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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
Ribbon Bows.

Ribbon bows are always the most graceful,
the best liked, and yet the most easily OBJ
tained trimming for almost every article OF
dress. No wonder then that ribbons, which,
for a long time have remained compare
lively little noticed, are again appearing IN
great variety. Ribbon velvet has with satin
and Ottoman ribbons an equal share of gen
eral favor and besides these we see fancy
ribbons of every description; figured dotted,
checked, lowered; in fact. many a thing,
years ago-laid aside as questionable, can
again venture into daylight. Morning
dresses and elegant house toilets are chiefly
the articles which now seem to be quite
strewn over with bows. Promenade dresses
are also trimmed in the same way, but with
profusion and with color matching color,
and bows again serve as the principal trim
ming for spring hats. For these manifold
purposes we notice q rich choice of patterns
every material-velvet, silk gauze; yes, even
canvass represented, and the arrangement
OF the color, although bright and good, 10
free from gaudiness Canvas ribbons are
especially original. One of these, about five
inches broad, has a narrow satin edge and
displays printed colored Egyptian pat
tern. Another narrower ribbon is woven in
Turkish design in rich silk In short, the
variety is so great, that it would be vain for
US to attempt to describe each one at length.
Ia conclus.cn, we can only add that even the
hair for concerts theatres, etc, is usually
ornamental with pretty colore1 bow.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

Some men take better care of their horses
than they do Of their wives.
Horses can be readily taught to eat sugar.
1t is a good way to catch them.
"CrackIingsu as food for poultry viii an
swer an excellent purpose in supplying
animal food.
It is said and well proved that the more
quiet sheep are kept the more quickly they
viii fatten.
Enough land in the United States is owned
bv foreign syndicates TO furnish 250, 900 fam
lies with 80 acres OF land apiece.
The very severe winter and the heavy snow
storms have cut short the crop Of summer
hogs in five principal hog raising states at
least 500,0 600
The Connecticut senate passed bill pro
viding a state bounty Of ten cents to any
person planting, protecting and cultivating
elm, maple tulip, ash, Eastwood, oak, black
walnut, hickory, apple. pear or cherry trees,
not more than % feet apart, for three years,
along any public highway.
Rows Of evergreens are the best wind
/ breaks. The Norway spruce and Scotch OF
/ Austrian pines are used for this purpose.
| Other spraces lust as good are the Oriental
F and Alcocks. Moreover, where the cedar
/ grows naturally, there is no better and
I cheaper wind break than that made by
I simply planting young trees Of this kind in
I close rows 20 the north Of houses, barns and
I cattle yards
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
EASHIONIETS.

Iapis lazuh is the newest shade of blue.
Parasols have canopy, round and nush-
room tops
jersey corset covers bid fair to surersede
all others
Hats have mostly sugarloaf crowns and
narrow rolled brirns.
More and more popular grows the jersey
Jacket, waist and webbing.
The cleft brim bonnet grows slowly in "a
vor with American women.
Parasols match the costumes of those who
{ can afford everything they want. They are
often made TO order Of the same material as
the dress
Colored and colored bordered handkerchief
If every conceivabIe color and fantastic pat,
tern are in tie height OF their glory But
the fazhion will collapse suddenly before
long
fsr1lars and cuffs Of rod and blue percale
/ Combined. are novelty. "A pretty set are
"a Sine checked percale, lined with red The
r,sners nre turned back, showing the red
lining Either side can be worn outward
Rracelets are fashionable ia small gold
hfs,rs. with an elegant tiny design, such M q
hird. butterfly or serpent, at the back Tho
5eascn Il ornamentnd with Jewels, either
diamond. ruby. sapphire emerald Dia,
rn<,r,tls are frequently mixed with the hfn1ki.
fnl col0rrd stones
pnlunaisns with bodies fastening from IefI
III tiahf acrrsx tlae chest are scan upon a1xsz1
! M fhu latest models In overdresses. ThAv
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
illustration.

