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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23

~
. a remarkable instance Of rapid men-
tai calculation has been discovered IN
. young Polish boy named Paul Zilzis-
ky. living in East Bridgeport Conn.
He has 8 low forehead, with hair grow
ing down to bis eyebrows. Is rather
sleepy looking and shambling N his
movements. But whenever his father
asks him question relative to num-
bers he at once brightens up and be-
comes excited. a reporter found him
in & grocery store in East Bridgeport
this morning, and asked his father who
was with him, If it was true that his
son was lightning calculator. DIR.
Ziizisky, who speaks poor English and
who IS now q poor man, having lost
much Of his earnings BY the late frary
& Son cutlery failure. said "a answer;
..Paui. how many beans are there N
this handfulas The boy At once COM
menced ia dance around the store, and
became greatly excited IS his father
thfust his hand into . barrel Of beans,
took handful. and threw them Down
In q corner, where they lay. scattered
about. The lad leaped into the alf.
and almost before the heans 1aa
touched the floor shouted g ldo 4Rs
beans we're carefully gathered ana
Eeounked. and while this was being
done the boy Rrinned and waited. Inc
result showed him to be correct g 2
6ean. BE relapssd into bis uss1aI
sleepy manner again. The father shen
seizsi : handful Of oats. and threw
fbenl n q iaeap upon the counter:
s.Paul 8, said he, show many oats
The boy again jumped 70 his ieet ae- s.
roured tie oats mentally and 1nst entAy
ehonled - $50 L took > long. time
"a count them. but Che nnmber Mss
arain found to be correck Next tns
fsther seized ! hall LED palI ct Eates
land asked the boy. How many CUBIC
inches 81 water Il the pail ne e2y
sized It up with his eyes and qnsekay
Ekouted. ssl1 - caretul compnEas
tlon proved the result 70 Be right
Cher wonderful answers were Elye1s
6lua a an excited manner Apo ~
c5zoDarfson of his uenner e this fzEaQ
Sssn3s Is be- aa apf IS thas q the exs
/ element Of s dog when asek %. g y
/ his nester. AZ each e1d eEe1l ss.s'
HsszI|I.f answer tbs san1a I IoleEal ezlsIes.
Ss.|l 1'ef1lrn1| - 3 aetoSl ef1
f
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23
A Canine BAN Player.

The owner Of tho poodle gave q
whistle and pointed at the ball, where
upon the animal in a moment dropped
its lethargic appearance and began to
leap around in a state Of great excite
ment, barking at the top Of its lungs.
The young man drew of, as the saying
is. and sent the ball high into the air,
the quick eye of the poodle following
1t from the start, but not until it turned
and began to come down did he move.
Then dodging about for a few mo-
ments, as the ball fell he opened his
capacious mouth and caught it with a
sock that was heard a hundred yards
away.
..Want another trialP" asked the
owner, as his dog laid the ball at his
feet
mo, that settles it" replied the
young man. what nine does he be-
long top
''Oh, he belongs to a private COM
binatioD," was the answer. "Now,
I'll show you what he can do. Get out
there, JackI''
The dog ran into the field, and as
his master delivered red-hot ball
directly at him he received it without
quiver, finally taking q seat with his
owner In the 25-cent row.
''Is that dog for sale?" inquired q
gentleman who sat next him.
''No. sir, replied the owner. ''He's
worth about $50 week to me as a
ball-player. Between you and me, if |
can ever get bet started with john
ny Fresh; like that chap over there,
that the dog won't muff = ball, Pm
sure of the money.
mo, l never gave him any partieu-
lar training. BE belonged TO gang
Of boys that was always playing. and
first got to running after the ball and
bringing it to the pitcher. When /
first came across him he was center
field Of q nine, and knew so much that
he would grab ball and run to any
base they told him 70. I've seen him
jump and take a foul on the first
bound. / practiced with him first with
slow balls on the Hy, and his teeth are
fixed 80 that ball Just fits in; and the
best part Of il is that he seems to like
&, and now never misses ball that he
can get to in time. - Cincinnati En-
Quifer
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AfyrtleA

