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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-04
Hams and Grammar.

WEssoN, Miss, June lS, 1888.
tD1ToRs CLARION: The following
estion is submitted to THE CLARION
its opinion:
when three hams weigh 30 lbs Is It t
trect to saw $50 lbs Of ham," or "5O
of hamsY" The Wesson Herald says
bm" in this case should not be used
the plural. There is considerable dill,
ence of opinion on the subject, ana
ur readers will be delighted to hear
lat The CLARION has to say.
Very truly,
A SUBSCRIBER.
Hams, say we. Three were weighed
pw would it do to say Of three apples
ving an aggregate weight Of six poundi
X pounds Of appleT' They are eacl
parate parts Of one species OF fruit
st as the hams are separate parts 9
e species of animal. That's ou
pinion, although we havenever claime
ievet rank in grammar.
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.CKsos, Mss, June ", 1888.
Can't Darden and the Supreme
Court Judges.
Fayette Chronicle

Fayette Chronicle
There seems to be 5 range and some
what unwarrantable m@conception ON
the part of the State press, and Judges
Of the Supreme Court, upon the subject
of charge in regard to railroad passes
We have read very carefully the WOOD
Vile Republicans comments upon Capt.
Darden's speech, and no where IN It can
we find where Capt. Darden charged
directly or indirectly, that a Supreme
Court Judge chad applied TO a high
railroad official for pass for his family
To take iaunt up North" or anything
TO that effect. The Republican does say
that 'he (Darden) stated upon authority
that all but Judges of the State travelled
unon free passes from the railroads,
bnt the charge which is raising such
hue and cry, and for which Capt. Oar
dem has been made the subject OF some
severe comments and an object for the
said Judges to direct public card at,
demanding authority for the statement,
was made by the Republican on other
authority, and not as coming from capt.
Darden. The paper referred 70 made =
passing allusion to Judge who wouia
do such thing, and then says assde ',
from CAPT. Darden, zoe are informed hGt q,
a Supreme Court Judge did his thing.
: We are not fighting Capt. Darden's bat
: ties, for he is perfectly able to do battle
> in his own defense when the proper OPP
! portunity arrives, but we are Simply
a making this statement for the beneht OF
: the people Of this county, who have no
: doubt read these charges, ana wouio
like to know the facts.
: AFTER the above was put in type, We
r received the card in which Capt. Oar
l. den speaks for himself)
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Fusion in Madison.
CANTON, July %, 1888.

CANTON, July ID, 1888.
EpIroRs CLARION The Democrats and
Repub lean parties met here to-day, in sep
arate Conventions and ratified the fusion
ticket. The fusion promises to work har'
moniously, and hope will do SO. The Dem
ocrats as party will faithfully abide by it
and SO 100 will the Republicans, If not tam
pered with by the malcontents, i e., the 'Tn
dependents 'so-called,' alias soreheads, etc
G..
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-04

THE friends Of Hon. Alex. Powe an
nounces him as candidate for reelection
to the Legislature from Wayne county
at the November election, subject to the
decision of the Democratic party.
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what is Right is ''Expedlent.
Enterprise Courier.l

EnIeIPIIaV NV"T'0'J
If railroad supervision is right it is
certainly expedient. The people OF the
state have no desire to injure or cripple
the railroads, but they do desire to see
them SO hedged about that they will be
unable to discriminate in rates to the
detriment and oppression of those who
are in their power. They want q medi-
um to adjust the differences, to stand be-
tween the people and the corporations.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-04

/, 7 d. Lynch, author of the
and Bar of Mississippi" has
. prospectus for a work entitled
pent Men Of Mississippi" which
doubt be a production Of rare
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. W. w. STONE (the able Repre-
Ne Of Washington county in the
legislature, and who is destined to
d up higher by the people of the
'iistrict) is making a thorough
lutte culture, and the public will
xiously to the result of his ex-
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bBL1cAN papers are charging that
bns, the new Commissioner of In
Revenue, is turning out faithful
in that department, to make
for partizan service in others.
the way the Administration is
ING the civil service.
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Macon (Ga.) Telegraph thinks
III of Abram S. Hewitt, of New
4 4 candidate for the Presidency,
hsiders it doubtful if the Demo
party would be willing to elect
President who "could masque-
a Vanderbilt ball as King
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-04

r.mphis, vicksburg & New Or
a is pushing their line through
stOn county, over which proper.
have readily given the right
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President, upon consultation with
Ind other Republican leaders, con-
10 leave the Mississippi Revenue
severely alone in the enjoyment
polls, when the work Of consolida-
s performed. Is this civil ser
form, or what?
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cnANcELLoRs REcEPTIoN.

