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How peaa horses Were usilized.

Among other army contractors of high
and low degree at or about Washington
during the war was one who had pur
chased a. the highest bidder. the dead
horses Of the army of the Potomac. for
which he paid Sl.76 each. delivered at
his establishment They averaged, in
the winter, fifty day. and were thus
disposed of: First. the shoes were pulled
of. then the hoofs were cut off: then the
names and tails were sheared. The ami
mai was then skinned. the carcass was
boiled that che tallow might be extract
"a. the best OF The Bbnes were sold for
knife handles. and the remainder to be
Ground for fertilizers. The total result
was that these different parts Of the
dead animal were worth when prepared
for market lit least $25 d head and the
profits of the contractor were conse-
ausntly very large. -Boston Budget
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Yesterday morning the big elk
Champagne Charlie" at the Zoologi-
cal garden. who has for several davs
been paving marked attention 10 one of
the lady elks, who answers to the name
of Nellie. discovered that he had rival
in the affections of the soft-eyed doe in
the person of Phoenix" who IS nearly
as large as Charlie. and has wide
spreading antlers. whose points are
sharp as needles. When Charlie first
became aware Of the state of affairs he
discovered Phoenix and Nellie flirting
in a secluded corner of the pen. The
sight maddened him, and with a hoarse
below OF rage he rushed forward with
lowered head to extermnate his rival.
Ph@nix must have been expecting some
thing of the sort, for wheeling quick aS
lightning he braced himself 70 receive
the onslaught of his foe. Their heads
came together with force that stunned
both. and the rattle of their horns at
tracted the attention of Keeper John
Ford. who was feeding the failow deer.
he seized a club and ran to separate
the combatants. who We're now fighting
with a tierceness that meant death for
the weaker.
The elks know FOrd's voice and obey
him like children. When he reached
the fence inclosing their pen he shouted
to Phoenix, and the latter was thrown
Off his guard. When be threw up his
head and looked toward the keeper.
Charlie, whose ewes were bloodshot.
made a sudden lunge. and catching
PhRniX on his antlers threw him against
the fence which divides their pen from
the inciosure occupied by the two hump
backed camels with such force as 10
break of several stout palings. Then.
with cry Of triumph. be retreated to
his stable. The keepers temporarily
separated the two infuriated animals
and placed Ph9nix in the camel pen.
He was still warlike, and several
times charged the baeriaus Nellie.
who had witnessed the battle, received
the eonqueror with cooing bleat OF
pleasure, and sported by his side while
he walked proudly around thepen.
The battle created great excitement
among the animals. The lion and
tigers rOared, the elephants trumpeted.
the eagles screamed, the wolves barked,
and the butiaIoes beloved Two bio
buffalo bulls, Pete" and Samson" "
who had previously had several dis
putes as to the leadership of the herd. |
paved the ground. and, after a few
bellows. lowered their heads |
and rushed together with a conclusion |
thai was heard all over the garden. |
Keeper Ford succeeded in quieung them |
before they could do each other further |
damage, but he watched them warily |
all day, and apprehends more trouble |
until the disputed leadership is settled
Times.
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s1r-. Isaac Ben.s Bay window.

If Oudinot's bay window. which has
been executed for Mrs. Isaac Bell. of
New York. is exhibited in London on
its way TO America, go to see it
The subject IS fiesta of the Italian
renaissance in the open air. and the
spirit lightly hilarious. A dance of q
graceful kind is being gone through.
Everyone is joyous. bnt not to the poi,-z-
OF laughter, because NJ. Oudinot opines
that in q painted window no feeling
should be strongly expressed The
colors are tender as in Gobelins tapes
try, and while they would shnt out the
view Of an unsightly block of houses, or
any other of those ugly things SO COM
mon in modern cities, they do not ex-
clnele the light Baudry went twice to
see this work of art, and said that he
would have been proud to sign il. Mrs
Beli. of course. lives in Fifth avenue.
She is mother of the States
minister TO The Hagv aericans So
run upon Oudinot ne has no time
TO execute European orders- He was,
charged two years ago to do the meet
ing ut the Field of the Cloth OF Gold for
a banqueting room of William f. van
derbilt, and recently, for chtlIcu
window near Vassar college. the repass ~
at the village of Emmaus-
1ftkkh
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MoNnAy, February sth, 1886.

