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business of the CIearing-Houses.

The banks now hold 500, l46, 3sS in excess o
the % per cent. rule
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-03
Born Old.

Though it be the rule for people to be
born young and grow old, yet there
seems to be occasional exceptions-cer-
tain human oddities, who impress you
with the feeling that they must have
been born old and are now growing
Young. If the phrase may be allowed,
each method has its advantages. Those
of us who happen TO come into the
world in the orthodox style can not but
remember the pleasures of youth;
though now that we are growing older
it is impossible not to perceive what Il
delightful thing it might have been to
get over our old age first and then to be-
gin the golden journey toward child
hood. Not the condition known as
second childhood, for that is a fallacy;
old people become not children but
childish, which includes the elements
of senility. That is a condition which
is surrounded by physical and intellect
ual ruins. whereas the condition of real
childhood has its own distinctive en-
vironment, beautifully expressed in the
lines: Heaven lies about us in our in
fancy" Children. even in the most
wretched state of existence, ill-fed, i'll
clad, ill-taught, have celestial vista
tions and glimpses into a region peo-
pied by shapes which have no resem-
blance to those of the disillusionizing,
working world. Dolldom is heaven; so
is toyland. In pretty play the girl
learns to be u mother, and the great
animal world is endeared to the boy by
a rocking-horse. But youth is a phil
osopher in its very ignorance, and not
years but months and even days trans
form the basis of faith, so that very
soon something different from an ar
rangement of sticks and straps is neces-
sary to represent war steed.
Then there dawns the paradise of
picture-books ere yet the task of learn
ing has transformed the idea of books
into purgatory without pictures. But
from flower to flower is the destiny of
youth, and other pleasant paths appear
through which he walks to manhood.
What annoys not few of US who are
really growing old is the conviction that
in our youth we must have missed a
whole world of delight now open to the
children of these incompatible times.
The mist of years does not obscure our
faith that the golden age does not lie in
the far past, like thing dead and done
with, but in the future which is perpetu-
ally approaching lis from what may be
called unborn eternity. Every new
born year is in favor of the children that
now are or will be, because each year
| brings its budget of inventions and inn
provements to enlarge and enliven the
banquet Of life. Pittsburgh Sunday
/ ITdueler.
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Sometime.

Sometime, when all hfe's lessons have been
learned.
And sun and stars forever more have set.
The things which our weak judgments here
have spHrned.
The things Ger which we grieved with
laSheS wet.
Will flash before us. out Of Iife's dark night.
As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;
And We shall see how all Gods plans are
right
Aud how what seemed reproof was love
most true.
And we shall see how, while we frown and
Gods plans go on as best for you and me;
How, when we called He needed not .ur cry,
Because His wisdom 10 the end could see;
And even as wise parents disallow
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood.
So Goa, perhaps. is keeping from us now
Lies sweetest things because it seemeth
good.
And if, sometimes, oommiugIed with life's
wine.
We find the wormwood, and rebel and
shrink.
Be sure wiser hand than yours or mine
Pours out this portion for our lips to drink.
And If some friend we love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face.
o. do not blame the loving Father 40,
But wear your sorrow with obedient grace! !!
And you shall shortly know that heightened
breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends His
friend
And that, sometimes. the sable pail of death
Conceals the fairest boon His love can send.
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within and all Gods working see
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find a key!
But not to-day. Then be content. poor heart!
Gods plans Ike lilies pure and white un-
fold.
We must NOT faar. ~i----sfltIt leaves
I1I4ie VIII reveal the calyxes of sroiS f7
And if through patient toll we ress1s i1ar5 aa1r.
Where tired feet with sandals lOosed, may
rest,
When we shall clearly see and understand
/ think that we viii say, God knew the
best!'
May Riley Smith
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-03
Turpentine Negroes.


Just about the toughest beings that
ever cursed country are some of these
turpentine negroes. They are paid by
the box, 81 to S1.50 per hundred for
box cutting, and furnished so much ra-
tions. The old rule was peck of meal,
seven pounds of bacon, and quart of
sirup. Other provisions the darky must
pay for himself. They are given shan
ties to live in, and there, amid filth and
vermin. they sleep and eat Sometimes
they win get together nights and sing
and preach and pray until after mid
night, and then, at the call of the wood
man. they are up and going by early
dawn. Saturday evenings at the sta
ton they congregate, and, where whis-
Ky is obtainable. there are scenes OF the
widest sort That is what caused so
many of those wiregrass counties to 90
dry. Liquor demcralized the laborers
to such an extent that 1t was ruinous.
There is not so much money in turpen-
tine as there was five years ago, but
men still manage to farm it.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-03
A Good Dog Story.

