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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-11

ROSE HILL, MISS, February, g, 1884.
EDITOR CLARION: am glad to see
that you have given one column of The
CLARION, to the cause Of Temperance
and Prohibition. II the sale of whisky
a- . beverage is an evil in our state, the
christian portion Of the voters should by
alI means vote against it, for no evil
should be tolerated by christians, ! am
uo fanatic in the cause-only wish to do
ADJ the good ] can for my fellow men.
[ consider the retailing and use Of liquor
bs now practiced in Mississippi the
greatest evil in the State, perhaps
causes more trouble and expense to the
5tate. than anything else, besides the
great destruction Of lives, and the ruina-
ton of so many persons and families.
am well acquainted with all the argu-
meuts in favor Of selling and drinking
Of liquor, but they viii not stand against
what are facts, and what | have wit
messed in Amite county and this part of
Mississippi, and Louisiana, for the last
80 years. ! am native of Amite
county, and have resided here on my
farm for the last 20 years, and have
always been temperate man, and a
cO-e observer of men, and business, and
have never known but very few, if any
one. who retired or died rich who made
their money or start in business, by sell
ing whisky. and believe a majority Of
retailers of liquor become drunkards
Many men Of fine talents, and Of great
use 10 our country, have | known to die
from the Use of liquor, and many
more now know who are fast approach
ing druukard's grave. 1t makes me
feel sad 10 look back and think of so
many Of my friends who have passed
away By the use of liquor, and yet many
foolish young men, and many old ones
TOO, are putting up liquor saloons all
over our country, and especially on cur
new railroads. A greater mistake was
never made. Are christian families will
ing to move to a new railroad town,
where there are three or four whisky
shops licensed to sell and demoralize the
community, and labor of the neighbor-
houd-for what?-for the sake of their
money. Sould christian and temperance
people be willing to have their children,
educated bv money raised by taxes on
liquor shops? Friends and f9llow-citizens
let me ask you to think about this
liquor question, and think serious, and
LET every christian and temperance man,
and woman in Mississippi turn their
backs to all liquor shops, and all persons
connected with them; let Us encourage
everything that will improve and refine
our society, but nothing that will de
moralize it. These are my honest opin-
ions, cordially given. Let us have a law
giving the people chance to talk and
vote on it whenever they may wish to
do SO. e. !. CAPELL.
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Six Thousand Miles An Hour.

s'How much time do YOU think it
would take to send cable dispatch to
Scotland and receive reply?' was
asked a Times reporter yesterday by a
Western Union man. Having in mind
an experiment in the interior ofKansas.
when it took telegram ten hours to
reach. by a roundabout circuit, place
only hundred miles distant, reply
was ventured, About two days"
well, that's where YOU are fooled.
Day before yesterday dispatch was
sent from Independence, Mo-, to an in
land town in Scotland, and reply was
received in just an hour and ten min
utesn
.sMulhattan?''
mo. it's no Mulhattan story. 1t is a
fact. 1t was an ordinary business dis
patch, and took its turn in the ordinary
course of business.
..Do such things often happen to ca
BILE dispatches"
s.Well. if there is not a rush of busi-
ness, and if the wires are in good work
ing order, and the man at the other
end replies promptly, it ought not to
take more than three hours to get a re-
ply from an English or a Scottish town.
Two hours and half is not uncommon
time, but one hour and n minutes is
undoubtedly very remarkable time.
How many transfers are neees-
sary?n
This dispatch was sent from Inde-
pendence to Kansas City, from here to
St. Louis. thence to New York. thence
to the cable office, and thence 10 En-
gland. I suppose there were about
| five transfers on the other side 1t
could not have been long dispatch. OF
course. but the time made is still re-
markable. ''-Kansas City Times
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Sarah. The Rantam.


