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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-29
THE B0TTOMLEsS JUG.

/ saw hanging up in the kitchen Of q
thrifty, healthy sturdy farmer in Ok
ford county, Maine-a bottomless jugl
The host saw that the curious thing
caught my eye, and smiled.
"You are wondering what that Jug is
hanging up there for with its bottom
knocked out" he said. My wife, per-
haps, can tell you the story better than
can; but she is bashful and | amt so Pll
tell it.
My father, you are probably aware,
owned this farm before me. He lived to
a good old age, worked hard all his life,
never squandered money, was a cautious
trader, and good calculator; and, as
men were accounted in his day and
generation, he was a temperate man. l
was the youngest boy; and when the
old man was ready TO go-and he knew
1.-THE others agreed that since4 had
stayed at home and taken care of the
old folks, the farm should be mine, and
to me it was willed. / had been married
then thee years.
.sWell, father died-mother had gone
three years before = and left the
farm to me, with a mortgage on it for
two thousand dollars. I'd never thought
of it before. / said to Mollie, my wife:
ssAIollie, look here. Here fathers had
this farm in its first strength of soil, with
all its magnificent tim Der, and his six
boys, as they grew up equal to as many
men to help him; and he worked hard,
worked early and late, and yet look at
it, A mortgage of two thousand dollars.
What can / do"
"And | went to that jug-it had q
bottom In it then-and took good stiff
drink of Medford rum from it.
Il noticed curious look on the face
or my wife, Just then, and / asked her
what she thought of it, for | supposed she
was thinking of what I'd been talking
about. And so she was, for she said:
Charles, I've thought of this great
deal, and I've thought of way in which
believe / can clear the mortgage of
before FIVE years are ended
Says +:
ssMolIie, tell me how you II do it.
''She thought for awhile. and then said
with funny twinkling in her blue eyes
says she.
Charlie, you must promise me this,
and promise me solemnIy and sacredly
Promise me that you will never bring
home for the purpose of drinking for .
beverage at any time, any more spirits
than yon can bring in that old Jug the
Jug your father has used ever since
knew him, and which YOU have used
since he has done with it.
Well. know father used once in :
while, especially in haying time, and in
winter when we were at work In the
woods, to get an old gallon jug filed 30
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looked astonished At the way his uttIe
compliment was received
Il might have known il. muttered
Elmore, placking at his beard. .Wbat
the deuce did bring her for If l did
not want every fool to fall in love with
her?'s
Won't you ike to go for a drive
| this evening. Bertha?n said her hus-
band one day when they had been
about week playing at cross-pur-
poses
Il couldn't possibly this evening.
dear she answered, as she adjusted
the diamond pins in her golden hair.
s.Ws've arranged such = nice moon
light party to drive down to Rich
mond.n
And what's to prevent me from
driving you there?h asked Mr.. Elmore,
anxiously.
's0ur party is made up" murmured
Bertha coolly. Il promised to go in
Sir Charles Selby's carriage; his con-
versation is delightful like him so
much
The deuce you do" growled FL
more in fury.
But I'll tell you what you might do
if you pleased. suggested Bertha in
nocently. Miss Dunbar would like to
60. no doubt; or Mrs. Ansall, and there
can be no possible objection to another
carriage. so that
Hang Miss Dunbar and Mrs. An
sall'' calculated the enraged husband.
With all my heart, my dear" said
Bertha gaily. as she looked up with
what he thought was the old love light
in her eyes You see it is quite i'm
possible for me to break my word to
Sir Charles"
MIR. Elmore made no reply. but turn
ed and left the room and the hotel; and
when he returned some hours later.
his wife had not come back from that
moonlight excursion.
He felt utterly lonely and forlorn.
How long the time seemed before Ber-
tina came back; and how enraged he
felt to think she could be happy with
out him.
Il wonder if I'm Jealous" he NUT
tered to himself, as he plucked at his
dark mustache. Its not nice SEN
sation, at all events. I wonder if Ber-
tha feels so when l fiirt with Geor-
ginaP'i
Suddenly the door opened. and his
bright-haired little wife tripped in like
burst of sunshine.
She stopped suddenly when she saw
his head bowed upon his hands.
''Stephen-does your head ache?n
Mo-
Then what IS the matter?"
My heart aches. Bertha. 1t aches
to think that my wife no longer loves
met
stephen, what do you mean?n
Il mean, dear, that when you leave
me for the society of others you can no
longer love me.
stephen said Bertha, smiling
archly in his face, s'does it give yoa
pain to have me prefer the society of
others to your own?"
ut breaks my heart. Bertha" he
said, passionately.
Then, dearest, let as make q bar
gain. Let Miss Dunbar and Mrs. An
sail console themselves with Sir
Charles Selby and Captain Trevor.
while we are happy with one another.
Shall it be so?h
Bertha, you have been acting a
part -
''Of course | have. Did you suppose
for moment that | was in earnest?
Lady Trevor, and her sons, and the
baronet are all in it. dear"
The loving kisses she showered upon
his face dispelled every shadow Of
doubt from her husbands heart.
Alas. for Miss Dunbar's midnight
curs and Oriental eyes-their spell
was broken, their charm gone.
A week from the date of the ride to
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmore left
London for America, convinced that
they had had quite enough of the gay
capital.
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.nougn they may be rest ana chaure
: 20. something that viii support t6o
ankles Is very useful and essential Il
"a great inconyenience, too. 10 81
oDiged to change ones shoes to 90 out
w an errand or to step out doors.
uomen would often be more willing fa
.aAe walks were it not for the trouble
getting ready Not TO dispense
win win shPpers altogether. for. as we
nase saad, they are often useful wa
snlns the general health of women
would Dc improved by wearing hicb
snoes more and slippers less
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vanderbilt's Home Life.

