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Extraragance in Living.

Such crimes as those of Ferdinand
Ward. while they spring often from de-
pravitv. are oftener the result OF mere
weakness Of character. Thackeray IN
MANY of his minor sketches constantly
draws the portrait Of the man and wo-
man whose means are not equal 20 the
atYle of living which they desire; and
they desire it not for itself, but only
because others have it They are not
strong and steady enough to be con-
tent with that which they can COM
mand and afford, and the means to Sc.
cure the other must somehow be OBJ
tained. Thackeray puts the tact IN
the simplest and most amusing form.
The Young couple must give dinner,
and Instead of the joint Of lamb and
the class Of beer which Is the only re-
mast to which they have the moral
riuht to invite friend--n. indeed, the
beer may be morally permitted-they
must needs prepare q feast which they
car not honorabIy afford. and for the
sole reason that other people who can
afford Il give such feasts.
II Is this doing little more. or
Great deal mora; than the doer can
honestly afford, which leads to the
swindles Of Wall street Living In q
house TOO expensive for bis means,
maintaining it accordingly, dressing as
his richer neighhors dress, doing in all
things as they do--it IS this weak CONF
uIiance which Is hidden il the tne
houses. and drives 70 the park ID the
fre eunfpaQes. which presently ends IN
Lddlow Street Jaf and hopeless dis
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FISTULA.

A fistula is discharging orafice or a
canal generally, resulting from an abseess.
1t can rarely be treated successfully or
permanently without being freely
explored and laid open with knife to
the bottom. As rule, incisions are not
made lengthwise with the body or limbs
of the animal. When very deep-seated
setons made of soft leather, cut into
strips of sufficient length and about a
a quarter of an inch in width, may be
inserted through the various canals,
pushing the seton needle through the
same, and out through the skin below.
Thus dependent openings are made Tor
the escape of matter, and injections OF
medicine may be made twice or thrice
daily, after first squeezing out the
contents and cleansing the surrounding
skin and hair from adherent matter. Ii
the escaping pus is of a dirty color
mixed with small, dark or black spots
and has a very fetted odor, similar to
that of decaying teeth, the bony struct-
ure or catilage is affected. In this case
Law the fiscula open with KNIFE to the
bottom, and scrape away all deeayed and
thick looking portions of bone catllage
or sinew as there can be no cure OF
fstula so long as such decay exists.
When the bleeding occasioned by the
operation has CEASED, and the parts have
been cleansed with a sponge and warm
water, wads of loose tow or oakuml
soaked with medicines are to be placed
in the cavity Either of the toliowloe
solutions may be used for dressing II
In each ounce of soft water: tissolve one
grain of chloride of zinc; or in each
quart of water dessolve one ounce and
half of pure cabolic acid. When In
the course of treatment, unhealthy gran
ulations, so-ealled proud flesh, apPeSrl.
apply sufficiency Of solution of hall
a drachm of chloride of zinc in six
ounces of water; but apply only a few
times. Feed the animal literally, and
give regular daily exercise; after
wards liberty on paiturage.-Pralrie
Farmer.
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Bogus Butter.

The United States Commissioner OF
Agriculture has presented to the British
Minister at Washington the following
instructive statement as to the butter
of New York:-"It is reliably stated
that out of 100000, 900 pounds of butter
sold in New York City, between 10000.
O0Oopounds and 600,000,00 pounds are
bogus. 0leomargarine has cut down
the price of average butter to 10 cents
pound, involving loss of $4,000, ,000
annually to farmers. 0leomargarine is
manufactured from grease of any and
of all kinds. For this purpose tailow,
lard, cottOnseed, peanut, and other
oils are sought for and obtained
from all sources and from all
countries. These fats are neutralized
by treatment with nitric acid mixed
with milk, cream or poor butter, and
churned. The acid in this composition
is, of course, very delitereous, and in pro-
portion to its quantity is the resultant
injury" The commissioner proceeds to
make the following extraordinary state
ment whilst this country may very
properly be charged with the odium of
sending out these articles, their manufac-
ture is extending TO many, countries, and
it will be well for others to guard against
the spread of the evil. 1t is asserted that
stakes are urIven into the sewers of Lon
don, from which stakes fatty deposit
left by the ear-ent is scraped every day,
and after proper treatment this fatty de-
posit becomes dairy butter. There can
be no doubt that the Chairman of the
Metropolitan Board of Works would
repudiate with horror this suggestion.
1t is, however, thought that possibly it
may have arisen from the appearance
of report last year that at the outfall
of the London sewage in the Thames
there are men who make it their busi-
ness to skim the fat from the surface of
the river, but with what object, was not
stated"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
Rave Birds a Language1

