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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-21

CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHoE INDIAN AGEScY,1 |
DARLINGTON, INDIAE TERRIroRY,
October 8, 1850. |
1t was with a feeling of relief and
delightful satisfaction that your cores
pondent saw the towering church spires,
massive stone buildings and busy shops
of Gotham fade away in the distance,
as he stood on the rear car of lightning
express train, westward bound. The
change of scene from the hurly-burly
of the city to the almost unbroken still
ness of the section through which the
writer passed is, in itself, pleasant be-
ginning for soiourn in this country,
80 densely populated with the beauties
of nature, and so barren of even
"reminiscences of civilization.
To my mind, tie Indian is an interest
ing. if not instructive, subject of study,
provided one has nothing else to do. In
diagnosing him your correspondent has
discovered, as he thinks, (and tins infor-
nation we give Democratic administra-
ton gratuitously), that he is an elephant
on the Government, difficult to be dis
posed of, and all the while costing 1T
| fue millions of dollars annually.
| He holds as reserved lands, millions
of acres of the most fertile soil in
America, and so long as he refuses to
cultivate it, when profered every assls--
tance by the Government, it should, and
doubtless will, soon be opened up to
settlers. When that time arrives, then
indeed will Horace Greeley's injunction,
"Young Man, go West" be worthy OF
being needed.
Much has been written of the Indians
fiendish nature, but one of the dead
Cheyenne Chiefs, pinioned to his lax
horse, eclipses anything of late years.
1t seems that it is a custom among
this tribe when chief dies, to bury IN;
horse alive with him. So last week
from over-exertion at the Arapahot
Medicine Dance,n the Cheyenne Chic
died. His body was then strapped
nnrioht. on his horse, pit dug sufficient
Fl lv deem to cover man and horse; tn
horse securely fastened, and then covere'
/. entirely with the earth. Eye witnesse
: of this barbarous scene, describe tn
: means and squeals of the horse as plteou
in the extreme.
When an infant dies, the BODY
, nlaced on the branches of an oak tree
9 and bag of "chuck," which, bein
! interpreted, means provisions, is su:
nended within reach, so that, should
. come to life again, it may be supple
! with food. J..
: The SON of one of the Chiefs die
: Yesterday, and being owner of a hors
+ and buggy, he horse was harnessed
E the buggy and shot dead over the gray
' the buggy upset, and the turnout ie
: there in that position. An educate
i Indian "Buck," fresh from the Carlis
- School, was asked for an explanation
- this. and the bnrying of the Chiefs IN
E horse. His reply was, "Don know; b'
1 do YOU not suppose that the white man
1. custom of investing thousands OF dolla
. in white marble to mark the grave
y his dead, appears to the Indian as foon' oil
q as do our actions over our dead In
retort will cause us to pass by ;
I e9uonted Indian, in seeking a definite
y of their superstitioDs and their custom
81 =. JUNE.
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keeping Wines.

Wine may be kept for various peri
ods; but good ordinary wine Is never
better than at three or four years old,
though it may keep sound Tor twenty
years. 1t is now very difficult to get
pure wine. Water is often added at
the time of pressing equal TO the guam
tity of wine and fermented with II;
thus the two become blended, and pure
alcohol added gives the strength. feo-
ple used to pure wine can detect at
once any aduIteration. Once we add
ed something to our own wine. There
had been a very abundant crop OF
grapes, owing to an unusual amount Oh
rain having fallen when the grapes
were swelling. The amount OF WINE
was more than one-third above the av-
erage, and though clear and pure !.
seemed weak. We thought 1t could
not stand hot summer, and consulted
local authority, who recommended a
bottle of brandy, or maybe two, TO De
added to each cask OF about ~ gallons
The advice was followed, and the wine
was spoiled-that is 10 say. the pure
taste of wine was gone, although IL re-
NAMED perfectly sound. 1t was no
pleasure to drink it. and we consigned
It to the domestics- A small cask that
| had not been doctored or fortified keps
perfectly well, and turned out an ex-
cellent wine. The best wine comes
| from high ground, but quantity gives
| way to quality. Stony ground-often
| old quarries- produces high quailty
! of wine-bright, light, and wholesome.
| In the plains below you have quantity
but coarse and heavy wine Ihe TASTE
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Fruit-Growing on the Illinois Gen.
tral.
Yicksburg Post. ]


