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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
The Drunkard's Child.
BY THE REV. JAMES B. DUNN.

Mrs. B sat near sCanty pallet,
on which was extended the suffering
little Freddy, her bright and beautiful
boy, reduced to skin and bone. His
large, mysterious eyes were turned up
ward, watching the fitting of leaves
and the filaments of sunshine that peered
through the foliage of the multicaulis.
An infant about month old, meager,
weary OF its existence, lay on her bosom,
and she in vain trying to charm it to
repose.
mamma" said Freddy, reaching out
his waxen hand, "take me to your
BOSOM"
sYes. love, as soon as Maria is still"
Mamma, if God had not sent US that
listle cross baby, you could love me and
nurse me as you did when was sick in
Cincinnati My throat is hot, mamma
I wish / had drink in tumbler-glass
tumbler, mamma, and | could look
through it."
ADear, you shall have tumbler, !"
cried Mrs. B., her lip trembling
with emotion and wild fire in her
eyes.
aYes, mamma one cold drink in a
tumbler, and your poor little Freddy
would fiy up there where that bird sits
Will papa come to night and get US
breadY You said he would. Will he
get me q tumbler of water? No, mann
ma, he will be drunk. Nobody
ever gets drunk in heaven, mamma
No, no, my son, my angel
mo one says cross words, mamma r
mo, bless your sweet tongue"
uAnd theBe Is nice cold water there,
and silver cups?
80 yes. my child; fountain Of living
waters =
uAnd it never gets dark there
Never, neverp and the tears fell il
streams down the mothers pale cheek.
And nobody gets nick and dies1'
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gar eenld,s WAY Of poing II.


Here is new and true story about jay
Gould A young friend of his son was
dining with the family. Conversation
turned on tricks, and the young friend
said he could take off q mans vest with
out removing his coat He explained
that feat which consists of working the
vest down the arms by gradually coaxing
the shoulders through the armholeS Then
the vest can be removed by slipping it OF
undsr the coat sleeves Dexterity and
patience are required The young man
was positive he was the only one present
who could do it Mr.. Gould listened at
tentively to the explanation and said that
any man could do 1t. and that he could do
il on the spot The caller was zealously
anxious 10 bet his modest pile against an
equal sum to be put up by the million
aire; but the latter advised him not 10 bet
any more than big apple as he would
be sure to lose it Mr. Gould thereupon
proceeded to perform the elusive act He
first took off his coat.
Hold on sir, said the young man.
'that is not permitted; it is barred
Il understand that. replied the banker
IN put on the coat again I'm only get
ting ready.
Then he took off his vest and at once
put on his coat. and succeeded it with
putting on his vest outside of his coat
I'm at your service now. he quietly
said.
The young man lost an apple. but
gained verihcation of the important
truth that there is more than one way OF
doing thing. In his own style there is
no greater lover of quiet fun than Jay
Gould
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Divine services We're held every Sun-
day morning in the old hall 81 taa
house OF representatives. but when The |
new hall was occupied. and the war
was commenced: congress began to |
eject W ashington clergymen as chan
iains- who preferred TO occupy their
own palpits, ami thus save the exneuse
of hiring substitutes The result has
been that while under the old plan az
having congressional services al the
capitol nearly all of the senator's ana
representatives attended. nut few Of
them now ever darSen the doors of the
city churches
The old hall Of the house. modelled
after Grecian theatre. was rs innos-
ing in appearance as it was unfit for
legislation. the talent of successive
architects. OF the luxuriant |. EafanL
the magnificent Latrobe, aud the
practical Buifinch, aided by the deco
rations of accomplished seulptors.
foreign and domestic, and set of by
all the gorgeousness of modern up
holstery and Honduras mahogany.
wrought and polished by the master
artists of New York and Philadelphia.
had conspired to make room utterly
unit for any earthly purpose 10 which
IT could never be applied, for no men,
Der could hear what anv other member
said AT the bottom of lofty colon
made, which riyaled the portico of the
Pantheon in magnitude and surpassed
1t in the richness of its materials was
the curtained pagoda, which. like the
| poets nightcap, "a cap by night. a
| stocking all the day." after serving for
six days as the throne of human legis-
/ lation, became the chair of pulpit elo-
quence on the seventh. There was a
choir composed OF those officers of con-
! gress who were singers. with the wives
| and daughters of some of them. and
| hymn books were provided.
The chaplains of the senate and OF
the house, who alternately ofiiciated,
adhered to their respective forms OF
| worship. Distinguished diyines visit
ing the metropolis were invited to Off
ciate at the capitol on Sunday. and
| thus Roman Catholic bishops, Hebrew
| rabbiS, Unitarians, Presbyterians. Epis-
copahans, and Methodists each had an
| opportunity for explaining their re-
| spective ereeds. Whenever the sermon
| was too long. and an inspection O
watches told the audience that the
northern mail had arrived. there were
visible signs of impatience. When i
waxed later, and resident auditors
who went to the city churches in tn,
afternoon, began to fear that they woulC
lose their own early and frugal SUNDAY
dinner, other symptoms of disquietud,
were visible. And when at last tn,
dinner bells were heard from til,
neighboring boarding-houses, many o
| the audience would uneeremouiousll
leave. bringing the preacher to Al
abrupt conclusion. 1t is TO be regret
ted that these congressional services a
the capitol have been discontinued
They secured the attendance of th
senators and representatives, not on
in twenty of whom now hear sermon
and they exercised a pleasant influenc
upon the asperities of legislation. =
| Ben: Perieu PO0re
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Beauty rha. !. No, Costly


