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There was another branch of the
Lewis family, the same stock. from
which are descended Hon. VIM. F. Mel
len, an eminent member of your bar,
professor Of law in the University of
Louisiana, and Hon. I. P. Mellen. a
prominent lawyer Of this city.
If space.permitted, could cite many
other examples among your legislators
and in the various professions. For ex-
ample, there was your great physician
and medical writer, DIR. Samuel a. Cart
wright, and DIR, Fenner, and DR.. VIM.
J. Austin, now father of the faculty, all
trained in Mississippi.
But will trespass no longer having
said enough to show that Mississippi
holds her own, and is proud of her sons.
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A Grave Error.

No error in the conduct Of physical life
can be greater, or of more serious conse-
quence, than to suppose that pains in the
back and loins, futtering of the heart, and
disturbances of the urinary system are
trivial, and will ego as they came" To
neglect such symI toms is sure way to
incur serious and often fatal diseases. The
true cure for them is Hunts Remedy, the
great kidney and liver medicine. This
medicine is never taken without benefit
ii nervous about your kidneys, bladder
liver, or urinary organs, use Hunts Remedy
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-14

THOMPSON, GEORGE, & Co,
Wholesale Druggists, Galveston, Texas.
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Union School Agency
W. H. clark, Manager. H. Mayors, soo'y
BRANDON, MISS.

TyHE UNION SCHOOL AGENCY WORK TO
promote the Educational Interest Of Mississippi
and other States, by
i. Procuring Competent Teachers for Schools, Fam
lilies, etc.
2. Securing suitable and lucrative positions for
Teachers.
There Il no reason why any School should We with
ont 4 competent Teacher, or Teacher be without q
school II they win avail themselves Of the oppor-
tunities furnished BY this Agency, which has ne
constant correspondence with Schools and Teachers
For Circulars address UNION SCHOOL AGENCY, X.
o. BOX las, BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI.
nOy.f 82-5m.
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a DEATH-BED MARRIARE

was soon afterwards Joined to the "apple
OF his eye" in holy Wedlock.
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There is virtue in the attempt even to
do great thing well; but if we fail, il
argues nothing against the heart, but
only that circumstances thwarted or
that our judgment did not match the
nobility of our desire.
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THIS is to certify that we bought over
four thousand dollars worth Of DIR. Drom.
coolies English Female Bitters and Baileys
Saline Aperient during the year 1851, and
from personal observation and public
opinion, take much pleasure in recommend
ing them as worthy Of public confidence
aud ia ynr
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-14

If you have any faith, give me for
heavens sake share of it! Your doubts
you may keep to yourself, for ! have
plenty Of my own.-Goethe.
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Poster Printing.

TNxcuRsrog MANAGERs viii find It 10 their i'm
n terest 10 correspond with before having their
Posters, Hand Bills and Tickets printed. Address.
POWER & BRKsDALE, jackson, Miss
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MILL & FACTORY SUPPLIES
or ALL KINDS. BETTING, HOSE
and PACKING, OILS, PUMPS ALL
KINDS, IRON PIPE, FITTINGS,
BRASS GOODS, STEAM GAUGES,
ENGINE GOVERNORS, 30. Send for
Price-Iist. w. H. DILLINGHAM; & co.
42I Main Street. LOUISVILLE, Ky.
aug 10, Sly.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-14

KIDNEY complaints kin hundreds who
might have avoided them by using Parker's
Ginger Tonic.
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If you don't like the use of a sickening pill
for your headache and constipation, just
try one dose Of Bditey's Saline Aperient and
you will never use another pill Tor the same
| nurnosa
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"Tongh on ChiIIs =

Cures s cases for rs cents in cash or stamps
Mailed by John Parham, Atlanta, Ga.
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three weeks with amule or a cow-catch-
er, and feel a little more confidence in
myself.
Church Keno.

