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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-06
Industries OF Cities.

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The regret is often repeated in rural
circles, says the last monthly report Of
the department of agriculture, that
boys will leave the farm for city life.
| II has been shown heretofore THAI the
proportion of farmers is slowly de-
creasing, and that this is for the best
good of agriculture. II has, at the
same time, been shown that the supply
of farm products is increasing bv uso
of labor-saving implements and Git is
hoped) by better cultivation. Then
there is no need of regret that all sons
of farmers should not elect TO bo farm
ers themselves. Some have inventive
genius and n taste for mechanical pur-
suits; some manifest u penchant for
trade, and Others a preference for pro-
fessions. A distribution according 10
natural bent and innate aptitudes will
lead to better results, and leave fewer
poor farmers to occupy position for
which they have neither taste nor quail
fications. An examination of the busi-
ness of cities shows that they are occu-
pied for other purposes than speculation
and petty swindling, however severely
they may be cursed by the presence Of
those who prey upon honest industry.
In fifty cities of largest population
there wero nearly 5000, 600 people in
1880. OF these 5000, 000 or more were
workers" in addition 10 the wives
and older daughters who were house,
keepers, and the children, the aged,
and infrm. 1t may be supposed that
most of these workers were ia COM
merce or transportation in these fifty
GREAT tsmarts of trade - Ry no upons
for the larger proportion are artisans
and operatives connected with tho
great manufacturing class. New York
itself has AZ pcr cent directly engaged
as artificers, and but q per cent in
trade and transportation together. and
the annual value of the products is tho
princely sum of SAP, 926, 437. Instead
Of handling few hundred millions in
foreign goods, they make an equal
value of domestic goods, q large pro-
portion of which IS labor. So we lind
in these fifty cities an average of 43
per cent in manufactures, per cent in
agriculture, and "a per cent in trado'
and transportation. AS the remainder
are in domestic service, distributed
among these classes but not enumcr-
ated with them. and professional peo-
pie dependent upon all these classes,
it appears that fully siX-tenths Of tho
of these cities arc supported
by manufacturing production: I. C., tivo
millions of population of less than
eight derives their incomes from tho
productive industries. Thus the great
cities of the country are not so muci
''marts of trade as "centers OF in
dustry."
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Ethics or Ionrnaiism


Mr.. Mclaughlin, Of PHILADELPHIA.
said to Gath: II think the national
convention at Chicago was better re-
ported throughout the American press
Srnl 11iln any convention We have ever had.
Ane newspaper profession has acquired
/ more seH-respeet That is the first
thlng TO DO looked to about the press.
"A man came in here yesterday and
wanted me to take $40 worth Of tick
cts for his benefit the deor- keeper of a
theater- Said l; I don't quite see why
should contribute $40 To you.' He
replied that he had been verv Kind to
the boys Now. said to the door
keeper. if you will turn every one of
our boys of when they want to go In
free, will engage to give you SIS at
your next benefit, and | will rivo that
10 each of the theaters in this citv.'
Along in the night if the news is 4 lit
tie dull it is the habit of these news
paper men 10 sally out and look first
at this theater and then take in an &C.
of that, and half the time we cannot
lay our hands on them if something
happens. Newspaper employees ought
to be well-dressed men, " said Mr.. Nc
Laughlin, land above accepting these
favorS. We want every man around
us to feel that he is n gentleman, and
that his privileges in communicating
with the public are of q very excep-
tional kind. and ought to give him high
responsibility as 3 citizen" Said /:
'Iour Philadelphia papers are better
than they formerly were?" Yes"
said he, land it has been discovered
that the success of a new paper does
not supersede another successful one.
The people read in proportion to tho
variety of the talent You set before
them. If you make three good news
papers where only one was good, n
large portion of tho people take all
three. Merely political stipendiaries
have no longer any standing in our
journalism. One of the best editors
we ever had thought it was an honor
to go to Washington and be 4 secretary
of the senate or something of that
kind. With unexampled opportunities
to be the foremost citizen OF his own
state, he considered that those littlo
offices dignified him. A different feel
ing has come over the press. All tho
of journalism have changed.
The time was when a man wrote an
editorial article by referring to what
in the first year of the Chris
tian era. Now the blue pencil wipes
out all that unnecessary verbiage."
''How much does the Philadelphia
Ledger mako?" | asked. Over $780,
300 year. We have four or five morn
ing papers here which are in very
condition. The afternoon
press is not so prosperous. Tho 7ele-
yrGph makes 4 respectable sum OF
money, and its older contemporary
makes living for its owners"
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To Prevent Loss of Early Chicks.
From the Poultry Keeper l

