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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-05
Sweets to the Sweet.


She was q very pretty girl. tastefully
dressed. and her brown hair curled and
rolled about her low. white forehead in
way that was enhancing, considering
how hot the weather was. and how
many fair locks that had been curled
that morning were hanging In straight
strings over the fair owners eyes II
was warm in church. too. and fans
were rattling IN every seat There
vera lots of dies about. but people seai-
ed in her immediate vicinity were
pleased to notice that they All assem-
bled and hovered around the Pfety
girl. and only The young man w4o ~
beside her was troubled caslol..,.5 s.,,,ie
tba little Destcrors that she inip ipS'.sli,5 i:
l,rnshed rom her face WheA ~
,an1e nnbearnbly annoying. -. ,-;ri
sa...S .,...s-.e ~ fl1S psrpics the
coa sas...... .,,ers Walk Cui VIII tee ~.
x ~, the congregation. anu ~ :, .'.,''
-. 4. ~, 90 heard to exclaipn; W.
y r. = ~. Y 3. .Srr ees 80 many Aie fses
~ sssii replIed, ia smotnetsn. .,......
Ana ass,a ~ 1900. s.Dil 3ou noHee te,A,
feedf dccla1p, sna.. ....9 .s' 4. Snl
's.s. eufled ny hsir e'.',' : Y s1e ..e
...., Nv, fi,,s mofnlnN An4 tAse ~.
s.se y. ''ogersd iheir dopariipE flez0R
= q .,- sflor7. and with tH maze
8 ,'. rSsN
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ophthalmla il Infancy.

The ophthalmia Of infancy has been
proved % be the most certainly durable
of aIl diseases, and yet les neglect re-
suits IN more cases Of hopeless blind
ness than any other trouble to which
the ere may be subjected. An inves-
tigafion of twenty-five blind asylums
ii Germany alone has shown that one
third 81 the inmates would be II full
possession Of their sight but for the
terrible consequences Of neglected oph-
lhaImia. and il England also similar
condition 0f affairs has been developed.
Blindness is for the individual 3 catas-
trophe and for the community bur-
den. therefore. tho inspectors of the
poor il Ill the large European cities
have been required 81 distribute cards
q aQ sample fns lrnctions 10 mothers
e1ahIine Them 10 oEni9e the Ezst
Sc oinx of or mia an1 lo nnfIaFs
sl9nd IS xtKl
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Tale.Bearing.

Tale bearing is often the result of in
tellectual poverty. The Masonic tale
bearer does not study Masonry as 8
science; he does not relish the literature
of Masonry; his Masonic taste has no
advanced sufficiently far to carefully
read a Masonic journal, and he must
tell what he knows, must talk bout the
small. affairs of his friends and acqHaiut-
ances. He has nothing better 10 talk
about.
1t is often the result of the absence
of intelligent interest in the institution
and its great principles, and want OF
devotion to the noble and elevated pur
suits of the Masonic art. The brother
who has love for Masonic history and
philosophy, who watches witha a Masonic
eve and solicitude the affairs of his own
country, or the fortunes .. foreign ma.
tions, who is keeniy interested IN the
triumph of its great principles in politi
cal and religious bodies, or who IS per
sonalIy engaged in Jealous endeayors ta
benefit lis brethren and to diminish the
sufferings of mankind, will seldom be =
tale bearer himself or encourage Others
in this vice.
This habit is frequently the sign of Q
weak Judgment Tale-bearers will tell
in the most innocent way tales about
their brethren which, if not eontradicted
or modified by explanatory circumstan.
ces, must destroy the commercial sta
bility Of the merchant, the personal
honor of the gentleman, or the integrity
Of the Mason. Such mischief-mongers
need pity for their feebleness.
Some brethren thus assert their self.
Importance. They wish toexhibit their
confidential relations with men d
wealth, position, or Intellectual pow
er. They do not perceive that they ART
exposing their own baseness in betray
ing information obtained confidentislly|
professionally, or officially.
Some are tale-beaFers through tils
love Of being listened TO and producing
/ sensation. They can produce nothing
from their own hands to interest, 90 IN
stead of wit they talk scandal.
TaIe-bearers who stir up strife. anc
whose words are as wounds. aresnbjecl
to Masonic censure They deserve Il
Thev should never lind home among
0s. Hebrew Leader.
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HONE AND FARM.
goutheTn Farms Seen Through
Northen Glasses.

