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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
Enthusiastic Prohibition Mass Meet
ing.

The Ministers of the Gospel in
Atlanta, Georgia, asked that special
services of prayer be held in all churches
on Sunday, November %, for the success
of Prohibition in that city. In accor-
dance with the request, 8 sermon on the
subject was delivered and special prayer
was made, at IL =. m, in the Methodist
Church; and at night there was a Tenn
perance mass-meeting he'd in the
Baptist Church, by the union of the
Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist
congregations. The large church was
well filled and very great interest was
shown throughout the services. Earnest
PRAYERS were offered for the success of
the cause in Atlanta, in Jackson, and
throughout the world. Addresses were
made by the venerable Judge Hill, of
the Federal Court, by Col. Nugent, one
of the most prominent members of the
Jackson par, and by the editor of this
department. The speech of Judge Hill
Was most favorably received by the vast
audience His narration of the beDe-
fetal effects of prohibition which had
come under his observation of the
criminal docket of the Courts of the
country was most convincing. He
branded with falsehood the assertion
which had been made in some quarters
that Prohibition did not prohibit in
Oxford, the place of his residence.
Saic it was the rarest case that drunk
enness was ever seen there. Col.
Nugent made a most telling speech
gloried in being 8 Prohibitionist; said
that he had two bright little boys, who
he hoped would take up the banner
as he laid it down. He was severe upon
those Christian people who were not
pronounced against this great evil. and
called upon all classes of men to rally
in putting it down. From more thar
one person was the opinion heard thai
his speech would do much good for the
cause. Evidently fine impression wai
made by the mass meeting. 1t is to bt
hoped that such meetings will be held
| nftonor
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
BY A. d. BuRDIcK.

There's work for US all in the temperance
cause.
In electing the men who will make US good
laws;
To Danish strong drink from the land oy
the free,
The ak must be laid at the root of the
tree"
The saloon-killine law is just what We
need;
To vote for its passage let be all agreed;
Neither liquors distilled nor fermented to
use,
For the purpose of drink, mankind to
abuse.
Twill give MS protection for young and for
old,
And prosper the country in silver and gold;
Twill Tighten the taxes and relieve the op-
pressed,
With food and with raiment the poor will
be blest.
they have tried regulation for century
past,
But now We have reached the conclusion at
last:
The issues before us-ta sides with the
right,
Be valiant and strong in the midst of the
fight.
The gigantic rum power, like Goliath of
old,
Defying the armies of Israel 30 bold,
Must fall by the ballot, in the near future
day;
So in hope we will work, and we'll ''vote as
we pray"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
Heart Beats.

DIR. n. B. Richardson, of London, the
noted physician, says he was recently
able to convey considerable amount OF
simple experiment. The scholar was
singing the praises of the rudy
bumper" and saying he could not get
through the day without it, rhen Di
Richard son said TO him:
"Will you be good enough to feel my
pulse as stand heref"
He did SO. said, "Count it careful
ly; what does it say?"
"Your pulse says seventy four"
then sat down in chair and asked
him to count it again. He did so, and
said, "Your pulse has gone down to
seventy"
then lay down on the lounge, and
said:
"Will you take it again."
He replied, "Why, it is only sixty.
four; what an extraordinary thingp'
then said: "When you lie down al
night, that is the way nature gives your
heart rest. You know nothing about
it, but that beating organ IL resting lo
that extent. and if you reckon it UP i,
is a great deal of rest, because in lying
down the heart is doing ten strokes less
minute. Multiply that by 60, and il
is 600: multiply it BY hours, and with
in fraction it is 5000 strokes different
and, as the heart is throwiBg six ounce,
of lood at every stroke it makes diff
ence of 10000 ounces of lifting durfn,
the night.
"When lie down at night withou
any alcohol, that is the rest my hear
gets. But when you take your wine Oh
grog you do not allow that rest, for thu
influence of alcohol is to increase tn,
number of strokes, and instead OF get
ting this rest you put on something hk,
5000 extra strokes, and the result i
you rise up very seed; aud unfit for tn,
next days work till yon have taken
little more of the 'ruddy bumper,
which you say is the soul of man be
low
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
FoR TIE CLARIoS.]
The Lien Law.