Gen. A. p. Stewart and his accom-
plished lady, received" on Wednesday
night, in the college chapel. There was
a large gathering especially of the young
people, who called to pay their respects
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Papers Cry Aloud for Him.

y papers in the State cry aloud
Singleton for Speaker. He is a
Nan, a true man, a Representative
people, we'll yersed in parliamenta-
but Of course he stands no chance
ST being Speaker.
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Letter from Capt. Put. Darden.

PAULDIEG, June p, 1888.
j. 4, p. Campbell, H. H. Chalmers aud
Tim. E. Cooper.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING ,

There was another large audience in
the college chapel, when Rev. NJ. Rhodes,
d. D., Of st. Louis, delivered the honor
ary grafton, his theme being, Life: its
Scope and Mission" The matter Of the
oration, and the manner of its delivery,
are spoken of in terms of great praise
DIR. Rhodes is a minister of the Luthe
ran Church.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
Good Times in Great Britain.

It is,not generally known that gold and
ilver were once mined to q considers
sle extent in England, Scotland and
Wales, some lodes in the last-named
country having been profitably worked
within a few years. In the Twelfth CEN
Jury gold was mined IN Fife, Scotland,
md by royal decree one-tenth of the
product was given to the Church OF the
Holy Trinity, at Dunfurmline: In
Clydesdale and at Crawford gold was
,lso found. The Scottish mines at
Leadhills produced G10O,0 600 in gold
rom 1887 to 1897, and nuggets are still
occasionally picked up in that region.
In Merionethshire, Wales, ore is still
aiken out of considerable richness. The
Clogan mine in 1874 vas worked on .
mail scale with profit, 35 tons of picked
quartz. yielding 9,1s2 ounces Of gold,
and 2,720 tons Of lode stuff, yielding
2,040 ounces, SO that 2,775 tons Of ore
produced about G44, 600. Later in the
same year another drift was run ct .
sost of s3, 1000, and the cleanup was
more than $50, 000. These are e1cep-
ional results, but they suffice to show
that at one time and another the British
Isles have added materially to the
worlds stock of precious metals. The
TACT that gold mines existed there was,
perhaps, better kno wn to the ancients
shan it is to the generality Of people to.
day. Agricola mentions it as an item Of
current news.-&. Louis Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
A Shad Ten Feet Long.

What's the biggest shad l ever saw ?
Well now, about here I've seen al eight
FOUNDER, but there is q shad in Florida
hat beats the world. 1t isn't exactly q
shad, but is one of the family, and down
there they call 'em tarpons. I'll never
forget the first n I see. We were
aaulin' net at Mesquite Inlet for mullet
and they're a fish for you), and had COM
menced TIE in run, when I see somethin'
dash Just like q sheet of silver, and the
aext moment q big fish lept out Of the
water about ten feet, a. shinin' like silver
for all the world. I'll tell ye the way
that net went in was a caution, man. grove
eoots and all, and in less than nc time we
Dad the tarpon on the beach, and such q
6sh a man don't see more than once In
= lifetime. It looked like a regular
oerrin' or shad, only I'm cussed If it
wasn't nigh on to ten feet long, and each
scale looked like q polished trade dollar
with the silver massed on in Jumps, the
whole scale as big as the palm Of yer
band. It was out and out the gorgeous.
sst fish lever saw. They're very rare.::We
kept the scales, and they brought 81
apiece as curiosities; so, countin' up
what all hands made, the one fish paid
about 5000. The flesh was fine, too ; but
only one or two are caught a year, and
mostly ON the Gulf side of the State,
though I have heard of 'em bein' seen up
North."-Southern Paper.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
Catching Cold.