"a
Spring decked the Earth's warm hnsom wftA
With .iaisy.sfsr. ana aFphodal. ard d1amond-
And around the Earth circle fair most
gracefully did fwine, - ssgessssEss rs
Of clematfs, convclyuius. Wild-rose, colum-
bine.
She spread her robes along the streams ana
by the winding ways:
she filed the land with thankfuhess. the air
with tuneful lays.
The South-winds famed the rounded buds to
fuller, richer-hue;
The soft-eyed dove sang 70 its mate tale for
ever neW.s @
O, time of LoYel Springtime Of yearsl Be.
meath app1e-boughe
A loving youth breathed sweetest words and
Wooed with solemn vow a
A maiden fair. She leaned her head, cen as
the w1nd-kissed flower st1a
Bent low to list the nightingale, meath I've.
niDg's amber bower.
Sweet myrtle. springing at their feet, he
pfucked. and cEown'd her hair:
No Queens bejeweled diadem could rest on
brow more fair.
Sweet crown Of Love, weighed with the bliss
!, ofLove and Loves desireI
Sweet Spring of Life, filed with the wine OF
PASSIONS ardent ireI
o souli cannot Loves 'passioned kiss recall
heetfng breath2
o Heart, beneath the daises laid in majesty
of death
Sweet myrtle twiuing at her feet sweet roses
at her headl
Life's power was so short-so sweet-and
Love for one is deadi
Sweet remembrance.
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Health by Inheritance.


Ny father and mother were both Of
a perfect health and strength. They
never knew what it was to be sick, or
to be unable to do the days work
when the day came, or to eat their
Victuals at 8, II. and o'cloek-four
meals day. When we were born, at
intervals of less than two years, my
mother always had a woman to see to
things about week; but the next week
she did all her own work just as usual.
A deep-chested, light-footed woman,
with rose-bloom on her cheeks-a clear,
gray light in her eyes-a voice that
was music-shd. possessed the greater
and finer nature; but my father was
brown-eYed, sturdy little fellow as this
world ever held.
Then the second thing l think of is
the way my mother managed us
through our childhood. She never
heard lecture or read a book about
health in her life that / know of, but
she had code of traditions and in
stincts which she held always. She
whitewashed her cottage from top to
bottom with quicklime twice q year,
and once year painted all the wood
work. e
We slept on chaff beds, but she al
ways cleared them out in the spring
and got new chaff; always had her
whole little stock of linen white and
pure to wear and to sleep in. and once
! q week while we were small put Us
through untold t0rments with yellow
soap and the most intolerable towels.
''Who hath red eyesp Who hath con-
| tentionP Who hath strife?" The boys
who have to go into tub, with wo-
man like my mother to work it. Then
she gave us plenty to eat; oatmeal por-
ridge and blue milk in the morning,
oatmeal sporridge and blue milk at
night, very little piece of meat at
noon with plenty of soup and potatoes.
and on rare days dumplings, oat cake
Ito fill up the crevices-and wheat
bread about twice week. Butter we
were supposed to have on Sundays,
but we all agreed that. she scraped
more off than she put on. We knew
what tea and coffee were, but it never
injured our nerves or kept US awake
nights, and every spring she made a
wonderful specific Of birthstone, mo1as-
ses and cream of tartar-a kind of i1-
fernal sWeetmeat-Which with salt and
senna-when we were supposed to
need some-and pleasant drink in
April madc out Of new nett1es. no
doubt in her sure faith preserved our
precious lives. Good shoes, and stock
fngs of her own knitting; two suits Of
clothes, warm and stout. with q proph-
eey in them of the growth we were to
attain before they were worn out-one
suit for Sunday, the other for week
days, with no distinction between sums
nler and winter; and Hobson's choice.
of the wholesome fare. That was the
way our wise, strong mother gathered
her brood under her wings, and bred
them into strudy chiels and bt1irdly
hizzies. Robert Gotlyer iss Home Set
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I've wandered to the village, Tom,
I've sat beneath the tree
pom the schoUl-hou play ground
| That sheitvrci you and Incs
But none were left 10 greet me. Tom.
4 And few were left to know
Who played with me upon the green
| Just twenty ysanAgO
The grass was just - green, Tom,
Balrf0oted boSs At play --r-.
Wero sporting Just a. We did then,
With sptrita Just as gay. .-....
Bur the MISTER 6leeps upon the bill,
Which, coated Ger with snow,
Afforded N . sliding-place,
some twenty years ago,
The old school house is altered some;
The benches are replaced
Bv new ones very like the same
Our iack-knives had defaeed.
But the same old bricks are in the wall,
The bell swings TO and fro;
It's music's Just the same, dear Tom,
Twas twenty years ago.
The spring that bubbled meath the hill,
Close by the spreading beech,
Is very low; twas once 30 high
That we could almost reach;
ana kneeilnB uONn 70 TAKE uiAhhi
Dear Tom, started so,
To think how very much I've changed
Since twenty years ago.
Near BY that spring, upon an elm,
You know I cut your name,
Your sweetheart's just beneath il, Tom,
As you did mine the same.
Some heartless wretch has peeled the bark,
Twas dying sure, but slow,
Just as the one whose name you cut
Died twenty years ago.
NY lids have long been dry, Tom,
But tears came in my eyes;
thought OF her loved 30 we'll,
Those early broken ties.
visited the old church yard,
And took some flowers 10 strew
Upon the graves of those we loved
Just twenty years ago.
Some are in the churchyard laid,
Some sleep beneath the sea;
And none are left of our old class
Excepting you and me.
lnd when our time shall come, Tom,
And we are called to 60,
hope we'll meet with those we loved
Some twenty years ago.
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prof,s in the Bee Industry.

