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To the Friends of Prohibition.

Our State Prohibition Convention
held in the city of jackson, July 1st,
was a grand representative gathering of
patriotic Mississippians. Fifty-three of
the seventy-four counties in the State
was represented by about three hum
dred delegates from both races and from
all parties, creeds and callings. There
were marked enthusiasm, and while con-
seryative counsel prevailed, determine
ton sat upon every brow and voiced
itself in every public utterance- The
!" Declaration Of Principle adopted is in
substance the same as that of last year.
The line of policy pursued will not be
changed, but win be urged with more
vigor and greater fervor. There was
unanimous agreement that the move
ment should not be enlangled with party
politics, and yet bold unalterabie in
tention that general law providing for
local option by counties shall be secured.
II was therefore considered the least
thing we could ask of candidates for the
legislature, that they announce their
approval of q measure which will enable
the electors in each county to deter
mine by ballot whether or not the
mafchless evil of the age shall be vended
in their midst a man who il not will
ing for majority Of the people to de-
eide this question Gs q separate issac
eliminated from personal friendships or
prejudices and from other political COM
plicafions cannot command our sup
port. We do not inferrogafe him IS to
his loyalty 20 the announced principles
Of his party, nor would We disturb OF
--4~-~s-~ No. rxrrt~r f4.1<~, n..$ -.
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trust him with the high and sacred
function of legislation The elimina-
tion of this issue from party contests
can be accomplished by the candidates
themselves.
To achieve the end for which we are
organized, friends of reform, you must
carry the spirit of the State Convention
into the primaries. Whatever your
party afliation, secure the nomination
of good men and urge their triumphant
election. In some counties the whisky
men are threatening to run a wet
ticket They therefore precipitate the
issue and must abide the consequences.
An avowed whisky candidate We do not
believe can be elected in a single county
in the State. But some may dodge the
question and endeavor TO repeat the
history of other years. THIS Is a time
for clear conoictions and pronounced
opinions. Let the Executive Committees
of each county at once put such
agencies at work as will achieve the
purposes of our movement. The demand
for thorough organization and stirring
agitation, is imminent and imperative. A
few mass-meetings in each county, ad-
dressed byiearnest, well posted speakers,
will awaken the thought and quicken
convictions that will leave at home
every friend of free whisky. As far as
possible the State Executive Committee
will assist in the canvass of counties.
CHAs. B. GALLOWAY,
Chairman
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The Jordan and the Yazoo.
JERICHO. MAY "A. 1885.

0LhlShos NAY II, 1901
My DEAR DR.. HUNTER: All night in
the saddlel Two hours before day asleep
on the gravel brink of the Dead Seal
then bathe and n swim in Jordan, pass
over the site of Gilgal / am resting in
good woman's house here on the
ground of the great city that was COM
passed and fell! and / am moved to tell
you SOL Somewhat of change since
September last, with you at Munford-
vile and Jackson-from the newest to
the oldest of worlds scenes! And oh,
the grandeur, as one standing in the
midst of this great plain, sees Nebo on
the one side and the Mountain OF the
Temptation on the other, overlooking
what was and is
Little more than week transferred me
from the camp of modern armies at
Suakin and Handoub to the Holy Shrines
of David and Jesus, and, strange associ-
alton, Mt Jerusalem as on the Red Sea,
canvass fer stoves Tonight / resume
the saddle, the sun in daytime being
rather hot, and Tetrace the rocky path
way over the mountains of Judea, some
four thousand feet above this plain, on
to Bethany, resting again at the Holy
City, then onwards through John the
Baptist's birth-villsge, down through
Ramleh on to the plain of Sharon and
Joppa, and sail for Beyrout, Cyprus,
Rhodes, Smyrna and Constantinople.
My son-in-law, the minister, is with me.
| heard him preach to the British soldiers
in the city of the Pharoahs. hope you
and all our friends in Jackson are well,
and having all encouragement and hope.
The Jordan this morning reminds me of
the Yazoo. We visited the place of the
Nativity of Bethlehem and other shrines.
Your friend, JAS. SMITH.
The foregoing was written on postal
card.-CLAEIoN
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Making the Track.

