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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03


y tsGs oEc 81 AR AFTERNOON II Feb
ruary when we started. three Of as, for
a little tour C discovery up one Of the
small rivers xhieh drain the beautiful
island Of Cur&
We left thsvessel In our dorv. the on
" small boat vre had, and rogFed past
L Spanish guReoat and through q
swarm OF fruit lighters to the wharf,
hy the side of which the river enters
the harbor As we went up by the
wharf. the tvU guards who are always
on watch there, came to the side and
looked into our boat TO see that VIC
smugglcd nothing ashore. but being
! satisfied of our peaceful intentions. they
sauntered back 10 crowd Of loungers,
while we passed pn.
We pass first the fruit houses Of the
shipping firms. where we see cocoanuts
piled up. As we here are accustomed to
see coal in the sheds, and then past q
battery OF back doors which open right
on 10 the river. Here we have 3 grand
chance 10 study the domestic life of the
Cubans, and in some instances the
sights that We saw were very amusing.
Oae thing that we noticed which struck
Us as being rather peculiar, was that all
the ladies smoked, not the dainty little
cigarettes which our American girls
have been known 70 indulge IN. but
real long, strong cigars, ''casadoras, :"
as they call them. 1t was like listening
to music 10 hear them talk, for such q
melodious language l never before
heard.
The next object of interest that we
- hsa II
broken or bad nuts, and in fact every
thing that would otherwise be wasted,
are ground up TO make cocoa or palm
oil. This is on the outskirts of the
town, and soon after leaving it we pass
4 narrow, deep channel in the river,
with banana grove on one side and q
tangled mass OF wild grape on the 9TH
er. Here the sea breeze is broken and
the river is as still as a pond. There
Is no sound but the plash of our oars
and the occasional whistle of a bird,
and rs we float lazily onward it seems
hard to believe that it is not all
dream Still more unnatural does il
seem as we come to an opening and see
ahead of us a grove of tail, stately palm
trees. and it is no wonder that to our
unaccustomed eyes the scene is one of
delight and surprise.
just beyond the palm grove is ford
in the river where we expected to drag
our boat but we pass it all right, and
here \ novel sight presents itself to our
view. All along both sides of the riv-
er, standing in the water, are women
and children, mostly black, washing
clothes. Their manner of washing is
very different from what we have seen
anywhere else, and is certainly one of
the most peculiar features of the peo-
pie. They stand in the water and
rinse their clothes, and then pound
them on the smooth, fiat rocks which
lie in the edge of the water, and hang
them to dry on the bushes all around.
We kept on through the files of
washers who paid no particular atten-
ton to us, SO that we had a good
chance to watch their operations. We
noticed that almost all of them after
washing their clothes took a ducking
themselves, which is quite an advan-
tage over the American washerwoman.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Letter prom Gov. Cleveland.

The Rev. DR.. Kingsley Turner, in a
letter to the New York Independent,
says: 1 take the liberty to publish land
know it will be a surprise to Mr..
Cleveland and all his relativesl pri-
yate letter Written hy-hinl 10 his
brother, the Rev. William y. Cleve-
land, on the day that he was elected
governor Of New York. and which
passed into the hands of friend who
has for many years taken almost par
entail interest in his family. by whom it
was given to me:
MAYORS OFFICE. BUFFALO, y. Y. Nov.
z 1SS2.-MY DEAR BROTHER: / have lust
voted. | sit here in the mayors Office
alone. with the exception of an artist from
Frank LeSlieS newspaper, who is sketch
ing the office. If mother was here l should
be writing to her, and feel as it were time
Tor me to write 70 someone who Will believe
what write. | have been for some time in
the atmosphere of certain success, so that
| have been sure that | shonld assume the
duties of the high office for which | have
been named. l have tried hard, in the light
of this fact to properly appreciate the re-
Sponsibllitles that will rest upon me, and
they are much, too much, underestlmated.
But the thought that has troubled me is.
can | well y rform my duties, and in such a
manner rs to do some good to the people OF
the state? know there Is room for IT, and
know that l am honest and sincere in my
desire to do well; but the question Is
whether | know enough to accomplish what
l desire. The social life which awaits me
! has also been a subject of much anxious
| thought. | have notion that / can regu-
| late that very much as l desire and if
can. l shall spend very little time in the
purely ornamental part of the Office. In
| point of fact, viii tell you first of all
others the policy intend TO adopt, and that
is TO make the matter a business engage
ment between the people of the state and
myself, in which the obligation ON my side
| is to perform the duties assigned me witt
an eye single to the interests of my EN-
| ployers. | shall have no idea of re-elec
| ton, or of any higher political prefermen
| in my head, but be very thankful and happJ
| if can well serve one term as the people'i
governor. Do you know that if mothel
were alive / should feel SO much safer?
have always thought that her prayers haC
much to do with my success. Ishall expec
| you all to help me in that way.
Give my love t0-and to, If she Il
with you, and believe me, your affectlonatl
brother, GROVER CLEVELAND.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Aristocratic sheep.