The Milton (Ala.) Democrat says
that Alpharetta has q bee industry con
ducted by Judge Nesbit His apiary,
Is IN his orchard. He uses the Modesto
hive. He has now forty hives, from
which be has already taken about six
hundred pounds of honey. The season
isabout half over. and be viii get ret
tour or I'VE. hundred pounds more.
The honey Is extracted from the comb,
and Il Is replaced Ii the hive and re-
died Two or three times during the
season. Judge Neabit has sold two
hives this season Is 10 per hive. For
bis honey be receives 122 cents per
pound readily. Thus Il WIN be seen
hat this industry VIII yield him this
year for one thohsand pounds Of honey
e125. tWo hives Sc $40 each, from
which may be subtracted for new hives
and other expenses about so, leaying
him The neat sum q $40 for BIS care
Cf the hees Tho rate of increase in
hires eneh year y shout 30 per cent.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23

Tho memory Of 8 drunken mAu IS
sometimes strikin6iy alive a we'll
known citizen stood II barsroom a.
tempting 70 indnce every one 70 drink,
Very naturally. his war experience soon
came np.. and with that ohest-swell ol
pride which ever chataotsriass the old
soldier Haids
u fought seven hatflq1 during TIE
= AZ. and airlst afraid az no man
coms on and 20 home. rpmaffef
3 friend 1El1t tI1 aII
Ne, + won - 1crIe| Io1Ir'
2sSon 1nffIs1. and nIn.e afraid o. no
.Ns1. but won 4o 1rUt
& ,IIs1 man la1et
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Not a Reading City.


''In proportion to its population"
said Mr.. Stephen Farreily, superin-
tendent Of the Central News company,
yesterday, philadelphia does less
reading than any other city in tho
country. Look at its book stores. It
only has three Of any size. Boston has
&c least twenty Of equal importance.
New York has two or three times as
many. Chicago IS away ahead Of Us.
Even Baltimore surpasses as. Indeed
among the masses Of the population
the demand for books. magazines and
AL sorts Of even cheap literature Is so
slight that Il is almost incredible. The
only class Of papers that are read ex-
extensively outside Of the dailies are
those dealing with the manufactuneEs
and the textile trade journals. tlen41
and standard literature are but nsrs
called for outside of certain. CO., y. s.-t
Is also mistake % suppose - - ,'..;,,-.
ami sensational publications 49, ..-.. ~
rssd srfenrivelT or are corrupt,e4 ~
~ - -,,i.ft So little u 1olQ nsty
n. ~. =. y. =. ~, worth mentioning
w.. '.,.. 4 .',I.s-itr rnd nacIQcIIiT al4-l
-, ....,,. .s-,lr;,ls. Bad pa7Ql7 seldom
iest Fonr weekly ppppcs.'. ". ~. '...
~, ~ l..t year loI 1alt ot f.. ~
4 "a 1I...s E. room Iu tlue4tIt .pt
49, s.7firtfnn 81 l.-rl-ly t4
'rtir Times
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HOME AND FARM.
T~FIN1sHED.

l.se ended and the sun has set,
fhedsE ta1 a@s Is the task | planned to dos
Innndlsnn Id nonder o'crwith deep regret
lst anu .iS"u sunlight vanished from my
view.
49, mil oft at last when life doth
close, g.. S.
Ana VI, ,5e busy hands the long repose,
AZ ~ ~ cherished work Of life is Incomplete.
xbo knowest ali from sun to sun,
0 u 5nou birthday morning to deaths even
ing chill, =, .,o;,...l. a..
:. loSine a9Is' kindness, and forgive them
still,
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Hot weather Precantions.