A sleepy policeman was yawning and
rubbing his eyes in East Fifty-ninth
street one morning last week, when
his attention was attracted by the
sound of unsteady footsteps. An Irish
man with red face and a fringe of
white whiskers came staggering along.
the worse for liquor. The policeman
recognized him as one of the political
lights of the ward.
Good morning. Mr.. MuIcahey."
--Gnd mornin' to you. sorr- Is it
fhic) pasht o'clock yet?"
'.It's nearly ). Hadn't you better
get homer
.-Home-why home? Old woman $
home I've been to Mickey Grogan's 5
wake Everybody drunk but me. I'm
sober. sorr.
Not quite. Mr. Mulcahey.'
D'ye want to bet | can't walk a
line9''
"Pll bet You can't go inside the car
track for a block
..Begorra, / can
The whole street seemed too narrow
for Mr.. Mulcahey, aud the policeman
felt sure OF winRing. Mr.. Mulcahey
walked nearlyS9haIf block of the up
track. and was advancing with an un-'
steady gait and great solsmnity OF ex-
preston. when q runaway came IN
SIGHT. The driver had fallen of, and
the horses were plunging Inadly Mr..
Muicaisey shouted 70 take them to the
other track.
II took four policeman TO pry the
wasou of Mr.. Mulcahey, and. when ~
revived in Bellevue Hospital. he sa1qs
II can whip the man who bit re.
N X <z<H. s. s. s
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Paps's Footsteps.
BY HARRY JOY.

Not long since, while standing at a
window / noticed two little boys at play.
They had tin plate of tea cakes and
one of papa's old brandy bottles filled
with water.
"Giye me more water" asked the
Younger of the older brother.
"Pshaw, JIM Its wine! Can't you
think?" exclaimed the older brother,
handing the bottle to the younger.
"Oh, yes, forgot. Wine-awful nice
thank YOU" and he drank half the
water in the bottle.
They were not thirsty, oh no, but
water out Of brandy bottle tasted
in their childish eyes. They were fol-
lowing in papa's footsteps, just as fast
as their little feet would carry them.
Father, you may be moderate drinker
yourself; your son begins early; will he
drink moderately too? Would you have
your son drunkard? Would you have
your daughter drunkard's wife? Oh,
fathers just as long as we have saloon
at every corner, just so long will our
boys be drunkards and our daughters be
drunkard's wives!
Once, not many years ago, two little
girls quarreled at schools. The parting
words of the little blonde were: "You
ought to be ashamed to quarrel with
me! Your papa is drunkardl Mine IS
not" and so with her little head thrown
back, she walked away
The dark faced little girl went to her
teachers desk and gazing straight into
the teachers eyes, asked:
Miss Willie, is my papa drunkard? p
The teacher, not wishing to hurt her
favorite's feelings evaded the question; !;
when the child replied with great angry
tears in her eyes: "If my papa is a
drunkard, its right to be drunkard !,
Everything my papa does is rightw
Poor child, she lived to learn that her
papa did drink, not sometimes, but often !;
she lived TO learn that it was not right
because her papa did it. Doubtless she
loves her father just as well to-day as
she did then; but the old childish conf
dence is gone forever!
1t is hard, our children cannot trust
us always as they do when they are
small. Yet It's not us they need dis
trust, It's the demon alcohol, the horrible
curse of our lovely land, that kills every
noble impulse born in the human heart.
'Tis useless, worse than useless, to ask
men not to drink, when we have it
where they can take it or let it alone
land rest assured. my friends, they gen.
orally take it. We appeal to fathers
you who have children to follow in your
footsteps-will you help? Prohibition
needs the honest help of every honest
man in our landi
We appeal for help. Who will an
swerg
JACKSON, July I'd, 1885.
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7 II NINTII|1T
THE OLD PINE FLOOR.