While most of our travelling men
our commercial tourists, are nice Chris.
tian gentlemen, there is occasionally
one that is full of old Nick as an egg
at this time of the year is full of ma.
laria.
There was n of them stopped at a
country town a few nights ago where
there was a church fair. file isa blonde,
good-natured, goOd-looking, serious
talking chap, and having stopped at
the town every month for a dozen
years, everybody knew him. He al
ways chips in toward a collection, a
wake or a rooster fight, and the town
swears by him.
He attended the fair, and a jolly sis
ter of the church, a married lady, took
him by the hand and led him through
green fields, where the girls sold him
ten cent chances in saw dust dolls, and
beside still water where a girl sold him
sweetened water with a sour stomach,
for lemonade, from Rebecca's well.
The sister finally stood beside him
while the deacon was reading off num-
bers. They were drawing for a quilt,
and as the numbers were drawn it was
announced that the number fifteen
drew the quilt, and the little sister
turned to the travelling nan and said,
"My! that's my number. l have drawn
it. What shall | do?' Hold up your
ticket and shout keno" SAID he.
The little deaconeSs did not stop to
think that there might be guile lurking
in the travelling man, hut being full Of
joy at drawing the quilt, she rushed
into the crowd toward the deacon, hold
ing her number and shouted so that
they could hear it all over the house,
"Keno" If a bank had burst in the
building there could not have been so
much establishment. The deacon turn
ed pale and looked at the poor little sis
ter as though she had fallen from grace,
and the church people looked sadly at
her, while the worldly minded people
snickered.
The little woman saw that she had
got her foot into something, and she
blushed and backed out, and asked the
travelling MAJ what keno meant. He
said he didn't know exactly, but he had
always had seen people, when they had
VOL anything at that game, yell
keno" She is not exactly clear what
keno is, but she says she has sworn off
on taking advice from pious looking
travelling men. They call her little
keno, now.
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pied heads to heaven formed the aven-
ues in which he walked, and, clad in a
simple robe of skins with feathers sur
mounting his brow the aboriginal
chieftain was indeed a picturesque
sight.
But civilization has had a whack at
him, and the picturesqueness of the
war-like chieftain can now only be
found amid the pages of the yellow.
clad fiction, sold at ten cents a dose.
The chieftain of to-day e a plug
hat of the vintage of 1868, an old army
overcoat, rubber boots, and can swear
in two languages, and drink fire-water
in six. No more does he chase the fleet
deer over the pine clad hills, but he
hangs around cheap city beer saloons
and browns his sorrow in the flowing
bowl. Twenty-Five cents worth of beer
will drown a good deal of Indian sor-
row. The sad-eyed squaw no longer
hangs her papoose on the 1.-THE sway
ing branches of the tree as she plows
the ground with a pointed stick, and
plants the maize for the winters store.
The papoose now wears ready made
clothes. and the sad-eyed squaw over.
turns the ash pile in search of cast-off
bustles and h%oop-skirts, with an oc-
casional dash of corset, that she may
bedeck her person, and look stunning
as she peddles bead cushions and begs
on the streets.
Civilization has wrought a mighty
change in the once-noble lords of the
forest, yet it is difficult at times to de-
termine whether the Transformation
has accomplished the expectations of
u forefathers or not. We are a queer
people in many ways.
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A Jawbreaker.

An officer of the Welsh steamer Cav.
liza, now in this port, says that a new
vessel on that line, to be built at Sum-
derland. is to have the name of Llanfa-
rpwllgwyngyllogerych
tstiliogOgoch.
where did you find the namep"
ats pure Welsh" said ne. "Have
you never heard of the Engllsman's
perfect cure for lockjawp Here it is
printed.
He handed the reporter the follow.
ing card:
"'Is your father at home" asked an
Englishman of a v elsh boy whom he
met at the Great Orme's Head, Lam
dudno. No sir; he's gone to work at
Observation-Disclosures Conwy.' ais your
mother in, thenp' She's gone to the
fair at Llanfhangel-treir -beirdd.' Dear
mel But where is your sisterp my
sister has gone to scholl at Llanfairp-
siliogogogogooh. Good gracious ex-
claimed the Englishman; I must 60
and take a smile.'"-N. Y. Sun.
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Why wasn't Eve afraid of the meas.
elsp Because she'Adam>
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13
Lincoln and Jeff Davis.