The Farmers Advocate, in a recenr
issue says: "We have been waiting
patiently for some good reason for con
inuing the Lien Law. If there is an,
one good reason floating around over
this State it has not reached u.s." In y
,oastful spirit and with typographical
flourish, YOU could say with equal pro
priety and justice, if there is any one
good reason floating around over tn,
State why it should be repealed, it ha.
not reached our editorial sanctum. Your
pare, naked and unsupported statement
would be about as satisfactory end con
elusive as that of the Advocate. Neither
statement, imagine, would be regarded
nv sensible men as anything more than
the footing of conk without convincing
,nybody in respect to the question OF
repeal.
The Advocate does not seem to under
stand the position it occupies in this
controversy, or the relation it snstain>
20 those who oppose repeal. The re
Dealers are the complainants and the op
oosers are the defendants. 1t represents,
aud is the mere mouth piece of the
repealers, and they are the parties who
must furnish the reasons, and good
mes too, for the laws repeal. They
firm and we deny. They attack, we
iefend. The burden of proof is on
them to show that repeal is necessary
and that i. will produce the good effect
they claim for it. Until they do this
they have no standing in court, theil
cause being unsustained by proof. Un
less they fully make out their case they
must fail in verdict. The friends oi
the law must first be put upon theil
iefence which cannot be done until
Dri,na facia case is made out agains
them We are satisfied with the Law
and wish it to remain upon the statute
book, and il looks very much like
piece of presumptive arrogance to require
US to defend against myth or to prove
negative. The Lien Law is an exist
ing statute and the reasons that rad
il 40. remain, and are unchallenged ant
unanswered; and the law UsH remain
until the repealers present to the mind
of the lawmakers of the State NOR
convincing reasons than they have ye
done why it should be "wiped out"
The Advocate, in the pride of its dog
matte opinions, boastfully says: "Thos
who oppose its repeal have about ex
hausted their arguments, and we still
have some heavy guns loaded in reserve.
Nv advice to the Advocate is to brin
them forward at once, for they ar
needed; and if they are of no create
| calibre, range or power of executio
| than the pop-guns that have bee
already fred, there is little fear of thei
dislodging the Lien Law from its preser
secure position in the Revised Code Q
1880. The repeal hunters, in pursuit. 9
the Lien Law, will bag no game wit
big guns unless they are better mark
meu than they have shown themseiyt
20 be with the toy-guns they have so "a
EMPLOYED in the hunt. We hold 70
fort aud will continue to hold IT wit
banners flying from our outer walls, an
will 'slaugh siege to scorn."
ANTE.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
An American Westminster Abbey.

The conditions which made. and
make. Westminster Abbey are wholly
lacking in this country. and will be
forever lacking.
In the first place, we ought to have
a single London, instead of six or
seven, each vociferously claiming to be
the only original genuine London, the
one bright particular spot upon which
the national mausoleum should be
erected. In the second place. such an
institution should be under the 8gis of
a great established church. in default
of which our Pantheon would ulti-
mately become the receptacle of ex-
tinct pugilists and those local states
men who prepare themselves behind
bar-room counters for the tolls (and
spoils) of public life. With each change
of the administration there would be a
revolution in the management of the
Pantheon, and cry to "Turn the
rascals outr' With the straight Re-
publicans in Office, no horrible Mug
wump, however distinguished, would
be allowed sanctuary there; with the
Democrats in power, the gates would
be pitilessiy slammed on the noses OF
defunct offensive partisans-" In the
non and the romancer's grave on the
hillside in Sleepy Hollow (t1 mention
no other shrines) are very well where
they are, and no sensible person wants
them removed. In regard to celebri-
ties who may hereafter pass away-and
here comes in a perplexing contingent
cy-it is by no means certain that their
families would look with favor on the
Pantheon. They might prefer some
base ball ground, or Jones Wood, or
the Point OF Pines
There is something very impressive
| and touching in the idea of Poets
| Corner, where the sweet singers and
| sober historians and realistic novelists
are peacefully brought together (how-
| ever little they NAV have agreed with
one another in the iesh), and fattered
| with statues and mural tablets; but If
the nation really wishes to honor that
/ class of its unprotected but faithful chill
| dren, and at the same time do honor to
| itself, let the nation make an equita-
| Bile copyright treaty with England.
/ and the literary fellers will provide
| their own headstones. Such a treaty
| would cost less than an attempt at an
American Westminster Abbey, and
| would be greatly preferable to that
| amusing but, fortunately, impractlca-
bic piece of architecture
A man of letters wants so many
things before he wants to be buried-a
/ comfortable income while living is so
| much more satisfactory than sculp-
| turesi monument when dead-that this
talk about national Pantheon. in the
/ absence of an International copyright
law. il. 40 far as be Is concerned, q
little exasperating 1t falls coldly on
his ear when he reflects how he is pill
laged by foreign publishers, and that
even his native land gives him only .
few years proprietorship in the work
| of his own hand and brain. Noremtsr
Atiantsct
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
Glorious News from Atlanta.

