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The clarion., 1886-04-21
Not SO VERY Green.

''BOvs. it ism always safe to gamble
on the erecnness of country chaps" re-
marked drummer IN the smoking car;
''only last week ! was IN little town
down in Missouri. and the har-room of
the hotel was full Of the Cawks of the
town. | worked several smart little
snaps for drinks that wouid not have
caught single sucker in a city, and
had begun to think myself in luck. Aft
or awhile heard a couple OF fellows dis
putting about something and | asked
them what the row was about.
=. Jim, here. says one, declares he
kin 90 out and pace of quarter of
mile an come in two feet of the actual
measurement. He's braggin'. and kin
never do ii, stranger. I've just bet him
s. he can't; will you hold the stakes?'
:. I'd good deal rather put up S25
against him, says |; there no man liv-
ing can pace off so correctly as that
.. L 60 you the S25, saws the fellow
they called Jim. promptly pulling out
his money, and of course | couldn't
back out. So the $50 was staked with
the landlord and we went out to see him
pace. We hunted around and found
twenfy-foot pole, and Jim went into the
middle of the street in front 0. the hotel
and asked me which way he should 60
told him didn't care. and after we
had marked the spot he started Of pae-
IL very deliberately and with much
caution. We followed him up with the
pole, measuring after him. Pretty soon
he stopped. stood still and waited for
us, calling out that that was his quarter
mile limit. In few minutes we had
measured up to him, and what do you
suppose the distance was? Thirteen
hundred and twenty feet to an inch
exactly quarter of mile. / had lost
as clear as a whistle, and ! thought it
the most wonderful feat / had ever wit
nes~ed. Before leaving town. however.
di-eovered how the thing was done
jim was able TO pace that quarter of a
mills 70 an inch because he had carefully
measured it off with the same pole we
had .-ed, and marked the two ends in
= wax known only to himself. More
thaa that, he had measured from a GER
tain spot in front of the hotel in three
directions and was thus prepared to go
any way his victim might select. The
fellow who bet the s. with him was a
roper-in, and wasn't the first man they
had made sucker of. by long shot
I'll have revenge on that town if have
to start mp skin faro layout or drug
store there, you see If / don't - Well
man. sn Chicago Hera1d
The clarion., 1886-04-21
Making n Home.

At a reception in Washington lately,
a woman, famous in the last generation,
fell under the discussion OF cofcrie of
her old friends. one Of whom spoke Of
her wit and power Of rcpartee, another
of her broad, generous charity. third
of her keen instinct in reading charac-
ter.
ITO me-" said General P, "sbe
was most remarkable for her ability TO
make home. Put her {as ! have seen
done in the wcs) in a log cabin with
nothing but some wooden chairs. piece
of muslin, an open fire. and the odds
and ends which she had stored in her
trunk. and she would turn it in few
hours into a charming dwelling-place.
OF all her gifts, that was TO me the most
attractive and womanlv."
An American who saw in his youth IN
Englishwoman pre-eminent at that time
for her learning and genius, was ques-
toned as to his impression of her.
"She overwhelmed me with her know
ledge; her broad. liberal views and her
philanthropy opened a new world to me.
Yet the most distinct recollection / have
of the visit is the torn and dirty table
cloth, the greasy carpet, and the ashes
strewn halfway across the floor"
Carlyle, who had been used to coarse
surroundings in his eaEly home, was
deeply impressed by the refinement. the
pretty .'bits of plenishing.' the gentle
hood, in the home of the woman he
afterwards married; and the most pa
thetic part of his wife's history is her
heroic effort to give this dainty charm to
the rough dwelling in which he placed
her
There is no trait in the Englishman
stronger than his love of home. and
hence he is apt to value in woman the
quality of making home" above all
others. The sailors wife ''makes the
hearth clean. " to show her JOY at his re-
turn. 1t is the household motions" of
WORDSWORTH ideal women that are
light and free" and all Shakspeare's
loyable heroines are domestic women.
LET me see your home, and / win
tell you what you are" the Russian
Paulovitch saws to his countrywomen.
Our American girls, in their zeal for
music. art. or it may be authorship, are
sometimes apt to forget this. They
leave the oversight and the details of
housekeeping to servants, forgetting
that the soiled tablecIoth and greasy
carpet tell tales OF character as loudly
and emphatically as do neatness and
taste.
They forget, too. that while their pic
ture or song or story may prove azsSail-
ure, dainty, cheerful home is a poem
which any wouian may give to the
world, and one which all men can un-
derstand and viii certainly take to
heart Youths Companion.
The clarion., 1886-04-21
A Commission on Drinks.