MoEDAY, February sth, 1886.
House met pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker sharp in the chair.
Leave OF absence granted to Messrs.
Longstreet, Bizzell, Collins, Marmc n
Gordon, Brooks, Fowler, Alverson, Vii
hanson, OF Carroll, and McRae
INTRODUCTION OF LOCAL BILLS.
Mr. Godbold: To incorporate the
Knoxville, white male and female
academy. To Corporations.
Mr.. Arbo: To authorize the board of
supervisors of Hancock county to en
ploy some suitable person to revise and
transcribe the registration and poll
books. Amended by adding Clay and
Claiborne counties. Passed.
Mr. Williamson. of Hinds: To amend
sec. 347, Code 1880, as to bond of Tax
Collector of Kinds county. This bill
reduces the bond from size, 600 to 500.
000 Passed.
Mr.. Bush To provide for payment oil
school certificates issued by superlnten
dent of education of Kinds county ana
not registerial under acts OF 1904
Passed.
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Why Irish Linen is Good.

But first it may not be amiss to re-
mark here, that the two principal rea-
sons why the manufacture Of Irish linens
continues and survives up to the present
time, are first, the soil III certain por-
tons of Ireland possesses the qualities
which render it specially adapted to the
growing of flax. and secondly. prior to
the application of chemicals in the
bleaching process when linens were
solely bieached by being spread out on
the grass and sprinkied from time to
time with water, it was found by ex-
perience that whereas linen in Ireland
would bleach ont perfectly white, the
same result could not be attained in
either England or Scotland The water
used in sprinkling N the two latter
countries, held certain substances in
solution, notably iron. which tinged the
fabric and precluded either from COM
pefing with Ireland in bleae he'd goods.
Boston Commercial Buiietif,
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Some Practical and Pungent Sug-
gestions for the Legislature.

WEsTvILLE, Miss, Feb. 3D., 1885.
EDITOR CLARION: In talking with a
friend recently IN regerd TO what Legisla-
lion he thought would be for The best in
ierest Of the State at thi, time, he remark
I'd: Repeal the Lien Law, abolish the
afiicps OF Commissioner of Immigration,
Adiutant- General, County Superintendents,
and stop farming out peniteniiary convicts;
pot the Gull ana Ship Island Railroad to
a finish, and call Constitutional Conven-
ZION to remedy the evils entailed upon Us
ny the Ames Regime; also make the Local
Option Law general il its application
lon't exclude any county. II the Lesisla-
ture will do these things, adjourn aud go
nome, we have no doubt they viii receive
The approval OF their constituents.
Yours truly, SIMPSON.
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Rich Men as Feeders.

