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CALLING GuN.


Such gun is that in the Illustration. One
feature of it is the ease with which it can
be handled. 1t can be trained and fired
upward or downward at an angle of SIS
degrees 1t can be oscillated fifty-five de-
grees, and made to sweep from side to side
over very wide range of horizon. The
feeders contain sixty-four cartridges each
The shield in front of the gunners head
protects him from being aimed at by the
enemy. and also serves as a magazine to
hold the cartridges. This gun has ten bar
rels, with ten locks. In addition to the
action described already, the locks have a
forward and backward motion of their
own. The forward motion places the cart
ridges in the chambers of the barrels
and closes the breech at the time of each
discharge. The backward motion extracts
the cartridge cases after firing. As long as
the cartridges are fed into the magazine.
loading, firing and extracting are carried
ON automatically and uniformly 1t will be
nothing against our pride to remember that
this Is an American gun, made at the Calling
factory, Hartford, Conn. By simply turn
ing the crank the gunner can with this
marvellous weapon fire 1, 200 shots a minute
One machine Calling gun alone saved Gen.
Middleton's forces from disaster in the re.
cent Riel rebellion in Canada 1t has not
been shown that it killed any body, but il
scared away lot of people.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

Russian paper says: During the last
fifteen years the inhabitants of malarial
locality in Kharkoo government in Russia
have used the crab powder with great sue
cess against the fevers. The powder is pre-
pared in the following way: Live crabs
are poured over with the ordinary whisky
until they get asleep, then they are put on a
bread pan in hot oven, thoroughly dried
and pulverized and the powder passed
through fine sieve One dose, teaspoon
full, is generally sufficient to cure the in GER
mittent fever; in very obstinate cases, a
second dose is required. Each dose is in
variably preceded by glass of aloe brandy,
as a purgative. The powder is used In that
locality In preference to quinine.'
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
Ben Perley Poore's Opinion of a Great
Humbug.


And now we have ''the new agriculture, !"
patented. Of course, with county rights for
sale at $40, 900 to those who are always
anxious to possess any new craze. 1t is
claimed that it win make the soil grow five
times as much as a usual crop, and of
changing so as to grow tropical products
i'm northern New York. and all by means of
digging trenches on hillsides and filling
them with stones as means OF collecting
water for subson irrigation, at cost OF
$500 per acre.
To be sure, it is not every farm on which
there is a dry hillside, having a hard pan
subsoil impervious to water, and containing
enough stone to partly fill the trenches,
which ara to be dug twenty feet apart and
five feet deep, at cost of $500 per acre.
Neither will every farmer pay even for
his share of $40, 900 county right
and then expend $500 an acre more in dig
ging drains. But it is a new idea, and as
there has been no agricultural novelty since
cemented cellars were christened "silos, y
and moldy cut corn fodder was called ZEN
silage," this new agriculture" may find be-
levers and patrons. ! have large and deep
stone drains on Indian Hill farm, dug and
filed by my father fifty years since, and !
will frankly say that / prefer a two-inch
tile pipe drain, but am an old fogy, and
not crazei by every new-fangled notion Of.
fered by crafty spectators. Those who de-
sire, however, to invest their money in the
new agriculture have an undoubted
right to do so. / well remember that
among the sentences in copper plate chirog-
raphy at the head of the pages of my copy
book there was one which read: "A fool
and his money are soon parted
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

P. NJ. DoaERTY, Late OF Yazoo CITY,
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FASHlONlETS.

Tailor-made dresses are more fashionable
than ever.
Brilliant colored vests promise to be worn
again by men,
The four button cutaway coat Is still the
most popular for masculine wear.
On full dress occasions lace bonnets are
more fashionable than any others, and roses
are their garniture.
A new hat is of black Milan braid, trim
med with cardinal silk and Lyons velvet.
Cranes heads are put upon the front
You can now wear a crazy quilt dress il
YOU like. The pattern comes in combination
suitings of all colors. Get two to three
wards of the crazy quilt cloth to go with the
plain goods.
The best trunks for various things are
those that have trays with strap bottoms te
divide the lower part, while the upper has
two box trays for bonnets and for small ar
ticles, and very long tray at the back fol
parasols and fans, laces, gloves, etc.
The rich-looking, new-fashioned embossed
leather wall paper is made by grinding ole
boots and shoes into pulp. making a stiff
paste of the substance, and stamping anc
printing it. A millionaire may thus hav'
upon his best room wall the cast-of foo
covering of tramp.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

