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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

: lover saw her. Every eye but his ";
J fixe1 on the man in the arena.
He turned, and with firm and rapi
step he walked across the empty space
Every heart stopped beating, ever
breath was held. every eve was fxe
| imm3vably upon that man. Withou
the slightest hesitation he went to tn
| door on the right and opened it.
| Now, the point Of the story is this
| Did the tiger come out of that door, ol
did the lady?
The more we reflect upon this ques
tion the harder il is to answer. 1t in
wolves a study of the human hear
which leads Us through devious mazes o
passion, out of which it is difficult t6
I find our way. Think of it, fair reader
not as if the decision of the question de
pended upon yourself, but upon that
bot blooded semi barbaric- Princess, her
soul at 4 white heat beneath the
COMBINED FIRES OF DESPAIR AND JEAL-
oUsY.
She had lost him, but who would have
him How often, in her waking hours
aud in her dreams, has she started in
wild horror, andcovered her face with her
hands as she thought of her lover OPEN
ing the door on the other side of which
waited the cruel fangs of the tiger
But how much oftener had she seen
him at the other door How, in her
grievous reyeries had she CRASHED her
teeth ana torn her hair when she saw
his start of rapturous delight as he
opened the door of the lady, How her
soul had burned in agony when she had
seen him rush to meet that woman, with
her flushed cheek and sparkling eye of
triumph; when she had seen him lead
her forth, his whole frame kindled with
the joy of recovered life when she had
heard the glad shouts from the multi
tude and the wild ringing of the happy
bells when she had seen the priest,
with his joyous followers, advance to
the couple and
MAKE THEM MAN AND WIFE
before her very eyes and when she had
seen them walk away together upon
their path Of flowers, followed by the
tremendous shouts of the hilarious null
titude, in which her one despairing
shrek was lost and drowned
Would it not be better for him to die
at once, and go to wait for her in the |
blessed regions of semi-barbarc futur-
.ty?
And yet that awful tiger, those
)hrieks, that blood
Her decision had been indicated in an
Instant, but it had been made after days
md nights of anguished deliberation.
She had known she would be asked,
he had decided what she would answer,
nd without the slightest hesitation she
lad moved her hand to the right.
The question of her decision is one
lot to be lightly considered, and it is
ot for me to presume to set myself up
5 the one person able to answer it.
md 50 / leave it with all Of you
Which came out of the opened door
be lady, or the tiger?
FRANK r. Stockton.
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TRIBUTE OF RFspTcT.
sHARPsBURo, MADISON. Co. Sf...

V'eAoef, 10th 1882 I
TO the members Of the sharpsbprg p;s...
Your committee appointed bytb Co.,.
Q drah resolutions expressive OF ,bs faol,s,.
OF the members Of the company occas;o.sS
oy the death Of our comrade o. F. Billinssiea
VINO departed this life Oct. sIst. ber leave 10
make the following report.
Hesoirsa, lst That by tho 5ao,h -
blliingslea our company bas Ics, v. y. r
+ and valued member, his Faui1 = '.Hy
I auechohate son and brother. ana .ba s,,t;r-
community true and excellent eitiyap
I Rssolrei, ID. That we tender ~, -.
stricken mother, brothers and sis,srs
ieigned and heartfelt sympathy IN ne ~.
great bereavement. '4's '1'i'
Resoleed Srd. That it is VIII, -v,.. -.
that we bear testimony 10 his manv 80 -
tues, his genial disposition. his mSdssI, "a
courtesy which caused him TO be loved Nv ali
who knew him. N'i
. hes9lred, 4th. That copy OF these rcsolu-
tlons De spread upon the minutes of The com.
pany and also copy be sent TO The family of
the deceased Va
ResO'red, 9TH. That the usual badre ognouru.
ing be worn by the officers and members Of
the company for thirty days
Reso|re9, 9Th. That copy Of these resolp.
tons he sent TO the Caution Mail and Jackson
Clarion for publication.
j. NJ GRAFTON,
9, 5. waITTos'ra, committeo.
|. G. STERN.
Atlanta, Ga, papers requested by he com
pany to copy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
Wonderful Mad Stone.
WHAT IT HAS DoNE-ITs HISTORY, OWNER
SHIP, ETC.
Oxford, Miss, Falcon.

