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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-02
1884.
Harper's Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.

Hdrser's Weekly stands at the head OF American
illustrated weekly journals, BY its bipartisan
position in politics. its admirable illustrations. its
carefully chosen serials, short stores sketches, and
poems contributed by the foremost artists and au-
thors Of the day Il carries instruction aud enter
tainment TO thousands of American homes
1t will always be the aim of the publishers to
make Hdrper'S Heaklg the most popular and attrac-
tive family newspaper In the world, and, IN the
pursuance OF this design, to present constant i'm
provement In all those features which have gained
Tor IL the confidence sympathy, and support of its
large army of reHders
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I AN PREPARED TO ATTEND TO ALL
/ kinds Of Land Matters intrusted to my care in
the Counties of Amite, Adams, Franklin, aud VIII
kinson. Parties wishing 10 buy or sell lani would
do well TO correspond with me. l refer to the bust
ness men Of Matches and vicinity. Prompt and
careful attention given IN all businss intrussed to
NY cara = R FORD,
dscein 'Ss-NrN NAVarxzA Mrx
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-02
Plantation For Sale or Lease I!

VERY DESIRABLE PLANTATION AID
n Joining the Town Of rrccnville In Washington
g UNITY, Mississippi containing l740 acres. about
500 In cultivation present year. Good dwelling,
out-houSeS, cribs aud stables; rs good mules and
1000 bushels Of corn wagons and all he necessary
tarm ne implements. 1erms-One- urth cash
and balance in one, two and three yearS For fur
tner particulars apply 10
SHIELDS 4 SKIM
crv.e, SS-2m. tireenville, Miss.
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viossburg and meridian Railroad.


Mail leaves Vicksburg 800 D. M, arrive~ Al jack
son 10 20 aud leaves Al 1898 ,. NJ. arrives "
Meridian at 20 IA.
Local Freight leaves Vickaburg AS A. m Arrivcs
81 jackson al ~ and leaves al i0a N. hrrys'
Al Meridian at AS y. M
Through Freight. leaves vioksburg at II GOA. M.
arrives At Jackson At $40 aud leaves 3;f5 .. m.
arrives At Meridian At ~ a. m.
Accommodation. leaves Nicksburg at 2iib p. m.
arrives a, jackson At 40 y. M.
wnsr sOUED TRANS
Mail, leaves Meridian 10 40 p N. 4, arrives In Jack
s0n q 20 aud leaves Al $40 a. M arrives u
Nicksburg 900 n. ~.
Local Freight leaves Meridian 90 a. m, arrives II
jackson 1T 8 - aud leaves ~ $40 .. NJ, arrive
In Vickabufg 800 p, ~,
Through freight, leaves Meridian AZ $50 .. N.
arrives ~ Jackson 2;8j aud leaves 3 !Oo y. M.
arrives at NluksbnrK Z 30 q. m,
Accommodation, leaves jackson 80 n nj arrive
At Nioksiurg big5 a. N.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-02
FOR sx.zs.

The American Farner-a trst-class sixteen psge
monthly, publishsd at Fort Wayne, Ind. and THE
WEEKLY CLARION, viii be sent 10 any address
one year for Si.7s The regular priv ct the Amer
ioan FszSns~ D Sz.ee vuzG -
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-02
Fire.. Fire !! FirG!!!!!!
New Insurance Company.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE JUST
| added to their list of Companies
the Gcrmania Fire Insurance Company
of New York, with Capital of ~ ,OOO,'
600 and are ready to take risks on all
kinds Of property at the lowest rates,
We now represent the following reliable
Companies, and can carry any line Of
Insurance asked for:
Liverpool 4 London &
Globe, Assets ..,..,...o",S33, 329, 100 W
Phenix, of Brooklyn, AS.
.ots.......................... 2,s26,S75 90
Home, of Now York, As-
sets.............,.......... 6,995,5O9 90
Underwriters Agency, New
York, Assets..........." 6,O3G,3o2 90
Western Assurance Com
pany Of Toronto, Assets 100000 %
Phmnx, of Hartford, AS.
scts ........................... 4,3O9.97S 90
Crescent. OF New Orleans,
Assets Inconvenience. 9OG,44i 90
Gcrmana, of New York,
Assets ................... 1862, 1876 90
Equitable Life Assurance
Society, Assets......... 4i,lll,s 1856 90
BARROWS g. HAYS, Agents.
Ian.a Si-wltd2t,
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II. X. HARDY,
Painter, Clalier and Paper Hanger
JACKSON, MINIS.

