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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-09

hope you viii write Il up 10 The
CLARi0a. Heretofore the diplomatic and
consular seryice has been performed by
Northern and Western men. and there was
no one here 10 say a word for The South.
receive every seek, at this consulate, pa
pefs from III over the North and West,
bat none from the South. The result. has
been. lha, intelligent travellers from this
tide rirely 60 further South than Wash
ington. / think ! am in position to do
much good Tor my section, II my friends
AZ home sill cooperate with nIe.
Pleaee scnd me The CLARION. ! want
to especially keep up With the proceedings
Of tie Legislature. Regards 70 iriends
Very truly, J. L. McCAsRILL.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-09

bad under tie Constitution Of 1892, Is
that which enables it to grant irrepeal.
able charters or Acts Of incorporation.
TIE danger Of iHtrusting this power to
The Legislature was Rot forereen 10 1892:
but IL 10 apparent now We give an
example d the abuse Of this power by
The Legislature
Until 1852 ~ railroad company in
this State Was protected from State
regulation Of 10 rates, by what Il knoSn
as ODE maximum clause IN il charter;
but 10 bat year the Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States
having intimated that such clause
would estop the State from further reg.
ulation Of rates, the attorney who draft.
ed the charter Of the Yazoo and Missis.
sippi Valley Railroad Company inserted
, that clause IN {, aud the charter IN that
shape WAS grated by The Legislature.
From this, II may be seen that the Leg
islature attempted, by the use Of the
very words against which il bad been
warned BY Chief Justice Waite, 70 he
nude the State Of the power to regulat,
the rates Of this particular corporation
This course was censurable for two rea.
sons /. 1t was an effort TO deprive the
State Of power which it was endeayor.
ing to exercise; and, 2. II was a grant
Of privilege to the Yazoo and Missis.
sippi Valley Company, which no other
railroad corporation in the State pos
sossed.
Under this privilege ahis company
may charge G5 cents per hundred pounds
for transporting first or second class
freight 10 miles, n service Tor which 10
cents would be ample compensation;
aud the permitted rates on ether classes
are equally unreasonable,
But another circumstance to show
that the right TO grant irrepealable
charters should not remain with,the Leg
islature isfound in section . of the charter
Of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroad Company by which, not con-
tent with having the special privilege,
not granted to other companies Of reg
ulating its rates within stated maxi
mum, it sought to get the power to con
fer the same privilege on any other com
pany ain or OUT Of this State by
and the next thing we
expect to hear, especially If the
Commissioners shall do
their duty, as we think they will,
Is that the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad Company has consol-
dated with railroad company ain"
This State, towit; The Illinois Central
Railroad Company The language in
point, to be found III the fifth section Of
the charter, is az follows;
Sec Said company may
with any other railroad com.
pany in or out of the State Of Missis-
sippi, upon such terms as the consolidat
ing company may agree. upon, u
and upon any such consolidation, the
consolidated company shall have and
enjoy all the property, rights, privileges,
powers, liberties aud immunities and
franchises herein granted.
No wonder that the last Democratic
State Convention adopted resolution,
without opposition, calling
on the Legislature to submit an amend
ment to the Constitution, which should
stand in the way Of all similar legisla
tiun.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-09

A coREEepoEDEE Of THE CLARION
wants to know the year In which the
Chickasaw Indians left Mississippi lie
has the dme Of the treaty ceding the
lands.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-09

TIE election for Superintendent Of
the Pcnitentiary takes place tonight, on
joint ballot.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
ENGLEWOOD, KANSAS.

The Star Of the Western Empire is pic
turesquely situated near the wooded banks
Of the Cimmaron River, in the center Of >
large and beautiful valley--the grandest
wheat, corn and grass gre wing country In
the world; destined to be the great rail-
road, commercial and manufacturing centre
Of sunny southern Kansas, because Of nat
u-al surroundings, beautiful location, and
the many railroads now projected and build
ing toward it, being as it is the supplying
and Quitting point for the new Oklahoma
OF the west. "The.public land strip. (which
extends 16O miles to the south and west and
which comprises the most wonderful grain
and grass producing soil on the globe, 10
the great cattle field in the west. No other
town in western Kansas is SO favor
ably situated to become q large city, and it
cannot be disputed that Englewood holds
the key to the commercial trade Of q vast
area Of untold and ever increasing wealth;
its prospects are unequalled, and its rise
and progress bids fair to he unparalleled in
the history Of this western country.
Englewood will not wait years for slow
increase OF population to bring 1t into no.
tice, as hundreds of other cities have done.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

