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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02
A Mothers Voice.

First in the memory Of more than
half the human race is that tender
sound, the tone of Il mothers voice.
Many of us can only listen to it with
the heart, and remember that its mel
ody once soothed pain from our pill
low, hushcd into stiffness the impat-
lent surprise and anguish oflife's first
grief. The reader signs. 1t is the UNI
uttered thought Of the heart which
can be translated thus "Mother's
voice! silent all these years, and never
to be heard again this side the inter
vening river" Oh! the comfort to be
unrealized all lifes journey through.
What would it not be to the orphan,
hood Of earth, if that long silent voice
could be Withdrawn awhile from the
melodies Of the life unseen, to soothe
the disquietudes of this present, SO
full Of pain and pining hearts. On
that day on which the village grave
yard received into its bosom the
coftined clay that had cushioned my
own mothers gentle spirit, l "slept
for sorrow" as SO many have done
since the three disciples slumbered
when they should have watched.
And dreamed she had not gone away
at all, but that | heard her speaking
in the next room, hushing some jar
ring noise, and saying, "Shc sleeps,
do not wake my child" Oh! miserable
waking! 1t was she who slept to wake
no more, while | awoke to be num-
bered with those whom God has writ
ten moherless And sleep half held,
and half released me, while there
surged over my soul its realization Of
orphanhood, cpitomized thought
"neverito hear her voice again, never
while | live" And still, as years 90
on, | have consciously missed out of
the harmonies of life the tender sig.
nihcance of my mothers voice. M.
l.. Hopkins in Christian at Work.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02
Rose Culture.

The rose is the queen OF flowers.
1t is the true representative Of Flora
in all her beauty and sweetness and
moreover, it is like beauty itself, i'm
perishable because ever renewed.
For the rose is ever blooming, and
with good management may be in
bloom every day in the year. We
have "A rose of that delicate and de-
licious variety, Safrano, now in bloom
that has not been without bud or
an open flower since MAY, 1881, when
it was FIRST potted, as it came by
mail from the greenhouse. And just
here it might be useful aud interest
ing to know that the mail will bring
a flower garden to every persons door
every day in the year, if need be.
For dozen ever blooming roses
grown in pots, and ready for i'm
mediate blooming, and often bearing
buds, may be procured through the
mails from any rose growers for the
small sum Of single dollar. And
just now is the season for procuring
these lovely roses and potting them
for summer and fall blooming Let
us follow up rose so procured. A
small package wrapped in damp moss
and oiled paper arrives by mail.
We find it to contain small but per
fcctly wellrootcd plants that have
been grown in two or three inch pots.
Some Of the old soil still adheres to
the roots. We put the plants in
water at once, and proceed to get the
pots and soil ready for them. We
take three inch pots, or old fruit or
meat cans, which are excellent, but
which must have a hole in the bottom
for drainage. If We have no soil
ready prepared, we 90 to the woods
or the garden, and bring in box Of
the best soil we can find, and sift it
to get any worms out Of it. A piece
of broken crOckery is put over the
hole, and few pieces ofbroken brick
or coal cinders a little soil is then
put on that. Then the plant is held
in the pot with the left hand and the
roots, first trimmed, u little if necessa-
ny are nicely arranged; then the soil
is scattered in among the roots and
pressed down with finger as it is put
in, little by little, so that the roots
are evenly spread in the soil. In
this way the pots are filled near to
the brim. The plant is then cut back
about one-third, the pot is dipped |
wholly in pail Of water to settle the
soil, and is put in cool, dark cellar
for ten days or SO, when it is brought
out gradually to the light Of day, and |
by and by into the sunlight in win
dow or on bench in the garden, or
The plants may be set out in a
garden bed, and shaded for a few
days until the roots start. In two
Or three weeks new shoots are formed |
and tiny flower buds will appear, and |
by and by as the plants grow rapidly |
they will burst into bloom, repeated |
week after week until winter arrives,
when they will need rest in u cellar
until spring comes again, But if
lowers are desired in the fall and
winter the buds are nipped off in the
summer, and vigorous growth of
wood will be made, which about
November will produce buds, and
these will be appearing, and blooming
all through the winter.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02
All Sorts.