stained by times pigment that. day By day,
And year ny year, on the surface lay,
And worn by footsteps that come aud 90
with rythmic measure Of ebb and flow
Of life from the cradle % manhood h0ar,
A story read in the old pine f00r.
with backward glance through the vanished years
Through the sheen Of pleasure and mists Of tears
see the surface, 50 smooth and bright,
Pressed by footsteps, that, soft and light
And buoyant With laughter and g,adness, bore
Youths bounding heart DER the old pine door.
with lsiry dreams and high hopes Of youth
With heart Of honor and brow OF truth,
The boy, Ia search Of the bsuble fame,
On whose brightest link he'd carve his name,
Goes forth 10 the world with its strife and roar,
From his peaceful home with It's old pine floor.
There's a thrill Of pleasure akin 10 pain.
Like sIn-rays shining through drops of rain,
There are smiles and teaTs-there are Joy and pTd
As the bridegroom stands by his blooming bride
And her barque floats out from the aowery shore
OF her childhood's home with its old pine floor.
The grandsires footsteps are feeble and slow
And bis scattered locks like the falling snow;
But calmly he's waiting the ebbing tide
That will bear him sOOH o'er the ocean vide,
Where he IN meet the lost who have gone before
And shadow falls on the old pine floor.
The tide goes out--and the broken bowl
Alone remains; but the parting soud
Light hath left on the silent clay
From the gates a. ar as it SCARED away.
A sd the mOurners pass through the opsn door
With muiiied tread on the old pine 6oor.
As birds that have wandered from zone to zone,
md whose dropping piniOns have weary grown
With songs Of pleasure would gladly rest
Their tired wings by the parent nest,
So the scattered loved ones return once more
And light feet skip DER the old pine floor
sweet the homecoming, but here and there,
Their dim eyes rest on a vacant chair;
And they think Of the forms that have gone ior aye
a.fr 1.F aN.f Nla4.s.sI
Loved forms that Will greet them, All never more
with welcome smile on the old pine floor
When life, with its brightness and gloom is past:
Like day OF sunshine, and clouds o'ercast,
May each lair barque weather the swelling tide,
And anchor safe on the other side;
And hands i0ndly clasp on the Shining shore"
That we're parted here on the old pine floor"
-iBiy addison, West Point, Miss.
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7Good-Dye, sne said. softly: -vour
love makes it easier

-Good-Dye, sne said. softly; -vour
love makes il easier
Goodbye he repeated.
She lifted her ewes once more tn his
ana then turned slowly away. But. hay-
ing reached the doorway, She paused
and looked back.
he had thrown himself down in the
big. armchair where she had sat the
earlier part of the evening. his face hid
den IN his arms putstretched ON the
table beside 1.-THE whole attitude one
Or such suffering and despair. that al
most lnNoluntarily she paused. And.
after seconds hesitation, she came
back the few steps to his side.
ESme, she said, low and timidlv.
and, as he did not move or make any
reply, Goodbye is bitter. heartbreak-
ing word, she went on gently. Does
1t comfort you to know that ii YOU sslf-
fer, so do |; that if you are heartbroken,
so am |! Does it comfort you-it must
to know that day and night am pray
ing God to keep you until we meet
again?s
There was a moments S silence; then
Esme Won Lindenheim felt her arm
about his neck, her soft kisses on hair
and forehead.
Goodbye" she faltered, and Good
bye he repeated, lifting his eyes, fun
of tears, TO hers; and then he knew that
If he did not regain his freedom he had
looked his last into the gray eyes he had
learnt to love, heard her say ~Good-bye'
for the last time.
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The Chicago Board of Trade Clock.


The clock is made of iron, bronze.
and steel, and weighs ten tons without
the bell, which weighs 4,500 pounds
more. The pendulum alone weighs
750 pounds. The works, which follow
the plan of the great Westminster
clock of London, are divided into a
time-train, hand-train. and striking
train. These trains are separate ma
chimes, resting, side by side, on separ-
ate frames. The time-train simply
keeps time. The hand-train generates
the force that moves the hands on the
dials in the tower and in the main hall
and is set off at the proper time by the
time-train- The striking-train gener-
ates the force that strikes the bell, and,
like the hand-train, is set off at the
proper time by the time-train. Each
of these trains is operated by separate
weight, and the three weights together
weigh $500. The hammer that strikes
the bell was to have weighed 10
pounds, but patent hammer weigh
ing only eighty pounds has been pre-
ferred- The clockwork is below the
dials, which are ten feet ten inches in
diameter. and the bell is above them,
and ESQ feet from the ground
The note which the bell sounds is c.
and an octave lower than G on the
| added line below the staff. 1t is very
musical indeed, but Mr. Drake insisted
upon it that the guests of the Grand
Pacific did not care to listen to its
music all through the night, and that
he wouldn't have it 1t was agreed
therefore to make such changes in the
clock as would make it silent after 9
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How wonderfully made this II orfal form,
This strange and dual being
Orw with viii 70 struggle, and perform,
One who, mid danger, all fOreseeiBg
Csu shield from harm,
How wonderfully made this mortal form
As one by one, I have watched the stars
Light mp nights liquid sea-
OFT fancy hath peopled their gilded cars
With guardian angels, as seemed 70 me
Through misty bars
As, one BY one, have watched the stars.
How beautiful the thought, Oh heart Of mine
Beside each life an angel stands
To guide aud guard. to comfort and refine
Leading onward with unseen hands
And love divine
How beautiful the thought-oh heart Of mine
Often when lonely, have ionged to see,
or hear the rustic Of a snowy wing,
Behold the tender eyes-on me,
And clasp the dear one unresisting,
So gratefully
Often when lonely / have ionged to see.
When safely moofed on that shining shore
'Moug the angel throng, on weary wing,
] shsi see there one, disguised no more,
To whom my spirit viii tondly cling
As IL did before
When safely mOored, on that shining shore
Mrs. Bs0ts CbvE G0odgegr.
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For THE CLARION.
The Power of God.