"Few rich men know how to live
said Col Tom Ochiltree tonight as he
finished dish of terrapin and tacl.i ed 8
cauvas-backed duck in the coy rooms
of the Carleton Club. 'sOf all the
WEALTHY men | ever knew, John W.
Mackav, the bonanza king. is the bcsi
diner. Every day while here in New
York he has six plates spread in q pri.
yate dining-room in the Hoffman House,
and friends who drop in are invited tc
partake Of that which docs their hearts
good. | suppose Mr.. Mackay spends
from 500 to 500 every day Tor his even.
ing meal, and it is us fine as can be pro.
cured. Next to him comes Robert Gar
rett. He knows how to eat, and can
order as fine a meal for as reasonable a
price rs any man | ever knew. Levi P.
Morton is also a remarkably good liver.
He gives the touch Of great style to his
meal, and in Paris kept table more
noted for its delicacies than any other
perhaps except Rothschild's. 5. Vanderbilt
lived like a laborer, fed on coarse food.
and never knew anything about the
charms OF the dinner-table. He rarely
had friends around his board and ate
his meals without much zest. Jay
Gould was the most enyious man at the
table ! ever saw, He eats little OF
everything. and seems to have no idea
of a meal except to get it down as quick
" as possible. Just think of it, l have
seen him eat gTiddle-eake with molasses
on it with his fish. and do many other
equally absurd things. The dinner
table is the place where the cares of life
should be laid aside and digestion given
a chance by chat and long waits between
the courses. A man who shoveIs his
food in almost always has dyspepsia.
Most rich men have so long made the
dinner-table simply waiting place fol
food and water. like a stage station
along the roadside, that when they have
the means to buy good meal they have
lost the capacity to enjoy it--M T. Cor
Boston Herald
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Col. Gordon's Tribute to the Late
Hon. Jeff. Wilson.

II the columns of The CLARTos we find
IN extract from the speech of Hon james
Gordon. of Poptoioc county, delivered in
The House of Representatives on the Senate
resolution OF respect to he memory of Hon
JEFF Wilson, deceased, Of Pontotoe. 1t il
a beautiful tribute whose musical words,
S. thev succeed one another in their fanlt-
less flow, drop thoughts simple, pure,
sparkling, and OF halIowed fragrance
that reach the heart and even touch almost
the sleeping place OF the tears Mr.. Cor
don is one OF the most highly cultivated
men OF Mississippi, his mind the birth
place OF much OF the States best Literature,
and bis thoughts always winged with words,
the ease and smoolhaess Of whose move
ments captivale the ear Meridian News.
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How to make Winter Evenings Pro.
fitabIe.

4
fitabIe.
This is the season of short days and
lone evenings, the best time of ali the
year for study and improvement. Per
haps YOU are young man desirous Of
obtaining commercial employment One
of the best passports in that direction
next to good character, is good hand
writing. OF course, you know how TO
write, but ike the great majority, prob
ably you have never trained yourself to
write well. No merchant wants his
books distigured by awkward and iliegi-
Bile scrawling. No lawyer will submit
to badlv-written copies. We suggest You
devote yourself this Winter to perse1er.
ing endeavors 10 improve your penman.
ship. You viii be surprised nj The inn
provement which real effort in this line
viii achieve. Maybe YOU would Ike to
learn siencgraphy and type-writing.
The faithful employment of your Winter
evenings in this work may make You
first-class graduate before the long days
come again and enable you to earn
handsome support. Do YOU wish to be
come expert as a mechanical draughts-
man? There are excellent instruction
books sold very cheaply. The indus
trious occupation OF your evening hours
as learner viii surely be fruitful Of re
suits. We know of excellent draughts-
men. now enjoying good salaries, who
taught themselves 10 draw in evening
hours, while companions idled away
their time in smoking, cards or gossip.
Are YOU of an inventive turn of minds
The best of all times to study up and
think out plans for new conuivances lie
in the quieiude of evening. The result
of earnest thought in the production OF
inventions are simply astonishing. 10
general, it is the improvements in sim
pie devices. things of everyday use and
that everybody wants, which are the
most profitable. The patent for the
little invention of the spring window
shade roller. now SO generally employed
in all dwellings. has brought great
wealth to the fortunate inventor. HIS il
now millionaire. His device was
truly happy thought. We know of q
lady in Chicago whose patent for the
invention OF a moving belt for drying
eggs, albumen, etc, have revolutionized
ceriain great branches of trade and now
brings her great income. The people
want improvements in every conceivable
form. Not only Is the field Of invention
vast, but Ii is open to everybody. There
are no distinctions in respect to sex OF
are. The way TO invent is to keep
thinking the way to accomplish any
thing is to keep working. - Sceintsfsr
american
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HOUSE-TWENTY SIXTH DAY.