"Why are those things on your
dress called bugle trimmings" George
wanted to know. "Oh," Emily re-
piled lightly, because pa blows over
the bill"
On the street: Il understand that
you own a great many houses and
small farms in the suburbs" Eyes. "
"Do you live on any of them?" 'No."
"Then you don't raise anything?"
"Oh, yes every spring | raise rents.
A CRIPPLE with rheumatism: Park err
Ginger Tonic cured me and keeps me well.
NJ. GLFoILE, Binghamton
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02

LIFE often seems like long ship.
wreck, Of which the debris arc friend,
ship, glory and love; the shores Of
existence are strewn with them.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02

THEremoyal and prevention of dandruff
Is pleasantly accomplished by the use Of
Parker's Hair Balsam.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02

PARcHEp and swollen lips indicate Worms
shriner's Indian Vermifuge will destroy
ana eject these detestable creatures from
health and beauty.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02

That was sound advice given bv q
sage to a young writer: Think much.
write little, publish still less.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
AN EXTRAORDINARY
OENFF II
ALL WANTING EMPLOYMENT !

IF THE AGENT, AFTER A THIRTY DAYS
1 trial, fails to make az least 500 clear above
turn the money paid US. Our circulars to agents
SHOW that $500 has been made in single month
We give exclusive territory. There can be no cont
petition. Business is honorable, pleasant and profit
able An agent wanted In every county. County
right sent free with FIRST order. Every agent 81.
those wishing employment, should write us at once
counties arc being taken fast and no other firm In
the United States ever before offered such eXtTaor-
binary and liberal terms to agents. Send 3 one
cent stamps for large description circulars oontain-
ing this offer to the
RENNER MhNUFA"TTRING co,
ZIG Smithlold Street, Pttsburg Pa
feb14 'S3-fm.
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Poster PRINTING

ti 49,. ulsi . AAEAenEs will End Il "a th.ir ..
Postsss is correspond with u before h.,- a -
nv pa Ills and liskS@ printed. AdsySss
iOWAS BRKsDALE, Jashsep. va
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02

WE are authorized to announce the name Of Mr..
w II. z WARE, Of Kinds County, as a candi-
date for the office Of District Attorney OF the Ninth
Judicial District, composed of the counties Of CO.
piah, Kinds, Madison and Yazno Election, No
yember, 1881.
VETE are authorized to announce the name OF
w Mr.. II. G. CONN. Of C0piah County, as a
candidate for District Attorney for the Ninth Judi
cial District, composed OF the counties of Copiah
Kinds, Madison and Yazoo Eelection. November,
1883
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For Circnit Clerk.

ME are authorized to announce ME-. WILEY
w IL POTTER rs . candidate Tor Circuit Clerk
OF Kinds County Democratic Nominating C0nYen-
ton.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
THAT BIG STRIKE,
AND WHY 1T WON'T COME OFF.
III. p.n..,lr.a,. s.er, prousu.esd Abura-1A.
nlasrs ia . Bad Fi1, bat Zoo weak to
Carr their PoInt-Aibltration IA.
rored BY Leading Miners.

Pr1TsBuRoH, December 97.-The story
that from fifteen thousand to twenty thou
sand miners intend to strike the first ofthe
year in Westmoreland, Blair, Huntington
and Bedford counties, Is one OF the most
ridiculous started by sensational newspa-
pers in some time. There are not that
many miners in the district named. The
seventh district comprises Blair, Hun.
Cambria and Bedford counties,
while Wes!moreland Is partly in the first
or Allegheny county district, and the bal.
ance Is In the third, or Coke district
The Amagamated Union OF Miners
has only been In existence q short
time, having been formed in this city
last summer, and 1t wss too poor and too
weakly organised TO stand q strike. The
miners have had little work, and have
scarcely money enough to buy two weeks
provisions ahead. A third OF the miners
are Hungarians, and will not strike under
any circumstances. The President OF the
Seventh district Is J. w. Kilduff, OF Gallit-
zin, formerly OF Pittsburgh, and well.
known for the part he took in the three.
cent strike Of the miners in 1879, when
they carried their point He is one OF the
most pronounced opponents Of strikes and
IsvJrs arbitration heartily. The officials
Of the local miners organ.z ltiorS say the
story Is absurd, and say 1t Is the same with
the Clearfeld regions as with the counties
spoken OF above.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
roREsTaY Aso RAINFALL.
Mel. Powell ExpIodes Some Popular BE.
Iiefs on the Subject.

