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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

Goethe is 4 perfect solomon for pro-
verbs; they pour from him in foods.
He has such an abundance Of them to
communicate that he is often at loss
where to find room for them and puts
them reeklessly into the mouths Of
personages who cannot reasonably be
credited with such n rare talent for
generalization-the practical Tkerese,
the tender and unhappy Ottile- The
knack Of coming pregnant sentences IS
so remarkable in him that, when We
see il so strangely combined with q
lyrical talent and a love Of natural
science, wo are irresistibly reminded
OF the ancient description Of solomon,
/ which says that he ''spake of trees,
from the cedar which IS in Lebanon t.
the hyssop which springeth out Of tbs
walls; also he spako three thousand
proverbs. and his songs were \ thou
sand and Eve" He is sage as truly
as he Is q poet. and never, unless il
Shakespeare, has such another combi
nation Of generalizing with the imagi
native faculty been Witnessed Bu
when We examine his wisdom We fms
that Il Is much more than mere instinc
tive habit Of observation combine.
with unrivaled power Of expression
His sentences are not mere detache.
fragments, or momentary flashes. Q
insight They are the c0heren
aphorisms Of sort Of system of phi
losOphy. He IS not merely sage. b
Is even a philosopher. His wisdom
though il Is not presented In 4 scholas
tsc form has unifv ahout IL aud Is "a
cnlatod to influence. nay. has deepl
Influenced philosophic students. Coz
temporary Reric,7.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
Measures TO be Taken to Make Gov
ernment Responsible.

Congress must be enabled to settle all
questions of national concern, and
must have the range Of the objects un-
der its dominion extended sufficiently
TO prevent any petty local legislature
from being able TO thwart the will and
endanger the welfare Of tho whole peo-
pie. II must have full power to regu-
late the entire question of transporta-
tion, in order that artificial boundaries
may not be tho shelter and refuge of
those powerful combinations who now
regulate Il TO suit themselves. For the
reason that transportation is so inti-
mately allied TO commerce that the two
cannot in practice be separated, as well
as for other reasons hardly less cogent.
the establishment of a uniform code Of
commerce for tho whole country must
be included within its province
In the second place, the separation
of the executive from the legislative
must be ended; the executive must be
entitled TO propose laws necessary for
the preservation Of the public welfare,
and the legislative must be enabled TO
control the execution of all laws passed.
For this purpose the chiefs of the adj
ministrative departments must be
members of Congress, ready at all
times to enlighten it regarding the
wants of the great departments of
state, and to urge the passage of the
laws required to meet these wants.
One Of them must stand out so con-
/ spicuous above his fellows, that upon
| him will be fixed the ultimate respon-
sibility 10 the whole country for all the
action and inaction of both Congress
and the administration. At the same
time the tenure Of the clerical force re-
| quired for the administration Of public
affairs must be made SO secure, and so
thoroughly regulated, that the public
Offices can no longer be converted into
| private patronage. Indeed, while the
sense of their responsibility is develop
/ ing, the public spirit Of our legislators
will be c0rrespondingly developed, so
that they will neither desire nor have
cause to desire a continuation of the
practice Of spoils and booty. They
| will have something better 70 do.
In the third place, and Ms corollary
from the foregoing, the legislature
ought in no manner to be allowed to
shift its responsibility on the judiciary
The necessary and proper function Of
the latter Is 70 interpret the viii Of the
former, not to control It Until tho
legislature has become the sole and re-
sponsible judge Of the constitutionally
Of its acts, true liberty viii be without
our reach; for uncertainty Of the law.
Of necessity, tends to tyranny. So long
as the laW-abiding citizen. who has
regulated his conduct IN conformity
with an act Of the legislature. Is liable
at any moment 70 be declared a law
breaker, and punished for his very obe-
dience BY 3 tribunal which, however
eminent, is yet practically and neces-
sarily irresponsible for It's judgments,
20 long laws are not the solemn declar.
alton Of the sovereign. viii that theJ
( pretend to be. but partake rather d
3 the nature Of snares TO entrap the IN.
: Wary--Fr0TD an dr5icle on ssW'oTk fol
! a Constitutional Convention" Jy IsGG,
' L. Rice, IN the August Century.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
Insurance Risks in Inebriety.