There is nothing more unreasonable
than a cold in the head. 1t should, by
all rules of reason, manifest itself princi-
pally when the weather changes from
warm to cold. but with the ~perversity OF
all things evil it insists upon starting
under conditions exactly opposite to the
rational ones. More people are now
f%lourishing handkerchiefs and uttering
startling sneezes than there were when
the thermometer was bu,ow zero, and
they are sure that they don't know why.
Their family physician, it it was 70 his
interest to tell the truth. would probably
explain that the warmer weather had
increased perspiration. so that :, dTaught
or a degree of cold hardly pcrceptible
4 severer weather is now likely 10 arrest
the perspiratory process, with the usual
results; but how can explanations com.
fort a man with a cold in his head? The
only relief is in resolving not 10 catch
cold again so easily. But this resolve
can be kept only by watching changes of
weather as if they were a lot of hungry
politicians.-N. Y. Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
FARM AND

-Radishes were known and grown by
the Greeks, and we're offered at Apollo's
shrine wrought in precious metals.
"A correspondent Of the Neu En-
gland Farmer says that where the land
Is new and rich in mineral elements there
need be no fear of black knot in plum
and cherry trees.
An experienced wheat grower in
Canada has originated an entirely new
variety of wheat. called the peerless
Black Chaff." He claims that it is rust
proof, immensely productive and always
a sure crop. The straw is exceedingly
strong and hardy.
Nothing will secure better remuner-
alton to the average farmer han to assist
in building up and encouraging home
markets for desirable farm products.
Among the first essentials in this direc-
ton is an increased variety in the pro-
0uctlon. -Cincinndtt Times.
Mr.. w. II. White, of Worcester
County. Mass, recommends a decoction
of the common beelarkspur for lice on
live stock. He says two applications
will destroy all vermin, and there is not
the danger attending its use that there
is with Kerosene, mercurial ointment and
tobacco.
Mixed hrsbandry is the only sure
WY to success in farming. Repeated
cropping with q single cereal will bring
q waste of the plant-food elements in
the soil that will, in the end, so reduce
the yield as to entail certain loss upon
the land oN. ner. This fact will do more
toward forcing the Dalrymples to cut up
and dispose of their immense land acres
than anything else, though they may not
now see it in that light.-N. Y. Times.
The bottom of white Holland cur.
tains may be rendered very handsome
by inserting squares of antique lace; for
a shade Of the ordinary width three
squares are sufficient; leave a space be-
tween each of the same width as the
square; of course these must he put in
very neatly and with great care to be
effective. Below the hem at the bottom
put IN edge of the antique lace that
matches the squares.-N. Y. Post.
For a homemade ~disinfectant dis.
solve a bushel of salt in barrel of water,
and with the salt water slack a barrel OF
lime, which should be wet enough to
form a kind of paste. For the purpose
of a misunderstanding homemade chloride
of lime is nearly as good as that pur-
chased at the shops. Use itfreely about
sinks, cellars, cutters and out-houses,
and in this way prevent sickness, suffer
ing and expense.-Christian AdUocate.
1t will benefit an orchard to pillow
the ground, but it should be plowed very
lightly, to avoid breaking the roots
Pruning the trees is necessary for the
production of good fruit, but with all the
care possible. in this way there will be nc
good fruit unless the codling moths a1r
destroyed in some way. Ono way is te
pick up all the fallen apples and feed
them or burn them. Another is to sci
lighttraps in the orchard at nights, o.
to have fires orslnudge heaps among the
trees; but in some way these insects mus
be destroyed Or there will be no good
fruit. 1t is a good plan to keep fowls IL
the orchard and leave the ground under
the trees loose for them to scratch in and
hunt these worms.-M. 2. Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

Where lands higher aud labor cheaper,
more capital will be required to obtain the
most profit, while where land is cheaper
and labor higher less capital ear be used
with profit. In other words, the capital
required to obtain the best profits will
bear a certain relation to the price of the
land and the capital used upon the land
should probably be about equal to the
amount invested in the land.
There is another element which enters
into the problem of the size of the farm.
1t is a mans skill or ability. This is a
property that can not be measured so well
in quantity, and is of different kinds. Fol
instance, one man has the ability to make
a sand bank, to use his own language, OF
thirteen acres yield $1,000 a year, while
you a find men of equal intelligence
who, if they were compelled to make
their living off of that amount of land,
would almost starve to death. Again,
there are men whose whole life is made
up of transactions On a large scale. Ii
is hard to say which class of men have
have the same amount of skill but it ia
of a different sort.
In the selection Of farm. therefore,
the amount and kind of skill possessed
becomes an important item. With plenty
of capital, a farmer of good executive
ability can hardly have too much land.
The profit per acre does not depend upon
the size of the farm but upon the capital
invested upon the farm, and the ability
to manage it. II there is an adyan e
it is in favor of the large farm
Tr0teie Farmer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
Three colored mem were ont