1t consists chiefly Of large box supported
upon legs. Shelves are inside, upon which
the rows Of eggs are placed. At one end is
seen Kerosene lamp. This burns beneath a
tank of water. From this tank a supply and
exhaust pipe pass around the box inside
Through these pipes the hot water circulates
constantly i Thermometer lies among the
eggs, to denote the exact temperature 1t is
seen through glass window, 50 that the III
cubator need not be opened.
Upon the top of the table is seen small
electrical battery An iron rod runs from
this into the incubator. When the tempera-
ture rises this expands the metal rod. If it
goes above a certain heat the metal rod is
heightened so that it is pushed against me-
taliic projection Of the battery. This COM
pletes a circuit, and starts little bell that
rings with a terrific clatter The bell an
nounces to the startled hen man that his
poultry is in danger of being cooked before
it leaves the egg.
There are several sizes of the incubator,
from one Matching 100 chickens to a large one
Matching 700. In price they range from $50
mp 20 $3.50. There are several other apple
ances that make up complete poultry out
tit. Ano.h her is called the
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
The Tramp.s Outlook.

Soon shall lie upon the pleasant
sward, and feel the apple blossoms
blow down on mein sprays of pink and
white. ] shall hear the birds making
love on the budding limbs and carry
ing the straws from yonder meadow to
make their cosy nests And at night I
shall crawl under the haystack and fall
asleep, looking at the twinkling stars
and hearing breezes rustic among the
vines and cattails.
A draught of nature IS the best
draught out when you can't get any
other. How sweet, on fresh, bracinr
morning when Phmbus is getting in her
biggest ticks, tosteal down the perfum-
ed meadow and purloin the milk from
the unsnsDeefina cowi
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
A Remarkable Operation
THE Rambler. !


1t happened on a Pullman car between
New \ ork and Chicago Dinner having
been finished the gentlemen assembled in
the smoking room to enjoy their cigars
During the time | was in the war, y
said the quiet man, Il saw a very Won
derful thing in the line of surgical opera
tons A friend of mine was shot through
the right breast. the bullet passing clear
through him. The quiekness of mind OF
his companion undoubtedly saved his
life. He wrapped his handkerchief around
the ramrod of the gun. and pushing il
through the path made by the bullet
cleared the wound of all poisonous lead
| know it is hard to believe, but, gentle
men, the man still lives to tell the tale
(which man." inquired the slim pas
senger on the opposite seat. quietly.
The wounded one, of course" ex
claimed the old soldier. scornfully
oh, l beg your pardon l thought ii
might be the other
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

On the left is seen a stylish blouse suit for
a boy of to Is years. Il is for school or for
dress up and is made Of tweed, cheviot,
cassimeres or fancy checks and mixed goods.
The picture shows the latest style OF belted
blouse 1t is called the Norfolk blouse.
On the right is shown suit for rather
older hoy, say from or TO II years. As
our men that are to be stay in dresses longer
than they used to, so also they wear the
knee lreecEes later than formerly. Indeed.
there are indications that the ~Aot& faascu-
line gender may go back to kneo brooches.
Be that as it may, boys do not now put on
long trousers TIL they are IA or 10 years old,
usually. The suit in the Illustration IS made
of mixed goods. 1t is in three pieces, and Is
snug and neat-ittng. 1t can be made o.
any desirable cloth
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

The Halter and Furrier furnishes some in
formation interesting TO the masculine gen
der 1t informs us that there viii be a good
trade in light colored goods. They are being
made so light and airy that it looks as if they
would take the place of the straw hat alto
gether Cassimeres are going to be very
fashionable Stiff hats and flexible hat
viii rule the roost" In some quarters the
hght-colored hats are promising to over.
shadow the dark ones. Very nice pearl and
nutria shades are being manufactured ex-
tensively. In England colors and styles dc
not promise to vary much. Browns of vari
Gus shades are still most in request The
silk hats, however, show no unusual
activity. Unfortunately for this style, nc
extension of the area of demand is observ-
able. The time when the smartest of all
hats viii assert itself for Sunday and Holt
day wear appears to be very remote This
new style is rather tall, has a straighter
crown, with half-inch Anglesea brim Not
many roll curls are worn now
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
Bark and craekIe Finish on Jewelry.