The new STYLES Of architecture .,a
house decoration are friends Of sbors
purse as wei as long one In has MOI
been many years since the house had To
oe finished IN certain kind of grand
style or II was mere noneafitv
great change has come. and now a house
may be built with q few thousand dollars
that VIII be as beautiful. as good, as the
reasonable heart can wish.
Beauty has at last escaped the service Of
the rich, and has entered into a kind Of
conspiracy for the purpose of making a
cottage surpSSs a palace While many arc
still suffering from the absence of employ
ment. or else from poor pay for hard
work, yet the planet has become a littls
weary of turning over into day and night
and summer and winter for the sake OF
the rich alone. aud seems to say. 1T is
time for the millions to have chance .
4 new dwelling house comes with It's
cheap gables. with its shingled bands. lbs
little sprinkle of stained glass. its red, vel
low and dark green colors. with its pins
finish, with its earpetless Eoors. with its
tinted walls and behold nothing in the
world is more pleasing or better adapted
To the wants of father. mother ard child
The color art has come in TO the aid Of
the common pockeibook. When beauty
lay in marble or stone or brick or heavy
columns or imported woods. the ordinary
money purse gave up hope; but recently
came the color art 10 rival carver and
sculptor and the goldsmith; aud color be
ing an inexpensive form of beauty. it has
set up the common man above his old
humble condition. No dealer in stucco OF
! in costly fieseo can much surpass wall
finished in terra Gotta paper relieved by a
broad band of blue. The common calci
mines and wall papers have gotten th'
| old high style artists into corner and
seem to say TO them; BEAT US if yos
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
Among the NIoonshiners.

tCharieS Dudley Warner in The Auantic-l
The mountain regions of North Caro-
lima are free from mosquitoes. but the fly
has settled there and is the universe,
scoarge. The traveller, who has read
about the Illicit stills in the mountains is.
however, doomed to disappointment II
he wants TO make himself an exception to
the sober people whose cooking will make
him long for the maddening bowl, he
must bring his poison with hina.
We stopped at house for a glass OF
milk While the woman in charge went
for it we sat on the veranda and con.
versed with a discreet, pleasant, pretty
girl This surely must be the Esmeralds
who lives in these mountains and adorns
low life by her virgin purity and senti
ment. AS she talked on she turned from
time TO time to the fireplace behind her
and discharged a dark fluid from her
pretty lips with accuracy of aim and with
a nonehalance that was not assumed. but
belongs to our free born American girls
| can not tell why this habit of hers
should take her out of the romantic set
ting that her face and figure had placed
her in; bat somehow we felt inclined to
ride ON further for our heroine
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
How the Gar Travels.
London World.1

