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Creek Rrioands

A pamphlet written by a Greek, a
cavalry lieutenant, gives some very
curious accounts of the system of brig
andage as it is now carried on in the
GrBco-Turkish boundaries. The bri-
grand's code of laws, as at present ex-
isting. is a strange mixture of barbara
ty and chivalry. 1t contains several
clauses, some of which run as follows:
"All traitors to be killed and exposed.
The rich to be captured, and not allow
ed to depart till they have paid ransom
and sworn not to injure the brigands
by relation of their adventures to the
authorities. All soldiers to be killed.
The bearers of the ransom to be respect
ed and small money to be given them
on their departure. All robbers plot
ting with government to be killed.
Should captive escape, his keeper is
to be held responsible and expelled
goats and sheep from the shepherd but
to pay for all taken. To offer gifts at
any monastery or hermitage, by way
of expiation for sin. 1t is the shep-
herds who support the brigands. and
by whose means they are so well hid
from the authorities. They supply
them with bread, meat, and wine, serve
them as guides in times of danger. and
it is their children that are educated TO
be brigands and who reinforce their
ranks. Immense precautions are taken
by the robbers against surprises. They
always travel by night, proceeding in
file through the open country, never
through the narrow passes, for fear of
ambushes. The smallest object, the
fain test sound startles them, and down
they drop fiat on their stomachs till
their confidence is renewed. Before
starting on any of those journeys, they
always appoint rendezvous in case of
separation. Their scouts go on in front.
driving horses or oxen, and habited as
drovers. Under their shelter follows
the main body, peeping cautiously be-
meath the cattle to see if an enemy is
approaching, and behind come the van
guard, who, if anything is amiss, whis-
ties like night bird, and the band dis
perses.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-16
What a Real Herman is Like.

THE wind being easterly, we had
thirty fathoms of water, when at ten
o'clock in the morning sea monster
like a man appeared near our ship, first
on the larboard, where the master was,
who took a graphing iron to pull him
up; but our captain, named Oliver
NORM, hindered him. being afraid that
the monster would drag him into the
sea. The master, Lemone, struck him
on the back to make him turn about,
that he might view him better. The
monster, being struck, showed his face,
having his two hands closed as if he
had expressed some anger Afterwards
he went round the ship, and. when he
was at the stern, he took hold of the
helm with both hands. and we were
obliged to make it fast lest he should
damage it.
From thence he proceeded to the
starboard, still swimming as men do.
When he came to the fore part of the
ship, he viewed for some time the fig
ure that was on our prov, which rep
resented beautiful woman, and then
he rose out of the water as if he had
been willing to catch that figure. All
this happened in the sight of the whole
crew.
afterwards he came again to the
larboard, where they presented to him
a Goldfish hanging down by a rope; he
handled it without spelling it, and then
removed the length of q cable, and
came again to the stern. where he took
hold of the helm second time.
''At that very moment Captain Mo-
rim got harping iron ready. and took
it himself to strike him with il; but, the
cordage being entangled, he missed his
aim, and the harping iron only just
touched the monster. who turned about,
showing his face as he had done before.
Afterwards he returned to the bow and
gazed again at the figure on the prov.
"The mate called for the harping
iron, but he was frightened, fancying
that this monster was one La Com
mune, who had killed himself in the
ship the year before. and had been
thrown into the sea in the same pass
age. He was contented to push his
back with the iron.
1.-The monster had the boldness to
take rope held up by two sailors, who
drew him partly up the side, but he
fell into the water again, and then with
drew to the distance OF guushot. he
came again alongside afterwards, swan
round the ship, and then made off, and
we have never seen him since.
''The norman was about eight feet
long; his skin was brown and tawny,
without any scales; all his motions were
like those of men; the eyes of proper
tionable size, a little mouth, large
and flat nose, very white teeth, black
hair, the chin covered with messy
beard, sort of whiskers under the
nose, the ears like those of men. fins
between the fingers of his hands, and
feet like those of ducks. In a word,
he was a well-shaped man.
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Tennessee Marble.