Three colored men were out hunting
deer recently neal Whites log camp,
oack of Rollstown. One of them was at
ais stand, and the dogs were heard com-
ing in that direction. Soon there was q
terrible eommotion in the bushes, the
sound coming toward him. The negro,
thinking it was a deer, stopped so as to
get o fair shot, when suddenly q huge
panther confronted him. Hearing q
noise behind him, he looked round, and,
to his surprise and horror, saw another
n a tree, which he fred at and killed
lust as it was in the act of springing
lpon him. The other Immediately ran
Of, much, the negro says, to his delight.
The one killed measured seven feet, and
The negro estimates the mate to have
been twice as large.-Paldtka (Fza.)
Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

While some of the English journals
are talking about the 'smashers" of Lon
don, it may be we'll to say that the
London masher is not the same kind of
person as our masher. He is somewhat
akin to our 'dude," the latter being the
more ridiculous. Our masher is any
toppish, overdressed fellow, who parades
more than he postures, and who may be
a gambler, who, in dull seasons, lives
On the earnings Of his mothers wash
ings, or who may pick enough pockets
to get good clothes, while he resides at
his mothers clearinghouse. The aver
age American masher's points are a fine,
noticeable overcoat and a waxed mus
tache.-M Y. Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
The language is substantially Il

The language is substantially the
same in all English-speaking countries,
although there is an important difference
10 be noticed in the interpretations of
contracts in Great Britain and the United
States. There nothing sets aside an
agreement. Once entered into, it is
binding, and any failure of any under
stood condition which is not expressed
Is not allowed to waive a performance.
In England rent is collected for a house
even after it is burned, unless an excep-
ton is made in the lease. Here in the
United States public policy, the good
Of the community and natural common
sense are allowed to act in breaking an
agreement in which a defect has been
discovered.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
Size Of a Farm.

LIN oLAC Va ououku uCHCuo uHOA
the capital you have to invest and upon
your farm. We use the word capital as
meaning all the lei employed in
carrying on any business. One of the
great drawbacks of American farming
Is the lack of sufficient capital, and we
are Inclined to believe that in the major.
tai is invested in his land. As a rule, a
farmer should have, we think, only
about half of his capital invested in his
land. This may appear untrue. Let us
look at it.
Take an unimproved farm in this
State of 800 acres. worth $50 an acre,
which may be obtained in many counties
in this State. Upon this farm $4,000
may be expended upon farm buildings
with economy. exclusive of dwelling.
From the experience of the best farmers
of our country it is proven, and by our
that it pays to stock a farm to its full
capacity; This farm can easily support
100 head of cattle, worth $50 per head,
with the best methods of farming. And
let it be said that he who wishes to make
a fair profit must pursue the best
methods. If it is admitted that there is
the most profit in raising good stock, it
must also be admitted that the farmer
that does not have his cattle come up to
this low estimate is not doing what is
the most profitable. This must be ad-
mitted or the general proposition that
raising the best cattle is the most profit
able must be denied. The farm may
support ten horses with profit, partly for
work and partly for breeding purposes,
which should be worth $3.50 each. Fifty
hogs may be kept, worth ten dollars each,
while $500 would be a low estimate for
the value of machinery. Five hundred
dollars may be put down as cash on hand
for part payment of labor. etc. To re
capitulate. we have.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

The very newest agony is for q lady
to take along a small boy, when she
goes shopping, to carry away the
plaques, fans, flower baskets and other
'lagniappe" she may receive during her
trading. This signifies that she intends
to buy a spool of thread, three and one
eighth yards of ten-cent Hamburg, a
skein of zephyr and a new crochet
needle, and get enough fancy articles to
decorate her boudoir with oriental mag.
aificence.-Hdrtford Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