Now that the hot weather has set in,
ahd it is time for the reappearafce OF
that large class of arniable people who
can never meet you without telling you
tnnkly what one ought to do, it may
not be ought Of place to quote the "regu-
ations" which were established by the
noniteur de I Armee as official advice to
the French troops going to Canton in
1859. The Times gives the following
translation of them, which ] have come
upon accidently; the rules are certainly
amusing, and seem just as applicable to
America as Asia.
J. Have warm clothing in winter,
I Never remain in damp On wet
Clothes unless you are at work.
:. In summer wear light clothing OF
solt wool, Be careful to wash the
eOthlng when it is soaked with perspira.
{ Wear flannel both as waistcoat
"a = round the abdomen. Never leave It
. Never sleep on the bare ground,
plank under your feet when you
" IN summer put little straw on
gOur plank.
Z. Never drink water, always tea.
. Clarity your water when muddy
NTH rock alum.
y Drink in moderation the spirits Of
6rst.
~. lat moderately.
u. Never eat ducks.
X Eat but spafineIy Of sweets and
f9iss. Tne sugar cane Is almost the
MY wholesome sweet thing Allother-
stomach.
ls. AS soon as you arrive IN thecoun.
y, acquire the habit Of eating rice a
zoe natives cook il.
possible.
10. At night take care to cover yoai
- well, and mors particularly youI
rs. : S -
.. IN bot weather avoid cold places
nights are always dangerous
=. IN spring and autumn take carl
sssl \. e get wet footed IN the morning,
8. Never take nap IN the daytime
ass o9d advice Oh the whole, and
s.sn following at the present time
sa We are on the eve q The Coney
saa season, the Chicago convention
~. gsher risky experiments len
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23

An enterprising Frenehmhn has lO-
Gated in Chicago and opened up q
dimple factory. Now good many
people don't know what dimple fac
tory is. It is place where any one
can 90 and have dimples made any
where they may want them. How the
Frenchman viii ever manage to build
dimples on the average Chicago cheek
IS problem that no one has yet been
able % satisfactorily settle. Nothing
short Of q hard cold-chisel and q
sledge-hammer VIII have any effect
whatever, ana that Is only discernable
under q powerful magnifying glass
The Frenchman must have q good deal
Of pluck and patience to have opened q
dimpIe factory il Chicago - Pece San.
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The Klads ofI11s s.. woE.h Il,lps


A life Of mere moneys getting b al
ways failure, because you viii never
get as much as you want. The poorest
people in this country are the millions
aires, and next to them those who have
500, 900. There Is not scissors
grinder in New York or Brooklyn so
anxious to make money as those men
who have piled up fortunes for years.
Tie disease of accumulation has eaten
into them. That IS not . life worth
living. There are too many earth
Quakes In il, too many shipWrecks, too
mans perditions They build their
sonstles and open their pictures galleries
and make every inducement Tor
happiness to come, but she VIII not.
/ SosaIso 8 life that chiefly strives for
worldly approval ID d failure. The two
most unfortunate men ID the United
States for the naxt SIX months VIII be
fhe two Presidential nominees. Two
great reservoirs Of malediction have
bean gradually filing up. and about
midsummer they I'LL be trimming full
and hose viii be attached to them
and they will begin 20 play onsth two
nominees. and they viii have to stand
and take 1.-THE falsehood. the carica-
ture she venom, he fltl5. and they win
Be rolled over = it and clIoked with e
! 1hB same thing is seen On smaller
scale ii the strife foT social position.
Coed morals and intel isnee are not
necessary; but ealfi or the show q
wealth. IS absolnfelV fndispe
It don't make any difference how Yoa
c6f your wealth e you only get Is
R6r6apl yon get s lliln 1ouK o.
iva finl4s most tepid s7ay q
aco1mnlakson 10 this country u =
nan fails once be IS not So very veil
oi1: but ff be fIls tNlce be IS camt0tt-
BE. and - the time be fails three times
Id IS afiuenf ut hen oa really
1dt6 VnrfT MONEY! how 1IIiE they VII
drop FouI High social iiie 4 conetaltlz
"a ohano security dominnnt
hess dofal1 s1t md 5 life not
Tozt LYING
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me Virtues oe champagne.


AZ Tennessee hanuuet. thp ether
nssohf 81 Old fellow who had been IN
WED, aud Who knew nothing q vine.
sd drinking champagne Looking mp
With e. expression 81 disgust re said:
Here nir9az. I don sInnt 30 more q
tliS haf's khe matter Eia
kff boss es Got no body to T. ! want
semethins thatllI Jolt nlB Ike 4 vas hit
= IS s Isi = IN. boss. turnlng
md nzfnninr ST lis companions "
sticr ter hsf IN hit sle stick Ter Fou. Z
ssITers. what IS the stnits eeteneo
xsfn 3sfsr no. sab. hts cham.
rkefe' rot - NJ DO SAB. q
SAY this e sfiek - naeK DO hif
sI.bs boss. e 71u sick ter hiss.
q hs next day. after gomeone hed
ks1f the Old fellow from conn, ting
Itids. he found 16e negro
St; SaE can { yol get 1e soEsa g
E|ISk bIa1ned ztI s. q e 1o1ee 7ts
<61lHH Us 81 SIZE E1unt4lns t4At Z
ave shot 8 six times ws4t give
IS him. 8rssIe Fonr a1 He 8
rs a IS 81 u p<9r thc ee1E'I1
||s IaIIs she
SIS. z5|'...sz. |<z
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HsaIth Hinls
zee '.'. lean ths bask On anytling TIA