London w orld.
The carriages which are used by the
Queen when travelling long distances
are very comfortable enough to satisfy
the most exacting passenger, and the
imperial train of the late Emperor
Napoleon used to be considered miracle
of luxury; but the latter was not good
enough for the late Gar, who purchased
it, and it was improved and altered and
refurnished out of recognition before it
was pronounced fit for use in Russia.
The English saloons sink into utter
contempt when compared with it. This
train, which is always used by the
Emperor and Empress for long journeys,
carried them to kremsier and back
There are sixteen carriages, of which the
first is kitchen, and then comes one
for police agents, one for the military
suite, three for members of the House
hold and two for the Imperial family,
each Grand Duke having an entirely
separate compartment, which can be
fitted for either day or night use. The
carriage of the Empress has spacious
sleeping compa rtment, with a hammock
bed, furniture of ebony and utensils of
silver, and an immense looking glass.
There is bathroom, completely fitted,
and a compartment for the lady-in-
waiting. The Empress's sitting
contains a writing-table, sofa, and
easy chairs. The Emperor's sleeping
carriage is fitted with olive-green leather,
and only contains bed and dressing
table and bath. Then comes sitting
room, fitted very simply; and lastly the
dining-room, which is furnished with
carved oak, and merely contains tables,
chairs and sideboard. There is com.
munication throughout the train from
one end to the other.
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Resolutions of CeEtreville Grange.
No. $50.

WoRrHY MASTER: Your Committee
on Public Policy respectfully submit
the following:
Resoiced, |, That we, the members OF
Centrevile Grange, No. $50, feel just
and commendable pride in the display
made by our State at the late New r
leans Exposition, and commend Major
Jonas and his corps of assistants Tor the
ereditable manner in which the State
exhibits were managed.
2 That We oppose any further appro-
priatiOns being made out OF the state
funds for Exposition purposes; beilev-
ing that the public interest does not
demand such expenditure, and that
the benefits accruing To the State are
not commensurate with such outlay OF
the peoples money.
3. That the members of our next
legislature be urged to refuse to make
2DN further appropriation for Exposi-
.sn purposes.
4. In cur opinion it would be Tar bet
ter for the public good and more salts
factory to the people if such appropria
tions were placed to the Educational
fund.
3. That the Secretary furnish the
Farmers .ldrocate and TIC CLARION
with copy of these resolutions for pub
lication.
w. d. BULLAIp, com,,ee
w. +. PETTY,
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The Bulldogs Grip.

One often hears of a bulldogs grip.
but seldom of q case where dog
showed such tenacity as bulldog ex-
hibi.ed at Wethersfield few days ago.
William Smith. of that town, owns a
hunting dog. A savage bulldog pitched
into him. seizing him by the shoulder,
and refused to let 60. The hunting
dog. badly frightened, howled and
struggled with terror, and tried to pull
away, but the bulldog held on to him
with death grip The hunting dog
dragged him, by the teeth in his flesh.
across the road to his own home, howl
ing for help. VIII Smith tried to make
the aggressor let go by kicking him.
but this didn't make him wink. He
then rushed for pitchfork, and drove
the tines plump into him twice He
still showed no signs OF letting go.
Mrs. Smith then ran for an AK. and
gave the brute two solid blows with tine
head of it. the second one having the
desired effect The dog let go, and
seemed to feel quite sick. He had go'
his death wounds, and ere long ns
died While Smith was piunging tht
fork into him, the jaws of the dog die
not remain fixed, but would momentar
lily relax their hold; but before ths
hunting dog could escape the rclentles.
jaws would close again. aud tho gril
would continue. He was s.goos
blood. but the Smith family had
persuasive way with them. = 4 ssc Harcl
I&14tQ0}&<1>t- 81
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The Russian Peasantry.