Reading recently of 4 dog that had
fondness for collecting wood, and that
had formed large pile of all sorts of
wood, called to my mind 4 setter pup /
once had. He was so young when
brought to the house that he had to be
fed with the bottle like baby. As he
grew older he was put in the kennel
with collie dog, to whom he became
strongly attached. The collie was kept
chained, but the little setter had free
range. One day the puppy was no
where to be seen, but later he came up
the hill with an empty condensed-milk
can and set it up in front of the kennel.
He again disappeared and soon return
ed with another can, which he placed
close to the first This performance
was continued by the little fellow until
there were five cans placed in straight
line, one touching the other. My Curl
osity at the pups strange doings led me
to follow him. He went to a shallow
pit some distance away from the house,
where empty cans were thrown, and
searching among them until he found
i another milk-can, which he carried
rather wearily up the hill. Having first
assured myself that there were no more
milk-cans, waited for the dogs return
| to see what he would do. He made a
great clatter among the cans, but found
none of the sort he wanted: Then he
came to me whining, as if to say: Find
| me another can,n but when he saw
could not help him he went off to his
beloved collie, looked at the row OF
cans, and then coaxed the large dog
out of the kennel. His delight was
great when the collie knocked over the
| cans as he walked to the end of his
chain. Then he set them up again and
sat down. looking the picture of con-
tent. The cans were taken away and
put back in the pit The next day the
same performance was repeated. AT
| terward had the milk-cans hid to sec
whether the puppy would bring the
others. He searched for them, but, not
finding them. would not touch tht
others. When, however, the milk-cans
were put back again he once more
| brought them to his friend with joyfu
tail-wagging. It certainly was a singu
| lar performance, and would seem to in
dicate that the puppy had an eye fol
form and size. It was very strange
too, that he always arranged them in 8
straight Ene--M Y Commercial Id
Certiser.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-03
Woman's True Position.

Mrs. Beecher, in her sensible talks in
the Brooklyn Magazine, calls attention
TO the prevalent discomfort of women
with their home duties, and assures
them that home-making is the most
honorable duty that they perform, since
the lack of true homes is the main cause
of strife and sin that curses the world
Home, she says, SIS the true kingdom
of woman where her rights can never be
dethroned; that all pure love, all right
thoughts, all religions, all governments
if we would have them live and flourish
must have their roots beneath its altar
This conviction impels me to say to
every woman who has home: Let home
stand first before all other things Nc
matter how high your ambition may
transcend lis duties, no matter how fan
your talents or your influence may
reach beyond its doors, before everything
else build up a true home Be not its
slave; be its ministeri Let it not be
enough that it is swept and garnished
that its silver is brilliant, that its food
is delicious, but feed the love in it, feed
the truth in it, feed thought and inspi
ration, feed all charity and gentleness
in it. Then from its walls shall come
forth the true woman and the true man
who shall together rule and bless ths
land. .0-Ex.
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Finger Nails.
A LECTURE ON THE SUBJECT.
New York Nail and Express. ]

New York Nail and Express.
"Few habits are more prevalent and
none more disgusting than biting the
fnger-nails,' said prominent physician
the other day. Cleaning the nails with
a penknife and picking the teeth in
public are practices vulgar enough, but
biting the nails is far worse. 1t is dis
gusting in more ways than one. 1t rem
ders the 1inger-tips SOFT, pulpy and
shapeless, and destroys the beauty of
the nails. Properly cared for they are
an important item in personal adorn-
ment. Next to pearly regular teeth,
pink shapely nails are, perhaps, the
most striking indication of neatness and
cleanliness. A person with no regard
for these little things is pretty sure to be
siovenly in other respects; one who
munches at his finger nails as he talks
to you may be set down at once, and
with slight danger of injustice, as an
all-round slattern. Besides, think of
the nastiness of it. Dust and dirt of all
kinds lodge under the fnger-nails.
Every article the hand touches contrib.
utes its share to the rapidly accumulat-
ing deposit of filth. There is no use
mincing matters. The nail deposits are
filth of the most offensive and miscella-
neous sort. The dirt lodged under the
nail soon becomes soft and pasty from
the excretion OF perspiration. In this
form it is bitten off with fragments of
the nail, moistened by the saliva, turned
over in the mouth, and not infrequently
swallowed. Did you ever observe a
doctor at his ablutions? Invariably he
washes his hands first. Then he care
fully wipes them and empties and rinses
out the bowl before he washes his face.
He knows that the hands attract dirt
just as a sponge absorbs moisture, and
he has too much respect for his face to
bathe it in the same water that has
cleansed them. His professional expert
ence has taught him also, THAI poison in
the shape OF virus from wounds and
contagious diseases are often contributed
by so simple a process as handshaking
He doesn't propose to have his eyes OF
his nose or his lips contaminated by his
hands in that way. The person who
bites his nails is infinitely more liable to
that risk, for he takes the concentrated
filth from under his nails into his
mouth.
But, worst Of all, the nail bitter is q
self devouring cannibal. ] wonder how
many sentimental school girls, who keeF
their fingers in their mouths half the
time, and dudes, who nip at their nail:
as industriously as they suck their cane
heads, have ever thought os that. Prob
ably not many of either class. But it is
the fact, all the same. When the nails
are bitten of, chewed up and revolved
in the mouth, as though they were sue.
eulent tidbits, it necessarily happen:
that small particles of the quick art
also removed. These particles are hu
man fiesh-the nail-biter's own flesh
and they are masticated, frequently
swallowed with the other revolving NOR
sells. Any one who can bite his nails
after that thought, viii never suffer
from nausea"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-03
The Jug Trade to Atlanta.