The peculiar and striking beauty of
the yariegated marble of Tennessee
has arrested the attention of builders
in every part of the United States.
Not only is it now used for ornament
ing buildings, both public and private,
but it is largely consumed in the man.
ufacture of furniture. This marble
exists in great abundance in the coun-
ties of Hawkins, Hancock. Granger,
Jefferson. Knox, Roane, Blount, Mon
roe, McMinn and Bradley in East Ten
nessee, and in Franklin, Moore and
Maurv. in Middle Tennessee, and Hem
rv and Benton, in West Tennessee
The best, however-that of the finest
grain and susceptible of the highest
poiish-is found in East Tennessee.
Fashion rules in the shades of the col
oring. When the colors are blended
into each other in the stone it is re-
jected for fine work. The most pop
ular Is where the white spots are dis
tinctly outlined on ground OF red
or variegated. and quarries OF this kind
are considered extremely valuable
The variation Of coloring IS infinite
DR.. Jernagin collected for the Bureau
Of Agriculture nearly 100 varieties, all
differing in the arrangement OF colors.
This industry is developing rapidly
Five years ago there were but four or
Eve quarries in East Tennessee. Tho
Industrial Reuies0, at Knoxville, now
reports forty. And this rapid increase
is due to increased demand Il now
commands price Is per cent greater
than the white Italian marble, and is
used for every purpose for which that
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lied utterly toward the close of the

day." ''o'e "a 'iie
Many similar experiments have been
made and always with the same result
Ihe result is thus stated by DR.. Clarke
Alcohol is not only not helper but a
certalH hinderer of work"
Ibis truth is now very generally re.
eognized by that class of men whose
business requires great physical strength.
endurance or agility, such as pugilists,
pedestrians, oarsmen, &c.
When the famous pedestrian, Weston.
nrst visited England, his competitors
used alcohol freely. Having learned
that he was total abstainer, and that
he attributed his success largely to that
fact, his competitors initiated his exam
pie with much benefit to themselves.
Hanlan, the oarsman, gives it as his
opinion, founded upon a long expert
ence, that "the best physical perform.
ances can be secured only through total
abstinence from alcoholic beverages"
Many experiments have been made to
determine the question whether alcohol
increases the power of resistance to
extremes of temperature, and the answer
is tremendous NO. Drinkers are far
more liable TO sunstroke than abstainers,
and far more liable to the diseases incl
dent to hot climates. And abstainers
endure the rigors of an Arctic climate
far better than tipplers do.
To BE CONTINUED
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from errors, and faults of legislation.
do not know of anything that would
give me greater pleasure than to attend
that constitutional convention in Dub
lin. IGreat cheering.l want to live
until that time.
Let us come back to the great ques-
ton which lies at the foundation of
government, the question of the right of
the people to make their own laws, and
that no other power has right to make
laws for them. You remember where we
stood 100 years back-you remember,
in the Declaration of Independence we
asserted the right of men to govern
themselves.
That is the great foundation of
America, and is now being applied in
Ireland, the cause to which you are to
give your sympathy and support, the
right of man to govern himself and to
abolish laws that are inimical to his
welfare. In hope that principle was
asserted at Bunker Hill and in glorious
triumph it was proclaimed at Yorktown.
| Great applause.
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How Flying Fish Fly

An excellent opportunity of observ-
ing the aerial means of propulsion in
the flying fish was afforded me during
a six DAYS calm lately when crossing
the Bay of Bengal. / watched day by
day some hundreds rise under the bows
of the ship. The water surface was a
CLASSY calm. As each fish rose it
spread its wings at once, apparently
beating the surface with them two or
three strokes before they steadied out.
/ say apparently. for it was not def
mite beat so much as a struggle to rise.
The tail which, of course under water
was in rapid motion to escape from the
ship, now gave ten or dozen rapid
beats, which could be counted by the
r1pples on the still surface, and the fish
was off in aerial flight
As each fish lost the impetus of the
first rise, which generally happened at
about forty yards. the binoculars show
ed us the anal fins, which had till now
been fully extended, dropping to feel
the water. As soon as the surface was
felt the tail was introduced and five or
six smart strokes, also indicated by
ripples, brought the impetus up again
aud carried the fish about another
thirty yards, when another drop sent
it on again, and SO forth. some of the
older fish travelling in this way 400 to
500 yards. The younger fish frequent
" fell awkwardly in this attempt to
regain impetus When waves are
running it requires a clever fish to
gain impetus by few judicious strokes
on the crest of wave. and many a
fish tumbles over in the attempt
I once saw fish rise close to the
ships quarter. and it flew parallel with
the ship. pursued below by dolphin
or bonita. The latter followed every
sway of the fish. keeping almost un-
der it At the first dip of the tail the
pursuer made dart forward. but
missed it. and again dogged its prey
by keeping just under it On the sec
ond dip the tail went into the pursuer's
mouth. and there was an end of the
flyer. 1t always struck me that it
seemed strain on the fish to keep the
wings extended Cor Nature
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-16
A Famous Character.

