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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13
THE TREASURY BOOKS.
Arralg;niug the Republican Party.

Arra1gning the Republican Party.
When Mr.. Hendricks told the Demo
erats of Indianapolis, on his return from
the Chicago Convention, in reference to
the recently discovered frauds and steal
inrs in Washington, I'VE need to have
the books Of the Government offices
opened for examination" he gave utter
ance to one of the most urgent demands
of these times.
For over twenty-three years these
hooks have been exclusively in the hands
of Republican partisans, who have
manipulated them to conceal the 0orrup-
tion. the robberies, and the rascalities OF
their EMPLOYERS. Every attempt to ex-
plore the records thoroughly, and to
hrinr ont into the sunlight the hidden
nroofs of guilt, has failed from the op-
nosition, the collusion or the mis-man-
| agement of Republican Congressman or
officials.
Investigation has gone to a certain
noint. and, like that Of the Springer com
mittee at the late session, they have in
variably stopped or have been success
fully obstrueted when the scent was
keenest and. seemingly, most easily fol-
lowed. Some mysterious lnfinenee has
always blocked the way to full ex-
i pasure. -
len from the Treasury during this long
term of Republican mis-rule- Counter
| felt bonds, false Treasury notes, dupll-
i cate stamps and other fraudulent issues
have been partially traced, but it Is
wholly impossible to estimate the extent
4 of the robberies forgeries and frauds
upon any known data. =.
These charges do not rest upon polite
cal nreiudice. Senator Edmunds, when
s. Chairman of the Committee of Retreneh-
ment. made report to the Senate
; March 8. 1869, showing that about $40
O00. O00 in II. S. bonds and 1000, ,00t
lin Treasury notes. legal tenders, etc
were unaccounted for By the Bureau o.
| Engraving and Printing. He said:
aTha books and accounts between ih'
various subdivisions Of the printing estao
llishmenf have been, until recently 50 y
) regularly kept, and contain 10 man,
erasures and alterations, as to considerably
Z idimfsh confidence in the accuracy q r
Isults derived from such source.
{ He might have added that orlglna
J. pIates and dies were stolen from tha
: bureau and furnished t9 prefessiQHa
5 | forQers for issue Of bonds and notes som
J of which we're so well executed as to b
!. used by Jay Cooke & Co. in the days Q
+ their great power at the Treasury.
4 One Of tie earliest acts oI C0ngrea
made the Registrar Of the Treasury u
4 official book keeper of the G0Eernmen
Il II provides that he--shall keep alI 2
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A waking stick THAT Has Travelled.

Colonel William Erneston, q bronz-
ed veteran of the British India service,
who passed through Philadelphia few
days ago, carried cane that is mem
euto of great events. It is made of nine
longitudinal strips of wood the head
Is a highly polished bit of bone from
the river drift deposits in Devonshire,
England, and the ferule is the rag.
ment of . gun used at the battle OF
Meleoano. One wooden strip IS from
the Mount of Olives, at Jerusalem, and
from tho other eight one is from Nell
sons ship, the Victory, one from the
American sloop-of-War Cumberland,
one from the Alabama, cut before she
left Laird's ship-yard; one from the
BeIlerophon, Napoleon's prison ship
one from the Vile dc Paris, Admiral
Grasses flagship in our revolutionary
war; ono from the floor of the black
hole at Calcutta; one from the grove
surrounding Tai Mahal. and the last
| from the wreck of the Royal George.
| Colonel Erneston has written . sketch
Of the circumstances under which eact
piece Of the cane was obtained, and ths
whole put together, and on his death
and the manuscript arc TO be depositeG
IN the South Kensington museum. Eaci
circumstance regarding the gathering
Of the pieces IS properly attested.
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HOME AND FARM.
Resolutions Adopted by the Madl-
son County Farmers Club, August
4 1884.

