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Educational Advantages of Girls in
Mississippi.

EDITORS CLARION: have read, with
a feeling akin to pain, the article from
"Eyder" in your issue of April IS. She
seems quite annoyed that some mascu-
line has had fling at women, and this
time it is at the girls bangs. I think it
would have been more sensible in her
to have rejoiced that some one does not
admire that foolish style of dressing
hair; the "idotic-bang" is think very
appropriate name for them. Any way
the style of dressing ones hair is very
little thing to be distressed over, but
there was something in her article, as /
have said above, that gave me pain.
She seems to feel that the boys now
are the only ones that have a chance for
an education in Mississippi. l differ
with her most decidedly. There is not
a girl in Mississippi with the ordinary
amount of brains and an earnest desire
for an education but that can obtain it,
aud if she has older brothers her chance
is all the better. Let me relate fact
to illustrate my position. knew fam
lily in very humble circumstance, the
father running n small farm, and encum-
bered with debt. The parents greatly
desired that their children should be ed
ucatcd.
The eldest son after improving the
opportunities offered him at home in the
public school, was sent to an academy
to prepare himself for teaching, but so
great was his thirst for knowledge, that
he obtained position where he could
pay his board by working morning and
night and thus assisted his parents in
preparing himself for college.
The parents were compelled TO borrow
money to give him collegiate educa-
ton.
He took afull course andin four years
graduated at Yale College in a class
numbering 1903 and stood third in his
class.
He then commenced teaching and re-
turned to his parents every dollar they
had expended upon his education, and
also assisted a sister in obtaining an ed
ucation. She in turn repaid her brother
and assisted younger brother in OBJ
tanning an education.
How closely were the bonds of afec-
ton drawn in that family in this mu-
tual effort for each others highest inter
est, and how highly was the education
appreciated, obtained by such sacrifices.
No my sister, do no despond, he who
would achieve great things must at
tempt great things, Let the cheering
words Of DcQuincy inspire US to noble
efforts.
"rhou, therefore, daughter of God
and man, all patient woman, reverence
thy own ideal, and in the widest of the
homage which is paid thee, as well as
the most real aspects of thy wide do
main, read no trophy of idle vanity but
q silent indication OF the possible gran
deur inshrined in thy nature which rea-
lie to the extent of thy power"
"And show us how divine thing a
woman may become"
A MOTHER.
CLINTON, Mss, May y, 1883.
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MEDICAL.
The World Moves. : sim
Triumphant seis,-

OUR reporter relates the fouo,.
experience Of one of our mos, 49, ~ i''altiua
stantial merchants, Deacon g.. n
Mr.. Mason says that from ises ! -. ~ = Ia
terribly from frequent very sev... =
fammatory rheumatism. Tbsl..t-
winter Of 70 and 80 was sos.r. se.
him unable to take step in tour -, ] = ~
physicians thought that one side o,s,.
lyzed' and both knees became ! ~ ~
could not bend them. The doc,o Ia
his case incurable, leaving him IN /. s''loS'a
dition. He was then induced to ~ d ''' =
edy, by medical friend who to,a !, q
whole sickness and trouble sro.. saat
disease, and convinced Mr.. Mason :, - aida,
the case and after taking it six vs.,. =
tireiy cured and is now in such e,e.u, :
cal condition that neither damp we.,h. pal.
feet affect him disagreeably. ", =
that his cure is complete, as it is mo-. !, =
years since he has had the disease Y, y
my most remarkable cure solely to Hr,g ~
edy, the Infallible Kidney and Iiv., M, q. lsS
says Mr.. Mason. = Prouidence Fr.,,. , !
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23
THE CLARION.
For Tux CLAMoN.l
UNHEARD SONGS.
d. J. ABBOTT.