From the Poultry Keeper.
As soon as you are aware that the
nests contain young chicks take them
out and place them in little brooder,
and keep them there till they are at
least twenty-four hours old, and longer
if possible, or untilithey are strong and
active. Take every chick away, leaving
the hen on the nest. As soon as they
seem strong place them under her at
night, aud there leave them till morning
for the hen to bring them off but before
doing so clean out the nest or make a
new one, and you viii thus incur less
liability of the hen trampling them to
death Let her lead them to the feed.
Should one or two hatch out weak, I'M
merse them, except the head, IN water
at the temperature Of 100 degrees, CIV
ing niee1 bath. washing of blood o.
dirt, then wrap qhickly in warm flannel
and place them in a warm location 70
dry, but be cautious that no cool
draughts reach them as death may be
the result. Expose no chick to cold
air unless thoroughly dry.
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st. Helena-RemlnIscences Of its
Great Prisoner.


The first place the average visitor asks
for is Longwood, built for Napoleon,
and in which he spent nearly five years
and finally died. The road to I.ongwood,
which lies several miles from James
Town passes through some very pretty
valleys, where the available ground Is
used for farming purposes and within
sight Of The Briars, q very pretty country
house, in which Napoleon was lodged
while Longwood was being prepared
for him. The latter place is handler to
the town, and Napoleon greatly objected
to the transfer; but I.ongw0Od was near
ct the centre of the island, and il was
considered advisable to make any atfempt
at rescue or escape as difficult as pos
sible by keeping him far from the coast.
The house Is sunk IN valley, and is q
long. low structure very much resemb-
ling an ordinary twoslory summer
hotel. Scarcely anything remains IN
the shape of relics; but the tomb near
the house, and lying under weeping
willows, IS guarded BY q French sergeant
and two soldiers
The ground was purchased BY the
French Under the saracoph phagus. which
4 about three feet high and protected By
Al iron railing, the body 81 the CREST
Emperor rested twenty-five years, and
until It was taken TO It's final nagniIiceni
tomb n the Inxalides q very neal
relative Of the writer, who vas present
Whensfhe c0fin Was t1kaI . and opened
before fhs Prince de 3oinyille, said thai
tie enha1ming had been done - well
Int although The skin hnd tnEIe1
parchment hnod. the 0otli1e 0l the
ieatnFes remained perfect Ilwas under
s fric6l0r Of satin made tF some wome1
On the island that the bod s wes botne q
ship. and each 0f those ladies Was
presented BY the Prince With 4 gold
bracelet Ia The nasne nf the Erenel
nafion The sane rsfssi| Nh6 Sitnssse5
tie IS s. ton tcc4 ne eeg 0AIute1 with
N6roe ebn during l'|e |ss. IS years d b
izft7. and <ez 1t hs 114IE
rcrsl meet tie e a1 9l flss 81
more than q second s411 ls.. |1
sa ss piercing that Ned 70 rs4eI
iAt h f3 s9N QI l an IA WAcn
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Lowry, who fell victim to the yellow
fever IN 1878; here also were the mill,
of Armistead & Hoskins. who did an
immense lumber business. The mill.
now in operation are those of L, b
Fairch:ld and r. N. Saunders, and the
Wilkins brothers.
Among the substantial firms doing
business here are Messrs, Hi. Eastland
4 Co, conducted by Dir. ". II. Thorn
ton; ID. n Holmes & Son, G. n. Harris,
s, B. Fairchild & Bro, and James Buck
ley.
The crops are looking fine, and as re-
ported to me by parties from different
sections may be considered good-much
above an average While some damage
has been done the low land crops, in
some instances running them, and while
few localities have suffered drouth,
thoagh surrounded by rains, the hill
crops, by far the largest portion have
been fourishing beyond all expectation.
The corn Is better than for years. Fruit
Is plentiful and fine in quality.
Very truly, ARcAY JAY.
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a Beautiful Incident.