NJ e. T Cue, ,ex-LleuteDant Governo
= T,-vt writes % the Register that in
i-.rqav south h looked diligently
,l-r1gh four Gulf States and saw onll
me f.Id Of red clover and no timothy o.
tTr.-r.-s Farm implements are viry
..,.-. --ag,e mule is the usual plOw
.sa., with sometimes an for substi
mt and cultivation is certainly be
tf1I fHe sle," Under a system Of good
I-zfa-Iry the crops could in a few years
E..r4-fIv doubled. There is a rich field
fI- r,-fEau men with energy and some
Iasarv. -but they should come in colo
riaz o.. sa.cral families each, for the old
prejudice against white labor still exists
In some -eeJigU--
Tt. above criticism, from one who, liy-
ing I'm q pastoral State. is himself com
r.len. Judge of what he saw and writes
I..s. and while il hurts to read it, it j.
raa..--,tIrab.v true: and therefore,
r.E- sI3 the more loudly for an earnest
consideration, and remedial plans
Tb.-r may not, will not follow imme-
Gr-eIvo OF. the heels Of written criticisms,
-4-H ~, the one yuu now read, but are
90. come to u- through the Immigration
o q thrifty class ot workers who Will
r..r.- .u.ug us wiki their skill and
f-r...autl tsa,h rs how 70 do it. Every
,F.rf s4uu.d BE- made 10 secure the
j...i-uu ut such colonies. Better still.
every fort should be made to secure
the location Of one such farmer in q
r4frAlurno5d. And every courtesy and
al which our Southern chivalry and
hg-rfrl.itv can devise, should be extend
eI ta the newcomer 10 make his STAY
q green spot in his life. and his example
q profit L. our sons and hirelings. The
Irt-an once started would quickly spread
and the result would inevitably be ben
cfirial ta the locality 30 favored. IT.
wiring thus we do not wish to be under
stood a7 advising the cotton or sugar
planter 10 abandon well known and
profitable business for truck farming,
but 10 urge he who has an ''old field" to
pr1 il iu gras-. or il he likes it better, to
LlrkJerrIes; OF 20 jutT or watermeiOns
and -.t OH E4ch one viii see or think |
he sees In what direction his profit Is IL /
be- l11ld and be free In follow the incli |
rafiou nf MS own tastes If your place |
present. Just the proper conditions go to |
rli,ir. b.o4ded stock, or sheep, or horses !
But for GOODNESS sake don't expend al |
your energies and mortgage all your chill
dren may inherit from you, trying to
follow the iyaus }gtHgs Of your grand
fathers plans y hen you know that you
are yearly g,owing poorer through them. |
The tendency IS to lay TIE blame on the /
season, or the seed, or i'll luck in secur
iug help at the eriiica, time. Of course
ali Of these are draw backs, but they can |
be and a5e surmountcd and there is no
more disgrace in changing an i'll working
plan than i'll changing your worn out
sud ill-ittiug clothes for new that look
b. tier and fit you comfortably. With
new deal, modern methods, and thrifty
care in Southern husbandry, we may
he sure that we will command the |
markets of the world Southern Trade
EnZerta
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knights Of Honor.

This is one OF the most prosperous oi
the Benevolent Orders. la Mississippi
the total membership on June 80, was
4,461 in lis Lodges. There were so
deaths last year, and the sum of one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars
paid to the families of deceased. The
Order in the United States number
about 10000. There were 1928 deaths
last year, and the benefciaries were
paid the sum of two million four hun
drcd and thirty thousand dollars. The
first benefit paid was in 1875, when
there we're two deaths Since then the
benefits paid exceed ten million dollars!
The Grand Dictator of the Grand Lodge
of Mississippi is J. B. Pease, Concordia,
Bolivar county; Geo. w. Lawson. Her
nando, is Grand Reporter. The next
session of the Grand Lodge will be held
IN jackson in July, 1885.
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For the Household.