Ten or twelve years ago the Illinois
Central railroad began to offer special
rates and privileges to the growers of
fruit and vegetables along their line.
The managers of the road by the offer of
ample facilities for transportation at low
figures induced the extensive cultivation
of these products, and in a very few years
time the shipments became large, and
have increased in Importance year by
year ever since. Four years ago, Crys-
tai Springs shipped fruit and vegetables
TO the value OF 100000, large colony
from Illinois having engaged in the cul-
ture of peaches and other fruits in that
vicinity and large shipments are made
from nearly every station along the
line. In 1882, the writer was told by
the Express agent at Crystal Springs,
that one acre of tomatoes had brought
its owner, a gardner near that place, a
gross return of nearly $1,000. Thus
both the road and the adjacent country
have been benefited to an extent of
which the beginning, full of promise as
it is, hardly affords an idea of the end.
A pursuit of a similar policy by the
Y. ~ NJ, and L., n. o. & L. railroads
COuid hOt ldIi W pIOuuCc Inc AcsuAlo-
During the past Summer thousands of
bushels of peaches and other fruits
decayed along the line of the latter road
for lack of market, and the income
from sales of fruit along the line south
of Vicksburg, was too Insignificant to
mention, when, if properly handled, and
shipped to the North, it would have
afforded large revenue to its owners.
The district referred to is one in
which every variety of fruits and vege
tables will thrive; the climate is delight
full and the land is fairly fertile. Nc
better situation for fruit-growing could
be imagined, and those who enter upon
this industry cannot fail to reap rich
reward The managers of the L., n. O
& I. and the V. &. NJ. Railroads, with
their wonted enterprise, would no doubt
do all in their power to foster and slim
ulate the new industry, and the simple
statement of their intentions in this
regard would call the attention of the
public to this source of profit, to the
equal benefit of the country and the
railroads.
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IT is said that in one of the saloon
windows on the Pacific Coast there
stands picture bearing. the i,nscrip-
tion. "The wages of sin is death"
The picture represents mother as
turning to liquor seller and pointing
to the dead body of her baby, crying
out. ssMy child is deadl You killed itT
It is a strange adornment for a. place
whose steps take hold on hell. The
story is vouched for as one of the most
terrible in the hquor-annals of Califor-
MIA. After years of debauchery, hus-
band and father, in drunken frenzy,
killed his child. The distracted mother
caught up her baby and ran with it to the
saloon that had been the ruin of her
husband. and laying the little one down
On the counter, called on the dealer OF
death to behold the work. As she uttered
the words, the heart that had borne SO
much gave way, and she fell at his feet
dead. When the husband came to
himself" and realized his dreadful deed
he seized a pistol that lay near and
blew out his brains. The clergymen who
| offered the last prayer over the thres
inanimate forms of runs victims added
ssThe saloon keeper did not even Gloss
his doors during the funeral"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-21
Queer Experiment in rsyohology.

At the recent French conferences for the
advancement OF science some interesting
experiments were made on hysterical pa
tients with drugs which were not actually
administered, but we're placed at the back
of the patients heads and were used with
out their knowledge. Under these circum-
stances opium produced sleep, alcohol caused
drunkenness, and absinthe brought on pa
ralysis of the legs. In women, camphor
gave rise to religious ecstasy, and in men
convulsions: many drugs were employed,
and all of them gave their characteristic
effects, though they were all contained IN
phials or wrapped i'm paper.
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Forging Names to Whisky Petitions.

It transpires that very many names
published on whisky petitions have been
put there without any consultation
whatever with the owners OF them.
Several have come to light on recent
petitions. One of the most staid and
exemplary citizens of Jackson was out,
ragged in reading his name published
among the motley signers of one OF the
latest of these reputable(?) documents.
He felt Justly indignant at such wanton
abuse Of his fair name. No doubt there
are many other names signed in the
same wav. Therefore let every voter In
the community carefully read over every
petition that is published, and if he sees
his own, or any other name signed with
out authorization, let him report 1t at
once to Judge Brame, the attorney OF
the Prohibition Union, so that 1t way be
erased.
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Imitation Leather.

By means of electricity the most attract
i've leather surfaces are now completely
initiated. The leather which it is desired
to initiate is first well cleaned and coated
with graphite, as in electroplating smaller
article. 1t is then placed in copper bath,
the tank OF which is large enough to easily
receive a skin of any size. A dynamo
electric machine generating powerful cur
rent furnishes the electI icity. The copper
is deposited upon the coated surface of the
hide to a thickness of one-sixteenth to one
eighth of an inch. The plate thus formed
reproduces. but reversed, every mark and
minute vein Of the leather, so that print
can be easily taken from it.
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Sambo's Version.

