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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05

TIE N. Y. Tribune is coming around
to a just position on the Mississippi
River Improvement question. It now
says:
The Mississippi river is too big to be left
in the custody Of any State. The whole ma
tion needs its uninterrupted channel, and
the opinions Of practical men and the best
engineers justify the belief that little more
need be done to prevent the overflow after
the government shall have improved the
stream for navigation. The Tribune urges,
in the interest of economy, that if the work IS
to be done, it ought to be begun Immediately,
and that Congress shoald provide the means
as fast as the work proceeds Il says: Eve
ry year that we waste in niggardly slowness
throws away the entire cost of the work.
Recently We quoted an article from
the n. Y. Times, still more potential
organ of Northern Republican opinion,
setting forth similar views.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05
Dreadful Cyclone in Smith County
THE VILLAGE OF sYLyERENA UTTERLY
DEMOLISHED !!

Extract of a letter from Senator
Eaton, dated Taylorsville, March 31st:
On Monday the 9th our county was Wis
tied by a storm passing through in a north
easterly direction, destroying everything
in its track, tearing down houses, carrying
away furniture, in fact leaving twelve fam
lilies in distance of twelve or fifteen miles
without shelter, and almost without cloth
ing. 1t left the little town of Sylvarena, in
this county, perfect wreck, without house
standing; several persons were bruised and
one seriously injured, but may recover, and
heard of one child being killed. In other
pIaces where there was no wind there was
a heavier hail storm than had ever been
witnessed by the oldest citizens.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05
Supervisory Legislation in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Senate has passed a
bill amending the railroad supervision
laws Of that State. The bill continues
the Commission feature of the old law.
The following are some of its promi-
nent provisions The charge of more
than 4 just and reasonable rate of toll,
or compensation for the transportation
Of passengers or freight, is declared
extortion and punishable as prescribed
in the succeeding sections of the act.
The receipt from any person for more
freight than IS received from any other
person, from the same point in the
same direction, over equal distances, Is
prohibited and punished as illegal dis
ordinations. For extortion or discrim-
nation, upon conviction, fine is
prescribed for the first offcnse, in any
sum no. less than $500-for the second
offence, not less than s2,000-and the
third. not less than $4,000. The
companies are required to furnish the
Commissioners a full statement Of their
business, under specific heads which
are enumerated in the act. The Com
missiOner5 are authorized to PROFOUND
such interogatories for further informa-
ton as they may deem necessary in
the discharge of their duties. They
are required to make a report of their
doiugs to the Governor annually, with
such facts as will disclose practical
workings of the system of railroad trans
portation in our State, with such sug-
gcstions in relation thereto as to them
may seem appropriate. They are re-
quired to hear complaints, inquire
into abuses or violation of the law, and
to institute prosecutions for the same.
Penalties are prescribed for corporations
which obstruct the Capg>issiEf t,lg !.
discharging their duties ~ - 4 q
The bill passed the sen az;
of - to I. The Courier-JS railrossl
has been quoteJ<sssy'ssR sRasa;
visory legisIatid s
it, saying that ES ,lsysd q's''su "a I,
least o5jectionaOSNE 'ps pr
been presented" w y
-~-S Alu ,sTr, * -
A Decision in New SsA..,s1iy >
Line in Scodf.z.5. non. a
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

The Richmond and Pittsburg railroad
bridge at Richmond, Va, burned last week
with several large warehouses on the city
side of the river.
The Starroute service in the Pacific
States and Territories cost annually under
Gen. Brady $2,84416 165. Contracts for the
same service have been made at 81, ,l25, ,149.
The votes in favor of unrestricted Chi
nese immigration in the House, the other
day, were cast chiefly by the New England
States and New York and Pennsylvania,
where protectionists most abound.
Charles Francis Adams is conferring with
the Chairman of the Commerce Committee,
urging the adoption of his commission sys-
of the Reagan interstate
- q sffsskijll ffsskijl
s 1,ullivan, an operative in one ol
IFG Dedham, Massachusetts,, went
z. fc.sf-S, = 81 under the influence of liquor,
8 - : ~ ew words with his wife seized
,i'' - G(siesrrasld cut her throat, sever:ng the
=. e.e Vein and carotid artery.
'earnHy
sstiss Phoebe Cousins, the well-known
woman suffrage advocate, has applied to
President Arthur to be appointed one of the
five commissioners to reorganize Utah
under the recent act of Congress. A nu-
merously-signed petition for her appoint
ment will be sent to the President
The Railroad Commission of Georgia
have declined the request of. the Central
the Georgia, and other railroads, to with
draw circular 90, reducing the rates Oh
grain and flour. They also refused to with
draw circular q, reducing express and
ovtrn hnr-crnr GO oh aroes
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05
cambetta as 4 Journalist.