| Oxford, Miss, Falcon.
Mr.. Ben Milan, who resides in this
county, near the Marshall county line,
and who is the owner of the wonderful
mad stone, of which we made mention
some months ago, dropped in to see US
on Saturday last whilst on business
trip to our city. Mr.. Milan informs us
that since the stone has been in posses
sion of his family that 1929 cases have
been treated in all, not one OF which
failed to recover. An average of fifteen
patients test the curative lowers of the
stone annually, which number is about
three times as great since as before the
war. Mr.. Milan accounts for the in
crease by pointing to the fact that every
freedman has pack of half starved ours
that were not allowed him when a slave.
The history of this wonderful stone as
we get it from Mr.. Milan, is that in
1910, a DIR. Barker, of Alabama,
brought the stone from China where
he had purchased it and where it
was known as the 'fsnake stone," being
used by the Chinese to cure snake and
spider bites and those of other poisonous
insects. Soon after DIR. Barker returned
to Alabama he began to test the stone
on persons bitten by mad dogs and with
great success, and so used it until his
death, which occurred several years after
ward, when with other effects, the stone
was sold and became the property of
Garvis Milan Gather of Benz and three
of his neighbors. One at time the
joint owners sold out until Mr.. Milan
became proprietor of the stone, and at
his death willed it to his son, the present
owner, who only few days since re-
fused for it 81 500. Mr.. Milan is
plain, frank, well-to-do farmer, and
seems to care great deal more for the
power the stone gives him to avert a
terrible disease than the money it may
bring him in. Where patients are able
he charges from s25 to 500; where
they are poor he treats them without
ebarOa
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

How much of the Hubbell corruption
fund was sent to secure the election Of
Hill in the 7th District? VIII Mr. Con
gresham Henderson, Secretary Of the
Republican corruption committee an
sver?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

Mr.. RoBERTD. GREEN, Of Columbus,
Miss, has patented an improved per
mutation paddock. The object ofthis in
vention is to increase security in this
class oflocks. The lock is an ingenious
combination of rachel wheels, tappets,
and tappet wheels.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

RESOLUTIONS of respect to the memo
ry of the late Mr.. \. F. Billingslea, OF
the Sharpsburg Rifles will be found in
another column. He was young man
Of high promise, and his death has
brought sorrow to a large circle of
friends
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

SAYS the Washington Republican 4:
"The North alone will not again give
electoral votes enough to defeat the
Bourbon Demoeratic) candidate for
the Presidency. The South must aid. "
But the "South" like the North wants
a change. Both sections have made up
their minds that way.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

The Summit Times and Intelligencer
will hereafter be published by Messrs
W. A. Battaile and w, G. Anderson.
1t is an able, live newspaper, and
stands upon basis of assured success.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

MCDONALD, of Indiana, and Cleve-
land, of Ohio, is the Courier-JournaPs
suggestion for the Democratic ticket for
1894. Time enough yet to consider
that matter; but the ticket wouldn't be
bad.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

MEssRs. H. 5. BoNNEY & SoS have
resumed the publication of the Summit
Sentinel. Their long experience and
ability in their favorite field of labor,
we trust, will secure them bountifuI re-
wards
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

IRIS charged that 81 800 of the Hub
bell corruption fund was sent to Clai-
borne county to influence the election
in favor of Hill, and now the question
arises. what was done with the money?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

To clean finely polished furniture
take bowl half full Of tePid water, 2 Z
little fine toilet soap and tablespoon
full of sweet OIL Apply with a piece Of
old flannel, rubbing vigorously; then
take a piece Of old soft fine cotton and
rub thoroughly with it and repeat the ;
process until all the liquid application
has been removed.
IF YOU would Be clear and forcible,
don't use foreign words. BE natural
Al man never stops to hunt Up foreign
word when he i stung BY . hornet
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

