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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

To be constantly happy man must
be good to himself, and be constantly
occupied in doing good to others.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

Where each government exercises the power OF
taxation, neither is exercising the power oi the
other; but when a state proceeds to regulate COM
merce with foreign nations, among the several
STATES u IS exercising the very power that Is granted
70 Congress, and il is doing the very thing which
Congress is authorized to do.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07
TIpPAH RIFLEMEN-f2p REe,NEsr

rendered May 6, 1861; mustered at
Ripley, Tippah county, June 2. 1861 !;
mastering officer, Capt. L. A. Lindsey.
Captain, Moses McCorley; 1st Lieut., II.
A. Stevens I'd Lieut., John 81. Riddle
spherger; Sd Lieut., j. NJ. Childs. Whole
number, 81.
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Some Good Bulls.
,.m Ercrv OLher satnrdar.l

From Every Other Saturday,
A capital bull is related in the life
of Dr. Sims Of a countryman of his
own for whom he had prescribed an
emetic, who said with great simplicity:
"My dear doctor, it is of no Use your
giving me an eme.ic: ! tried it twice in
Dublin and it would not stay on my
stomach either time" This calls to mind
the story about n sir g'r who, being
rapturously cucored, repeated her songs,
A stranger who had been in the opera
was asked how he had been pleased with
her "Not at all, ~ said he, Not at all! :!
whv she is the first singer in Europe"
"That may be, replied the man, but
she sung so bad last night that they
made her sing all the songs over again"
BEFORE the winter closes the work of
the season, there are sonre smaller items
Of work which are easily performed
but which are often forgotten or not
remembered at the right time. Among
these are raking up dry leaves, or draw
ing them from the woods, for litter aud
protection from frost; cutting and burn
ING the dead seeded stalks of burdocks
along fences, aud committing them to
the brush heap; applying winter mulch
ing to such trees and plants as are
better for it laying down grapevines
and holding them Hat on the ground
without covering; cleaning, polishing
and oiling all metallic tools; asserting
apples before storing them for winter in
the fruit room; protecting young fruit
q
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07
MOORESVILLE DARTS-(1sT RECT.
COMPANY b.

rendered July 90, 1861; mustered at
Mooresville, Itawamba county, August 2S,
1861; mastering officer, Maj J. n. Davis.
Captain, Mermian Pounds; 1st Lieut., r.
B. Tate I'd Lieut., J. S. Taylor; Sd Lieut.,
Thomas Boyd. Whole number, 63.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

RUNNING accounts stand until they
are settled.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

parison with the United States, it has
been found necessary TO agitate for ad-
dltional restrictions for the protection
of the public against tie encr0achments
of the corporations The following ex-
tract from the London Times, the great
organ of British opinion, presents rea-
sons for more restrictive policy which
are well worth the consideration of
American lawmakers:
It is idle to contend that raiiwavs ar in no need
o. the state interference which they very naturally
dislike They are TOO powerful 10 he left without
control 10 do just As they may please From small
beginning ties have risen to an importance aud az
influence too great by lar to be LETT entirely n pr
vate hands. They have become an empire
within the empire. or more properly NAM
Der OF empires, coirpstingf indeed with one
another bat bound together by common interests
necessarily concidcnt with the interest ef the
public and not seldom in sntagonism with IL These
corpora tons have poT Toned out the country among
them In its district each CLANS 10 b supreme
and is capable point OF fact ot exercising slno>t
supreme powers The tariff and train service Of :
great railway can he - arranged To make OF
uumake ueighbO0rhpod- - iavoy irn OF 10 ruin
IT, To forbid industry or give 1t an undue a,i-
vantage. Apart from the railway commission there !
has been nothing 10 prevent the employment Of T
railway Influence Tor ali these purposes and il can
hardly be contendc thar it is fer the public good
that potent iorce should exist without restraint
L is a matter OF course that railway companies +
should take different view, and should resent an {
Interference which Is impcratlveiy called for IN .
every interest hut their own.
The time has come al which more real siltlerirl-
endence is demanded. The railway commissions
aust 70 on in an improved form and with more ex-
ensise pc wers than have yet been intrusted il.
'reat9st force that has arisen in modern times
shich has long tgrown tie restraints which were
Il first thought sufficient for il, and which bids far
g 90 on developing and Increasing in the future
Without aSSfgnahe bounds.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07
Chief Justice Story, in the case of
New York VS.. Min, II Peters. loo, citing
the foregoing decision, said;