REP.-"Well, Sam, what do you think
of she fanatical Prohibitionists7"
Sam.-ssDem are all right
Rep.-"Tell me why they can never
do anythingT"
Sam.-aWell, sab, you read de Bible,
sab and YOU will see whar in Babylon
old Neb. put up a golden image, sab,
and sed to ebery one dat when ne pa ;sed
round de liquors, white hats, brass Ian
terms. and busters, sab, dat all mus get
down and worship dat image, old Neb.
had set up, sab, Gubners, post-masters,
and them whisky fellers day got down
Rut. sab. there was three Prohibitioners
that told old Neb. that they wouldn't
do It. sab. Old Neb. got mad, and he
swore and froth at the mouf, sab, and
told the Gubners and postmasters, and
All the whisky crew, they must gel
down or they would burn them up
Well sah. those three Prohibitions
stood straight up, sab, and told old Neb
to sscrack his whip" for they were no
| fearful Of answering him, sah- No
sah. They said: Be it known to thee
lO. King. we won't do it, Well, oil,
Neb. be got very wrothy and told tn
politicians to bind those three Prob
| fioners. and he got that frey furnac
seven times hotter than WAS necessar
j to make 1t sure, and he told the seed
Republicans, Democrats, and all ths
wanted post Offices to frow dem IN, sab
those fool politicians got burned ul
Il sah. and them three Prohibitions weE
Il fhrouch. why, sab, the fourth Pr
u Ihibitioner took them through, and, sa1
~ en- zrf@1
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Arts. One of the most important
departments Is the Normal Here girls
will be educated as how TO make sue
cessful teachers. The design of this
department will be a model for other
schools. A two years course is required
In this. Every. pupil, both in the
Collegiate and Normal Department, will
be required to study an industrial art.
Every practical opportunity will be
given the pupils TO earn something for
their work. These Industrial Arts are for
the express purpose of in after years
yielding an independent livelihood to
those who have acquired them.
The Western Union Telegra ph Com
pany have kindly consented to put up
Two complete sets of working outfit.
Besides this donation, two sewing
machine companies, whose names viii
be afterwards given, have sent machines.
We trust more donations of this kind
viii be made soon.
The Industrial Institute and College
opens October 22d. 1t will be a gala
occasion. Columbus will unfold hel
flags to the breeze, and march heI
,, companies out. The exercises in the
chapel building will begin in the morn
ing and take in the afternoon and
, evening. Amongst the prominent
guests expected here will be Mrs. Pey-
. ton, the Mississippi woman who begged
and worked so hard for this institution
with all her intellect and energy. The
! following gentlemen are also locked for
Senator Walthall, Governor Lowry
Judge r. A. Hill, General A. p. Stewart
Chancellor of the Oxford University
General s. d. Lee. The first three vii
deliver addresses. The girls who expec
to come as pupils TO the College will NJ
doubt have arrived and been located b,
the 21st. All the places in the dormi
tory have been engaged, but delightful
homes can be found with privat
families desiring boarders. The las
final touch of readiness will be given t,
everything before the 22d, and thos
who come to witness the opening vii
go away enthusiastic over the splendor
usefulness and future promise of th
Industrial Institute and College.
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Tobacco and Butter.