Mr.. Soper, yard engineer on the Lake
Erie and Western Road, and residing
in this city. has a bantam hen, Sarah.
which has ideas of her own. Sarah is
q little grey chick of very diminutive
pattern, shading TO partridge brown
about the head. and a short me since
determined to raise family. Looking
about for suitable place TO hatch her
progeny. she espied through the win
dow of her next neighhor's house. that
of Mrs N. H. Suffrin's, handsome
little tidy on center-table. on which
stood stuffed prairie chicken on
base covered with lichens. FLYING over
the lowered window. she picked the
lichens OFF. carefully selected wedding
bouquet dried and pressed from a
neighboring wall ornament and placed
it in the center, and was snuglv en-
seonced beneath the wing of the stuffed
fowl upon the center table when dis
covered.
She was removed and the wreck re-
placed, only to have it occur the second
and third tine. and it was only until
after a weeks persistent fight that she
gave up her chosen nest, and ceased to
make herself the brightest and prettiest
ornament in the lady's parlor Letter
IN the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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All, these fogs' My first experience in
them was one night few weeks ago,
when ! was riding home in a hanson
cab from the Savage Club, of which, by
the way, / am the new est, perhaps
ought to say, freshest, member. 1t was
a misty. damp sort of a night, so | drew
up my coat collar. and curled myself so
as to doze through a drive. / was arous-
ed by the stopping Of the cab, too soon,
| thought, for my journey end. |
tried to see where we were-I could see
absolutely nothing, 1t was not the
sensation of utter darkness, but of dark
grey blankets hung all around. The
driver got down off his perch behind,
and walked around ON the pavement,
pushing his feet forward as one does in
a dark hall feeling for a step. At last
he found the curbstOne. took its bear
ing carefully, remounted, edged the cab
along until the wheels struck it, and
then drove forward as fast as he could,
humping against the curb every now
and then. From time TO time we pass
ed confused blotcbes of light such as a
distant fire of a rainy night makes
in tie air Just above it-and affording
us about as much illumination. We
were really on the Kensington Gardens
continuation of Oxford street, one OF
the finest and busiest thoroughfares OF
the best residence portion of London,
and dim distant indications of light
were street lamps, about six feet away
from the curb, and only twenty yards
apart. Luckily. we got ahead of the
foo soon. and it was like emerging from
midnight into MONDAY. The newt
morning it was thick all over Noting
Hill. where / live. My dear little girl,
who preserves American habits of ear
ly rising, from which the rest of the
family. | grieve to confess, have sadly
deviated. came down first. and discov-
cred the hall and dining-room filled
with what she conee we'd to be smoke.
With a fine presence OF mind, (Which
would have infallibly burned the house
down had there really been a fire) she
opened all the doors and windows, rams
the servants bell, and then came uI
stairs to tell me the house was on fire
On the way down | met n servant wht
complained that young missy had un'
accountablv thrown all the Windows
and doors open. When | asked whert
the fire was, she said: Its no fire, /
YOU please sir; it's only the fawg!
And such fog thick, brown, choking
The furniture all as wet as if newl,
washed. the windows stained, the draf
in the fireplace stopped almost, anC
breakfast eaten off damp dishes at 9:3
o'clock. Harold Frederic in tttc,
ObSegUeT.
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Bubble Parties.

Bubble parties are expected to be re-
vived again this winter in adult fash
ionable circles. Some years ago they
were a craze among youths and child
rem. They did not recommend them
selves to older persons because they
were a superficial and not very solid
form of amusement BY surrounding
them with elaborate preparations such
as feasting, dancing, and music. how
ever. it is calculated to bring them up
to the necessary dignity of a fashiona-
BILE indulgence for grown persons. At
a bubble party on the south side last
week there were fifty invited guests
present. The invitations were for
o clock. The guests assembled around
the dining-room table, upon which lay
a generous pile of white clay pipes,
decorated each with a different colored
ribbon.
A large bowl of lather made of pure
white CASTLE soap reposed in the CEN
ter of the board As many as desired
participated in the sport. The hostess
held in her hand large box containing
prizes for the largest bubble, the most
symmetrical bubble, the smallest bub-
bic, the bubble which should retain its
form longest, the bubble which should
evaperate quickest, and, finally, the
best cluster of bubbles. Three judges
were selected, furnished with pen and
paper and the names of those who en-
tered. The prizes consisted of bon
bons in boxes, slippers, and fancy
pipes. The sport was very amusing.
TO make bubbles at all requires some
experience, and to make them well
calls for skill. One lady carried off
four prizes for the largest, the most
symmetrical, and the smallest bubble,
also the one which held its form long
est. She evoked great applause by
forming the latter in the pipe. and
then by skillful movement of the
hand freeing it and sending it sailing
in mid-air. She then held out her
bare. round arm and dexterously
caught the bubble on her delicate skin,
where it reposed for several seconds
before eyaporating-
After the bubble-blowing was over a
light repast of chocolate, ices, cake,
and fruits was served. followed by vo-
cal and instrumental music. the enter
tainment concluding with dance.
For SO light species of amusement
there is no little opportunity in bub-
bic party to pass time pleasantly.
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FOREIGN.