Moi. Powell ExpIodes Some Popular BE.
IIefs on the Subject.
From Our Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Z. O., December 27.-There
Is popular belief among all classes oi
people that the destruction Of the forests
has resulted in q decreased rainfall in all oi
the older States. In support Of this theory
the newspapers have published column
after column Of reportsiof drought along
the Atlantic coast and inthe middle States
whore the march Of civilization and agri'
culture has dennded the hills Of timber
Scarcely month passes that an able edi'
torial does not appear in some more Oh
less well known journal upon this subject
and the tenor OF the article in every case il
the same, namely that the cutting of tim
ber has direct effect upon the rainfall ol
the country. Major Powell, Director OF the
limited States Geological Survey, in
conversation with the correspondent oi
the INrsLIIeENcER, takes exception to
The statements which, he says, are
the reverse OF the truth. Scientific
men, he sayp, have never endorsed the
theories set forth in the press, which are
absurd. "Instead Of decreased rainfall
as a result Of timber cutting" said Major
Powell. "the reverse Is apparently true.
We have records for the past hundred
ysers OF the rainfall along the Atlantic
Coast. These records show that the average
annual rainfall in the Northern seaboard
states has increased about one inch, while
along the Southern coass-that is south oil
ne Carolinas, the fall hss remained sta
tionary or las slightly decreased. Along
Inc Northern coasts the timber has been
ont ont dnripg that period while the timber
along the Southern States remains about
intact. This spparent increased fall OIL
rain in the Northern States may
be due simply TO greater ac'
enracy in making measurements now IN
vogue than when the first record was
stsIted. Whatever 10 the cause 1t is Ger.
tain that there is no basis whatever for the
theory that the fall of rain is governed by
the growth Of timber, or that timber hat
snything whatever to do with the rain fall
r. Il true, however, that where there is nc
rain there will be no trees, becaus, trees
rea,,ire @ rain TO cid their growth. The In
fiuences which govern the fall OF moisture
are in The atmosphere and not on the
earth's surface, and all the statements ts
the contrary which from time TO time ap
near in the newspapers are laughed NJ py
scentistS."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28

THE New York Sun having remarked
that ''eyen Mr.. Watterson consents TO in
cidental protection" Mr.. Watterson's
Corisr,Journal jumps to it's feet with this
disclaimer:
No, not exactly. The statement, as the
Sun putsil, is one Of those half.truths when
are more misleading than the straight iaise-
hoods, that Tennyson's Parson referred 10
in Yesterdays Courier Journal. Two nun,
dred millions OF revenue can not be lad
without protecting somebody. This can
not be helped with the present public de-
mands on the Treasury. We are no advo-
cate OF revolutionary changes, and, in SUD-
stitutipg good system for bad one, We
would proceed with deliberation. That Is
about the size Of 1t.
That is to say, Mr.. Watterson would
submit to involuntary protection while his
party was pushing on to the goal OF iree
trade. While it may be true that tine
hundred millions Of revenue can not be
laid without protecting somebody" the
revenue might easily be derived from q
tariff that Woulu put oh eNSeSS /,
where they were not needed
for protection and leave stark
naked those industries which can not
exist without protection. We saw some
thing Of this in Mr.. Fernando Woods cell
brated mons!rosity, which put comparative
" high duties on raw materials not pro-
duced in this county, and laid low duties
or 20 duties on the manufactured article
A tariar for revenue might under certain
conditions be infinitely worse for home
industries than absolute free trade.
1t is noticeable that in Mr.. Wattersont
scheme Of involuntary protection pending
the fulfllment Of his fee trade dream, n.
is willing to "protect sOmebody'-a kline
OF tariff lottery in which the lucky tev
draw prizes and the devil takes the nina
most, In some countries such customl
device would madden the peopleto revolu
tlon As this tariff fight in the Democratic
party goes on we are getting great "e"' =
instruction.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
TIE EonlossN NNTunsn.r.
Poyne In the Lead aud tue Field gainst
Hin.