OF all the men in the world who ought to
let tobacco alone while engaged about their
work, those who handle food take the lead
1t is most disgusting to one who objects 10
tobacco smoke, and there are few women
who do not. to see marketmen standing over
such easily affected articles as meat or but
ter with a cigar in their mouths. A walk
through any of our markets will show plenty
of men doing this very thing. For the sake
of decency the cigars ought to be kept out
of sight during business hours We have
seen men standing over butter tub with
long ash at the end of their cigars that
threatened at any moment to fall directly
into the butter An old smoker would per-
haps see nothing wrong in this, but The
majority of those who eat this food are not
sold smokers The public have no right to
say that man shall not smoke, though
there would be great deal more happiness
in the world if such right did exist, nut
customers certainly have right to say thai
their TODD shall not be tainted with what, tt
them, is most objectionable.
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Have patience, hearts
bud
How comes the days Not with the noonday
sun oserhead.
But slowly stealing UP the east, in fasntest
red
Have patience. heart,whst so thine own ,sse..
dawning good
Have patience. heart.
Seek not Al morn 10 make the day as bright as
noon
Force not the bud. before its time to be /.
rose
How sl9w.y. when we watch the sky. the day
And yet. for all indeed. the sun sees down
too soo1-
Have patience. heart.
For rain viii come. thine own self knows how
teer-drors fall
Seek not TO stay the clouds before they've
spent their rain.
Or else scross the sky the clouds may come
again.
Have patience. srieving hearti for good must
come 70 all.
Have patience. hearfi
| What though no kisses fall upon thy tiret
And love holds not its rose to thee. nor day 4
fair2
Mourn not: perhaps thy love needs heaven
/ purer air.
oh, heart, be sure twin wait for thee in Par
Amy E. blanchard. in Harper.s Weekly
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Eli Perkins on Temperance.

"Britons." said President Cotton,
'spend annually one hundred and forty
million pounds, or seven hundred mil.
lion dollars in drink, an average OF
nineteen dollars for each Englishman."
Germany has eleven thousand eight
breweries, which turn out an
nually eight hundred and forty five mil
lion gallons of beer.
America spends nine hundred million
dollars annually for rum and tobacco.
The money wasted in drink in England,
GERMANY and America, would buy all
the bread and meat eaten by the three
nations. This awful burden compels
twice the amount of labor In the world;
This drink burden makes two-thirds OF
our sickness and three-fourths OF our
crime. -.
eyes, but you don't have to bear this
burden, if you don't drink" says the
drunk kard. =.
You are wrong, my friend; paid four
hundred and twenty five dollars taxes on
NV New York house last year. What
was this taxed used for? 1t was to
govern city where three-fourths OF the
arrests were for drunkenness. l can
govern myself, but have to pay four
hundred and twenty-five dollors a year
TO be protected from the criminal classes,
made criminals through rum.
/ was lecturing out in Kansas last
spring, where they have prohibition. An
Incorporate man came to see ne one day
and said: =,
eyes, Mr.. Perkins, this prohibition vii
| bring ruin to this State
| ssIt will will it?'
eyes, it will impoyerish us and destro,
our business houses.
"Now let's see about this, my friend.
I said, Lets examine..this little. Ii
i Kansas farmer brings Thousand bush
els of corn into Topeka, he gots hoy
much for it?'
"Four hundred dollars" answered m.
friend. !,
/ aNow. if they take this thousand bush
els of corn over to Peoria, how much whii
ky will it makeg"
aFour thousand gallons"
"And this whisky is worth--ho'
much?''
20 after they have paid four thousan
dollars revenue tax to the other thirt!
/, six States, it will be worth about lou
thousand dollars"
aAnd if this whisky should come bac
to Kansas you would have to pay abot
i four thousand six hundred dollars Il
{ | it7''
eyes. more too. We'd have to pa
. about Eve thousand dollars for it"
Il aWould it be WORTH anything to yo'
t aNo: I suppose it would cause goo
E deal OF idleness and crime 1t wou
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THE CLARION.
nr ALrxAxpER K. M'eLuSe

.,,ty .peed Ger the waste Of time,
=. ,,oheod's morn--in youthful prime,
~ 400 thy breath
,t. fading hues of hope have fed
f"' ike the Dolphin's light;
,,a dark are the clouds above my head,
A'N As the stariess night
,,. ,ainlv the mariner sighs for the rest
"N f,f the peaceful haven
.,.. ,ilgrim saint for the shrine Of the blest,
lbs The calm Of heayeni
H., Galley slave for night winds breath,
4 Al the burning noon;
~. 1re yiadly I'd spring TO thy cold arms, Death
DN' come soon, o Death-come soon
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-21

