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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07
Remarks of Mr.. Hoyle, of Lee.

When the bill to establish State Fee
male College of Arts and Sciences for
females was under consideration in the
House, Mr.. Hoyle, of Lee, made, the fol-
lowing remarks:
Mr.. Chairman: 1t has been more than
once said by gentlemen on this floor,
that some members of this House, by
their speeches and votes, have shown
themselves to be anti-progressive. Sir,
| must say that if to oppose the passage
of this bill is anti-progressive, then, sir,
| must be written down as anti-progres-
sive.
do not wish to be understood as op-
posing education either in common or
high schools; but in the present condi-
ton of our treasury, and with the pres
ont condition of our common schools,
cannot lend my voice or vote to this bill.
The State of Mississippi now presents
the anomalous position of trying to
build an educational edifice with its
base upward. She is appropriating to
high schools and colleges large amounts
and neglecting her common schools.
To-day in this House we have appro-
priated the sum of one hundred and
sixty-seven thousand dollars for the next
two years for High Schools and Colleges,
with an attendance of not more than
one thousand pupils, making the amount
to each pupil about eighty-three dollars
ank fifty cents per annum; whilst the
number of educable children in the
State is more than four hundred thou
sand, for the education of which the
State only gives three hundred thousand
or less than one dollar for each child
per annum. Taking it for granted that
not more than one-half of them attend
school, then, sir, it will be less than
two dollars for each child per annum.
When VIC ask the Legislature to increase
the amount for educating the masses,
the common, the poor children, we are
told the State is unable to give more
but now, sir, when it is proposed to give
forty thousand dollars for State Fe-
male College, we are teld the State is
amply able and it is parsimonious to
refuse.
When this Legislature is asked to APP
propriate small sum to build up and
repair school houses in the country,
where the people are unable to do So
where in many places our children bave
not houses to protect them from win.
ter's storms and summers rains, we are
told the State is too poor; yet this
House stands ready and has voted large
sums, thousands of dollars, to build fine
colleges and palatial residences for
teachers without . moments hesitation.
When we ask that the teachers of our
common schools be better paid for their
services, We are told their pay is ample,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

State Female College IN Columbus
would do the city an immense amount OF
good, and our citizens should respond lib
orally TO tho request for contributions to
the fund 10 be used in perfcoting tho title
TO the Columbus Fomale Institute property,
which will be offered the State for the pur-
pose Of cndowing College hero UuIum-
bus Index.
Should the splendid property referred
TO be offered TO the State on the condi-
ton indicated, there is no other town in
the State that will be likely to offer such
substantial inducements in order TO Sc
cure the location of the Industrial
School for Girls to be established under
the bill that has passed both branches Of
the Legislature, But there are other
places that will be heard from when the
time for locating arrives. So that Co
lumbus would do well to move promptly
in the matter.
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and members on this floor, unwilling
that they should receive the pitiful sum
Of thirty or forty dollars per month, as
now allowed by law, have had local bills
passed, allowing their employment for
less compensation, when they stand ready
to vote thousands to teachers of High
Schools and Colleges by way of salaries.
Mr.. Chairman, is this fair, is this just?
Why this discrimination, when we know,
sir, that nine-tenths of our children
are too poor to attend these colleges;
Let us, if we have it to give, rather build
up our common schools. Let us edu-
cate the masses first; then, sir, when
the State has done this, and is able to do
more, am ready and willing to 60 as
far as any man. | would then gladly
aid in establishing high school in every
town, a college in every county; but, sir,
until better system of educating the
common and poor children is provided,
| can not, in justice to my people-the
people epresent-give my vote to this
bill and call upon you, gentlemen of
this House, who are from the rural dis
tricts, to stand by the common schools.
Let us first contribute to educating the
masses, then we will be willing and ready
to advance further.
warn you that this forty thousand
dollars is but the beginning. 1t is but
small sum compared to what will here
after be asked Of the Legislature for the
support of this institution. At the ses-
sion of 1873, had the honor to repre-
sent Lee county on this floor. My seat
was not FIVE feet from where / now
stand. A small sum wa' asked to estab-
| lish q somewhat similar institution for
boys. We were told it would require
but small sum annually, as it would
soon become almost self-supporting. The
A. and NJ. College was established, and
in the last three or four years it has
swallowed up more than two hun
bred thousand dollars, and still
the cry is for more. To-day
we have voted for the support of this
college the sum of sixty-four thousand
dollars for the next two years, and yet
more is being asked | warn you to-
night that if the forty thousand dollars
asked for in this bill is given, you may
prepare yourselves to contribute two or
three times this amount at our next ses-
sion. Are you, in view of what the
State has already done for High Schools
and Colleges, willing to vote for this,
and refuse to give to our common
schools any increase under the cry Of
depleted treasury? Mr.. Chairman, !
cannot do it.
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE-FIFTIETH DAY.
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 1884.
NIGHT SESSION.