Wooden shaYls may be nicely washed
if you put half an ox7gaH into Two gal-
Ions Of tepid water. After washing
thoroughly ii this, rinse IN another tub
With the other half of the ox-gall and
The eame quantity Of water shake he
shawl out and let it dry in warm
room, but not ia tho sim. Earpet-rugs
may be cleansed III the same way, but.
after washing. If they are secured with
4 soft brush, they viii look as hright as
new.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

SUrsHTSB Is Gods legitimate agent
10 give life and light. & enters into
everything which IS for the comfort Or
weIlbeinQ If mankind without It We
would exc out q short, intoIerable ex-
istence. AS ii the material world. 50
ii the inner life. a man without sun
shine IN his nature Is ike plant grove
i;np in the dark It Is weak, i i sickly;;
is very vitality Is poisonous.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

Axalmost total repeal of the internal
revenue laws is calledfor by the people.
# will dismiss a vast army of pap
suckers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
The Latest Form of Marriage in
France.
London World.

London World.
NJ. Elisee Reclus, the illustrious au,
thor of the Universal Geography, has
inaugurated free marriage and united
his two daughters freely to two young
men of their choice. The adyerb- free
ly" means that NJ. Reclus has dispensed
not only with the religious ceremony o.
marriage, but also with the civil marrl-
age in presence of the Mayor.
He simply invited his friends and rel
atives to a banquet at the Grand Hotel,
over which he presided, and there and
then, literally 'sacross the walnuts ana
the wine, " he declared the union of his
two girls with their respective sweet
hearts. Free marriage is decidedly
simple, expeditions and economical, IN
asmuch as it involves no fee, either to
church or Stats. In short, it IS the last
work of Dropress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
ohanging His Skin.
Richmond Dispatch.l


There lives in Henry county, Va, a
negro man whose color ten years ago
was dark brown, but since that time he
has gradually whitened until to-day he
is as white as the average Caucasian.
The change commenced some years ago
upon the hands, and extended gradual
" to the limbs, body and face, and
finally altered the entire appearance of
the man. The subject of this notice is
Jack Preston by name, once a slave of
the late William Ballard Preston, is
sixty odd years old, in good health,
and lives on the Chestnut knob, in said
county. Jack would pass anywhere
for a white man but for his hair, which
plainly betrays his race To many this
win be hard to believe, but the fact
IS known to hundred of his neighbors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

THE taxes must be reduced. A low
er duty on sugar, lower duty on iron,
= lower duty on cotton and woolen
goods, repeal of the duty on solt, is
the way to tell it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

WoMAN's rights are obtaining recog-
milton in Norway. The Parliament has
just passed law, which the King has
signed, giving women the privilege of
attending the universities and applying
for degrees in all the arts and sciences
but the right to hold office in the ser
vice of the State and of participating in
competitive examinations for such posi-
tions is not yet accorded to them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
4 LADY,

the most suitable to his years and sta.
tion that his Majesty could select among
his fair subjects, and to this lady he
was Immediately married, as a reward
of his innocence. It ma.tered not that
he might already possess a wife and
family, or that his affections might be
engaged upon an object of his own Sc.
lection; the King allowed no such
subordinate arrangements to interfere
with his great scheme of retribution
and reward. The exercises, as in the
other instance, took place in the arena.
Another door opened beneath the King,
and a priest, followed by a band of
choristers and dancing maidens blowing
JOYOUS airs on golden horns and tread
ing an epithalamic measure, advanced
to where the pair stood, side by side,
and the wedding was promptly and
cheerily solemnized. Then the gay
brass bells rang forth their merry peals,
the people shouted glad hurrahs, and
the innocent man, preceded by children
strewing flowers on his path, led his
bride to his home.
This was the Kings semibarbarie
method of administering justice. Its
perfect fairness is obvious. The crimi-
nal could not know out of which door
would come the lady he opened either
he pleased, without having the slightest
idea whether in the next instant he vas
tn he
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

The cotton crop now being gathered
is estimated at 100000 bales. It is
the estimate of spectators. Notwith-
standing the unusually favorable season
for gathering, the receipts thus far
have exceeded those of last year only
100000 bales and the crop of last
year was only 5 ,436, 900, and that of the
year before 6,5S9,000
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
..NHICHaa Z