The Italian Government has forwarded TO
Massowah drafts for 81, ,0o0,00) for the pur-
chase of camels.
Lord Derby invited the colonial agents
resident in London to attend a conference
on the subject of offers to furnish troops
for service i'll the Soudan.
There is an intense feeling Of relief in
England at the now assured safety of Gen.
Buffers little army, which escaped annihi-
lation by almost a miracle. Gen. Wolseley
intends to hold the Korti-Gakdu route
The diary kept by Gen. Gordon during the
siege of khartoum, comprising six manu-
script volumes, has been forwarded to Lon
don.
Earl Granville stated in the British house
of Lords, Tuesday, that Russian troops had
been advancing in the disputed territory of
Afghanistan, and refused to withdraw when
requested by the English. Sir Peter Lums-
den had advised the Afghans to dispute ey-
cry inch of ground, in which the British
Government would uphold them. Gran
vile declined to answer question by Sails
bury whether peace between England and
Russia depends on a Squabble between Rus
sian and Afghan outposts.
At the Cabinet council held in London
Saturday three lines of action were pro
posed. The first was to resign at once, the
second to hold on and let the Opposition
howl, and the third to push through the Re-
distribution bill and then to take the
chances of general election. 1t is expect
ed that the last of these three propositions
will prevail. The Pail Mall Gazette says,
referring to the vote of censure, that the
House of Commons has found the verdict
Not guilty, but don't do it again" The
Tories are confident of success il a general
election shall be precipitated.
Lord Saiisburys motion censuring the
Government was adopted in the House OF
Lords by vote of 1s9 to Is. Sir Stafford
N0rthcote's motion of censuFe was rejected
in the House of Commons by a vote of 32
to zSS. During the debate in the House
loud explosion rang through the Parliament
buildings There was a good deal of ex-
citement until it was discovered that a
leaky gas-main bad blown up So great
WAS the excitement over the political crisis
that many valetudinarians had themselves
brought in carriages and wheeled to their
seats in invalid chairs. Others came on
cTutches.
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Proved it on Him.

This story, or something ike it. was
told by Gen. Shields when he last visit
ed Boston. While in Kentucky he was
approached by portly- substantial
looking man. who said: Il wish to
give you piece of advice Never deny
anything. Some time ago ! ran Tor
office in this section of the country, and
resolved to keep quiet, whatever was
said about me before the election,
which was to take place in about a
month The first week they accused
me of being horse-thief. but paid no
attention to it, The second week they
asserted that / had been treasurer of q
trust company and ran away with the
funds, and received this in silence.
The third week they said | induced my
right-hand neighbor to make over his
property to me temporarily. and then
refused to give ii up, and still made
no defense. The fourth week they
came forward with statement that l
had stolen the chickens OF my left
hand neighbor, worthy old lady, and
sent her to an insane asylum. This
made me indignant, and denied It in
public, and iii be burned If they didn' =
20 TO work and prove IT on me. There
Il moral contained in this story which
some of our political candidates might
lay To heart. Boston Courier
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-11
Plantation Philosophy.

De narrer-minded man totes short
string by which he measures de good
qualities O. de men whut he meets. but
his own good p'ints he measures wild er
cloze line.
De insecks Is sometimes got more
sense den a man. When yer sees er
pusson foolin rom er ho'net's nest,
yer may know dat de pusson. stead o.
de ho' net is er maxim er mistake
II amt BON in some folks ter be
homes. Doan' make no difference how
much er duck sociates wild chickens,
nor no matter how fur she lib frum wa
ter. soon ez she fins er puddle she
gwine In dar-
Rich folks has er cnis way O. 'berin'
de bible. One day or hongrv feller
went ter well-fed mans house an
say. says ne. !. member tie po. Oh,
/ ain't forgot yer. says lie well-fed
man, says 10. No. sab. / ainff forgot
YER. lii allus rncolleck yer. but dat !
iii. - Opie n Reud-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-11
For Lovers of the Antique.