70 console himself for the reveraes he has
atelv sustained ia Parliament Gambetta Is
throwing himself heart and soul into jour
nalism. Besides resuning the direction o'
the Republique Francaise, Il il reported Ae
has bought the France and Petit Journal
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05
The one Of the Two.
Nem Yofk Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
ny wife and am one, explained the
eolored gentleman adding. with smile
that vas chiidlike and bland Aand I aa Dc
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05
ITO be Reported.l
The Story of a Heroine.
HOW KATE SHELLY SAVED a TRAIN FROM
DESTRUCTION.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The story of the girl Kate Shelly, to
whom the Iowa Legislature has voted a
gold medal, is worth more than passing
notice. 1t is a story with all the elements
in it of what noted writer calls "primeval
action of the Homeric kind" Think a
moment of the circumstances. A simple
girl, reared in poverty and unacqualnted
with books or great experiences, stands at
a cottage window looking out into night
of black and terrific storm. Suddenly the
headlight of a coming railroad freight train
is seen to touch a bridge in deep gorge, to
waver an instant, and then go down WITH
an awful crash among the rocks and the
roar of swollen waters. The girl seizes a
shawl, kisses her mother and sisters, and
hastens through the darkness to the scene
of the wreck, only to find one living man,
and he beyond her reach.
Then, nothing daunted, she fastened on
a mile further to the station, creeping on
hands and knees across another intervening
bridge, with a river beneath, and arriving
lust in time to stop passenger train and
save it from destruction.
1t all reads like an invention, or like q
leaf out of some old apocrypha of heroic
examples And yet it is only plain state
ment of fact, from a remote corner of a
neighboring State, and the choice young
heroine only 16 years of age, belongs to our
own time, and is as authentic as the daugh-
ter you meet at breakfast every morning.
She is not conscious, we venture to say, OF
having done anything extraordinary, and
no doubt the pretty medal viii be- surprise
to her. 1t is usually 50 with those who
achieve such triumpbs
Perhaps if she had realized what she was
accomplishing, or had entertained any
thoHght of applause or medal, she would
have faItered and measured the risk at the
expense of losing her opportunity; Ger
tainly she would have missed that fine eff
feet Of unselishness which is the essence Of
true heroism. It was by not taking herself
into the account at all that she did herself
the highest honor. And thus is vindicated
anew the anomalous but sound peryasive
truth that through forgetfuIness We 6nd
otlr Vav To the hest of remembrance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05

A WRITER in the Scientific american
SAYS: We clean our premises of the detes
table vermin, rats, by making whitewash
yellow with copperas and covering the
stone and rafters with it. 10 every
crevice ii which rat may 60 we put the
crystals Of the eopperas and scatter in the
corner of the floor. The result was 4 per
feet stampede of rats and mice. Since that
time not io0tiaII Of either rats or mice has
been heard around the house. Every spring
! coat Of yellow wash is given the cellar as
4 purifier. as q rat exterminator, and no
typhoid, aysentery Or fever stacks The FAM
u. Many persons deliberately attract all
the rats ii the neighborhood by leaving the
fruits and vegetables uncovered IN the eel
lar, and sometimes even the soap is left
open for their regalement. Cover up every
thing eatabIe ia the cellar and pantry and
you will s8on starre them out. These pre-
cautions, j0inted ID the sergice 0f good
cat. will prove IS good rat exterminaL tor as
fhe chemist can provide. We never allow
rats is Be- poisoned ID our dwelling 1iey
are 50 apt t0 die between tho walls and pro
dnc much annoyanee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05