This dread plague is again ravaging the
northwest, and, unfortunately, some other
localities also. An Iowa farmer lately lost
600 hogs in five weeks Another lost In the
same time $50. leaving him only ten alive
In a few townships in Montgomery and
Mills counties, that state, quite five thous-
and hogs have died, being 70 per cent OF
the swine in that region
The plague has also broken out in Illinois
There seems to be no staying or understand
ing it. The animals in clean pastures With
pure water have been among those worst
stricken. There is no known remedy that
will reach the cases. No precaution seems
to avail What pity it is we have not a
single scientific man N America who can
take up this hog pestilence and study 1t, and
find remedy-a man, in bl ief, who would
be to the United States what Louis Pasteur
il to France
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More Nnt-nearine Trees.

To the hardy nut bearing trees mentioned
ulay be added yet Others. There is the
Spanish chestnut, the fruit very large and
desirable for market, the tree exceedingly
handsome. The Japan giant chestnut is
another japan fruit and ornamental trees
in general are beautiful and desirable.
Almonds of fine quality are beginning to be
cultivated with great success in the south.
They viii grow wherever the peach can.
When we can raise everything to eat in the
United States on our own soil, fruits, veg
etables, meats, of all kinds, then we shall
have attained perfect civilization.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
WINDMILL OK BApN.

Herewith is a picture showing windmill
upon barn in the act of grinding feed for
farm animals II is to be observed, how
ever, strictly in the interests of truth, that
the farmer must be always sure to select q
windy day for grinding feed and for doing
his threshing. else this motor cannot be
started up. The gearing is so arranged
that the Stats or strips Of the wheel can be
disconnected when desired. Thus the ma
chine can be stopped and the water pre-
vented from stopping over.
There are many pleasant possibilities in
connection with wind engine. 1t can be
used for pumping water from a large els
tern or well, either. 1t is usually fixed into
a well, but there is no reason why it sho d
not do duty for clstern at the same time
by fixing a connecting pipe.
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Facts of Interest.

A northerly gale is attended with diminu-
alton of ozone in the atmosphere That is
why nor easter makes us miserable, per-
haps.
A writer in The Bulletin Generate de
Therapeuhque says that the refrigeration OF
the lobe of the ear will OPP hiccough, what
ever its cause may be. Very slight refrig-
Grafton, such a drop of cold water, is said
to be sufficient.
To tell how many stamps to put upon your
letter: A silver dollar weighs less than an
ounce. Hence any letter not heavier than 8
| dollar can go for a single two-cent stamp
A five-cent silver piece added to the dollar
will give the ounce If you have not the
| silver dollar, five nickels and a small copper
| cent will give an ounce weight
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
MOlae and aarln.


Wind engines are great helps ON the farm
Agood one willpump water for the house and
barn and furnish power besides for running
a th reshing machine and mill for grinding
feed or any ether of the manifold purposes
for which a motor is wanted on a farm.
In winter and summer il obviates the driv-
ing of stock to water. It becomes, too,
when tastefully built, an object of beauty
in the landscape. The necessary parts Of il
are the wind machinery Of the engine, the
iron tubing and force pump tor times
when there is no wind The pump is at
tsched alongside the windmill tower.
The mills are Of different sizes, the wind
wheel being eight, ten or twelve feet in
diameter, according to the force wanted A
wheel of ten feet is sufficient for all ordi-
nary farms. These windmills are a real
god end ON the western prairies, where
running water is scarce. Fortu Iately, too
it is in exactly these localities u at the wind
blows most constantly.
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GOOD LONG POUT-
And when she called, and called, and called
never answered a word,
And when she beckoned for me to come,
l stood and never stirred.
TIL she softly said, ''Oh, Nelly,
Come and see my little boy,
A little boy that has come to fill
My poor old heart with JOY
eyes, he is mine, Miss Nelly,
And will never be big and bad;
He's come to me from over the sear
Oh, myl but / was madl
And she went on: This precious
Will never be saucy to me,
Nor lose my needles, nor tangle my thread
Do, Nelly, come and seer
And so came; and what do you think
This precious boy should be,
Who would not ever be big or bad
On this side of the sea,
But white image. peddler man
Was paid some money fort
i looked at it. and said to her:
Il wouldn't brag any more
OF that clay boyi If I'm of dust
At least | came from heaven;
And If Pm naughty. haven't
A right to be forgivenf
tt.a il
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
Novelties in Thrse CnInrs.