It vas az piain to her IS If he shouted
Il from where be stood. There vas not
Al instant to Be lost hequestion Has
asked II 4 FISH It must Be answered
Il another
Her right arm lay 90 she cushioned
parspet before her She raised her
hand and made i Sigh quick move
ment toward the rights 10 one but her.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

THERE IS inestimable blessing IN a
cheerful spirit. When the soul throws
is windows wide open, letting in the
Sunshine and presenting 70 all who see
Il the evidence Of its gladness, it is not
only happy but It has an unspeakabie
power Of doing good To al the other
beatitudes NAV Be added, Blessed are
the ioy-makers
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
SHE HATED THE WOMAN

who blushed and trembled behind the
silent door,
When her lover turned and looked at
her, and his eyes met hers as she sat
there, paler and whittier than any one in
the vast ocean of anxious faces about
her, he saw, by that power of quick per
ception which is given to those whose
souls are one, that she knew behind
which door erouched the tiger, and be
hind which stood the lady He had ex-
pected her to know it. He understood
her nature, and his soul was assured
that she would never rest until she had
made plain 20 herself this thing, hidden
to all other lockers On, even to the
the King. The only hope for the youth
in which there was any element OF GER
tainty was based upon The success Of the
Princess in discovering the mystery ;
and the moment he looked upon her he
saw she had succeeded, Is iii his soul he
knew she wenld succeed.
Then it vas that his quick and anx-
ious glance asked the question
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
A HUNGRY TIGER,

the fercest and most cruel that could be
procured, which Immediately sprang
upon him and tore him to pieces as a
punishment for his guilt. The moment
that the case of the criminal was thus
decided, doleful iron bells were changed,
great walls went up from the hired
mourners posted on the outer rim of the
arena, and the vast audience, with
bowed heads and downcast hearts,
wended slowly their homeward way,
mourning greatly that one so young and
fair, or so old and respected should
have merited so dire fate.
But if the accused person opened the
other door, there came forth from it
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

THE most remarkable of recent sales
of land is the transfer of so 900 acres in
North Carolina to a colony of Mennon-
ties from Russia. 1t is remarkable
both because of its indication of the in
crease of immigration in the South, and
because of its exhibition Of the inclina-
ton of the Mennonites to establish
themselves in the United States
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

Is wash black silk stockings use 3
|Iather of tepid rain water and white
soap with q little ammonia holl ID .
cloth to dry do not wiring. but press
the water out.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

THE Department of Agriculture esti-
mates the cotton yield pG6Ncre this
year for each State as folloNs Virgin
ia, pounds of lint to the acre, 178 ;
North Carolina, 1870; South Carolina,
1888; Georgia, 1852; Florida, 112 ;
Alabama, $50; Mississippi, 100; Lou
isiana, 235; Texas, 210; Arkansas,
233, and Tennessee, 10.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
THE LADY OR THE TIGER.
A Thrilling Romance With a Con-
clusion of Painful Interest.

The Century
In the very olden time there lived &
semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though
somewhat polished and sharpened BY
the progressiveness of distant Latin
neighbors, were still large, forid and
untrammeled, as became the half of him
which was barbaric. He was man OF
exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an
authority so irresistible that, at his will,
he turned his varied fancies into facts.
He was given greatly to selfcommuning,
and when he and himself agreed upon
anything, the thing was done. When
every member of his domestic and po-
litical systems moved smoothly in its
appointed course, his nature was bland
and genial; but whenever there was a
little hitch, and some of the orbs got
out cf their orbits, he was blander and
more genial still, for nothing pleased
him so much as to make the crooked
straight and crush down uneven places.
Among the borrowed notions by
which bis barbarism had become semi
fed was that of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
THE FATE OF THE ACcUs