at time Wnen those countries have adopt
ed a liberal policy. and in that respect have
Welded to western civilization and baye esne-
cialIy recognized the force of the EXAMPLE and
policy of the United States. il Is nroposed thai
we shall take a step backward bv the adoption
Of their cast-off policy Of exclusion. The ar
Iy that which was 50 long used to excuse or
nayev t5s, M - - so.oil.1a,s
ded to interfere with their trade and he Ia
Dor of their psople and to corrupt their NOR
ais and degrade their religion.
Tha+ - +l,a ,,ru,,n,o,t oe r,t;n, -
against your earnest protest, when you de-
sired to OMEN her norris and commerce and
schools n, goiss;orarias ard yoI,r t,-a1le
I,,rtba- Is sa,s.
-
The limitation Of the right to become nat
a 2 2ry @aa.s persons w ,aeel an aee
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-05

Whenever in the opinion of the Government
Of the United States the coming of Chinese
laborers to the United States, or their residence
therein, affects threatens to affect the inter
ests OF that country, or to endanger the good
the territory thereof, the Government Of China
agrees that the Government of the United
States may regulate, limit, or suspend such
coming or residence, but may not absolutely
prohibit it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-02
500 Reward!

Having held Government Patents and paid
taxes for twenty-five years on the lands de-
scribed below. 1t is my wish to hold and claim
the first right to tho timber instead of any
trespasser who may choose to help himself I
will pay the above named reward, for proof
which shall reach conviction, against anyparty
or parties who did, during 1880 or 1881, or may
during 1882, trespass upon the timber to the
extent of 1000 feet, upon the sH of mex and
nwA of sex of 9-24-4 east. Also VIZ of SEA
and eH of sw4 of Sec. 5-24-4 east. lying in
Township of Sigel. And also on the eK Of SEX
and nwA Of SEA Of Sec. 10-24-3 east lying in
Marshfield Wood county.
L will also add expenses to. and while befor
the Grand Jury, giving proper testimony that
shall reach conviction, and will pay the above
reward up to five (5) different cases, if so many
can be found. Any and all powers of Attorney
given to any party previous to this date, to sell
the above described land or timber, have been,
many years ago, and are now revoked. The
timber is for sale. Apply to the owner.
J. 7. SIMPSON.
Hudson,
New York.
Dated Hudson, N. Y. Dec. 9th 1881.
DeUZZm4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-02

Colby Phonograph Mr.. F. ".
Randall, formerly of Grand Rapids,
now travelling for E. B. Miller & Co.,
of Chicago, was in town Tuesday last
taking orders. Mr.. Randall is an en-
ergetic young man with lots of vim in
his composition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-02
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-02

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-02

County Clerks Office, not on county
land book and turned over to the
referee by Messrs. Powers & Baker
On melton Board adjourned until
Feb'y IA, 1882, at 10 clock a. IA.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-01
Japanese Top-Spinning.

There are very many side shows to at
tract the pleasure-seeker, all of them be-
ing within the compass of the humblest,
the charge being from one-half cent to
one and one-half cents. In these places
are witnessed juggling tricks of real
merit, and top-spinning that is q bewild-
erment to the looker-on. Tops of all
sizes are spun with the aid of string,
and made to revolve by the action of the
hands only. An expert will throw his
top from him, and by the action of the
string as itunwinds draw it back so that
it is caught in his hand-of course, with
out it having touched the ground. An
unopened fan is then taken in the other
hand, and the top is placed upon one of
its sides, and spun along it. Then the
fan is opened, and the top continues to
spin along its edge to its farther side,
and along it until the hand is reached,
when up it runs on the arm to the
shoulder, and across the back and down
the other arm, on to the fan again.
Then it will be tossed into the air and
caught upon one of the corners of the
open fan, from which it is tossed again
and again into the air and caught as it
descends. 81
1t is wonderful the way they can man
ipulate a top.--I have seen them take a
large-sized one, having spindle by
which it was made to rotate, and by sim
ply placing the spindle between the
palms of the. hands, and drawing one
hand back while advancing the other
number of times it attained sufficient We
locity, when it was taken from the table
on which it was spinning and a turn
taken around the spindle with a string
that was pendent from paper lantern
hanging high up against the ceiling of
the building. Up went the top into the
lantern, which opened in the shape of an
umbrella, and wealth of festoons of
right-colored tissue paper descended
from it all about the stage. Those who
witnessed Little All Right and the troupe
of Japanese acrobats that exhibited their
tricks years ago in the United States will
remember the many surprising feats
done by them. What they paid dol
lar for seeing can be witnessed here in
the open air for just what one is pleased
to contribute, or under cover for from
one to three cents. = Yokohama Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle. ,,...,...,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-01
The Man Who Boxed.