Oh! the unwrit poems Of this world !!
How many there are unknown,
In manuscripts forever furled;
And the muse forever flown.
Their plaintive burdens linger long
And some lives brighter glow
By catching the strange unuttered song
Which trembles out 80 low.
Yet none of the songs are ever sung
So the throbbing world may hear;
They never fall from human tongue
Bearing a smile or tear.
But in the commonest rudest soul
Their echoes live and bear
To the troubled life sweet control
Unmixed with strife or care.
And some Of the songs are sadder than tears
Oh ! pathos of wordless woe,
Thy strains go down to the listening years,
Who smile as on they flow.
They tell Of hopes which ever lie
Within some human grave
Beneath fickle bend OF sky
Where willows mourniul wave.
They tell Of idols fallen, crushed
And a Iife's ambition fed
And baby songs forever hushcd
And hearts which vainly bed.
Upon the darkling tide of time
Oh, souls so rudely tossed
Tho not in muses. rhythmic rhyme,
We sing of treasures lost
OF voices that are stiled in death
And hands that clasp no more
OF forms which show no pulsing breath
With eyes shut evermore.
And cold lips on which kisses fell
From hungry lips above
In agonized yet mute farewell
In fearless, speechlcss love.
Those sad sweet songs, unheard of earth
Are borne thro' cloudless air
To realms above, there is no dcarth
OF listeners up there.
Thro' all of Gods eternal years
Their cadence rise and fall
No giant wrongs or namelesI fears
Or hopes beyond recall.
But their quivering tones find Judgment
there
In the temple Of the skies
'Mong Heavens celestial singers, where
Earths unheard music lies
Then sing on soul thy mystic song
OF misery or of glee
They cannot to the world belong
But do to God eternally.
BYRAM, May 10Th, 1888.
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In Dreamland.

Harvard Advocate
We stood at the bars as the sun went down
Behind the hills on a summer day,
Her eyes were tender and big and brown,
Her breath as sweet as the new-mown
hay.
Far from the west the faint sunshine
Glanced sparkling off her golden hair,
Those calm, deep eyes were turned toward
mine,
And a look of cOntentment rested there.
see her bathed in the sunlight flood,
see her standing peacefully now;
Peacefully standing and chewing her eud,
As rubbed her ears-that Jersey COW.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23

my prohibition friends, if you will not
or can not enforce the law which we
have, how do you expect to be able to
secure the enforcement of more strin-
gent law? A few suits on the bonds Of
saloon keepers in different parts of the
State, and the consequent airing Of the
yiolators OF the law, would be worth
many temperance lectures.
TEMPERANCE.
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Owe NV Existeno0

ABIGAIL s. Coles, of Moorestown. Bn,li,...
20, Nd, says; Eighteen months ara X
Dropsy around the heart. My pbysician. ! "
friends desrared Of my Ggor getting we,, VEN -
first bottle OF Hunts remedy gave me- ~. y
,'i' ! ieei owe my very existence u HT,,,
Remedy, and am deeply thankful.n 10y
Aiaddin's lamp wrought mighty ,b;n,.
Hunts Remedy works mighticr. Try Il y
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23

WILLIAM II. Wilson, MD, springs.,. :.
ton Co., Ga, says 81 prescribed 9 ir..l htag
cay in complicated case of Dronsy ,rn ' hsla
been treating for eight years, and ens AMI !, ~
Remedy is the best medicine for Dron, ~ !, ~
Kidneys l have ever used" - ana Y
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23
The Bells of COLOGNE.

Would you like to hear the silvery
sound of the bells Of Cologne? Get a
large silver tablespoon, then piece Of
cord nearly yard long, and in the mid
die tie it in knot around the slender
part OF the handle. Now around your
two foretingers wind the ends of the
cords, place these two fingers in your
ears and swing the spoon so that the
bowl will strike the edge of table and
then wonderfully sweet and clear will
sound the so-called bells of Cologne.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23

Mrs. Gen; 8. G. French saws; INV d..r
little boy. Robert was at deaths doo, IA, Nh.
Cholera IIyantuR, and / never forga, ~" ~
gratitude owe DIR. MoFFRrT for say;n,, I h;s
i I with ms TRETHINA (Teethino Po,s5.rol
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23

DR.. MoFFETT's TEETHrSA (Tsetbino Pom.
ders) RenoCes and PrNents tho formation 80
normS IN children. No remedy EQUALS Il
For sale by Byron LemIy. e4u"AS IT.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23

we sometimes meet an original gen
tleman, who, il manners had NOT ~.
1sted, would have invented them
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23

Our Druggist has just received a fresh lot
o. 81 DE. MloFFETTs TEErHINA (Tecthinq Poao.
aefS;l which Is 50 rapidly diminishing the
mortality OF Infants whore it has been
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-23

Look not mournfully into the past, il
cannot come back again; wisely improve
the present, it is thine; 60 forth to
meet the shadowy future without fear
aad with manly heart,--Longfellow.
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ON 30 DAYS, TRIAL.