i OKLAHOMA, Leake Co., July %, '84
EDITOR CLARION: The Sunday Schoo
Convention of Leake County was II
session on the 10Th and 9th of July, al
Forest Grove Presbyterian church, two
miles north of this place We had the
pleasure of attending and listening to
its debates which were highly interest
ing. There were several hundred per
sons present. presume some report of
the Convention will be given to the
public press. want to mention Just
one incident that was as touching as it
was generous. Two little girls In Car
thage, Misses Annie and SaiIie. Single
ton Garrett, aged respectively ten and
twelve, had their hearts set on going to
the Convention. but they had to stay at
home by reason of the fact that they
were compelled to labor at the press in
the Carthaginian Office, where they are
employed, to get out the weekly issue of
that paper. This work is hard one for
personsof their tender age-setting type,
printing, folding, mailing. etc When
Mr.. Walker, President of the County
Convention, went to them to have pro-
grammes printed, they not only did the
HOIA1 LuOuSA o1CIIIOndcd Will 1uCII
other onerous labor, but they did it as
neatly as it could have been done in any
Office in Mississippi, and did it for moth
ing, saying that they wanted to help the
Sunday school cause, and couldn't think
of charging for their work. When this
noble conduct was mentioned ON the
floor of the Convention, and the self
sacrificing efforts of these little girls to
to assist an afflicted father support
large family, it touched the heart of
every person in the Convention, and it
was proposed by Mr.. G. Q, Hall. that
the Convention make them an offering
to show its appreciation of t heir worth,
whereupon about sixteen dollars was
raised, and Capt. G. NJ. c. Davis, of |
Carthage was appointed to give them
this amount with the compliments and |
kind wishes of the Convention.
w. A. ALEXANDER.
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HOME AND FARM.
rtrE srAK AND THE cLoUD.

THE STAR AND THE CLOUD.
Stand out Of my lig1t, said a. bright Iittl
star
tn . cloud that was bound on its way
cannot be seen by the planets afar,
II thus you obscure my pure ray.
pooh. rooh, said the cloud, there are thous
ands like you, 1Ak
Who imagine they stand all alone;
like to swell out on the ocean of blae
And not be confined to a zone.
But you cast a shadow, hall vexed the star
said,
While glajncss accompanies the rays that
I shed,
And the sparkling waves dance in their
mirth.
Vain thing, spake the cloud with thuu-
You are only twinkling spark;
Nv tears make the fields and the flowers
While my folds pat King soI in the
dark,
oas fash OF my fire will illumine the
Ses,
Nv lhunders the firm mountain shake;
And thousands like you are now winking
az me,
And psepng at river and lake.
This yaprry speech made the little star
pale,
Aud. trembling, it shrank into space;
While the cloud melted first on the wings
Of the gale,
And tue blue sky was left in its place.
Tn moral is this: some folks make a
sFclI
And put real merit aside;
Iudltej with vapor they toll their own
kuell,
And burst from an o'ercharge Of pride.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-06
Parsnips for Cows.
From the American Cultivator. !


Those farmers who have not yet adopt
cd the ensilage system of preserving
green food for winter use, and who use
roots instead, should bear in mind the
claims of parsnips as cattle feed. 1t is
one Of the most nutritious of roots, and
can be grown without more trouble than
carrots. We have never had milch cows
increase in milk or butter production
much faster upon any extra feed than
when peck of parsnips was added daily
to their rations of hay and grain. Par
snips may be sown at any time in May
if the ground is fitted, as it always
should be for root crops, by being deep
ly plowed, and well manured and finely
pulverized. They should be sown in
drills about II to Is inches apart, and
the seed covered about half an inch
deep. When two or three inches high
thin to q inches apart and keep well
hoed. Do not harvest in the fall, bu tai
low them to remain in the ground until
spring and when the beets, mangles, tur-
nips, small potatoes and the like are all
consumed and the "spring appetite" of
the animal begins to crave the green
grass which has not started, then
dig your parsnips and feed them out.
One great advantage OF the parsnip is
that it will winter perfectly well in the
ground, and will be in its best condition
at a season of the year when the an
nimai most needs roots and when other
varieties have either decayed or lost
much of their value as feed, if indeed
you have been able to keep them at
all"
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Burning Of the Dead.

A.
The body burns, whether placed Y
the earth or gre: in one case Is takes ~
to 20 years, and il the other 50 many
minutes. Cremation Is the proper and
scientific way to dispose Of dead organic
matter. When the body Is eEemated
there IS no further fear from dlsease
germs in the body. The only plausibl
objection which has been offered againsl
cremation IS that in case of heplcins
through the administration Of deadly
poisolls valuable evidence might be des
froved but this IS not q seri0us objection
IA the face Of llemany advantages gained
All innovations in sanitary science llaE'
had to 6ehf their way inch ~ inch
Vaccination had hard strugl bu'
came ont frinmphant and 50 ws plsdlc.
glorious victory 9 triumph q eoQt
sense and science. Iona Sent1nel.
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schurz' Shares for Sale.