The well-known fact that life insur-
ance companies find excessive mortality
in their risks in certain sections of the
South and Southwest has been the sub
ject of some interest lately. Several of
the Hartford companies who have ex-
amined the facts have found that this
mortality came directly from inebriety,
and was due to the liberal Interpretation
of the agents, who did not realize that
any risk of inebriety was perilous unless
the insured had suffered from delirium
tremens many times. No use of alcohol,
either moderate or occasionally, immod-
crate, was thought to be dangerous.
The agents and examiners had no
clear conception of the danger of alcohol,
and treated the companies views as Sx-
treme. The result was that special ex-
aminers were sent from the home office to
cancel all the risks of ten thousand and
upward where the insured were found
using ALCOHOL to any excess. Finally
some Of the companies withdrew their
agents altogether, and do not solicit
business in certain sections. In one
case twenty-eight deaths were all traced
to the excessive use of alcohol, and
N6l0 al 'diu, otHlpiy DSCdus6 III Was
cheaper to settle than to contest. At a
recent meeting Of the Tennessee State
Board of Health, the Secretary reported
that Hartford life insurance company
had ordered its agents not to issue any
policies in six counties of the State, ow.
ing to. the excessive mortality of the
poliey-holders. The question came up
of the cause of this mortality; as no re-
ports indicated any special disease il
this section, letter was addressed tC
the secretary of the company to know
the reason.
The answer was that from the amount
of insured lives in these counties, thu
average loss to the company should b,
about sixty light thousand dollars, wheI
in fact it was over one hundred anC
fifty thousand dollars-more than doubl,
the loss of any other section, and tina
without any special cause of epidemi
disease.
The real explanation was the want o
care in taking risks and the number O
inebriates who had been taken as prope
cases. 1t is the same old blunder O
supposing inebriety to be a mere vice a
the control of the victim, and in no wa
periling life unless used to great e1
tremes.-Jour. of Inebriety.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
Nail Language.

Since the new science of reading
character by the handwriting has come
in, it Is even said that tho care taken
of the nails affects the handwriting.
The long. almond-shaped nail is q
great support 10 the middle finger,
which guides the pen. One can hard
" imagine q person with short, stubby
finger-nails, which are covered with
skin. writing the long. graceful Eng
lish hand which so delights the recip-
lent of the note from grande dame.
1t is said that poets and people with
imagination are apt to have long, taper
fingers and beautiful finger-nails. They
have handwriting in which the long
up-strokes and down-strokes cut into
the line above and beneath them. The
heads of their capital letters are large.
This handwriting shows ardor and i'm
pulse. When it has q markedly down.
ward movement this handwriting
shows a tendency to melancholy. An
aptitude for criticism is shown among
the people who bite their nails. They
are cynical and severe, .uncharitable
and bitter. They write a small.
cramped, and illegible hand. How
ever, there may be good-natured crit
les, men with versatility of comprehen-
sion. They would have small but WELL
shaped nails, and their handwriting
would be somewhat angular, showing
penetration and finesse.
The nails of musician are, of course,
to be observed, although the piano
sometimes Injuries them. The great
musicians have a sloping handwriting.
There is, however, an eccentricity pc
euliar to the handwriting of executive
musicians, as witnessed in that OF
Beethoven. The finger-nails of math-
ematicians are apt TO be square and
not beautiful. The handwriting ofsuch
persons show quiet movement of the
pen. The lines are straight with the
paper, the up-strokes and the down
strokes are Short while the capitals
are small and angular. Diplomacy
has long, supple hand, and long,
beautifully-kept, slender fnger-nail
But the handwriting of diplomatist i!
not apt to be clear; it always looks like
snake gliding away. There are M
clear, gigantic capitals like John Han
cock s-none OF the fine curves sug
gestive of generosity and expansion
all is compressed and impenetrable.
Certain inhexible natures express
themselves. both by finger-nails and b.
the handwriting-bo are blunt an6
determined. The Chinese have sucl
long tinger-nails that one might almos
write with the ends of them. Theten
acity of the Chinese nail, which doe
not break, shows that they have NOR
lime in their bones than we of differ
ent race. At one time, when goo,
Queen Anne bit her finger-nails, it wa
the fashion for all the English aristoc
racy TO bite theirs, and in those day
the English fnger-naiI was not what
is now. Fashion exerts potent infu
ence on man. savage or civilized. .-Ha1
per's Bazaar.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
me Public Health and Beer