The ''craclzle' finish which has appeared
on some of the new jewelry was doubtless
suggested BY the trackle glass and porcelain
ware which has had quite run, and which
it certainly resembles. 1t affords an attrac-
tive change, and is deserving of the favor of
a large patronage. The same may be said
of the bark finish, which, by the bye, ia
especially effective ON lace pins and link but
tons in form of long bits of bark. This
rough rustic affords an admirable ground
work IN which to incrust small gems. Flat
Ink bracelets with a gem in each link are eff
fectively made with this finish The
.,cracklen and bark finish appear in both
gold and silver jewelry.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
improvements in velocipedes.

Since the great impulse given to the
manufacture of velocipedes by their uni
versal adoption throughout the civilized
world, innumerable Improvements have
been patented. and one would have
thought that the genious of inventors.
was almost exhausted. But we hear,
however, from France and Geneva of two
additional novelties. A Frenchman has
adapted to his velocipede pair of sails,
and in fair wind skins along like a ter
restrial nautilus, at a rate exceeding the
greatest speed hitherto attained with the
ordinary vehicle propelled by the feet
while at Geneva an ingenious musical
box ma ." has actually constructed a
"velocipede a musique.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

In Reno, New, resides an Irishman who is
clearly liable to trouble from the local soc;,,r-
tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
unless his Ingenuity should be held 10 atone
for his fault One Of his chickens. as ha
might himself say, is duck, a greedy fowl
and 50 expeditions in the matter of eatinr
thanks 70 her wide biz, that she has deyoured
nearly all the provision the fowl etltur;st
was able to furnish for his flock. and grew
amazingly fat while her companion hens
were suffering from hunger The other dav
the hishnian became so exasperated at she
gluttony Of this bird that he seized her ana
whitfield her bin down 20 a fine point. tr;-
umphantly exclainling when tie process was
completed: Faith, AID hereafter ven pcs
widt chickens 20
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

= writer IN an Iowa paper says he has
raised carp successfully in ponds. and that
/ any farmer can the same. The fish pond
with care can be made a source both of food
/ Tor mans own family and also one Of
profit to him. The writer saws:
1 here Is no good reason why all or nearly
III " the farmers In onr state may not raise
tneir own fish. To be sure. in the beginning
they may make some mistakes in Construct
ing ponds, caring for fish, etc, but with a
little patlenc and information of those thar
nave mad these difficulties to contend with
fIor we must all learn, if not by our own ex.
perlence then by others they may be OBJ
waited or overcome
II mas been said that he who can make
TWO blades of grass grow where there was
out one is benefactor of the human race:
equally SO he who may encourage and foster
an industry that viii utilize the opportunity
tIat nearly every farmer may have for con-
structing fish pond. and thus add an
family
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
How to Get Thin.


The eating of nothing containing starch,
sugar or fat. called the Banting system
the eating of fat. but not sugar or starch.
called the German Banting; the wearing
of wool and sleeping in flannel blankets
instead of sheets. or the Munich system
not eating or drinking at the same time.
or rather the allowing of couple of hours
to intervene between eating and drinking,
the SchWeinger system
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

Sometimes it is termed the artificial
mother. 1t is a hollow, inverted box or
drum, raised from the ground A wooden
curtain descends to the ground and keeps out
all cold air The box is placed over a gall
vanized iron flooring that supplies the
warmth. 1t is covered with sand and heated
by a kerosene lamp underneath
Still third appliance is coop with wire
yard or run attached.
Thus the chicks are kept from straying
away. Hungry hogs, cats and other animals
that are fond of young poultry are kept off.
night they ara shut In in a hnnrl conn
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

Therefore | shall hang my boots up
on my staff, and start for the country
just as soon as the winter passes and
the poet begins to take headers down
the editorial stairway. How my heart
goes out to nature in all its varying
forms and conditions, love an au-
tumn landscape. with cows in the
brook, and a hunter in the background
looking down the barrel to see if 1t is
loaded. PUCK.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

accompany admirably the fashion Of raising
the skirt Of the polonaise high on one side.
These bodices necessitate seam down the
center OF the front TO secure perfect fit-
Some crank in New York newspaper
started the story that bracelets and large
diamonds were vulgar and no longer worn
by ladies of refinement. To this the fashion
writer of The Jewellers Circular replies that
dealers were never selling more bracelets
than at present. and that when lady has
large and beautiful gem you don -a1eh nef
hiking its Iight under bushel
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
Her Last Words.