Slnce my bOyhOod, SAID Mr. VIII
lam Ii. Vanderbilt, II have been ac.
customed to plain, wholesome living.
To my style of living and regular habits
/ attribute my uniformly good health
/ have my ills and aches like other men,
but am free from spells of sickness.
have tried to think if there is one thing
that suited my palate more than an
other. / do not believe there is. My
appetite, as rule, keeps so good that
can eat one thing with quite as much
relish as another. / was brought up
ON farm, you know, and / must con-
fess an honest liking for good roast
beef and roast mutton. l do not like
either too well done or too rare, for 1
believe in either state they are indigest-
ible. / want them brown. rich and
juicy, and with them / like to have
served potatoes, white and fioury.
Above all, | desire my food prepared
and served plainly. Grease, spices
and rich-favored condiments are not
suited to me, and do not believe they
are to any person. l have an idea of
my own in this respect, and l am con-
WINGED it is correct. 1t is that accus-
toming ones self to spiced gravies and
relishes and other things that taste
horribly at first is simply the cultiva-
ton of a vitiated taste. / have OBJ
served the absence of clear complex
ions and bright, sparkling eyes in per-
sons accustomed to high living. The
rosy color and clear eyes and buoyant
| spirits of persons who live plainly, but
well withal, convinces me that the
simple, bountiful way of living is the
best
Mr.. Vanderbilt talked of his mode of
life with as much interest as he ever
| talked of money, stocks or railroads.
| 1t is true that Mr.. Vanderbilt lives in
magnificence. but he lives sensibly. He
calculates to- retire at 10 o'clock at
night, and he rarely misses going to
bed at that time He is called at 7:30
| in the morning, and at $50 is at break
fast with his family. He usually spends
| the morning at home. Sometimes he
| goes out before lunch and sometimes
not until after lunch. When the wealth
er will admit he goes out for drive in
the afternoon The drive may be
through the park, it may be to Ma
combs Dam bridge, or it may extend
to fleetwood Park. When Mr.. Van
derbilt returns from it he lies down in
his library for nap. which lasts until
| the dinner hour. He arises refreshed,
and sits down to his evening meal as
much to enjoy the conversation with
his family, which is an extremely
pleasant one, rs to partake of the
viands before him. Mr.. Vanderbilt
always eats sparingly. and avoids
liquids as much as possible He takes
his coffee sometimes after dinner.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-29

Citizens Of Mississippi, assemble in your
respective counties, and pick out and
send your moral men, your prudent men,
your sober men, your christian men.
your best men to Jackson, If you would
be free and prosperous.
JoBE HARRAL
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.