1t depends on the manner in which
things go on between the birds, whether
the chirps and twitters are low, musical
and deliberately uttered, or whether they
| are shrill, cacophoneus and so rapidly
repeated that the birds, if unseen, can
not be recognized by their voices.
But 1t may be urged that, to consti,
tute language, or something akin to it,
these ehirps and twitters must be shown
to convey ideas Can one bird tell an
other anything? it will be asked. To
this | answer that, IL any one has
watched a colony of brooding grakles,
or paid close attention to a flock of
crows, he has probably satisfied himself
upon this point. Crows have twenty
seven distinct cries, calls or utterances,
each readily distinguishable from the
other, and each having an unmistakable
connection with certain class of actions,
some of which, as, for instance. the
many different notes of the brooding
birds, are only heard at certain seasons.
In this connection, it may be added that
the intelligence of crows is fully one
our fauna. Instances of the exercise of
Oh
part are almost innumerable.
Let us see, however, if among our
singing birds there is not to be found
evidence of an ability TO communicate
ideas, presumably by the aid of vocal
sounds. Here is an occurrence that took
place in my presence in the spring of
1872. A pair of cat birds were noticed
carrying materials for a nest to a patch
of blackberry briars hard by. To test
their ingenuity, 1 took a long, narrow
strip of muslin, too long for one bird to
carry conveniently, and placed it on
the ground in position to be seen by
the birds when searching for suitable
materials for their nest. Ip few mo-
ments one of the cat birds spied the
strip and endeavored to carry it off, but
its length and weight, in whichever way
the bird took .hold of it, and he tried
many, ,impeded its flight. After worrying |
over it it for some time the bird flew off, |
not, as supposed, to seek other mate
rials, but as it proved, to obtain |
assistance in Transporting the strip of |
muslin in question. In a few moments |
it returned with its mate, and then |
near the strip, they held what |
4 IL W LdNC
The chirping, ,twittering, murmuring and
occasional CALCULATIONS were all un-
Inafew moments this chat
tering, if you will, ceased, and the work
Each took hold of the
strip of muslin at about the same dis
tance from the ends, and, starting exact
ly together, they flew toward their un-
finished nest, bearing the prize success
fully away.
followed them as quickly as possible,
and, reaching the briar-patch, never be
fore or since heard such an interminable
wrangling and jabbering Had | not
seen the birds, 1 doubt if | should have
them from their voices. The
poor birds simply could not agree how
to use so long piece of material to the
best advantage. If it had been shorter,
they might have made it serviceable;
but as it was, being neither willing to
discard it nor able to agree as to It's
proper use, they finally abandoned it
altogether, and so too they did the un
finished nest and the neighborhood.-
From DIR. G. c. Abbott's "Rambles
About Home"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
HOME AND FARM
THE HARVEST.

The wild flowers cover all the earth,
And moszes creep and heather blooms,
And fair fern. light the forest glooms,
And busy bees tell out their mirth
In songs together
Through harvest weather.
The warm sun loves, almost too much,
The answering earth, the growing things
II gives with passionate lavishings
Its burning glance, its tender touch +;
Aud brings the prime
Of harvest time.
And ripened fruits hang on the trees
The dusky plum, the mellow pear,
The Euglish apple past compare,
Fill with their sweetness the soft breeze,
Aud help to praise
The harvest days.
AMI everywhere, with quickened hopes,
The men are Fastening through the land,
To gather in with eager hand
The wealth Of corn from off the slopes,
And voices ring,
And glad hearts sing.
The wagon-coffers crammed with gold
Oi prayed-for wheat and barley brown,
-hoNe through ti40 Site9- anu iOAA ''iS
town
Women and children seek aud hold
The plentiful,
And beautiful
Oh gentleness of early morn
Through which the voice of God is heard ;
Oh, happy noon with gladness stirred,
And night, whose calm eyes bless the corn
Oh joyous praise
OF harvest days
With thanks to God, in every hour,
His children's eyes look up, and see
How passing great His love must be
Who gives them such abundant dover
OF precious things
For harvestings.
Marianne Farninghani, London Christian World.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
French Brandy.