Howard, the famous Louisiana Lottery
man, who died recently, had some re-
markable traits of character. He al
ways s.got even. He was blackballed
at a fashionable club to which he
sought entrance, and he took pains to
repay this insult by selling out the
club when it got into difficulties. A
noted instance of the manner in which
he s'got even' with those who refused
to associate with him was afforded in
his treatment of the Metairie Jockey
club He sought an entrance in the
company of this association, whose
race-course was the most noted in the
South. The club. however, refused to
admit him. and he swore that he would
buy out their course and turn it into 3
graveyard. He bided his time. and
when the opportunity came he did ac-
cording to his oath. The beautiful
Metairie Cemetery took the place Of
the Metairie race-course, and new
course was established by Howard In
its stead. He was also black-balled as
a candidate for the La Varieties Club.
This society owned the theatre of the
same name. Howard. in revenge.
bought up the establishment privately
and obtained control. He was fond 81
going behind the scenes, and when his
lessee denied him this privilege he
turned her and her company out ol
doors and gladly paid the penalty o1
damages which tho court decreed e
punishment for the Whim
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Written for the Baptist Record
A NOVEL CONVENTION.

The apples, the grapes, the hops, and the rye,
All held convention one fine summer day:
A nd as happened the place to pass by,
waited 70 hear what each one had to say.
81 think lisa shame" said the apples so fair.
,,- TO make from our sweetness drink for the bar
We really don't see how any one dare
such beautiful fruit ruthlessly mar.
''The food God gave for the good Of mankind
Is crushed into cider fermented and hard,
Only by man could such waste be designed,
"And never intended, we know, by our Ged.''
The grapes were so luscious. some purple. some
white,
As they hung in rich clusters amid leafy bowers.
Ny eyes loved to dwell on the beautiful sight
The truit turning ripper through all the bright
hours.
What SIM said they, ''to make wine from GU
sweetness;
For wine is a mocker. the Bible declares,
And surely God never intended his goodness
Should set for the feet of men any snares.
NAY, send us forth rather on missions of love.
To cool the parehed lips of the sick and the weary
Thus may please our Creator above,
And cheer the lot that is oft sad and dreary.'
"And we,' said together, 'the hops and the grain
Are tired of being made into whisky and beer,
We beg OF YOU all, kind friends, to refrain
From using these drinks, or sorrow is near.
''The corn, oats, and barley you waste in
drink,
To some better use could be easily put.
Good bread they would make for the hungry and
sick,
For poverty's victims in many dark hut
''Dear friends, God created us all for the use
OF all those he placed on the earth in his love,
Oh, do not his mereies and blessings abuse,
Lest punishment come from the Ruler above.
Don't make or sell the drink that shall rage
And bring poverty, shame and despair
That shall ruin the young, bring sorrow to age,
And mar all the life once happy and fair"
Coral
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and if there were, he could no, ha 49,.
ed He would be watchman At .ha a. a.
depot; but they dare not denend -,
him. | believe he would have io;nod ~,
the mob brigade if they would let aru h;n'
but It was out of the question. -''u
our tram Is coming When it stops
you viii see a man get off. Ii Is The
present Superintendent. He BEGAN ~
an office boy under the General: but he
has never surrendered TO the GeneraTs
enemy. While the General was eomins
down, his clerk was going up, up. He
TOOK one position after another, each
one higher than the last, till now tbey
have made him Superintendent. He.
teetotaler himself, and he won't havs
a drinking man on the road if he know,
it. Here he is on the platform. n,
hasn't half the Generals ability: bu
bless you, what's ability worth when it,
preserved in acknowledgements Rec
ord
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Vol. XLvIII.
AONyMITY.
adays it Is quite the proper csper,
Proper eaper,