The building where the Central Park
sheep are housed is not a model fold.
1t looks more like fortress than q
sheep-fold. and it seems to have been
constructed under the emisapprehension
that sheep require all the conveniences
Of the human family. The fold is
pierced with portfolios like a block
house or the gun-deck Of man-of-war.
These holes, however, are now stopped
up with cobble-stoneS. but before this
was done there were many mishaps;
the lambs, In a spirit Of investigation,
often squeezed through the holes to see
where they led. and fell to the depths
below, distance Of eight or ten feet.
At either end Of the fold there are
rooms with fine panels and furnished
with oaken bookcases and tables. The
intention of tho builders was to make
Libraries of these rooms; but the sheep
in the park, though they do d great
Of thinking, and no doubt at times
hold long conversations with one an
other. or with Shep, their guardian,
don't care much for reading. and don't
require any books. The fact how
ever. seems not to have become appar
ent to the builders until after the Ii
brary was completed. and these costly
rooms have been used. not as reading
rooms. but for storing the wool that 1
clipped from the sheep.
Inside the fold there are two paral
lei rows Of pens. each having beneatl
Il q dimunitive row Of the same shape
These pens are filed with hay in tn
indoor season. n.-when the ground i
covered with snow.--the tall pens be
ing for the sheep. the short ones 70
the lambs. From "0.d Shep and n
Central Park Sheep." bg FraRklin q
NOriA. ia 81 Nicholas for AagusL
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Don't Scold.

No one is fit to control another who
has not sufficient command over his own
temper to be able to keep it well under
subsection. The happiness of many a
family is materially lessened by the Civ
ing away to fits of ill-temper and fret
fulness and peeyishness in the heads
father thinks he has a perfect right
to scold and domineer over his wife
and children. Are they not his own
and doesn't he support the family p?
and isn't he the head of the house? Of
course everything ought to be done with
view to his comfort and happiness.
The wife and mother pouts about the
house, scolds, worries, and abuses the
children whenever she feels out of tenn
per, tired, unwell, or anything goes
wrong. The teacher scolds and Furnishes
the pupil, and the overseer dOmineers
over his labOrer; each one thinking
might makes right" and perfect obe-
dience is his due, forgetting that human
individuality always demands freedom
of act and liberty of thought.
1t is self-evident fact to all real think
ers that scolding and fretting never yet
accomplished any actual good. 1t only
angers and raises a spirit of rebellion
and iusubordination. Whereas, by kind
ly council and sympathizing interest in
| the welfare of those under your control
and care, you can effect almost anything
you wish to. 1t may be necessary-ol
at least it may seem so to us in oul
ignorance-that we speak sharply, cross
ly, decisively, now and then; but the
more seldom we resort to this mode t.
show our authority the more sure We
shall be 10 effect something by it.
horse under the lash soon ceases to nIinC
it, while one that is seldom or neve
touched with whip feels and obeys it.
gentle stroke. just so with children
who are always scolded and fretted at
They soon get so they hardly notice /
and the voice must be growing sharper
shriller, and more incisive if it wOulS
make the desired impression.
Only yesterday | heard of a mother
beating her child for four hours, ant
for a mere trifle too; poor, little, fee
Bile, sickly girl, frail and delicate, abuseC
and seriously injured, and all because o
the ignorance and ill-temper of tn
mother. The woman was brute, me
thinks | hear you say, but it is not so
She is only living on low plane ant
doesn't know any better. She is con
scientious, and tries to bring up he
children right, and is called an affec
tiouate mother! But may the heiples
little innocent be saved from such afIec
tion is the prayer of all who can see tina
power creates tyrants, and might doe
not make right.
The world is progressing out of tn
barbarism of tyranny and punishment
) especially among the intelligent an
cultured classes, but it viii take mucl
teaching and preaching, much writin
and reading yet, to save from futur
suffering the weak and the helpless.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
In a Sorry Plight.