"Just after Mr.. jefferson Davis had
been captured" says a gentleman re-
porter in the Boston Traveller, II call
ed over at the White House to see
President Lincoln. l was ushered in
and asked him, well. Mr.. President,
what are you going to do with jeff Da-
visY' Lincoln looked at me for a mo-
ment and then said in his peculiarly
humorous way: That reminds me of
q story. A boy out west caught a coon
and tanned it to considerable extent,
but the animal created so much mis-
chief about the house that his mother
ordered him to take it away and not to
come home until he could return with
out his pet, The boy went down town
with the cool secured with o strong
cord, and in about an hour he was
found sitting on the edge of the curb
stone, holding the coo in n hand
and crying as though his heart would
break, A big-hearted gentleman who
was passing stopped and kindly in
quired: SAY, little boy, what is the
matter?" The boy wiped a tear from
his eye with his sleeve, and in an in
jured tone howled: Matter! Ask me
what's the matterl You see that coon
there? Well, l don't know what to do
with the darned thing. I can't sell it, ]
can't kill it, and ma won't let me take
it home"
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They Weren't Sandwiches.

Among the score of US who rushed
into railroad eating house in Missis-
sippi at the call of twenty minutes for
dinner" was a chap who had his mind
made up to say something unpleasant
when he came to pay for his meal. He
was growing when he went in and he
iawed all the while he was eating, and
when he slouched up to the desk to pay
his seventy-five cents. he broke out
with:
"Them sandwiches were enought to
kill adog.'
"What sandwiches"
why, them on the table,"
"But we have no sandwiches on the
table, sir" protested the landlord.
"You haven't? Well. l should like
to know what you call them roasted
brickbats on that blue platter"
"You didn't eat of them I"
Eyes, / did,
"Then, my friend, you had better go
for a doctor at once. Those are table
ornaments made of t~erra-cotta. and
were placed there to fill up space. Land
o ratsl but you must have lived in a
canebrake all your llfel"
The traveller rushed into the a and
began to suck a brandy flask, and he
didn't get over looking pale for three
hours.
And they were sand wiches after all
real good ham sandwiches. made that
day. The landlord had adopted that
peculiar style instead Of using a club
Detroit Free Press.
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A Funny Man Who Was Not
at All Funny.

us the man that gets up the funny
column here?" asked a Sinking little
chap, as he poked his dubious little nose
INTO the room.
30, yes" said a bald-headed man with
a disorlered necktie, grizzled beard
and face like that of an undertaken at
an expensive funeral. "Walk right in !"
and he caught the little mar viciously
by the collar:
"Want to see the funny man. don't
your" and he butted the little fellows
head through a se~venty-ive cent look
ing-glass.
Like to look at the comic wouldn't
you?' and he tore the intruder's coat
down the back and took d fresh grip on
his SHIRT.
"Come down from the country to see
the odd clown haven't you? Like to
see him stick his head through Il paper
balloon, say "Hey, diddle, diddle, the
fools in the middle and get cut around
the legs by the ring-master, I suppose"
and No. IL boot collided with the lit
tie wretche's trousers with a shock like
that of a dynamite bomb.
"The 'buffoon' amt in; he is training
a new lackass. Come right in. Chill
dren half price. Just gong to begin.
Sit down." and he jammed the terri
ned little visitor into a keg of printers
ink.
The queens jester will be along
pretty soon. Wait for the great shown
he yelled. as the little man madly tried
to escape through two closet doors, and
finally rolled down stairs, accompanied
by the w%ater-cooler. two ink jugs and
the paste pot.
want n more paragraph, Mr..
Graves" said a voice through the speak
ing tube, and the solemn mar wound a
wet towel around his head, sat down at
the desk, and YEARLY wrote:
"Is a mar getting up stares when he
buys an glass-eye ?"-Boston Bulletin.
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shade ~protruding from her left Shout
derp
Oh, yes; l see that quite plainly.
There, did you see her gouge out that
mans eye?
1t was neatly done.
Very; that is probably the twenti-
eth eye she has obliterated during her
walk. The surgeon viii pay her for
her kindness to him.
Does she conine her operations to
OpticsP
No; sometimes she destroys q nose,
and occasionally slashes a cheek. She
is very versatile. She is more terrible
than an army with banners.
But do not the gentlemen hate herp
Oh, no; they love and admire her;
but they detest and despise her para
sol.
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The cashier Of the Farmers National
bank, Bucks County, Pen, recently re-
ceived a remittance Of $1,000 In silver
from the treasury department at WASH.
ington. The remittance was found to
be twenty-five cents short, and Treas
urer Wyman was at once notified. A
prompt reply, enclosing a twenty-five
cent piece, vas received. In which. as
showing the strict watch kept by
the treasury department over its cash.
the following from Treasurer Wyman's
letter is interesting: "At the conclu-
sion of the examination of moneys at
this office last month q twenty-five
cent piece was found on the floor Of
the silver vault, which the examiners
were unable to account for. 1t Is sup.
posed that in weighing the coin this
piece must have accidentally dropped
on the floor, and was not observed ut
the time.-Philadelphla Ledger.
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Blundering Bridegrooms.

