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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
Honelr Girls.

s.Why are ron homely girls always
the best scholars, the best workers,
and make the best wivessn This ques-
tion was propounded by an obserTant
and intelligent gentleman, who has
been twice led to the hymenial altar
and is ready to be sacrificed again.
els such really the case?"
II have reason to know that it Is. It
Is natural enough. isn't itP The girl
who is handsome in feature and form
concludes very early in life that these
are her stock il trade, and with them
she enters the matrimonial market
Nine times out of ten she Is soon of the
hooks and at the head of 8 house. Her
homely sister has scarcely entered her
teens until she discovers she is made
to stand aside for the pretty-faced girls.
All that neatness of dress, elegance OF
manners, and proficiency in the arts OF
making ones self attractive she does.
deliberately and for purpose. per-
haps, or possibly for no other reason
than, Topsy-like. she grew that way. !"
.sThe chances are she does il solely
for the purpose Of ompcnsating for her
lack Of physical beauty.
MY observations lead directly 10
the opposite conclusions. replied the
Intelligent observer. There Is among
the great laws Of nature one known as
chs law Of compensation, and am
thoroughly convinced that to It the
hondely girl Is indebted for the tastes
and disposition that prompts her ia
make herself useful when she cannot
be ornamental.
Then, If ron bad the choice Of two
ladies. one beautiful and the ether
homely, you would take the homely
onep,,
sExperience and observation both
teach me that would Be the wise thing
70 ID. The first impulse would natur.
ally Be to take the prettier Of tho two.
but / would give the frst impulse time
Il mass Of, and act upon sober second
thought
The old gentleman may Be entirely
RIGHT Ia this natter Detroit Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
A Very Hot Taxpayer.

''Is this the United States Weather
BureauP" exclaimed an excited indi-
vidual in melted collar and hot-as-
blazes frame of mind, rushing into the
United States Signal Service Office on
the corner of Wood street and Fifth
avenue last Wednesday.
Eyes, sir. this is an Office of the bu-
reau," replied the gentleman in charge.
''Oh, it is. is it,. sarcastically ex-
claimed the perspiring individual. 1T
is part of the institution, is it? Well,
sir, it's swindle! A barefaced swim
die on the taxpaying citizens, sir!
That is what it is, sir!" And the hot
man grew so terribly hot that his face
looked like bloom just ready for the
squeezers.
Il do not comprehend you. sir" re-
piled the signal-service officer, with
dignity.
20, you don't. don't you? You don't
comprehend me? o, no, of course not.
Certainly. yon don't. That amt what
we taxpayers pay out our money for,
to be comprehended. What did your
bureau promise Saturday. Didn't you
say cold wave was on its way here,
and that it would reach US Sunday, and
the weather would be cooler, didn +
youP"
..Well, sir, what if we did9"
What if you did! OF course you
did. You know you did. You can't
deny it. Where is it?"
''Im sure do not know, exclaim-
ed the official abruptly. 1--WE do not
arrange the weather"
"You don't! Why. what are we tax
payers getting for our money, theRP"
exclaimed the hot man.
.'The bureau simply furnishes mete-
geological information relative to the
state of the weather." answered the
official, with dignity.
Information! Great Scotland, do
you think man has to be shoveled in-
to blast-furnace before he knows it
is hot? Do you mean to say we tax
payers support this bureau to tell us
what the thermometer is when our
shirt-collars are running into our bootsp
If you cant regulate the weather,
what are you for? A blind mule with
his tail broke off knows when it's hot
and cold without your telling us. What
are we taxpayers getting for our mon
eyp'' and the wild man turned him
self out on the sidewalk, red, hot,
Kissing globule of wrath. - Ptttsbisrg
Chronicle.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
Where the Shoe pinohes.