NIGHT SESSION.
An act to create and establish an Educa-
tiona Institute in the State of Mississippi,
and College for the education of white
girls in the arts and sciences.
Mr. Orr moved committee of the whole
for consideration of the bill. Carried.
After considering the same the commit
tee rose and reported that it had arrived at
no conclusion.
Mr. Mullins offered the following amend
ment:
Whereas, the average girl is now sharper
than the average boy; aud
Whereas. An educated man in the hands
of the most ignorant woman is clay in
tho L@.,ls ~. the patfa-, ths-~fe-e- ha IL --
Resolved, That woman as she now is,
suits US all; and be it
Resolved further, That this bill be now
indefinitely postponed. Tabled.
The bill passed by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Applewhite, Barksdale,
Bell, Bramlett, Brien, Cameron, Christmas,
Coates, Cory, Cowan, Crump, Cutrer, Dale
Evans, Ferguson, Gore, Govan. Harrison,
Horton, Hughston of Choctaw, Houston of
Monroe, Lamkin, Love, Magruder, Marks,
McCool, Mckenzie, Mcleod, McNeely, Mil
Ter, MITCHELL Montgomery of Oktibbeha,
Moore of Yalobusha, Nash, Parker, Peyton,
Powe, Robinson, Rowan, Sanders, Settle.
Spencer, Stevens Wellington and Williams.
Total IS.
NAYs-Messrs. Alexander, Askew, Baker,
Baird, Bassett, Beeman, Bolton, Boswell,
Caldwell, Currie, Dickerson, Dyer, Eason,
Flowers, Foules, Gordon, Guynes, Harper,
Hoyle, Huff, Jones, Kendrick, Kittrell,
Montgomery of Bolivar, Mullins, hurry,
Nabers, Norfeet Orr, Poets, Pound, Rog
ers, Russell Of Rankin, Strahan, Under
wood, Warfeld, Watson, White, Whitman,
Williamson and Wilson. Total 43.
The Governor notified the House that
he had approved the following entitled
bills
To authorize the assessment of land of
the year 1884 in lssaquena county.
To provide for the examination of the
Capitol building with a view to having
necessary repairs done thereon.
To prohibit the sale of liquors in the
9th supervisors district of Simpson coun-
ty.
For the relief of W. T. Montgomery, late
treasurer of Warren county and the sureties
on his official bond
To incorporate Cool Springs Academy.
To amend an act to authorize the pur-
chase of railroads under execution or decree
of foreclosure to organize as incorporated
companies and for other purposes.
To repeal an act to redeem and protect
from overflow from the Mississippi certain
bottom lands herein described.
To decrease the official bonds of the
sheriffs of all counties included in the acts
of December ,, 1853.
To prevent the sale of liquors within five
miles of Mocolusha Academy and Hester
Chapel.
For the relief of the tax payers of Lin
coin county.
To incorporate the Caledonia Branch
Railroad Company.
To amend an act to revise and amend the
charter of the town of Fayette.
To fund the outstanding debt of Sun
flower county.
To incorporate the Yicksburg Water
Works Company.
For the relief of the deaf and dumb chill
dren of W. G. Spivey.
Adjourned.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