There are scores of respectable and
reputable head of families in this CITY
who take regular lessons in the manly
art of self-defense, and who spend an
hour every evening in swinging clubs
and otherwise developing and hardening
the muscle. One of the most enthusi-
astic of the lot had finished his boxing
lesson the other night, when the trainer
said:
Il am sorry to loose your money and
your company, but | feel it my duty to
say that 1 can learn you nothing further.
You have got the science and the muscle
to clean out a crowd, and Heaven help
the man who stands before your
The citizen went home with a con-
seriousness that only towards carry re-
Volvers, and he wondered how a man
would look after he had given him a
sock-dologer straight from the shoulder.
The next morning as he was leaving his
house along came a strawberry man who
was yelling his wares at the'top of his
voice.
. ''Do you sell any more berries for YELL
ing in that manner?n asked the citizen
as the peddler drew rein.
W O"hO III yOui uOS0' WAS Ine re-
ply. r;U1 #E.
Some one will take your whole body
in some daym
But it won't be man with wart
on his chimp
mo impudence, sir!'
"And none from you, eitherr'
'You deserve good thrashingr'
"And perhaps you can give it to mer'
There was the golden opportunity
The one had science-the other impu-
dence. The one had received thirty
eight lessons in boxing-the other fairly
ached to be pounded.
Don't talk that way to me or I'll
knock you DOWN. said the finished
pupil as he gently threw himself into
position to mash brick wall.
80, you will, Ell? Then let's see you
do itr''
Even the graduate couldn't tell ex-
actly what took place. He remembered
Of being kicked in the shins, struck on
the chin and twisted over a horse block
after he fell, but when consciousness re
turned his wife and children were cry
ing over him and the peddler was two
blocks down the street shouting:
. STRAW bu-ries-great big ones-red
as .blood-perfect daisies-only two shil-
lings for heaping big quart without any
thumb in it!'-Detro3 Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-01
Breaches Of Etiquette at Court.

