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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-15

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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
A Scientific Boy.

Sir David Brewster was born at Jed
burgh, Scotland, December IL, 1871.
His father was rector of the grammar
chool, and a teacher of considerable
reputation, whom neighborhood fame
characterized as "the best Latin
scholar and the quickest temper in
Scotland but he was kindly withal
1t was intended that David should be-
come q minister, and he was sent to
the University of Edinburgh, to be edu-
Gated with view TO that profession,
when only twelve years old. His tastes
had, however, even before this time,
turned into another direction. Ii is re-
corded of his earlier school-davs that
though he was never seen 10 pore over
his books like the other boys. he al
ways had his lessons, kept prominent
place in his classes. and was frequently
applied to by his fellow-pupils for as
siStance. And it was in the days OF his
childhood "that a dilapidated pane of
glass in an upper window of his father 5
house produced the inquiring thoughts
which led him afterward to search into
the mysteries of refracte light"
He had become acquainted with
James Veitch. of Inchbonny, half
mile from Jcdburgh, whom Sir Walter
Scott has mentioned as a ''self-taught
philosopher. astronomer and mathema-
tician. Ncitch was a plow-maker by
trade, but was well yersed in astro-
nomical calculations and observations.
aying been the first discoverer of the
great comet of 1911, and was in his
most congenial pursuit when he was
making telescopes, work to which he
brought much mechanical skill and sci
entilic accuracy His scientific work
shop on the Jedburgh turnpike, ..be-
came gathering-p for all the
young men of intelligence in the neigh
borhood. most OF them being in train
ing for the ministry, for medicine, and
osher liberal pursuits. They had les
sons in mathematics and mechanics.
but especially in the favorite science
of astronomy The telescopes were
tested in the daytime by the eyes of
The birds perching on the topmost
branches of the King of the Wood,
noble relic OF the past forest DAYS,
about half n mile from Inchbonny.
When the bright sparkle of the birds
eye was distinctly visible by day, James
Neitch's specula and lenses were con-
sidered fit to show the glories of the
sky by night" David ''was the very
youngest says his daughter. Mrs.
Gordon, from whose book we borrow
our au1Cdotes, "of the quaint and va
ricd : roup. When he began his visits
do not know, but we find that at the
age of Ten he finished the construction
of telescope at Inchbonny. which had
engaged his attention at very early
period and at y hich he worked indie
ta'igably, visiting the workshop daily,
and often remaining until the dark
hours of midnight to see the starry
wonders and test the power of the
telescopes they had been making
from .'Skctcb of Sir Ddrid Bret0Ster.
in Popular Science Monthly for Feb
,y0T-f
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
Church Manners

While we are upon this subject, we
wish to call attention to two matters
in which the majority of congregations
might easily improve their manners
aud add to the impressiveness OF the
services. 1t is common habit when
the audience are to stand during the
singing of hymn. to wait until the
first line is begun, and then ruin the
verse BY the confusion OF the rising.
Again. during the latter part OF the
last verse the gathering of books into
the pew-racks before the close of the
song is a serious interference with all
devotional eff .ct. and especially so
when that opportunity is seized for the
putting on OF wraps. rubbers, etc. No
one would do this during the closing
sentences of a prayer; why should it be
done during the ascription OF praise to
Gode Hundreds yea thousands Of
Christian people thus thoughtlessiy
mar the song worship in the sanctuary.
Musical Herald
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
Farm life

It is common complaint that the
farm and farm life are not ppreciated
by our people. w long IT ne more
elegrnt pursuits, or the w-.ys and
fashions of the town. But tt farmer
has the most sane and natpI occupa-
tion and ought TO lind life So ter if less
highly seasoned than ar other. lie
alone, strictly speaking, hG, a home.
How c1u man take &c. and thrive
without land He writes his history
upon his field. How many ties, how
many resources he has! Ills friendship
with his cattle his team, his dog, his
trees; the satisfaction in his growing
crops, In his improved felGs; lis init
macy with Nature, bird and beast, and
with the qulckening elemental forces
his cooperation with the cloud, the
seasons, heat, wind rain and frost
Nothing viii take the various social DIS
temper which the city and artificial life
breed out OF a man like farming like
direct and loving contact with the soil
1t draws out the poison. 1t humbles
him, teaches him patience and reverence
and restores the proper tone to his
system.
Cling to the farm, make much of it
put Yourself into it, bestow your heart
and your brain upon it, so that it shall
SAVIOR of you and raiiate your virtue
after your days work is done -Scribner'
Monthly.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
Hints to Housekeepers.

