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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
An Anomalous Assembly

Was held in the West Jackson Engine
House on Monday, August, 17th-a
Liquor Dealers Convention. We regret
not being able to publish full re-
port of the proceedings of this august
assemblage. One gentleman who went
in to look and listen was made
to walk out, and the editor of the Tenn
perance Department was denied admis-
sion though he asked il with all polite
ness and earnestness. The good-na-
tured saloon proprietor looked somewhat
shame-faced, as he replied to the modest
request, ''it is very well for you to go
up into the engine house to preach on
Sunday afternoons, but we don't want
your sort up there now" We confess
iation, in having had the door of a
Convention of our fellowcitizens closed
against us. Was it because they thought
we would hurt them, or that their pur-
poses and principles would be contami-
mating to our ''sort~ We were curious
to know the object of this conelave. 1t
may be, they feared that "the hope of
their gains" was dsrkening; that in spite
of their oft repeated assertion to the
contrary, they really believed that Pro-
hibition was tightening its coil around
the craft by which they have their
wealth, and that they must do something
to protect it.
The real purpose of the Convention
became apparent by the presentation to
the Democratic State Convention, "for
their favorable consideration, a series
of whereases and resolutions in which
pitiable wall was made against "sump-
tuary laws, which vex the citizen and
interfere with his personal liberty" and
that "unfair and fanatical war being
waged in favor of Prohibition" They
pleaded "that the party now in power
should not do us the great wrong of
passing measures prohibiting our pur-
suits" All! Prohibition, then, is to be
feared: its growth is so rapid, its atti-
tude so threatening that even a despair
ing appeal is made to the great Demo
cratic party lest it should prohibit. But
the great Democratic party, the party of
the people, consigned those resolutions
to oblivion; they were referred to the
Committee on Resolutions, and when
their report was made, behold there was
no reference whatever to the paper of
the liquor-dealers, and it had no cham
pion of sufficient effrontery to call it up.
it was just showed under so deep that it
will never be thawed out.
The Prohibitionists have been blatant
ly accused of intending to control the
politics of the country, but they held
their Convention, and no overture was
made to. or threat against any political
party. The liquor men convene and
rush for recognition before the Demo
cratic party and intimate that unless
their warning is needed the party will
be divided and defeated "Look here,
upon this picture, and on thisr
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
BY JAMES GAYLORD CLARK.

Swing inward, gates of the future,
Swing outward, We doors OF the past,
For the soul OF the people is moving
And rising from slumber al last;
The black forms OF night are reireating,
The white peaks have signzled the day,
And freedom her long roll Is beating.
And calling her sons to the Tray
And woe to the rule that has plundered
And trod down the wounded and slain.
While the wars Of the Old Time have thundered
And men poured their life-tide in vain;
The day Of its triumph is ending,
The evening draws near with its doom,
And the star Of its strength Is descending
To sleep In dishonOr and gloom
Swing inward, o gates. till the morning
Shall paint the brown mountains in gold,
TIL the life and the love OF the New Time
Shall conquer the hate Of the Old.
Let the face and the hand OF the Master
No longer be hidden from view,
Nor the lands he prepared for the many
Be trampled and robbed by the few.
The soil tells the same fruitful story,
The seasons their hOunties display,
And the flowers lift their faces in glory
To catch the warm kisses of day,
While our fellows are treated cattle
That are muzzled when treadug the corn.
And millions sink down in life's battle
with sigh for the day they were born.
Must the sea plead in vain that the river
May return 10 its mother for rest,
Ana the Earth beg the rain-clouds TO give her
OF dews they have drawn from her breast
L0i the answer comes back in mutter
From dOmes where the quick lightnings glow,
And from heights where the mad waters utter
heir warning TO dwelleTs below.
And woe 10 the robbers who gather
In kelds where they never have Snwn,
W no have stolen the jewels from labor
And buided to Mammon a throne;
For the snow king asleep by the fountains
Shall wake in the hot summers breath,
And descend in his rage from the noun taius
Bearing terror, destruction, and death.
And the throne of their God shall be erulnbled,
And the scepter be swept from his hand
And the heart OF the naughty be humb.ed,
And a servant be chief in the land
And the Truth and the Power united
shall rise from the graves Of the True,
And the wrongs Of the Old Time be righted
Into the might and the light of the New.
For the Lord OF the harvest hath said it.
Whose lips never uttered lie,
And his prophets and poets have read it
In symbols of earth and Of sky,
That to him who has reveled in plunder
Till the angel of conscience is dumb,
The shock of the earthquake and thunder
And tempest and torrent shall come.
Swing inward, o gates OF the future
Swing outward, We doors OF the past,
giant is waking from slumber
And rending his letters at last
From the dust, where his proud tyrants found him
Unhonored and seorned and betrayed
He shall rise with the sunlight around him
And rule in the realm he has made.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
Ways of sleeping.