From thas time To the present the question has
been considered al resi- The power given Congress
10 regulate commerce with foreign nations and
among the states have been deemed exclusive, from
the nature and object OF the power, aud the neces-
Sary implications growing OUT OF il.
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The same recommendation is renewed
in general terms by the President in his
annual message of d. cember !, 1884

annual message OF u celnOer !, lSS4
1t is proper to assume that the Presi-
dent did not act without due delibera-
tion, and that he would not have called
the attention of Congress 10 the subject
in the earnest and vigorous language he
has employed, if the necessity for the
legislation he proposes had not been ur-
gent. The recommendation emanates
from the executive head of the Govern
ment, and though he is the recognized
chief of the political party to which he
owes his elevation, the measure can not
be considered from partisan stand
point to bias the minds aud pervert the
judgment of those whose duty it is to
deal with it. 1t must be regarded from
the higher plane of enlightened public
policy unaffected by the narrow consid-
erations of party. We have seen in the
progress of the discussion that it is com
mon ground upon which the North and
the South, the East and the West, can
meet; a domain into which the intoler-
ant spirit of party and the still more il
liberal spirit of sectionalism can not
enter.
CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF CONGRESS
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07
In the Passenger Case, Norris VS.. Bos-
ton, Chief-Justice TaDey says:

Ii has always been admitted in the discussion
upon article ;, section 3, OF the Constitution that
the power regulate commerce includes navigation
and ships and crews because they are the ordinary
means OF commercial intercourse.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07
THE PREVALENCE OF ABUSES.

Probably there Is no community in
the United States where railroads exist
that has not suffered from the abuses
for which the pending bills will, to
some extent, provide a remedy. When
1 assert that the State which in part
represent, assert what every intelligent
They are no more frequent nor more yiru
lent in my State thanin other States, and
doubtless the same testimony can be
borne by every Representative of States
in which no remedial legislation has been
provided. In seeking data for just and
proper legislation from Mississippi, /
have obtained many examples Of the
manner in which the public are wronged
by oyercharges and determinations.
pApr ,,st,rtusrNNEp rrNU's uNpf ~.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

Keeping then in mind what commerce is and
mercial transactions with another State We canuot
be al a loss to determine from the subject-matter
the clause in the Constitution that the meaning OF
the terms used in il is exclude the state from
regulating commerce in any way, except their own
internal trade and to contids its regulation COM
pletely and entirely TO Congress.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

The House having under eonsfetsszfien the til
H r. 5f6ll 10 establish a board of Interstate ,s,a
meTce anu to regulate such clmmeree-
Mr. Barksdale said:
Mr.. Speaker: In the exereise of his
constitutional functions 10 recommend
to Congress such measures as he NAV
deem necessary and expedieht, the Pres
ident in his annual messag of Deem
Der 4, 1888, directed attention to the
necessity of legislation TO protect the
public from acts of injustice and op-
preston committed by railroad corpor-
ations employed as the agents OF com
merce among the States. lie used this
strong and unequivocal language
Complaints have lately been numerous and ur
gent that certain corporations. controlling in whole
in part the facilities for the interstate carriage af
persons and merchandise the great railroads OF
the country, have resorted Ia their dealings with
the public TO divers measures unjust and oppressive
in their character
In some Instances the State governments have al
tackled and suppressed these evils, but in Others
they have been unable 20 afford adequate relief be-
eauseof the jurislctonsl Limitations which i'm
posed upon them by the Federal Constitution.
The question how far the National Government
may lawfully interfere in the premises. and what.
if any supervision OF control IL ought 10 exercise
is one which merits your careful consideration
While we cannot Tail To recognize the importance
of the vast railway systems of the country and their
great and benefcent influences upon the develop
menf oi material wealth we should, the other
hand, remember that no individual and no c0rIpr-
alton ought to be invested with absolute power over
the interest NJ any other citizen or class OF citizens
The right OF these railway corporations a fair and
profitable return upon their investments, and t.
reasonable freedom in their regulations nlus; be
but ii only just that lar as its
constitutional authority will permit, congress
should protect the people at large in their interstate
traffic against acts OF injustice which the state gov
4 O
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

In the light present surroundings,
these words, uttered fifteen years ago,
read like prophecy. If there is an
''irrepressible conflict" between these
tremendous forces-I trust there is not
whatever else shall fail, let the Constitu-
ton be enforced, let the rights of the
people be maintained.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
Speech of Hon. E. B s.sdale.