joSDrcTKp BY RKv C. G. ASDREws, D. b.,
Jackson Miss, to whom all contributions Tor this
Department should be addressed.
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Swelling flood 1t must be because those
who are sen. TO Jackson to make laws
for us, lend their assistance to every
scheme of extravaganza that Is born In
that body, regardless of the people who
sent them there, and the people are
made to carry the heavy burdens thus
imposed upon them. Il Mississippi Is
out of debt, why can the people not
have a few years of ioac tdres until they
can recover from the grinding oppression
of the tax mills, and the poor once more
have. at least, some of the comforts of
life. 1t is enough to make true man
hood weep 10 60 TO the houses OF the
poor and see how they toll, and how
little they have, and it must be, and is
20, that all this grinding poverty il the
result of bad legislation and plling up
the ever increasing mountain OF taxation.
But there is q new song now being sung,
that Mississippi is not out OF debt but
owes 5000 600, aud Governor Lowry put
the State in debt that much in the last
is months and he must be removed
to make room for better man. Citi-
zens Of Mississippi, if they expect you
70 believe such stuff, it is an insult to
your intelligencs and good sense, for
Gov. Lowry has no more control over
the public treasury than the Legislature
gives him, and ii they gave him full
control of Hemingway and the treasury
vaults. they are set OF idiots and should
not be returned to Jackson But Gov
Lowry has no power to run the State
into debt: the Legislature alone can do
that, and they did do il, and now they
want "a make GOV. Lowry the escapes
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-03-11

excellent reason. They were proud to
believe that their father was man of
honor and truthfulness But Tom eyes
were opened in the next two or three
days. His weekly pocket money was not
forthcoming, because his father had not
the exact amount, and he had changed
his mind about giving it to him, anyway.
His mother failed to buy him new suit
he was expecting, because she had
" changed her mind"
Oh. how Tom came to hate that phrase !
He was quick enough to learn the lesson
now that it was for him to learn that such
mind changing as his had been was mean
and selfish and contrary to the Golden
Rule.
By Saturday night Tom was much
meeker and better boy, and from that
day he was careful to have good reason
for so doing whenever he found it neces-
sary to "change his mind. - Visitor.
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the winter nights, her lamp burned at
the window; and many poor fisherman
had cause to bless God for the widow 8
lamp; many crew were saved from
pershlDg
Now this poor widow did what she
could, and we see that her humble efforts
were divinely blessed, AS she did some
good, and was instrumental in prevent
ing disasters on the coast, and saving the
lives OF men.
And if all the servants of Christ would
keep their lights burning as brightly and
steadily as the widows lamp, how many
a soul might be saved from the ship
wrecks of time, and warned to flee from
the wrath to come Many Christians
have not the power to do much active
service for Christ; but if they would
simply live as lights in the world, and
exempify in their daily lives the beau
ties and excellencies of the religion of
their Lord and Master, how much good
they might do "Ye are the light of
the world, said our Saviour Let your
light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify your
Father which is in heaven"
If those who cannot preach or teach
would but walk worthy of Him who
hath called them to His kingdom and
glory, how much would the hands of
ministers and teachers be strengthened
and our fellowmen induced by the ex-
ample set them to forsake the paths Of
sin and folly, and be saved from ever
lasting ruin. Let us then bear in mind
our Savlour's divine command, and re-
solve that henceforth we will let our
light shine upon the paths of men, even
as did the Widows Lamp"
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upstairs to change her dress. Some
word which her Sunday School teacher
had said to her only the morning before
crossed her memory.
" 1t is of no use" she said aloud, "f for
me to try to be Christian. | might as
well give up
AS she stood, few moments later,
with her hat and cloak on, ready for
school, she remembered that it was her
turn to learn and repeat four lines of a
poem from some author. She caught up
her book of extracts and opened it,
What was 1t that caused the tears to
flow from her eyes, and her lips to move
in prayer?
She stood moment committing the
lines to memory, then went down and
spoke pleasantly to the cook. and kissed
her mother and Allie good by, and went
away to school And when it was her
turn to give an extract she rose, and
with bright, unclouded face, repeated,
slowly
The little worries which we meet each day
May lie stumbling blocks across our way,
Or, we may make them stepping stones to be
Of grace, o Christ, to Thee
Christian Advocate.
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Marion's Extract.