There was an old woman VITO always was
tired
For she lived in a house whore help wasn't
hired.
Ter last words on earth were, Dear friends,
am going
Where sweeping amt done, nor churning nor
sewing;
And everything there viii be just to my
wishes,
For where they don't eat there's no washing
OF dishes;
And tho there the anthems are constantly
gngIng,
I, having no voice, VIII get rid Of the singing.
ION mourn for me now, don't mourn for
me ever,
For I'm going TO do nothing forever and
ever
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
staring Bear Out of countenanoe

ElJVNI
Ever hear about the time | was chased
by bear out west when | didn't have
a weapon of any sort about me, Butcher?
Il never did How on earth did you
manage to escape. old fellow"
Tried sitting down and staring him
out of countenance,
And did it work."
admirably
"That's very strange strange,
indeed How on earth do you account
for it?"
"Ive sometimes thought that my choice
of a seat may have had little something
to do with it, | selected the top of the
highest tree on the entire range."
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II you wish to paper whitewashed wall,
brush 1t over with strong alum water
Pyronaphtha is the name of a new illumi-
mating cd obtained from petroleum, which
said to be greatly superior to kerosene.
". Mattieu Williams. in The Popular
Science Monthly, declares in favor of vege-
tarlanisn. He says that flesh feeding is o
nasty practice.
Telephone wires are being laid under.
ground In New York They are laid in q
row II iron tubing which holds $40 or more
The tube Is put down like any gas or wafei
psp6
Gen. Russell Thayef, OF Philndnlphia- In.
|. invented a monster w1r balloon, which HI
claims will he directihie Gen. Thayer hal
states war Department -
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
An Organ That Sounded Like Thunder
London Truth.

A most remarkable organic effect wa.
produced in Beverley the other day.
While the organist of the minister wa
trying the effect Of his great thirty two
feet pedal pipes. three feet six-inch dag
onal, in Haydns Creation. the dogs anC
cats in the houses surrounding the min
ster were SO seriously discomposed will
the thunder eff the organ pipes as to Greer
into dark places to old the lightning
evidently conceiving that great atmos
pheric storm was going on.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
ART AND LOVE.
He faces the canvas las seer whose ken

He faces the canvas las a seer whose ken
Pierces the crust of this existence through
And smiles beyond on that his genius kne "
Ere mated with his being. Conscious then
OF his high theme alone, he smiled again
Straight back upon himself in many hue.
And tint, and light, and shade that slowly
grew
Enfeatured OF fair girls face, and when
First time she smiles for love sake with no
fear.
So wrought he, witless that behind him
leant
A woman, with old features. dim and sere
And glamoured eyes that felt the brim
ming tear,
And with a voice, like some sad instrument
That signing said, TN dead there; love
me heretH
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i
| brooder into the cold, she takes them by the
back of the neck in her mouth, precisely as
she would kittens, and carries them to a
warmer place They cuddle against her
warm fur, seeming to fancy she is hen
mother, and she permits it and covers them
with her paws She ticks them and fondles
them. She frolics with them, too But she
does not like To see visitors come about the
brooder for fear they will carry off the
chicks. Not long since she showed her
teeth and tried to bite a stranger who put his
hand inside the Wire netting. The cat and
| chickens are an unusual sight.
By the invention of the hatcher half the
occupation of the hens is gone They are
needed only to lay eggs. A very interestino,
point has been brought up in the doctrine II
| evolution. The hens reared by the patent
| process and used only for the production of
| eggs, show, nevertheless at times an almost
unconquerable disposition to 90 to sitting
| They are never permitted to do so, however.
| The intention Is to educate the disposition
out Of them, and see whether in time a
breed of hens cannot be produced that Will
not show this desire. 1t win be interesting
to know whether they can be by and by
thus made to lose the inherited memory of
! the process of sitting
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
Matching Quicken. "br Hand"

If anything belongs to the realm of science
and progress it is inventions that promise
improved ways OF producing food or Of
giving remuneratiue employment TO numbers
Of persons With this view Of the case. GER
tainly the Clark chicken incubator deserves
place here. 1t is fairly reproduced in the
illustration.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

II win not do to let women and girls have
all the fashions In cur complicated civiliz-
alton it is neither weak-minded nor effemi-
nate for a full-grown man to pay attention
TO his dress To be attired neatly, in the
prevailing styles and suitably to the occasion.
is the least that any self-respecting man can
do. He owes it TO the community
We present this weei- some illustrations of
suitj for boys. They are taken from the
styles shown by Max Stadler & Co, one of
the large New York clothing houses.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
The ETciting American CIima,..