Rev. DIR. W. G. Eliot, of St Louis,
says:
"The habit of using intoxicating liquor
in some form, either wine or beer or ale
or brandy, or some such drinks, almost
universal In good society,", is the great
bar and hindrance to temperance reform.
1t is the most important and strongest
ally and support of the saloon system.
$50 long as We say, by our own usage,
that such drinks are useful to us and
our families and friends, and the proper
thing to offer them as q pleasurable en-
joyment, we cannot with any show of
consistency or fairness, deprive others
of the opportunity to obtain the same
indulgence or benefit. If in my com
Portable home with all the surroundings
Of wholesome influences, with good
food, well-ventilated rooms, pleasant
amnsements at home and abroad, I re-
quiresuch drinks OF find them harmless,
how can | say to the laboring man who
returns from his hard days work, weary
and dirt-stained, and who goes to his
one or two rooms where tidiness and
comfort are almost impossible, You
shall be debarred from all SUCH luxury,
you shall be deprived of all means Of
such indulgenceP He has far better
excuse; it goes much further to him as
comfort and relief from care; it is in
dispensable to him, if allowable to me.
For one | cannot say to him, "The
bright and cheerful dram-drinking
saloon shall be closed to you,' so long as
| adhere to the dram-drinking at home.
Accordingly, very few Of the wine
and beer-drinking temperance men
advocate no license to bar-rooms. The
nearest they can consistently get is to a
high-licsnse system, by which the poor
are Disseminated against and the
saloons made respectable
"Our reform must 60 deeper to be
made efectusl. It must reach the
home, the freside, the dining-table, the
ladies' reception"
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HOME AND FARM.
n.ILow FIELD.

TIKI AA@A@O ~
H., were bright and the year wa
~ v warm sun climbed the sky;
a = - thousand flowers their censor
,,a a tbe iarks were singing high.
snoel swept on silent wing
TT = he rraye where the dead earth lay
s,La A. .a Faster dawned as the angel Spring
Poijed the rugged stone away.
Then the fields grew green with springiug
.uJ .ome with flowers were bright;
~ each DAY came with an earlier dawn
And fuller, sweeter light.
S.,bs wear grew older noon by noon,
Tin the reapers came one day;
..J in the light of the harvest moon
Tbey bore the sheaYes away.
D., oos field lay from the rest apart,
An silent, lone and dead
And the rude share ribbed its quivering
heart
TIL all It's lie had ned-
And never blade and never flower
On it, silent ridges stirred;
The sunshine called, and the passing
shower
I, answered never word.
!, .qemed as if some curse of i'll
We're brooding in the air,
Yet the fallow field did the Masters will,
Though never a blade it bare
For il turned its furrowed face to heaven,
Catching the light and rain;
II was keeping its Sa'bath-one in seven
That it might grow rich again.
And the fallow field had its harvest moon,
Reaping golden spoil
And learned its ever-brightening noon
That rest for God was toll.
Good Words.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
A picturesque City.

Montreal is not only the largest city
of British North America. but It is one
of the most characteristic. It repre-
sents the old world and the new. On
the east it is city Of pre-revolutionary
France, on the west it is town Of mod
ern England or America. To enter the
vast cathedral of Notre Dame on the
Place d 'Armes is to make q plunge in-
to the old European world; to go down
upon the spacious quays is to be in the
midst of the most stupendous examples
81 modern enterprise. The Victoria
bridge. which carries the railways over
the river st. Lawrence, is the largest
in the world. Canadians still speak Of
Il as the eighth wonder. But the real
wonder Is the river itself The St
Lawrence Is one Of the great features
Of the American continent The depth
and power Of this wonderful stream
are more suggestive than anything
else Ia the new world of the Eastness
of the scale on which nature works.
Il Is two miles wide, but unlike the
Mississippi. It IS clear, deep. full. and
Astounding IN sense Byron had moi
dreamed Of when be SO described the
Rhine. Montreal IS i've hundred miles
from the sea. but the largest Atlantic
steamers lie at its wharves. Above the
oitv are the rapids. and 8 steam down
them IS new and striking experience.
The great river Tushes over ifs rocky
bed with all the movement Of 3 noun
tain stream over its pebbles, yet Is %
deen. that large vessels make the
downward passage IN safety. Tbs
boast Of Montreal. however. Is the
mountain from which II takes its name.
me river II front and this wooded bill
behind give the toWh is picturesque
leharacfer. The view over t from thl
/ hiIl-top Is one Of the most striking
aIat ff,6 eastern side bk the continent
sSsssots. .s,ifIon Dail8 Nesos.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22