IHL VuLTAIU BELT CO., harshau,
Mich, will send DIR. DYES CELEBRATED
ELkCIA0-YOLTAIc BELTS and ELECTRIC
APPLIANCES on trial for 80 days TO men
lyonng or old1 who are afflicted with NsT--
yous Debility, Lost Vitality, and kindred
troubles guaranteeing speedy and complies
restoration OF health and manly yigor. al
dress as above.--E. n. Mo riek "A incurred,
as 80 days trial ia allowed,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-12-13
No. s..

new way, which should always lead to the
warm building they are to reost in +; and as
the weather grows cooler, the door may be
closed at night and opened in the morning,
thus avoiding dranghs which produce dis
ease The keeper must exercise judgment
at all points. Damp quarters are even worse
than draughts, and more fatal. Feed WELL
and allow fowls to have their own way as
much as possible. This is the only true
remedy for the roup, as, it avoids The cause.
Many times the fowls will suddenly have
an asthmatic noise in the throat. This
phase is not dangerous and is easily man
aged. Give the affected fowl a good table
spoonful Of castor oil. 1t one does not ef-
feet cure, give second, and feed well.
Ventilate the apartments on clear, dry
days, avoiding direct current of air on the
occupants, and close up at night. When
hlm appears on the eyes, and frothy sab
stance collects about them, there is danger
that this may eventually prove fatal This
form often runs into the cheesy matter stage,
which affects the throat and eyes, frequently
eating out an eye. There are cases when 1t
affects other portions of the body, but it al
most always makes its appearance about the
head and throat. Purge well with castor
oil and wash the affected parts with decoc-
ton of sagar OF lead, followed by a wash
consisting of a mixture of honey, alum and
rain water. Give strong, hearty food and
administer tonics, either cayenne pepper or
tincture OF iron, alternated in the drink.
If persisted in, cure may be effected, but
it is a tedious process. Unless the bird is
valuable, you had better destroy it at once.
Corr, Country Gentleman.
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MULcH1NG CORN AND POTATO FIELDS.

DIR. Sturtevant, at the New York Expert
the Missouri Agricultural College, have each
been experimenting with the use ef straw
spread as mulch over cultivated grounds
devoted to growing crops. But thus far the
seasons have been unfavorable in both To-
calities for obtaining very marked results
IN favor OF straw mulching. Experiments
made at the Missouri College the past sum-
mer, prove that covering of straw six
inches deep put on the surface OF potato
neld just as the plants are pricking through
in spring. will keep the soil at a mach more
even condition as to moisture and tempera-
ture through the entire season, and in case
OF drouth would Undoubtedly have mark
ed effect on the yield
Ihe largest crop of potatoes we have ever
been able to raise. was grown under mulch
OF straw. and the cost OF cultivation was
much reduced, there being very few weeds
TO pull, and no hoeing at all after the mulch
was put oil, which was VIXEN the plants
were from two to four inches high The
experiment did moi convince Us that mulch.
ing would generally pay here in New Eng
land, where straw for bedding often sells AS
high ia market as the best English hay, bat
where straw is piled up il such enormous
heaps As we saw it in the wheat fields of
Pennsylvania aud Virginia last spring, the
thought is suggested whether it would not
pay to use it tor spreading between the rows
OF cultivated crops, especially in seasons of
drouth. The straw would doubtless be
worth more for enriching the soil than the
cost OF spreading it upon the land. From
experiments made artifcialy. in drying
measured portions of soil taken from
mulct1d and unmulched parts OF the same
field, it was found that those portions under
straw contained about double the amount of
moisture in o dry time that the uncovered
portions contained in each cubic foot. The
influence of muching needs to be better un-
derstood by the majority of eultiyators.
Neao England Farmer.
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ROUP AND ITS TREATMENT.