The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Record independent
says: There is a general feeling
among the republicans that they have
been deceived by the Blaine managers.
Blaine is not SO strong and the opposi-
ton to Blaine is not so weak as the
Blaine managers represented. Every
Republican who talks honestly will tell
you that he had no idea, for example,
relying as he did upon the representa-
hons of Phelps or Elkins, that the in
dependent movement would be so for
midable, or that Blaine would lose the
support of almost every newspaper of
standingin New York city. Then that
letter of Blaine's, which was confident
ly relied on TO create the enthusiasm
without which success seemed impos-
sible, utterly failed of this purpose.
The spontaneous enthusiasm upon
which Elkins laid such stress seems to
be carefully concealed in Blaine's GEL
lar with that eXhilarating cider with
which visiting statesmen are refreshed.
Certainly ii does not appear on the sur
face of affairs. Altogether, Republi-
cans here are depressed and despon-
dent. Those who arise above every
other consideration with comparative
buoyancy are troubled by the empty
condition of the campaign chest and
he apparent difficulties in the way of
filling il. Neither Wall street or the
star-route contractors can be depended
On, and the clerks and scrub-women
are inclined to test the Republican pro-
tessions of love for ciyil-seryice reform
by withholding their voluntary contri-
buttons this year. The only business
scare is the general dread of a vigor-
luS smaladministration of our foreign
affairs, and there is a well-defined linn
t to the bar'l of the Blaine clique"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Your Calling

If am sorry that / was not trained
to some commercial pursuit. said q
professional gentleman to q successful
business friend.
See here, young man." was the re-
ply. do you really think you are
sorry? Aren't you doing well enougha
Come, now, would you voluntarily give
up your present calling?"
Too old to think of change now"
'.Nonsensel Never too old to correct
a mistake. But in your case suspect
YOU want to make q mistake instead OF
correcting one l made mistake in my
early life, and I viii tell you how il
was:
My father was a lawyer. There
were three boys of us. and every in
fiuence was thrown around Us wher
very young to stir in us ambition to en-
ter professional careers. We had {
fine library, the tone of our home wa
cultured and refined, and before any o
us grew up we were very well ground
ed in polite literature We had sens
enough to sec that father would no
listen to any objections to profession
al life and so. under a sort Of eompul
sion. we went the old gentleman's way
I was too good to be 3 preacher and
had too weak = stomach to be doctor
The law was the last resort so / took
up. After was admitted 1 whacke'
away at the dry and unproductive stui
for fifteen years It was tho martyr
dom Of drudgery. Finally I made
break. went into business. and hav'
been prosperous and happy from ths
day TO this. You see had found m
niche and can say with truth that
take more pleasure in making = goo
sale than in pocketing the profits II
business suits me; take pleasure in
and I long ago made up my mind thl
my boys could follow their inclination
IN the matter Of life occupation. y
matter whittier they were led
The successful and great editor
and writers arc those who love with =
eonquering enthusiasm the thorny an
dihicult road Of journalism It is .
with our merchants and all manner I
unsn"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Apple-TreC Borers.

In answer toa correspondent who asks
for a history of the applet tree borcr and
when and how to destroy IT, the Country
Gentleman says: The apple.trec borer,
known ms the r8vud hsrdcd borrr In its
perfect state is beetle thrcefourths of
am inch long, with two broad whitish
stripes running the whole length Of its
back, with rather long and curved horn
like antcunw; this beetle lays its eggs in
the bark of the tree near the ground
early in summer, and on till midsummer.
These soon hatch, and the young hrvW
begin io gnaw their way inwards, cut
ting gradually into the sold wood. They
arcahout three years In reaching maturity
when they come out iu thc form Of the
beetle already described. Their presence
In the tree may be readily detected by
the fine sawdu-t like castings from the
holes They are easily reached md
killed 10y clearing away the openings OF
the wholcs with the point Of knife, and
then punching them with a flexible wire
or small twig. We have never found
anything better than small flexible
tNir from which the bark has been strip
ped 10 make Il small enough 10 enter the
holes. Tic operator knows when h,
reaches them by the peculiar touch. II il
better 10 examine the trees often enough
TO find the larvw when they are young
and before they have penetrated fal
into the solid wood partial remedy
for preventing the laying If the eggs, i
coating the bark from the ground wei
up with soft soap, or soap made as sof
as thick paint with washing soda auC
water. II applied In fair weather, it be
comes dry aud will not 50 soon wasl
of II may be applied two or three time
from the first to the end Of June. This in
sect attacks the pear, ounce, mountain
ash and thorn. The f1thcaief borcy is hal
an inch long, more or less, Of a shining
grcenish black color 10 is very common
In the Western aud Southwestern State.
aud is also found far North. IL attack
the trunk OF the trees from the groun,
up to the limbs, and lays its eggs at th
south late in May, and in Canada i
June and July. The eggs soon hatch
aud the worms bore through the bar
into the sapwood. IL is much shorter
lived than the round.headed bore
Sickly trees are more liable 10 its a
tacks than strong and healthy ones. Th
larvW are easily found by using the knif,
and are destroyed and the eggs may /
mostly excluded with the soap and sod
wash already mentioned. This inseC
attacks the oak soft maple and sever
other trees.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Summer Diet