FROM rHE HEBREW, BY REV. L. WEISS, OF JAcKsoS
At the time the Jews lived under the
Syrian vassalage, the. King one day, after
having listened to the high-priest declar-
ing the power of God, said: al honor
your God who is so great and powerful,
yet since he permitted me to conquer
you, his people, he too must recognize
my power and significance. Extend
him, therefore, my invitation to feast
will prepare, and see to it that he shall
attend, or else / viii hold you and your
people accountable and make you suffer
for the consequences and, without
giving the high priest opportunity to re-
ply the monarch departed.
The day has arrived when in the gar
den of the King, situated adjacent to
the sea-shore, a great-extraordlna
great-feast was prepared. The high
priest was summoned and appeared, but
he assumed place in remote corner
and engaged in prayer. The sun shone
forth in lustral brightness, lending
grandeur to the occasion, and the azure
sky bore testimony to the suns illuIina-
tive qualities. The festivity began, and
the high-Briest was informed that the
King and his court are ready to receive
and entertain the God of the Hebrews,
but the high priest, seemingly absorbed
in prayer, gave no reply. Again he was
reminded Of this, but ere he could have
answered, were he inclined to, sudden
breeze arose which rapidly grew into a
wind; soon it became hurricane, and
finally began to grasp the tent, tables,
chairs, and all that was in its way, carry
ing them into the sea, burying them
into its billowy waves The King be
came uneasy and inquired of the high
priest whether he knew the cause of this
phenomenon. MY God is approaching,
replied he, "and these elements are His
servants sent to clear the way before
their Almighty Master as on Mount
Horeb in Elijah's time" (see l Kings
19:11,12.) The King trembled, fearing
peradventure another gust would come
and sweep him along, quickly replied
"Oh, inform your God that he need not
come if it is his displeasure. If he is 81
powerful am unworthy of his visit
.Ah, if his servants have such might, how
great must be the might of the masterr
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Self-Made Poverty.

| would not say hard words against
poverty; wherever it comes it is bitter
TO all. But you will mark, as you notice
carefully, that while a few are poor be-
cause of unavoidable circumstances, a
very large mass of the poverty of London
is the sheer clear result of profuseness,
want of forethought, idleness, and worst
of all, drunkennessl That is the master
evil. If drink could be got rid of, we
might be sure of conguering the devil
himself. The drunkenness created by
the internal liquor-dens which plague
spots the whole of this huge city is
appalling. No, l did not speak in haste
or let slip hasty word. Many of the
drink-houses are nothing less than in
fernal; in some respects they are worse,
for hell has its uses as divine protest
against sin, but as for the gin-palace,
there is nothing to be said in its favor.
Vices of the age cause three-fourths of
the poverty If you could look at the
homes tonight, the wretched homes
where women will tremble at the sound
of their husbands foot as he comes
home, where little children will crouch
down with fear, upon their little bed of
straw, because the human brute who calls
himself "man" will come reeling home
from the place where he has been in
dulging his appetites-if you could look
at such sight, and remember it illbe
seen ten thousand times over tonight,
think you would say, "God help US by
all mears to save some" Since the
great ak TO lay on the root of this dead
ly upas-tree is the gospel of Christ, may
God help us to hold that ak there, and
to work constantly with it till tae huge
trunk of the poison-tree begins to rock
to and fro, and we get it down and
London is saved from the wretchedness
and misery which now drips from every
bough.-Rev. G. II. Spurgeon.
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Let the Boys Look to Thier Lau-
rels.
south.W Presbyterian