Every thing had gone wrong with
Marion Douglass that Monday morning
In the first place breakfast was late, and
she had spoken unkindly to the cook,
and been reproved by her mother. Then
her little sister, Allie, had actually up
set her cup Of coffee, and spilled it all
over her new plaid merino She rose
from the table very angry and rushed
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-03-11
Children Column.
" Kissed His Mother"

She sat on the porch in the sunshine
AS 1 went down the street
A woman whose hair was silver,
But whose face was blossom sweet;
Making me think of garden,
When, in spite of the frost and snow,
OF bleak November weather,
Late. fragrant lilies blow.
heard footstep behind me,
And the sound of merry laugh,
And l knew the heart it came from
Would be like comforting staff
In the time and the hour of trouble,
Hopeful and brave and strong
One of the hearts to lean on,
When we think all things go wrong.
turned at the click of the gate latch
And met his manly look;
A face like his gives me pleasure,
Like page of pleasant book.
1t told of a steadfast purpose,
Of brave and daring will;
A face with promise in it,
That, God grant. the years fulfill.
He went up the pathway, singing,
l saw the womans eyes
Grow bright with wordless welcome,
AS sunshine warns the skies.
Back again, sweet heart mother"
He cried and bent to kiss
The loving face that was lifted
For what some mothers miss.
That boy will do to depend on;
hold that this is true
From lads in love with their mothers
Our bravest heroes grew.
Earth's grandest hearts have been lovil
hearts,
Since time and earth began
And the boy who kissed his mother,
Is every inch a man
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DIR CToRY
OF THE
PRESB YTERIAN CHURCH
IN THE
UNITED STATES.
PUBLICATION.

fUBBlCAIlON,
Rev. James K. Hazen, D. D.. Secretary and
Treasurer, Richmond Va
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary
Baltimore, Nd.
l.. G. Inglis, Esq, Treasurer, Baltimore, Md
HOME MISSIONS.
Rev. J. N. Craig, D. D., Secretary, Baltimore
Md.
L. G. Inglis, Esq, Treasurer Baltimore, Md.
EDUCATION.
Rev. f. M Richardson, Secretary, Memphis
Tenn.
g. Macrae, Esq, Treasurer, Memphis, Tenn.
EDUCATION OF COLoBED MINISTRY.
Rev. @. A. stillman, D. D., Secretary, Tuska-
loosa, Ala.
DR.. J. 7. Searcy, Treasurer, Tuskaloosa, Ala.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-03-11

A Clear Skin

is only a part Of beauty;
but it is a part. Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beauties.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-02

"Truth for authority and not au-
thority for TRUTH Lucrctia Mott
"Any coward can fight u battle
when he's sure III winning: hut give.
me the man that has pluck to fight
when he's sure Of losing.'-[ George
Eliot.
"Oh! hut it is good to have lived,
and suffered and worked, TO know
that nothing c,.n so wrong with us
IL only We are right. Jane Grey
Swisshelm.
"Words are things, aud u small
drop VI INK falling, like dew. upon il
thought, produces that which makes
thousands, perhaps millions, think.
i Lord Byron.
II point yon to the assumption OF
corporate capital. to its disposition
not only ia lord II over the labor
which feeds it, nut to question the
sovereignty Ut the STATE. itself. Il Tho
Alarm.
sGivc the lahorrr his Just dues. and
there will be u" need tnr communist;c
speeches aud sncinlistic literature.
But the present condition Of affairs
makes these -n...s:llc;l rs'i's i iNces.
sity.-[Omahn T,"l.... a!,,n:.
''The best government cannot loag
endure where I'll. tendency .nf the
law /, IT, erect" - rapid accimilla-
tiaH ~ property ia tnt. l.a,,is af Il
few. aud 10 render fhc' masses az The
pcap!,' poor a',,, dependent Dan.
iel Webster
''.shrw ii. i.,np!" happy and vel.
employed and Conteu.ed and Will
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-02
THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS AND NOISE
RIVER COUNTRY

RIVER COUNTRY.
% the northwest Of Devils Lake
are the Turtle mountains and Mouse
river country, recently opened for
scttlem. ut. The rush this spring
will undoubtedly be into this section,
rs It j. admirably adapted to mixed
farming, and il q glorious country
In every particular. the soil being
good, the water excellent and the
climate salubrious. The projected
line 81 the ST. Paul, Minneapolis s
Manitoba railway into this country
will be built at an early day, and
property will Or course advance pro-
portionatciy.
But W. must IT, getting home. We
return yia L;iiimorc, which, by tile
way, u i thriving city, and Wahpe.
ton. along the shores Or Minnetonka
and direct through to st. Paul
Once home we look back over the
country traversed, and feel satisfied
that il is indeed Wonderland" Yes
We are convinced that no other coun.
try under the sun offers 50 many ad
vantages to seekers after new homes
and ID no other new country on thu
American continent can be found
the comfort and happiness to be seer
on all hands in northern Minnesota
the Red liver valley and northern
Dakota.
Trusting that have not trcspasset
too much on your valuable space.
am Yours Truly,
IowAN.
! Lakota. d. T., March "a, 1885.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-02