SATURDAY. February 9, 1856.
House met pursuant TO adjournment
Mr. Speaker Sharp IN the chair.
There being no quorum present the
Seargeant-at arms was directed 10 bring
IA such members as were in the city and
not in the Hal.
Mr. Gwin moved to adjourn until
Monday morning 10 O'Clock, which mo
tion prevailed.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-10

Mr.. S. t. Barnett now resides at Jack
son, the Capital OF Mississippi. He pur-
chased few days ago the Capital State
Bank outright. with i.s liabilities and nc
counts notes, &c. The Bank bad a capital
af SlO0oo0 In financial circles in Mis-
sisSippi DO man stands higher than our
former fownsman. He is now President OF
the Mississippi Home Insurance Company
and this Bsnk, and that he will manage
them both with signal ability, those who
know him best cannot doubt. The Times
wishes him greater success than he has
achieved or it il possible Tor him 10 win
Eufanla (Ala,| Times.
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LCONMU~ICAr.T
a Hole IN the Treasury Filled"

En,rar c...-,.,-, T.. TN nm
r,.r :,
or,;-l.. 81 nj. :
g. -. % -. r..
49, -.i.. So. 4. XII, .f., -
c,,.,.... $50, .....i',. n ,b. .,s
Iel..is,q, -. ,i.a ps,..,so,i..-, ,re .so,.Ia
ar 60 fl.,.b .,,..,...,. ~. b., no.
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tJ,.r-rbs pal.j...,,;..r,- ,... 49, ..,.,i.
tJ. f,s.. i,. 100 f,.lsen 49,, 49,
contract of lease had -i, ,es,,s - ru,
and yyr. made urd.r .tEs '.,,. tbe,, i,
force and tf..t ANS art .f tse Ia.,..,.
lgrc us.a-d J,fyire tIe co,-fatf.,,,-. ,.
tIaf contract tea ,.arf-i,,,. ,.f ,,.licl
c.rAlrt.d yirb ID. t.y,,s a~.c,,+ b..
,oIir.. ,s,.,.tJ ...,,t,s-... nan a,.d ia
a dead I-rf.ro, rba -t.,,.ta bnat. If IA,
STAT.
That mart or -aotro1 2 Of .la oct nj
Jauysrt 81 1877 which .tGe write,
a,iof-- 20 .Iib.v roads. end said
amount. .f htr. die. taa .ste"-4tar b.
the amount of Iir. dine by the lessee.
forff.e 5.s,ft.r,t-.,,- ,-.a..i o,,,,,il-s- .-ls.l
MOI he. tra.,l.s .sd s,.,rou,isfad Ia,
srg ,.,,,,.,.., ID. ....,.o- 80, -. bsrs,,
d,.,.I,l,-,l % AID ,I...-....,- ~, ,ja -a,,,i,
ami i,nprayar,..,,+ ,f tba r..ifeutiar,
Vbf.I lac ,y... iu r,.F r,,.l ..d If. ~
al t,. ,i,,. ,ac c.,.,...t ID l..-.
y.,. ,.,..l,. ,,,,b If....,t... Ala, T. a,
and ,...- o,..,Is.. ID, ,.,.-r.,.f l..ir .a,rra,.t
a. t.. f,Ilc,,,,.., l.,,..,,,..,. ,,ifI -t,,e,-
49,. ,..ofrsc, ,.f .a.,.s 7..,....,. roactud
.c... q r.,, ,.~I.f,a4,,e b,. ...H Iassar, q
t..t f.. sft.r ...,..#....,,., ytse,I.io.-y
orc .-,.I. ,... ,,.,,i .,fl ,.....,isd a.. ,.,.,.
.alrEo-il..3 ,,.. Inv ,, .rd .',,i,.r s ,F.,id
c,pt,.,.f Gr-r rsrt roads. s-,,d fa..se.
hind fhe,n-e,rae tIsfr Lef,s and a..
.i,n- tasf rba, gfu .raJ and t,,I,
and fi.afyIl, ab,da hy arI cars
into effect The Lrr, gg.r IN E4ros al
tbe -u,-e al SH.-f..fp.- i'm refsti,,.
To- tle .1id ralisauti.rg n A. .b,y,
stated the l.y evrra.-Iy pr,yiJed
that such exc -s oi balance should b,
devoted 60 no other purpose thtu the
Improvement of the ptuiteuUtrr prop
eruy. Had th. lessee, 80 elected, the,
could have said in 1888 eve are due
$33 ai43g ou tae lease for 1882. and are
ready to make such improvements d.
may directed under the law and ourcou
tract, 30 that amount They might
have said tua same iu 1884 and In 1888:
in ail uI which they would have complied
with tbc law and their contract. both iu
lattcraud iu spirit. They decided to do
and made such repairs and i'm.
prov, ,msuts a. were necessary. and RAID
iulo che State treasury, la all. the sum
of sos 500 oJcash
lis true chat the legislature did. on
March II 1854. pass am act reuealirq
sections 2 aud 3 of the act Of J3nuary
81. 1877. and IL is ais, true tb.,t three
iays lauer. t,-Nit: ON March. IS. 1884
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More About Religion and Gram
mar

