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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-20
Lei Tha T.irtIa Paonla Enior Il

Merry Christmas should Be dedicated 70
he happiness of the little people, IL com-
memoration of ths Divine childhood Iat
the boys and girls have their FEW days q
perfect enjoyment out of the year They
have aE other times their petty trials. troub-
rs ard ann0y yances and With increasing
years tie cares 0f Tie world uiII oyershadoW
khelns and nierrT Christ MS viii lose ii en-
chantnen u legends # ministering Will b.
CONS mere nbIess The glamour wiH fade
from its pantomimes. ana is delights Will
only be enjoyable uhen reflected through
Yaaagak sye E did noE interfere Nisl1 ths
mani zisns s. slef1 ie5 The biz s.
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AToUcH1Na CHRISTMAS STORY
Little Willie's Dying Desire-A Little Wooden
Stable with Gray Mule in 1t.

A man with his back all bumped up and
a face expressive of deep sorrow entered
grocery store on Michigan avenue, asked if
he could have private word with the pro
prietor, and when taken around behind the
cheesebox, said
II am old and poor, have little boy
named Willie. l am afraid he is on his
dying bed. The poor darling has been talk
ing about what he'll get in Santa Clauss
stocking, and oh how do long to get ten
cents ofsome one aud buy him an India
rubber duck or little wooden stable with
a gray mule in it. Are you a father, sir p
YES" sulkily replied the grocer.
"Have you dying little Willie, who is
clinging to life only because he expects
Santa Claus to bring him something ?"
"NO,"
"Then-then, OIL Heavens! won't you
feel for me! Won't you weep in unison
with me3 / could not beg for bread-I
could not beg for lodgings-I could not ask
for even one cold potato if my dear wife
was struggling in the pangs Of death. But,
in this case, when the happiness ofmy dying
darling Willie is at stake, must force my
self to ask you for ten cents to buy little
stable with a mule in it."
81 don't know you," said the grocer, who
didn't even shed one tear.
know you dontt, but it is my dying
Willie who appeals to you There he lays,
only an old cohee-sack over his emaciated
form, his face as white as snow, his hands
wasted, his voice almost gone, and every
little while he whispers OH l do hope
Santa Claus will bring me little stable
with a mule in it! Oh sir, don't this
touch your hearth"
The grocer handed him ten cents, and the
man wept like a sprinkling pot as he backed
out and started for toy shop. About an
hour afterward, the grocer happened down
town, and he suddenly came across the
father of poor little Willie. The old man was
hanging TO hitchingpost, and looking both
silly and jolly.
"Well, did you get that present with my
money ?" asked the grocer
" Whaz-z PRESENT." blankly asked the
old man.
"Why, | gave you ten cents to get little
stable with mule in it,"
" Sho you diz-sho you dizz-z," muttered
the old man, as he reached out to shake
hands. Well, whez.z l got jown town l
found 'at all 'er lizzie stables had fell jown
and killed all 'er lizzie mules, an sho L"
so you bought whiskey f" exclaimed the
grocer.
" Yes, sho did; but am mi 'er blame?
Could | help all 'er lizzie mules bein'
killed."
g What will little Willie do o.
" "Nozzing. Lasht fing tore / lei' home
zhis mornin' he tole me Z be shure buy big
zhrink whisky puz in my Christmuz-z STUN
acz-z, an could / disappTnt That darlin'
boy-z7 Great 'eavens could disobey his
dying request?"
The citizen .lifted him" and passed on
Detroit Free Press
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MABEL's CHRISTMAS eFFF.

d merry Christmas, Mss Mabel z,
It was the first time Mabel had heard the
words that day. From early dawn she had
toiled at her needle.
The bells were Ginning eleven aud Mabel
stood, dripping aud shiYering, On the thres-
hold Of the wretched tenement, one of whose
poorest apartments constituted her home
The night wasdark and stormy, and she had
had long walk, through the driving rain
and sleet, from the fashionable quarter id
which her rich employer iwelt, to the hum
bier one that contained her own miserable
abode.
merry Christmas, Hiss Mabel and
here's Christmas gfIt s8r y0u, said lit
tie aumpy old gentleman, touching her
arm IS she vas about 70 ascend the steps,
ana tllrus ag cFunpled slip If paper into
her hand
What sharp eTes tie little old gentleman
must have lzad to recognize her "a that dim
and shadowy iiehE. fDr It took the second
glance 81 5. YonnE and keen IS they
ere. Is make as he Sly features 81 Dit.
Wen efth, lad onea pfi0y her e
c1pf SONS paper 3f which he haa paid
1Issf ts@t4 ~
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4 Democratic Tradition.
Meridian Mercury. ]