WILL MAKE CONTRACTS FOR WORK IN
W any part of the State and guarantee satisfac-
ton. Competent workmen employed aud only the
best materiil used Ro-o0rrs@pcadenee invited.
lunNe ~
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-02
NEW YORK 1884.

l
About sixty millions copies OF The SUN haze gone
out Of our establishment during the past twelve
mouths.
Ii YOU were to paste end to end all tho columns
OF all The SUNS printed and sold last year you
would get a continuous strip OF interesting inior-
nation, common sense wisdom, sound doctrine
and sane wit long enough to reach from Print
ing House square to the top of Mount Copper
nicus in the moon, then back to Printing House
square, and then three-quarteTs OF the way back to
the moon again.
But THE sun is written for the inhabitants of the
earth; this same strip OF Intelligence would grdie
the globe twenty-seyen or twenty-eight times
If every buyer of copy of the SUN during the
past wear has spent only one hour over It, and ii
his wife or his grandfather has spent another hour
this newspaper in 1883 has aior, ed the human
thirteen thousand years OF steady reading, night
and day.
1t is only by little calculations like these that
you can form any idea Of the circulation OF the
Ost popul ar of American newspapers, or of its in
auence on the opinions aud actions Of American
men and women.
tbs suN is, and will continue to be, newsps-
paper which tells the truth without fear of conse
quences, which gets at the facts matter how much
the process COSTS which presents the news of all the
world without waste OF verbs and In the most
readable shape which is working with all It's heart
for the cause Of honest government, and which
therefore belief that the Republican party must CO.
and must go In this coming year of onr Lord, 1854,
II you know THE SUs, you like it already, and
you will read IL WIN accustomed ullgehce ana
profit during what is sure to be the most interest
Ing wear In its history, II you do not yet know
TIM SUN, Il Is high time to get into its sunshine
TERMS To MAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
The several editions of Tue SUN are sent by mail,
postpaid, as follows:
DAfLY.-so cents a month, IS year; with Sum
day edition, 81.
SUNDAY-Eight pages. This edition furnishes
the current news Of the world. special articles
Of exceptional interest I, everybody, and liter
ary reviews OF new books of the highest merit
81 q year.
wEEKLi-Si q year. Eight pages Of the best
matter OF the daily issues; an Agricultural De-
partment of unequalled value, special market
reports and literary, scientific, and domestic
intelligence make Tux WEEKLY Sun the news
paper or the farmers household. To cub of
ten with $40, an extra copy free Address
!. W. ENGLAND, Publisher,
uov2I,'SS- The Sun. n. Y. Cry.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-02
Y-.oo and Mississippi Valley R R.

Going Norh--lsayes jackson 500 T. m, arrives at
ncnionia, j2GIs miles from JacksOnl, at II 40 ~
O"Inq south-leaves Rcntonia at 2;0O =. m, NJ
irving nj Jackson ~ . Sop m.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
One Of CALIFORNIA; NabObs.

A man with leg that hung as loose
from his hip as if it had been q piece of
hay rope buttoned ragged old over
coat over his bumped shoulders and
pigeon breast. Then he looked up and
down Main street with earnest vacuity,
and hoped on his good leg to his
wagon and drew himself painfully up
to his seat. The top of the wagon was
made chiefly of gunny sacks, and canted
to one side as if it had about made up
its mind to give up further effort to be
wagon top. Three spokes were gone
from the hind wheels. The hind spring
was broken and was tied to the axle
with half-unrayoled ropes. Attached
to this ruin of vehicle was q mule.
The wagon by comparison with this
beast was new and gaudy thing. Phe
mule was tied to the broken and spliced
shafts with odds and ends of straps.
His whole harness was maze of knots
and twists and tangles. The mule stood
with his nose within six inches of the
ground, and gave hollow cough at
intervals. From a strap close to his ear
a long tassel depended. 1t had once
been red, but was now Il dirty pink
Get up said the man with the
homeless leg, Juggling at the rope and
leather lines. The mule graaned
deeply, and painfully started up at Il
walk so slow that it would have angercd
the chief mourners at a funeral AS he
walked it was noticed that one of his
hind legs had been broken at the knee
joint, and healed so that it bent inward
and rubbed against the other at every
step who is he?" oh, it's old
Gripp that lives out on the sands. an
swered farmer ale must have q
wretched life of it." There you're
off, young teller. Gripp is one of our
Oldest and best citizens-one of the
pioneers. reckon he's worth half q
million. - Stockton Nail.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
Naked Bits for Horses.

