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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11
Common School Fund Distribution.

Complaints that are occasionally made,
and especially Of late, against the Audit
ors Office on account Of the distribution
Of the Common School Fund, have in
duced us 10 make some inquiries in ref
erence 10 same.
Section 725, Code, provides that "the
Auditor shall annually, on the second
Monday in July and January, or failing
therein, as soon thereafter as practicable,
distribute among the several counties Of
the State all the common school fund
available for that purpose, said distribu-
ton 10 be made pro rata according to
the number Of children in each county
respectively. Said distribution shall be
made by the issuance Of Auditors war
rants on the Treasury payable u the
treasurers Of said counties" The dis
tributiye school fund amounts TO three
hundred thousand dollars per year, and
the semi annual periods including the
second Mondays in July and January
constitute the year for which the distri-
button is made--iu other words, the dis
tributive school year begins in July in
stead of in January. The smaller por
ton Of the fuud-say about fifty thous
and dollars--is distributed promptly in
July, and the balance, ortw hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, should be dis
tributed in January. This latter distri
button includes the fines, forfeitures
etc, of the year, and unless the same arc
promptly paid to the Auditor, he has Ia
exercise the discretion vested in him by
the section Of the Code above quoted, to
make the distribution "as soon as prac-
ticable." We learn that the last
payment on occount Of these funds was
made on the 18th of February, and that
the Auditor and Treasurer proceeded at
once to make the distribution to those
counties where the treasurers had filed
with him the proper receipts attached To
the statement of the fund sent from the
Auditors Office. The treasurers of the
following counties have not yet forward
oil the required receipt, and hence dis
tribution has not been made: Choctaw
Coyington, Jones, Leake, Leilore, Ma
rion, Perry, Quitman, Simpson, Smitl
and Tunica,
We think II would be well to amend
the law 80 as to make the distribu
ton Of the school fund peremptory OF
certain day, and that where countie
fail to report, the Auditor be author
lied TO reserve for same on the basi
Of previous distribution, but in no case T.
make payment until all the schoo
funds of the delinquent counties ar
fully paid in. Simple justice to tn
counties that regularly and prompt
discharge their duty in this importan
matter would seem to demand some kin,
of penalty against those whose tardt
ness operate to the detriment of all cor
cerned, and which is the cause of unjus
complaint against the Auditor and Treas
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11
The Pamphlet Acts.

Immediately after adjournment Of the
Legislature, we shall commence the publ
cation OF the Acts in pamphlet form. In
addition 10 the three thousand copies 70.
quirOd by the State, We will print one han.
dred extra copies, unless a larger number
should be ordered before the first pages "a
10 press. Price, by mail, $1.2b, or II
bound in leather, $3.50. Attorneys and
others who may want copies will oblige by
Hling their orders at once. II
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

The establishment Of an Industrial
College for Girls may be a matter of
sentiment" as some Insist, but it is a
sentiment that has taken very general
possession of the public mind in Missis-
sippi. The State Grange has repeatedly
urged IL, the Governor has recommended
1t, and the Legislature has passed an ac
to put it in operation. We believe the
College will prove Of great practica
benefit TO the class for whom IL Ia in
tended.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11
Legislative N otes,

Owing to the loss of the copy of reso-
luton TO ascertain what repairs were needed
in the State Capitol, the committee did not
report until a late day, as a substitute had
to be prepared. Repairs on the building
should be made at once particularly on the
roof, as every rain penetrates through,
damaging the walls and loostning tho
plaster.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

REV. On. G. b. GALLOWAY, Chaplain
Of the Mississippi Press Association
has acceped the invitation Of the Pro.
gramme Committee to deliver the An
nual Grafton at next Annual maeting
which takes place in this city in May
His theme will be, "The Ethics Of Jour
nalism."
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11
Special Notice.