Looking into antiquity, the date at
which the following jokes were COM
paratively fresh seems to be about as
appended:
A great attraction-a magnet 11S1-
The cradle is the rock of ages. $780,
Frozen fruit-a nice seckle pear.
1862.
Can mustard plasters be classed as
drawing materials? 1888.
A mustard plaster may not be very
artistic, but it draws WELL 1725-
They call them flies in theatre be-
cause they have wings on each side
1854.
Two physicians of different schools,
quarreling over the merits OF their dl-
verse theories, are an absurd paradox
1746.
A bawl room-the nursery Enoch
got this off when Methuselah was q
baby. Marlborough Times.
Because Chinaman has q private
cue it does not necessarily follow that
he is an adept at billiards This is far
fetched. but so is the Chinaman. 1706-
..Well. John, how is business with
you?'' bad, very bad" You haven't
been able to make anything. thenp"
ssOh, yes | have. ssWhat?' "An
assignment .-Oh!'' 1867.
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Who Help the Poor ?

Christian Intelligencer.
Robert Ingersoll asked his auditors
the other evening whether poor wretch
arriving in a village, without dollar
in his pocket would inquire the way to
a Presbyterian deacon's house; and they
greeted the sally with immense applause
He was trying to get off a smart satire
upon the meanness Of orthodox Chris
tlans as contrasted with the generosity of
infdels; but he missed his aim. Every
body knows that ministers and other
wetl-known Christian people are the
first to be besieged by beggars. / have
frequently said to these persons, "Why
do you come here2 Why do you always
90 20 ministers houses?' The invaria-
ble answer is that they think they will
be more likely to receive sympathy and
help there than elsewhere We might
retOrt the question of the Jolly lecturer
and ask whether poor stranger was
ever known to inquire where the infdels
Of the town lived, or whether person
in any sorrow was ever known TO seek
out an inidel to afford him comfort.
VIII the man who goes about ridiculing
Christianity tell his audience tie next
time he lectures where they can find an
intidel hospital or refuge of any kind
for poverty or distress, or any society
com posed of intidels which seeks out and
relieves the suffering, in this country or
any other on.the face of the EARTH
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-11

Niee-President were escorted to the
White House, whence they drove TO
the Capitol, being escorted thither by
troops of the regular army. the marine
corps, and the District militia. Short
ly before noon President Arthur, Presi-
dent-eleet Cleveland. and Vice-Presi-
dent-elect Hendricks entered the
Senate Chamber. Mr.. Hendricks was
sworn In as Vice President and pro-
eeeded to administer the oath of Office
70 the newly-elected members of the
Senate, thus completing its reorganiza-
ton The procession formed and es-
eorted Mr.. Cleveland To the platform
on the central portico of the Capitol.
President Arthur stepped forward fol-
lowed by the President-elect. Chief
Justice Waite, and the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate, Mr.. Cleveland
then delivered his inaugural address
at the conclusion of which he took the
oath as President of the United States
which was administered by Chief-Jus-
tice Waite. The ceremonies over. the
President and Vice president returned
TO the White House. The display o<
fireworks in the evening was followed
by the inauguration ball.
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A Very Strange Story.

A remarkable story comes from Scho-
harie county, New York. The writer
saws that a few miles from Schenectady
resided a couple, whose names are not
given. the wife being much the junior
of her husband They had lived to-
gether happily until a few days ago,
when the awful discovery was made by
the husband that he was the father of
his wife. having married her in total ig-
aorance of the existence of any rela-
tionship between them. while the girl
was equally ignorant on the subject.
The explanation of this peculiar mar
riaUe is that eighteen years ago the son
of a wealthy farmer elored with a 15-
vear-old girl and settled in Esperanee,'
Iowa. They lived there several years.
In the first wear of marriage a daugh-
ter was born to them. The Young wife
soon wearied of her husband. and TAX
ing her child with her eloped with a
drummer She lived with him at Chi
cago and fer husband could find no
trace of her.
The daughter was unkindly used by
the man. and being high-spirited she
fled from home at the age of II. On
/ the train she met a gentleman who dis
| covered ntT Sliu3tioI anu f'4stSFtt AA0h ia
/ the home of a res aectahle family. The
gentleman was much older than the
girl. but their friendship soon ripened
| into love- When the girl became II
/ years of age the two were married and
moved to Schoharie county, the former
| home of the bridegroom. They soon
became the happy parents of little
| girl and were living bissfully together.
Now, the young wife 5 mother lover
had died, leaving his victim anprovided
! for She learned that her daughter
had married and settled in Schoharie
county. and she resolved to seek her
out and make her home with her. When
she arrived on the scene what was her
horror to find her former husband and
daughter living innocently together as
man and wife. Realizing the wrong
she had done she Immediately returned
TO Schenectady and took the first train
for the west. The husband and wife,
or father and daughter, are almost fran
tic. They realize that their present re
lations must be broken and that theiI
child is a living monument to their IN
nocent crime The names of the par
ties are concealed for various Eeasons
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New DiaI-Diyision for Timepieces.