IAN Experienced Horseman," in the
Kentucky Lire Stock Record, reminds
those who have the handling of horses
of the cruelty of which they may be
carelessly guilty:
''Lot any one who has the care of
horses these cold, frosty mornings de-
liberately grasp in his hand a piece of
iron; indeed, let him touch it to the tip
of his tongue, and then let him thrust
the bit into the mouth of the horse if he
has the heart to DO it. The horse is an
animal of nervous organization. His
mouth is formed of delicate glands and
tissues. The temperature of the blood
is the same as in the human being, and,
as in man, the mouth is the warmest
part of the body. Imagine, we repeat,
the irritation that it would be to the
human. and, if not to same degree, still
the suffering to the animal is very great.
And it is not momentary pain. Food
is eaten with difficulty, and the irrita-
ton repeated day after day causes loss
of appetite and strength. Many horse
has become worthless from no other
cause than this. Before india-rubber
bits were to be had | myself used 8 bit
covered with leather. and on 10 account
would have dispensed With It 10 tgeez.
Ing weather.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
A New Disease in Cattle.

1t is reported that ga disease called
swell head has appeared among cattle
in tho western stock yards" This dis
ease is exceedingly malignant and prac-
tically incurable. 1t is question,
however, if it is really new disease.
1t is more likely to be an old and rather
common one, which has been recently
more accurately known and described
than heretofore. Without a close mi
croscopic examination it is not to be
distinguished from the common ''big
head" or "big Jaw" which first APP
pears as tumOr or swelling of the
jaw, and ends by death and destruction
of the bone, leading, of course, to a
miserably slow death of the animal by
bio )d-poisoning or by starvation. And
as it is exceedingly rare for the micro
scope to be made use of in the examin-
alton of diseased animal, there may
be every probability that this disease
has long been in existence here without
becoming identified until attention was
recently called to it in the columns of
the american Veterinary ReUieW, where
an accurate description of it was
tagious, as it consists of a parasitic
fungus growth, which may begin on the
tongue or cheeks and soon spreads to
the bone; and the saliva of diseased
animal would, of course, communicate
the germs of the disease to any other
one which should take it into the mouth
upon food, or in water, or from q fouled
trough CIR Manager. There have been
eases in which several animals of a
herd have died, one after the other, al
intervals from what has been supposed
to be the common disease known by
surgeons as 0steo-p0rcoB1d, or tumor OF
the bone. As the peculiar fungoid
growths of the so-called new disease, tc
which the name GcttnO -nayko5is has
been given, can only be seen by very
close examination, and as the old and
the new one are both malignant and
incurable, and have precisely the same
apparent course, there may be meas
urable certainty that some of these
cases referred to may have been of this
particular kind. just here we can only
call attention to the necessity for using
every precaution against this contagior
by keeping a diseased animal isolated
or by Strengthening it as soon as the
disease is identified and has passed thu
stage when it can be hopefully treated
This precaution is especially required
in diaries, in which a large majority O
| the cases occur.-N. I. Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
FARM AND PRESIDE.

-Hen-roosts painted twice a year
with crude petroleum will never be
troubled with lice.-N 7. Herald.
"A sheep-owner of long experience
says that change Of pasture should Be.
given to sheep as Often as once
month.
The common red clover IS better
than the large for general purposes.
The latter IS difficult to cure, makes
coarser hay and is more apt to become
musty.- Prairie Farmer.
Coffee, without milk, is sometimes
good for chills and fever. Dyspeptics
should avoid it. In Spanish-American
countries tits taken strong before break
fast
Tar may be readily removed from
the hands by rubbing with the outside
of fresh orange or lemon peel and
wiping dry Immediately. The volatile
oils in the skin dissolve the tar so that
it can be wiped OF. Scientific An1eri-
can.
Feather fritters: One pint of -four,
one cupful of rich milk, and one cup
full of snow Mix with q little salt and
unlimited Judgment, fry as before,
dropping it from large spoon, and
serve with liquid sauce favored with
lemon.-B05tJR Globe.
"A common sponge cake is now
made from what is known as compo-
sition, being simply: One pound of SUI
gar, four eggs and one-half pound
| lard beaten together; then one pint OF
| milk, with one ounce carbonate of soda
in it added; then flour to make bat
ter same lightness as sponge cakes. 1t
is also used for cheap charlotte russo
tases.-Y Y, ConfcctjoRer.
| For the sore throat of horse rub
sincture of cantharides well into the
throat, letting it 60 up well toward the
ears, over the glands. Ten or twelve
hours after apply linseed poultice
and change it morning and night; con-
tinue it till the soreness is gone. Gargie
the throat with this mixture three times
day with syringe-chlorate of
potash, one ounce; tincture of muriate
| of iron, two ounces; water, one pint;
mix Chicago HOrSemGn.
There are two weighty reasons.
says writer in the Farming W0rld,
for shallow culture. First, corn hilled
up will blow down more readily; il
checks the spreading of the roots,
which naturally run far out near the
surface of the ground. am speaking
of the top roots, not the deep running
ones, now, the killing tending to con
fine the surface roots to the hill
weakens the hold of the stalk upon the
| ground. When the surface roots have
their own way they grasp the ground
anchoring the corn. Killing confines
many of the roots to small feeding
grounds. Let nature have her course
in this particular.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
Snakes, HindOOs and Europeans.