The House having under eonsissssaiien tie bill
H. r. 5+6Il 10 establish board OF afterstate ssg
meTce and to regulate such cimmeTee-
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1 am persuaded that the next question to he con-
runted will be that OF corporations and their ruLa
ton 10 the interests Of the people and go national
life. The fear is entertained 10y many oi our
best men that the national and state legislature ot
the nion in creating these vast corporations. nave
evoked a spirit which may escape and defy their
control, and which may WELD power greater than
Legislatures themselves The rapidlty with which
railroad corporations have consolidated during the
past year is not the least manifestation ot this
power.
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When Pool Commissioner Fink, who
bears the reputation of being the ablest
expert in Railroad management IN the
United States was delivering his argu-
ment before the committee, against regu-
lating interstate commerce, the follow
ing interrogatory and answer were pro-
pounded and given:
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-16
Wednesday, Sept. IS, 1885.

The wild Rose.
Fair are the flowers the tardy Spring.
At last fulnting all our. hope
With largess late, is won't to fling
Along our Northern slope.
For us the cowslip sheds Its gold;
For us the May-nower breathes perfume;
AND In our meadows, low and cold,
White vlolets bloom.
But some resplendent morn of June,
When sunbeams thrill with fervid power,
AND sea-waves chant murmurous rune,
Come, see our perfect fioH er.
From sunset skies of molten red
Her deeply glowing hues were wrought;
From pearly shell in oceans bed
Her paler tints were caught.
Her tender greenery gently fills
With graceful, softened shape
The outline OF the rugged hills
All round our Cape.
She flashes In the deepest wood;
We trace her by the brooklet's edge;
But most where pillows harsh and rude
Beat on the cruel ledge.
Her dauntless smile we love to greet;
Lies central radiance through her flows;
Her fragrance makes the east wind sweet
Our beautiful wild Rose
So, to our Duty's sober days,
By salt waves Tapped. by sharp crags .orn-
so, 20 our sombre shaded ways,
Set round by brake and thorn
In modest pride.of gracious youth,
With heart OF love, with soul serene,
With dewy purity and truth,
She comes, our Byzantine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-16
AYERS
Hair Vigor

restores, with the gloss and freshness Of
youth, faded or gray hair to natural rich
brown color, or deep black, as may be desired.
BY its use light or red hair may be darkened,
thin hair tlickened, and badness often,
though not always, cured.
1t checks falling of the hair, and stimu-
lates weak and sicily growth to vigor. 1t
prevents and cures scurf and dandrutf, and
heals nearly every disease peculiar to the
scalp. AS Ladies' Hair Dressing, the
VIeoR is unequalled; 1t contains neither oil
nor dye, renders the hair soft, glossy, and
silken in appearance, and imparts delicate,
agreeable, and lasting perfume.
MIR. c. p. BRIcHRR writes from Kirby, o.,
July 8, 1882 " Last fall my hair commenced
falling out, and in a short time | became
nearly bald. ! used part of q bottle of
AYERS HAIR VIGoR, which stopped the fall
ing of the hair, and started u new growth.
have now full head of hair growing vigor-
ously, and am convinced that but for the
use of your preparation should have been
entirely bald"
j. w. Bowen, proprietor of the Mcdrthur
(Ohio) Enquirer, says &" AYERS HAIR IGoR
is a most excellent preparation for the hair.
speak of IL from my own experience. Its
use promotes the growth of new hair, and
makes il glossy and soft. The VIGoR is also
q sure cure for dandruff. Not within my
knowledge has the preparation ever failed
to give entire satisfaction"
MIR. ANGUS FAIRBAIRS, leader of the
celebrated " Fairbairn Familyn of Scottish
vocalists, writes from Bosfo,i, Mass, Feb. 8,
1880: Ever since my hair began to give sill
very evidence of the change which fleeting
time procureth, have used AYERS HAIR
Vi0oR, and so have been able to maintain
an appearance of youthfulness matter OF
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-16