ENGLAND u divided into 1900 parishes.
In every one Of which there Is . resident
clergyman who receives one-tenth OF the
income of the land The ancient 1.-THE in
kind Is commuted, but the clergy still OBJ
tain their tenth in residence, glebe and
commuted 1.-THE This is in addition to the
revenues of the bishops and to the expendi-
ture for the care of the church edihces.
The Il. 900 clergymen constitute one-fourth
of the resident landowners Of the kingdom
Their incomes average more than
81 500 q year. They are landowners as alb
solutely as the peers; for they are also ten
ants for life, and can not be dispossessed
short of q revolution-unless in case OF
crime or gross immortality. They can not,
1t is true, dispose Of their estates by viii;
but neither can one in ten Of the larger
landholders. From the archbishop OF
Canterbury, with his $75. 900 . year, down
to the humblest incumbent OF parish,
they are emphatically part Of the landed
interest Naturally tho church Is con-
sentative.
The power of appointing the clergy is it.
self piece of property. It is commonly
attached to the land. The incumbent OF
living is usually appointed by the squire
or some neighboring nobleman, In whose
family the privilege descends like any
other Inheritance. The greatest miscreant
in life or infidel in belief may appoint the
clergyman, II he owns the land. II child
nihcrits, the guardian sometimes exercises
the right; and, worse yet, the right may
be sold The succession to . wealthy piece
Of perferment is often disposed Of years in
advance. You may read in The Times, in
this year of our Lord, advertisements OF
advowsons, - the right Of patronage Is
called; the acure of souls for sale. Often
the notice mentions that the incumbent is
old, and the property Is so much the more
valuable, for the succession will be
speedier. Then the sdvowson fetches
higher price.-Adam Badeau's Letter.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

An interesting fact about successful
SONGS may be noted, and that is, only SEN
timental songs make any money. Humor-
Gus songs become very popular. They are
applauded in the theatre when a favorite
singer sings them, and are laughed at unre-
STRANGELY, but very few In the audience
ever think of buying copies OF them. This
is peculiarly true of that description Of hui
morous ditty known as the topical song. 1t
may be explained that this is a song in
which the material of the different verses
is arranged to give point to q significant
phase which invariably forms the last line
Of the verse The performance practically
amounts to piggling with language, the ef-
feet coming from the humorous and unex.
pected illustration which can be adduced
of the idea embodied in the adopted phrase.
Given on the stage by an expert singer,
who enforces the points Of the verses by
appropriate action and facial expression,
these songs are very effective. Sung in the
parlor by an ordinary vocalist and without
the effect which comes from the assembly
of large number Of people, these songs
almost invariably fall fiat In consequence
they are very seldom sung there, and the
music publishers who give them to the
world find the world ungrateful, much to
the publisher pecuniary grief. On the
other hand, q sentimental song may be
sung in the home circle by an inexperienced
singer with very fair effect. Somehow OF
other the underlying sentiment survives
the most outrageous treatment. 1t has
better staying qualities than humor has.
The melodies are simple, the thoughts ex-
pressed find q welcome among all classes
of people, and the sheet music finds its
way to thousands Of piano racks through
out the land; and 30 the publisher becomes
happy and affiuent.-New York Mail and
EXpreSS
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

She has natural advantages. railroads are
coming, her destiny is stamped with prog
ress and success, and she intends that the
people shall know il. We want no broken
down bankrupt individuals, but We well
come live men and women with energy
and push from every land. and We will
make IL their interest to cast their lot with
US. You may do well where you are. but
you can do better here. We unhesitatingly
state that Englewood Is bound to be the
next great cattle shipping point in the
west. The cattle kings OF this section OF
country represent property worth millions.
We want wholesale and retail houses Of
every kind to locate at Euglewood. From
this point you can sell goods fol large ter
ritory south and west. Come at once. Do
not wait till the railroads, now building.
arrive. You can make money now. both on
goods and the rapid increase OF all the real
estate you may buy at present.
We have an Incorporated city Of the Sd
class, with q population Of about 800. We
have over 100 good buildings. some Of which
are the best that can be found on or on the
railroad in western Kansas. We have now
under construction several good brick
buildings; one schoolhouse to cost ~ 200,
bank building, 50xs0 feet; one business
house, 5Oxl00, two stories: one church
building, good size; 100000 brick
will soon be burned to finish the build
ings named. We have now completed one
hotel, with AZ rooms, costing 5000, and
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