Against the snakes there is an an
nually increasing bitterness, and if it
were not that Asiatics arc Asiatics, such
a wholesale slaughter of these deadly
reptiles might be accomplished as would
thin their numbers very rapidly, and in
certain districts probably exterminate
them. Yet unfortunately the Hindoo
persists in building huts without win
dows and in keeping his firewood and
domestic chattels in the darkest corner
of his hut, and in going with bare feet
and hands and without a light of any
kind to fetch them when he needs them.
The result is that he disturbs snake,
and when the doctor comes to see the
corpse he finds either on the fingers or
the toes the tiny double puncture which
is the cobra's or korait's broad-arrow
of death. To combat the snake sue
cessfully there is needed in the first
place daylight, and in the next shoe
leather. These reptiles are nocturnal,
and against boots are powerless. The
result is that during all the time Eu-
ropeanS have been in India there have
them. When European meets snake
he kills it; but when snake
meets a native, it kills him. The
former lives in well-lighted house,
and wears clothing all over his body,
and against this double advantage the
snake, the most easily killed or crippled
of all created creatures, has no chance.
The native, however, goes cropping with
bare limbs in the corners of his pitch
dark rooms. and the result is death,
swift, painful and inevitable. Another
point of contrast that illustrates the
fortunate immunity of Europeans is
that their houses are raised above the
ground, and that the snake, though it
may make the complete circuit Of the
walls. discovers no means of ingress
except the bathroom water-pipe, and
this it always finds covered by perfor-
ated zine for the very purpose of pre-
venting snakes from coming into houses
The native hut, on the other hand, is
on the level of the ground, and the
greater part of the front is doorway, >
protected only by hanging nets and
loosely made hurdles of straw or
grasses. The snake, therefore, incom-
model, it may be. by the rain which
has inundated its hole. sallies forth to
find dry quarters. aud has only to travel
along tho wall of the first hus to find an
easy passage npen for 1t, and 8 Gamfort.
able eoFnef t9 Qee'apy: -y 4ea1p8 Ieis.
GFepb
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
st. Valentine.