Among the papers read before the
American Public Health Association
at its recent annualmeeting at St Louis,
was one By ProfesSar COFnwali.of Prince
ton College, on iulterztions of Seer
and How to Detect Them The Prince
ton College professor and the American
Public Health Association would do a
vastly better service by warning the
public that il Is the alcohol in beer,
whatever else II mayor may not contain,
which is specially inimical 10 the public
health. Theexperienceo of Gfe insurance
companies. tested By economic eousidera-
tions, abundantly demonstrates the I'M
wholesomeness Of beer-drinking in
general. All alcoholic beer should be
poured. not into human stomachs, but
the public sewers.
The Texas Phonog graph, in a vigorous,
incisive article os "The Dram-Shop
Evil, says:
at behooves evsry father who would
save his child fro. drunkenness, crime
from drunkenne- crime, shame, and
death, to set his e as flint against the
liquor-traffic. A all patriots who
would avert from their country the ex-
tinction Of its ood-bought liberties,
through the demo alizing and manhood
destroying infiueF ses Of alcoholic bever-
ages, should COM her on a common
platform OF uneompromislng opposition
to this the most insidious and deadly
foe to individual and public virtue,
peace, prosperity, and happiness. This
arch enemy of all that is good, lovely,
pure, and peaceful, in family, state, and
nation, once Destroyed, all other ques
tions of home1or foreign policy are easy
of solution. But SO long as this hydra
headed evil exists liberty, virtue, prop
erty, and life must ever be insecure"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

In days Of Old, when kings were
bold and stole for : living. serenade
was ronsnfic little open air concert.
ct which . gentleman dressed up Ike
3 fre-proof safe tBankled = long
necked guitar under the windows q
bis love and told her all about It IN
aightlines and : chorus. II was very
pretty. rpmaasie. poetic sort OF q thing.
although its sEarlit beauty was liable 70
Be marred now ard then By the en-
trance Of 3 burglar With lance or bat
tie AZ. with which e picked the lock
Of the iire-proof casting and perforated
large hole IN the person Of the love
lorn knight and married the girl him
self In either case the young lazy
was married aud 30 didn't hare q
waste her wedding toegers Boo Rssr.
detts
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
The Right of Prohibition.

Hon. Neal Dow, in a late article in
the North American Review, writes:
prohibition Of any trade is an ex-
treme measure, and cannot be Justly re-
sorted to except the public good requires
it. Seme trades are useful, but dan
gerous; others are useful, but liable to
abuse. These are regulated and re-
strained BY license, by which it is sharp
IL prescribed how they shall be con
Quoted. The manufacture and sale and
keeping for sale Of gunpowder is one Of
the former; the keeping and driving
carriages and carts for hire Is one Of the
latter, and slaughter-houses are another.
The manufacture and sale of obscene
books and printsis inconsistent with the
general good; 1t is not regulated and re
strained by license-it is forbidden
Lotteries are forbidden. Gambling
houses and houses of ill-fame are for
hidden. Many other things not harm
ful in themselves are forbidden undel
certain circumstances. i man may no
drive his strong, fast horse rapidly
through the streets Of 3 city Nor ma,
any one set FIRE to his chimney and bun
in out in city; in the country he ms,
do it. In order to determine, then
whether prohibition Of the liquor traih
may be resorted to justly it IS oni.
necessary to ascertain whether it is or ]
/ not consistent with the general good.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
The Good old Days at the c