s,,r asser lean The ba6k On 81 65tkine that
so'a
S ssssE s begin s journey until b1satfali
49,. s,s.ss 1. sals warm drinks and llsn iI..
: s. o4l ID the C6ld sir.
'I~9se..s I-.s.sE se . sed With cold. damn issE
saI tAem before fts I5| tsn
a ni1sla before E8'SS s n.
't -o'.S SPEAK 40 fit.|6 IS posi-
eIe recovered. oI sIz. Ets
Fs1na1sn|.f lest q. ISIS.
nrE ts rI1 re5.
srr 81. back 81 |te ST., <1.
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markably correct Here Il IS
eThe hollow winds begin 20 blow:
The clouds look black the glass g loWs
3 Tie SCOT falls down, the spantela sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs creep
Tae walls are damp, the dltohes an1ellf
Clpssa Il the light red pimperneL
Harkl how the chairs and tables crack z
3id Beftvss Joints are on the rack
Her corns with shooting pains torment
And to her bed unfimelY send her
Loud ouack the ducks the sea-1oWle erys
The distant hills are looking niEh.
How restless are the snnFttnE EWines
The busy flios disturb the kiEles
. TsosS rFer the grass the swallow W1ntss
The cricket too. BOW ahnrp he sings
pTse On the hearth " tn velvet paws
Sits WipinR DER her Whtskersd Jaws
aTs{7fll surely come We see & with scrEoWs
Nd working IN the Acids tp-m0rrOW.
cipeislndt5 En1itSrsr.
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There g 3 controversy - p -et1et
nn eagle NIL sif 1n 8 li1ab ana lat hllzl-
selI 6eeone tncased Il ien Edward
2. Rec related - ance c1 ttat
finl ma lis Acunrac1 MS 4uesL toned.
John Holder now tails how st Blooms
l1lod, II. k5 haa a. eagla hnought
IS s m 90 1g ice So cen
thar & d IS11 move legs g wings.
|l6II from the tres On which i had
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7abAh kss s. present. l6s miles oz
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-07
THE CONVENTION.

The unanimity prevailing IN the
convention on the 9th inst. was a
marked feature of the proceedings,
and the large majorities given to the
candidates attest their strength
Against their record no word of re-
proach can be uttered; to the pop
ularity of Perry and Dougherty in
Putnam they will add the warmth
of personal attachment, and in their
hands the conduct of the campaign
will lack nothing of enthusiasm or
the zeal of individual effort. E. S.
Grill, the candidate for the state
senate from Putnam, is already
known throughout the state. His
course during the last term will be
canvassed thoroughly during the
campaign, but the party has attes-
ted its approval by giving him fifty
five votes on the first ballot out of a
possible ffty-seven.
Joseph HicksE is from a northern
state, but, unlike Bisbee, he is fully
and largely interested pecuniarily
and locally in the prosperity of the
people with whom he has cast his
lot. He is young man in the first
flush of manly vigor, in good
health, energetic and well informed.
John p. Wall, the other candidate
for the lower house, is a man of the
people, a lifelong democrat, an ar
dent worker and vigorous speaker.
With such candidates success is as
sured even in county so close as
Putnam.
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ford to make any e1 change of votes.
Perry and Doughel,ty will certainly
be elected, but our county is close,
and a majority IL the two houses Of
the Ieei Stature is of almost equal i'm
portance. with The election of the
executive. The successor Of Sena-
tor Call must be chosen, and many
important questions viii be decided
by the next Legislature. The ex-
ecutive must not be hampered by a
hostile assembly, or Perry viii find
himself powerless to effect the re-
forms to which he stands pledged.
These matters are second in impor-
lance only to that of constitutional
convention.
Therefore, no democrat must trade
his vote; therefore, each one of us
must do his whole duty. Our ticket
is good, our cause is that of good
government; our objects involve
the prosperity and the continual
progress of the south; the cause of
the democratic party IS the cause of
the country. Vote the ticket
squarely and honestly, the whole
ticket and nothing but the ticket.