/ EDITOR CLARION: J had fatteTed my
self that in the Rev. Mr. G. G.. Andrew
/ | had found q pupil Of extraordinary
1 aptitude 20 learn grammar la fact, in
q single lesson / had succeeded, / thought
/ IN in parting a. much knowledge as WAS
/ necessary to make him fully compre
bend that the following sentence: The
/ rites OF matrimony performed by them
does rot constitute true marriage did
not contain the very essence and mar
row O: classical English dicti0D. He
himself had very terseiy summarized the
substance of his lesson IN the following
paragraph, which he gave to the public
Tor the benefit, presume, Of the average
student Of grammar;
The author Of the report admits the
criticism made in the article, and will
endeayOr in future TO profit by the les
son taught to him by the Rev. Mr. Quito,
that verb must always agree with its
subject nominative in number and per
son"
What precoeity, thought !, in my pu-
pill!
But alasl have now right no longer
to call him pupil; he has turned teach
er. Listen, and wonder at the lesson he
coudescends TO teach me, (now his hum
bic pupil, and all lovers OF pathological
research aud linguistic lore. IL adorn>
the columns Of HE CLARION, Of Janua
ry 3lst., 1886:
Mr.. EDITOR: In my haste to reply on
the day it appeared, 10 the article head
ed Religion and Grammar, by the Rev.
l.. A. Quito, aud in my readiness to re-
Heve my associates on the Board of Edu-
ration Of the Mississippi Conference
from charge OF ignorance, | inadyer
tently fell into the error of acknowledg
ing the grammatical criticism made hy
the reverend gentleman to be Just one.
ask your permission % correct my
error. The sentence criticised was this
That even the rites of matrimOnv per
formed by them Methodist Ministers
does not constitute true matrimony,"
and the implied criticism was that rites
being plural required the plural verb
10 constitute instead Of does constitute
Now if rites alone was truly and properly
the subject. the criticism would be lust.
but it is rites modified by other words
that is the real logical subject As may
be seen 10y that simple method of gram
marians for finding the subject of verb
that Of putting Utat before the verb; for
Instance, what does not constitute true
marriageY' Rites is not the proper an
swer; but ''ritea OF matrimony perform
I'd by them is that is, the phrase or part
of the sentence is the subject, and il is
well established rule in grammar that
Il phrase designating one act or thing Is
a proper logical subject of a verb in the
singular. For instance, this sentence:
The soldiers of the army being wearg
with long marches furnishes (nOt furn
ish) a good reason for hating to rest"
IL would be we'll for the Rev Mr.. Quito
to be sure he is right in future before he
enters upon grammatical discussion.
&. G.. ANDREWS.
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Phil. G. Cocks, Of Holmes county, Miss,
went to New Orleans, recently, aud made
display of his wealth by pinninga 81 900
silver certificate Or the lapel Of his vest
When be awoke the following morning, he
was minus all his money, watch and
iewelry. We can hardly restrain the inn
pulse 10 say that il SCI we'd him right.-Ex.
Emmet L. Ross il now editor Of the Can
ton Picket.
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Please, Mr.. Editor, republish in full
the above lesson for the benefit of many
a small boy who has been perplexed by
this veXed question of singular and
plural. --ccurding to this grammati
cal new revelation | will say in fu-
ture; 'eyen the precepts of phil
osophy explained by them (Greek
philosophers does not constitute true
morality aud never shall | say again,
even the precepts of philosophy ex-
planned by them do not constitute true
morality" Neither will the true gram
marian say any longer even the oTafi0ns
OF Cicero do not constitute true
cloquence," but "even the Ordtl0pS of Ci
zero does not constitute true eloqueuce."
bow toyou, Professor, and ack nowledge
that "even the rites of m8trimony
performed by them does not constitute
true marriage" is the correct way of
expressing the idea But, if so. might
not the following sentence, (Which you
published in The CLARION Of January
29:) "The rites of matrimony performed
by them (Alethodist Ministers) do not
constitute true marriage" be incorrect?
However, ! confess that it is the dulness
Of my comprehension tina: must prevent
me,from soaring,to the transcendeuialism
Of your grammar.
| congratulate the Methodist Confer
ence for having the Rev. DIR. Andrews
Is President OF the Board of Education,
and wee it not that the present incum-
bent has just entered into new term of
Office, would suggest TO my fellow
citizens of Mississippi the propriety of
promoting him (Dr. Audrewsl to the
General Superintendency of Education.
Respectfully, L. A. DUTTo.
February |, 1856.
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HoUsE-TwENTY-s Y-sEvENTm DAY