Don't forget Louden's Shoes. He
win sell you hand or machine made Of his
own work. Cor. Main and Coryell streets,
.ambertville. Jy 10.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-16
JOSEPH SMITH. JOHN w. SMITH
Joseph Smith & Co. s
BUSINESS NOTICE.
MILLING DEPARTMENT.
PRALLsyILLE MILLS, |
Stockton P. o. N. J. J

| IRALI4SVILLE MILLS, |
Stockton p. o. N. J. J
Having purchased the interest of
is. SLOWER in the Milling business
heretofore carried on at Prallsville
Mills by SMITHS & Slower, we will
continue the same, at the old stand,
and will cndeavor to give satisfac-
ton to all our patrons.
Grist work will be done carefully
and promptly, and when desired by
customers we will always be pre-
pared to exchange Flour and Feed
for Grain, retaining only customary
toll.
The highest market price will be
paid for Grain, and selling prices,
both at wholesale and retail, will be
closely adjusted.
LUMBER DEPARTMENT.
We have added to the business at
Prallsville full assortment of Sea-
soned Pine and Hemlocls Lumber,
which will be kept under cover and
sold in lots to suit customers, and at
very low figures.
FERTILIZERS.
Standard brands of Fertilizers,
suitable for both Spring and Fall
crops, always on hand at Prallsville.
REAL ESTATE AND INSUR-
ANCE DEPARTMENT.
The Real Estate and Insurance
business will be continued in LAM
BERTVILLE, on the corner of
Bridge and Union streets.
Insurance ON Dwellings and con-
tents, Stores, Merchandise, Mills,
Factories, and Farm Buildings and
Crops will be done at low rates, in
the best of American and Foreign
Companies.
Property will be bought or sold
on very reasonable terms, and money
will be loaned or secured on real
estate mortgages for a reasonable
JOS. SMITH & co.
Jan. 81, 1885.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-16

HANDY TO HAVE AROUND THE HousE:-
Az general rule when man brings home
, revolver for fear of burglars, his wife
makes him promise never to keep the hor-
rid thing loaded in the house, and then
when he's gone she takes pair of tongs
and puts the horrid thing in trunk under
the bed and locks it up for fear it nigh.
60 off.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-16
Tho Ladies. Fisherman on Record

We have some Of the laziest negroes in
the world right here in Palatka, and In Sum-
mer they live on eethsh and meions. We
saw one Of these lazy creatures the othe,
day. He had his fishing line TIED to his
dogs hind leg and when fish would bite
be would give his deg kick.
(Fla. Herald
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-26
What is a Savage?

No one would call the ancient Brah-
mans savageS, and yet writing was I'M
known to them before the third century
Il. G.. Homer, quite apart from his
blindness, was certainly unaequainted
with writing for literary purposes. The
ancient inhabitants of Germany, as de-
scrihed by Tacitus, were equally ignor-
ant of the art of writing as vehicle of
literature; yet, for all that, we could
not say with Gibbon, that with them
the nobler faculties of the mind had
lost their powers, the Judgment had
become feeble, and the Imagination
languid. And we find that the use of let
tiers IS by no means an indispensable ele-
ment to true civilization, we should ar
rive at the same conclusion in examin-
ing almost every discovery which has
been pointed out as sine qua non of
civilized life. Every generation is apt
to consider the measure of comfort
which it has reached as indispensable
TO civilized life, but very often, in small
rs well as great things, what is called
civilized to-day may be called barbar-
Gus tomorrow. Races who abstain
from eating the flesh of animals are apt
to look on carnivorous people rs saw
ages; people who abstain from intoNi-
eating drinks naturally despise ma
ton in which drunkenness is preva-
lent. What should we say if we enter
ed town in which the streets were
neither paved nor lighted, and in which
the windows were without glass; where
we saw no carriages in any of the thor
oughfares, and where, inside the houses,
ladies and gentlemen might be seen
eating without forks and wearing gar
ments that had never been washedp
| And yet even in Paris no street was
| paved before 1885, In London Hol-
born was first paved in l417 and Smith
| field in 1914, while Berlin was without
paved streets far into the seventeenth
century. No houses had windows of
! glass before the twelfth century, and as
| late. rs the fourteenth century anything
| might be thrown out of the windows at
Paris after three times calling out
Care feaur Shirts were an inven-
ton of the Crusades, and the fine dress
es which ladies and gentlemen wore
during the Middle Ages were hardly
ever washed, but only refreshed from
! time to time with precious scents. In
1850 we are told that there existed in
Paris no more than three carriages
one belonging to the Queen. the other
/ to Diane de Poitiers, and the third to
Rene de Laval. In England coaches
| $50 called from the Hungarian kossD
date from 1850, though whirlicotes 80
back to the fourteenth century. So far
rs we know. neither Dante nor Be-
atriee used forks in eating, and yet we
should hardly class them rs savages. =
MAJ Muller, ia ulc AiacteeRih century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-26
At Night.