Merlalan mercury.
The Livingston Journal says the Dem
ocratic Congress should dismiss the contest
of Gen. Chalmers and put an end to the
practice Of looking behind the State returns
of elections, but, in our judgment, this is an
erroneous view of the question. Agreeably
to the federal constitution, each house 81
Congress IS the sole judge Of the qualiica-
ton and election of its members, aud is not
hampered IN the exercise Of this right
If Congress cannot look beyond the com
mission issued to members. for fraud, or
Illegal voting. then the constitutional clause
becomes nnllity, and the right 70 contest
an election Is mere farce, siaee every sit
ting member has commission from the
Governor Of his State. The Democratic
party, some forty years ago made its record
on this question, in the contested election
case from New jersey. by voting Egainst
seating the Whig members, who held the
broad seal of Gov. Pennington, and acted
very properly ii doing 50. Fraud vitiates
everything, and We hope the Democracy will
not so back on its tradition policy.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Absence makes the heart grow fond
er.-T. III. Bayley.
That action is best which procures
the greatest happiness for the greatest
numbers. Hutchinson.
Men who undertake considerable
things, even in regular way, ought to
give us ground to prrsume ability
Burke.
Adversely is sometimes hard upon a
man; but for one man that can stand
prosperity, there are hundred that will
stand adversely. Carlyle.
A little learning Is q dangerous thing,
Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring,
Their shallow drnughts intoxicate the brains
And drinking largely sobers rs again.
To act the part Of true friend re-
ouires more conscientious feeling than
10 fiji with credit and complaeency any
other station or capacity in social life
Mrs. Ellis.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom wh'ch
sDrinrs from the soul. and the heart ot
man knoweth none more tragranf.--
Ball0u.
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How Gen. Phil. Cook Sat Down on
the Gushing Hewitt.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-One of the most
exciting scenes that has occurred for years
in the House, took place on Friday after
noon last The bill to grant the officers and
crew of the United States men-of-war Mon
itor, which engaged the Confederate iron
clad Merrimac, in Hampton Roads, Va, in
May, 1862, 5000, 900 prize money was up.
The scene opened when Mr.. Hewitt, of New
York. took the floor in support of the bill.
Mr.. Hewitt is one Of the leading Democratic
members of the House, and, while he often
takes the floor, is not known to be particu-
larly eloquent. He began by reciting the
manner in which the rebel Merrimac
swept the rivers in the South, and
was proceeding toward New York and Bos-
tom Before she had reached the vicinity
where she encountered the Monitor, Presi-
dent Lincoln sent him Hewitt) telegram
that was also sent many other citizens of
New York, stating that the "water terror, :"
the rebel Nerrimae, was sweeping every
thing that appeared before her, and was
making her way toward New York; that
the city would be stormed and captured
unless something was done to prevent her
entering the harbor, and that the citizens
had better take immediate steps to receive
her. Mr.. Hewitt, with several of the lead
ing citizens of New York, met the mayor
in a conference Of war, and it was decided to
sink vessels and obstruct the passage of Mer-
rimac into New York harbor. For several
days the citizens of New York lived in a
horrible dread. Their lives were as night
mares. The people breathed heavily as
they prepared to meet the awful fate that
seemed but a short distance ahead. What
terrible agony these people suffered in that
suspense! Finally wires flashed the news to
the gasping populace that the course OF the
rebel ironclad Merrimac had been cut off !;
that she had been intercepted in Hampton
Roads by the Federal Monitor and battered
down and sunk. Everybody in New York
breathed easier instantly and said that it
was the Monitor that saved them.
Gen. Phil. Cook, member from Georgia,
and one of the most distinguished officers on
the side of the Confederacy during the
rebellion, arose and fred a hand GRENADE
into Mr.. Hewitt, by saying that he stood
upon the bank of the river at Hampton
Roads and saw the Merrimac go down; that
she sank from the explosion of shells placed
in her and fred by her own crew to toprevent
her falling into the hands of the Monitor
and other Federal crews that hoyered about.
He said, further that it was not the work of
Federal navy or soldiery that vanished
the Merrimac, and that the bill had no
merit. This statement, coming from an
eyewitness, acted like wet blanket upon
the hot blood that Mr.. Hewitt had fred,
and ultimately it killed the bill. Mr. Hew-
tits rhetoric was only effective for display.
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The AdYent-christmas.
"All hail the power of Jesus's name.