Nowadays it is quite the proper caper,
Proper eaPer,
II you chance to be literary SWELL
And have jotted down few stray thought on paper
Upon paper,
Which the same il has occurred 10 you 10 sell
To decline to give your name unto the matter
To the M after.
And send the book out written by "Anon;'
And the critics will al once begin 10 chatter,
Gin 10 chatter,
And to wonder as 20 who's the gifted one.
This method very much the sale enhances,
sale enhances,
And fame besides you're really apt to win;
For, should you be ass, often chances,
OfteR chances,
Your ears are hid beneath the lions skin.
Anon.
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Gen. Grant did not ike coarse sto-
ries. 1t is related that on the Gener-
ais staff in one of his campaigns was
a rough and ready fighter, full OF
strange oaths" and stranger vuIgarl-
ties. One evening, in the presence OF
Cen. Grant and several brother officers.
he opened the conversation In some
snch wav az this: ..WelI. boys, I've
cot mighty good thing to ten ,rss yos
r would hardly do to repeat, OF eoaISs'
n n tha presence of ladies' sen;st " s,
Grans q ans Interrupted in his rm but qd,s. rhss
waT W. T..aIiow me to suggest, 11sI, = IN the the
II n,;oht be advisable to oni' = =
.,~ass7,,. of gentlemen
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.

CospucTED BY REV. c. G. ANDREWS. D. D..
jackson, Miss, to whom all contributions ior this
Department should be addressed
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FIRST DISTRICT
judge Attorney l. Frslrr TuPelO
Tihomingo % Monday January and yuIy-1s days
Ra.. h Monday February
sanba Futon Futon Monday April
0h' ist sptem9,els IL. days
Monroe and So1mbssl days
Judge F''r"rnr0' Holly spsy sP9g Dist Attorney r''' S''''
S Fs% albany eada Saa s85@a+
BRPa BSh A1d Sd Monday sspssabss
6S Sp % HSass h8as E5 a5 .sd a9a Sssss day
I'd DIST valley Monday Decemberl2 days
THIRD DISTRICT
Judge Attorney, la d. OGLEBH senatoba
50 @ m6@a1 0na % @ eth d Mns days
senaoa I'd Mond after 4th Mond Mich and sepl2 days
is Dist nIeh p days
Baesvie 9Th Mon after 4 Mon Me- and sept DAYS
6 eon @ 10Th Moon Noon after after @ @ Moon Noon Ms5 Moi and days
Calhoun. March and sepmbe12 days
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Judge B F. Attorney W. Mayersvile
S3G9 %goa fHn' h 91aas oa
Bo s s Noon Mon er % ah Mon @ Me and days
ist Moon Monday s March @ GG and
Webster Tah I'D 3D. Monday Mon January and md Asgns12 days d
y GS TnoSa TSSa 80 aona 1n1e February F days
Monday April and NOvember18 days
ist carroton Monday
& I'd "a % Monday Moy R Ma and 1nd day
SIXTH DISTRICT
judge Attorney, R. starkvie
Claw West Point 3D. Monday March sepember-2 days
IoTnd Monday october-24 days
%a % sd 80 Monday Monday % 5uaP aHg and JHil2 day
Judge s. H. TrnnA1 Quitmn Attorney H NEVILLE
lst Monday July and Januay24 days
Kemper DeKab ls Monday February ugust-l2 days
Sd Monday February Augusta days
Wayneboro 1s Monday April and October6 days
Leakesvile I'd Monday April october-6
cnon. Apran Ocober-12
oct-12 days.
St Louis 4th Monday April and ocob2 days
&c
4h Mon April and Oc6
EIGHTH DISTRICT
A. g. G.
Monday Feb and August18 days
Carthage 1st Monday March and September r12 days
Phidepha3d Monday March and SePember-6 days
Monday January Juy-2
Jasper ~ Paulding Monday september13 days
Scott ID Monday April and October12
Raleigh 4th Monday April and October-6 days
Westvle I'd Monday May and November-6 days
Covingon wiiamsbg Monday May November-6 days
4t Monday Noyember6
Monticello 3D. Monday January and July-6 days,
Jackson Dist Attorney
Mon days;
Monday September days
Copah .4th Monday April
City 4th Monday May November2 days
b A
Brookhaven- 4th January andJu
Pke Magnolia I'd Monday January and July-12 days.
Franklin Meadvle.. 4th
Wilkinson Woodvle sept-2
7th
Claiborne Port Gibson 9Th Mon
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Attorney,F
yicksburg Mondays JAM April o
Criminal business: 1st Mondays March, June
November; weeks, except April
and November 3 weeks.
Adams Nachez I'd Mondays May
3 weeks Let Mondays February Sep
tember for s-3
Sharkey Rolling ForE4th Monday April and NOembl2
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The Grog-shop and the Church.
The grogshop is a two-edged sword, and
cuts both ways at once. 1t is rotating
machine for the snaring of souls. 1t
catches our young men and boys before
they reach the church or Sabbath-school
while they are on their way-and
never reach its doors, or else it catches
them as they return, and mars or
neutralizes the blessed lessons there
impaired. Between the two there
is the old "irrepressible conflict"
over again. 1t is war to the
knife, and knife to the hilt, and only
one can win. And in this warfare we of
Christ's army are outnumbered. There
are twelve saloons to every church, and
twelve barkeepers TO every minister.
The Church opens its doors two or three
days in the week the saloon grinds on
and op with its mills of destruc ton all
the days of every week, all the months
of every year. That we are outnumbered
is not alive are outgeneraled as we'll.
The people of the rumshop propose in
their hearts not only to mar and neu-
tralize, but to obliterate and displace
the lessons of Church and Sunday school.
They have their. series of lessons, with
which our International Series cannot
at all compete. They have studied care
fully the tastes, tendencies, and prefer
ences of boys and young men, their
natural and innocent taste for variety,
fondness for amusement, preference for
young company, and they pander to all
these in ways that take hold upon death.
Frances e. Willard.
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a Telling Temperance Lecture

