The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-23
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| In the town of Murray, Orleans county,
|ennessee, Lenule Cook, aged one hundred
'nd seven years, and one of the three sur
living soldiers Of the Revolution, was re-
|ently sued by his son, a youth OF seventy
Ight years of age. There are several sons
II of whom were witnesses at the trial, the
|oungest of them being slxty-hye years
Id
Gen. W. J. Hardee is urged for President,
| nd Col Gorgas, late Chief of the Ordnance
'ureau, Richmond, for Superintendent, OF
be Selma and Meridian Railroad.
The total population ofthe United States
|vas 81, I49.505, viz Whites, 26-IOo,lo' ;
aves, 1850 sos free colored, 1852.
An English writer asserts that the use Of
"a with insufficient food leads to craving
IT stimulants He accounts in this way for
be opium eating of the Chinese.
Prof. Joy, of Columbia College, New York,
|iys he has seen an alloy of silicum that was
| rder than steel
To START BAIHr HoKsE.--Tho Ohio
arrner saws: Fill his mouth with dirt or
|ravel from the road, and he'll 90. Now the
6ilosophy of the thing is, it gives him
|,mething else to think about. We have
ben it tried a hundred times, and 1t has
ever failed"
The widow Clicquot-she of the cham
|agne--is 81 years of age, and worth eight
billions of dollars.
Recent experiments in the British navy
|roved that the thick oil of petroleum the
',siduum of the third distillation, IS the best
destitute for coal in generating steam.
FATrENING TURKEYs-FOr each turkey
| tx pint of Indian meal, with one pint OF
'nbolted wheat flour, and pour boiling water
n it,stirring rapidly till it forms thin mush.
lace the dish where the fowls can have ac-
IS to the feed at any time. Let SKINNED
| iIk or water be given also. In two weeks
hey will be as oily as butter They Will
|tten better to have their liberty in spa
Gus yard.
CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH.-Very few OF
he sudden deaths which are said TO arise
ON diseases of the heart, do really arise
| ON that cause. To ascertain the real orr
n of sudden deaths, the experiment has
|een tried in Europe, and reported to SCI
| nttic congress held at StTasbouTg. Sixty
x cases OF sudden deaths were made tie
| biect of a thorough post norton examina-
| on; in these cases only two were found
| no had died from disease OF the heart
| inc out of sixty-siX had died OF apopIeXy,
billie there were forty-six cases OF conges-
| on of the lung5-that is the lungs were so
I'm of blood they could not work, there not
Icing room enough for suibcienl quahtIty
4 air to enter to support life. The causes
hat produce congestion of the lungs are
bid feet. tight clothing, costive bowels, sit
ng still until chilled after being warmed
| 18th labor or a rapid walk, going too sud
|enly from a close, heated room into the
| old air, especially after speaking, and sud
en- depressing news operating on the blood
hese causes of sudden death being known,
IN avoidance of them may serve to lengthen
| any valuable lives, which would otherwise
|e lost under the verdict of heart-complalnt.
| hat disease is supposed to be inevitable,
Ind incurable; hence many may not take
he pains they would to avoid sudden death,
! they knew it lay in their power.
Lithographic stone has been discovered
ear St Louis. 1t is found nowhere else III
his country, and the quality Of this is said
10 be equal TO that which comes from Baya-