WHEREAS, The Farmers institute
s..II bv the Faculty of the A. q NJ:
Talieae. have increased the interest OF
1nr farmers in improved methods OF
agriculture; and ,-1...1
Whereas. These Institutes have placed
,,r naopIp in closer relations to and
,oors directly under the influence OF the
CaIIepe with it, scientific and practical
teachings; and .L
Where's. These results cannot but be
,,rodueti,e Cg great good to the State
IaSd;ug industry agriculture therefore,
be il a.. In-.;.uto.
sboHlJ he held as often and at as many
places Is practicable. -...,..-
Resolved, >, That the proper author-
tiles be and are hereby requested to
authorize the continuance OF these In
stitutes.
Resolved. 3, That a cOpy of the fore
yoino preamble and resolutions be for
%aried The CLARION, the Southern
live Stock Journal and the Canton
paper, for publication.
j. A. REID, Prest. pro TEN.
I. q. SurH-yANIZ, Sec'y.
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FoR THE cGARrox.i
Why First Cousins Should not Mar

IL
Should choose himself a wife--shskespear-
In this country when young man
offers his hand in marriage to his unele's
or his aunts daughter, it is seldom re-
iected on account of the nearness Of re-
lationship. If he has fair prospects, if
the alLimportant finances are O. x, and
| If the Young lady herself is willing, that
uncle or that aunt soon becomes the
father-in-law or the mother in-law as the
case NAV be, of the nephew aforesaid
Now should that young lady's half
| brother wish to marry her, would the
parents be willing to see them united
However well he might be able to sup
port a wife, could he ever gain the con
sent Of the mother to such a union
No; while she would willingly see the
first cousin marry, she would never allow
the half-brother and the haif-sister 70
enter Hymen's Bower nd-in hand.
Why is this? Because she imagines
that the first cousins are not bount to-
gether as closely by the ties of blood as
are the half-brother and the half-sister
but in reality the same relation OF blood
exists between the cousins that exists
between the half-brother and half-sister.
Does this statement appear untrue! Let
us trace the relationship and see the
amount of blood which is alike that
flows in the cousins veins. Two sisters
have child apiece, the one a boy, the
other a girl. Is not the blood which
produces the bloom on the cheek OF
either sister the same, since 1t was divi-
ded from the same source-a common
mother and u common father? Then Is
not that half of the blood which the boy
receives from his mother and the half
which the girl receives from her mother
alike; Therefore it follows that one
half Of the blood which pours
through the veins of the first cousins IS
alike0is of the same character.
A half-brother and half-sister hay
ing common mother receive each halt
of their blood from her; hence half OF
the blood which pours' trough their
veins is alike-is of the same character.
1t is for the reason that equal amounts
of the same blood flow in the veins OF
first cousins that flow in the veins OF
haIf-brothers and half-sisters that we
say: "First cousins should not marry"
STUDENT.
| III Tall,.,o MiSc
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About Mrs. bonanza Fair.

For several months past the tongues
of the gossip-mongers have been busy
with tho intentions of Mrs. Theresa
Fair Her divorce, her wealth, and
comparative youth have united to make
her name q choice morsel for the idle
or the cnvious 10 roll under their
tongues. 1t has been said that she is
about to be reunited to her husband,
and to this commendable end Arch
bishop Riordan has been credited with
using his endeavors. On the other
hand, rumor has hal it-and the report
comes back to this city in the form of
telegraph dispatch-that Mrs. Fair is
about to give her hand to gentleman
of the San Francisco press, the tele-
gram adding that lit is understood
that Mrs Fair has gone to Rome 10
procure from the pope n dispensation
10 enable her TO marry" The gentle
man referred to is Mr.. Pickering's So
ciety editor, who is now in Canada,
the strange part of the affair being that
Mr.. Fair, Mrs. Fair, and the gentle
man referred TO all went east about the
same time. The rumor, however, Is
said by those most in Mrs. Fairs con-
fidence 10 be 4 pure fabrication, ana
personal friend of the society editor
confirms thissdenial so far as his knowl-
edge extends. In explanation of the
acquaintance of Mrs. Fair and the gem
tleman whose name is associated with
hers, it is said that at Santa Cruz, last
year, he tardily rescued her child from
being run over on the beach. Since
then she has shown him much consid-
Grafton, even going So far. it is added,
as to endeavor 10 form matrimonial
alliance for him with wealthy young
lady of this city. Oshers have seen in
this friendship evidences of a more
tender affection, which has given rise
to the telegraphed report OF the intend
ed marriage. Whatever the truth may
be, the society editor and the million
aire society leader might do much
worse than to enter together the nup-
tial state, while large portion OF the
public of San Francisco would welcome
The reconciliation of Senator and Mrs.
Fair, an event which docs not seem I'M
probable, rs each has an esteem and
an affection for the other, strengthened
by their mutual attachment for thelI
| children.-lSdn Francisco Chronicle.
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Mn apd TucIZ.