one opera-housc cost S5.0ni; to-day
we are only one year old. We are proud
Of our success, and can faithfully say that
we have no rivals. IL you desire to go
west, come to Englewood, where there are
excellent opportunities for business Of all
kinds; where you can secure y, u home or
town lot or farm nj q fraction OF It's real
value We say come to Engiewood while
the opportunity awaits you, and secure one
OF the greatest OF all blessings good
home. Take the Engiewood stage at Dodge
City. aud you will land in Englewood.
Fifty-five miles in ten hours. Stage runs
daily. p. @. Reynolds 10 proprietor Of the
stage line.
For information regarding the country
and city address Il. y. Bush, secretary OF
Englewood Town copauy. Clark county,
Kan.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
Trainer OF Four-Lrgged Pets.

In Paris there are numerous professional
affaiteurs, or trainers, who undertake the
education of any winged or four-legged
pet or make a speciality Of dog-trainiAg.
Their charges vary with the desired grade
of education The trainer Of fourlegged
circus performers may charge 1000 francs
for q single scholar. but even for francs
suburban tutors will undertake TO teach q
dog quite number Of tricks. They keep
sample scholars, accomplished balloons
that could give arope-dancer points on
his own game: dancing and card-playing
poodles; begging monkeys, waiting hand
kisses and acknowledging fayors with
deep salaams.
Tuition, however, is invariably impaired
with closed doors. The trainers do not
like to divulge their business secrets. and
besides wish to avoid trouble with moral
lists q Ia BerGh- No charge Is made II the
pupil should prove unmanageable, but ex-
perts take pride in denying such possibili-
ties, Give them time and they viii under
take to train any four-leGgsd creature
lifted with appetite and two open eyes
Dr. Felix L. Oswald.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
WIT AND HUMOR.
RANDOM SELECTIONS FROM uiTERA-
TuRE WRITTEN IN LIGHTER VEIN.

Story About Ben Butler-Burdstte on the
Book Club-An Infantry IAeutenant-
whistler and wnde-At Home He
Whipped Big jim.
GHad to do it, you1 Row." he explained
- he came around The postofYice corner
With bloody nose and two deep scratches
ON his chin.
@You have been fighting" said The
policeman.
GYes, but was driv' to it. Big Jim was
goin' to lick Little Ike"
@What was that to your"
Lots. Ike's brother died 'tother day,
and Ike Is in mourning. How's . boy
goin' to fight when he's thtnktn' OF his
dead brother and graves and bein' buHieds
He can't do it. Pluck is all gone, you
zee. Can't git his mad mp to save his
neck"
"And what did you do!"
'Took Ike's place, you know. Big Jim
said it didn't make no difference to him,
considering the circumstances, who he
licked, 30 I went in, Ike offered me 3
cents and a banana, but didn't take
EN-"
"And how did the fight come outs"
81 got away with Jim He's licked me
ten times, but this time got to thinking
Of ke's poor brother an / fetched Jim
winder on the ear. Then I thought Of
Re's having to sleep alone, and I knocked
Jim's nose sideways. He rushed in on
me, but thought Of Ike's mother feelin'
30 bad, and I give Jim kick which
doubled him mp and made him holler
nun"
'Where's Ike now?"
'sThere he is across the street. HI,
there, key. Come over! It's all nghti
Big Jim was knocked out in three rounds,
and you and I'll go up and see the grave
the first thing in the morningW-Detroit
Free Press.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
A,.sher Problem Of Civilization.

The mahwa tree, An East Indian variety
~ the order Brassia, has been found to
yield 50, 600 pounds Of sugar per acre, while
the average produce Of the best sugar-cane
Is rather less than 1000 pounds. BY the
time the population Of our earth has null
tiplied to a crowding degree. one OF Baron
Humbo,dt's predictions win propably Be
verified by the general cultivation Of tree
crops On the same are. where wheat
would support one man, the banana VIII
snpport twenty-five. A grove OF null
orown olive trees il nearly 100 times
more productive than any crop OF Oh
hearine herbs. Tree culture win probably
hecorne the watchword Of higher civil
ration, for the aridity Of our fields could
Mrevise be counteraeted by the climatic I'm
11uencc of arboreal vegetation. Felix
I. Oswald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
Tho BOY Was Only sixteen.