The Good Old Days at the Circus
shall never forget the first time
rode trick mule l clinched my feet
under him and clasped my arms around
his neck. Ye powers, how that mule
bumped himself | stuck to it like s
burr-like brother, my enemies said.
The vicious bucking Of the brute nearly
knocked the life out of me, but grit
ted my teeth and hung on. The cheers
of the audience encouraged me. At
last it dawned on the clown and the
mule that they had met their match.
ssWell done, my man" said the
clown. you've beat him. Now you
can get of. p"
1 relaxed my hold second and next
instant Was pitched into the next coun-
fy. / have always wondered since why
/ didn't break my neck. had every
opportunity
..You need Mt have been in such q
hurry" said the clown as he helped
me mp.
The railroad three-ringed circuses Of
the present day are gorgeous, but /
seems 10 me we had more fun to tht
square inch in the olden time.-Detn0i
Free Press.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

His claimed in Boston that the dude
of that city is very different creature
from tho dude OF this metropolis. The
Boston dude. II is explained, IS always
ON tho verge Of extreme, while the
New York dude is constantly topping
over this verge. To know just where
the extreme begins requires frequent
oercbration-a wear and tear which no
dude but Boston dude. it is claimed,
could endure. The Boston dudes
dress is English TO tho verge of being
extremely English. but there are no
striking combinations OF color in it-as
in the American flag. for instance. He
wears no jowelry; il is vulgar. even
when Il Is not in pawn. lie dresses.
not to be seen. but on the principle
that what he wears is going to be seen.
and therefore should be attractive
The New York dudc is in many re
spects tho reverse Of this superior
creature. -Harpcr's Weekly.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
Temperance in the sunday-schoOl
The Wisconsin Chief says:

at is settled that this year the Inter
national Sunday y-school Lessons shall in
Glade quarterly temperance lessons in
the regular coure. The National Tenn
perance Society first petitioned for such
lessons years ago and has steadily per
sisted in urging the committee to heed
the request Other organizations have
since united in these petitions. Consid-
ering the importance of training the
young in temperance principles, 1T is
hard to understand why christian men
have strenuously opposed the PLAN .
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

A Washington Territory newspaper
says: - strange sight was witnessed
of Cape Flatfery recently. The water.
as far as could be seen, was thick with
a plentiful show of herring. in the
midst of which, spouting and diving.
was school Of large whales. about
forty in number, ranging from twenty
to one hundred feet long. Diving down
with parting whisp Of the tan. and
cona9 mp again with wide open
q Jufhs. they would capture immense
qcantifies Of The fnny tribe
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
Tho Americans Eadurauco OF Cold


Lieut. Greedy is Of the opinion that
his men. II well proyisioned. could not
have continued TO live at Fort Congcr
more than i've years. The constitution
Of the average American is not capable
OF prolonged continuous adjustment 10
moro than zero cold, and such accii-
matization could only come about af-
ter a series OF generations where the
law Of survival Of the iittest should op-
crate. and in correspondence with =
radical change in organization. In
which nutritivc and muscular develop
mcnt should prcd0minate over cerebral
development; in other words. nature
has shown Us in the mentally dwarfed
but physically hardy Esquimaux. the
type Of organization best fitted for liv-
ing in those scptentrional latitudeS II.
however. Is no less matter Of fact that
the inhabitants Of mcridianal climes
admirably adapt themselves temporari-
" to the most extreme cold. In the
retreat from Moscow. in 1879. the Ital-
ian regiments stood the cold better than
the Germans. and notably better thar
the Russians. who were accustomed q
the climate. The Turks presented thg
same relative immunity at the siege o.
Sebastopol. Longei, from whom thcs'
facts are taken. remarks that the apti
tudo 70 resist incicmcnt temperature
acquired and lost in turn; that people
nurtured In temperate or cold climates
who 80 70 the torrid zone TO live, ar
much less sensitive 10 tho cold for
time after their return 10 their nativ
country. though this lcsscncd susccptl
bilisy disappears after a year or two
Medical Record
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

Boston Maid: No. ny paternal pro-
renitor is not in" Caller-'.I am one
Of the depositOrs in his bank, which /
find has suspended payment Can you
tell me where your father is?' The
authorities became cognizant Of consid-
cradle rehypothecation on his part and
conveved him to prosoplasm- "A
whatPs' "A prosoplasm-p .'Nhat in
the name Of Webster is fhatPH III
you viii glance at Worcester you VIII
ind that prot0plasm signifies cell
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