..Men have different ways of sleep
ing.n said the proprietor of down
town 15-cent lodging-house- Some
can't sleep unless their heads are
turned in a certain direction l reserve
one of my beds every Saturday night
for q man who comes in from the coun-
try. 1t heads northwest and southeast.
and he saws that is the only way he can
sleep. But most of my customers are
poor men. and so tired that they are
Glad to throw themselves down and
sleep any way
s.Some bury themselves in the bed
clothing until you would think that
they would surely smother. Others lie
on their backs, and this is the kind
that snore. See these linen strips!
When q man snores so loudly as to dis
turb the others. tie up his chin so
softly rs not to awaken him He don't
snore any more after that / have to
keep awake all night on the lookout
| for sleep-walkers. who might injure
themselves If not cared for. - Aesc
York Sun-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
Little Joe.
BY LILLE CLIFFORD.

Poor little Joe, the sharp. cutting
winds of winter had no mercy for him.
They tossed his curly locks around his
fair boyish face and bright red cheeks.
There were tears in his deep blue ewes
that he could not keep back, for it was
so cold. Night was fast coming on.
He dreaded to go to his home. 1t scarce
lyi deserved that name, for the wind 5
swept through it and the snow drifted
in the cracks, and mGyhap a drunken
father, eursing ano swearing. would be
the only one to meet him. Is it any
wonder he hesitated before Turning in
that direction?
He saw the coaches passing with their
load of happy occupants toward home,
to warm fresides and loving friends.
and the tears rolled down his cheeks as
he thought of the home awaiting him.
He ran on among the crowd, scarcely
needing where he was going, when a
heavy hand was laid on his shoulder.
and thick voice ordered him home.
He looked up. 1t was his father,
drunk, worse than he had ever been be-
fore, with strange look in his dark
grey eyes.
He pushed him along through the
crowd, first this way, then that, for he
was so drunk he could scarcely stand.
AT last they reached home With an
oath that would make a sober man
shudder, the drunken brute kicked open
the door and thrust the boy in.
He pulled a broken match from his
pocket, lighted half-used candle and
called the boy to him.
loo anna trap,h1inn
look up in his face.
''See here, youngster, you've bin
round here long 'nough, and nary a
cent have We brought home, an | aint
goin' to stan it any longer; you've got
to steal, long as you won. beg. Dye
hear?' he asked with a curse. Joe
answered, in a low tone of voice:
Father, do hear, but l cannot steal.
Mamma told me it was wrong, and /
cannot do it,"
As he ceased speaking his father
sprang up, grasped the stool he was
sitting on, and flung it at the boy.
Joe sank down, moaning piteously.
As soon as his father found he was
alive be staggered out to quench his
thirst with that fiery liquid that had
broken his wife's heart, ruined himself,
and killed his son.
Joe crawled into a corner, and tried
vainly to keep warm.
1t had begun to snow early in the
evening, and the earth was covered
with mantle of pure white.
The next morning the police and
four men came in bearing his fathers
body. He had never reached the saloon,
but had frozen to death on the way.
As they entered the room this is what
they saw:
A little thin figure, covered all but
his head with shroud of cold, white
snow. Two little hands folded as if in
silent supplication; blue eyes closed
never to open again; curls flung over a
little thin, starved face, through which
frozen tears giistened in the sunlight.
That night, while other little forms
were soundly sleeping in warm-cevered
beds, little Joe had gone to meet his
mother, where no unkind words should
ever more greet him, and no chilling
winds ever more blight him, and God
should wipe away all tears from his
ewes New York Advocate.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
RedcIofhes of Paner.