The train was rafting on, ricSeiy
click, rickety click.
II was in such a hurry 10 catcl tiie
train / didn't wait TO buy ticket
said the New York banker oiiering
money.
..Yes." replied The conductor ~
stractedly, as he purchod then y iii,.t I. !
ticket, II notice that good nl'''sg
New York bankers are ia 2 iisiIt9 y
catch the trains nowadays ,..t.
..AYeli, sir, you necdil' : ne t1ssssS
here IS tho money to pay ny te
~ know. Tut can [ tiSe II, s',sss, sss', ii
.Ah. i SC: the conpai1 ~
vou conductors taks
you'il steal il I see. esnpany yaie
mo. iii. there y s'
Jt,,st# nv taking Il ,tsp
agasnss .l,.,ss.. x, civ don yQu "a
..ss., afraid Id be arrs s3
.& efoIon property
celki iAs fE4 looked ont 81 Ne
~ ~ ~ s6aay efQFes coe s...' y
dow ~ XIV MS sI.e i'n weA f2'li'rs
6 .ss....z '..el-ef1 Click. e
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13
Indian Test for a Mad Dog.

An amusing and at the same time
instructive commentary on the ne"
local self-government policy in India
is afforded by the following resolution
recently issued by a municipal COM
mittee in the northwest provinces. The
subject is the destruction of mad dogs.
ut is no doubt impossible to ascertain
the degree of madness of q dog killed.
and the only possible way OF deter
mining the question is that whenever
the sweepers notice any dog OF serial
madness, such as has begun to bite
and assault persons, they should report
it to tho munrarim, who will issue
proper orders for killing the dog; and
after it has been examined by the
native doctor, the person who will kill
it shall be rewarded annas eight foI
each of such dogs. The symptoms OF
usual madness in dog are-frst at
tacks on people; second, not recogniz'
| ing his master; third senselessness IN
general. When these symptoms DC
proved to have been truly shown by
. dog. such dog will be taken as mad
and unscupulously killed on the spot
and the person entitled will be awarded
annas four for each of such dogs.
This almost rivals Mr.. Grant Duffy r.
story of the country station-master Whs
telecraphed up to headquarters: "Ilgel
jumping about platform. Please tele
graph orders. st. Jdn1es's Gazette.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13
The Pest of Flies.

An Iowa lady writes to journal CON
cerning her exemption from flies as toll
lows: "For three years have lived in
town, and during that time my sitting
room has been free from fiies-three only
walking about my breakfast table while
all my neighbors rooms are crowded l
often congratulated myself on my escape,
but never knew the reason OF it until a
few DAYS ago. l then had occasion to
remove my goods to another house,
while | remained On few days longer
Among other things removed were the
boxes of geraniums and calceolarias,
which stood in my window-it being
open to its full extent, top and bottom.
The boxes were not gone half an hour
when my room was full of flies as those
of nv neighbors around me. This to ms
was a new discovery, and perhaps 1t may J
serve to encourage others, in that, which
is always source of pleasure, namely
window-gardening. Migonette, planted
in long, shallow boxes, placed on the
window sill, will be found excellent 10
the purpose.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13