ST. Louis Republican.
A bit of campaign news Of which the
Westlicke Post is possessed, it has not given
10 the public, probably because it consid-
ers that the item is of a private business
nature. The papers silence on the subject.
however, was calculated to lead to misap.
pfehensiou: since. directly after the Repub-
iican Convention, as the result Of confer
enee between the editor and Mr.. Carl
Schurz. one OF the owners of the Pos de-
clared that he could not and would not
support Blaine, and could and would
support Cleveland, If nominated BY the
Democrats. In view Of tho Fosas hip-fiap
into the Republican camp, the New York
World made some comments which drew
forth the following card from Schurz
ToTHE EDrroR or THE WoRLD II And
the following paragraph from the IRosd,
which happened not to see Yesterday
copied il to1dayss TFs5uae
The statement that Mr.. Carl SehHTz Is
not the controlling proprietor Of the st.
L0ni 3 " petiliche R6sE now warm supporter
Of EIainelis err0neons. Mr.. Schufz owns
! majority Of the stock Of the paper, and
has for years held the absolute right to
control the business and editorial policy Of
the paper Thus while Mr. Sehurz IS perz
soaallY supporting Cleveland ii the East,
his newspaper s Importing Blaine il the
West. This Is something anomalous il
politics. The position il one which must
Sc enibarr ssine 70 III. Schnrz
ou are c1nnpletely Ia error As 70 the
facls. / sold the controlling interest II
lie sal;eks Pax three years ago tol its
pfssenI editor. rekaini1e only 4 minority q
| The shaEes. Iconlin1ed Tor some time e
2rile lof tie paDef. but stopped about tuo
eears aFo. From he mement anId The
cufItrnliinE Interest have had no control
nhnspsr oget the editorial utlefances
of lhe WesllicLs Hs II opposed Mr.
blaine as oandf3ele Ter the Presidency
sn1 advocated and nomination.
pr6miEi1f hin is Enpporf Then Nlen
and RS ael nominated i came
Sn1 eseirst hin sd iar tie Republican
k7c1ek. AhlSfhanz - q Hkle enl e lis-
enl Str1nlfSiIoN WikI nae leaEne3 II i
HzsI Ihffuff Ihe raneT itself
protested t1ai11t 8 S cnfP. and wrote e
] Inz editor and 0N1ss q re eortrollipg e.
zze t&4 believed - ee1Id n1t have
zS1 s1E1 $ 4Ief s tNf 1sinE q
! s. Eaf 6L| IIt Ares SIN o1A1sss
LSfS1 1efe 1e81 S. sale irons lttt E.assl
1 za NeM Carl r
Ha Nf Nlz
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Total 1851 II
Ths reader who runs his eye down this
list will at once see that the occupations in
which the greatest number are engaged are
not protected by the tariff and from the
very nature of their employments cannot
be protected.
No candid inquirer can take this list and
find more than 100000 persons who are
in empIoyments which are benefited by
the tariff according to the reasoning of
even the protectionists themselves. There
are, therefore, about 10000 900 of laburers
taxed for the benefit of one twelfth of their
number. But it is by no means conceded
that even those who are ostensibly pro-
tected are in fact benefited by the tariff.
By careful estimate it has been learned
that the increased cost on account of the
tariff of the articles forming part of the
consumption of the people OF the United
States annually is $556, ,938 ,637. This
amount exceeds by more than 500, ,000, 900
all the wages paid to all the laborers al
legged to be protected by the present rev.
enue laws. 1t would be a gain of more
than a hundred millions a year to the
taxed Iaborers of the country to pay the
wages of the one-tweIfth who are said to be
projected and to allow them to remain in
absolute idleneas, 1t would cost the body
of American producers only $3.50, ,000, 900
annually to pay to each of 100000 pro-
tected laborers $500 and put them all on
pensions and thus they would earn $780,
000, 600 every year To those who will
think for moment these figures are start
ling, and are calculated to raise doubt of
their accuracy. But they are more than
verified by the following data. In the
census year the United States produced the
following articles in the quantities here set
down:
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FANCY BUTTER MAKING-The first de-
sideratum is to have the milk from fine,
healthy COW, says the Farmer and Dairy
man, and the COW should be well fed
and the milk drawn in cleanly manner
Carefully strain it, and however set, run
the temperature below sixty degrees, but
not below forty. Skim just as the milk
is the least acid, expose the cream to a
pure atmosphere and moderately churn
as soon as the cream turns slightly sour,
so as to produce even conclusion in all
parts of the cream. Wash down the
cream when it assumes granular ap-
pearance, and stop ehurning when the
butter has collected in granules the size
of wheat kernels. Draw off the butter
milk, and rinse in pure water below
sixty degrees. Then float the butter in
weak brine 70 coagulate the caseine and
albumen in soluble form in about half
an hour. Then thoroughly rinse in pure
water. Stir enough purified salt to suit
your market, md work just enough to
thoroughly incorporate the salt and
consolidate the butter. Pack directly
(or give a second working after standing
a few hoursl in style to suit your patrons,
or in fifty pound tubs thoroughly satura-
ted with lime. Rub purified salt on the
bottom. Cover with muslin cloth and
ia layer of salt, and make the package as
nearly air tight as possible. Store in a
sweet, cold place. The good quality OF
the butter Is guaranteed.
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Courtship in California.