Mr.. Isaac c. Chapman, Druggist, New
burg, N. Y, writes us: "Ihave for the
past ten years sold several gross Of Dr..
WILLIAM HALLS BALsAM FoR THE LUNGS.
I can say of it what I can not say Of any
other medicine. I nave never heard q Gus
the highest manner I have recommended
1t in a great many cases Of Whooping Cough
with the happiest effects. I have used 1t In
my own famls5 for many years; in fact, al.
ways have a bottle in the medicine closet
ready for use."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
-Twenty-fye wears young Phila.

delphia wife nearly cried her eyes out
from her walls the unsightly, old.fash.
toned paper. full of peacocks and peli.
CAM and things, and put n nice. neat,
new style in its place. Now her married
daughter is weeping because she can't
afford to put the peacocks and pelicans
back. Life is full of trouble.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

"A dozen or. twenty men will come
into an over-heated Car, and each will
say, ifhe says anything: "Pretty warm
in here" and then sit down and bear
the heat like a martyr; but presently a
woman m in. "Mercy!" she ex-
claims, and up goes her window in an
instant. Women are too fond of venti-
~lation, and if they got into politics like
as not they would be v%entilating every.
thing they could lay hands on.-Boston
Transcript.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
THE PECULIAR NEIeHBoR.
OHIO.

"Hc is so very peculiar"
His neighbors said with a smile.
The distance Of half a mile.
He never complains or grnmbles,
Butt a6ors till close of day.
BE is old and wretched and friendless,
And very peculiar. they say"
That was all. He was very T" peculiar
Ifound Of the village 70 k,
And lived In O little cottage alone
Meath the shade of q sheltering oak,
In the midst of a tiny garden patch,
just back from the noisy street.
But the heart that throbbed meath his ragged
Was asnoble a heart Is beat.
Yes, he was truly peculiar"
heard, with o wondering start,
on the kindly deeds that were daily done
BY that good, old-fashioned heart.
His coat, so ragged and worn with time,
Abrother might freely share:
Contented he with only q smile.
And o fervently whispered prayer.
when evening came, and he sat alone
In his vine-wreathed doorway low.
Who cared If his lonely heart grew sad7
His bitterness who should know?.
And when he brushed. with his aTed hand,
b dew from his eyes 30 dim,
mattered 1t IL he pondered DER
The days that were sweet 70 himr
But then, when the sum in the heaven rose,
He was up again with o smile.
Trudging along. in his shabby clothes,
Tho distance of half q mile
While the children dung to his sunburnt hands
As he went on his CHEEKY way;
And ] wished to God, as l saw him pass,
That more were peculiar" to-day.
One morn, when the sun shone clear and
There came knock at his door;
But all was stu, though the sunlight fell
Over the cottage door.
Said ono, "Is tho old man asleep or m
Does he know it's the noon OF dayY"
But another shrugged his shoulders, and said:
ats his odd, peculiar way"
They passed up the ricksty attic stair,
Where, with never o sob or . moan,
The old man lay in his final rest,
With his hands close folded. alone.
Was he sleeping? yesl for his oyes were closed;
his dreams were sweet, for he smiled;
And tho smile that lay ON his lips was as fair
As that Of o little child.
Then they said, al, never O thoughtless word,
But bore him tenderly down.
With . whispered prayer, to the churchysrd
small,
Just out of the noisy town
They missed him then who had never borne
In their selfish lives q part;
But God knew all, and had not forgot
That good, peculiar" heart.
-HarTtst II. Spdldin0, IN Bduos's Ma9dstse.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19
Our Progress.

As stages are quickly abandoned with
the completion Of railroads, SO the huge,
drastic, cathartic pills, composed Of crude
and bulky medicines, are quickly abandon
ed with the introduction of DIR. Pierce's
pheasant Purgative Pellets" which are
sugar-coated, and little larger than mus
tard seeds, but composed Of highly concen.
trated vegetable extracts. By druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

DIR. R. v. PIERCE: Dear Sir-Death wal
hourly expected by myself and friends.
Ny physicians pronounced my disease con-
sumption, and said I must die. / began
taking your " Discovery" and Pellets.n /
have used nine bottles and am wonderfully
relieved. / am now able to ride out.
ELIZABETH THORNTON. Montongo, Ark.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

The Golden Bloom Of Youth"
may be retained by using DR.. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription" a specific for "fe-
male COMPLAINTS BY druggists.