All hail the power of Jesus's name
The Saviour came unlimited. Man great
ly needed, but did not desire him. There
was no room for him even to be respectfully
born, He was crowded out of the inn,
forced to the stable A very few welcomed
him when they knew he was the Lord, but
the multitude cried, Away with him "
and continued till be bled on the tree. He
knew that it would be so, that he would be
edespised and rejected of men, a man OF
sorrows, and acquainted with grief" yet he
determined to come, because of a great
love for the lost. He became poor that we
might be rich despised, that we might be
saved from shame and woe.
Would even Christian consent to leave a
home Of comfort, luxury, beauty and re-
inement, and go down into the dens of pow
erty and shame, dwell among thieves and
drunkards to save them? Nothing but a
mighty love, inspired by Christ, would in
duce such sacrifice. But that would be no
thing compared to Christ's leaving the
glory of heaven for habitation in a mortal
body among vile men. o wondrous love
that brought our Lord to earth The world
is learning to appreciate the grace Slowly,
by constant pressure, at great cost of labor
and agony, the Lord forces his way to hui
man hearts, and wins recognition and love.
Christmas is a glorious occasion We
thank the Catholic and Greek churches for
its celebration. Protestants erred in neg
lecting it. Il should be the gladdest day in
all the year. Critics assert mistake in the
date, that December 25 is not the anniyer-
sary of our SaYiour's birth. No matter for
that. It is not the day but the event we
celebrate. If the event is fairly associated
with the day, so that the latter suggests the
former, contains it, bears it to our thoughts,
that is all we need. The less we think of
the date, and the more of the event the
better. Because day helps to fix and
exalt the event, We shsnld use 1t. rejoice in
it, and make il as merry as marriage bells
Christmas il the day of presents, of love
and gifts. Hands that give bless recipients,
and open their ewn souls to sunshine
Gladness acts and reacts, increases in vol
une and sweetness, and settles in perpet-
nal meleay in all the chambers Of the soul
Christmm-giving yields joy all through the
year and often all through life Let US all
give. Give te friends, give to the poor,
give y the shildren, give to parents, give to
the old, give to all.
Shall We forget 10 give to Jesus2 The
heart IS the present be prizes He is eager
to collect c0nsecrated souls to sparkle In
crowns of glory. He will mould and beau
tify ail that are given. Beloved reader,
viii you present your hears as q Christmas
gift It you have never done ii, do il now !;
i YOU are Christian, renew the gift with
more absolute thoroughness. Make the Sa-
Vi0ur glad with pearls he has purchased
with his own blood. It would be glorious
# We could have general Hocking Of souls
70 the Lord On Christmas, each one grateful.
II saying, Here, Lord, here i 4 gift !;
take my soul. take me, and give ne Thy
self Baptist Union.
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CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS RELIs.


This is TIE day that Carisl vas bora
Hark to the music. sweet and YIl1s
That wakens clad hearts and HorIsrn,
To greet the blessed child
o silver bells, that ring so clear
All The wintry morning gray,
Rouse up the sleeping world TO hear
That Christ was horn to-day.
Ring til the children start from sleep,
Sweet with the dream Of joy to BE-
An1 clap skeir little hands AM leap,
Aud shout aloud in glee.
Ring ill the sorrowful oaes OF earth,
Whose lives are spent IN toll aud tears,
Tha. leave, alas no place for mirth
In ali the dreary years,
Shalt hear the tender words He said
Come unto me ail ye that mourn
And gather strength anew to tread
Tbs path his feet have worn.
Ring loud, ring sweet, @ Christmas bells,
Aud tune each waking san. TO prayer,
The while your joyful psean swalls
Upon the frosty air.
Through misty dawn AMI sunshine e1sar.
Ring ill the cailous hearts of men.
Stirred with The tho lght of Christ SO nea
Grow warm aud soft again.
Ring till the tender impulse turns
To plying thought, 20 generous deedi
Ring till the eager spirit burns
To succar all that need
AMI while ye ring, with heart AMI voice,
Glory to God let all men say,
And every living soul rejoice
That Carist was born To- day.
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THE BABYs STOCKING.