There is story going round in civic
circles to the effect that a lady distin-
guished in that social world of which the
Mansion House is the center, committed
a strange and most inexcusable breach
of etiquette, on the occasion of the recent
visit of the Queen to Epping forest. The
lady had to make a small presentation
to her Majesty, and instead of kissing
the royal hand, she shook it. vigor-
ously!srI never heard of but one other
person who made a similar mistake, and
that was young student Of Trinity
College, Dublin now the staid vicar of
a parish in !Cheshire773whom nervousness
overcaIne when he, was first introduced
to the presence of royalty. Hudson, we
know, once offered his arm to the Queen,
but her Majesty, thinking, doubtless,
that the railway king" had matters on
his mind more important than court
etiquette, accepted it with smiling grace.
London World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-01
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The only office which the average
American will decline is that of hang
man. He declines it on account of his
relatives. '..'t
Rhode Island clans are coaxed
ashore by the sound of music, while the
same notes will make an elephant break
for the woods. Natures ways are Won
derfully queer.-DetroI Free Press.
The Newark Journal publishes
poem addressed ITO an Assassin"
That's right! Assassins deserve punish
ment. Address your poetry to them
Boston Post.
1t is said that poet Robert Browning
does not own complete set of his
works. But this is nothing against him.
Perhaps he doesn't admire that obscure
style of poetry.-IadtGmapotts Journal.
Z When a man says he is miserable
sinner, if you take him at his word and
tell him you agree with him, he will
well, on the whole it's better not to do
it until you get on the other side of the
fence.-BOSton Star.
After the circus is over, after the
wild beast show is done: First son of toll
(ecstatically )-''That was a bully show
Did YOU see the lion-tamer, heyP" Sec
ond son of didn't l? L tell you,
it takes him to boss lion. Why, he
lust knocked that old Honess about as if
she had been his wife, .wu,.f
= Thousands of immigrants arriving
daily in New York Immediately leave
for the West, and many persons wonder
where they all find employment. The
fact is, they merely take the places OF
those Western people who are blown
away by frightful tornadoes.-NorrtS-
tom Herald. "a 1
Much attention is being paid to
arbor culture in Colorado. This having
to take a miscreant twenty miles to find
tree to hang him on consumes too much
of the valuable time of the citizens of
Colorado. The people of Colorado seem
determined to surround themselves with
all the luxuries and ,conveniences of an
advanced civilization. When will the
people of Missouri take to planting trees
and highwaymenP- Teas Syttngs, o..
They were strolling together in the
moonlight by the waters edge at the
foot of the garden. Taking advantage
of their fancied seclusion, Che young man
gently encircled the maiden's waist with
his arm, and, drawing her to him, for
the first time in tire course of their love
partook of that refreshment which is
tabled to surpass in sweetness the most
exquisite cranberry jam. The next
morning after breakfast her father took
her to one side and coolly remarked:
."Mary, you were walking with Walter
last evening" p tYes, papa" "What
was he doing while you stood so close
together at, the footgof the waikiki The
maiden bhished deeply, but quickly re-
covering her presence of mind, answer
ed; Papa, You have a right to know.
He was. only heightening -the effect Of
the landscape. - Chicago Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-01

what day have you fixed upon for
your marriage?" inquired.
She drew a quick, sharp breath, but
answered calmly:
THAT is broken off. 1 shall never
marry" ~
Twas almost prepared for this.
sit was an absurd notion from the
first, she continued, land | am ashamed
of myself for having ever dreamed
of it."
''Has he said anything Pr s
She interrupted me quickly.
mo, no; not word. On the con-
trary, he insisted upon it until-until |
succeeded in making him believe that I
had never really cared about it. You
see, he held himself bound in honor.
But they were so unhappy, he and
Alethia-poor child; and how could |
be SO hard-hearted as to separate them?
SO talked to them both, and - here
she broke down into a little gasping sob
-"they are to be married at Christmas. y.
'Does Alethia' father consentP" ga
'He did not at first. He came down
for day or two, and l had to talk him
over to it. | mean to leave everything
of mine to Arthur; and shall, meantime,
make over to him sufficient to prevent
its being said that Alethia married beg
gar. And in every other respect he is
her equal, if not her superior.
The generous, unselfish little old maid!
could have kissed her in my admira-
ton and sympathy, and l quite agreed
with Arthur Field when he said to me
again, with great fervor and certain
Z DISTURB in his fine eyes:
T, She is an angel!,'
I was not at the wedding, but Priscilla
herself sent me piece of the wedding
cake. She wrote few lines cheerfully,
telling of their plans, and of how she
had purchased few acres more of land
to make the farm larger for Arthur.
But do not believe that the little old
maid, though she makes first-rate
aunt, ever got entirely over the first love
that had come to her-too late, alas, to
be to her a joy and blessing. o, youth,
what an inestimable treasure thou art
SO often lightly disregarded to be after
wards lamented in vain regret and
yearning. .'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-01
Pearl-Fishing on the Pacific Slope.

Pearl-fshing on the coast of Lower
California is an important industry, no
less than one thousand divers being EN-.
ployed in bringing up the costly black
pearl. which is found in great state of
perfection in the deep waters of the La
Paz. The pearl oysters are found from
one to six miles off shore in water from
one to twenty-one fathoms deep. Mer-
chants provide hats, diving apparatus,
etc, for the prosecution of the business,
on condition that they can purchase all
the pearls found, at prices to be agreed
upon. These boats, which are usually
about five tons burden, sail up and down
the coast from May to November, search
ing for treasures. The product of a
years work is about $500, 900. estimating
the pearls at their first value. San
Francisco CAL, Fs, ..... .... u.