A Boston groom grew SO confused
during the marriage ceremony that he
couldn't find the wedding ring. After
a long search he found 1t In bis boot.
An absent-minded bridegroom forgot
the hour set for his nuptials and was
discovered playing pool. He was hur-
ried to church and married.
In Philadelphia a young man who
had just been married forgot his pocket
book when he started on his wedding
tour. He was compelled to pawn his
watch.
The first blunder committed by an
awkward Baltimore groom was to tear
his brides dress by stepping on the
train. He forgot his response, which
so affected him that he burst into tears.
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Considerably Modified.

One hundred years ago, before the
hand of the pale face had set foot in
these valleys, the noble red man roam
ed at will, and shot bears, deer and
other Indians as he fingered. The
grand forests that reared their cano-
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13
The Deadly Parasol.

Why does the young lady hug her sun
shade so affectionatelyP
She is in the employ of a surgeon.
In the employ of a surgeon? What
do you meanp
Do you not see the cruteh of her SUM-
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13

The chef of a tribe Of Grow Indians,
recently captured in Montana, Is NAM
ed Tabor. The exact price of his night
shirt has not yet been given to the pub
lie.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13

When Washington vas inaugurated
as president, in 1859, there were hut
seven postofices In the state Of New
York. Now the state contains con-
siderably over 5000.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13

What is the difference between q
canal and q woman's mouthf The
canals mouth shuts up sometimes. buk
the WOman1a. never.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13

A Memphis clothing man wa bitten
in the hand by . "cotton-mouth." re-
Gently, while fishing. His arm immedi-
ately became numb, and he drank
nearly three gallons of whiskey before
he become drowsy, and out of danger.
If he had been a member OF the "Busi-
ness Mems Moderation Society,"" OF
New York. he would have been obliged
to stop at the second gallon. and would
have probably lost his life.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13

Stop the press. shouted the editor to
the fellow who was huggsRg the lady
compositor.
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the best scent CIGARS ll
ban tobacco,
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NanchcSfer.

The Presbyterian church. which has
been without a pastor for some time, has
extended a call to the Rev. Thcodoric
Pryor Epps, Of Nottoway county. Mr..
Epps preached in this city several weeks
ago and made fine impression upon his
hearers. and the church will be very fortu-
nate il they succeed in securing his SER
vices.
Mr.. =. A. Hancock returned to the city
Yesterday from Powhatan county, where
ne has been attending the County Court for
the past few days.
John Frceborn and Sam. Green. both
c0lored, were before the Police Court yes
terday morning charged with stealing one
trunk belonging to Sam. Bowen (cOlored),
but the evidence was insufficient to convict
the prisoner and he was discharged,
Several small white boys were before the
court for creating q disturbance in the
streets and throwing rocks at house in
the lower part OF the city, which was Occu-
pied by Mrs. IIagan. All the boys were so
small that Mayor Taylor reprimandcd them
and dismissed the case.
The funeral OF George W. Smith, son OF
Mr.. \. b. Smith, took place ut the Ninth
Street Methodist church at 3 O'Clock yes
terday evening. Rev. W. III. Christian Off
ciated, and the interment was at Maury's
cemetery.
Mr.. A. c. Atkisson. one Of our most
prominent citizens, left for New York city
yesterday evening.
Mr.. W. III. Garnett. who was taken sud
denly very sick last Monday, is somewhat
imDrOypd
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The Theatre.

The second presentation OF Francesca
Da Rimini drew IN audience that was quite
fashionable, which also comfortably filled
the house. The performance was an inn
provement on that OF the preceding night.
due probably to n better acquaintance OF
the artists with the acoustics OF our Thea
tire. TO speak in detail would only he to
repeat the praise this tragic and emotional
play won last night. 1t is OF more than
common strength. and Mr.. Barretts adml-
rable execution, withan excellent support,
brought out in forcible array all its dra-
matte features. The audience-a very criti-
cal one-was well pleased. as the various re-
calls and well-merited applause testified. 1t
is unnecessary TO repeat the criticism OF last
night, nor is il necessary to discriminate
i'm company where all the actors were so
good and so true to their parts further
than to say that Miss Marie Wainwright as
Francesca gave a decidedly artistic rendi-
ton Of that character. The BippO Pepe OF
Mr.. James and the Count Padla OF Mr..
Skinner were thoroughly appreciated.
Tonight Mr.. Barrett will appear i'm his
great character OF Richelieu, in which he
has made worldwide reputation. or
course he VIII be greeted by q full house.
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MOrtRnrN.