Never let your children come to the
Table until you are quite sure that they
Won undertake to do all the talking.
his you should make law when YOU
Ibave company. You are never safe
Tith the children at me ra.ble If there
anything YOU don't want known it
Fhl be tod by them. The boy who
never noticed that the spoons were
plated viii shout, as though giving you
valuable information:
o, see the gold coming through the
spoons"
And that same boy will saw he wishes
It was Sunday, and when your guests
ask him why. he will reply:
Because we always have pie Sun
day.
lou will find out he knows a great
deal that you never suspected he knew,
and you VIII be at loss to ascertain
how nc ever equipped himself with the
Iacts. A boy ut the table is a we'll
spring of displeasure. If his sister is
kissed By any one he is always the per-
son to witness the performance, and
tells OF 1t before crowd He is al
ways the one to give TO tho world the
Tact that his sister uses powder, wears
false teeth and is 92 years old. II there
: mortgage on the place, the boy
hears You speak Of it, and then goes
around talking about it As though it
were something to be pointed to with
PRIDE and pleasure. Everything Won
say IN the bosom of your family that
should not be repeated the bov repeats.
ana ne always has tie faculty of re-
peatlng 1t at the wrong time and to the
wrong person
II you say the clergyman's sermons
are too long or too dry, the bov will
take 1t all in, and say nothing until the
clergyman comes around to make his
regular visit. and then he will let it out
lust after you have entered the room.
II you say the doctor is not fit to cure
mans, he viii jump up on the doctors
knee, when he calls, and cunningly
say:
20, doctor, mamma saws Won amt
fit to cure ham -
The old adage that boys will be bows
ought to be changed to bows will be
lends. One boy is more bother than
nan dozen girls. I he boy is ALWAYS
in mischief. y hen he is at school he
Is studying up some kind of dcviltry to
perpetraic when school is out. Orelse
ne IS playing tricks on the teacher.
" hen he IS ut home he is VISITING the
cat tall, or disturbing her hearth
stone dreams with a bean-shooter. If
there IS no cat TO torment ho will tor
ment his tile sister by making faces
at her or dressing tho dog up in her
dolls clothes.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
Facts Worth Knowing.

There are 2,750 languages.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds.
The average human life is 81 years.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
A barrel of flour weighs 1876 pounds.
a barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A span is ten and scyen-eighths
inches.
A hand (horse measure) is four
inches.
Watches were first constructed in
1476.
A storm moves thirty-six miles per
hour.
The first lueifer match was made in
1929.
The value Of ton of silver is s37,-
7o4Si.
A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour.
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
Modern needles first came into use in
1545.
Coaches were first built in England
in 1869.
The first horse railroad was built in
1926 Pr.
One million dollars of gold coin
weigh 3.6S5 pounds avoirdupois.
Until 1916 cotton-Spinning was per-
formed by the hand spinning wheel.
One million dollars of silver coin
weigh So. 920.9 pounds avoirdupois.
The first complete sewing-machine
was patented by Elias Howe in 1886.
Glass windows we're first introduced
into England in tho eighth century.
Albert Darer gave the world aproph,
ecy of future wood engraving in l527,
Measure 209 feet on each side and
you viii have square acre within an
inch
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
From Our Coast Correspondent.