..Markets are not the same to-day as
they were twenty and thirty years
ago" said a veteran marketman, who
had retired from business, to report
er for the New York Nal and Express.
1.-The housewives always went to the
market to lay in their weeks stock
Meat, butter, vegetables, cheese, eggs,
everything was bought in the market.
Tea, coffee, and such groceries were
bought near the market. Men would
come a long distance with big basket,
which they would have filled before
leaving. Women would also appear
with a similar accompaniment. The
best part of a workingman' wages
would be expended on Saturday night
in the market. The wife would then
know that she had food enough laid in
for the week. The husband would know
how much he had for spending money.
Now this is all changed. The market
is about the last place the majority OF
housekeepers visit, and if it were not
for the restaurants the city might al
most shut up the markets. Some are
already virtually closed. Where is the
| glory of Centre, Essex, Union, Clinton,
| Catharine, Manhattan, and other mar
| kets that were famous in their day!
| Some have been torn down and the
ground devoted to other occupations.
| Two have become police stations, be-
cause they were city property. l al
lude to Franklin and Union markets
Two have become large depots for Chi
cago slaughterers. | mean Essex ane
| Centre markets. Several have disap
peared and their sites built upon, tene
ment-houses and stores taking ther
places. And even those that remair
are hardly worth being called market
in the sense they once were.
s'What has been the cause OF tn
change?'
''One reason is the grocery stores
where housekeepers can goat any time
! keep everything. Many of them SCI
even meat, and nearly all of them dea
in poultry. They are near by the hous
es of the people. They are kept in goo
order, and are cleanIy. The plan
wholesale houses making up coffee
| spices and many other things in nes
) packages, with guaranteed weight G
] measure, has induced housekeepers
deal with grocery stores near by. Smal
f storekeepers found out the acvantae
of keeping everything, and now gr'
5 Gerry store is small market of itself.
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there is one thing in Kansas" / said,
that viii be ruined by prohibition"
What is that?' asked my friend.
aWhy her poor-houses. Your poor
houses and jails will become empty
Think of poor-house with not soul
In it but the poor master. Think of the
jail without a convict-poor bankrupt
Jail and poor-houser.
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The Bet Was on.

A few DAYS ago. after 8 couple OF
esteemed citizens, who are close neigh
bors. had arranged TO pass few days
with their families at lake in Oak
land county, one of them offered 70
wager box of cigars that he would
catch the largest fish, The wager was
promptly taken. and next day one OF
the gentlemen put in an appearance at
a fish stand on the market and said 70
the dealer:
Have you got fresh g,ckerei
weighing about fifteen poundsr'
Il have. sir.
.Wen, want you to put him on ice
| and shin him to me at---Lake. pro-
nose to catch him on hook out
| there.
two together.
.sThe twoPn
..Yes, sir. Mr. mentioning the
other esteemed cifizen) was here an
hour ago, and bought one weighing
4 twenty pounds. It will take less foe
TO pack the two 10 the same boxl
The Ash were paid for. bot t1c
bet Vas declared %. = pstxo1 ~
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-21

A coIored man died in Chesterfield
County last week, ''leaving his thIr-
teeuth wife to mourn his loss NO
better evidence could possibly be at
forded of the vitalizing and bracing Ell
feets of the salubrious climate OF this
State. True, the remarkable powers
of endurance displayed by the old man
appear to have been offset by the poor
health of his successive wives; but the
wives were probably drawn from North
Carolina, Just across the line. Charles
ton rs. ca NsWs.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
Prohibition Prohibiting.

CONDUCTED By REV c. G. AsDREws, D. D.,
Jackson Miss, TO whom all con tT1butlons ior THIS
Department should be addressed
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Special Correspondent of THE CLARIoN.l
The Indian at Home-Always an
Enigma-Mortuary Customs.

CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHoE INDIAN AGENCY
DARLINGTON, INDIAN TERRIroRY, 7
October s, 1850 J
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
A Great Discovery.

MT. VIM. Thomas, of Newton. H.
says: "My wife has been seriously
aHected with a cough for twenty-five
years, andthis spring more severely
Chan ever before. She had used many
remedies without relief. and being
urged TO try DR.. Kings New Discov.
ely, did s9, with most gratifying le.
SUITS. The first bottle relieved her
very much. and the second bottle ,r,s
absolutely cured her. She has not
nad good health for thirty years.
Irlal bottles free ut the City DRUG
Store. Large size $l.0O. 5
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23

Israel Orndorf died at Marshall, ILL.,,
Saturday, it is said from the effects OF q
kick in the stomach by brutal guard
twenty-three years ago in Libby prison.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23

4.Doctor, said despairing patient
to his physician. II am in dreadful
condition! | can neither lag nor sci.
What shall I do?" l think you had
better roost, was the reply. Now, if
we consider that this poor fellow was
all contorted with rheumatism, the
doctor would have done much better by
prescribing bottle of Salvation Oil,
which would have relieved his patient
at once. Price 25 cents bottle.