Now that the nations have adopted
the plan of a universal day." begin
ming for all the world at Greenwich
midnight and counted from zero up to
twenty-four hours, new dial-diyision
for our clocks and watches has become
a great desideratum. The inventor
who devises a simple and perfectly
clear method of indicating to the eye
and ear the hour reached by watch and
clock, respectively, will be a public
benefactor. 1t will be manifestly un-
satisfactory to have our clocks striking
"A o clock. and it seems difficult and
expensive to have our watches recon-
structed to mark twenty-four hours by
a single revolution of the hour hand.
In respect to public clocks it would be
very objectional to have the dial diyid
ed into twenty-four parts, because the
time of day has often to be read off at
great distances, and even now, with
the twelve-hour division, especially in
dim light, it is hard to decipher them.
To have two concentric circles on a
double twelve division plan (the hour
hand thus pointing to l and 13 o clock,
ETC. would be equally confusing,
Neither watches nor clocks so con-
structed could be read instantaneously
or without tedious mental effort, and it
would be, on artistic grounds objec-
tionable.
To meet these difficulties it has been
well suggested BY Mr. Hopkins. an En-
glish scientist, that the hours should be
contained in one circle, as now; but in
stead of being numbered conseeutively
from to "A, they might be arranged in
Roman numerals, as at present, and if
figured alternately would be almost, if
not quite, as distinct as on the faces of
our present style of clocks. Thus, the
hours (the midnight of the worlds
initial meridian), 2, 4, 6. etc, would bs
shown in figures, but the intermediate
or odd hours, as IL, Is, Is, ETC.. could
be distinguished by an arrow head or
circular dot. As regards striking the
hours the strokes might be confined to
twelve, as now, but the hours from
thirteen to twenty-four might be DIS
tinguished by being preceded BY tN1
strokes in rapid succession In lea :.
| this plan for striking the hours II he hs
been proposed that clocks snouia
made to beat the strokes IN pairs.
| two strokes and a rest, two stroA s,,asn
| q rest followed by one stroke, s.ss;nr
o,cloel The question OF .Iat,a3
ordinary timepieces TO the ne,s5 bv the
of fbe universal time haxever.
Prime Meridian Conferences she hest
sa complicated that peIhsh pis h., to call a
means of settling Il HoI.u s usfs.h makers
conference the - subiectin all its DeaTihgs. NJ:
to discuss -. -. ne world the result OF theit
sna ,ns.,',s - sf;ons.-N r Hsrsfa
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William Didn't Peach.

He was about setting out on jour
ney when the old man took him by the
hand and said:
William. my son. you are going to
New York.
Yes, father"
.sThe bulls and bears viii diskiver
that you are from the great corn-belt
region. and you will be asked about
corn. Now, William, when . bear
makes inquiry OF you. tell him we're
all baked ont bv drouth and corn
won't be half crop
Il see. -
s.And when bull puts the same
question tell him that the warm wealth
eS Is making the corn grow uulil the
noise keeps us awake nights. =
Yes
~But if ANYBODY saws beans to you,
pause and consider. We haven't got q
hill of corn to worry over. but if you
20 sluniping around New York and
give ii away that we've got twenty-five
acres of beans poddins out like an Al
dermanfs stomach you'll f1atten the
price and keep Us on sassafras-tea al
winter. - Wall Street Aews.