Two good rules in diet, good in sum
mer or winter, and at all timcs-appar-
emily tritc, because 50 often repeated,
but still alive and useful while men live
aud have stomachs may be thus stated
Rule first is, as this journal has often re-
peated. "The rule Of not TOO much" In the
languor Of summer one is tempted to the
use Of stimulants more OF less hurtful,
but all to be included under the gener.
al term Of "irritants,' These create a
factitiOus appetite, which demands over
supply Of food, and leaves the eater nc
better of, 50 far rs comfort is considered
than he was before eating. II you don't
wish TO cat, take care To eat but little
aud that Of the most digestible food, till
the desire comes naturally. just take
enough to support nature, and good di
gestion will provide an appetite for ths
coming meal times.
Rule second il, the rule Of not too miyod
Everybody has smiled at the story Of tn
innocent young person TO whom a seltze
powder was prescribed, and dissolve'
the seperate cOmpoueats in seperat
glasses and swallowed first one and theI
the other. AstOnishment and rebellion
arose in his stomach at the entrance o
two such uncOngenial visitors. The trutl
is. however, that this experiment is YER
often unconsciously repeated ia still
more unpleasant and even dangerOu,
form. People swallow without thinking
and often without knowing, incompatible
and warning articles of food or Of n
fre.hment at the same meal and thus tur
their stomachs into chemical laborats
ries or fermenting tanks. Such exper
ments Are sure TO make disturbance an
various internal connections disagree.
able and perilous IN their very mature,
should need no chemical analysis 70 so
us this experience should DC enough
Philadelphia Ledger.
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sos 70 Be p.aca.ed

It has been rumored for some tine
that Mr.. Blaine was contemplating q
special trip 10 New York for the pur-
pose OF having 3 persanal interview
with Mr. Conkling, and il possible,
-plaeating- that gentleman. TIE ru-
NOR has been, however, indignantly
denied By the Blaine organs, which IS
serted that Mr. Conkiirr was already
plaeated-. But in this case the wish
was evidently father to the thought.
M. Conkling has now been heard from
himself, and the meaning 0f his words
are unTnista kAhle. a .finxo campaign
organization styled ~fhe Albany Plum
ed Knights, having done Mr.. Conkling
be ir~slished honor nf elecfing ira
an honorary u1eE5er. has received a
very brief note from the gentleman in
which he bees 10 be excused. Il am
quite out Of politics, says the ex-Sena-
tor, and don I wish IL any way to be
drawn into the pending canvass.
Under the circumstances, Mr.. Blaine
viii hardly seek to '-plaeates Mr.. COnk-
ling by means OF a personal interview.
The latter's attitude is undoubtedly a
matter of deep concern 10 Mr.. Blaine
and his managers. and wei it may be.
Aut ChClA II us IC1AAGlllcllt M AOllk-
Ing has very large and devoted per-
sonal following. His refusal to be
drawn into the canvass means that the
Republican National ticket has little 10
expect from the New York staiwarts
this year. and this detection viii be
seriously felt IN every county in the
State. No other man than Mr.. Conk-
ing could bring this element to the
support OF Mr.. Blaine, and Mr.. Conk-
ing IS evidently not TO be bamboozled
taiis year as he was at Mentor in 1850.
by the Way there are some other en-
lnent republican statesmen whom II
would t'e advisable for Mr.. Blaine to
@placate, II possible. The loss of Mr.,
Ioii&hng renders this doubly essential.
There, tor instance. is Mr. Arthur. AZ
Washington. who might be able To do
e9llsid dsrstaie for the ticket il be We're
- Inclined. Then there Is Mr.. Ed
mundS, of Vermont. few words from
whom would be of great service at this
critical moment. And there is Mr..
Secretary Folger. whom Blaine's New
l 1ork friends helped to bury under
such a tremendous majority two wears
ago. There Is, in fact. a great deal of
piaeatlng 10 be done in the party ranks
before Alr. Blaine can read his title
clear 10 tie Presidential Office. and the
wors; of II is that the subjects ara not
at all promising. 1t is not alone the
dudes and tie ~mugwumps" who are
IN revolt this year Chicago Tiines.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
HOME AND FARM