A tall man with sad, dropping
mustache led several young men into a
liquor shop on Baltimore street one Sat
urday night. The party braced up in
front of the bar. and the tall man looked
knowingly at his companions, and then
bestowed sly wink at the party in the
white knit jacket
What are we going to have?' asked
the tall man.
All hands took whisky. The tall man
drank his with an air OF satisfaction.
As the party was leaving the tall man
fingered.
This is one whisky on the slate for
me- be said to the barkeeper "rll
drop in on Monday and get il.
The barkeeper nodded assent and
marked up something on slate. After
all had gone out an habitue Of the place
asked the barkeeper what the tall man
meant
''Oh. him. he replied, ..he's a cap
per, stool-pigeon. He's in with the
house. He's well known about town.
and he makes business of steering his
friends in here. We pay him COM
mission on drinks. The size Of his COM
mission depends ON what his friends
drink For that reason he never goes
any lower than whisky. There not
enough profit in beer TO allow much
commission
ibid you notice his ear. The par
keeper continued. .'how shek =. oe.
from his head? This j. because g :
always listening for an invita.'on ~
take 3 drink baltimore Hsro1u.
The clarion., 1886-04-21
The Battle of Harrisburg.

EDITOR WooDvILLE REPUBLICAN,
find the following letters in TIE
CLARION of the 3lst, and ask Won 10
republish them because they will be
particularly interesting to the few suryi-
yors of the 38th Mississippi Regiment in
this county and State.
For over twenty years we have all
blamed Gen. Lee for the fearful loss nv
regiment and brigade sustained in the
night at Harrisburg; and it seems that
We have been wrong all this time Gen.
Lee perhaps did not fully appreciate the
Intense feeling entertained by the survi-
vors OF Mabry's Brigade because of that
fearful blunder, or he would not have
been silent so long. Nevertheless his
conduct has been that Of brave man
and true gentleman in thus bearing an
odlum he did not deserve rather than
expose the fault of a friend. To
properly appreciate the intense feeling
Of indignation for the Harrisburg blum
der that animates the survivors, II is
only necessary to state few facts. The
18th Regiment made the charge that day
with about three hundred men. rank
and file; forty four escaped unwouaded
Every field or line officer was killed or
WOhhbCd AdDb. JdsIDtf tITGefl, now
Baptist minister in Rankin county
The little remnant of survivors rallied
iround him in little thlcket not over
hfty yards trom the entrenched line, and
a four gun battery of the enemy.
Col. Mabry ordered him to renew the
charge. The reply was this, as told to
me afterwards, Colonel we have ex
nausted every round of ammunition.
but if you say so, we will try it v it'll
empty guns" Nothing could be more
Spartan like than this. They were
ordered back, and retired in good order
We all lost relatives aud friends. Be
fore | was shot down saw two little
brothers, boy soldiers, fail with their
frees to the front, and they never rose
again.
1t is not therefore to be wondered at
that we fels bitterly toward the author
Of this awful sacrifice; and when | |
returned to service it was the common
report 10 camp that Gen. Lee had caused |
il against Gen. Forests earnest protest. |
In his letter Gen. Lee does but tarAy |
justice TO himself, and | hasten to |
acknowledge, on behalf of my regiment. |
that we have been all wrong in thi, |
matter.
He does the men who made the charge |
at Harrisburg bu. simple justice when
he says that he never saw soldiers fight |
better.
Except in the numbers engaged |
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg did not
excel TIE desperate charge of MabIy's |
Brigade at Harrisburg. Nor did the |
charge Of the Light Brigade at Balaklava
equal in desperation that Of the 3Sth |
Mississippi Regiment, if we may Judge |
by the loss of men incurred in each.
J. II. JONES,
Col. of 3Sth Mississippi.
The clarion., 1886-04-21
A SONG AND A PRAYER.