II Is wise if you are going to put
bngiish earrants into cake, to dry them
on cloth by the FIRE after washing them
as sometimes the cold water will cause
| the cake 10 fall.
A nice dish for breakfast--or for tea
Is made of sweet potat.es boiled. Re
move the skins rub the potatoes through
a coarse colander, make into fat cakes.
dip into -four, aud fry in hot butter.
Graham mush is good substitute for
rich pudding on certain occasions.
Make just as you DO corn meal musi,,
but add a few berries or raisins or
English currsnts. Serve with milk and
sugar.
Many cooks consider it great i'm
proyement upon ordinary epple-sauce
which is 20 be served with roast goose
or with pork, to rub it through coian-
der and then 10 beat II with spoon
until 1t Is very light and almost like
pulp.
Oatmeal cakes may be successfully
kept from erumbiing IL you add a little
wheat -four to oatmeal mush; knead it
and then roll it quite thin and bake for
half an hour in hot oven. These must
be kept where they will be dry, as they
absorb moisture surprisingly and are
rendered unfit for use by it.
An excellent dish for breakfast is
made of six eggs and three tablespoons
fui OF ham chopped very fine; beat the
egg, and after melting a lump Of butter
in the frying-Pan, drop the eggs into il |
and stir the ham in; the ham has Of |
course been cooked. either fried or
boiledi season with pepper. This is g |
good way to use up pieces of meat that
arc left from dinner
Lemons cut in thin slices make q good |
yarnish for brOiled spring chickens.
Another garnish, or more properly sauce
10 be poured on the platter around the
is made by melting currant
ely Take 1t out OF the Jelly tumbler,
oul il into bowl and set II over the top
# = tea-ky>tle which Is almost full of
polling water; ia this way you escape all
langer of burning it.
Chocolate &c to be eaten with cot
age pudding or with corn-starch blanc
mango, Is made Of half piHt Of cream
md half a pint Of milk. Crate two
of chocolate into this.
let it come to the boiling point. then
id the we'll beaten yolks of two eggs,
n if generously disposed, of three. {
When the sauce IS Of the right con-
istency, take it from the fire and add t.
t the whites of two eggs, which yOn
ave beaten to stiff froth, with 4 table
Poonful of powdered sugar Flavor
nth vanilla.
Ounce butter is made by slicing pared {
uinces, and boiling them in sufficient
alter to entirely cover them; let them {
ook until they are reduced to pulp, then j
lb this through seiye, weigh the pulp t
fter putting it through the seiye, and I
D each pound allow three quarters of a /
ound of sugar; let this boil until the q
uip Is almost like jelly. Ii will harden
course after it is put away in glasses.
nd it is we'll to have this in mind when
repairing it. When preserving quinces :
on can easily make more syrup than
on will need to put into the cans with s
le fruit; this you can put up in sealed u
ottles or pint cans for havoring sauces Il
he sauce served with apple-dumplings t
especially nice with ounce flayOring {
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Sleep.

| think the intellectual and moral
connections Of sleeping have not been
sufficiently appreciated. Men and boys
have been praised for burning the
midnight oil. Now. this midnight
oil'' is delusion and q snare. The
student who is fast asleep at eleven
o'clock every night and wide awake at
seven o'clock every morning IS going
to surpass another student of the same
intellectual ability. who goes to bed
after twelve and arises before five. In
sleep, the plate on which the picture Is
to be taken is receiving its chemical
preparation; and it is plain that that
which is the best prepared will take
the best picture.
Men who are the fastest asleep when
they are asleep. are the widest awake
when they are awake.
Great workers must be great resters.
Every man who has clerks in his en-
ploy ought to know what their sleeping
habits are. The young man who is up
till two, three and four o'clock in the
morning. and must put in his appear
nnce at the bank or store at nine or ten
O'Clock and work all day. cannot re-
peat this. process many days without a
certain shakiness coming into his sys-
tenn. which he will cndeavor to steady
bv some delusiye stimulus. It is in
this way that many young man be-
gins his course to ruin. He need not
necessarily have been in bad company.
He has lost his sleep, and losing sleep
is losing strength and grace.
Here is an outline Of the history OF q
suicide within my own knowledge. a
Young man, q stranger in New York,
in q GOOD situation, in . large board
irg-house, has pleasant companions;
spends his evenings outs goes to mid
nieht parties from eleven to seven; bis
nerves become disturbed; then little
drink; little mistake iu business.
another driak; reproof from employer.
more drink: moro mistakes. loss OF
situation; no help from frivolous COM
panions: money 81 gone; then credit
an gone: then turned out Of the board
inr-house; wandors in the street; NOR
titication; desperation shoots himself
.-Ha11S Jourzd of Heath.
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Corner Stone Laid.
Special to Commercial Herald. ]