ATLANTA, Oct 24-The Jug trade to
Atlanta has assumed large proportions,
and il is estimated by the express Off
GERS that their daily receipts viii reach
5000 The first week of total prohibi.
tion found most people with supplies of
liquor. As each day has passed there
has been steady increase in the jug
trade, thus indicating the exhaustion of
the old supply. Atlanta is surrounded
BY a Gordon Of wet towns, from thirty TO
forty miles distant. The liquor dealers
of these towns haYe flooded the city
with stamped envelopes with their ad-
dresses printed thereon, and a blank
order for the different kinds of liquor
enclosed. The parties thus addressed
have nothing to do but enclose a 81 note
and mail the letter On the arrival of
every train anxious individuals may be
seen waiting for their Jugs They go to
the baggage car and find the Jug with
the right tag attached, and hurry of
with it.
The druggists are having hard time
Of it. a prominent druggist said: My
business is absolutely painful to me. i
am called on every hour in the day by
some man who whispers TO me and begs
for liquor. He insists that | have it,
and that / can sell a little of il if ]
will"
No drug store can keep liquor for sale
under any circumstances. They are not
permitted to fill physicians prescrip-
tions. They do keep alcohol, however,
which they are permitted, under the
law, to sell for mechanical, manufactur-
ing, medical or art purposes The topsrs
have found this out and are making a
dead rush for alcohol.
"You would be amazed to see the
tricks they take to get the alcohol" said
a leading retail druggist A man will
come in the store with plumbers tools
in hand, and, holding up his spirit lamp,
will ask to have il filled with alcohol.
In few minutes another man comes in
with the same lamp. A boy of IA came
into my store to-day with q toy engine.
He took out the little boiler and had me
fill it with ten cents worth of alcohol.
In half hour he came back and wanted
it filled again. investigated and found
that hewas drinking it himself, and of
course sold him no more. Another man
came in SO drunk that he could hardly
stand, and wanted some alcohol to make
varnish with. Alcohol is the only thing
that will dissolve shellec, and he said he
wanted TO make some shellee varnish.
Another man proposed to buy some
alcohol to mix with eamphor, to put on
his boys sore feet. l proposed TO mix
the camphor for him, but he said, Just
give me the alcohol straight and l viii
mix it, All day long they came in
with one excuse and another We, of
course, try not to sell it, but when they
make a demand under the law, we are
obliged to let them have it.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-03


This is the season Of school treats,
the glorious time of year when the chill
dren of the very poor are for once IN a
way lifted out of the depths Of thas
poverty in which so many thousands of
them are STEPPED and taught TO believe
that for them, as well as for the "young
gentlemen" and young ladies' of the
colleges" and "high schools" and Slash
ionable seminaries" the sun shines, the
birds carol joyously, the long grass III
meadows hymns a soft anthem as the
light breezes sweep over it, and the
waves dance and gleam as if they, too,
were making holiday. The school
treat" has always been an institution
with US, in France, however, they have
only Just made the discovery that in this
matter of school festivals the example
set by 'perfidious Albion might well be
initiated by ia gr-r-r-ande nation" and
they have initiated US, we are glad to
say, accordingly.
The first to participate in the count
less pleasures of the French school treat
were 400 children who receive their edu-
cation under the auspices Of the Chem
ms de Fer de POnest. They were taken,
of course, by train to the forest Of st.
German, about as grand a playground
as could be found on either side Of the
channel; number Of friends sent a
quantity Of good things; the glades Of the
old forest rang with the unaccustomed
music Of children's voices; and, as a
ehronicler Of the fete puts it, the spec
tacle of the youngsters at the station Of
st. Lazare, after their outing" did one
good to see" Now that the school
treat has once taken root in France, II
will we hope, develop in the provinces
as well az in the capital. Pail Nal
Gazette.
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upon her arm. All her color flashed