Hang up the Baby's stocking,
Be sure that you don't forget;
The dear little dimpled darling,
She never saw Christmas vet.
But I've told her all about it,
And she opened her big blue eyes,
And I'm sure she understood me,
She looked so funny and wise
Dear dearl what tiny stocking;
1t doesn't take much to hold
Such little pink toes as Baby's
Away from the frost and cold;
But then, for the Baby's Christmas
1t never would do at ALL
Why, Santa Claus wouldn't be looking
For anything half so small
know what we II do for the Baby
Eve thought Of the incest plan;
Well borrow a stocking from Grandma,
The longest that ever we can,
And wen hang it up in the corner,
Just here by the chimney, so,
And we'll write q letter to Santa,
And fasten on it to the toe
Write: This is the Babv's stocking,
That hangs by the chimney here;
You never have seen her, Santa,
For she only came this year;
But she's just the blessedest Baby
And now, before you GO,
Please fill the stocking with goodies,
From the top clear down to the toel
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] 2szaIQp1ene Of Sa.. Sc.


the two young people, they led to Warren,s
passing sieepless night. It was past mid
night, and he had not yet retired, when his
uncle, whom he had believed snug in bed,
nufisd, hated, coated and equipped as if
for going out, unceremoniously entered his
apartment. A strange expression In his
eyes arrested the young mans attention.
Taking key from his pocket, he opened a
secret drawer of a secretary in one corner Of
the room, from which he took what seemed
TO be blank book, which he opened, and
taking up-a pen began to write. /.
Warren drew nearer. 1t was cleck-b0ok
lis uncle was writing in. Having finished,
the old gentleman neatly cut out and folded
the part On which lie had written, and
was about leaving the room when Warren
spoke
z Where are you going, uncle
E 10 make present TO Mabel, replied
the other without turning his head.
made her- one On Christpsas, and intended mai
ia her another 81 Nev Years, bit sopisior
forgot II
Warren grasped his ancle's arm. The
latter gave i bound that almost lost him
his b8i3nce
why. what's the matter he ex.
claimed rubbing bis eyes where ana 4
ses un1I6 cried The young man
k5s3SSf47 s INA is9s1=ftfr Is keFfoinR1 u
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The Pension swinala.

The conscientious gentlemen who voted
against the river and harbor bill, and who
voted for the various pension bills without
= wink of the eye or qnalm of conscience,
viii no doubt be pleased to know that they
viii have another opportunity to scatter
government money broadcast ameng claim.
agents. The 500, ,00o, 900 Yeted for pension.
at the last session is not sufficient. Pension
Commissioner Dudley has information thai
petitions are in circulation for signature:
praying Congress to pass anotherarrears o.
pensions bill.-Mobile Register.
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Who Is now on professional visit TO the
United States, and whose beauty of person
and excellence as an actress, is one of the
chief topics Of society and theatrical circles
at the North, is a native of the island of
Jersey, the daughter of Church of Eng
/ land clergyman, a woman of good antece-
dents and worthy of them. whose adoption
of the stage as a profession augments the
respect in which it is held by persons jeal-
Gus for its good repute. Mrs. Langtry takes
great parts. Rosatind in " As You Like It, !"
for example, and, Judging from newspaper
reports which reach US, with the success
due to intelligence and hard work, if not
genius. She is described as a dignifed and
graceful woman, whose carriage and man
ners indicate truly her familiarity with the
best society in England. Her position as
an actress, taken at a later period in life
than is common, has not abated her digni-
fed reserve. Mrs. Langtry is known as
" the Jersey lily" a compliment to her very
remarkable physical attractions, which are
the subject of numerous pictures and de-
scriptions. She adopted the histrionic pro-
fession as a matter of business, with the
intention of making money. Her father is
dependent, and Mrs. Langtry is understood
to have studied for the stage with the view
to earn the means of promoting his comfort
in his old age. She has a husband who
seems to be known to the reading public
only as the husband of Mrs. Langtry.
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THE ANGELS SONG.