a paper-making firm in New Jersey
has for several weeks been turning out
counterpanes and pillow-cases of paper.
No. MANILA paper is used, two large
sheets being held together by slender
twine at intervals of three or four
inches; the twine is gummed so as to
hold the sheets firmly together where
it lies A hem is placed on the coun-
terpane to keep it from tearing; the
safety edge is composed of twine. Or
namental designs are stamped on the
outer surface of the covers and pillow
cases, giving them q neat. attractive
appearance
When the eounterpanes and pillow
cases become wrinkled from use, they
can easily be smoothed out with hot
fiat-iron. The counterpanes can be left
on the bed when it is occupied. and in
cold weather will be found q warm
covering, paper preventing the escape
of heat. The new paper bed-clothing
is rs cents per set, and viii probably
become very popular. Paper Maker.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
Took No Stock in Evolution.

al never took much stock in this ev-
olutioE, Darwinian theory of the origin
of man, remarked an elderly passen-
ger, as he moved to the other end of
the car to escape the drawl and cigar
cite smoke of dude who had just
come in from the sleeping car. For
years a friend of mine has tried to
make me believe in the theory. and has
argued it all out. A favorite notion of
his is that at certain stages of the de-
velopment and in certain cases evolu-
ton turns back and moves toward its
originals. l never was able to believe
in the doctrine. but now that | see
with my own eyes indisputable proof
of the correctness of the latter part of
his idea am inclined to accept the
whole of it.
..What proof do you refer TOP"
s.Why that thing down there at the
other end of the car smoking cigar
ette- It's hard to believe that man
sprang from the monkey, but if that
isn't case of man re-evoluting toward
the ape I'm no good as an observer. =
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
sam Patch,. Last Lcnn.


\ correspondent of the Cincinnati
I Commercial Gazette. who describes
/ himself as an eve witness of sam
1 Patch'S last two jumps. writes as fol-
/ lows: sam Patch. the famous cat
aract leaper. who asserted that 'some
things could be done as well as others.
took his final. eternal and life's fatal
leap. As 4 local poet expressed it at
the time, on gloomy day in Novem-
Der in the year 1929 He had Jumped
the GeneSee Falls At Rochester. their
natural height. one week before. ana
was induced by the gamblers aud
roughs who were grooming and man
aging and living off him TO repeat the
feat on the fatal occasion. They erect
ed sort of scaifold on the iutting
rock whence he had taken his depart
ure on the previous occasion, making
it . feet above the rock, or l20 feet in
all, from the scaffold floor 70 the sur
face of the river at the foot of the falls
Ascending to the scaffold with some
difficulty. considerably inebriated. aud
by a steep ladder. the unfortunate
demonstrator straightened up with a
jerk, bowed awkwardly on all sides TO
the Witnessing thousands. then pushed
pet. bear oil he had with him and
instantly leaped forward himself His
person 'cauted over on the left side
and struck the water forcibIy, no doubt
bruising him and forcing the breath
from his body. Nothing more was
seen of him till the next March. when
his corpse was discovered among somo
bushes at the mouth of the river. seven
miles below. very much mutilated. but
recognizable by a handkerchief tied
around the body Patch, beginning on
the schooner yardarms at Paterson, n.
j., was special leaper for twenty
years or more, jumped from amazing
heights at Niagara twice before he tried
the Genesee rapids, and challenged the
inspection of admiring thousands to
the realities of his feats. II yet living
he would be about 90 years of age, bu.
who knows if he had not tackled John
Alcohol. his bear, and great leap at
one time he might not be jumping
vet?n
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
Liquor and Lying.