South Western Presbyterian
The first honor man this year at the
University of Mississippi, at Oxford, was
a woman. 1t was a young lady as
modest as she was accomplished,
who read the valedictory- Some
who know how well the young men
of Mississippi rank in their courtesy
toward the gentler sex, will probably
say that this was q matter OF knightly
honor: and that they let the lady take
the honor, as matter of gallantry-
They would thereby depreciate the
merit Of the achievement, and make
capital out of the defeat, for the sex
which has hitherto monopolized the
honors at such occasions. This cannot
be- allowed. The valedictory and the
valedictorian stand on their own merits.
1t is admitted or lasserted, as the
case may bc, that the valedictory was the
best ever pronounced on that platform.
Honor to whom honor Is due! The
Women Of Mississippi at the recent
worlds Cotton Exposition, distinguished
snemselyes by conspicuous tsste and sk1li
= many departments And here r.
smother trinmph. Lot ~ boys Iook ~
&44x9l4 IA M sS1s
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FURTHER NOTES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
OKoLoN A, July z, 1885.


OKoLoNA, July Z, 1885.
DEAR CLARION: The Teachers Asso-
citation held here last week lasted three
days, and was splendid success. 1t
was one of the largest and best repre-
sentative body of teachers ever assem-
bled in this State. About seventy-tive
or eighty teachers were present Many
subjects of interest were discussed, sew
eral ladies participating in the direct
and lateral discussions with the COM
posure and earnestness of men. The
discussions showed that the teachers in
this part of the State are utilizing the
improved forms and methods of instruc-
ton.
The'deplorable condition of the public
free schools was brought out in bold pic
lures before the Association. Several SUI
perintendents were present. The city did
itself credit by the hospitable manner
i'm which it entertained the members of
the Association
The exercises were held in the o. F.
College, which has been presided over by
Prof. j. A. Kimbrough for the last three
years with unequaled success. He has
resigned his situation, or chair, however,
and will accept a school elsewhere,
though not yet engaged for the future.
Col. ]. w. Taylor, Of Eutaw, Ala, takes
charge Of the Male College here. Prof.
J. G. Dupree of Mississippi College is ex-
pected to take charge of the O. +. Col
iege. He is one of the best teachers in
the State, and was in this school several
wears before going to Clinton. Change
i the baae of our schools in Okolona-
we have fine seasons and splen-
did crops. The prarie literally teens
with the growing crops.
Our Col. A. Y. Harper is booming for
Attorney General. He is one OF the
purest and best men ever saw IN poll
tics.
Business dull. y \.
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JUsT down on the side of the hill
stands the old calaboose, rotting and
decaying monument of the past days of
bar-rooms, drunkenness, fighting and
brawling in Easley, and just over on the
hill stands that splendid temple of
learning, which takes the place of those
defunct bar-rooms. The Lord be prais-
ed for sach a change Easley Is. CO.
Messenger.
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No man oppresses thee, 0 free and
independent franchiser. But does not
this stupid porter pot cypress thee? No
son of Adam can bid thee come and
go, but this absurd pot of heavy wet,
this can and doesl Thou art the thrall,
not of Cedric the Saxon, but of thine
own brutal intemperance. And thou
pratest of ''liberty," thou entire block
head Carlyle.
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THE Legislature of Nebraska, at its
late session passed law prohibiting the
sale of tobacco in any form to children.
Widths thing never stop? Sumptuary
laws, not satisfied with aiming at the
rights of strong men, and depriying
them of their legitimate occupations,
invade the nursery, and lay their merci-
less grasp upon tender babes, thus crush
ing personal liberty in the cradle The
Voice.
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SULLIVAN, the prize-fghter, in his
testimony in his wife's divorce suit,
says: 81 have been full, but / never was
drunk in my life. l have been intoxi-
sometimes after drinking, but never
drunk" This is about the way the
average drunkard looks at the matter.
Amy thing short of deliriuna tremens is
not drunkenness with them. And so
they go on until the Whisky Devil fore
closes his mortgage on body and SOUL
Nashville Christian Advocate.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.

CONDUCTED By REV. C. g. AS1 REws, .. b.,
Jackson, Miss, TO whom an contributions 5or thi
Department should be addressed.
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OF the 137 counties in Georgia 96 are
and other counties are moving in the
same direction. The honest masses of
that State seem to be reaching the
conclusion that strong drink must be
banished from Georgia. Why may not
the sober and moral people Of. Virginia do
something to rid themselves and the
State of this monster curse? "Shall we
ever live at this poor dying rate while
our children and friends are poisoned
and killed by the hundreds yearly?