The views of Mr.. Chandler, the Secre-
tary of the Navy, on the disqualification
of a drunkard are excellent as far as
they 60. An assistant surgeon having
been suspended for this crime and or
dered to be reprimanded, Secretary
Chandler In administering the reprimand
says:
"His offences in this case are especially
aggravated because they were repeti-
tions of former offences of a similar
character. About five years ago he was
sentenced to ignominious dismissal from
the service for oyerstaying his leave
and for intoxication. At the earnest
solicitation of friends and by the exercise
of Executive clemency he was spared
the disgrace of dismissal and offered an
opportunity to reform. His failure to
retrieve his character and his present
guilt show that leniency was unwisely
extended to him. Every naval officer
whose use Of intoxicating liquors be-
comes 50 excessive that his superiors
cause him to be tried and convicted of
drunkenness should be sentenced to dis
missal, and the sentence should be mex
ora5ly carried into execution. What
ever charity or assistance may be ex-
tended to such officers should be given
when they reach some other walk Of life
than the naval service. They are worth
less members Of their profession, and
should, IN every case, be forced Of the
active list of the navy
No drunkard should hold any com
lmand IN the army or navy. He who
cannot command himself Is unit to
govern others. And what awful risks
the country incurs with q drunkard for
an officer New York Observer.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
Wonder. Of Substances.

Gold-beaters. by hammering, san re-
duce gold leaves so thin that 262, 600
must be laid upon each other to pro-
duce the thickness Of an inch, yet
each leaf Is so perfect and free from
holes that one Of them laid on any sur
face, as in gliding, gives the appear
ance Of solid gold. They are so thin
that If formed into = book 1,500 would
only occupy the space of a single leaf
of common paper; and IN octave vol
ume of an inch thick would have as
many pages as tho books of a we'll
stocked library OF 4. 500 volumes. with
400 pages in each. Still thinner shah
this IS the coating of gold upon
the silver wire of what is called gold
lace, and we are not sure that such
coating is not of only one atom thick.
Platinum and silver can be drawn into
wire much finer than human hair. A
grain of blue vitriol or carmine will
tinge q gallon Of water so that in every
drop the color may be perceived. A
grain of musk will scent a room for
twenty years, and will at the end OF
that period have lost little of its
weight. The carrion crow smells its
food many miles of. A burning taper
uncovered for single instant, during
which it does not lose ono thousandth
of grain. would fill with light q
sphere for miles In diameter. so as to
be visible in any part Of it. The thread
of the silkworm is SO small that many
Of them arc twisted together to form
the finest sewing thread; but thatof the
spider is smaller still, for two drachms
Of it by weight would reach from Lon
don to Edinburg, or 400 miles. In the
milt of Goldfish or in water in which
vegetables hare been infused the mi
croscope discovers animalcules OF
which many thousands together do not
equal in bulk grain Of sand; and yet
nature, with singular prodigality, has
supplied many of these with organs as
complete rs those of the whale or the
elephant, and their bodies consist OF
the same substance, or ultimate atoms,
as that Of man himself. In single
pound Of such matter there are more
living creatures than of human beings
on the face Of the globe. = Casselps
Sqf1trfdH Journal
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
NTnSk.

According 10 DR.. Macgowan's col
lation regarding the history of musk as
presented by Chinese writers, the musk
deer is found throughout the noun
tains of Yun-nan, Szechwan, and Thib-
ct. This little animal is so timid that
it often dies of fright. It feeds on juni-
per leaves and reptiles. In the spring
its peculiar glandular pouch is greatly
swollen and infiamed, and the secre-
ton Is always voided by the deer on
the same spot and covered over with
earth. In such places deposits Of musk
of a superior quality are found, amount
inc sometimes to twenty pounds in
weight, and of so pungent nature
that if carried through q garden or
wood it prevents fructifcation. This
valuable substance no sooner leaves
the hands.of the hunter than skillful
manipulators adulterate it for the
wholesale dealers. who further SO de-
base it for the trade that there is final
" in the mixture offered very little in
deed of genuine musk, say only about
10 per cent. Musk is said to be des-
tructive to intestinal worms and an an
tidote to the venom Of serpents.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
George Fnller.