Hark! how the Winters wind doth whistle
shrill
And 'gainst the frosty pane doth sharp inn
pei
His warlike mimicry of shot and shell
with ali the strength Of an unconquered will.
Inc feathry pines with giitt ring store are
bright,
And all along the naples slender limbs
:. Run veins Of silver-suddeniy there CLEANS
light.
The thwartcd suns goodnight. Now drops
night pail.
Hear the loud wind swirling from ice-fields
far.
:. And 10. behold out-twlnkling. star on star,
The lights of home far shine with rays ali
magical.
How blost beyond all knowledge, love, were
If but one light might glow for thee and me.
III.
Inheeded then should be the stor1n-swept sky.
Inhearyi the wind, the rafting of the sleet
Against the pane, for oh! thy presence
sweet
Thy hand-thy voice-thy fond, approving
eye
Would make for me May in mid-December.
should not mind tho landscape bleak and
chill,
The shrouded pain the drift-encumbered
hill
] should forget the Winter to remember.
AIRS Alas! that bliss may never be:
ne winter with its z DuIn Will pass away,
ANA here. before this window, fOw'rets gay,
ny south winds kissed, upleapabut oh. for
IN the sad Winter Of loves discomfort
must forever dwcTl in langulshnent
Ada tddines Gale in The Current
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-26
Professional Digaity.

Doctors are fond of talking about the
dignity of the profession. and do their
best to uphold it. An eminent London
ton, that he makes q toint of never
thanking his patients for his fee when
he takes it, but simply pockets it as a
matter of course as his due. Ipresume
he would similarly disdain to ask for it
should the patient depart without of
fering to pay. They sometimes do
this. A friend Of the writer, who was
once treated thus by Il lady richly at
tired, stopped her just as she wa max
ing her exit, and iii the blandeSt of
terms begged to be allowed to look at
the prescription again for moment.
He looked at it for a few seconds, and
then, tearing it across. threw it into
the fire. s.La,lies in silks and satins,"
he said, lean generally afford to pay"
and calmly rang his bell for his servant
to usher in the next patient.
Doctors occasionally get the worst of
it, though, when they stand too much
on their dignity with patients. A local
practitioner in a country town was one
day sent for to visit a child in the fam
lily of one of his patients. On arrival
he found his little patient had been all
ing for some days, and asked why he
had not been called in before. .'0h, I"
said the mother, 1--WE have been giving
it bottle of Els stuff, mentioning
patent medicine prepared by veteri-
nary surgeon well known in the coun-
try, and bottle of which she had OBJ
tanned at the chemists. ''Whatm ex-
claimed the doctor, '.expect me to at
tend after horse doctorp" and he
marched off in great Indignation. The
father of the child vas baker, and
supplied the,doctor's family with bread.
Next day no bread was delivered at
the doctors house Tie doctors wife
put on her bonnet and shawl and went
out to call on the baker, respecting the
omission. On entering the shop she
saw the bakers befter-half, and polite
ly intimated that she had called to say
that no bread had been left as usual,
and she would be glad TO have some
sent. ''Oh, no. was the reply, ..your
husband won't attend us as doctor, SO
we sha'n't supply him with bread, and
they didn't. The doctor was forced to
deal with another and inferior baker,
as milarly the baker had on the previ-
Gus day been forced to send for another
doctor.