The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-15
GLEANTNGs.

GLEANTSGs.
A colored girl at Saratoga wears so.
600 worth of diamonds when she IS
dressed up.
Mrs. sabin. the vito Of Senator Sab
in, of Minnesota, has adopted three or
phan children.
They have pink. white and blue water
lilies in Queensland. and what is more
these flowers are as large as dinner
plates.
At the last session Of Congress appro-
priations were authoriz I'd tofhe amount
Of $22. 000, coo in excess Of last year.
aggregating 1888. POI, 08I
Three clerks are kept busy, signing
The Pension Commissioner name, and
L is all they can do to furnish the num-
t1er-of signatures required.
The English fashion for l1ipe-smok-
iag-is again increasing in this country.
Some Of the finest and most popular
pipes are briarwood and Leghorn.
The City of Rome is the largest Of
the European steamers. She burns
2, 230 tons of coal between New York
and Queenstown, or an average OF 800
tons daily.
One-thirtieth of the work on the
Yet De Lesseps promises finished
canal in 1888. Eighteen ninety-eight
more likely.
A Pittsburg doctor holds that corns
are inherited. Nevertheless, says the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, the ILL
fitting boot or shoe is the parent Of
most of them.
The census of Mexico gives the pop
ulation at 1856, III. No State has
900 and several States have less than
200, 900 inhabitants.
The total real-estate valuation of
New York City is 81, 119, 761, 597. Last
year it was 81, 079, $50, 669. The per-
sonal valuation is $219, $50, TAG against
$187, $40, 465 last year.
Nine hundred and sixty-one of the
], 800 inhabitants. of a village of Sax
ony were attacked with trichiniasis
after eating the flesh of q diseased pig.
Fifty-sevcn of them died.
The apple dealers of western New
York have agreed not to buy fruit in
barrels of less size than tho common
flour barrel, which is made of slaves
283 inches long with 17-ineh head and
a 62-inch bilge:
The Worlds Electric Rebellious
Ore Reduction Company" has been in
corporated in San Francisco. 1t owns
nothing but its name and proposes to
do everything. 1t advertises a capital
stock of $10,000,000.
The Confederate monument in Co
lumbia, S. c., which was shattered by
lightning some time ago, has been re-
built at distance from the State House,
as its former proximity made it dam
gerous, the managers say.
The first American petroleum was ex-
ported in 1862 from Pittsburg to
Europe at loss of $4,000 on 600, 900
gallons. In 1888 400, 000,00 gallons
were exported, for which $50, 00Q.0 600
were returned to this country.
The patent fish-pole, with self-regis-
ter attachment showing the exact
number of fish caught with it, displays
great inventive skill, but it dosen't sell
worth a cent. Anglers prefer to
depend on their memory in such cases.
America exports popcorn by the
thousand barrels. Popcorn was first
made in this country in 1849. Some
medical men recommended it for dys-
pepsia, and patients at the summer re-
sorts can be seen munching it at all
hours of the day.
A New York manufacturer of tri-
cycles says that in England there are
now over 60, 600 of the three-wheeled
in use. He believes that it
will in time supereede the bicycle, as
being better adapted to country roads
and more easily managed.
A New York dealer in garden seeds
has in store box of caulifower seed
weighing only fifty-four pounds, which
he says will net him 50, 700. He says
lie could not replace the seed, and
therefore keeps 1t in a safe deposit
company to guard against loss by fire.
A factory for the production of arti-
fetal teeth is to be established in Utica,
N. Y, where masticators will be turn |
ed out at the rate of 5000 sets per day,
for the low price of $3.50 per set. |
Crowns for molding teeth, formerly |
costing $3.50, will be made for 10 |
cents.
A Mr.. Vanner, living near Cornwall, /
N. Y, having Just completed q new |
s., 900 barn, it was christened by Nina,
q Jersey heifer valued at Sc, 900, being |
the first animal to enter the building. |
Brussels carpet was laid. and she |
''tripped over it with as much grace
and pride as bride entering achurch."
The New Orleans Worlds Fair" to
be opened next December, was first in
tended to commemorate the centennial
If the shipment of six bags of cotton |
rom Charleston, S. c., to England. in
1884; but its scope has been enlarged
10 as to embrace all industries. The
will be larger than those ut
he Philadelphia Centennial; the ma
,hinery hall alone will be 1900 feet by
100 feet, and covers thirty-two acres.
1t is not generally known that the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers claims to be one of the
argest associations in the world. Ac-
,ording to some of the reports the
is about 100, 900. which di-
ectly and indirectly controls and infu-
noes nearly 1000, 600, workingmen.
1t one time the organization was said
o have 1915, 900 in its treasury, but
he strikes of the last two years have
depleted it considerably.
DR. Riggs an Englishman, who has
zen inspecting our common school
ystem, is much incensed at the state
nent of Professor Mathers that the
portion Of the people Of
he United States possess vast
mount of technical education gained
t our public schools. He declares
hat it is untrue. and he is without
oubt right. The technical education
our public schools is a creature of
ne imagination Rochester Democrat
The latest telephone dispenses with
altogether. Its diaphragm
split willow or other wood closely /
oven, dried and vanished. The dry I
e contracts the fibers and produces q
cry high tension. In the center Of 1 1
le diaphragm IS a strong copperplate,
, which the wire is attached. For :
stances less than two miles the new !
lephone conveys sound much better
I'd more distinctly than the Bell. The :
ficulty in ssswitchingn the wires, !
,weyer, limits its use. Isl
There arc numberof women plant III
5 in Madison Parish, Louisiana. 4 !
rs NJ a. Gibbs lives on the Hecla
antation, which she manages with
eat success. Miss Lu Lucus manages
large estate, and personally superfz-
nds large force. She spends most 9
her time in the saddle, and looks u
ter her plows, hoes, drains, levees. =
,ck and mill Madame Anes Il re- o
rded as the best woman in thapar. Z
!. owns tract Of Loo acres and q
$ 800 acres under cultivation this b
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