The women of Siam, it is said, have
petitioned the king to take from their
husbands the right to pledge them IN the
payment of gambling debts. This fact,
to tile credit Of the women OF Siam,
awakens in us the wish and the prayer
that some power could free many Of the
wives and mothers, and daughters, too,
of our land from the burdens, heavier
than those which lie upon their property,
to nav their husbands debts. We mean
the burdens Of broken vows, disaFpoint.
cd affection, blighed love, hope deferred
and expectations cut of, grief shame, and
ever increasing anxiety and anticipation
Of evil and heavier woe that makes rest
impossible and wears them out by day
and BY night for their husbands indnl
pence and drunkenness How many
faithful wives and loving daughters ar
there that 90 burdened and bowed from
the unnatural conduetOf the husband ans
father who pledges not the persons and
property but wastes the very life blood
Of his family for love Of his cupsl--N
4. Observer.
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what should a Wife Call Her Hus-
band2

What ought a wife to call her hus-
band when speaking to third persong
should she say smy husband. " or
should she use the surname without
anv prefix (as Mrs. Carlyle used to talk
Of s.Carlvle'') or should she adopt an
other plan of that ladyss. and speak,
as ii were, Of ..Mr. @. Perhaps it is
matter of indifference in England,
but in France 4 womans usage in the
matter Is male test Of breeding. In
the provinces, it seems, = woman
speaks Of her husband rs monsieur. Z
as Il her particular .'monsieur' was
superior 10 all others. Or perhaps
they think this STYLE expresses an IN
difference that Is ..bon ton;' s.my hus-
band. they imagine would be vulgar.
With the polite people Of Paris. On ths
contrary. my hus 5anda IS accepted q
the proper phrase. subject to two ex-
pepfiohs. a very aiIeetionatc wife MAJ
sneak 81 her husband bF lis CHRISTIAN
name: whilo after certain ago an3
other sfrle except the surname VIII
fbo prefix monsieur j held e II
'Iitnloas and q sign q spr99ip e'.''-
/ |sna 0ad1N FaA aiaA. siaes's
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RECIPES.

f,FunN WAFrSs.-Two cups sugar, one
eun butter two eggs, one half teacup OF
sour milk. ene-half teaspoon OF soda /;
lemon essence, and flour % roll very tnih'
SSowpRTFT CAKE.-Whip the whites
Of tive eggs TO a stiff froth; put Ia Two
Guns Of powdered sugar, the juice OF one
lemon and half the grated peel: ada q
little salt stir in very lightly and quickly
one cup and half of prepared Hour.
Bake at once in two loayes, OF IN square
cards.
PLAIN SPoNGE CAKE.-Beat the yolKss
Of four eggs together with two cups OF
yranuIated sugar. Stir in gradually one
cup of sifted flour and the whites OF tour
eggs beaten to a stiff froth; then a cup
of sifted -four in which two teaspoonIC z = :
of baking powder has been stirred, anu
lastly. scant teaeup OF boiling water
stirred in little st time. Flavor, ADD
salt. and however thin the mixture may
seem. do not add any more hour. DaAs
in shallow tins.
BREAKFAST DIsH-Chop tine as 9usn
cold beef or mutton ss Is required, .
whieS add enough soup stock 70 cover
season with pepper, salt ana kssa..Sg ~
cloves; thicken with brown hour, ane
pour boiling hot water over little niIs Q ::
toasted bread; garnish with very thiI
slices of lemon, aud serve at once.
TRAyEIIsG LUSea.-SaFdiRes, ham
and a little pickle, chopped nne ans
mixed with a sufAeient quantity OF mus
tard, pepper, catsup. salt and vinegar
ana spresd between slices Of nicel.
bnt4ered bread makes an excellent coy
lunch.
PerAroE CAKES. = Two pounds Q
mashed potatoes, four ounces Of butte
and little salt, two pounds o. houl
and milk enough TO make q batter 9bs
half cup of yeast; set to rise, and = he
light bake in cakes the size OF muhns'
LADY FfSeER-Beat the whites an
yolks of four eggs separately; mig VT
The voIIrs three ounces of sifted houE, 80
Shreeof powdered sugar and the white
and after thkv are stirred IN add 9 laIl
tablespoonful of rese water Deas q
well. then put this IN tunnel An
squeeze It out in proper shsReon 2 Pep q,
over which yon have scatteEsA 3 !. ~ =.
powdered sugar. A good authokltg !
cake making reeonimAnds that you
the little cakes stand on the paper ITO
four TO i've minutes before p4t 4ttlng me
ii tie oven. After they are Baked ka|
srnav be fastened together With the Nlls
Of 81 ege. very little win answer Z
purposs The funnel you can ma
yourself oHt of stin white paper
aai3
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sneciaI AGENT.