DR.. Norman Kerr, one of the most
distinguished psychologists of the pres
ent century, in an article upon the per
version of intellect resulting from the
excessive use of alcohol, says: "If there
is one feature which more than another
is characteristic of the dipsomaniac, it is
that of untruthfulness. Habitual ex
cessive indulgence in strong drink would
turn the most truthful person in this
country into an unblushing liar Nor is
this all. If he were to forswear his cups
and become consistent abstainer, il
would be long ere here recovered, if he
ever did completely recover, his former
power to speak the truth, and to dis
criminate between the false and the
true" He adds: "ThIs utter overthrow
of the truthful sense is especially marked
in women. > Washington Record.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26

A MOST conspicuous illustration oi
hereditary drunkenness is the family Of
Daniel Webster. Webster was a Titar
in body and mind, and a hard drinker
His son was far weaker man and more
of drunkard. That sons son died ol
deliraum tremens, and that branch of the
Webster family has become extinct
Many of us know similar cases of rapid
physical degeneration from the same
cause. What shall be sufficient excuse
for intelligent parents practicing habit:
which entail disease, lessen physical and
mental force, and anmalize the mora
nature p Golden Rule
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26

and He will yet pull them out of the surf
to the shore.
Amid the heat and rush of popular
wickedness, it is supreme consolation
TO the Christian public to realize that
God rules and his arm is mighty to
deliver The Issue.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
Elk Lieutenant Governor Sims

Who so ably and so gracefully pre-
sided over the late Democratic Conven-
ton, is a faithful friend of the great
Temperance Cause, and is doing yeoman
service in delivering Columbus, his place
of residence, from the blighting effects of
the saloon
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26

FIVE saloons were closed in Chatanoo-
ga last week. A dispatch to the Nash
vile american attributes the fact to hard
times. The hard times that stimulate
economy in this significantly new direc-
tion will not be an unmixed calamity
Nashville Ad1,Oe1fe
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26

REV. c. III. SPURGEoN writes the Voice
that he is total abstainer, advocates
total abstinence, and rejoices in wearing
the blue ribbon. This statement was
brought out by circulated report that
Mr.. Surgeon occasionally INDUCED in a
glass of wine
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26

Mrs. BAyARD, wife of the Secretary
of State, recently reported dangerously
i'll, has sufficiently recovered to proceed
| to 4 seaside resort.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

CONDUCTED By REV. c. G.. ANDREWS, D. D.
Jackson Miss TO whom all contributions Tor this
Department should be addressed.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26

A Connecticut COW swallowed 500
hairpins the other day. II the woman
who owns the hairpins wants to get
them again she will have to strain the
milk carefully.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26
Some Historical Information.

Following is an exact copy of a COM
position in history by a little 10-year-
old girl attending one of the secondary
schools of this city. The thoughts.
dates and punctuation and spelling all
prove that the little lady is endowed
with striking originality:
HISTORY.
l. William Penn was born in Boston
in 1907. His father was a soap and
and candle maker. But William did
not like that trade. Then the Govern
ment owned his father large sum of
money. and when he died il was given
all to William Penn. He was the first
white man who founded Pennsylvania
He founded Pennsylvania because His
name was William Penn. William Penn
Joined the Quakers but his father did
not ike It. And he discovered America
in the year 1892.
2. George Washington the first Presi-
dent of the United States, born in Viz
gina in the year When George was a
| little boy he would never tell lie Be
cause he thought it was not nice IL
It's not nice neither. He studied all
/ kinds of things to be a President
3. Abraham Lincoln was born IN
1 Wales in 1909 His father was wool
comber, but Abraham did not like that
trade. One day Abraham was stand
| ing on the railroad and man oy ths
name of Gitue came behind INN ana
shot him. Then he got put IN jan Ior
IL But il was not nice OF him because
he shot him on the railroad
4 Roger Williams discovered Amer
100 1493'-L Lancaster I'ateltigeHcer-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-26

At what time was Adam marriedg ?
On his wedding Eve.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-05

OF Base Bal 70 DO Played on the Fair
Gruuuds Tomorrow.