Collars, caps and fichus made of the three
tolored so called Moorish lace are just as
becoming as pretty. The ground is cream
color and the embroidery like pattern. blue
and red The toilet articles made of this
lace do not require any colored bows to en-
liven them, as they are in themselves sufti-
GENTLY bright and variegated. A new style
of tea apron is made of similar three -colored
muslin, and forms very pretty addition to
a nice house dress. The gathered bib is fast
ened up by sailors collar, the apron is
finely gathered and laid in deep folds; pretty
red and blue ribbon bows mask the pockets.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
Soma Gnns.

At the international inventions exhibit
ton, in London, one of the most interesting
features has been the improved guns and
cannon. 1t was long step in advance
when guns began to be loaded and fired by
machinery Before that the number of
balls that could be fired per minute depend
ed on bow rapidly the hand Of man could
be moved in loading and firing. At length
it was discovered that all this could he done
by the simple turning of crank The gun
ner sights his weapon. Then he simply turns
a handle. At that the cartridges are dis
charged, the balls fly on their deadly mission,
yet other cartridges drop into the place the
first left, and finally the old cartridge cases
are cleaned out of the chambers of the bar
rels at the same turn of the lever.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

clock stud1ed with shnf WntcA, md ono
day came across something II an English
Theological magazine that opened my eyes
II was simply little item saying that some
times delicateiy adjusted watches were af-
fscted by the temperament OF their wearers
Affected by personal magnetism The whole
thing flashed upon me in a moment The
wonaan's watch was affected by herself
T found ont that she was of a highly
nervous temperament, but would at times
s,1ffer from attacks of dependency. The
watch only recorded her temperament
When she was vivacious it went fast, but
when she was in a low mood it went slow.
Very often it is impossible to regulate q
watch for some men by keeping the time
piece in the shop. There is some physical
regularity about the man; it may be his
gaIt. his temperament. or an excess of bodily
electricity. In these cases / let the man
wear the watch continually, and then regu
late it to his peculiarities. Bodily electrity
is very marked in certain persons. knew
a Young matchmaker in whom it became 81
strong that ne was obliged to give up tina
branch of tie trade, because it was found
that he imagine lied the delicate hair-springs
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
Dust ClOaks.

Among newly imported dust cloaks and
wraps for tourists are Newmarkets and pc
lisses made of golden brown, cardinal,
nuns gray and biege mohair, cashmere,
pongee or serge The handsomest and most
expensive are embroidered. Very ylish
wraps are shown simply tailor-made, with q
number of fine plaits laid from throat to
belt, both front and back. In front the plaits
are held at the waist line by bronze or
silver clasp. Some of the Newmarkets are
finished with a pointed hood, lined with
striped satin in gay colors. Thu cardinal
dust cloaks are exclusively for out-of- town
wear, and the most dashy of these are loaded
with pale coffee-c9lore1 lace.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

grass . pounds; rough-stalKe1 meauow
grass, 2 pounds; sweet vernal grass, 1
pound. This list ought to establish an ex-
cellent permanent pasture on good land.
Now, to keep this pasture good dressing
OF wood ashes every six years, and II IN
clined to sandy, one busheI of plaster would
greatly and it. Pastures should have gen
erous treatment as well as meadows.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
rexas Cattle Fexer.