Special to Commercial Herald
PoRr GIBSON, Oct. 3O-The corner
stone of St. James Episcopal Church
was laid here to day, with Masonic cere-
monies, under the auspices of Washing
ton Lodge, assisted by "C9ur De Lion
Commandery Of this place. and visiting
brethren P. q. NJ Frederic Speed, act
ing as Grand Master, P. NJ VIM. G..
Paxton, as Grand Marshal, and Rt. Rev.
Bishop Adams, Grand Chaplain. The
address was delivered by Rt. Rev. Bishop
Hugh NJ Thompson.
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Ansuer.-The law now is, that di-
mitted or non-affiliated Mason who neg
lects or refuses to contribute to tie
funds of the Lodge an amount equal to
annual dues shall not be entitled 10,
nor permitted to receive, Lodge benefits
and privileges, which Of course includes
the right to join in professions.
2. 4 Omitted Mason is in good stand
ing" as such, when he contributes to
the funds of The Lodge; otherwise he
has no rights, and it only encourages
non.affiliaton to allow him to partici-
pate on special occasions. Dimit means
''to let 60, or to permit to CO." and
when brother prefers to so out, let
him stay ont until he gets ready to
return. But he cannot be out and in
at the same time. Unless affiliated he
has no Masonic rights whatever.
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results And also bv giving your patron
age to men not handling whisky. Touch
mans pocket and yoa can reach hi@
soul, especially when he puts money
valuation on the soul Of lis felIow-men
Failure on your part To aas your duty
makes gou responsible for al the train
Of evils following the licensed sale Of
iutoxieants. " Z. PATro&.
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THE Masonic fraternity in the Old
Dominion mourn the death of Grand
Master Henry ". Murray, at Charlottes
vile, in the 58th year OF his age A
a lawyer, soldier, friend, father, Mason
and Christian, and in ali the relations OF
lie, he Was an example TO his fe los
men" He is succeeded by Bro. Francis
Henry Hill, of Richmond.
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Women at Breakfast.

Perhaps there is no better test of a
woman's health and beauty than her
appearance at an early breakfast table.
She is then more as nature made her
than at any other period of the day,
when art is brought in with view of
heightening her charms. II she has
slept we'll, it :Tgues, to some extont, 4
sound nervous system. and the effect is
seen in the brightness of her eyes and
the tone possessed by the muscles of
the face and neck. Her movements
are full of grace, for her limbs have
been strengthened by repose. and her
mind is clear and bright, for it has also
rested, and there have been no bad
dreams TO exhaust her nervous system
and make her limp and haggard. Her
intelligence is then at its maximum,
and she feels the mental recklessness
that is sogcnerallv the result of sound,
healthy sleep, and that is ouly natur-
al elation of the emotions. pleasant
doubtless, for her to exhibit, but far
more pleasant to those TO whom it is
manifested.
If. on the contrary, she has slept
badly, or has suffered from nightmare,
III CbusE1 IcuCc vi u 1CCutS diSCSllfS
system. her eyes are weak, dim and
watery, her face is 1abby, her head
appears to be held uns;eadily on her
shoulders, for it droops on her chest,
or bobs helplessly from side to side,
her complexion is dull and blotchy,
red where it ought not to be red, and
pale where it ought not to be pale.
Her expression is indicative Of the dis
comfort she has undergone during the
night, her movements are either pain
fully slow, or aggravatingly brusque,
her intellect shows stupidity, her emo
tions are torpid. her perceptions dull.
While the woman that is in good
physical health exhibits all the beauty
in the early morning that her features
are capable of expressing, the one
whose organic life is deranged is at
this period of the day at her worst.
There is no better test of woman's
health than her ability to eat q hearty
breakfast. and it might almost be said
that her physical beauty is in direct
proportion TO the amount of beefsteak
or mutton chops she can put iuto her
self az this meal. Certainly, pretty
women can always eat hearty break
fast.-Dr. HaHBtoad's nereL La. "
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A Compliment Deserved,