AT the risk of repeating much that has
already appeared in these columns | will
answer many letters and personal inquiries.
as to reply separately TO these would take
more time and labor than can spare.
The rOup is not "A contagious disorder, al
though having that appearance, as where it
once makes its appearance in flock, the
whole are more or less affected All are
alike exposed to the Influence of the same
surroundings and atmosphere, but roup is
hereditary, and when once seated is difficult
of determination. 1t breaks out when least
one OF which is dangerous and more or less
fatal. 1t is produced through neglect, and
is the worst enemy poultry has to battle
with. Some years all tlocks are never free
from it, 1t originates among neglected
tlocks, which are ubjected to damp or windy
quarters, and ii almost always breaks out
among fowls which are removed from one
place TO another in cold weather. Ii is
mistake to put off the purchase of breeding
fowls until mid-winter or near spring, think
ing to save portion of the winter keep.
In nine cases out of ten the result is a loss.
Fowls should be moved carefully, especially
in cold weather The breeding fowls should
be procured before cold weather If delay
ed till after frost sets in, reup will follow,
although it may not make IFS appearance in
many months afterwards.
do not Intend to convey the idea that
fowls should be confined at this early period,
but should be made acquainted with the
ways they are to follow for the coming sea-
son. This may be easily done by placing
the drinking vessels and the feed where the
fowls are desired tog 60. With Slight in
reduction, the birds viii soon take to the
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G lIgghe Aoulhy gard

A California paper highly recommends
charcoal tor fattening turkeys, and says that
it should be pulverized and mixed with
mashed potatoes aud cornmeal as we'll as
fed TO them in small Jumps. 1t mentions
that in two lots OF four each treated alike
and one given this mixture and ;he other
not, there wasan average gain in the weight
ot the first of a pound and a half each. In
commenting upon this another writer says:
"Whi'e we condemn the practice Of mixing
the pulyerized charcoal with other TODD for
turkeys, compelling them TO eat it whether
they waut to Or not, we have no doubt Of
the excellent effects of supplying them char
coal broken into small bits, especially when
fattening for market. We have had evidence
OF what we say, and for Number OF years
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-12-13
SOME ADVICE re YOUNG FARMERS.

For young naeu entering upon farming, it
Is we'll to understand at once that TO. pub
Usher, merchant or a farmer to be success
tul, he is to become so by his own efforts.
None of them are born successful or are
made to order. Rarely, in fact, has any one
made money in the exact way he expected
to make it. No doubt each has general
plan in his head, and may carry it cut some
times as he has arranged it; but the '.tilling
m''-that is the details-come after, and
here Is where the difference frequently comes
in The one who succeeds. AS general
thing, Is the one who has the knack OF seiz-
ing upon circumstances as they arise. and
turning them TO good advantage. The most
OF these successful farmers, too. are those
who attach themselves closely to one place.
They may not have decided with the best
Judgment in locating themselves but in
stead of endeavoring TO correct this mistake
they should, as a rule. hold on to it, and in
making the best of it they will, in four
chances out Of five do the best by it, 1t is
almost impossible for any man, however ex-
once what his land is best fitted tor without
trial for two or three years; but when
once that knowledge is gained, he can 90
Oh more and more every year in establish
Tag the real value and adaptability of his
ground. In addition to all this, what
farmer is going to realize for his crops is of
as much Importance to him as the power
OF the soil to bring them to perfection; and
this profit and loss OF knowledge is also
thing of growth, which one can rarely tell
to another, though disposed to do So In
briet, the successful farmer is the one who
knows how to feel his way, and knowing
follows it to inevitable success. To such a
one it is impossible to say what he should
grow. He must begin carefully and find out
for himself. The best advice to all new be-
ginners at farming is, not to spend all their
money upon any enc thing too soon, and
permit no tempting speculator to induce him
to go heavily in debt, or in debt at all, UNI
less he can, for himself, see his way clear
beyond all question. And always, if posi-
BILE, keep some ready cash in hand, and
never run his purse so low as not in an emer-
gency to protect himself against pressing
debt should he have the misfortune 20 incur
one which his ineXperienCe mas not warned
him to avoid.
III conclusion, be not dtsheartened if some
should tell yoa that you cannot get rich on
your farm, and advise you to try something
else. The resolute, thQrough-going young
man, if he should have little or no capital,
and shall be obliged to go in debt, should
have no fear OF success, unless unIooked-ior
misfortuues ovortake him. The will to do
and the power TO accomplish thing, after
it has been clearly planned and marked out.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-12-13