Selected ior rur Cr,mps.I
CHICKEN PIE A IA FRENCH. Pre-.
pare your chicken by dressing il nicely
with u batter and frying brown in hot
lard. Have your pastry made rich and
light, and line pan with the same
after which put in your pieces Of chick
en- with sume sweet milk, butter, and
the gravy from the frying; cover the
whole with part Of your dough and
bake slowly until the whole j.. a rich
brown, and you will have a dish that
will tempt the appetite Of an epicure.
SALLY LrNN.-Use the amount OF
Aour necessary for your family into
which put one pint Of sweet milk, two
ounces Of butter or lard, one spoonful
uf sugar and two eggs; mix well and set
% rise. Bake a- soon as IL rises suili
cicntly, a. the batter will spoil by stand
ing.
ArpLE PATE. slice yOar apples aud
boil them until they arc almost done
then prepare a batter Of Hour, milk and
eggs. putting IN a small piece of butter.
Into your apples put 20 sulliciency OF
sugar 90 make quite sweet. The whole
must then be mixed aud slo,riy baked
Eaten with sauce
How TO MAKE PAsTRy.-Pastry should
be made with cold water; Say to one
pound Of Hour put threofourths Of q
pound Of butter or lard. II should bt
mixed with knifc.bladc and touched
rs little as possible with the hands.
HopGE Pop0E.-Shrcd up green to
matoes with afcw pods of green peppers
boil them in water slightly saltcd, un
til tender; draw Oh the water, and ado
oni5ns, mustard seed, ground mustard
spices aud pepper Fill the jar three
fourths full OF the pickles and ill M
with cold vinegar. Cover close and SCI
aside for few days aud they will be fl
for usc.
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Fairly and Emily Met.

Mr.. Cleveland has met the charges in
the most characteristic manner-a
manner which may be well contrasted
with that Of Mr.. Blaine in regard to
the Mulligan letters. In the
actual situation the practical alteTna-
tive seems to US to lie between a candi-
date whose olfense is wholly Of the
past. and was Of kind that does not
necessarily disqualify him for the high
est public trust, and candidate who
deliberately prostituted public Office to
private gain. No such man. as far as
we recall, who was self-conyicted of
the want Of official integrity which has
aroused the indignant protest against
the nomination of Mr.. Blaine, has ever
been nominated or elected to a great
office in this country. But Franklin
and Hamilton and Jefferson and Webs
ter and Clay. and other men still near
er our own time. were held BY their
fell0w-citizens to be worthy of the
highest responsibilities. although il
was known that their private lives
had lot been always without stain. 1t
was not that the people were indiffer-
ent to morality but that they wisely
Disseminated between conduct which
necessarily units a man for public
trusts and that which experience and
the general consciousness prove to be
compatible with the utmost personal
| honesty AMI official fidelity. The allie
cation that Mr.. Cleveland is at this
time liheTtine and drunkard is un-
queslionably. on any kind Of evidence
known 10 US, false. His official career
has been open to the eyes of all men
and if during the time that he ha.
faithfully executed great public trust.
his private life has disgraced his public
Office the fact is wholly unknown to US
and certainly no evidence Of it hal
been submitted to the public. NJ
honest man viii mistake US as defend
ing moral Irregularities of any kind
nor, On the other hand. viii we doubt
our hearty contempt of those who af
feet horror at private immortality in or
der TO divert public attention from
official corruption. We shall fairlI
consider all disclosures that may b.
made and all reasonable argument.
that NAV be offered, and we sincerely
ideplore the reprisals that are threaten
led.-HaFpsfss Weekly.