great variety
ofpropositions looking % Tue regulation Of
Interstate railroad traIie.
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATUR
sExATT-P0RTY-THIRD DAT.
rIenT srgIox.


TnuRsDAY, Febfusry %, 1852.
: The considerations II Senate bill No. 2t7, al
act 10 impo-e = privilege tax. on railroad cem-
Tanies thaf discriminate in tie freight eT pa
s8nger 4afes was resumed.
Mr. Hanphgies moved The rreTious ques.
tioa Lost.
Mr. Cowaa moved the blil BE- label, subject
to call. Lost ~ The following vote
Ysas-Messrs Brenham, Cowan. Fitzgerald,
Gayles, Henderson, Jetfords, Isongino, Luse,
Martfa, NolanI, Reynolds, Spears, stewart,
MadIetL WaIker-l4.
Mars -Messr.. Boone Cooper. Crigler.
Ralon, Hamilton, Humphries Hyer. Johnson,
KERN, KYLE. Liddrll, Magee, Ratlif, ROane
OF Calhoun, Smith, Terry. Wilson'S.
Tne bill was read third time aud passed,
BIZ Il 10 H.
On motion Of Mr.. Cowan Senate bill No.
20S-Aa act to amend an act 10 incorporate
the Vicksburg Bank of Yieksburg, was taken
Up from ne table and passed.
Senate bill No. 239-To authorize the board
of supervisors u Leake county to loan the
D rsn aIsnt sea,p0l fand. Passed.
Senate bill M 26I-To provide for the pay
ment Of The claim of Of D. B. Garfield. Of Phil
a1eInhia, for llN looks furnished the State Of
Mississippi. Passed.
AhiauFned
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Remarks of Hon. J. F. McCooI, OF At
tala, on the immigration Bill.

The Immigration bill being under consid.
Grafton in the House on Thursday last, Mr..
MeCool spoke substantially as follows:
Mr.. SPEAKER-I shall not detain this
House long in presenting my views against
the passage of the bill new pending. If our
political platforms are to be treated as man.
dateg, then this measure should be favor
ably recognized by this House, but l deny
that these platforms represent the sentiment
and best interests of majority of our peo-
pie in this State, on this Immigration doc
trne. They were framed by mechanical
politicians, and four-ffths OF the qualified
electors of our State are to-day inimical
to this immigration policy belong to the
Democratic school of politics, and cheerlully
acquiesce in its fundamental principles, yet
| am not so crednlous that must sneeze
every time the party takes snuff, and this
is one of the times it has taken to 'ssnuff"
This scheme, of appropriatng fifty Thousand
dollars of the peoples money to bring an i'm
mense number of foreigners into our State,
is visionary; it is a delusve humbug and a
rafting of the dry bones. If we have idle
money in the States Treasury, let it be APP
piled to building up the State institutions
now on foot, and to the fostering Of eur COM
mon schools to educate the INDECENT ed
aeahle eAildFen within our borders. | most
cordially invite thrifty aud ent~.,nr;s;,G
citizens Of other cogntri>s into our STATE
ihey aireadS Gnow our facilities, because
tnee are posted as to our resources, and
they can, if they wish, come at theiFown ex-
pense. They bring their capital which they
invest 10 lands and stock, and adopting our
ideas of church and State, they become
bona fde perpetual citizens. This is the
class invite to our State, and this class
asks no appropriation. The practical work
iRgs of this proposed measure would infuse
into Jour body polite all the jail-birds of
Northern States. aud the scum and tramps
OF Europe. who would not remain here long,
and while here. exert most pernicious in
fiuence on our society. The happiness of a
State IS not measured by the numerical
strength Of her population. For example,
look at the deplorable condition Of China,
that has more inhabitants than can live
comfortably on her soil. The develop
ment Of our material wealth, and the
happiness of our people, according to
the position of the advocates of this bill, can
only be accomplished by a rapid consump-
tion of our vast forests and the almost in
Simultaneous exhaustion of our fertile soil
want to preserve aud reserve this public
domain as a heritage and patrimony for
coming posterity. These are the reasons
why / hope the bill will not pass.
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A Blessing in Disguise.

On every hand We hear:men say, this
is going to be mighty hard year on the
poor farmers They have, most of them,
no provisions on hand to run their farms
this year. no money to buy them. and but
little, if any credit. This outlook, at
the first glance, does seem gloomy
one; but it may be a blessing in dis
guise. and bear fruit of the richest flavor
II the end. If the hard lesson the year
shall teach makes the farmers make more
at home and spend less abroad, i win be
an invaluable one. Most farmers have
been Just one year behind ever since the
war. How are they ever to catch up and
get even # they do moi practice self-de-
NAL, and change their farming methods
When they make the food crops the man
dependence, and the cotton crops Sc
condary reliance, they viii throw that
ugly one year behind. clear out Of the
way. and their progress VIII then be
steady and sure. - l1illeagxsille Recorder.
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Shreveport Times Al FIRST blush the
march business would seem 4 small one
bur some estimates IN an exchange prove
the contrary The Government eNaets =
revenue Of one per cent per hundred on
matches manufactured. During the year
ending May, 1885, one company paid
for stamps, SOS. 900. This year tie
amount will Be increased t5es esc. i nere
80 two hundred matches 10 : box The
- IS two cents they are sod to the gro
cf4 81 three cents, and Ietalled e tlEe.
Pour million, i've hundred thousand dol
lars. represents As 900 900 cns.een1
stamps As each stamp represents one
hundred matches. tie grand toaal manu-
occurred s. *. $50. ooo. 900 matches, q
soc. 600 ffe-cenf boxes
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The total exports Of this country
for 1880, were valued at s8zs, 90. So.
The total agricultural exports amounted
to szs7, oz6, on. This leaves only $50, :
oss, 7s6 as the sum total Of the value Of
all other exports. Agriculture viii az
ways be the foundation 81 the prosperity
81 this country, and our Legislators should
always remember this.
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There are many sores on cattle, which,
if kept constantly washed clean with cold
water, and kept free from dirt, would
heal of themselves. A very careful herds
man says his practice of curing hoofrot
IS to thoroughly cleanse the affected parts
with warm water and soap, and then
apply warm tar between the hoof In
very bad cases there will be large core
to come out; remove it carefully with
the thumb and finger, cleanse the cavity
as above with soap and water, and then
fill with warm tar. Keep the parts
thoroughly covered with tar, even if ne
cessary to use bandage. Keep the ami
NAL in clean, dry pasture. 1t is no
more liable to affect the whole system
than any other ulcer. When once cured
there is no danger Of its appearance again
unless from the same cause
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substantial Premium for Subscribers
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Ias.iring such a household necessity, aud
uuab.e to purchase. The offer will remain
osep until the first Of aprn. To all EXCEPT
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Address, Publishers CARLOS. jackson, Miss.
The following order mas been issued from
military headquarters
ADJUTAST GESERAL's OFFICE,
JACKSON, Mss, Feb. 10, 1882.
SPECIAL ORDERS
No. l.
Captain Geo. c. Payne, Commander of
kbe Aberdeen Guards" Is hereby author
zsI and required 70 muster his company
H. the 3rd of II .rch next, after date, to see
that it is properly armed aud equipped, and
when 80 armed aud equipped, 10 put it IN
der the control Of E. L. Sykes, F.sq.,
sher II Of Monroe county, and TO execute all
lawful orders coming from him looking 10
1he preservation of peace during the execu-
ton OF the sentence Of death upon Robert
Jones and William Miller.
By order of the C0mmander-in-Chief.
JAS, L. HARRIS,
Acknowledgement.