The following Is the mortuary report Tor
the week ending December lst:
cause Of Death: Burns, 1 white; can
Ger, / colored; cerebro-spinal meningitis,
colored congestion OF liver and bowels,
white: congestion OF lungs, cOlored /;
consumption. 1 colored; dlarrhGa, ! white I;
fever (tvphoid), colored; fever (typho-
malariaD, / white. 1 colored; heart-dis-
ease. white; hemoThage Qrom Iungs(
1 colored; inflammation OF bowels, /
white: pneumonia, | white, 2 colored;
pyemia, colored; SuiiocatiOn, ] white; /;
tabes mesenterica. white; ulcer, white (;
unknown, 1 white; whooping-cough, |
colore6; overdose OF opium, white.
Whole number OF deaths in the city,
exclusive OF still-births, 30 white, II;
colored, If.
Locality: Marshall Ward, 6; Jefferson
Ward. 4; Madison Ward, 3; Monroe
Ward, .; Clay Ward, A. Jackson Ward. T..
Rate Rate OF mortality Of whole popua-
ton was 1905 per 900 per annum. Rate OF
mortality OF white population was 1916
per 900 per annum. Rate Of mortality OF
colored population was 1892 per 1000 per
annum. J. G.. CABELL, NJ. d.,
President Board OF Health.
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Comixg Elections.

There is a vacancy in the Twenty-tiith
senatorial district, composed OF the coun-
ties OF Mecklenburg and Charlotte. Charles
r. Jones, the negro Republican senator,
has resigned. preferring to be postmaster
OF Boydton. MeckleDburg, rather than test
his eligibility 10 a seat in the Senate after
having accepted the pOstmastership. The
COalitionists have nominated Colonel VIII
liam Townes, good-natured, lsrge-siZed
native OF Mecklenburg. but man who can
point to almost as many phases OF political
candidacy as any man in the county. The
Democrats have put in the field Major
Thomas W. Scott. OF Charlotte.
Major Scott is the gentleman who organ
lied colored Democratic club i'm the late
campaign and brought them here TO join
in our jubilee. He Is a peoples man, and
very popular, and when it is considered
that his county gave Democratic majority
OF 4G6 votes, and that Mecklenburg only
gave the Coalition ticket 3S2 majority,
Major SCOTS election may be safely count
ed upon.
An election will take place in the Twen-
ty-seyenth senatorial district, comprising
the counties OF Sussex, Greensville. and
Dmwiddie, on the 9th instant. Mr.. George
i. Barham is the Coalition candidate; Mr..
p. =. Fnnigan, an eX-United States reye-
nue. officer, is the Straightout Republican
candidate. Captain Branch I. Epes, OF
Dinwiddie county. is spoken OF as the
Democratic candidate. It is hard to tell
what the result will bC.
In the Thirty-drst senatorial district the
Coaltionists have nominated William II.
Turner and the Democrats j. :. Burroughs,
The race will be a close one, and will be
decided on the 18th instant.
An election to fill the vacancy in the
Thirty-third senatorial district will be held
on the 18th also. No nominations as yet
have been made.
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Communicated

WALKERTON, KING AND QUEEN CO., Va, !
December 3, 1883.
This whole district OF eountry-both
races, both political pa. ties would rejoice
with the writer to secure Judge J. II. C..
Jones for First Auditor Little patronage
has ever been bestowed upon the section he
represents.
His rectitude i'm his purpose TO keep out
OF politics while administering tac law cost
him his Office, to the regret OF all our best
citizens.
Fully efficient. with every necessary en-
dowment. he would reflect credit on the
wisdom selecting him, and WIN support to
a party which eyinces It's determination to
ill our offices with best material.
II every member Of the Legislature knew
him Us we know him, there could be, we
think, no doubt of hisselection:
FIRST DISTRICT.