Acts incorporating or amending the char
tiers Of cities and towns, incorporating
Lodges, Churches or Benevolent Associa-
tons, or Private Corporations on Personal
Relief Acts Of any description, will not be
published in THK CLARION. We are only
publishing such Laws as are designated BY
the Secretary of State as Of "a public ma
,rr. ~ ~
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

bic. Spite Of short-sighted decisions, the
responsibility Of the railroads, The rights
Of the people, and the sovereignty Of the
State over creatures OF its own creation,
will be proclaimed beyond verbal cavil or
tricky technically.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

GAIT B, +. JONES, Of Winona, has
found a large, and we are pleased to
know remunerative field for the exer.
else Of his fine bushes qualifications, as
general solicitor for large and widely
circulated agricultural monthly, pub
lished in New York.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

Mr. Geo. NJ. Butler, representative of
Sharkey county, desires to be placed on
record, as strenuously opposed to House
bill No, 800, in relation to the fence and
stock law of said county. The bin was in
troduced by Mr.. Boswell, of Noxubee
county.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

The bill amendatory to the act to pro
hibit the sale of liquors in the town of Sar-
dis passed the House Saturday morning
1t was compromise measure, and owes its
success TO Mr.. Settle, who has been indefat-
gabc in his efforts to get the bill through,
and who is in receipt of numerous compli-
mentary letters from the residents of that
town for the course he has pursued during
the session.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

A TYPOGRAPHICAL error in last paper
made us say that the State tax in 1882
was reduced from 3 to ! mills. We
wrote u mills.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

The bill to establish an Industrial
School for White Girls" has passed both
houses. Now is the timsfor our people to
get up and work for its establishment here.
A meeting should be held at once and in.
ducements offered for winona
Times.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

The CLARION will have room for
Spring poetry little later. Just now
We have an overflow Of prose.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

General Davis, after his brief speech in
the Hall of Representatives, was escorted
to the Governors office where he was the
recipient of many introductions to ladies
who knew him in history, and by brave
men who knew him in the days of war and
turmoil.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

The bannistors of the stairways leading
to the second door of the Capitol are actu-
ally shaky, rendered so by the conduct of a
parcel of noisy boys who can be daily seen
sliding down ON them.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

General Williamson, the efficient Clerk of
the House, has large force of enrolling
and engrossing clerks on hand and winds up
his business every day. He has most
able assistant in the person of Mr.. John
son, Journal Clerk, whose courtesies TO the
reporter call for his earnest thanks.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

Don't throw any more banana Feelings
ON the steps. A worthy representative had
a Marrow escape from serious fall, owing
to this reprehensible carelessnes ON Satur-
day
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

The question of extra pay to porters,
pages and door-keepers has been settle by
decided negative, the House having kill
ed two resolutions on that matter on Sat
urday.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-11

The remarks made by Mr.. Hoyle in the
House on Saturday, pending the passage
of a bill relating to education, were very
applicable and deserving of wide publiea-
ton.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
Traps OF the Ages.t

There is a harvest which is always
plentiful. The crop of fools never fails.
As the unfortunate nobleman languish.
ing in Dartmoor' openly believed.
''some people has plenty of brains and
no money: while others has plenty OF
money and no BRAINS ''Sir Roger 81
inference is obvious. He would have
deprived the foolish rich of their wealth
and SO left them doubly poor. Rogue,
like, he falsely calculated his chances,
and found too late that some people
had money and brains us well; SO that
all his shallow philosophy and deep
laid scheming ended in convict fate.
Orton's motto, adapted, not originated,
by him, IS the scripture of impecunioua
rascality; and, by living up to it.
scoundrels have earned dishonest live.
lihood in all ages The combat be.
tween cupidity and stupidity no doubt
commenced in prehistoric times, and
viii continue to flourish in spite of the
spread of culture. AS likely as not,
Athenian sharpers played at thimble,
rig within the shadow of the Parthe.
non; and that Roman gamblers used
cogged dice has been proved to demon,
stration by the discovery of the pre-,
pared cubes dug up at Pompeii nearly
two thousand years after swindler and
dupe were buried alive in one common
ruin. No amount of preaching, no ex.
posure of the ways of the wicked seem
to be seryiceable in guarding the fools
from the effects of their transparent
folly. The genus fool never changes
and never dies. Though he should be
''brayed in q mortar, yet will not his
foolishness depart from him." Nearly
three hundred years ago dissolute
poet Greene. contemporary of Shake
speare-published a book exposing the
street rogueries of the Elizabethian
period. Therein the ''coney catchers,
cozeners and cross biters' who infested
London in the olden time were held mp
to scorn and obloquy. For little
while the author went in danger of his
life from the daggers of the villains
whose secret he first wormed out and
afterwards made a market of. Long
before the rascals were all hanged OF
the book was out of print, however, the
same lodges were resorted to by similar
sharpers in London streets and fairs. as
we know from the comedies of Ben Jon.
SOn.-LOndO7z IeLeqrdDH.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