Our air really is more exciting to the ner-
vous system than that of Europe There
seems to be stimulsnt in the oxygen Cd
this side of the Atlantic 1t promises tc
develop new type of humanity-nervous.
spirited, quick and keen This stimulating
quality IS more marked in New York city
than anywhere else, though it characterizes
al America. For this reason Americans
should shun alcoholic drinks What would
perhaps be a not UNDESIRABLE stirnulant in the
damp, soggy air of Europe would make a
man crazy drUnkard in this country. and
burn his digestive apparatus out. Our air
itself, with its fine electric quality, is stinu-
liant enough. The life here is more intense
ana exciting than that of Europe. Those
who can bear the strain of it viii develop a
high and fine type, physically and intel
iectuaiiy; those who cannot will become
iunatlcs, cranks, tramps and drunkards. 1t
depends, too, good deal on a mans own
VIII into which class he viii drift. There are
more insane in America, in proportion to the
population, than in Europe, it is claimed.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

Mr.. Wallace heard somebody say that a
goat would be good thing to keep along
with his herd of cows He bought one and
put him with the bossies He bosssd the
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
Breaking the News to Sick Youth.

A Lewiston young man was sick in
New ork city. He and his attendants
thought he was dying and sent word to
his parents to come to him. After they
arrived the doctor feared the shock of see
ing them would kill him. How shall we
break the news of their arrival to him
was the question. Leave that to me- -
said the nurse See how skillfully she
did it Would you like to see your
father and mother?' she asked the boy
He whispered faint Yes. III send
for them, she said This after they had
come Half an hour later she awoke him
from doze and said They are on the
way. The boy smiled, and in a minute
was unconscious again. In another half
hour the nurse told him they had come,
and brought them in. The boy thought
two or three days had slipped by in that
hour which the nurse had employed in
preparing him for seeing them. He
picked up. and is now in Lewiston alive
and almost we'll
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
Made a Purse of Her shoe.

A colored girl, who had barely reached
her teens, was asked the other day by a
conductor in Metropolitan street car for
her fare betrayed symptoms of uneasi-
ness and began cycling her feet The con
ductor repeated his demand. and the girl
began fumbling with one of her button
boots. which she finally succeeded in ia <
ing of. The boot had an unusually
capacious toe, and, when she had
taken off this outer covering for
her foot she put her hand in its
forward part and drew out, not purse
but tiny piece of cloth in the folds OF
which were a few nickels, with one Of
which she paid her fare. Some of the
passengers Uttered. but one of them asked
the girl, sympathetically why she used
her boot for purse. The girl, who had
hitherto remained silent, now exclaimed
Indignantly
Them men who laugh at me oughter
had their own pockets picked as Use mad,
and then they might a put their money in
their boots, if they had any what wouldn't
leak.
This simple and expressive rebuke and
explanation told the whole story and
secured for the poor colored girl the sym
pathy of the passengers. besides a little
substantial aid.
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The Japanese Army.

Japan has an army of 40. 900 men, q
reserve twice that number, and terrific
rial reserve of 150, 900. all dressed and
equipped in European fashion, carrying
Remington rifles. Service is obligatory
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

These pretty frocks are for boys 2]5 to 6
years old. Boys are not now put into
breecI es as early a. formerly-not TIL they
are years old. An exception i sometimes
made in case Of the pretty little blouse sailor
suits which are occasionally made for boys
of J. In the illustration above suits are made
of plain goods or fancy plaids, and in all
colors They can be made in either linen or
yvColprt
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03

A New York man adyertises troches
for dogs, which are guaranteed TO make
the breath of poodies and pugs as
sweet as Desdemona's.