THE House Committee on Invalid
Pensions, have agreed to report bill
to allow the widow of Gen. Frank 7.
Blair, of Missouri, $4,000, and a pension
Of $50 per month for money and ser.
vices rendered the Union cause by her
husband during the late war, Better
stop that kind of business. John A.
Logan will want something extra for
going back on that speech in Congress
which said the Northern Army would
have to cross his dead body if they
marched through Egypt to make wal
on the South.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

WHEN hest the stars and bars were
flung to the breeze, twas wOman's hand
that wrought that flag and set those
stars and bars upon its silky fold
The above is extracted from the elo-
quent speech of Mr., Nash. of Oktbbeha,
in the House on Wednesday night in
advocacy of the bill to establish an In.
dustrial College for girls, What he
states is not only beautifully expressed,
but literally true, Mississippi was the
second State to secede from the Union,
and on the afternoon of January 9th,
1861, just as President VIM. S. Barry
announced the vote on the ordinance Of
secession adopted by the State Conven
ton, small but beautiful silk flag, with
single star, was carried to the Presi
dents chair--the gift of Mrs, Homer
NJ Smythe, to the sovereign and indie
pendent State of Mississippi. Mr.. Barry
accepted it in the name of the State, and
in a voice choking with emotion and
eyes suiiused with tears, he briefly indi
Gated the solemn significance of the
scene then transporting, 1t was this cir
cumstance that inspired Harry Mccarthy
to write, and sing TO enthusiastic au
diences all over the South, his celebra
ted ballad, "The Bonnie Blue Flag that
bears Single Star" which we put in
type from his manuscript, and heard
him sing for the first time.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

The Vicksburg Herald thus refers to
the House bill establishing State Hos
pital in that city:
This act on the part Of the Legislature Is
particularly gratifying 10 our citizens. 1t
iS true that II is just and wiso TO establish
n Charity Hospital hore, but Legislatures do
not always 30 promptly respond 10 what Is
needed. We tender the thanks Of our citi-
zons TO the Governor and the Legislature
and the press, for this timely act
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

The tabular statement Of Legislature
which will be found on first ard fourth
pages, will be continued in paper several
days, in order to correct any errors that
may be discovered, and Of which We will
be pleased to have notice. We expected
to have this in Weekly edition, but found
it impossible TO complete it in time.
We send at extra copy Of this mornings
paper TO each members desk.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07
Hon. n. D. Cameron.

The State has no law maker who has
proved himself more painstNking, Jealous
and faithful than the gentleman whose
name heads this paragraph. Lauderdale
may congratulate herself il in the future
she shall continue TO be as well represent
cd as she is a, present. OBSERVER
All of which THE CLARION most
cheerfully endorses.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

THE FIRST special order in Senate this
morning is bill to abolish the Eleventh
and Twelfth Circuit and Chanccry
Court judicial Districts, and to rear
range the Judicial Districts Of the State
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07
Vetoed.

L. L. Russell, Esq, the talented and
very clever attorney Of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, has vetoed Senate Bill
No. 3lS. His message appears in the
New Mississippian of yesterday. That
settles the question--for the present
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

A CORRESPONDENT from Mobile says
it is lazy old town, and that it will be
no longer great cotton market That
is great mistake, we think. He says
it will be timber, coal, turpentine and
small truck market.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07
Correction,

EDrroRs CLARION: A mistake occurs in
the record of my vote on the Supervisor
Bill In your issue az yesterday morning. /
voted yea. BAND, Of Marshall.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07
sENATE-FoRTY-NINTH DAY.
WEDNESDAY, March 5, 1884

WEDNESDAY, March 5, 1884.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Lt.-Gov. Stands in the Chair.
All members present except Messrs.
Dickson, Liddell, Mitchell, Roane of Cal
houn and Roane of Webster.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Bills we're introduced and disposed of As
follows:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-13
Temperance.
Hattie's Ideals
A CHAPTER FROM LIFE.