| GruupuB Tomorrow.
Arrangements are being made for &
very interesting game OF base ball that is
10 be played on the State Fair grounds to-
morrow afternoon between the Globes Of
Bcllairc, and picked nine. The Globes
arc well known as very strong and
active amateur club and have many ad-
mirers in this city. Blu. on this occasion
interest will bs largely centered in the
picked nine. 1t will bs made up
as follows: Sam Barley, second
baseman Of the st. Louis Browns,
the champion OF the Association,
will play behind the bat. Jack Glasscock,
the phenomenal short stop, who has been
playing with the st. Louis League club,
will play at second. Joe Miller, who has
been with the Louisvilles, will play at
third. Will White, who has been with
the Nationals, OF Washington, will do the
short atop act. Clarence Laird will pitch ;
Junkins will play at first; NIoHett will BIO
in the left, Rick in the centre and Scheele
in the right.
1t can bs scen that this will make a
great nine. The boys who-have been
away from home playing in foreign clubs
have all returned, and are looking well
and in fine spirits. ali the picked nine
have at different times played with each
other but how they will do without prac.
tica remains to be seen. 1t is not the idea
to make any money on to-morrroW's
game.
An JNTELLIGISCER reporter had short
talk with Barley last evening. He APP
pears to be in prime condition aud ia very
proud OF the fact that he ia member OF
the great champion club. On the return
OF the Browns 10 st. Louie they were
lionized to great extent, Palace cars were
provided 10 bring them TO St. Louis, they
we're dined and fetcd en- route, and at st,
Louis thousand plate banquet, big
parade and numerous other attentions
awaited them. Barkley has not yet
signed for next year, but expects
to as soon as the managers agree
TO his terms. He goes 10 New Orleans in
few days to Join tine Browns, they hay
ing been engaged to play exhibition games
on the Exposition grounds. He will be
absent on that trip about six weeks.
Gla&CoCk, Miller aud White are in good
spirits over their respective records and
are being warmly greeted at home by their
many friends.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-05

Matters of Minor Moment in and About The
CITY.


"DAoxAR" at the Opera House again
this evening.
The river at this point Es on 8 stand
with depth Of Z feet II inches in the
channel.
TAs Morning Star Social will give q
grand masquerade dancing and skating
carnival at the Island rink Friday even.
ing,
The Elite Social will give its opening
hon for the season at Arion Hall this
evening. This organization Is composed
Of well known young gentlemen who
know how TO arrange for pleasant time
REv. G. N. Short will delivsr an illus.
trated lecture this evening at First Baptist
Church. Twelve paintings, 517 feet, will
be shown representing scenes In the lie
Of the "Prodigal Son" Admission only
10 cents.
THERE was large audience at Charley
Shay's Academy at the natinCe yesterday,
aud fair one les, evening. The Rent
irow Pathfnders, which have given first
class entertainment all week, will MAKE
an entire change OF bill this evening.
The Oxford League will give public per
Torrance at Fourth Street NJ. L. Church
this evening. An interesting programme
will DO rendered, covering essaye, Bible
readings, Rotations, excellent music, &c
A cordial invitation is extended TO the
public to be present.
YESTERDAY small confectionery store
on the east side OF Jacob street, below
Sixteenth, was robbed OF small amount
Of money by two sneak thieves. One en-
gagged the woman, who owns the place, in
conversation at the front door while his
confederate slipped in at the rear and
tapped the till.
0XE Of the most elegant and enjoyable
carnivals ever given in Wheeling rink
occurred last night at the North Wheel
ing rink under the auspices Of a private
party OF well known young people. There
sas large attendance and nothing bu
the Observation-Disclosures Mayors orchestra
furnished enhancing strains for botl
dancing and skating. \ magnificent lunch
was served at a seasonable hour, adding
to the enjoyment Of the occasion.
TnR Young Mems Christian Associa
tons throughout the world, by appoint
neut Of successive worlds conferences and
international conventions, have for some
yearJ regularly observed the second Sun
day in November, with the week follow
ing, rs day and week OF prayer for youpG
men and for the success OF Christian
effort in their behalf. Preparations are
now in progress by the local association
for special services, which will be held
during tue week.