Puyne IN thN AtNu huu Tue eEIeiu ARalnbt
Hin.
CLEVELAND, o., December 27.-The Ohio
Senatorial fight Is hot indeed. All the
closing work isto be done during the holi.
days. Senator Pendleton, George L. Con-
verse, Judge deddes, D. R. Paige, and NJ.
A. Fsran are in the State, the first three
to care for their own chances, thetwo latter
for Payne. There Is no doubt but that
Henry B. Payne Individually leads in the
fight, but he docs not lead in the field.
The Payne men claim sixty pledged votee,
but really have but thirty.fve. It takes
forty.two to make the caucus choice. PEN
dleton has about twenty-eight, Ward nine,
Geddes three, Converse four, and Seney
three. The caucus will be held January
8, and between now and then the work
must be done. The Psyneites fear Pen.
dleton has been playing fox and Rx,
ing things after they have done go. The
bar'l is abroad. Where corruption turks
treaohery must bc. Therefore neither can
didats trusts his pledged supporters. Dar-
bin Ward 10 confident. He says he has
more strength than he Is given credit for.
The old veteran is In position to dictate
any nominee except himself, and may be
can dictate even Durbin Ward. The rest
OF the scattering votes are largely rsndle.
toms. What the Payneites fear most al
this time Ia that a secret ballot will be the
order Of the caucus. II 90, the voter who
tapped both bar'ls can geti his work. In
such an event some OF the Cuyahogans will
bear watching. The situation Is summed
up in few words. They are: "The. fsld
against Payne, and the field the winner II
Il can be handled 10 theright way"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
paiprul Accident 10 General Grant.

NEW YoRx, December 27.-Gen. Grant,
while alighting from a coupe at his resi-
dence on Monday evening, slipped and fell
on his left side, receiving serious injury to
his leg about four inches below the hip
Joint. The surgeons say'no bones are bro
ken, but tho supposition is that the sciatic
nerve Is injured. The General immedi-
a,ely after the accident was assisted to bed,
where he has remained ever siuce, lying In
one position his back, while the'iujdrea
leg Is most painful. The Generals health
otherwise is good, and he is comparatively
cheerful under the circumstance. The
surgeons anticipate nothing serious, but at
The same time predict that It will be several
weeks before the General will be able to
leave the house.
General Grants il iuries were less painful
last night, and at late hour he was resting
comfortably. Hisleg Is very much swollen.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
THR NInBLs spaINaEE.
A Fine Investigating job Which Carlisle
Hau cut Out for Him. $50.


WASHINGTON, December 27.-Various
reasons have been given for the assignment
Of Mr.. Springer to an apparently unimpor-
tant committee. It Is known that Mr.. Car
Isle does not like Mr.. Springer, and dis
posed of him without any advice from any
source. Two members who were support
ing Randall four years ago, but who sup.
ported Carlisle in the late contest, told Mr..
Carlisle that four years ago, when Black.
burn was running sgsinst Randall for the
nomination, and was supported by Car
Isle and Morrison, Springer was negotiat.
ing with Randall Tor the Chairmanship oi
the elections committee while he was fire.
ouen,ing the Blackburn headquarters and
protesting 10 bea warm supporter OF Black.
burn, and that he gave Randall the inior.
nation that he got ut the rival headquarters.
Mr. Springer and his friends Indignantly
deny this story Of double.dealiDg; but 1t
wastold to Mr.. Carlisle, and the latter be-
lieved 1t. However, Mr.. Carlisle did not
intend to bury Mr. Springer 80 completely
as the latter thinks he has been buried.
MI. Carlisle believed that the only investi.
CATION that would be made at this session
Of Congress would be an Investigation Of
the Department Of Justice, and he be-
lieyed that the management Of this investi.
CATION would bs copgenisl to Mr.. Springer,
and that he was the best man IN the House
10 put in charge OF 1t. Although Mr..
Springer GAYS there is nothing but old straw
to be thrashed over, and that he does not
care to undertake that sort OF thing, it 10
mot unlikely that he will think better OF it
and carry out the Speakers intentions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
A Cincinnati aurder.