| can see many signs of change and
improvement since my previous visit to
this country in 1872 writes a CORES
pondent to the San Francisco Cltroni-
Gle For centuries the Russian peasant
had scarcely any idea of personal liber-
ty. He was liable to be worked to
death, to be unlawfully and excessively
taxed, to be torn from his family and
sent into the army or TO Siberia. and
to see his children similarly treated.
In 1868 Russian serf-owner. a woman,
was convicted of having done to death
by inhuman tortures during course of
ten years no less than one hundred of
her serfs, among them several young
girls of not over II years of age. An
other female fend pricked a boy to
death with pen-knlfe because he had
neglected to feed her rabbits. All this
is now changed. The serfs have be-
come independent of their lords,
whose authority is replaced by commu-
nal self-government. the rural COM
munes have gradually acquired the
lands formerly held by the mobiles, and
have distributed them among the
families which compose the commune
with great impartiality and due regard
to their several claims and abilities.
The mobiles have not failed to accommo-
date themselves to the change. For
merly they passed their lives in Idle
ness, gambling and sensuality, despis
ing commerce and finding their only
career in the army. Since the eman-
cipation many of them have become
practical farmers and others have gone
into business or into the legal profess
sion and helped swell the rising middle
class. The peasant has of late years
fallen heir to new duties. The admin
istration of justice has greatly i'm
proved, and trial by jury has usurped
the place of the mobiles fiat. The peas
ants make very good jurymen. They
are uneducated. but do not lack in
shrewdness and common sense. Sharp
dealing in trade, assaults and battery,
and drunkenness they look upon as
venial faults, but burglary, arson,
highway robbery, and the graver
crimes are dealt with sternly and, up
on the whole, very fairly.
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sell whisky from which to raise this
pitiable sum of 292 cents.
| But let us read that section (7241 of
the Code again: whenever the amount
of school fund in the State Treasury in
any fiscal year does not in the aggregate
amount to three hundred thousand dol
lars the State Treasury shall
transfer from the general fund to the
common school fund sufficient amount
to make the sum of said school fund
three hundred thousand dollars All.
ha The Treasurer shall transfer-make
up the amount. So, then, the distribu-
| ton of this $500, 900 to the educable
children of the State is not contingent
at all upon the amount derived from
the sale of whisky. The Treasurer shall
not may, but shdll-transfer from the
general fund, sum sufficient to make
up $4,000 If not one dime should be
derived from the sale of whisky the
| $500, 900 would be distributed Just the
same.
Now read Sec. 730, page 225, Code of
1880 together with act of 1882, page II:
''It shall be the duty of the Board of
, Supervisors of each county in this State,
on or before the first Monday in Septem
Der, annually, to levy rax upon the
! taxable property of such county of three
mills on the dollar, to be collected as
other county taxes for general pur-
poses, and at the same time, and to
be paid into the county treasury to
J the credit of the common school fund, to
/, make up any deficiency an the aggregate
amount Of common school funds arising
| from other sources, necessary to DiaiRtdia
the public free schools of said county dur
| ing the term required by law" This,
like the other, provides that the entire
deficit in the common school fund of
any county, if any, shall be made good
and the support of the common schools
does not depend upon the sale of whisky.
AS in the other also provision is made
for the support and maintenance of the
common schools for the full term as
required by law.
Read again, Sec. 731, Code 1880, page
| 225, which says: "The Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of any town constituting a
separate school district shall, annually,
| levy tax sufficient to pay for fuel and
other necessaries for public free schools
of said district during the current schol-
astic year, and shall also make such levy
of taxes as may be necessary to main
! tain the pubic free schools in such city
or town, in accordance with this act"
Thus we see as in the State, and in
the county, so in the city, provision is
made for the support and maintenance
of the public schools whether revenue
for the same is collected from the sale
of whisky or not.
This hue and cry about the mainte-
nance of the public schools being depen-
dent upon the saloons or the sale of
whisky, is all nonsense, and entirely
erroneous as shown by the law quoted
above. We hope no one will be beguiled
into signing whisky petition by such
| false reasoning. y. y. y.
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TEN pairs of English sparrows were