We aro bound 10 confess that whsr
the month of February arrives St Val.
entine becomes very important person
to our young folk. For month Or mora
his round delft fingers are busy upon tha
offerings suitable to his day.
Who was St. Valentine, and what has
he to do with this strange custom?
1t is more easy 10 answer the first
question than the second. All that il
known of the saint is soon told. The
origin of our present custom is not Ger.
tain. More than one explanation has
been given, and the following has much
in its favor. Isaac Disraeli has pointed
out that many of our ehileren's games,
the tumblers and street acrobats, the
carnivals and speaking pantomimes Of
Italy, were all once common in ancient
Rome. And SO the custom connected
with st. Valentines name may also be
traced to rite that was praeticed in the
same city. In the month of February
feast called Iupercalia was held in honor
of the rustic god Pan. Then took place
ceremony no doubt much in favor with
the young people at Rome. The names
of young girls were placed with proper
solemnity in a box and shaken up. Tie
young men then drew these names. and
thus each obtained what we shonld call
q valentine. But the leaders Of the early
Christian Church, wishing 10 do away
with heather rites and superstitions,
made change in this. The young men,
instead of drawing the names of young
girls, drew those of early saints and
each was supposed to initiate the exam
pie of the saint whose name he drew.
AS the heather rite took place about the
14th of February, that day was fixed on
for the new ceremony. Then, that be-
ing st. Valentines day. his name has
come down to us linked with the Gus
tom. So we can fully acauit st. Valen-
tine of having aught to do with our
present style of celebrating his day. He
was a Christian martyr who suffered
death at Rome under the Emperor
Claudius.
The extraordinary number Of letters
now posted on the 18th and 14th Of Febru.
airy is scarcely credible; but without
the aid Of figures we can obtain some
idea from the lateness OF the postmana
call and the strange Inquire which be
generally presents on those days. Poor
man, he has something for nearly every
house on that morning, and has to make
his round hung about with bags and
| bundles like a beast of burden. ana
yet he makes the best of 1t, and has .
kind word for the youngsters who hurry
to the door to meet him. harper
Young People.
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- victims of this creature
known to fame; they might d ya N ul
ole iof loVe IN go sense, bnt =
preferred to have this happen i tAey
way than that approaching from ! -, -
hind 1tom be-
The tread became more d;st;no., 8
breath OF the coming thing was s,, lns
on their - cheeks! - S .'lllosS
weighed upon heart and soul, TI 49,
10! ! f! ! a. tread in front ~ sasa
=! ! p! ! !! whisper. !!!IT Ana 'asn
a bali whizzed by their - fo ,,,,s 'aei !,
they We're saved! !!!!! TIA aau
angel of this second rescue was !.
- Mr.. X. sportsman, who bad has -
the cry for rescue, and KNOWING tbs y
home OF the animal had rec.ll.1l
from distribution that 49, e@.'Sa
were in danger. He had a eve GO, rs
- aim, and the result was iba aug sa
lying dead behind them. Tears az ~
embraces fell upon the sportsman r ~ai
his modesty was overwhelmed. ana -
other vote of thanks was immed;ata,l..
raised to this second of deliverers wiz
a hint similar to shat bestowed unon IN tsa
first. s"e
And a testimony was really presenta1
to each at gathering in their honor
A bas-relief by the---Miss X illustrst.
ing the scenes was presented to ths
heroes of the - adventures The
Miss \ added banner upon which ~,
inscribed Excelsior by her own -
hand; and othel tokens of esteem ana
respect we're profiered by the - Al
sembly.-M Y. Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
Tips in Paris.

In private life every service rendered
by ones interiors and servants is equaf
" expected to be rewarded not only
throughout the year, but at the begin
ming of the next besides. The waiter
who attends upon one in the restaurant
receives upon an average I'D. . Gay III
serving one with two meals-t6 y. o.
per annum; the waiter at the cate TT
ceives 2d.-E3 0s. 10d. per annup1; tne
barber expects I'd each time ne c1s
your hair is; the attendant az VIZ
bath ditto. Seeing that a warm paln
out of the question IN an ordlnai!
a wcek-17s I'd per annuIn. Inc eer
French apartment, one goes at iease W. Iss
cierge expects at least ten francs w.
time the rent is paid, which : ioI
times a year-total IL Us. woe Oes'II
the tenant who fails in this latter quas!'
voluntary contribution. His most w..
mate friend will be told he Is no. =
home when he has made a nos' M
portant appointment; he hlmsel WV
be left at the street door Ai1ss
dark until he be clammed Win W. ~
or weary with waiting. II the qus $40
be asked: How does the concierge Aly,
that it is the defaulter in question W. ~
is pulling the bell?'' the answer :, w. -
concierge does not know; but aeso lsa.s
to her lights, if there be one BLACK sns 4.
in the house she indiscrlminaLeii r..
flicts suffering upon every inmate. ~. ~
good pay for the bad; that IS net p M
i'm. from which there is no appeal u.
landlord sides with his undersHspP =.
| III he should dismiss her the cnance' -, =,
that the house falls from the irylng; I'm I'M
into the fire. An old Anglo-F aIls', \
whose concierge was i'll Was heaLa II !
express the hope that she Woalu 81
over it. You like her very inu w N
asked his friend. '.Not 90, cans so II
| answer: but prayed for the Ien .,'.s:
of her predecessor, and we gos VII vi
prefer putting up with the known d; ~ Ia.
| No Partisan viii quarrel with M MI, {,
cierqe +; if he does his life viii oe ... ~,
erv ever afterward Until three 9 w, H.
in the afternoon he viii live upon I'm Nh N
ert island. Not till that hour WI :.
/ letters and newspapers come 70 ho'
Cor. London Globe.