new master she had given him, TOOK
their wedding journey on his back, Jack
in the saddle and Molly on the pillion
behind, to Boston to visit an aunt OF
Jacks who lived in a palatial mansion
on Franklin street.
Molly's children and grandchildren
often heard the story of this ride from
her lips. l have heard it myself, sit
ting by the open fireplace -grandmam-
ma on one side, her pretty, soft, old
lady's hands busy with the much-!o loved
knitting work, and grandpapa oppo.
site, still tall and handsome, with his
courtly manner, his old-fashioned dress,
the rultled shirt-bosom and frills at the
waist, always the realization of my
ideal of gentleman of the old res
gime.-tV Vide QUAKE.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
A COWARDLY ASSASSIN.
Backed Up by Party of Friends, He Shoots
an UnsuspectiDg Old Man and His Boy.
c n

Backed Up by n Party of Friends, He Shoots
an UnsuspectiDg Old Man and His Boy.
LANCA sTER, S. c., ugust -.
For some time feud has existed
between the families of John Bowers and
B. f. Welsh. Bowers and his SON
George drove to Lancaster yester-
day, and the friends of the parties
anticipated o row. All day Bowers
remained in Lancaster, but there were no
signs of trouble. In the afternoon he
with his son started to drive home.
About this time the Welsh boys disap-
peared from town. Bowers and his son
were passing the Episcopal Church when
the trace got loose and the elder Bower
stopped to fix it. As he was
doing so. B. T. Welsh stepped from
behind the church with a double.
barreled shotgun in his hand.
Behind the church was party of Welsh's
friends, who remained in readiness to
help him. Welsh fred at the old man;
the charge struck Bowers hat-brm and
carried part of it away, and the old man
fell forward. Welsh then fired the Sec
ond barrel at young Bowers, the charge
tdhlnS euecG III Tue sue Oh MS lace ana
severing large artery. The shotgun be-
ing empty, Welsh drew a pistol and fired at
the young man again, tie bullet entering
young Bowers groin. The team in the
meantime had b. come frightened and
dashed off, being stopped some distance
down the road by colored man. Welsh,
surprising he, had killed both men, at
once fed. Several of the men who were
in ambush with Welsh have been placed
under arrest. Young Bowers cannot
recover
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
As<aying Gold Coins.

It is common thing for our Govern.
ment assay office in New York to melt
up foreign coin and assay it, prepar-
atory to having it coined into United
States money. The process is some
what complicated. First, the coins are
weighed in the receiving room, and
then they are sent to the melting room,
melted and cast into bars, and what are
called ''slips" are taken. These are
small, thin pieces $ thc metal, which
are used to test the quality. They are
hammered and rolled and weighed to
given weight. A certain amount of
silver is added. and then the sample is
compelled. This process extracts the
base metals from the gold and silver.
The added silver is necessary in order
that the acids used may get out all the
silver in the sample. 1t IS necessary to
boil the metal in acid twenty minutes
in order to extract all the silver. The
result is then weighed to ascertain the
percentage of gold. The amount of pure
gold varies in different coins. In Unit.
cd States coin the amount of pure gold
must be nine-tenths. In doubloons the
amount of pure gold is generally about
eighty seven per cent Of the remain
der nine per cent. is silver and four per
cent. baser metals. The charge for as.
saying is about four cents an ounce
Boston Budget.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
THE RAID OF DEATH.