Wilkinson Lodge, No. 10, 0. o. f,
and Asylum Lodge, No 63, a. L. and
A. ~, have rendered a Reception Ban
quet to the Hon. II. 5 and Mrs. Van
Eaton, at Masonic Hall, in WoaAville,
on Wednesday evening. 18th. We arr
indebted to The Kind remembrance oj
the joint Committee for an invitation to
DC present; but as we cannot have thar
pleasure, Bro. Benedict will please make
our c0ngratulat0ry speech.
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OF the new Masonic Hall in Aberdeen.
Bro. L. b. Brannin thus writes: "Our
new house is nearing completion. We
are now satisfied thar 1t will be success
financially. 1 believe that it will be the
best looking building in the State.
While our lodge room is not large, it viii
be gem as to proportion. 1t is 30x4S
feet and IS feet to the ceiling with
arched ceiling"
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Tn curious travelling stones Of Aus.
LLaiia are paralleled IN Neyada They
sse described IS almost perfectly Fouud
saeat az large = walnut and 81 an
IVORY natnre. When distributed about
apan the hooF. table. 81 level snffaee.
stzsain two o. three feet 81 each other,
sasy ElH Immediately begin travelling
g common center" and 1hoIe lie
sssaled Up IL bunch. ike Iof 81 eggs
nest 4 single stone. removed % d
'ance1 q three md half fsef' upon
Ie.ssza ftI141. Is The heap. 41f
kes zNe7 l4as 81 .'sf |e1 7su4'6S
t11I Sc .44ro.1 1| meg
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TaE Masonic Grand Lodge of Ohio
adopted resolution declaring it the
opinion Of the body that selling iutoxi-
eating drinks is a Masonic ofsuse, and
should disqualify any one from initiation
or application in any Masonic lodge.
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FREENAsoSKY is a moral order, in
stituted by virtuous men, with the
praiSeworthy design of recalling 10 oar
remembrance the most sublime truths,
in the midst of the most innocent and
social pleasures, pleasures founded Oh
brotherly love and charity
s mid
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eerpts from them would too much length.
en- Il newspaper article.
The conclusion is, therefore, that all
such radicsliSm, all efforts to bring the
police power of the government into too
close relation with the private domestic
affairs of the people, in their habits and
appetites, however good, wise and bene.
fetal II may seem In a moral point of
view, will fail; will be only contemned
by the people and regretted by the 20.
litical economists. The historical proof
Of the other proposition that drunken
ness iS not growing evil, and that the
moral law can alone contend with such
evils, must wait, as this article is full
!eHg. PEILo,FApfrs.
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The Rights of Omitted Masons.

BRo. POWER: Is a dimitted Mason
entitled to seat in the Lodge, or not
Is it right for Lodge to allow a dimit
ted Mason in good standing to go in q
procession for the burial of an intimate
friend, or not?
Fratsrnally, II.
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The FRATERNIFIEs.

4 Masonic Lodge has been recently
organized at JohnsoDville, Sunfower
county. This makes three new Lodges
the present year-the others being in
Jasper and Noxubee.
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me method Of curing bay in Norway

The method Of curing hay in Norway
i peculiar. In driving along the high
uav one notices out in the midst Of {
Geld ten or 4 dozen lengths Of post and
rail fence il straight line What ls
the object Of the feneesz When the
grass is cut it is laid over these rails
Ter above tier, to dry. In the curing
nrncess Il has the benefit Of the wind IS
veil as the san and, In case Of rain. the
,-ater runs OF readily. The color of the
hay Is nearly as bright green - the
Rtandin1 grass.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
= LAnEST.

CoSDCcTED BY .. ". HEIDELBERG, Shnbata,
Miss. 10 whom all c9utribpEl9n4 Tor thls Depart
zzent should Be addressed
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RexknK1BfE CHEMICAL ERAsIyE
coNrouND. This compound is unFivAl-
led for removing grease spots, piseai tRf
nna painf. from evegy description 0t
~ooler goods. for cleaning coat collafs.
ste. Take four and half pounds ot
ga casfile soap. enc pint Of eampller,
half 4 round 81 salefatas. aud one pln1
Sc water. Cut the soap into small pieces
and melt over slow IRE premium
<1s taken fer the above preHaTatl9n in
II1ee 6iI|sfeI State kalzs
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Ponpey Graham. cf Montgomery,
N. u. died last week, aged ono hum
dred and nineteen years. He had =
distinct recollection Of incidents and
personages 81 his youth. but could not
remember dates. he said he was .
big bog when the revolutionary war
was declared, and remembered when
Clinton was elected first Governor Of
New York. He was an old man over
sixty when slaYerT was abolished in
New York. He had his second wife
long before Washington'a death. and
afterwards msrried : third.