Two celored BARRIERS, one an old man
and the other a young one. The young
one took off his apron and started out of
the door.
"Yo's gwan to get drink. Jim -
asked the elder.
Oats what rs gwan to do"
Go and get yo' drink. i yoost ter
do de same ting when / wuz Young.
When was fust married dah was gin
mill next to de shop wha' | wueked, and
| spent in it fifty and sebenty cents q
day outen de dollan' a half / eahned
Wall, one mawnin' l went in o de
butehah shop, aud who shood cum in
but de man wat KEEP de likker shop.
Glib me ten or twelve pounds po ter
house steak, he said.
"He got it and went out. / sneaked
up to de butchah and looked to see
what money ! had lef'.
:" What do you want?" said the
butchah.
"'Gib me ten cents wuf of libber,
wuz my remark
at wuz all ! could pay fur. Now
you 60 and git yo' drink You'll eat
hbber, but de man wat sells yo' de stuff
will hab his po' 'terhouse steak. De man
benin de bar eats 'terhouse-de man
in front eats libber. l amt touched de
stuff fo' thirty yeahs, an | am eatin'
po'terhouse myself. Exchange.
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Circuit and Chancery Courts.

7 Districts as Constituted By Code 1880, amended by Acts 1s8284
Complied for Rerised BrfdeceVs Mississippi Justice
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-16

At mass meeting Of Irish and other
citizens recently held in the city OF
Indianapolis, Vice-President Hendricks
spoke as follows:
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-11-05
Some Frank Confessions,

"Our remedies are unreliable. DIR. Valen-
tine Mott.
We have multiplied diseases. DIR. Rush,
Philadelphia
e Thousands are annually slaughtered in the
sick roOm."-Dr Frank.
The science of medicine is founded on con-
lecture, improved by murder."-Sir Ashley
Cooper, NJ. ID.
The medical practice of the present day is
neither philosophical nor common sense."-Dr.
Evans Edinburgh, Scotland.
DIR. Dio Lewis, who abhors drugs as a rule
and practices hygiene, is frank enough, how
ever to say over his signature: "If / found
myself the victim of a serious kidney trouble,
/ should use Warmers safe cure because | am
satisfied it is not injurious. The medical pro-
fession stands helpless in the presence of more
than one such malady."
An old proyerb says: If a person dies without
the services of doctor, then a coroner must
be called in and a jury empanelled to inquire
and determine upon the cause of death; but if
doctor attended the case, then no coroner and
jury are needed, as everybody knows why the
person died Medical Herald