A CHAPTER FKOM LlfE'
$50 you have found your ideal. my
daughterp"
Hattie Stewart looked up at her mother,
her blue eyes filled with a startled, ques-
tioning look, as she said:
"Ob, mamma, l hardly know. Harry
is very handsome, and far more correct in
his habits than most young men. His
sister is my dearest friend, and I'm
afraid have given him too much encour-
apement to draw back,-yet.' Then a
playful look came into her deep blue eyes
as she said: "Perhaps my ideal has been
too high. Don't you think l have been a
little romantic, mammal 1 have great
many faults myself. am not at all
angelic" s..,
thought; but she only said, quietly:
I'm questions like this, my daughter,
your own heart must guide you, Mr..
Alden's family and record, so far as l
know, are all that we could ask, and we
must trust you for the rest. May the new
love more than satisfy your hearth and
she kissed her daughter and withdrew
from the room.
A little cloud lowered over the beautiful
face of Hattie Stewart, which was not
dissipated till she heard the sharp ring OF
the doorbell and we'll known foot upon
the stair.
ut is Harry, and I am sure he is true.
How foolish of me to feel disturbed" and
a few minutes later, as the two were
gaYly chatting in the parlor, the murky
Shadows of the morning had entirely fled
away.
Six months later and Harry Alden,
surrounded by group of gay comrades
is bossting how he carried off "the most
beautiful woman in Newport"
"a regular little Puritan she is too; q
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-13

LITTLE KNOWN CITIEs.-The English
the magn nltude of India, and 10 compre.
hend that it contains some 10000 600
more people than all Europe west of the
Vlstula. Few, however, are quite aware
of the number of its cities, or believe that
it includes sixty-two with more than So.
900 people, and twenty two with more
than 100000; namely, Bombay, Calcutta,
Madras, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Benares,
Delhi, Palma, Agra, BangaIore, Umritsur
Cawnpore, Lahore, Allahabad, Jeypore,
Rangoon, Poona, Ahmedabad, Bareilly,
Surat, Howra, and Baroda. We give
them in order of population; but, properly
speaking in the English way of counting,
Howra, the Southwark of Calcutta, should
be included in the capital, which with it
contains above SOC, 900 souls, and it is the
greatest, as it is by far the wealthest, city
in the empire. Below the limit Of 10000
the towns become much more numerous,
and there are hundreds with populations
above 10000. The majority of the latter
are quite unknown TO Europeans, an
active m3 3gistrate or two excepted; and,
so far as we are aware, there is no book in
English which gives the slightest account
OF their origination, or of the life and
people in them. Yet many OF them have
histories of 1000 years, and in all flourish
families which think themselves noble,
and have long pedigrees and stirring tales
to narrate. We hear every now and then
much of Indian princes who, in India, are
hardly mentioned, and of educated ma
tives,' scarcely perceptible class, but of
the true british India" as little is known
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-13

The Two BROTHERS. Recently l saw
two portraits which suggested serious
thoughts and valuable lesson. They
were the photographs of the two men,
brothers, of nearly the same age. When
they were boys and young men. they
resembled each other so closely that they
were supposed by many to be twins, and
were often taken for each other. Both
were ignorant, and belonged to what are
called the lower class of society; and in
their faces there was no sign OF intelli-
oence. At the age of eighteen, one of
them awoke 10 an aspiration for knowl-
edge. In The face of great difficulties he
began to study, spending his spare hours,
morning and night, in close application
to GOOD books, while through the day
working as a carpenter. In an unexpected
moment a gentleman of property became
interested in him, and sent him to school,
where he became fitted for college. But
as his friend lost his money, our friend
was apain thrown upon his resources, and
to earn a support, engaged in teaching
while studying. Though not ''college-
bred he has won fine education, and
in his specially of English literature, OF
which he is now professor in college,
has won fame and success. His other
self in looks, the brother, has stayed just
where he was twenty years ago, without
an ambition for any higher position. And
now there is not a feature in common
between the two faces. No observer
would dream of likeness or OF a relation
ship. Ole head has broadened upward,
the other downward; one has become
refined, the other coarse; one is intellec-
tual in its shape, the other is sensual.
There is no doubt that we make our own
heads by whatever we put into them.
Thought develops character, and character
fixes itself upon the oountenance.-W VIDE
ASUdke,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-13