The report of the United States Consul
at Rochelle on French brandy ought to
help in the Strengthening of the bands
of the Blue Ribbon Society. Brandy
within the last three years has ceased 10
be brandy, being for the most part alco-
hol of grain, potatoes or beets. The
proprietors of the vineyards themselves
have become so clever in its fabrication
that it is almost impossible even for
honest merchants to buy a pure cogniac
when they wish to do so. When the
bottle is invoiced or labeled 1849 or
1856 it only means that the article has
been made to resemble the brandy of
that year. The alcohol which has taken
the place of the genuine spirit of the
grape is described as most pernicious
liquor, producing an intoxication which
inclines the patient to rage and physical
violence, while the prolonged use of ii
leads to insanity.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
Blaine and prohibition.


The Buffalo Courier says: During
the second session Of the Forty-fifth
Congress and on March IL, 1878, the
Senate of the United States passed a
bill creating an alcoholic liquor com
mission. The bill made it one Of the
duties of this federal commission to
investigate the general economic and
scientific aspects of the alcoholic liquor
traffic in connection with the public
health and general welfare of the peo-
pie. On the passage Of this bill Sena-
tor Beck called for the yeas and nays,
and he expressed the Democratic OppO-
sition to the measure by saying: j
only desire to say that while there are
numbers of petitions for the bill, very
numerously signed and very respectful.
IL signed, one Of the things think the
Senate ought to guard against. is the
federal government and the Congress
Of the United States legislating in re-.
gard to matters that do not concern
H>aem, but belong to the States All
the Democratic Senators present except
one voted against the passage Of the
bin, and all the Republican Senators
present voted In the Affirmative.
Among the Republican Senators thus
voting Was James G. Blaine q
1faine.s
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
Prohibition in Maine.

New York, Sept. 3D. The Board Of
Managers of the National Temperance
Society to-day unanimously adopted a
resolution congratulating the citizens of
Maine upon the adoption by their mag.
nificent popular majority of A, 283 OF
the prohibitory constitutional amend.
ment forever prohibiting the manufac.
ture and sale of Intoxicating beverages,
and they hail this important victory as
foreshadowing the assured ultimate pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic throughout
the Federal domain.
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FRANK II. Fo0TE,
Late CO. f, 4Sth Miss. regt., 4. n. Va.

The great danger Of trifling with
electric wires was illustrated the other
day at Bridgeport CT, in shocking
manner. a number Of boys had been
Il habit Of throwing pieces of wire
over the telegraph and electric light
wire in order 70 enjoy slight electric
shock One evening recently. pieco
of wire. uaknown 20 the boys. and with
danger Of which they had no knows
edee. cut through the insulating cover
Ing ol tie electric light wire. and was
tins Il direct contact with the latter.
One Dor then touched the wire and re-
csfyed shock which knocked him
down. but did not seem % hurt him.
Another lad Fentured and tho shock
killed him. Tho lesson Of the incident
= equally Obvious % parents and to
shiIdfens
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
The NIuIlIgan Letters.

The Capital tells this story: Some
thing has been said about Mr.. Fisher
writing to Mr.. Blaine to ask for a con-
sulship. Ever since the revelations of
1876 Mr.. Blaine has been quietly talk
ing consulship in way to reach the
ears of Mulligan and Fisher. Some
time ago he procured an interview with
Mr.. Fisher and the subject came up.
Mr.. Fisher has a family growing mp.
His wife is a sister of the Banker Sis
tare, of New York, and is a woman Of
esprit. They have good income from
trust funds which is not affected by his
business reverses. 1t would not have
been an unpleasant thing for Mr.. Fish
er to have gone abroad and held a con-
sulship while he sent his children to
some good school. But this was not
what Mr.. Blaine wanted. AS soon as
the subject came up Mr.. Blaine began
to sound Fisher about the letters in
Mulligan's ssession-whether he
would see them, and whether Mulligan
would not like to return to "the old
country" in an official capacity. Mr..
Fisher asked Mr.. Blaine how much he
would be willing to pay for the letters
in Mulligan's possession. Mr.. Blaine
warmly declined to mention any sum,
saying with great emphasis: BUY
them;
TELL YOU TO BUY"
Fisher continued to express a doubt.
Mr.. Blaine shouted: Every man has his
price. / tell you to buy them" When
Mr.. Fisher reported this conversation
to Mulligan he replied that there was
not money enough in the Bank Of En-
gland to buy the letters. He did not
want consulship. Mr.. Fisher found
that in Blaine's mind the return of all
the copies of his letters and consul
ships for the men who had them, were
ideas closely associated, so nothing
ever came of it.
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special Agent.