1t came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song Of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
Peace on earth, goodwill To men
From heavens All-graeious King"
The world in solemn stiffness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the clogen skies they com
With peaceful wings nnfurlsd
And still their heavenly music floats
Ger all the weary world
Above its sad and loWly plains
They bend on lowering wing.
And Ger its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
But with the woe Of sin aud strife
The world has suffered long
Beneath the angel strain have rbll'd
Two thousand years Of wrong
And man, at war with man, hears not
The loye-song which they bring;
Oh hush the noise. ye men Of strife,
Aud hear the angels sing
And ne, beneath life's crushing .Ioad.
Whose forms are bending low.
Who TOLD along the climbing wal be
With painful steps aud slow, 10
Look nowl for glad and golden hei1d-
Come swiftly on the wing
Oil resi- beside the weary Rad
And hear the angels sing! -
Fer loG the days are Fastening On
The prophet-bards foretold,
When with the eveF-eircling yea
Comes round the age Of gold
When peace shall over all the ea
It's ancient splendors ding. :
And the whole world send back Oss
5ssaJ. 37sSz a1se els
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Tariff and Morhingmen.
From the Indianapolis News.1

From the Indianapolis News.
According to the census returns of manu-
factnres the net profit to capital invested
was 81 per cent. The average wages re-
ceived by workingmen was $353, so for the
year. Can any one find in this just what
benefit the protective tariff was to the work
ingman? The benefit is to be found in the
81 per cent, profit, set in the scanty 1858 so
WAGES
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What's thiss" said the old gentleman,
more and more astonished. Ny lost
check-book, as live, and a check, too, Ia
my hand regularly filled up, and dated 70
day And here-why here's a memorau-
dun, in the margin, Of that cOnfounded
check that has caused all the mischief. It's
all plain now I've been at my old pranks
again. They used to accuse me Of sleep
walking when was boy, but never more
than half believed it,"
When Mabel called next day 10 tender
back the FIVE hundred dollars-Which her
deposit aud savings, and some tuition bills
she had collected, enabled her to do--the
tender was emphatically rejected. Mr..
Wentworth said he had bat one regret in
the matter, and that was to find he was 30
much better when asleep than when dlCake
II our young friends would know what
came Of it all, they have only to put them
selves in Mabefs aud Warren's place, and
think what they would have done under
similar circumstances.
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n. Y. SENTRY: The silver dollars and
the silver certificates, equally with tie
greenbaeks, are the terror and nightmare OF
the money power, aud as in crowd the
scream of frightened woman eommuni-
Gates senseless fright to most of those near
her, so the screams of the bond perpetual
ing and money changing interest seem to
have communicated terror to the President
and all the officials of the Treasury Depart
ment, as well as most of the leaders of both
the controlling parties, and to have driven
from their minds the common sense business
ideas with which nature endowed them.
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So Much for Being Caught.

Said the father of the bank cashier Ny
son caught stealing Ny boy detected in dis
honesty He, the light Of my life, on whose
education ! have spent 50 much care. He
has disgraced his family. we are all ruin
ed And that my son should have done
thisl Why, old as I am, I'll bet I'd have
worked it so they'd never have found me
outl Too bad Too bad And over
come by emotion, the aged man wept -Bos-
ton Post.
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Practically Unit.
Memphis Appeal.l

MEMPHIS Appeal.
The Mississippi valley states from the
lakes to the gulf are practically a unit IN
demanding the continuance of the National
Board of Health upon an efficient basis.
The good work Of the board ID the small
pox business IN the northwest and IN the
yellow fever quarantine affairs Of the South
has disarmed criticism, and It Is strong il
the good opinion Of the people.
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caldn Rea Hin.

Tie majority of FooIe for Railroad Com
missioner over Gibsoa Is almost i've thaas.
and. The Yenalify Of the corporations
could not beat him. Hired slandereEs and
goge buyers parading Tie distFitf eouI1
not brsak him down. Ha had non tie con.
iidence Of tIls people, and they FslIiea araund
him. Honesty IS tie best poliey'
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minioHs death. GaIhsemane and Calvary
we're III the future. but Mons the less The
heavens Ners hspken up when He was born.
ani the angelic hosts descended about the
shepherds. singing The cantiele Of peace and
good aili
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CHRIsrMAs cAKE.

One and three-quarters pound -four, three
pounds currants, one pound powdered loaf
sugar, one pound butter (beaten to creamy,
three-quarters pound candied peel, one nut
meg, eight eggs, one glass brandy, sal.vola-
tile the size OF large flbert and powdered
very fine.