upon her arm. All her color flashed
back TO her cheeks.
"Listeni' she cried. You. Nab, and
you, Maurice Desmond! am ashamed
OF my cold heart, my covetous proud
heart knowledge this girl, Nab
Rae, as my cousin. and having equal
right with me at Raeburn Hall | will
make graudpapa-yes, | can do any
thing with him, he loves me so well-I
shall make grandpapa forgive Mab's
father, whom he disinherited years ago
forgive him, and bring him home to
Raeburn Hall And Nab shall forgive
me for not believing her when she came
to the hall that day-not listening 10
her, turning my back on herr'
Her sobs broke in, and Nab had put
her arms about her.
'.Hush, Maud-dear Maud! For YOU
have something to forgive me, too, /
thought you cold and hard
a step across the earthen floor stop
ped her.
That bent and hopeless figure had
left the doorway and stood among them.
bent still, and feeble but no longer
hopeless.
Maud" he said Maud. nv little
brother Dick orphan child, YOU will
have to ask forgiveness for me, tool
for 1t was an evil spirit of revenge that
made me settle here in this hut after my
father had repulsed me these two
months ago-here, at Dives gates, as it
were, where, from his proud house. he
might see the smoke of my cabin above
the trees by day, the light of it THROUGH
them bv night L ~ make no
public claim on him, when once he had
denied me; but | meant to haunt him
with my wretchedness, and turn all his
luxury to bitterness. But now, for my
poor Mab's sake, who has never been
bitter and hard"
''But good fairy" said Desmond,
putting out his hand to her Cousin
Nab. though not so nearly akin as
Maud, have right to claim you too. :"
She did not know then what claim he
meant to advance; but not many weeks
after she did.
For the twc-this time Maurice Des-
mond and Mab-had ridden up from
the Hall, and checked their horses in
the clearing of the now deserted hut.
Desmond leaned forward and laid
his hand on the little gloved one that
rested idly on the pommel of her saddle.
NAB. my Midsummer Fairy, do you
know what happens when it is given to
a mortal to see fairy on Midsummer's
Day?"
She dropped her eyes, half shyly and
half mischieyously.
"A fairy gift is granted him." she
said.
''Yes. and L demand it-nay, be-
seech it. Nab. my fairy queen, come to
me-be my wife!''
She did not speak, but the small hand
nestled yet closer under his.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-03
Colorado Girls.

''Haye you ever heard of a breach-of-
promise case in Colorado?" asked a
Tribune reporter of a prominent Denver
lawyer the other day.
No" said the lawyer reheetvely,
Il have not, and | am positive there has
never been such case in twenty-six
years. Seems a little strange, doesn't
it? Yes, breach-of-promise cases are of
frequent occurrence in other States,
there's no mistake about that, but Colo
RADIO has escaped that stigma ever since
it became Territory. How has it hap
pened, you say? Well, I'll tell you, it
just this way. In older civilizations
like New England or perhaps the in
terror of some of the Eastern and Mid
die States life runs on in little narrow
ruts; the same friendships, the same as
soeiations. aud the same thoughts in
fluence persons from their childhood
up, so that an idea once having taken
possession of them people are never dis
abused of it until they are dead.
If a woman gets it into her head
that she is going to marry a certain
man she viii push that idea to an ex-
treme, because men are fewer and wo-
men are less independent in the older
settled States. They don't know SO
well how to make living as Western
women do, so there is little left for
many of them to look to but marriage.
Now, in the older and more remote
localities, if a man pays marked atten-
ton to a woman he is in for it'-that
is, it is expected, not alone by the
young woman. but by the neighbors as
well, that he will marry her, and if he
doesn't there ascends howl, | tell you.
Now, YOU know no verbal promise IS
requisite in a matter of this kind A
woman can bring suit against a man
for great deal less encouragement
than that, and she very often does it,
too. in various localities throughout the
| Union. You see, there are places where
a man has to be careful OF his actIohs-
I'm this country girl is too proud
| ever to let it be known that she cares
about being fooled, and in many cases
she has an excellent way of getting on
| bv herself, ard is not dependent upon
any man for protection. In fact, you
will usually find the latter state Of
things existing among the better and
more cultivated classes. Refined people
bury their wounds deeply in preference
| to exposing them to the light of cold
and cruel world A rich old man pay
ing marked attention to a poor young
| woman who is his inferior socially is
very apt to make himself the victim in a
breach-of-promise suit.
| That is the way those things go.
Nv opinion is that the cases of this ma
| ture which occur usually in Colorado
/ happen among persons who have no
means, so that to bring an action
against the gay deceisers is impossible
That is as near as / have come to So
luton of this question in my experience
| and observation in Colorado for the last
twenty-six years; and l think, if you
/ will look about you for time. you viii
be convinced that am right "-D Denver
Six skeletons Of very large sizes were
recently exhumed from an Indian
mound near Alameda, Cal.