| Had Fuller been educated thorouohly
Ia his art, believe he would have left
name Tar greater than any Of modern
times. He hated his materials. be-
cause they impeded his utterance.
suppose him 10 have had them under
almost perfect control. like Velasquez,
and there IS no saying what he. with
his exquisite ideas. might not have
accomplished. OF course this is sup
posing great deal As it is, he ac-
complished surprising things through
force OF will and loving labor, though
q most faulty workman. He never had
what is called facility in the slightest
degree. Men who have it. he once re-
marked, seldom have anything import
ant to say. believe he was thinking
OF modern men when he said this, for
he knew too much not to admire the
mechanical superiority of many old
Dutch and Flemish works, for instance,
the motives of which could make no
appeal to his sympathies. He regard
ed tricks of technique with indifference,
If not with contempt One of his
favorite practices was to serape his
pictures with the brush-handle. He
wished by this means to permit the
cool grsys of the under-painting to
show through and temper the warm
fesh-tones; but he finally carried the
practice to excess. applying it appar-
emily without discrimination to flesh,
draperieS, background, etc. It became
. mannerism, but he defended it by
saying that it made no difference which
end of the brush you painted with; a
remark intended to cover the whole
ground of the practice of the art, but
which was liable to be misinterpreted.
In point of fact it makes no difference
in the world which end of the brush |
you use, if you know what you want to
do and how to do it. He never learned |
to draw well, and this defect was con-
spicuous in some of his leading works, /
whereas in others it was either hidden
Or vanquished. His sense of color, al
ways fine. grew more delicate and
more refined, so that some of his latest
pictures are the best in this regard. It
was interesting to SEQ how he wrestled
With picture, now gaining and now
osing ground, but never giving up
Until he got what he wanted. He al
ways knew just what that was. 1t was
lot likely to be appreciated at once by
,thers, but it was almost always beau
iful in a certain original way.-some-
lines exceedingly beautiful; and its
beauty was of a sort that grew upon
you and held you. Power of expression
vas the gift that made. Fuller great.
With all his faults he knew how to ex-
'ress personal character, and could
hus create ideal works, destined to
i've. As he was G9steger Vitog, sceEeriS-
1e purstS. and overfoWed with the
milk of human kindness, he was ca
able of feeling the moral beauty that
wells in maidens' minds, and his
outhful Winifred Dysart stands for all
hat is amiable, sweet, and true in our ,
isters. September atlantic.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22

While Washington was President the
Congress Springs, ct Saratoga was
discovered BY = member OF Congress
from New York. who was cunning on
the site. There are now fifteen to
thirty springs In the vicinity, not very
different IN character. The Congress
Spring Is still the most celebrated. The
Hathorn Spring, discovered about thir-
teen years ngo. has become its prinei-
pal competitor. For nearly hundred
years Saratoga has been celebrated,
and continues TO be the most remarks
ble collection of mineral springs IL the
United States.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
Rlalne SC
,om the Chicago Times.J ]

From the C1Icag0 I'LL
Cincinnati paper says ~ s9n g.
voman could run Tor President .ol ~.
fT,;ted rosl..Si state and havsa single virtue
k's1ore he cot through. his may Ie
,+re 1 hut Il will not affect biaine who
~. !. ~ ..-,of come ont Of the race any Noiea
IN than he wentinto r.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
Room For Reform.
Galveston News.l

dalVeston NeWs.J
There is room for reform in the quai-
ity Of eggs thrown at unpopular stump
orators. This particular article OF hsn
fruit should not be more than t"o
months old.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22

A liquor-seller presented his bill to
the executor of a deceased customers
estate, asking, "Do you wish my bill
sworn to? mo-" said the executor;
"the death of the deceased is sufficient
evidence that he had the LIQUOR"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22

The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, com
menting editorially on the result of the
Maine vote for constitutional prohibi
ton, says:
"By vote of nearly four to one the
Prohibitionists have swept the State
They have a majority Of 10000 in a
total poll of about 10000 There can
be no evading or revoking such an over
whelming verdict as that. In Maine,
at least, where it has been for so many
years, Prohibition is the settled and
permanent rule, and the Prohibitionists
the country over will draw inspiration
and strength from the tremendous ma
jority by which Maine has declared her
opinion"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
Pigs and Alcohol.