This soourge, too, is going the rovnds Of
western herds and stock yards II is best TO
acknowledge facts. The cattle that die are
mostly those from the far west, Texas, In
dian territory and the plains. When
brought to the stock yards in Chicago and
other cities, the fever appears among them
and they die The disease has been bad in
Michigan and the state of Illinois. An ex-
pert in diseases of animals has pronounced
the fever malar la, with, in some cases, other
complications Cows have the ague, a
well as people. The expert has been very
successful in treating the fever Here il
his way OF doctoring, given by himself:
Pulv Nux vomica hoz, Sol, Extract Of
Iron hox.
Dose, tablespoonful In feed
This at once started their secretions, and
] Immediately gave each animal : small
Tablespoonful of qulnine. dissolved IN pint
Of NH sky and water. one dose IN six and
one three hours previous to time Of rising
Of fever. In three to four days the animals
were we'll
4 am well convinced that quinine Is An ex
ceIIent prescription for fever, and had
WA il III the first fever I am satlsded
ccuId hnvs saved tha animal Lot
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30


Fig. 2 shows very light and handy ma.
shine gun, practically magazine rifle. In
fact 1t weighs only thirteen pounds, little
more than Martini Henry rife. It is of
use where a heavy piece cannot be con-
veniently transported. 1t is mounted upon
a tripod, while the gunner rests in pit or
lies upon the ground. The weapon sweeps
easily around upon its tripod. 1t is loaded
by ammunition WHICH drops in its place
from the hopper above. It fires the usual
rifle ammunition. Il can be fired as rap
idly as the hand can turn the crank, which
gives 100 shots per minute, allowing time
to change the hopper. This gun is very
simple, consisting of only six parts besides
the hand lever. These are. the plunger.
action slide, firing spring. firing pin, cock.
ing spring and extractor.
Machine firing magazine guns have only
been generally adopted since the Franco
Prussian war in 1870 They are q terrible
power in repeiling an attack especially.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
A Neu-Rorn star.

Attention of scientific men throughout the
world has been aroused by a marvellous
phenomenon that was observed lately. This
was nothing less than the sudden appearance
in the constellation Andromeda of new
star. Without a moments warning II
showed itself blazing as point of Pickering
orange light. 1t is of the eighth magnitude.
Strange to say, it changes ITS position IN 6
series of very irregular movements
the telescopes of the world are trained on
the newcomer. 1t upsets all the known
theories of astronomers If suns and world:
can thus be born in an instant, why may
they not likewise be destroyedl Perhaps
the new star is not new, after all, but so fan
away that its light has just reached US
Who knows} Who knows anything at all
in fact
DIR. Harting, of the Russian University Of
Dorpat, discovered the newcomer. 1t IS II
the stellar nebula of Androneda, nebulf
of star points and star dust
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
WENTWORTH COLLEGE,
-RroOkhaven. Miss

WILL REOPEN SEPTEMBER %, 1ss5.-THF
w continued success of this School for YOUNG
Ladies' is one OF its best recommendations. Expe-
rienced teachers are engaged for neat term, among
them Profs Ricketts, and Powell The Boarding
Department is home-like, discipline good, rates
low The cost for Academic fear in College classes,
including board washing, fuel and tuition in Eng
lish and Latin, If paid promptly, sI54o0 in Pre-
paratory classes only S14400. See Catalogue. PIP
S3-5. The railroad bed is higher at Brookhaven
than at Cairo, jackson, Tenn, Oxford, Grenade
jackson, Miss. or summit See Catalogue, p IS
This in part accounts for the heslthiulness of the
location For Catalogue giving all needed inforIna
ton, address, II. +. JOHNSON. d. D.,
iuiys fs5-:smH President.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

A correspondent of The Monthly Maya
| zine of Pharmacy, writing from Messina,
says: "a bottle of bromine left in closed
| room all night with the stopper out destroys
all infection and insect life. have cleared
| places which were infected with vermin
many times. 1t is far more effectual than
! the vapor If burning sulphur"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
American Embrc,derx.

Mrs. Wheeler, of the Society of Asso-
ciated Artists, intends to exhibit after a
while series of ten American tapestries,
works of art in embroidery designed by
welI-known American artists. The subjects
of all the designs are strictly Americana
a broad sense of the woodland the tapes
tries will Illustrate tho remarkable skill OF
onr embroiderers.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
Lack Frost,s Tail.