CINCINNATI, December 27.-The body Of
an unknown man, supposed to be so years
old, was found among the willows along a
little stream near Cumminsville, in the sub.
urbs Of this city. A rope was about the
neck and tongue protruding as II choked
20 death; there were a!so marks Of blows
on The top Of the head.
The body has been identified as that Of
William II. Kirk, dealer in sand, who
has lately been dealing in horses. He
lived on Elizabeth street, Cincinnati, and
was undoubtedly murdered for money.
His wife says he left home Monday to 60 10
Cheyiot 10 buy horse, and had 5000 with
him. She had not heard from him since.
When the news Of the finding Of dead
body was published she visited the morgue
and found it was her husband. Moth.
ing more than suspicious exist as to the
murderer, and no arrests have been made.
LArER-John Neill, a teamster having a
stable adjoining Kinks, was arrested on
suspicion. An amount OF money was found
on him, corresponding TO that taken away
by Kirk. Kinks cap and some other arti.
cles were found hidden in some kindling
wood on Neill's premises.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
An italian Double Murder.

LONDON, December 27-An atrocious
double murder is reported from Italy. The
victims were one Alado, the keeper Of .
newspaper stall in the Piazza Colonna at
Rome, and his mistress, woman named
Moni. They had hoard OF about sl0.-
900, which represented the savings Of
several years, and they were persuaded by
an acquaintance named Llnducci to en-.
trust 1t to him for investment In d match
factory which he pretended to own at LSg-
horn, and which he sssured them would
return large profits. The dividends failed
to arrive, however, and ,Alado and Monti,
suspecting that they had been duped, went
to Leghorn to demand an accounting from
Landucci. They soon found the swindler
and had stormy interview with him.
Subsequently he decoyed them into his
hoase by q promise'of returninga q portion
Of the money, and 1t Is alleged that he as.
sassinated them and disposed Of the re-
mains by putting them in sewer. The
corpses were discovered to-day by the
police, but Landucci had already made his
escape from the city, and probably from
the country. The theory Is that he took
passage on soma one OF The vessels which
sailed from Lsghorn yesterday, and the
police in various seaports have, been re-
queeted to keep lookout for him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-28
moag LOTT M swINDLrs.
Mr Brewster slipn1d Look Alter Our
Es.s-s-g. Northern hoMMdnry.

Mt brewster Bhpn1u Look Alter Our
Northern boundary.
BosroS, December 27.-The Maine cor
respondent Of The Journal has been work.
ing up the lottery swindle busincs, which
is carried on at 81. Stephen, N. B, across
the river from Calais, Me. He says that
after the Postmaster General shsll have
finished his work with the Louisiana lot
teries, he can fad fertile field Of labor in
the lottery schemes that have existed in st.
Stephens, N. B., for several years. The
dupes Of these concerns are all probably
residents OF the United States, and the
Usited States mails are the medium OF
communication, though good deal OF mat.
ter is sent by express both TO and from St
Stephen and points in this country. Con-
siderable OF the printed matter used by
the concerns is sent to them from Boston,
and thus comes directly under the cogniz
ance OF the Provincial Government The
better class Of the people Of New Bruins.
wick and the press unite in denouncing the
concerns as swindlee; but the Provincial
Government apparently winks at the mat
ter, and pockets the revenue derived from
their operation. At present there are two
concerns engaged 10 these operation; J.
Goldsmith Il 70. and w. D. Simpson &
%. The former Is fictitious firm, 40 far
as can be ascertained, but the head Of the
latter 10 the proprietor Of the Queen Hotel
1t St. Stephen. ,,o.
The circulars ssnt out by each concern
are good easy readinH One Of them ad.
vertises an .'extraordinRry distribution oi
cash gifts" amountingto $l29;263 with a
grand cash gift Of $4,000. The circular oi
]. Goldsmith 4 Go. and the one sent out
by W. D. Simpson &a'Co. announce q
schedule Of 1047l cash gfis, amounting to
SIPS 500, with three 'tgrand" giftso S50,.
600, $4,000 aud $4,000 each. The tick
cts for the November drawing were
numbered to about 100000, but no one
has yet heard Of his ticket drawing any
thing. In fact, this Ia the rlle, not the ex-
ception, and the st Johns Globe, in an ar.
ticle denounclns these concerns some time
ago, said that the managers can honestly
claim that the fairness Of the drawings has
never been doubted, because the drawings
never take place. They are also s4fs 10
pledging that the names OF the winners
will never be made known without the
consent Of the persons, for there are nc
winners 10 be made known.