A story from Haywards, Alameda
county, where romances flourish like
the bay, recites that Peter Mussen Is 4
chicken-peddler, and that he loved the
Widow Wrider, who lives on the
mountain road, not far from Haywards.
She is a buxom dame of 26 wears. and
the peddler courted her bravely, but
she would and she would not, until tho
amorous chicken merchant nearly went
out Of his mind, such as it is. lie did
the next best thing, and sought the lair
Of q San Francisco clairvOyant As
may be readily believed, the prophet
ess was ready enough with q solution
of the difficulty. Her declaration was
that Mrs. Wrider was desperately in
love with a man with side-whis kers.
Mussen's cheeks arc rs bare rs n
pumpkin, SO he borrowed side-whisk-
cred mask and shotgun, and skulked
down by the widow house one Sunday
evening recently. He listened outside
the door, and when be heard Airs'
Wrider tell her children 70 60 to Pee,
he smashed in three windows ana ti,en
broke open the door Then he hise,'
charge Of buck-shot through the
inc and departed. leaving hls lnsl7'
bind him. His intention was " -
sonata tbo supposed sido-iFiiisA eleu
obioct n he widows affections ~ 81
~. - ,5isol,st her with her nypoflftlt
.'f IN. faced lever lie was atreS lr,.
- trjed before Justice An.'in,
,51.,.svarlis. and on his ifaat ne sNoto
,6nt E Sfra Nriaer hast given hlPl
now,icr ia his fca some pine 9alogs ~
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why Garrison Klllea a Man.

In his life and ending Ralston was
perhaps The typical Californian of the
early time. In 1S47 be began life as
second clerk on the steamboat Convoy
(of which G. K Garrison was captain
and main ownerl. running from st.
Louis to New Orleans. After varied
fortunes, in 1S49 Commodore Garrison
killed well known Mississippian in q
tight, shooting him in the head Just in
time to save his own life. The family
Of the man he killed was 4 very rich
and powerful one at that time. and
while Garrison did what he did clearly
il self defence. vet he certainly would
hare been killed By some of tho dead
mans brothers had he continued to run
on the river He therefore concluded
to leave the Soutb. and the California
gold excitement breaking out at that
time. he went out there. his clerk. Raj
sion following him As MIGHT be ex-
pecfed, Garrison soon became verY
ricli; and established the firm Of CARR
son. Ereiz Is Ralstens After making
IA immense fortune. he came cast to
New York, leaving Ralston one Of the
leading nnanciers Of that section. lis
He. adventures, Al { sad death ara too
vel remembered ie nesd further mcn<
ton. San Ffuacfseo Pest
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me arsas nIaser-E.nl.A q Aasn

The famous Alden tanks for catching
rair-wa water / found 70 Be abandoned en-
tirely IS 3 source 81 wateE supply. in
favor 81 the condensed sea- brine. When
the rains do come down after dr0uth
of several years they come with q ven
eSanee. As result these mammoth
tanks ara 6lIod with many tons of mud
and the process Of cleansing the liquid
has proved too laboriaus But the
government manages q turn these
washinas from the hills % eome ac-
count fof lertilizing purposes It i
found thai they are rich q manurial
properties. and lhe So He'd agficaltn-
fisls par well for te loads each.
Last rear am told 81 GO vas earned
ii this may. CO.. Chicago .sr 0eca1.
Eha1Ie rnax 81 Ic. l.'T.s
led Ni ise