A little 4-year-old girl went running into
the house the other day exclaiming: Mann
ma. mamma, I've seen JACK Frosti I've seen
Jack FrJstin ''Where did you see him, my
darlingsn oueried the mother Il saw the tip
of his tail hanging over the caves" She
had seen an icicle.
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The plain little blouses need no particular
explanation. That in Fig. is made of
striped goods. trimmed at the neck and
sleeves with embroidery to match. The
trousers are made in the usual way. A
new departure seems to have been made in
one respect That is that the blouse II
short and scant and ths trousers come be-
low the knees and are visible for several
inches. The blouse Is a straight loose
sacque. The waiss is very long. At the line
Of it there are three rows OF gathers at the
back and front These are fastened In place
BY piece of goods stitched upon the inside
A belt, run through tabs at the sides, is
worn over the gathers
Fig IS blouse and trousers OF some
what similar pattern, except that here the
little skirt Is gathered upon the long waist.
Behind four plaits Of the goods ars set upon
the outside, the full length Of the garment.
These are covered with braiding or some
cnlored trimming. Al row or the same
passes down the front and adorns the collar
and cuffs A partial belt il seen st the Sides
It passes under the pla.ts 1t the back and
under the fold Of trimming IN front
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Coed for Seed Potatoes.

We have just dug two more lots Of pota-
to.as grown In a rich soil infested with wire
worms The potatoes were entirely free
from scab. The seed pieces covered with
soiD received, as did the others, adjusting of
flowers of sulphur.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
The Superstition as TO the Rings a
Tree Trunk.

II is an exploded theory that one ring
grows upon tree every year. The agricul-
tural department at Washington finds that
trees of six years shovel twelve rings: of
twelve, twenty-one; of five, eleven; and of
twenty-four, twenty the trees being respect
lively locust, hickory, crab apple and oak.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
Children's Costumes.

Fig. l is pretty everyday dress Tor
title girls 1t can also be male of suitable
material to be worn on any occasion. 1t
will be tasteful in plaid and striped goods.
The dress IN the illustration is of blue and
red, trimmed with red wooden braid. The
fronts of the plain long waist are turnel
back, forming revers, or side pieces may be
set ON to simulate this effect. The reversed
edges are trimmed with the red braid, two
rows. In front is a full chemisette piece
gathered in above and below The back,
however, is simply deep yoke upon the
shoulders, to which the skirt is gathered,
open behind. At the bottom of the revers,
Just under where they are turned back, long
strips of material three and a half inches
wide are sewed on and tied in a full sash
bow behind A turn over collar two inches
wide, cut away from the chemisette in front
and trimmed with the braid completes this
tasteful costume.
Fig. is a dress-up gown for little girl--a
blouse costume. These are fashionable
both for boys and girls. Young ladies' wear
illustration consists of a silk or sateen I'M
derdress covered with yellowish wooden
lace. The undertakes may be of some
| brighi color. 1t is cut with long sack
| waist. opening behind The woclen lace
goods Is gathered in with a heading at the
neck and turned under at the waist TO fall
over one and five-eighths inches, thus form
| ing the blouse. Through the lace iounce is
put one and five-eighths inches from the up
per edge colored satin ribbon one inch
wide, tied in a bow behind. The neck
| opening and sleeves, about thirteen inches
| wide. are also drawn in with a similar ribbon.
FOR BABY BOYS.
Here are some CUTE little dresses for
budding lords of creation from to years
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

In the United States navy the flagship
of each station has a brass band, paid for
by the government The smaller ships
have string bands. composed of sailors
fror1 the ships companies
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30
J'HE FASHIONS
POrtieres.

All manner of hangings, curtains, wall
and table scarfs are, if possible, more fash
ionable than ever. Dark garnet or peacock
blue, velvet or plush, with heavy borders
of embroidery make beautiful and splendid
hanginys
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

prerU. zoo, and any color may be worn
with black drsss. Any woman can make
these tasteful additions to her toilet for
herself
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

What is that, which though black itself,
enlightens the whole worlds Answer:
Printers ink.
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THE SCHOOLS
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
ATHENS. GAL
r. H. NELL. D.D., LID, Chancellor

rTHE 85fh SESSION OPENS WEpNEspAn1 4.
L 9th October. Full courses of instruction N
ing 4 -hemistry. Physics. Agriculture, Law and
Medicine TUITION FREE in all departments eA-
eept Law and Medicine
sep.9 'S5-im.