A song for the girl We love
God love her
A song for the eyes with their tender vile.
And the fragrant mouth with its melting
smile,
The rich brown treSse- uncontrolled,
That clasp her neck with their tenderest
hold
And the blossom lips, and the dainty chin,
And the lily hand that we try to win.
The girl We love
God love her.
4 prayer for the girl We loved
God loved her
A prayer for the eys Of faded light,
And the cheek whose red rose waned TO
white,
And the quiet brow with its shadow and
CLEAN,
And the lashes drooped in long deep
dream,
And the small hands crossed for the church.
yard rest,
And the flowers dead in her sweet dead
breast,
The girl We loved
God loved her
The clarion., 1886-04-21

"His dark-colored. cutavav. frock
coat writes a novelist. describing an
American dandy, fitted his handsome
form without wrinkle, almost as
smoothly as a mole skin on the back of
its plump little owner. His large, CLOS
sy cuffs showed prominently below the
sleeves of his coat. His cuff buttons
consisted of a single alligator's tooth of
exquisite polish set in plain gold. They
had been presented by friend who
spent his winters in Florida Rokcr's
collar was immaculate His lowered
silk tie was dainty product of high
art in the furnishing goods line. His
boots exhibited the perfection of the
polishing art. He carried twisted
cane, and was just lighting choice
Havana cigar.
A wagon road and railroad track run
side BY side for quarter of mile near
AdairsviIle. Ga, and then the road
crosses the track. Waiter Curtis horse
took fright af an express train there the
other day and ran away. The engineer
mt on Steam and tried TO beat the horse
10 the crossing. but the animal got there
first. lust in time 10 be Knocked sixty
feet bv measurement, and instantly
k;lled Curtis was found thirty-fiye
feet from the point OF collision A three
inch iron-ring which he had in his
nocket was bent almost double, but his
cold watch was going all right in has
Docket while the chain was found IN
lield a
The clarion., 1886-04-21

1t is prsposperous to argue, in the
face of results like these, that the coin
age of silver should be discontinued.
Nevertheless it Is done, and upon the
following grounds, in addition to
others that haye already been re-
viewed
First. That it is impracticatle TO
continue the two metals side By side as
equal legal tenders.
Second That the demonstration
of silver by England. Germany, and
lesser European powers necessitates the
adoption of a similar policy by the
United States.
Third. That to continue the use of
the two metals, and thus give to the
debtor class the option TO pay in that
which happens 20 be commercially
cheaper, is unjust TO the creditor class.
The first argument Is abundantly an
swered by the experience of our own
and other countries in which the two
metals have been in constant and simul
taneOus use. France is a noteworthy
tive example that the maintenance OF the
metals is practical and beneficial She
circulates in round numbers nine hun
dred and fifty millions gold and FIVE
hundred and fifty millions of silver
with great advantage to the industrial
condition OF the country. And thus is de
monstrated the praciicability OF using
both metals as money, and the evidence
is conclusive that neither will drive the
other away if the Government in its
strength determines to sustain both.
As TO the argument founded upon the
policy of England and Germany,it seems
not to have been remembered by those
who employ it they are both creditor
nations and they are following their
in using policy whicn will
gold.
England demonetized silver in 1916;
and the discovery has been but recently
made that this country shoul! follow
her example.
Germany demonetized silver in 1872, |
after she had filled her Golfers with a
war indemnity fund of Sl,25O, ,00O,000
IF gold. She then believed that il would |
be her true policy to appreciate the value
Of gold and to depreciate the value o.
silver. But it seems to have been over
looked that in adhering To- the policy OF
.hese countries we will separate our
selves from a large majority of nations
hat use gold and silver, or silver only
The following table will throw flood
If light on the subject:
The clarion., 1886-04-21