The following telegram from pastor
of one of the Methodist Churches in
Atlanta, Georgia, was seceived by a
prohibitionists here on the morning
after the election. the day of the
National Thanksgiving, viz: The pro-
hibitionists hGye carried Fulton county
(including Atlanta) by 2l6 majority
The telegram was read at the Thanks
giving service held by the union of the
Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist
congregations in the church of the
latter. and the vast audience arose and
united in singing, "Praise God from
whom all blessings flow." The press
dispatches of Nov. 26, confirm the
good news and put the Prohibition
majority at 226. This is q most signal
victory and furnishes conclusiveevidence
that God is upoa the side of the tenn
perance cause. No earthly power could
have overcome the tremendous efforts
made by the whisky league. This sue
cess will send tidal wave of encourage.
ment in the prohibition cause through
out the entire South. Let US thank
God and take courage. If the whisky
king, with one hundred and fifty saloons
and one large brewery, can Be dethroned
In Atlanta, like result can be hoped
for IN jackson and elsewhere.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
A Judicial Opinion on the Liquor
Traffic.

For more than twenty years / have
had ample opportunities for observing
the workings and effect of the business
of selling intoxicating liquors, and 1
have not been able to discover single
feature, circumstance, or result, that
can commend it to the favorable con-
sideration Of any decent, lespeAtabIe,
or thoughtful man 1t cannot even
challenge the admiration or approval Of
ordinary bad men. / cannot conceive
of any business or occupation more
thoroughly demoralizing in its tenden-
cies and effects, or more destructive of
public morals, public order, and pphIic
decency, than the business of selling
intoxicating liquors. cannot percsive
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
A Valuable Mo goose.

In India the mongoose IS the great
allv of the native in his constant strife
with the snakes. OF the mongoose
there is a tale, sufficiently familiar. no
,loubt. and yet apt in its application
inst here. In an American railway
carriage there once journeyec a quiet
gentleman. having between ms ieet a
basket of peculiar shape An inqulsl-
1--WE stranger asked him what the
basket might contain 1t contains =
monuoose.h was the answer. ANA
what is mongoosePn the stranger
oueried. "a mongoose, the gentle
man replied politely, lis an East inaia
animal that Kills snakes '.And wnas
might YOU want q mongoose Tor noWs
continued the inquisitive stranger:
..WelI." answered the stranger. u
have = brother-in-law who has been
little too fond of tanglefoot whisky.
and sometimes he secs snakes, and SO
| am taking this mongoose to him 20
Kill the snakes" The inquisitlve
stranger hesitated a moment. aud then
he said: ..But those are not real
snakes your brother-in-law sees!' -
tnow It, !" returned the quiet gentle
man. sand this is not real mon
cooser' Saturday Reuiew.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02

IA Hindoo Lady" who wrote let
ter 10 The Times of Iudla on infant
marriage has sent another remarkable
communication TO the same paper on
the subject Of enforced widowhood-
Sine writes bitterly of what she des-
cripes AS the ..brutaiized human ma
ture" that could lose sight OF the dii.
ference between child widow o. ana
a masron widow OF 50; and proviue Ior
the innocent mite that lie 9, long m,S-
erv whicn Is the invariable lot OF the
Hindoo widow. Sue tells how directly
after the husbands death tho widow 2
hair is cut of and her ornaments are
taken away; how she must thenceiortn
wear the coarsest clothes and eat the
most unsavory food Her presence q z
stunned and she becomes the ieper
Of society. doomed to pass her his y
seclnsion-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
A WAR SHOUT.

cosDUcTEp BY REV C. G. ANDREWS, D. b.,
Jackson, Miss-. 10 whom all contributions Tor this
Department should be addressed
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02

now published and report 10 the editor
of this department, any one that might
be challenged for any reason, or that
could be secured on a counter petition.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02

n;llv Emerson, the minstrel. has
r,.ds I great success in Australia. and
viii return quite rich
rreddy Gebhardt's sister is married.
t.s she has her private income Of over
go, 600 year..
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
Percentage.