w. Mattieu Williams once witnessed
4 display Of drunkenness among fhree
hundred pigs which had been given {
barrel oE spoiled eldefberry wine al Al
once with their swiIl Their behavior,
be says was intensely human, exhibit
ing al the usual manifestations Of jolly
good fellowship, including that Advanced
stage where group we're rolling 0vel
each other and grunting aiiecti0nately
il tones that were very distinctly i'm
pressive Of FoUing good fellowship al
around Their reeling and staggering
and tie expression Of their features Al
indicated that alcohol had the same
effect On pigs as on men, that under ii
Enfluenee both stood precisely On fhl
sArle xoolosical IsYeI.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22

The Wild horse 81 America. although
rnzV nsfiro S the sol, IS descended
fFa1a tbe tribes 81 wild horses that sltlt
roFe the plsins Of Central Asia When
he discoveries ok this continent lksz
landed there we're 20 horses any Fheea
8 either North 81 South America
r.snfnriss before the horse had besn h
frolI 6csd into Europe from Asia an1
ks3 hscof6a common 6ll oFet the con-
siosnf Hhsn coInnabus arrived here
- ~ rec5sa 4ogace ID ! l93 BE tzonrI
With bils nuMo9r e te11es 1leN
weTs landed Il Florida h97 were
Ias2sl noed iAto Mexleo bY RIzapo.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22

ElizahaIh Cady Stanton S ont with ;
pIaa Tor new divorce law. With tie
common try s. equal llgllss rot fot tie
woman only b11 ~ f1tr. lletAeE
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22

4 eompany has been formed il New
4ngland for the purpose oi converting
wafer into fnel
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
Ruined by Alcohol.


The New York Commercial Advertise
tells the following sad story from rea
life:
"A little more than twenty-five years
ago Robert j. u. Goodwin was one one oI
two or three most promising men in
Asbury University, at Greencastle, Ind
His habits were good. his industry an.
firing, his ambition high, his ability
considerably above that of most men in
his class and college. He WAS a man
full of combatiyeness and aboHnding
energy. Courageous, high-spirited, witty,
and generous, there was no man more
generally loved by his fellows than he.
He came of family of high character,
the habit of whose members it was to
win distinction in life, and his promise
in that way was greater than that of
any other Goodwin of them all.
when the war came he entered the
service, and although neither his train
ing nor his taste was military, he quick
" distinguished himself, rising to The
rank of colonel, with the brevet rank of
brigadier-generaI conferred for meritori-
Gus SSfFIce. W H6l1 titt ilgHLlbS WIS QOEl6l
he returned to Indianapolis, and entered
again upon the practice of his profession,
quickly Distinguishing himself at the
bar All the fair promise Of his youth
and early manhood seemed about to be
fulfilled abundantly, and the 5rilliancy
shown in his college career had obvious
" ripened into intellectual yigor Of an
sort.
"But the good habits of his youth had
given place to intemperance His
thirst for alcohol had become uncontrol-
liable. In little time his intellect was
in ruins. The man was sot. His
friends sought to save him, and sent him
for a time to a hospital for the insane,
to be treated for chronic alcoholism. He |
was discharged thence as patient who
had recovered; but as usually the case
the habit returned as soon as the restraint
was removed, and in his drunken resent
nent the poor fellow shot and killed his
brother who had placed him in the hos
1ital.
"For this murder he was sentenced to
for life, and few days
lgo he committed suicide in his cell.
The sad story of his downfall seems one
worth telling in this plain way for pur-
,ose of admontion."
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flowers nay Be kept Tezy fresh over
niEht i they are excluded from the ar
sa.,seiT. Iod6 this vet them [to1t1E|' 3
ke< q e=tamp box ard coE1I E'|t We.
cotton e net at1|sp per. then I'.11z
eel fo6f
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22
BLAINE's sPECULATIoNs.
A Caustic Review Of Parke Godwin.s De
6nse OF the Taftooed Knight
The "Defense'' Punefured

Lobbying. Land-Grabbing and Engineering
Frauds on the Public, His Chief
CharacterfstfeS
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
Alcohol and its Effects.

CONDUCTED BIZ D. W HEIDELBxRe, Shnbuta,
Miss, 10 whom all contribution for this Depart
ment should be addressed.
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