@Ben Butler for a time was in the re-
cruiting service" said a gentleman the
other day, ~and he was greatly troubled
with young men enlisting, getting the
bounty money, and then having their
parents come and swear that they were
under age This, of course, stopped the
career of the would-be soldiers at once,
while the bounty money, having been
spent, was forever lost to the government.
This sort of thing grew monotonous, and
Ben resolved to carefully investigate all
future cases. The very next day woman
came for her boy, who had enlisted, re-
ceived the 500 bounty, and whom she de-
clared was only 16 years Of age.
@'Prove that he Is only 49, said Ben.
"I'l swear to it,
No; bring me either the priest who
baptized him or the Bible.
an short time the woman brought the
Bible, and there on the blank record pages
was the entry of the boys birth just six
teen years before.
a'You are sure that this is correctF
asked the general
az am that. wrote it myself not six
hours after the blessed child was born
~'You are positivey continued the gen.
eral, as he curiously thumbed the book.
"'Quite sure, your honor
"'Well, guess the boy will be soldier
drawled Ben in his queer way at last. And
SO saying, he opened the Bible, not to the
first title page, which had been carefully
torn out, but to the one before the New
Testament, which showed that the book
had been printed in 1855, and as it was then
1872, the fraud was very apparent"
what did the woman dos" inquired.
what did she do, She simply left.
There was nothing more for her to say
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
A Troupe Of Japanss Dancing Girls.

The dancing part Of the troupe was more
attractive. These girls were probably
about 10 to IS years OF age; certainly no
older. We should scarcely call their per-
Torrance dancing, for they neither
hoped, Topped. nor pirouetted Is In a
ballet, nor whirled or skipped Is at one OF
our dancing parties. 1t was rather mod
est, stately, quiet series Of possurings,
with fans, umbrellas, and similar accessor-
les illustrating some sentiment or poetry
in pantomime. II was all very graceful
and pleasing, but to call their pretty per
Torrance the very poetry Of notion al
some enthusiastic travellers have done,
seems to me . little exaggerated
But imagine = Japanese-after being &C
customed to such graceful, dignified dane
inG-at one Of our fashionable parties
How ridiculous It must appear to him to
see everybody whirling wildly about, Ike
. lot Of lunatios, till they are heated and
disheveled, How much moro sensible TO
do a. he does; sit cool and quiet, while
paying somebody else to do such hard
work for him--Cor. Inter Ocean
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
out-of-Door Session. in Florida.

Astill more surprising anomaly Is the fact
that among those anomalous people in
Manatee county, one Of the southernmost
counties, school can be found 1t Is
small, and, like some Of the Florida courts,
is under tree. In Calhoun county, in the
northwestern part Of the state, court Is
held outdoors. MAJ. Conant told me that
he had attended many such sessions under
a tree. The grand juries hold their
sessions under a tree, and find, or fail to
find. indictments for chicken-stealing and
kindred offenses.-Cor. Cincinnati En-
nrrirpr
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

Professor Morse, whose charming lect-
ures on Japan have % edited the upper
ten Of the city, ID An enthusiastic lover Of
china He thinks that man with money
that ID, with enough 10 live Ike lord
and stin have something over-can in no
way spend the surplus 20 satisfactorily -
in pottery.
There ID more solid comfort in beauti
full vase. o. an exquisite jar, than In any
thing else In hfs,' be rapturoualy sx-
claimed the other day.
Then be proceeded to tan about the jap
anese love Of ceramics. and be unmarked
that any people tha4 had advanced that fa1
wa very near the limit of whist We know
- infalligsnt Civilization, and with this In
his mind he observed thak In Toxic. city
Of more than l,00o. 900 Inhabitants, there
were only four murders lasf y1ax.-Cncin-
nasd Tm0-SeA1.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
He Was an Infantry Lieutenant.