For Years it seemed impossible
that Grant would be placed ON the
retired list, but this simple act oi
tardy justice was accomplished az
soon ii was learned that he was very
sick aud that the doctors prom ounc.
ed the disease "The abnOfmality OF
the epthelioma as indurated with
sfereonetri.al tumcfactions; that
the terriRenous paronomartical
structure OF the organism is incrasa.
tive and OF an erubescent color: con.
sequently his recovery depends
upon the native increateness OF his
corporcality.s Congress came to
terms immediately after thut dag.
nosis was fired ut them by the medi.
cal linguists. A man affected that
way ought TO be- put on the retired
list American.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-02
A Mean Old General Routed

Old General Debility" has been
put to flight in Arkansas, with hap
Ply results. From Brinkly, from
Webb City. ind from Walnut Ridge,
Messrs. p. r. anderson, E. NJ. Tny-
Tor and L. 5. Pinchbeck respectively,
write they were ull afflicted witt
general debility. and received solid
benefit from Browns Iron Bitters
This is pleasant to know, not only
for Arkansas people, but for all Sec
items Of the country where General
Debility has COUNTED victims by the
thousand. For SALE. everywhere.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-02

According to the report Of the de-
purtment OF agriculture ut Washing
ton, during the year 1884 there was
raised in the United States 1,795, 600
900 bushels Of corn, $4,000. 900 bush
els Of wheat and 583.OOO.OOO bushels
Of oats.
Allowing the producers 80 cents
for wheat, % cents for corn and on.s
which is allowing fully US much Us
they received taking all grades into
accountable total product would
amount to 1872, 100000.
This Is, the official report says,
"the largest ever recorded
Here is III ore than sc bushels oi
child in the United States.
To hall it off, allowing 50 bushels
to each team. il would take 81 800. Ot0
tennis. There would not BE- people
: enrnsh il the country. taking suck
lir;-. hnln's nhd dccrepit age, 10 firm
ish il driver for each team.
Parable these teams in Il procession
and il wuul.l make II string III teams
Gallo wing Two rods to each team
Sol .3G5 miles long
This wnii, reach nearly fifteen
tines around tisr globe. 1t would
, reach ...c iul:di, /, ana twenty times
across tit c.ii .i:.tl:t from Sun Erull
cisco to New W Is City.
! 1t would take railroad train
travelling 1t tile rate. OFFS miles nn
ilnEr aud ten honis il day upward of
Tires. .:,:a q half years to trave! the
distance. II would take man
travelling ut the rate OF 100 miles i.
week, 10 years to travel to the end
II tie procession. Perhaps some
old man OF ninety can imagine what
it would bet have begun such II
tramp when he was twenty years old.
We have used these illustrations
to impress upon the minds CT our
readers the immensely OF the grain
product for the single year OF 1854.
Those WHO have worked carly and
late all tlcir lives raising wheat and
curr and oats will appreciate how
m,,cl, labor is wrapped up in the
tnorlh.sS pi.,ca s,siot of grain which
VT i,:;N,. described.
Now then for Il little comparison!
van,ieil.uiit, Gould, the Astors
and twenty seven other OF the rich !
est men in New York are worth. ii is !
estimated, s7aN.Ou0, 0t,D-- som. slh.OOO, !.
900 .,iere than the value OF this en- |
tire grain cr.l,.
Thirty pe'.,,ells htv. ..tccHm,,latei'
in tlisir short l:fc,imes as much IL.
Ill this enormous gain crop Is !
worth.
All tho agiicultntists Of the Unit. |
CT States lave not raised grain I
.lougi In ! whole year to buy out !
the possessions Of thirty men in u
single city.
The hnlk y; thss. "arcun,n!atien,"
have b.eE ,sar,ered up during III.
l.s' twenty Years. One ssnf IL i
I X '.'y. then il takes the ss,;;ia.r..is- i
~, y. ,hs c.ii,t en,ut.rv II s.;nek
j.si ;l,iity m.;. in NV York City. /
Another reflection in CONNECTION