The reckoning of percentages, like the
minus sign in algebra, is constant
stumbling block to the novice. Even
experienced newspaper writers often
become muddled when they atteL.pt to
speak Of it. The ascending scale is easy
enough: Five added to twenty is gain
Of rs per cent; given any sum of figures,
the doubling of it is an additional of 100
per cent. But the moment the change
is decreasing calculation, the mex
perienced ,aathumaticiau betrays him
self. and even the expert is apt to STUN
BILE or GO astray. An advance from
twenty to twenty five, is an increase of
25 per cent. but to reverse this. that is,
q decline from twenty-five to twenty,
is decrease of only 20 per cent.
There are many persons, otherwise
intelligent, who cannot see why the
reduction of one hundred nifty is
not a decrease of 100 per cent, if
an advance from fifty to one hundred is
an increase of 100 per cent. The other
day an article of merchandise which had
been purchased at ten cents a pound
was resold at thirty cents a pound, a
profit of 200 per cent; whereupon a
writer, in chronicling the sale, said that
at the beginning of the recent depression
several invoices Of the same class of
goods, which had cost over thirty cents
Der pound, had been finally sold at ten
cents per pound, loss of over 200 per
cent. Of course there cannot be a
decrease or loss of more than 100 per
cent. because this wipes out the whole
of the investment An advance from
Ten to thirty is gain of 200 per cent; a
decline from thirty to ten is loss Of
only 663 per cent. The New York Sun
prides itself on the exactness and purity
Of its style, aud INDUCES in frequent
criticisms Of its contemporaries; but in
ita Thursday mornings description Of
the great orchid sale, it afirms thai
sssome Of the highest priced plants
brought I50 per cent less than Mrs
Morgan paid for them" OF course. i
nothing was realized from them, thil
would only Be 100 per cent less thar
they st.-Journalo Of Commerce.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
The Sultan Seeks Sunset for Sympathy

Have you heard Of this uprising, Mr. Coz.
Oi the Emperor's devising. Mr. Cox7
/ have lost my East Roumelia
I'm unhappy, but feel you
Are king At sympathizing. Mr.. Cox.
Oh. my nerves are very jerky, Mr. Coz.
For the prospects very murky, Mr. Cox.
I cannot long survive, sir
This cutting up alive. sir
Do | still look like Turkey, Mr. Coz.
Why, this petty Alexander, Mr. Cox,
This Bulgarian salamander, Mr. Coz
Has one solitary wife, sir,
I've a hundrei. on my life, sir
Oh I'm getting up my dander, Mr. Cox.
A, YOU say, no more Of whining. Mr. Cox.
Psr the setting sun is shining, Mr.. Cox:
While thev eat their Turkey slices
We will seek own devises
And on Russian Bear be dining, Mr. Cor
-tColunbus tOhio) Dispatch
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-22

ssIt is not the old Democratic doctrine;
Joseph.-thouoh it may be the doctrine OF
the Young Democracy of Utah,-to make
fish of one and fowl of another, or In otner
words to assume to regulate by law man
relations with his wives because that man
happens to be a member of the People
party, while the seducer and the adulterer,
because he is a Democrat, has perfect liberty,
unrestrained by law, to corrupt society:
Joseph, if that is one of the grand and
glorious principles to which the Young
Democracy are attached, we are inclined to
think you will be permitted to shout Liberty
till you are grey headed before single
member worth having of the Peoples party
will rally to your standard.
We never heard that such principles
belonged to Democracy before, whether
old or young. Possibly they strayed from
genuine" Democracy.
The Enquirer then proceeds to abuse
DIR. J. NJ. Benedict and cast slurring re-
marks upon the other speakers. Ii the
Enquirer will but publish the speeches
that were delivered at the Democratic
meeting, it's readers will have chance to
Judge for themselves, and the Democrats
need not fear that that judgment will be
unfavorable to them. Your readers
would appreciate such treat.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-22
PASSING AWAY.
orders.