Me P K JAYNE is the duly authorized Agent
The CLARIoS, and We commend him to our
friends in his travels through the State He will
transact any business for this office and his con-
tracts will have careful attention.
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Gen. Logan has special train Also
How generous the great railroad compn
nies are becoming Poor ST. John tHs
70 pay bis fare of walk
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Buttered Flour.

A ConHectieut company says the
Hartford Times, makes -four already for
baking biscuit or strawberry shortcake;
it only requires to be mixed with milk
or cold water, and the batter is ready
for the oven. The process OF Its
manufacture is interesting A quantity
of wheat flour is sifted and dumped
into a large tub. Butter cut into large
cubes is added to the -four. Then the
white-coated operator weighs out certain
mysterious quantities of baking soda,
and fine table salt, which go to swell the
contents of the tub. Then the mixture
is placed in a large polished cask, which
reyoives slowly in one direction, while
a sort of dasher inside moves in the
opposite direction. The cask revolyes
about 80 minutes, at the end Of which
time it is opened. It islfound that the
ingredients have been thoroughly
mixed; every particle of moisture
contained in the butter has been evap-
GRATED and that the mixture IS s..fragrans
as new mown hay. It is then placed IN
bags and boxed for shipment.
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THE CLARION.
RATES OF s UB sCRTPFToN:

Rernittances lkould be made by postofhee order
1t1ap the same can be obtained, or by registered
ister When entrusted 70 the mails IN the ordinary
So The publishers will not responsible for loss
II is olr custom 70 send each subscriber notice
rben time expires and shall feel obliged for prompt
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
WHAT. NEYER2

I never had any transaction of any
kind with Thomas A. Scott concerning
bonds Of the Little Rock & Fort Smith
road or the bonds of any other rail-
road, or any business in any way con-
nected with railroads, directly or indi-
rectlY, immediate or remote.-Bldine
IN House Of Representatives, ApriI "a,
1876.
/ can do something, feel very san
yuine, with Thomas A. SeOtt.-BldiRe
. Fisher, Jan. 20, 1871.
Taking into account the $4,000
bonds you sold to Tom Scott
1ur relative positions, financially, in
the Little Rock q Fort Smith Railroad
bears awide contrast. FISHER 10 BlaiIls,
NOU. 10. 1871.
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TELL YOU TO BUY" !"
Sample Antitheses.
apIYpN TuTG

BURN THIS.
Whenever concealment is desirable
avoidance is advisable. Blaine ia House
If Representatives..
Burn this letter. Blaine 10 Fisher.
NO DEADHEAD.
l do not feel that l shall prove a
deadhead in the enterprise if | once
embark in it.-BLdine 10 Fisher.
Owing to your political position you
very high price. Fisher to Blaine.
open AS THE DAY"
My whole connection with the road
has been as open as the day. If there
had been anything to conceal about it
should not have touched it.-Bldine IN
House Of Representatives.
No one win ever know from me that
I disposed of single dollar in Maine.
Blaine to Fisher.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08

The aggressive campaign tnat was
promised seems to have been lost undel
the tremendous stack of explanatlops
that Mr.. Blaine has found II necesl
to make. The Republicans have Sss.' ,,.,,.
on the defensive side Of w '.,,,'.,,. Sgs'.,
room every minute since ''o
ton adjourned. .,. racenf
~ 2..s 80 - 4 reported with alpf9,'.Hl'
cQLy .lo5l. - IS remarked % q ois
l9ate c4.lf. y. sf,r.''esnd that the. present e
TN 81 si1.i4,e 4. campaign Yltnont en-
4almpl pll 2 e..,t IN q 1Isfense Oi tne tonu
sss's ss..s renni ton l.al y e.' WA, a, .s
f...1 sI,e matter. The neil ..'9 c2','4
more fairly on t..e 49,.
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CIubping rates.

rrrz CLARION and either Of the journals named BE-
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ssif rubber betting kos ~
..,'%slr :, Sappianted tht
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Advertising Rates.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-07
coy2UERIYG 4 SrCBBoRN DR4TnAT.