yrr 2 K. J,YyE Is the duly authorized Agent
a. ,.,Elos, qnd we commend him 70 ouI
Isni. ir hi. travels through The STATE i'e "i''
sB,art any business :or this oi5ce' aH MS ''i''
VIII have careful attention.
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Prince Napoleon and His Family.

The quarrel between Prince Ma
poleon and his eldest son quite rejoices
the hearts of the French Republicans,
who look with pleasure upon every
fresh token of dissension among the
Bonapartists or their leaders. Prince
Victor is said by those who know him
we'll to be q good deal more OF an ltal-
ian than n Frenchman. He resembles
his uncle, King Humbert, far more
than ne does that disreputablc old
gentleman his father, and in his tastes
and habits and opinions he Is much
more inclined 10 follow his mother S
training than his fathers example.
Meanwhile the Jeromist branch OF the
imperial party strongly blame the
Princess Clotilde for keeping aloot
from her iil-behaved spouse. ''She
ouoht to come to Paris and do what
sbc could to aid his cause" said one
of the Princes partisans TO me the
other day. | hardly think that tine ne
daughter of y hundred Kings Will
ever forget the woful experience OF her
welded life in Paris. The hunting
parties gotten up in honor OF Cora
Pearl by her husband, the breakfasts
he was wont to give with Princes and
ladies of the demi-monde as his guests
must all have been unspeakably trying
to the proud. pious Princess. She
leads, am told, the life of literal
ascetic at Moucalieri. refusing to have
fires in any of the rooms of the chateau
all through the winter One eanno
but pity the poor young Princess
Letitia, now a girl of II, and shut VI
in that dreary abode with mother Al
strict and severe as any Lady Abbes
of the sixteenth century. Lettei
10 PhiLndeLphia Teleqranh.
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The Work OF A HARM the
base of the Capitol at Washington
is the manchinery by which the
House, the Senate and the committee
rooms are warmed and ventilated and
the gas lighted by electricity. 1t IS
altogether a big apparatus, consisting OF
8 immense fans, engines and s boilers,
with the necessary appliances for regh..
lating the temperature and moisture OF
tho air supplied to the nations legisii Z
tors. The instrument which tells
whether the air is too moist or too dry
is operated by a single human hair. Per
fectly dry air is put at O; saturated air
that is, air carrying all the moisture
it vii holds at 100. A dial with
hand like that of clock represents tht
different degrees from 0 to 100. The
human hair absorbs moisture like rops
and like rope it becomes shorter wher
wet, The difference in length between
q hair six inches long when wet and thi
same hair when dry is made to represent
/ the 100 deg. of moisture on the dial, ant
the hand or pointer moves backward Of
forward as the moisture in the air varies
/ If it becomes too moist less steam IS a.
| lowed toescape, and thus the atmospher,
for the nations statesmen il regulated
and kept at the healthful point which !
about so deg.
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Ti,.r.isiu. is due after FIRST insertion, unless
t-1l.4 -a.cIalIy agreed On all contracts OF SO
y..-. a discount Of ten per cent. viii be allowed
n r.il in advance
-,,r notices Will be inserted at the rate pre-
- rv Jaw: 10 per word, aTst insertion; = c
s..-l each additional insertion, and - cents Tor
F.Eing proof Of publication
- ftso one month must send thesI Of solid
astal- L. ,...,,.. -, t,,o,l r,as,e
ii h.. rl.sr.ei "a cents per line each insertion
r.7- rt..-a are our only rates, and they VIII oe
.5--fy aJheycd to.
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Nan NAY smile.