The prospects of African civilization
are aptly summed up in the elder Prince
Gortschakoff's terse definition of the
equally undeveloped vastness of Siberia
as "a good bill payable at a long date.
Vast as are the results achieved during
the last few years, they are as nothing
to the work which still remains TO be
done; but the outer world is at all events
beginning to learn for the first time
what Africa really is. and what she
really needs As lately as 1880. civili-
zation hailed as great discovery the
announcement that John and Richard
Lander having voyaged down the Niger
from Yauri to the sea, have satisfactor-
ilv ascertained that it is not the Congo"
Even after this amazing revelation. and.
indeed, almost up 10 the date of STAN
ley's famous finding of Livingstone, "
the few Europeans who thought Of
Africa at all. thought of it rs a vast
sandy desert, with floating population
consisting chiefly Of hungry lions and
robbers more ferocious still, the latter
being in the habit of ''eareering over
the waste on swift horses without any
obvious cause for their hurry. living
comfortably where there was nothing
to eat, and amasslug stores OF lH-gotten
wealth where there was no one to rob.
But the great tidal wave of civiliza-
ton which is now bursting into the
Dark Continent has swept away these
delusions at once and forever. The
supposed desert proves to contain
wide tracts of alluvial soil as fertile as
the Cashmere Valley. forests vast
enough to swallow up all the woods of
northern Russia, lakes 10 which Ladoga
and Omega would be mere pools, noun
tains as high as the stateiiest peaks of
the Alps or the Caucasus, and rivers
forming 4 series of watery high-roads
as magnificent as those of Siberia itself.
with the additional advantage of hav-
ing no winter to impede them. Indeed,
the future history of Africa will be writ
ten along the lines traced by the Nile.
the Niger. and the Congo. as certainly
as that of Central Asia has followed the
course of the Syr-Darya and the Oxus;
and with these three great natural high
ways any survey of Africa's develop
ment must necessarily begin.-DaUid
Ker, ils Hdrpers Magazine Jor March.
The clarion., 1886-04-21
Silver C0inage-BimetaIism.

History and that science whose inevitable laws
human sasfety strictly Observes though pm
has formulated them prove that both gold and sill
yer are good. Mankind has used both. and will
ever use both. despite local aud temporary eKep-
fiOns
The clarion., 1886-04-21
Mr.. Carlisle, of Kentucky, and Speak
er of the present House, said:

Oar power of lagis alton over this sub
iect will not be exhausted by the passage
OF this measure, and we ought not to hall
for single moment in our efforts 10 com
pete The WORK OF relief inaugurated by q.
The struggle now going on can not cease
and ought not to cease until the industrial
inter SIS of the country are fully aud I'm IL
ly emaucipated from the heartless DONNA
tlon OF s5ndieates, stock exch lnges, and
other great combinations OF money grab.
bers in this couatry and in Europe. Let
us, if we can do no better, pass bill after
bal, emb acing in ach some one subs an
,ial owl ion of relief, and send them 10
the Executive for his approval. Ii he with
holds his signature aud we are unable 10
secure the necessary vofe here or elsewhere
TO enact them into laws notw thstanding
his Veto let us, as a last resort, suspend tn
rules and put Them into tie general appro
priiiion bills, wi b the distinct un Icrstand
ing that If the people can get no relief IN
Governments can get no money .--C0RgreS
sionai Record and 4ppendix, volume 81
Forty fifth Congress, second session, page
a.
The clarion., 1886-04-21
A.r. Bland, of Missouri, said:

do not like this hi J. II is not what the
country expects. But / am in favor of
taking this now as making enc step in tn
right direction. [ give notice here and
now that his war shall never cease so long
as | have voice in this Congress until the
rights of the people az fully restored, and
he silver dollar shall take its place along
side the gol dollar - Congressional Record
volume %, Forfy-ffih Congress, second
The clarion., 1886-04-21

the fact that il had ostracised the stan
dard silver dollar from the mints. With
natural impatieuee, he inquired where
is this fayorite money of the people
Why does it not come forth IN supply
the need OF circulating medium? And
echo answered, why?
There was amazement in the land
when the people came to the knowledge
of the frs I'D that had been praeticed.
But truth Is mipotent aud public JUS
tice certain" In 1878, after protrac-
ted and able discussion, bill was passed
over the veto of the President authoriz-
ing the limited coinage OF silver and re-
investing it with its lesal-tender func,
tions its friends did not accept it as a
full measure of justice. They passed
it under protest as the best they could
do under the circumstances, but with
the understanding that they would re
new and continue the struggle until sil
yer was placed on an equal footing with
gold.
10 show the predominating sentiment
of the advocates of silver coinage at
that day, | will adduce the following
extracts from the debates:
Mr.. Cox, of New York, said:
stand upon the principle that gold and
lser shall walk hand IN hand IN theif
fnanc al functions, aisd IT is bur just and
ia to bo h of h M hat they should ha {
eauAl chances; otherwise tha results ex
uected NAV fail. But | have not Iime 10
discuss hat, except to say that although
this bi does not come mp 10 Ih@ standard
which have marked Out | VIII stand upon
the old equitable principle that if yog can
not get the yer, best thing then take the
best YOU can get II is the doctrine cy pres.
believe This measure. even a amended, is
the best we can now get Under and sub
jec 10 tie Constitution we have the right
/ amend all our laws Are not all our en
actments revocable, and may th not he
supplemented / trust that If necessary
i'll the future fresh legislation may cure
aay lefect hat may be discovered IN the
measure about to pass the House.-Con-
qressiOndi Record, volume 2S Forty fifth
Congress, second session, page l26S.
Mr.. Black burn. of Kentucky, said:
Ii b. ars upon its face evidence that the
powpr has in the passage OF this |
measure been belten but not broken. But |
be measure even as il stands is not to b. |
accauuted yalueless. Ii does restore silver |
10 the coinage Il does make ii leg i |.
enIer tor all debts public and private, |
without limit II does give us a bimetalic |
ia tssd OF a single STANFORD. Ay, sir, IL
To- more. |, opens up the way for other
ind further legislation in this dir ction,
which shou d. and doubt not will, speedily |
.ollow Congressional Record, vO ume 81, |
For y-hfth Congress, second session, page |
Il.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-11

SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE.-This
is one of the most valuable articles
IN family, and when it has once
obtained tootholh in the home it
is really a necessity aud could Ill be
dispensed with. Its medicinal quali
ties are very numerous for burns
it is quick application aud gives
immediate relief; tor bllsters on
the hands it is of priceless value,
soaring down the skin aud prevent
ing soreness; for corus on the toes
il is. useful, aud good for rheuma-
tism aud sore thrOats, and it IS thS
quickest remedy for cOnvulsions or
fits. Then it is a sure preventive
against mOthsj by just dropping a
trifie in the bottom of drawers
chests and cupbOards it will render
the garments secure from injury
during summer. 1t will keep ants
and bugs from closets and store
rooms, BY putting few drops IN
the corners ana upon the shelves; ;
1t is sure destruction to bed bugs,
aud will effectnally drive them
away from their haunts, if thor
oughly applied to the joints of the
bedstead ia the spring cleaning
time, aud Injuries neither furniture
nor clothing. It's puBgent odor is
retained for a long time, and no
family ought to be entirely out OF q
supply any time OF the year.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-11
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