4 Canadian has . new nethod Of
fishing. Instead Of taking net and
fishing be has fock Of thirty geese.
To The legs Of these fowl be has ; line
and baited hooks attached The foelz
are driven into The water and followed
b Druilliard's two sons. who drive
them up stream. thus making them
troll As soon IS 5 goose gets ) bite
i becomes frightened and. with great
Topping q wings and sqnaHking. hies
70 the shore. whore the fish a taken
from the hook.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

Wn 70 b Ttrnr L. ibe dolly authorized Agent
Tur CftrfuV, nud We Commend him ~ our
friends I1 his trlfrH through The state. He vii
tfiusi.t any business for this once. and bis con-
trtfh uiI have rlfHinl ntirution.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

An eagle shot In Lapland had A.
tachcd 20 t q tin box containing .
scrap Of parchment on which was writ
tens Caught aud set FREQ in Falsicad,
Denmark. t792"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

A Boston doctor cures black eyes.
This Is case where an ounce Of pre-
vcntion is worth dozen cases ck medi-
] cine ne Grnpkic.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

17DIdn Ike ne neIg1D0TlO0lE
s.Eot after the people became too
familiar. I had not been there long
until it became evident that ! would
not Ike the place did not mind
them shooting st me every time ] went
ont Of the ofice, and I even tolerated
their habit Of bIazing away at me
when I'd stick nv head out Of The win
dow. but when they fe1 into the habit
Of climbing on the house-top and shoot
ing down the chimneF. Why became
disguised at such familiarity. "-Ar'
kaasaD Trorelcr
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12

OF the 60. 600 Jews in New York city.
not one Of them Is bartender.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
THE CLARION.
HArEs on sUBscETPTToN.

namlffanfrs at1lii - nIals ~ prstefIce order
Hhau fhs aanra eau ia ottlluei. ~ b. reelstersd
affaf lrn enfrlafel - ihs nails ln i1e ordinary
az iin Fl1'lltars all r1f - rrsp1urI1le iqr ast
III + rdf ruuf1rl 70 send Each slhscriler rqtlcs
shrn time expires and shall iesl cfirei ior prompt
raHnmriH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-25
THEY DO SAY ;
hat to-day is Christmas.

That to-day is Christmas.
That we will have waterworks next
year.
That Sam Baskin vii! get married
in 1885.
That the LEDGER can't be scooped
on news.
That it pays to advertise in the
LEDGER.
That Sam Morris is a 'hustler" after
dark
That Mexico is not dead - only
sweetly sleeping.
That the ghost of the s'haunted
hill'' is Santa Claus.
That Mayor Fowler is trying to
stop gaming in Mexico.
That the boys are going to ''swear
off" Bully for the boys!
That the poor will not forget the
rich during the holidays.
That Uncle Frank Tomlinson can't
be beaten for City Recorder.
That Capt, Frost Was fishing through
a hole in the ice last Sunday.
That 'Ras Shepherd can tell the
"biggest ones" of anybody in town.
That the girls won't keep open
house, because they don't have to-"
That there are over one hundred en-
tries for the LEDGER ''hummer medal
That Mexico will yet improve the
park. They say they will, but will
they?
That Cy. Scott and John Creasey
do not speak as they pass by--the
haunted hill.
That it is a society seeret-known
to but few, however-that Charley
Brown wears cOrsets.
That Ed. Taylor, when he gets that
laugh of his'n turned or good, wakes
up the whole n-ighborhood.
That deep down in the hearts of
several Mcxicans there fingers a fond
hope that some fat government office
may fall to their lot.
That the present wedding season
premises 20 be unusually lively, owing
somewhat to the opening of the New
Orleans Exposition.
That it Is better to put your money
on such game US quail, rabbits. ducks
&C., than to blow it up against such
game as poker or craps.
That, as Christmas time is here
one half the people are asking them
selves, "What shall 1 give?" and the
other half, What will 1 get?"
That the honest housewife wht
borrowed cistern water from her goot
neighbor during the dry summer TIM
should now return tin chunks.
Go to Collins saloon if you want {
happy Xmas and o merry New Year
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