would be decided in the Kings arena, a
structure which well deserved its name,
for although its form and plan were
borrowed from afar, its purpose ema-
mated solely from the brain of this man,
who, every barleyeorn King, knew no
tradition to which he owed more allegi-
ance than pleased his fancy, and who
ingrafted on every adopted form of
human thought and action the rich
growth of his barbaric idealism.
When all the people had assembled
in the galleries and the King, surrounded
by his court, sat high upon his throne of
state ON one side of the arena, he gave
signal, the door beneath him opened
and the accused subject stepped out
into the amphitheatre Directly opposite
him, on the other side of the inclosed
space, were two drops exactly alike and
side by side. 1t was the duty and the
privilege of the person on trial to walk
directly to these doors and open one of
them. He could open either door he
pleased; he was subject to no. guidance
or influence but that of the aforemen-
toned impartial and incorruptible
chance. If he opened the one, there
came out of it
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
THE PUBLIC ARENA,

in which, by exhibitions Of manly
and beastly valor, the minds of his sub
jects we're refined and cultured.
But even here the exuberant and
barbaric fancy asserted itself. The
arena Of the King was built, not to
give the people an opportunity of hear
ing the rhapsodies of dying gladiators,
nor to enable them to view the inevita-
bic conclusion OF conflict between re-
ligious opinions and hungry jaws, but
for purposes far better adapted to widen
and develop the mental energies of the
people. This vast amphitheatre, with
its encircling galleries, its mysterious
vaults, and passages, was an agent of
poetic justice, in which crime was pun
ished or virtue rewarded by the DEGREES
of an impartial and incorruptible
chance.
When a subject was accused of a
crime Of sufficient Importance to inter-
est the King, public notice was given
that on appointed day
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22

The reason That . bag geman recent
y hurled himself from fourth story
window was that he was insane and
thought be vas 4 trunk.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
Death of Col. William NJ. Hall.

Atlanta, Ga, papers requested 10y he c
pany to copy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-29

times, though not by any means always,
go about broken-hearted to their life's
end. Some take it quite easily, out of
sight being with them out of mind. Or,
as the schoolmen said: 81 De non a37pa-
rentibus ct non eristcntious code21 est
RATIO" Some folks merely think of get
ting the trouble away from here. They
are able to forget that the shipped
ono lives on still, though far away.
Out of sight with them is tanta-
mount to having ceased to !,c.
| suppose we have ell Some vague
feeling that VIXEN a human goes out of
your docr or turns the corner of the
street and passes out OF sight, he disap-
pears wholly; in any case that there is a
marked break in his life. All, to the
man that lives, life is continuous what
ever it may be to those that look at him
or think Of him; your brother is your
brother still, though starving on the
streets OF Frisco. And to say it serves
him exactly right is not much comfort.
All that can be said is that the shipped
black sheep goes to destruction where it
does not 80 ccnspicuously disgrace those
at home. Likewise, that when there is a
dinner party at home it is not quite so
real that he is cold and hungry in Col
orado as if he were so in the street be-
fo1e your windows and III hearing of
your Inequalities, All the same. /
used 10 wonder how some fathers and
sisters manage to live at all knowing
the facts know. l wonder yet. Has
it come to this that the best you can de-
sire is quite to forget the bright little
boy whose childish ways bring the tears
to your eyes when you remember them;
who is dead, dead utterly, in the sod
den, hulbing scamp, liar, and cheat
whom you dare not hope to see again in
this world or in any other. 1t is bitter
world to many; but one might find heart
to bear nearly anything but that.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-29
The Chinese Plan.

\ young st. Louis doctor, tired of
waiting for patients and of starving
published the following card: Family
nrartlce contracted for at the rate of Sd
Per year for each person, payable one
fourth at first visit, when date of con-
tract begins; one-fourth in six months,
one-fourth III nine months, remaining
one-fourth at end of year. Confnements
and surgical operations extra" Bust
ness, he says, sis just booming" in
consequence. He has already thirty
s'rce families, averaging five in family,
u"der on'ract, and over 100 more
Promised whenever they shall need a
doctor. So he has $500 assured him
aud over s. 1000 more in prospect. He
collects quarterly. There are extreme
cases both ways. In some he has not
yet been call led to single case; in an
other he has already made $3.50 worth
of visits in about four months and will
receive on y So for the year from the
family OF three. 1t is simply medical in
surance for one year at 81 head. The
Aedicul Society threatened to expel
him. hut he attended the meeting and
cited the name Of one Of the most distin-
guished, physicians, who has an annual
CONTRACT with a school, and they con-
cluded8to Let him alone