EDITOR CLARION: | hare not writ
ten TO you since the Liberty Bell passed
us by, allowing to the patriot enthusi-
asts who have focked to Mississippi
City bnt the ghost of a glimpse ere it
fitted away Through all of its transit
''the old belP' seems to have awakened
to utterance the wise, true spirit of the
South that discriminates so Justly
between the real liberty which the bell
represents, and its counterfeit under
whose tokens of tears and chains 1.-THE
land we love" learned 'to labor and to
wait" for the resurrection of freedom.
And now we Democrats are to dispense
what we may of liberty and justice. We
have long had the will; we are not 10th
to possess the way. Have we not signi-
fed our readiness TO accept all the big
and little Offices that are to reward our
devotion? We are moral to the world,
our preprandial scramble for the loaves
and fishes being suggestive-at least by
contrast-of the dignity of disinteres
tedness But seriously, while we would
never depreciate the merits of our grand
old party, who will deny that ii would
be a tribute to it's virtues TO prune it of
the love of Office, that is source of its
vices?
Luther Benson also passed by, and it
is whispered that DR.. Galloway is to be
invited to lecture to us on temperance.
This learned and eloquent divine would
come to us heralded by his fame, for he
is well-known personally to a few and
by reputation to many of the citizens
of the coast Far be it from me to
dictate programme for DR.. Galloway,
but | would say to him: preach princi-
pies before pledges. Half of our
temperance failures are the results of
premature organization. Principles are
stronger masters than Pile. ..ges, and are
to be the lawmakers to legislate the worst
of evils out of our State.
/ wrote to you last of "Scotfs Station"
forgetting that it had long ago been very
prettily and.suggestively renamed Long
Beach, a title most appropriate to the
majestic stretch of strand dividing its
gentle activity of green from the wide,
wide level of gray.
i believe that the chief charm of our
Coast is its .restfulness the visitors fully
sharing the dolce far niente that is said
to be the birthright of the native. BY the
DEGREES of nature the Coast is to be a
great winter resort. The latest steps
toward the fulfilment of this destiny is
the change in the proprietorship of
Barnes Hotel, rather inaptly rechristen-
ed "Gulf View Hotel" title that by
the seaside denotes no distinguishing
characteristic, whereas the descriptive,
Midway, would very happily designate
its equidistance from New Orleans and
Mobile The new proprietors are old
hotel keepers from Cleveland, Ohio. Let
them bring with them their own follow
ing of annual refugees from the biting
blasts of the North. We viii welcome
them to the shores where zero is myth
and where the sea perfumes his breath
with the aromas of an evergreen forest
n. ID. r.
Handsboro, Miss, Feb. IA, 1885.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
Another Lincoln Anecdote.

Mr.. Lincoln was terribly bored by
men who fancied that they had some
patent plan for conquering the rebels.
Among them was western farmer.
who was patiently listened to, and
who. when he had concluded. asked
the opinion of the president upon his
plan. We'll. said Mr.. Lincoln. I'm
answer by telling you a story. You
have heard of Mr.. Blank. of Chicago?
He was an immense loafer in his way,
in fact. never did anything in his life
One day he got crazy over a great rise
in the price of wheat upon which many
wheat spectators gained large for
tunes. Blank started off ono morning
to one of the most successful of the
wheat spectators, aud with much en-
thusiasm laid before him a plan by
which he, the said Blank, was certain
of becoming Independently rich.
When he had finished. he asked the
opinion of his hearer upon his plan OF
operations. The reply came as fol-
lows: My advice is that You stick to
YOUR businessr But. asked Blank,
what is my business?' i don't know,
I'm sure, what it is. SAYS the mer-
chant. but whatever it is | advise you
TO stick to if,' And now, said Mr..
Lincoln, Il mean nothing offensive, for
! know you mean well. but think you
had better stick to your business. and
leave the war to those who have the
responsibility of managing it-BeH:
Perley Poore.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
NOWe and garm. ,
Home Made Fertilizer.
GeoRGErowN. Mss. Fen. L