The man whut tells or joke an
laughs at It elder tries ter make hissef
mightv 'greeable er is powerful fond O.
laurhin. Nine times outen ten when
s man laughs at eberything yer say an
smiles ebery time he meets yer, he got
ne eve on yer fur anodcr purpose. /
worl-cd once fur de laughnes man I
eber seed. While de crop Wus GROWN
~ wouI come erroun lean on de fence
an laugh. sDat's de bes' man cher
seed, thinks !. .'au' be gNineter 90
rs sor,ar' tI,inu bY me- When de
eror wuz al gedered an went ter
bab' : settlement bic met me in de yard
an, laughed. Airter erWhilc he went
into de house and sot down. Dc haw-
har VA i no longer heard; de smile
vas All CONC, m blame me ef he didn'
cheat me outen two bales O cotton. :
4rkansnau 14dpeIey
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If the squash branches are vigorous
and long stretch them over level sur
fare and bury every fourth or fifth joint
as wherever the plant is buried new
roots are formed for the better nntri
tion of the stem and fruit. The squash
hears male and female blossoms on tht
same plant, the latter only producing
the fruit. If the fruit is allowed to re-
main on the vines after ripening much
of the favor will be lost.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13

Oh. the fashionable bathing suit this
seasonf Why, you ought 10 know,
voa 70 around town more than am
There isn't much change am not m
fhorffy II matters Of fashion. but rs
near As I can tell tho fashionable bath'
inq shit this season Is Just Ike The one
Sc last season. With HE SUIT lett niL
an ern easily n1skc over your old one
s5 oattiaz & is two and throwing asR -
he pieces pa Sage
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13

DR. Henry Lehman. : chemical ex-
pert lectnred IN Philadelphia = few
evenings ago. TO senlfprofessional
eulicnce. on what he called Euthanasia.
or the property Of putting certain use-
les individuals comfortably ont Of the
way. His idea was thus expressed:
.sIIsc crolution Of humanity 70 9
Lighcr form cannot Be accomplished
without some method of preserving
and propaaating tie hestof The species.
Hal rFo. = human beings with all our
nresent powers. been placed On this
world IN association with race as
n.Iei, aboYe Is u capacity and power
s. Ne are aboyc the lower aniu9als,
system 81 SELECTION would haEe been
asppiiea which III ; few handresl genera.
f;os,g would IaaYe produced much bet
fer .s,nsanftx Having laid these
ioundationz the lecturer asked g
what extent The law might control Us
.sin cases who're 70 the csrtaipky Ct
fatal disease IS alded Intense PHI. .sIcal
n,isers ana n the cases q tlle pIEtl
:,f mons ifies and idiots
=
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ff he 1 600 registered voters j
NeW FORK City bnt et AEslAls 49,
fSeT sfo IfssIe ioF ta4a lia1 en FelsQa ;.
.,..srerfx. The total as ee SD value q
srsonSI nsopert "A eN ek .ssg
ast year. ea Tie opening q zlzs 1oes
hafore tho process
&s M i0e. a2 tN1 6lls e.EQ
4'E.s.|Si IS Co l6n -
<...'.s=s E@sks zft1toIE c1IIe4 upe.
7s4 sSn|A 4 raid S. 900 eAig a.ls
M s. 4 Mrs.
azs7n 81 s6d nz1 sind LAEae
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The Department of Inland Revenue
of Canada has decided that tea-dust as
an article of foodi is injurious to the pub
lie health, and cannot be admitted into
Canada,