ID, ID. L. MOORE says in the Tribune and
Farmer: "A direct supply of plant food
does not fully explain the action Of manures.
Many fertilizers operate indirectly to feed
crops by their chemical effects upon the soil.
Thus barn-yard manure in undergoing de-
composition yields supply of carbonlc acid,
whlch may act on the mineral constituents
of the soil and liberate its elements. MANY
mineral elements also, such as common salt.
plaster OF Paris. and other saline matters,
may react Oh the soil, converting potash
and magnesia, for instance, into soluble
forms, and thus giving the sane result as
would follow an immediate use OF the last
named suhstance''
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EGGS BY THE QUANTITY.

All kinds of domesticated fowl-whether
of he barn-yard or improved races-lay
eggs, more or less. There is 40 sort OF fowl,
under any kind of treatment, but will pay
in eggs alone Gf all are gathered that the
hen will naturally lay) twice over the ex-
pense of her annual keeping.
II fed well and properly, she willlay more
eggs usually than if she be starved and ne
elected. In either case her egg product will
sell for double what it costs to keep her,
every year.
This fact has been demonstrated thou
sand times ever, and is indispusable where
but limited sized flock is kept; and every
country housewife in America knows this
from her own practical experience.
Now, if this can be done and is done. with
a single flock of dozen or twenty hens to-
gether, why may it not be done with three
or five separate dozens or scores? And if
with sixty in three flocks, why not six hun
dred in thirty tlocks?
Croakers on the other side of the Atlantic
say it cannot be done, because Mr. Geyelln
and his amateur coadjutors, who attempted
it on large scale, years since in England,
could not or did not succeed with their ex-
pertinent.
What does this failure show to American
breeders? Simply that the venture was not
properly undertaken, and it was not Judi
ciousy conducted. And the same results
would follow anywhere, through this sort OF
ill-advised and ill-managed course of pro-
ceedings.
AS matter of course, we understand, and
have always maintained, that the expense
OF erecting suitable shelter buildings for the
increased number OF iocks will very consid-
erably add to the legitimate cost of COM
mencing this work upon the larger scale.
But these houses may be built very econom-
icaly, and they may be so placed, with a
little calculation by the level headed pOul-
terer, as to serve his purpose, upon low
priced acres and with very few fences, as
shown in our treatise on poultry on large
scale, entitled IAN Egg Farm" sent by
mail from this office for fifty cents.
The flocks in large numbers may be as
easily tended and cared for. with proper at
tention and skill. as can be The fen But
nothing OF this sort can be turned to profit
able account. unless it be thoroughly done
and wisely managed.
II is idle to assert that poultry farming
cannot be made successful. But we know
very well that this pursuit-lke all business
enterprises that are made remunerative-
must be properly attended to, conducted
upon system and followed up in detail of
management faithfully .-Pouthy Yard.
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HOW TO GREASE A WHEEL.

The coach-Makers' Magazine endorses the
statement that few people are aware they
40 wagons and carriages more injury by
pressing too plentifully than in any other
way. well made wheel will endure con-
slant wear from ten to twenty five years, if
care is taken to use the right kind and pro-
per amount OF grease but il this matter is
not attended to, it will be used up n five or
SIX years. Lard should never be used on a
wagon, for it Will penetrate the hub, and
work its way cut around the lemons of the
spokes, spelling the wheel. Tallow is the
best lGbricator Tor woodeu axle-trees, and
cast2r-oil tor iron hubs, bat many of the
patent axle greaseS are also excellent, and
nave the merit OF being cheaper and more
convenient to handle. just grease enough
should be applied to the spindle of wagon
to give it slight coating. This is better
than more, tor the surplus put on will work
out at the ends and be forced by the shoul-
der tands and nut-washer into the hub
around the outside OF the boxes. TO oil an
iron axle-tree, FIRST wipe the spindle clean
with cloth wet with spirits OF rurpentine
and then apply few drops of castor oil
near the shoulder and end. One teaspoon
ful is sufficient for the whole.-Liue Stock
Journal