GGoRGErowN, Miss. Feb, 1885.
EDITOR CLARION: / have noticed
in a recent issue Of The CLARION the
advertisement Of Compost Distribu
tor. I have put up two banks of acid
Phosphate, keuuitt cotton seed and stable
manure, covered with ricn earth (Judge
Iurmau process of Georgia., in ali
amounting 10 about 30 go lbs. / made
half this amount last year; it in
crcased the cotton production l50 per
cent. per acre. We are putting this up
very generally in our section instead Of
buying fertilizers. The former is better.
costs Jut little money out, and has a
more lasting effect OH our lands | am
planting about one-third the quantity OF
land this season in cotton, with my
wages hands, and expect to make as
much cotton by applying about I0u0
DDS per acre. | am now breaking up my
cotton land, broadcast with stout mules
tp small deep running plOws, and behind
each one of these | have another hand
and mule running in same furrOws with
ing bull tongue; this breaks the land
fom 10 tol2mches deep. will let this
Ile tIii about lst Of April, when | will
iay 10 off with a good size bull tongue,
four feet apart, put in this compost,
then bed on it and plant on it. We
must plant less land in cotton, make it
rich and make more to the acre and have
less by having less planted. Last year |
distributed the compost by hand but
10 hand power is as good as machinery
fitted to the work
We want Distributors, and if the one
advertised will do, we want some Of
them. At the time Of putting this
composit out, we take good, sharp
grub hoes and cut the land square down.
and then puverize it the best we can,
but after this is done, hard, humps the
size of Guinea eggs, and hard crusted
pieces Of the stable manure remain in it.
which will clog an ordinary machine,
but judge tAe machine advertised is so
fixed That the axle turns and to this are
attached the necesary machinery to
operate up III he boxi or hopper and
crush all such in it out, Yours,
jos. ii. CATCHINGs.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25

it is now polluted? Have we aot the
same spirit and the same pure Anglo
Saxon blood that animated our fathers
Ii by the neglect and inactivity of the
people, the cause of Prohibition is de-
feated, am fearful our prosperity and
civilization will erelong fee, that they
will retire among tie brutes of the viii
derncss to mourn and lament the fall of
man. Be not fearful of encaunteriDg
opposition. Though the clouds of per
secution and SANDER thicken into black
ness ell around and over you, and hurl
their thunders fearfully upon your de.
voted heads, vet stand immovable, en-
dure the heat of The contest, remember
ing in the words of Father RYAN, that
the triumphs of Might are transient.
they pass away and are forgotten; the
sutierings o: Right are craven deepest
in the chronicles of nations"
ID. w. HEIDELBERG.
SHUBUTA, Miss, Feb. 10. 1888.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
The Evils of Smoking.

In talking with an eminent physician
the other day, he told me some rather
startling facts about the effects of ex-
eessive smoking "My friend" said
he, IF yon knew as | know the raw
ages OF tobacco poisoning you would
throw away that cigar and hereafter
abjure the worshipof the goddess nico-
tina forever. I'm perfect y aware OF
the argument YOU will bring forward in
favor Of moderate smoking, but that
doesn't make any diference- Let me
feel your pulse. Ali l thought so.
The action of your heart is affected; I;
every smokers is Not only is the
beating of the heart feebler than it
should be. but your nerves are in bad
state. The reason why people don't
realize the entire danger of using to-
bacco is because it is seldom the direct
cause of organic disease. Tobacco
gets its fine work in insidiously. 1t
Kills thousands, but the diseases to
which it gives rise cannot always be
Traced to the real cause. Tobacco IL
tne curse Of the American people-it is
responsible for more shattered consti-
tutions than drink, and the number Of
6tar.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
Montgomery's Death.

1t was at four O'Clock in the morning
of December 81, 1875, during violent
snow-storm, that the attack on Quebec
was made. The little American army
had undergone inexpressible hardships
during the camaign, and the soldiers
were half starved and half naked. 1t
took all the magnetic power of Mont
gomery to stir them into renewed action.
"Men of New York." he exclaimed,
siyou will not fear to follow where your
General leads; march onl' Then plac-
ing himself in the front, he almost i'm
mediately received the mortal wound
which suddenly closed his career.
Thus fell Richard Montgomery, at the
early age of thirty-seyen. Three weeks
before his death he was promoted to the
rank of Major General. Young, gifted,
and brave he was mourned throughout
the country, at whose altar he had offered
up his life-apparenfly in vain; for his
| fate decided the battle in favor of the
British.
The story that he was borne from the
| field of battle by Aaron Burr, under the
continued fire of the enemy, has always
| been received with doubt. 1t may now,
upon the highest authority, be pre-
nouneed to be without foundation.
1t was rumored, but not ascertained
by the British for some hours, that the
American General had been killed.
Anxious to ascertain, General Carleton
/ sent an aide-de-camp to the seminary,
where the American prisoners were, to
/ inquire if any of them would identify
the body. a feld-officer of Arnold s
division, who had been made prisoner
near Sault au Matelot barrier, accom-
panied the aide-de-camp to the Pres de
Vile guard, and pointed it out among
other bodies, at the same time pronounc-
ing in accents of grief a glowing eulo-
gium on Montgomery's bravery and
worth. Besides that of the General. the
bodies of his two aides-de camp were
recognized among the slain. All were
frozen stiff. General Montgomery was
shot through the thigh and through the
head. When his body was taken up his
features were not in the least distorted
his countenance appeared serene and
placid. like the soul that had animated
Il. His sword, the symbol Of his mar
tial honor, lay close beside him on ths
snow. 1t was picked up by drummer
boy, but Immediately afterward wal
given up to James Thompson, Oyerseel
Of Public Works and Assistant Engineei
durin3 the siege, who had been intrusteC
by General Carleton with the intermen
Of the,body. Through the courtesy d
the British General, Montgomery wa
lburied within the walls of Quebec witt
the honors Of war.-LoUIsE LdvISosTo1
HUxT, in Harpers Magazine for febru
4 b
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25