i He was an infantry lieutenant, and she
was a senator's daughter.
'I'm going to Old Point Comfort about
the middle of March" she said.
that's rather a novel time to go, isn't
itsn he queried, with fifteen-inch rified
CLEAN in his warlike eyes.
"Oh, don't know, she said innocently.
Eyes, but my dear miss, it is quite novel.
don't you know" he persisted.
Really, Mr.. Cascabel, you must ex-
plain"
"Ha, hal" he roared, "the middle OF
March-Middle o. March-Middle March.
Isn't that a novel; Ha! ha! seef"
1t is very seldom that the Lord creates
anything without a purpose.-Washington
Critic
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

A Pittsfield, Mass, man has acquired
several thousand dollars with his buck
saw. He Is intelligent and liberal, recently
gave 800 in q lump to public enterprise,
has represented the town In the legislature
is an active politician, and, although more
than 60 years old, sawed nearly 800 cords
Of wood during the last year.-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
To Start a Good Book Club.

~Reading Man" wants to know how to
start a book club in his neighborhood.
Well, to be Of any account just now the
club should have been started about
three years ago. A hickory sprout is about
the hest thing to start It with, and by the
time it h three years old it is ready to cut.
Leave part Of the root on for knot to
strike with and cut a smooth hand hold at
the other end, about two and one-haf feet
from the knot. Then when a man comes
along to borrow the most precious book in
your library your club will be thoroughly
organized and ready to go into executive
session and demand the mans papers
relative to the removal of the last book he
Observation-Disclosures in Brooklyn Eagle.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

few names Of parties Interested; Hon. 10
doiph Hatfield. president, who IL repre-
sentative In the Kansas legislature; Il. L.
Walker, vice-presiden,. ex-segis,er United
States Land Office. Wichita. Kansas; H. q.
Toler. treasurer and secretary. Wichita.
Kan: Ex-Governor Click, % Topeka, Kan;
Hon. r. T. Gillett, OF kingmsn. Kan. and
several Others. all members Of the con-
pany.
You can secure lets In Esgic city by
erecting buildings thereon. For reference
As 20 location aud railroad prospects. viii
refer you 10 the above map. which was
drawn from official records. To go 10 Eagle
City. Take the Tuscola stage AT Dodge
city, which vii! land you a, Eagle city
near Fulton creek stage station, ~ miles
southwest OF Beaver creek store. on the
North Canadian river. Col. Furgeson l.
proprietor OF the stage line.
For information regarding Eagle city
call on fogg. assistant secretary Of town
sitc, or address
H. G. T0lER.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
He Came Home at One.

Angelina-Didn't you promise me, Ed
win, when you went out, that you'd GER
tainly be home by II
Edwin-Yezh, my dear, yezh, and here
am jezh TO the moment.
Angelina-Just to the moment, indeed.
Do you know what time it IL now,
Edwin-Jezh I, my dear, jezh 1; jezh
heard it strike over and over again
vife
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

Germany Eight scheols of Forestry.
Germany has eight schools Of forestry.
where ave years training b required q
thosc who seek positions under the govern
ment, although Q course Of study half a
long may be taken by amateura-Chicagu
Herald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
Mr.. whistler and Oscar Wilde.

Whistler had been notably witty during
the evening at a recent reception, and
finally made bon mot more than usually
pointed and happy that convulsed his lis
teners. Oscar Wilde, who was present,
approved Mr. Whistler's brightness. and
wondered why he had not thought Of the
witticism himself. "You will" promptly
replied Whistler; you will" This light
ming comment on Mr.. Wilde's wonderful
ability to think of other peoples bright
things and to repeat them as his own had
an immediate and most discomforting
effect on Mr.. Wilde.-The Argonaut.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12
EAGLE CITY.
Public Land Strip.

A government town site located for the
Land Office OF . new district
to be located shortly by Congress. IL is q
sufficient guaranty OF success TO mention
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

Chicago policeman to pedestrian-Phat
strate is this, SURF Pedestrian-This ID
Madison street; but you, An ofncer should
know all about it. Chicago policeman
FAX, an I'm from the country two wakes.
an thought il might be was on my
batc.-Chicago Merchant Traveller
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-12

COIecooo q boo8s - Do4
The library Of Princeton college Possesses
the largest collection Of books On baptism
in the world There are 1000 bound vol
umes and 500 pamphletA-Chicaso Her
ald