A FORTUNE FROM SIX INCHES OF
STRlNG.-'You see that large factory. Ii
covers the block. Half a million of money
wouldn't buy it. Well, it was built by a
little piece of cord not more than six
inches long, Here the speaker stopped
and scrutinized the reporters counenance
for indications or incredulity, not to say
astonishment. But the narrator was talk.
ing to man, who, since the ntoductiop
of tho telephone, has made it a point OF
principle to be ready for anything and to
believe all that he hears. The speaker
added; Eight years ago there lived on
the west side, the third story of cheap
tenement, down near the North river, q
poor mechanic, who was kept poor because
he had n passion for inventing; it amount
ed to passion. He didn't drink and
didn't travel with the politicians, and ali
who knew his family wondered why they
should be so poor. Time passed on, and
still the man was poor. But at last he
perfected an invention-the simplest thing
on earth-and with his patent in his hand
he went down town one day and called fol
the head of Il house whose check was
current for five figures anywhere in the
street The inventor offered to sell two
thirds Of his patent for 100000 if the
house would bind itself to put 100000
into factories for producing the little thing
that he had invented. The firm signeo
plpels in less than an hour from the time
of hearing the proposal; and in another
hour the inventor had converted the firms
check for 100000 into greenbacks. Lots
We're bought, and n factory was erected.
The business speedily grew 10 gigantic
proportion, and at length the fun acquir
ed all the rest of the block, and covered il
with brick and mortar, and now tht
inventor is able TO associate with tn,
milionaires. The little glove fastcner--s
piece of cord about six inches long and
dozen little metal hooks or buttons is the
thing that was invented
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-13
Che freeman.
Letter from Wisconsin,
La CROSSE, Wis. Feb. 6.

La CROSSE, Wis, Feb 6, '84
Mr. EDrToR 1t is long time since
yuu have heard from me, but though neg.
lectcd, you are not forgotten.
The past year has been a profitable
one for most farmers and business men
generally, with the exception of n small
corn crop, which was in ured to some ex.
tent by frost. But when they planted
Yankee" corn it got ripe-and now
many say they will plant no other in the
future.
We have had about the same degrees Of
cold that you have had-and just snow
enough for sleighing since about the
middle of December and now we have
about 8 inches, with the most beautiful
weather.
Loggcrs are happy. and piling the logs
M on banks of rivers by hundreds of
million feet. And such immense loads as
they draw. One man has drawn 475 loads
that averaged 2,72O feet each. Some of
the sleds track or 9 feet on which they
sometimes draw on good roads 1000 to
5000 feet at load.
When snow is scarce they sprinkle the
roads, during The night mostly) which
makes them glare ice. There are pumps
to fill tanks with OF inch bore that are
sunk in some stream or marshy place and
it takes but few moments to fill them.
Wages including board are from 20 to
80 dollars per month, good OK teamers
getting 40. A first class cook 60 to 70 per
month.
The camps are built of logs and canlked.
Berhs above each other.
Breakfast is eaten by 6 A. NJ, and sup
per after dark. No "fooling" about this
business but every man to work. The crews
are from 10 10 so men in a camp.
There is the head AK man who bosses
the falling of the trees. The head sawyer,
teamster, etc. Everything is done with
military discipline and precision.
There are in the woods in Wisconsin,
over 10000 men who are destroying tho
forests as fast as possible-and it is only
question of time when this will be accom-.
plished, but it will be many years hence,
anyway.
In the spring many of tho woodsmen
turn log drivers. Rolling in and driving
the logs to the mills that saw them. But
when l speak of mills feel unable to do
justice to the subject, and will defer it to
the near future. d.