sippi and see who are their principal
teachers. You will soon discover that
these teachers received professional
education beyond our borders. They
are specially, after being brought on, com.
mended TO the public as teachers of rare
undergraduates of this or that train
ing school-an Institution supported
wholly by the Staten which it is located
A free school of high grade These
excellent teachers are coB,mURistic pro-
ducts, are thevI The following is a
somewhat remarkable sentence: The
State is now doing far TOO much, br
taxation, for collegiate education, and far
too little for the proper elementary edu-
cation, of the needy masses" But
have written enough at present. This
sentence comes up next.
f. ID. MILLER.
sup't, Education Marshall County.
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In memory Of Mrs. c. 7. BcaSET fwho died at
Terry, Miss, Jan 20th, 1885 and sfectionately
dedicated 10 her ehiIdren.]
BY MAGGIE A. D1WNISG

dedicated to her ehiIdren.l
By MAGGIE A. DOWNING.
Softly tread within the chamber, close the blind
with gentle care,
Lightly breathe in whispered accents mother Is no
longer there;
Eyes are dimmed and hands are folded, cold and
still our darling lies,
Sveetly smiling golden Joy beams back TO u. from
other skies.
smooth as marble soft and tender, where gree.
burrows used to be,
Grew her brow from angel kisses they waited
Lips just ready in their beauty, words OF cheer to
Words to comfort and 10 sOothe one-how 10 say she
only knew.
Full o tenderness and pity, fall Of work for thosa
they loved.
Little heart thai beat 50 warmly, for the beggar at
Little feet that never tired in the path of duty
more.
Here tonight hy lie leore ms. rigid, siIe Mt
And my spirit in its anguish, cries aloud, Tn iea
alone!
God in mercy, pity, strengthen; oh, this worlds 50
And feel that en- The hea vens laugh to scorn the
falling tear.
ho:her's gone!. What desolation, oh, what lone
illness feel,
Chilli despair has crept around me, causing brain
and heart TO reel.
Minutes seem like dreary hours, life cherries as
the grave.
am outcSst, hopeless frisndles,, on the oceans
restless wave.
All, but list I hear murmur; nearer nearer
comes the sound,
Hark moment, hush. it fingers on the air above,
around
Darling, list, It's /. your Mother come to breathe
within your
Words OF blessing, words of comfort, and to dry
your falling tear"
Far away I'd left this region, full of pain and
too
Gone to taste of angel bisses gone to see the light
anew;
Resting, OH 50 sweetly resting, on the saviour's
As he softly whispered me, faithful bide ever
here"
Anthems rolled in liquid music, through the
realms Of golden light
seraphs walked the glitterng paEements, with their
harps 50 lair and bright
And methOught while filled with gladness, suffer-
ing here earth could be,
Ne er compared ia strength anguish, to the Joy
one there would see
81 But my darling far above, shouting, singing music
there,
Came your wall Of sad despairing came your
broken hearted prayer,
And the Saviour, tender, shepherd bade me come
10 you aga n,
Here in spirit comfort cheer you, and assuage your
aching pain
the day,
I'll be guardian of each hour though l seem SO far
away;
I'll protect YOU guide YOU keep you; I'll be with
you everywhere,
Bti oig dUn1, IN be neIres! in the hour Of secret
pruVer.'