Death rode through the streets of a town one
day;
.Astride of his old horse gaunt and gray;
And the frightened crowd, with headlong
speed,
Needless of age. or sex, or creed,
Josted eac.. other left and right,
In their haste to hide fromthe monsters sight.
Men who had often wished themselves dead,
Turned with the rest and tremblingly fed;
The young and the strong, the feeble and old
over whose heads long years had rolled
The naughty and humble, the gloomy and gay,
Alike all hurriedly fastened away.
Into his mansion the rich man HE'D,
Barring his gates on the crowd outside;
And casping his idols with strong right arm,
Said to himself: we are free from harm!"
Then cautiously peered from lGop-hole out,
To see what mischief old Death was about.
Outside the panic was wild and high.
None of the crowd were ready to de-;
But they knew that if death on their steps
should gain,
Pleadings and prayers would be all in vain.
One of their number they knew must fall
And who could be spared the best of all?
..,Gtve him old Trueman!" some one cried
He with his limbs ali twisted aside;
Ugly, and old and crippled is he
Better take him than you or me-
And so. with a tear in each sightess eye,
Poor old Irueman was left to die.
But Death passed on by the friendless old
man
'On past the feeble who prayed as they ran
And into the rich mans mansion gay,
Needless of bolts he made his way.
Not that he cared for the glittering gold,
But he wanted lamb from the sheltered fold.
THE rich mans heart stood still with dread u
As be heard the invaders terrible tread.
He folded an amulet rich and rare
Round the dainty form of each idol fair,
AMI erie with pitiful, pleading breath:
Leave them alone! : they are mine, o
Death!"
But Death, with purpose cruelty planned,
On a fair young form laid his icy hand:
,Bathed the white brow with his own cold dew,
Pressed the lids DER the eyes of Elue,
And bore away from the stately hall
The fairest idol among them all.
o Death! thy victims no man may choose
And none can tell whom thou wilt refuse.
Youth is not safe from thy terrible power
Cole can notpurchase reprieve an hour;
The lofty and lowly, the sad and the gay,
Alike must yield to thy terrible sway.
Mrs. b. L. BroUn, IN BatOu'n Monthly.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
How Canned Goods are Poisoned.

A good many persons have been
poisoned lately by eating canned pro
visions. A Brooklyn physician has been
making examination to discover the rea-
son. He has discovered that in many
cases it was customary to fasten on the
cap at the top of the can with an ANAL
gam of nuriate Of zinc; that this ANAL
gam was put on 9TH brushes by boys,
and the soldering iro,i then passed
around it; that nothingeNa8 easier than
for some of the muriaYof zinc to get
inside of the can; an&7that y5en there
itsmust become absorf@di in the contents
ag3 render the latter Extremely poison
DDS, since a muriate o 9tin was added to
the muriate of zinc bydhe action of the
acid wherever it entFen9 the can. Can
ming e9ablishmenN f6Se8|uld discard this
the people, IL VII ss5 a. GnSs R Rs
canned pfov it RoecRester Rost-Es-
press. ~
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
REQUESTS AN INVESTIGATION.
a Cousin of Henry Book Sends an Open
Letter to Secretary Chandler.

