The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-12

London Correspondence San Francisco
Chronicle.

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}. They eat more meals per diem il
> England than in America There L
breakfast, lunch at /, dinner at 8 or
+ P. N. and supper at halfPast or ~
In some families there ls light tea
s between 3 and IN the afternoon. The
first time saw a late supper, consist
ing of ..joint," vegetables and beer,
was uneasy, thinking 1t all extra
: trouble on my account. Fortunately
DELAYED all remarks to that effect, and
in due time discovered it to be the Gus
TOM Between 10 and II at night In
London YOU may see hundreds of chill
dren, plate in one hand and pitcher in
the other, scudding about the streets.
They are after the family's late supper
Of hot fried fish, fried potatoes and beer.
/ The fish and potatoes are bought frying
| hot at public kitchens. Two pence will
/ buy of these hearty meal for one, a
penny, or three ha'pence more for beer
/ fills the bill. 1.-The ham and beef
shops sell as low as five cents worth of
cooked meats, roast or boiled, and from
cents worth of vegetables upward.
Very good meat they have too, and
very nicely they cook it. These public
kitchens in London, and there are
thousands of them, supply the poor
with a dozen staple articles of cooked
food much cheaper than they can buy
or cook it at home.
Give London beggar a penny, and
he can buy bowl of good soup and a
good sized piece of bread--enough, on
a pinch, to last him day. Give a New
York beggar two cents, and what can
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ty. Every American at first deems the
late English supper the sure road to
dyspepsia Yet there is far less dyspep-
STA in England than in America, and
the late supper is universal. | adopted
late suppers and l gained flesh, and
have imported the practice and kept it
up every since. | think there is as
much harm going to bed starved as
going with a full stomach. An animal
will, after eating heartily, lie down and
sleep, and l can'tsee why we should not
have the same digestive rights as the
animal. My theory regarding the origin
of American dyspepsia is that it comes
either from not eating enough, or going
hungry too many hours and then piling
great quantities of food on an empty
and exhausted stomach An American
family, after the ightest of 6 o'clock
''teas" will remain up sometimes until
10 or II without eating. Then, on
retiring, some starved member, whose
empty stomach has been gnawing itself
for an hour or two, will surreptitiously
invade the pantry, and running from
one extreme to another, as people al
ways do when any appetite is unduly
repressed, gorge on pie, cake, cold meat
and vegetables He or she sees all the
imps, big and little, Of the Internal
regions during the night.
"UNCoNsIDERED TRIPLES.
Shakespeare
Never bother buzz-saw.
A revenue cutter-A clipper of cou-
pons.
You may remain evergreen and never
look spruce.
A misplaced switch may ruin a loco
motive or spoil boy.
What's it that ties two but only
touches one? A wedding ring.
Too many people seem to believe that
a debt is paid when they make a note
of it.
Cats have nine lives, and in order to
live every one of them they have to stay
up nights.
Lo complains that the Government
reservation for his tribe is only mental
reservation.
The height of fashion and the height
Of folly reach to about the same
The lilies of the field have pistils ;
and every citizen of Texas is 'arrayed
like one ofsthese."
Fall River continues to turn out cali
Goes and defaulters with astonishing
1t is a significant fact that the Presi-
dent returned to Washington just in
time for the fall races.
Don't laugh at the cat for running
round after her tail. She is only pur-
suing her end as you are yours,
There are more watches worn in the
United States than in any other country.
OF course the people have a better
time.
The hired girl who was called up at
4 o'clock in the morning thinks arose
two hours later would sound quite as
sweet,