TEN pairs of English sparrows were
let loose in Adelaide. South Australia,
few years ago, and now they have prob
ably 100000, not spread over the
colony, but crowded into the settled
districts, for they feed almost entirely
on the fruit and grain produced by cul-
tivation. A recent letter from Adelaide
says: "The sparrows are now busy pick
ing off the almond fruit buds as they
swell, and the pecan, apricot and plum
will be attended to in due course.
Should any buds be spared, the sparrows
are early in .heir attention to the ripen-
ing fruit, and the grain, before ready
for reaping, will be cleared by them. IL
the sparrows We have an enemy far
worse than the red rust, locust or Rus
slams, and what with the favorable eli
mate, the absence of natural enemies
and the immense breeding grounds in
the ranges, my impression is that unless
some effective remedy is found, the
whole colony will, in less than twenty
years, be reduced to mere sheep walk. =
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angels bring them water. / know he
would, from the big fountain. o MAN.
ma, don't cry. Do people cry in
heaveng''
20 no, sweet one; God wipes away all
tears, replied the weeping mother.
And the angels kiss them off s'pose.
But tell me.mamma, will he come there ?
'Who, my son?"
ou know. mamma-papa."
Hush Freddy, dear, lie still you worry
yourself.
20, my throat, Dear me, if only had
little water in tumbler, mamma. lpst
one little mouthful."
You shall have it" and as the moth
er said this, the poor child passed away
into the arms of Him who shall ever
more give it of the bright waters of
everlasting life.
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We will sing you song for our own native land,
Where the minions OF Baeehus hold sway;
Now in battle array like militant band
Yet their faces betoken djsmay.
We are armed to the teeth with the weapons oi
truth
And will never surrender the field,
We viii battle God with the vigor of youth,
His protection our helmet and shield.
They have turned deaf ear to our suppIiani
prayers,
Our petitions have treated with scorn:
But our Father above always witnessed each tear
OF our sisters and mothers forlorn;
Not in vain have toiled, not in vain have they
wept,
Not in vain are our votes for the right
God has counted each tear, he has heard every
prayer,
And is guiding his own in the fight.
Let our foes understand that the time is at hand,
Which shall banish their whisky and beer;
Let their wrath overflow with their own overthrow
While our hearts are elate with good cheer.
'In the sweet by and by" which is surely to come
Like angel of light, to command
Redemption complete from our bondage to rum
For our homes and our native land.
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vertooekhoven's sheep Factory.


One day an American-it is always an
American-entered \ erboeckhoven's stu.
dio. He saw a picture which pleased
him, and bought it at the artists price.
$240 He could not take it away with
him Immediately. and. when he came for
it. some time after. the painter had an
other, just like it, nearly finished He
was putting in an extra lambkin wheE
the American returned A happy thought
struck the latter he would take the sec
ond picture too; it would form pendant
to the other But Nerboeckhoven wanted
$3.50 for it. His customer hesitated
"Well, WELL" said he, -the same price
then; and. dipping rag in turpentine.
he wiped cut the lambl The dealers. l.
is said. were in the habit of sending Yer
boeckhoyen orders crouched in terms
like the following: Wanted. by Mon
day, three pictures of the usual descrip
tion-eow, with two sheep. He wa,
never known to fail