Cousin of Henry Book Sends an Open
Letter to Secretary Chandler.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, August II.
The recital of the death of Henry, one
of the Greedy expedition, by one of the
survivors, has caused William Helms, q
cousin OF the deceased, and resident Of
this city, to request of Secretary Chand-
Ter an official investigation into the cir-
cumstances of his death. The real name
OF the deceased was Henry Book. ae was
born in Hanover, Germany, where his
mother and brother now reside. He also
has sister living in Lincoln, Neb.
Henry, or Book, enlisted in the Fifth
United States Cavalry at Cincinnati,
under the former name, and when the
Greedy expedition was formed he offered
his services. Nothing was heard from
him by his relatives until he horrible de-.
tails of his death were published in the
papers.
MIR. Helms letter to Secretary Chand.
Ter is as follows:
CHICAGO, I'LL, August I2
To the Secretary of the Nncy Washington:
SIR-As one of the near male relatives of
the late private Chnr.es b. Henry, OF the Gree
ly Arctic expedition, HEREBY REQ test an o fiji
cial investigation into the circumstances of
his death and the state in which his remains
were received for Intern e1t can not bring
myself to imagine that h was kill ID q Id eaten
by his comrades, as alleged i'll the newspapers;
but as the assertion is so confidently made, it
behooyes both yourself on behalf of the
honor of the United States service and N.Y.
self, as a near relative of deceased, to set the
matter at rest. MAKE this an open letter.
S simultaneously with mailing it to you, give
it to the press here for publication.
have the honor to be, your oDedient SER
want WILLIAM HELMS.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30

Governor Robinson, of Massachu-
sets, at a recent meeting of the State
Medical Society, gave his sentiments on
the woman question: He said: IF 8
woman can cure me, or any member
of my family, God bless her for doing
so! Why, who objects to woman join
inga fellow? If woman wants to be
fellow with other fellows, let her do it.
Boston Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
HENRY WAS SHOT.

Lieutenant Greedy States That Charles Be
Henry WAS Shot, After Repeated Warn"
ings, for Stealing Rations-He Denies
knowledge of Any Resort to Cannibalisms
BOSTON, MASS, August Is.
a special from Portsmouth, N. H.,
says: Colonel Kent obtained an inter-
view with Lieutenant Greedy, who ad~
mits that Henry had a military execu-
ton on June s. AS early as March it
was suspected that Henry was stealing
the limited food which was spportioned
out to the survivors, and this fact being
finally and positively ascertained Lieuten-
ant Greedy had thereafter hard work
to protect the mans life. It be.
came necessary in order to keep up
discipline to inform Henry that he would
be shot if the practice continued, and
that similar fate would be melted out to
any other member of the party detected
in like crime. If Henry had been per-
mitted to continue his stealings un-
molested the balance of the party would
have surely starved to death, and
Henry alone survived. After
ana In SplCe OF LneSe warnings, denrY
was again detected in stealing provis-
ions, the tood taken being two pounds of
bacon, and the eating of SO much made
him sick. A search was then instituted
when it was found that Henry had among
other articles stolen and secreted pair
or sealskin boots which had belonged to
a hunter of the party. Lieutenant Greedy
was therefore, forced in order TO main-
tain military, discipline and protect the
lives of his other comrades, to issue
written order that Henry be
shot, which order was carried into
effect June 9Th. As to the alleged can
nibalism Lieutenant Greedy says if there
was anything of the kind it must have
been an individual act and not gen.
eral. Nothing of the kind came under
his observation. Sergeant Brainerd, who
is in the hospital at the Navy Yard,
confirms Greely's statement. More than
a week ago Lieutenant Greedy forwarded
to the Secretary of War detailed report
of the Henry execution. Upon proper
representations to Secretary Chandler
court of inquiry win undoubtedly be or"
dered.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-30
wAsH1NGroN, D. G., August Il.

WASHINGTON d O., AUGUST H.
Many persons here who yesterday de-
nounced the report as outrageous and
improbable, after reating Lieutenant
Greely's admission that Private Henry
was hot, and his doubtful denial of can
nibalism among the party, are inclined to
credit the horrible story. Efforts are be-
Sergeant Cross, one of the Greedy party
victims, who was buried h re lasR sun
day, TO allow the iron casket inciosing
ais remains to be opeued.