At 2:25 Senate aaiourped.
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been due the STATE ou Januars lst..
1886. $50 420 90 for the lease of 1888, but
If Junias bad examined the law, he
would have learned thai the iessees were
authorized aud emp ,wered to transfer
their lease TO the Gulf udsShip Island
Railroad Company-that the Gull and
Shic Island Railroad Company assumed
all the liabilities onaccount OF said lease,
and that the lessees turned over 10 them
proprrtv relating To the penitentlary
Amounting to over $40 600 90, and IN
cluding the property belonging to the
State If about $4,000 Ii looks as
though the article Of Junius was
prompted more through the spirit OF
malevolence than an honest eifart TO
inform the public, as he is incorrect In
his statement OF the law aud the facts.
For the ten and a half years previous
to the lease, the penitentiary made a hose
in the Treasury of Mississippi of S40i. :
600. Since the lease TO Hamilton q
Co, 10 1876. to the psesen.-nine and
half years-it has been run without Il
dollar of expense TO the State or the
imposition of a dollar of taxation, and
has fEled a hole ia the Treasury TO the
extent .,f Sl96, 10000. Or, in other
words. Hamilton & Co. will have erected
$50 600 worth of buildings, when present
contracts are completed, put in s4o,ooo
worth of machinery. and paid So, 0oV
cash in the State Treasury, and PAID All
exp nses Of every kind relating TO the
pcnitentiary and convicts, wifaomf cost %
the Slats. Such has never occurred
before 10 the history of the Mississippi
penitentiary or-wi1h ore exception
in the history Of any other penltentiary
IN the United states; and we venture
the prediction that our grand children
Will have grown gray before 1t again
occnrs TO an equal extent
Crime and lis punishment are costly
70 any State or people, and our wisest
legislators have always found the dispo
nt,on OF the criminal class the mosl
allhcult Of all legislative problems, and
ehe general conclusion and the best thai
can be hoped for, il 10 SO utilize tht
convict labor as to relieve the State ol
vac burden Of expense, and ss the sann'