So long has General Grant been sick
and so seriously, and so frequently has
he rallied and seemed to be gaining, that
there has not been the same anxious in
quiry concerning his health of late; but
the crisis seems to be fast approaching,
and it now looks as if the morrow's sun
would find General Grant no more.
AT first the change to Mount MacGregor
seemed to give the General new
life, for each day the reports were that he
was gaining strength, and was able to
stand more, and was less fatigued from
riding and walking. Such reports will
never come again. He passed last night
in suffering and torture, and for long
time fears were entertained that he would
not live until this morning. His family
has been around him all the time, and
refused to take rest or nourishment,
but continued to sit up watching
their husband and father. The
General beckoned DIR. Douglas to
him, and whispered these words:
''Tell them all to go to bed, there is no
earthly use of sitting up any longer"
This message was obeyed by all save his
son, Col. Fred Grant Could it be ex-
pected that people could retire under
such circumstances without an order from
the patient? Their obedience to the
order showed their love for the patient
General Grants symptoms are such
as to indicate his death at any
moment, and the quiet rest upon
which his family and his physicians
were congratulating themselves, was that
lassitude which supervenes before death
asserts itself. The kilograms of to-day
but confirm the suspicious of yesterday,
and any moment General Grants demise
may be looked for, although it is possible
he may linger day or two longer.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-22
NO TROUBLE ASSURED.

The "whim" of Marshal Philips and
his fellow-mourners on the Fourth turned
out to be a much more serious matter
than they possibly anticipated at the
time, and the result of it has been to put
the country in a fever of excitement, and
which is not yet allayed. Whether any
programme was mapped out for the
Twenty-fourth cannot now be learned,
but the doings of the Fourth were such
as to give rise to rumors concerning
such programme, and to justify
the belief with many that the programme
was such as would be liable to bring
about collision between the Mormons
and Gentiles. 1t is always impossible to
say whether rumor in Utah has any
foundation or not, because all things here
of any importance or moment'are always
arranged in secret, and ostensible leaders
are in reality but actual followers doing
as they are directed. A denial of a rumor
can only be accepted upon its probability.
All know full well what the rumors con-
cerning the Twenty-fourth were, and all
we'll know that President Cleveland has
sent instructions to the military to be
ready to move at moments warning if
any hostile demonstrations were to be
made here on the Twenty-fourth. The
rumors and the instructions of the Presi-
dent have at last succeeded in arousing
some of the leading men OF the Peoples
party to a realization of affairs, and yester-
day Bishop John Sharp, chairman of the
Peoples party, Hon. John 7. Caine,
Delegate to Congress, and Mayor James
Sharp waited upon His Excellency,
Governor Murray, and had an inter-
view with him concerning affairs here,
and, it is presumed, as to what, if any,
were his instructions from Washington
in regard to the Twenty-fourth. After
this they waited upon General McCook
the Commandant at Fort Douglas. OF
the nature of the interviews nothing
definitely is known, but the Governor is
reported to have said that in his opinion
there is now no reason to expect any dis
turbance here on the Twenty-fourth. 1t
would be interesting to know whether the
Governor thought there was any reason
to expect a disturbance here on the
Twenty-fourth before the interview
of yesterday. If he did, what assur-
ances did the gentlemen who called
upon him give him And if they
gave him any, it would be far more inter
esting still to know by whose authority
they gave them. These gentlemen GER
tainly must have been aware of the I'M
quiet feeling of the community arising
from these rumors, and why did they not
sooner act in the interest of quiet, order
and peace? If those gentlemen on their
own responsibility had publicly an
nounced through the press or other
wise that there was no possibility of any
disturbance here on the Twenty-fourth,
such an announcement would have done
very much towards restoring calm and
confidence. Their assurance is better late
than never, for such we take their inter
view to be, but it would have been far
more beneficial in its effect had it come
ten days or a fortnight ago. 1t will be
impossible for them to escape the suspi-
cion that they, like Governor Murray and
General McCook, were acting under
orders.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-22

FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS:
JOSEPH T. KINGSBURY.