The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-30

Olgnor SatVlnl says he can make
more money in America in one season
than he can in Europe in six.
The practice of cutting coins in piec-
es to facflitats -tiIo mixing OF chanke Is
again becoming common in Mexico.
GenefaE Joseph Z johnson and Gen.
Bradley 7. johnson are presidents of
rival telephone companies in Balti-
more.
The razor which was presented to
President Lincoln by his father when
boy was recently sold for 800. 1t is
now owned by Professor Worth, of
Paris, Ill.
Although there is a population esti-
mated at s. 900 to 10. 600 souls in Altu-
ras county, Idaho, there is not mer-
chant tailor doing basiness within its
boundaries.
Mrs. Almira Lincoln Phelps, known
in Boston as writer and teacher, still
keeps up a diary that she began sew
enty-fve years ago. Her age is ninety
one years and the daily record since
her sixteenth year is Rnbroken.
Mr.. Gladstone's followers are to
wear on his next birthday q bunch of
lilies, with oak and ivy leaves, sup
posed to. represent purity, strength
and tenacity, which are considered by
them the three most, prominent char
acteristics of their leader.
George w. ChilIi4 of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, is beset daily with person
al and written requests for his auto
| graph. He is very kind about it and
seldom refuses. He has habit of
writing notices with his name, and his
favorite one 3: do the best leave
the rest"
Although the Mdrmons frantically
believe, that the sword of Gideon is
welded by their church, they are
nevertheless subject to the plague of
eaterpillars in the orchards and grass
hoppers in their fields, like the gentiles
who are not defended with so mighty
weapon
Captain ]. Goldborough Bruff, an
old West Pointer. now nearly eighty,
still works without spectacles as
draughtsman in the Treasury Depart
ment. He is in the best of health and
has been all his life an enthusiastic en-
joyer of doublecan rum, and the
strongest and best Virginia tobacco.
Congressman Oehiltree is a man of
Asiatic exuberance. Here is a cross
section of one of hts speeches the other
day; "Nine-tenths of my constituents
for the past twelve years have been en-
tertained with tropical fertility of
promise. and Sahara sterility of per-
formance by the government en-
gineers."
In Morocco, when thief is caught
in the most tri Eial offense they politely
request his. ~ as.ass .rSsis is....H.-'-
7 linen they aSk him what hand he
! would prefer TO have in his possession.
and when he has made his choice they
cut of the ofseF. When a thief has
thus lost both hands. and also his feet,
ne loses his head, and quits stealing.
A medical paper warns young doc
, tors against prescribing shotgun
, mixtures" too freely during the Sum-
\ mer months. as certain combinations
} of drugs are apt to decompose each
/ other in hot weather. A shotgun pre-
A scription is made up of many different
{ drugs, in the expectation that one Of
: them may hit the mark and cure the
] patient ~
+ Lovers of salad need have no feaI
4 that the supply of olive oil will dimin.
Q ish to any alarming extent. Accord.
i ing to the DrttQn1dD there are now s.
u millsiin operation in the South for the
s manufacture of cotton-seed oil. and
; during the past season about 500, ,00C
o tons Of the seed were crushed, giving
!, g product Of over 250,000 barrels d
Q that convenient adulterant ~ e
K Bricks made of cork now constitute
- one of the new German industries
d The usual size is ten by four and three
" 4 H. - 4saTn -, b01f VF4l4Fa
n They are prepared from small corks
q refuse, and cement, and have not only
e. been used for certain building purpos
Y. es, on account of their iightness anC
5e insulating properties, but are also EN-
m ploYed as . covering for boilers, i
~ preventing the radiation of heat
,g When Kaiser Wilhelm attends th
IN races at Charlottenburg he general
e. leaves for home 2. little before the en-
SO Of the sports to avoid the crowd. On
'cs recent occasion. however, he insiste
p on remaining through all. but, sir,
urged his attendants. ..there Will the
be great throng of vehicles. andsth
"a road will be Blocked. Tut. tut,
AZ cried he; II know better than tina
"a The Berlinese will make way for the
" King.' And they did.
no George Wilson, of Cleveland, Obi
of has sued firm of white lead man
ne facturefs. his late employers. for sac
ite 600 damages. alleging that he and tv
others were directed to clean out VIII
3 was called theeog-wheel room. beneai
Is the main floor Of the factory, and tn
it be did not know. the dangerous chs
0 q aeter Of the work and was made ~ I
yo- q year BY the. poisonous fumes Of {
len lead, and eventually totally blind u
lcy two fellow-workmen. he says. .
ion dead.
lis A. l. Sheppard, Of Dallas Texa
bed visiting at Hartford. CoRn-. lost r
ife- Of greenbaekz amounting TO So St
INK He mentioned his loss at the All.
'ro- House, and stranger who was pr
led snt said be hzd found = sum Of mon
des which be would restore to the owner
stty prdper identification. Mr.. Shephs
self described his missing package in /
for tail and the stranger banded over
in him the entire sum. Mr.. 9Shephs
iore offered him . 500 bin. but he deelir
rts. to take IT. He finally consented to
Ight cept $50 Il am broke" he said.
ped 1 Iwouldn't take anything.
Many postal cards fail to reach th
, Is destination because OF the carelessn
he Of the writers in not observing
urn post-ofice regulations In the
place. no. printed matter. except
Mr. address. must be pasted on either s.
situ- neither is It allowable to run or
and the writing from the message side
the mailing side No writing vi
you ever, except the address. is allows
e In on this lstter side. Another sourcl
inks annoyance to the post-offce anthori
m Is the number Of postal cards that
ner, returned to be sent to other addres
only These are inFariably thrown away.
less they have cent stamp attacl
"a Recent defalcafionz and deficien
, ban bring Igo mind the case OF acolr
said bank 5enitor who lived in Philadely
Iphia IN 1859. He had been in the servf6
for the PennsFIranfa Bank. the tasal VI
scted Of which was one Of the ineidcn,
how the panic Of that year. As nsna
seep- such wrecks. there was large
MY cheney. The books Of the hank had
70 60 kept n such : mixed-up way tia,
es Of Affairs were il great tangie.
large day It was announced that the dil
ors had found out how much the
cheney was- The old darky GereE
lngue put ON all Of his dignity and remar
on : I'VE don't care 80 much about H
I Who inQ how much the deficiency IS; b.
4 En- question dat agitates ny mind.
re Of dat agitates de mind Oh do pnbliI
esult. wharf de deficiency gone 70. =
mo. never found ont exactly Wheresthl
untie- hciency betook itself
riPes.
Of the The dearest girl on earth IS the
4 "A fhaf nafn the NTEnnt fea-rranrn