Twelve excited truck drivers pc red twelve
streams of abuse and profanity HpCn the 1c!d g.. 81
iaiad Jray Yesterday The offending man, maze angry
% tLr remarks became stubborn and eli''ng lpWn Dh
~, h,rrel swnre he would not move hl' Team an hcA
49,, H. ave their souls The street IN b1tn shes rap
IiIv fued with teams The Irislman SMOKED ms Sig.
~ nine while his brother drivers continued th'Ii
81 inrntary reuarks The driver ~ hpi.e-c"r
i i IN his time had said nothing, called "ut nom
av pat :-t speak 10 vour hoSS littlr aisy ana he
viii take yer cart "nt - the way ana c' I' ."NJi1 ~
Tc freshman looked M IN establishment ~ was '
q lint NJ milling n the renS when another torrent u
90, INV wa. poured In upon him. This scclaeh To
p'.,,I :, MN I'm his determination 10 have hlS own
he settled back IN his sea- and 1ch"d the crowd
%Noy Pat please lidyiLg c"h-1rIahl" 'tl'-7 on tEe
is ~ do AZ want you tu ana get your team on ihc
- saId the car driver again addressing the ilSh-
,a,, without a moments delay tho stubborn dl!cr
'd - horse To one side. struck him gently WIN bis
i and Iro.e away down the street, followed by the
honts and Wells Of the crowd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-07
WHAT IS GOING on TO-DAY.

22d Regiment Ball. Metropolitan Opera IIouse.
Feuardrnt-d CesuOla suit before Judge Shlpnai l'JO
p. $500,
Meeting OF New Board ~ Aldermen.
Jospnh Cooks lecture. Chickcring Han, evening.
ColnmDia College Trustees meeting, Columbia Col
lcgc. ,,,r, IT,,
Brunswick, p III. -, -
Annual Meeting Central Young Mems Christian Asso
citation Eighty--x and Thrdayc., p. m.
Meeting OF New York and New England Railroad direct
81, y, - GU,
Week Of Prayer service at ST. PaaIa VI. T. Church,
Memorial Services for the Rev. DR.. Thomas d. Ander
SON First Baptist Church. II a. m.
Opening OF Hebrew Technical Institute, 2od East
Broadway.
American Astronomical Society, Packer Institute
BROOKLYN evening. ..-
Funeral Of Robert Dumont, Church of Holy Trinity
Madson-ave and Forty -sccOnd-st., II a. m.
Funeral OF Police Captain kedly, ST. Carriers thufch'
East Thirty-sev euth-st., II a. m.
Professor NJ lycr's lecture on Bishop ScdHul!, ct
Peters Eall, p III. 3d.,
Benefit performance Madison CND lheauc I'r W mo
pndic DispCHsaIy evening q,
New.York Prcsbytery, scotch Presbyterian Church,
p
Reformed Pastors, morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-07
4 CASE OFALLEGED MALPRACTICE.

Miss Bertha HcGncr, Of Iiith-avr, and IWenty-
with William Zurich OF No. III Seven'oenth-st,
Brooklyn to the Summit House at York and Nam
SIS where they registered rs man and wlie EarIy
Yesterday morning she was taken violently Ill. ana
The Young man went for DR.. Pratt, Of Is Concord
st The proprietor % the house also called an
Ambulance Surgeon. as the young woman seemed IN
great main Before the doctor arrived she was
delivered or a dead child. On the arrival Of the
ambulance she was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital,
where she made several contradictory Statements
SLe t0ld Dr G. \ Dixon Jones that n" instruments
had been used while to Coroner Meuniuger she
admitted that an operation had been performed by
The father of the child lived in Philadelphia
Enrich was arrested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-07
11r1NGsrnN,s MYTIIICAL ASSOCIATION.

In letter declining the office of vice-presdent of
tbe Hallway SHAREHOLDER Association IA company
organized hy John Living tom Sir iienry N: Iyier'
Folloyred feminine fashion bv adding the following
nostscnpt: - observe that very large proportion
of v0Hr advisory correspondents in Great ljutam
are dead" The association was formed. with the
nrcedcuts of the principal railroads in tho United
States as corporatOrs for thopurpose Of dlsse nnat-
ing news about railroad companies. The Americans
whose names were used denied time ago that
they had anv interest in such company. The letter
of the president OF the Grand Trunk Railway only
adds emphasis to their statements.