The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-08
yerv extreme-itwas in 1859, and | had

verv extreme-itw was IN 1859, and hae
resigned in view Of the coming storm
and was fond of paintings TO OBrier
what magnificent republic we could
make Of the South if we were only cui
off from the body of death as he called
the North In his quiet but positive
way 0'B-ien would insist that the per
petuity of the American Union was the
only hope for true representative gov,
ernment on the earth. | never enter.
tanned a greater man than this brave
and saddened Irishman"
1t is well known that Mr. Stephens is
poor. He spends his income on charity
and in entertaining, and has always done
so. While he is scrupulously exact in
his own personal expenses, he has little
thought of money spent on others. 1t
is his boast that he has never turned
any one away from his door. His in
come on his~books amounts to but little.
He says Il sold the copyright of my
siWar Between the States" in 1872 /
was sick then and thought / was going
to die, and so | sold out altogether. 1t
is paying the publishers very handsome
ly. / understand $4,000 copies have
been sold recently"
"HoW is your school history doing ?"
tsIt pays me about $500 year and
has been doing so steadily. The State
of California paid Swinton $4,000 for
his school history of the United States.
That shows what the North pays for
work for its schools, while mine shows
what the South does not pay. | get
only seven cents copy royalty on my
book, but the sales are increasing"
"Have you no other copyright but
this?" 81 have the copyright on my
Reviewers Reviewed, and, of course,
on my new book, the frsteop of which l
received to-day" ''This is your new
history?" eyes, and / think my chef
Feuure. 1t is comprehensive history
of the United States, from the first
to the killing of Garfield.
1t has 100 pages, and is handsomely
printed. It will be sold by subscrip-
ton, and will be sold largely, l think. |
| control the copyright of this, of
course. Had it not been for the hopes |
[ had Of this book | should never have |
thought of accepting the Governship. |
[ could not begin to live on the salary |
the State allows, and | have no income
except what l have mentioned" +"
Doesn't your farm pay you ?" Not
much" smiling. II have seven ten
lnts, some of whom pay me and some
who do not. NV farm of 1000 acres
pays me $3.50 year above the taxes.
have no stocks or bonds whatever"
Mr.. Stephens was unmistakably sad
It leaving home. The people were
much sadder to see him leave. For two
lours before the car left it was filled
With whites and blacks bidding him
Goodbye. When he left the house old
Ir. O'Neill, who has been with him for
hirty years and is now nipety-two years
Id, said, as he shook hands with him
Make good Governor of yourself"
hen he retired to his room. An old
egro of seventy-six, who is one month !
ounger than Mr.. Stephens, and has |
cen with him seventy-six years, said :
Why, he's better to dogs than most
9lks is to folks. He feeds every dog !
5 comes to him, and when he dies he !
ont just let him dry up; he buries /
im." "Buries the dogs 2" "Yes, /
r, just like folks; he's got regular
og graveyard in his garden. l buried 7
rank there two weeks ago, and Rio !
as buried there, and there's a heap +
dogs buried there"
As the car rolled out of the little 9
,wn this old veteran was seen waving
tattered kerchief while what seemed 1
} be the entire population of Craw- t
rdville cheered Justify and gave the a
sw Governor hearty send-of. 3